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I decided to write a review for "One Room" to provide a point of view from someone who's actually in the demographic for the show, as opposed to the all-too-common feigned outrage or outright mockery things like this show tend to attract. There seems to be a lot of hate for this series that I don't think is at all justified.

That's right, I'm actually writing a serious review for once!

With that out of the way, I suppose I should talk about what this show is actually like. First off, the art is gorgeous. Kantoku did a great job making characters that are stylish and memorable, ... without being too over-the-top.

The animation is also extremely pretty. Falling leaves, loose strands of hair, sunlight streaming in through the windows of the protagonists small apartment. It's all there like you'd want it to be. I couldn't find much on the studio responsible for the animation (Typhoon), but I'm sure the focus on only one character at a time contributed a lot to how nice everything looks.

The animation certainly isn't anything mind-blowing, and the show most likely had a tiny budget, but the animators did the job quite well, and there were no clear weak points that distracted me from enjoying the stories presented.

I also want to draw attention to the sound design for the show. The voice acting, although somewhat cheesy, fits the show quite nicely. The girls sound super adorable and I feel like just listening to a recording of these voice actresses talking would be enough to get any lonely otaku's heart pumping.

One of my favorite things about the show, actually, would be the original score by Yamazo. Given that the focus of the show is on the girls, I doubt many who have watched the show really paid too much attention to the soundtrack. However, as a fan of Japanese minimalists like Hiroshi Yoshimura, I couldn't stop myself from listening in and replaying some of the episodes to hear the simple, yet pretty melodies once again. While somewhat sparse, the score does a fantastic job at punctuating some of the scenes with its gorgeous synths and piano tones.

Now for the main aspect I feel was lacking: The story. Granted, there really aren't any other shows taking this sort of approach to storytelling, so I can understand if the writers were hesitant to get too adventurous. That being said, these tales aren't anything you couldn't find tucked away in hentai manga volumes. They're extremely typical and simple, and have probably been done much better elsewhere.

Still, I enjoyed them quite a bit. And the predictableness was almost... comforting, I guess?

And that's really the point of this show. It's comfort food. It's like getting a latte and chocolate chip scone at your favorite cafe in your hometown on a cool autumn day. It's not meant to be challenging or thought-provoking. It's meant to make guys like me feel okay for a few minutes after a difficult day at work.

And I don't think something that nice is deserving of so much hate. We have everything from people pointing at this as an example of why Japan's birthrate is so low to others just shouting vile things like "anime sluts" and "anime trash" via text. People who aren't in the demographic for this show seem to be upset that it even exists and some have even developed a sort of righteous indignation toward it.

I would advise anyone in this camp to take a step back and really think over why you feel this way in the first place.

All things considered, I'm going with an 8 out of 10 for "One Room." I really liked it, as simplistic as it was. If you're a hard-working single guy in your 20s who loves cute anime girls, this show could be right up your alley! Just don't expect anything to extravagant in the way of storytelling.

I'll be honest, I'm probably older than most people here on this site. There comes a time in ones life where fast-paced activities and hobbies either aren't as viable or aren't as gratifying as ones that require thought and concentration. "Ah, shogi!" I thought after spotting Ryuuou no Oshigoto while scrolling through a list of currently-airing anime series. "I've always wanted to learn how to play! Maybe I should give this show a chance."

After a single episode, it became apparent that I had made a very, VERY grave mistake. This wasn't a shogi show at all... it was a loli show.

My therapist had warned me ... that a relapse into my loli addiction would be possible with even the slightest exposure to lolicon material. And with that would come the guilt, the anger, the night terrors, the sleep-screaming... all of it would come rushing back to haunt me.

And it did...

I work in an office now, and I have a close relationship with my boss. My life was well on-track before watching this dreadful show. Now I can't even look him in the eye. I feel like he knows that I watch shows featuring thick loli thighs. I feel like everyone knows. I feel unclean... My did god curse me with such filthy desires? Is he some kind of cruel sadist? Maybe God is actually dead, and we're all alone, left to our own sick and twisted devices on this rotting space-ball we call home.

The other day I met my boss' wife. I even shook her hand. What kind of monster was I to simply smile and pretend I wasn't some dreadful loli-obsessed ghoul?! My god... I even shook his SON'S hand!... They invited me to his little-league game this weekend. Should I even show up in the state I'm in?! I'm not so sure...

I'm not really sure about anything anymore...

Anyway, this show is pretty good. It has a cute story and some great art and character designs. I give it an 8 out of 10.

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Tsukasa Fushimi is a man who truly knows what he is passionate about, and he wants to share that passion with the whole world. After being denied the incestuous romance he craved (and presumably the biggest orgasm of his life) by the publishers of his last series, "My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute," Fushimi-San set out to write another sibling-love story, this time utilizing the "they're not biologically related, so it's okay" loophole. As many of us know, publisher restrictions can be quite a brother... I mean bother.

And so, Eromanga-sensei was born and was released to thousands of otaku, some of whom seemingly got ... offended that a show would have the nerve to exist without trying to appeal to them in particular and went onto the internet to complain about it.

Anyway, the show explores many similar themes to Oreimo (aka, the aforementioned "little sister" series). So many in fact, that one might consider it a sister-series of sorts. The main difference between the two (other than the "not related" loophole) being that Eromanga-sensei truly raises the bar for self-insert characters. The main character is a light-novelist who desperately wants to publish his new work: a book about a cute little sister. Not only does the show refrain from any attempt to hide its liberal use of this trope, it seems to bask in it to the point where the series itself almost becomes a big self-referential inside-joke.

I'm not saying that any of this is a bad thing, by the way. The goofiness of the show's plot makes for an enjoyable watch, and there are more than a few heartfelt moments mixed in to lend some emotional appeal to the characters.

I guess I should also mention the biggest draw of the show: yes, it's full of cute lolis. Yes, it's very perverted and full of fan-service. And no, I haven't yet made peace with my God. If by chance I die tonight, I shall pass on to the afterlife bloated with sin as black as the scorched ashen remains of a burnt church and far more foul. Last night I drank antibacterial dish soap in hopes to cleanse my system of impure thoughts about dick-loving 12-year-olds and ended up vomiting dark, dreadful bile over the tile floor of my bathroom. I laid there next to the slowly-spreading puddle of vomit for what seemed like an eternity, shivering and whispering desperate words of prayer.

Dear God, I'm so sorry.

But I digress. That's enough about me. What you should know is that if you enjoy romantic comedies and you're not too much of a sissy to stomach the semi-incestuous themes, you'll probably end up enjoying this series quite a bit. As a writer myself, I find this show quite inspirational, and it has really assistered me in my writing process as of late.

The animation is fantastic, the music is fun and catchy, and the characters are all fairly likable. In fact, by the end of the series, they might even feel like family to you... cute, yet strangely sexy family.

9/10.

When I was 5 years old, I went to my aunt's house. She had a cat there, a type of domesticated animal that I hadn't seen before. As I went up to greet it, the feline lifted it's tail in my direction. You see, when cats's are scared, they perform an action called "spraying" where they expel urine in a certain direction. The direction, in this case, was toward my soft young face. Now, remember that cat urine contains 0.05% ammonia (about 1% of the concentration that might be found in household cleaners), among other caustic substances. This resulted in a horrible burning sensation on ... my paper-thin facial flesh. I tilted my head backwards and unleashed a pained, terrified scream.

Ever since then I've hated cats; even despised them. However, the cats in Nyanko Days are quite different. They lack all of the unappealing aspects of the domesticated feline, while retaining their cute and playful nature. The severely limited intellect of the cat is replaced with that of a precocious child, and their sharp claws and disease-ridden fangs are nowhere to be seen (Note: cats harbor a large amount of bacteria in their mouths, and bites from them can lead to severe conditions like sepsis or worse).

Their dander-riddled fur is also completely absent, with the Nyanko Days cats bearing soft, warm human flesh. I remember staying the night at my aunts house when she had her cat there. In the middle of the night my throat swelled up, restricting the intake of air to my lungs. Had my reaction been a bit worse, I could have died. It was all due to that cat. That evil, evil cat.

Thankfully, the cats in Nyanko Days wouldn't do that to me. They're sweet little girls that just want to love you and have fun. This show transports me to a world where cats aren't malicious creatures of chaos, but adorable soft little bundles of joy.

I'm rating the "sound" score very high mainly because of the opening song, which is very cute and catchy, despite it's short run-time of 30 seconds. Cat's in real life don't make pleasant sounds like this. I remember when my roommate got a cat a year ago. At night it would sit outside my bedroom door for hours on end, screaming like it was in the throes of death. It was absolutely horrid. One day after work, I returned to my bedroom to find my figure of my dear waifu Hestia on the floor broken, with a dreadful pile of cat feces on it. Outside, in the hallway, I spotted a pair of feline eyes glaring at me, glowing a sinister gold and full of primal malice. I cried myself to sleep that night...

Anyway, back to my discussion of Nyanko Days. It's a fun, saccharine 1-minute long dose of cutesy moe that's worth a watch whenever you're feeling blue. When I see those cute little moe-blobs, I can't help but smile and feel calm, even with memories of my feline-related trauma wriggling through my subconscious, threatening to break through to the surface at any given moment.

I have to admit, sometimes I lay in bed and weep from the fact that I'm trapped in this corporeal 3D body, unable to ascend to the eternal paradise known as the 2D world. What did we all do to deserve this foul, dreadful curse?

But I digress. Nyanko Days is a great show and you should give it a watch.

Final verdict: 8/10.

Sleepless nights and long work hours have been taking their toll on me. It's hard to find enjoyment in life and inspiration to keep moving forward when you're working at 2 in the morning and subsisting exclusively on Redbull and frozen pizza.

During one particularly hard night, I was browsing twitter and came across a picture of an adorable anime character with purple and white hair. "That's it!" I thought to myself. "This is what I've been searching for!" I scrambled to my work computer to find more, and as I scrolled through videos and images for the series Kobayashi-san Chi no Dragon Maid, a ... realization slowly dawned upon me.

This character was more than just a cute animated loli. In many subtle ways, it resembled the old Gods and spirits of Aztec mythology. The patterns in her dress... The long, flowing hair... the resemblance was uncanny. But there was something more to it than that... some nigh incomprehensible, yet wholly palpable spiritual essence that I have yet to wrap my head around.

I had to find more. I watched all of the episodes available to me with feverish passion, examining every colorful animated second of it. My conclusion: I was 100% correct in my previous assertation. Kobayashi-san Chi no Dragon Maid represents more than just what's visible on it's fluffy, well-written comedic surface. Instead, it's the beginning of a cultural zeitgeist, the ushering-in of the new "moe" era.

In time, people will look back and point to this show as the turning point in or global shared culture. Even farther into the future, they'll find statues of Kanna and Toohru in the shattered remnants of our civilization and piece together their story-lines, much like we have done with the wreckage of the great Roman empire.

I could be wrong, of course. Maybe this is just a light-hearted romp with inventive and cute characters, fantastic animation, and fun comedic scenarios (the moe/comedy genre is KyoAni's forte, after all). However, I don't think that's the case.

I'll be watching the entire series, that much is certain. I'll also be purchasing the various merchandise that the series spawns. Figures, posters, DVD, etc... all the evidence that future generations will be using to learn more about this incredibly important time in human development that we inhabit.

You can think I'm crazy if you want. Maybe sleep deprivation, paired with malnutrition and 3-hour-long hentai viewing sessions have reduced my brain to a mashed-poatato-like mush, and these are the rambling of a man who has finally lost his grip on reality.

But what if I'm right?

My final verdict: 10/10. This series is a must-watch for both hardcore followers of anime and casual viewers alike.