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Himegoto, adaptation of the same name, is a short little mini series about traps. Really clean cut and dry; lots of traps to be more specific. The summer season was riddled with this theme and frankly it was bad. I am not 100% sure what the industry is attempting to do by banking on gender bender adaptations, but this was something they probably should have put on the shelf.

I won't lie; I like traps. The gender bender genre has become one of my favorite targets when a title is released, so naturally Himegoto was on the top of my list. The first problem I had ... with this series is that the studio opted for a short mini series rather than a full half-hour block which is similar to most TV serializations. The plot was non existent; not saying there was a plot to being with, but the studio attempted to cram what could have been a longer animation block into a short episode. The short episodes did fit the awkward humor one would associate with a trap character, but no other purposes were served beyond character interaction.

The characters and character themes were mediocre at best. The idea of the trap is that the character isn't distinguishable between the line of man or woman. This show fell flat on its face using the gender bender tagline because it introduced practically every character as a trap. A plus and negative if your fetish is trap. The character personalities were dull; I have nothing more to say but boring.

I did like the animation studio's simple technique. The style felt more chibi-esque in appearance. The color choices were bright and fit the overall happy tone of the story. The voice actors were poor and couldn't act out a line for shit and it ruined the colorful atmosphere. Fairly typical for new voice actors in my opinion. The character designs were a bit tricky. I admit I was deceived for some part on the identities of certain characters. The usual animated dick-bulge-out-of-panties seemed like a forced habit to get jokes across and was rarely needed. Unfortunately, the animators choose to animate every character as a female and it ruined the opportunity to really milk a true gender bender.

Beyond a colorful sets of strokes; a poorly executed gender bender theme; obvious exploitation of an up and coming character model; Himegoto does not stand out even as a ''normal'' show. This is simply an average or below average mini series to kill some time and get a few laughs.

Ever since humans have taken their steps out of the mud, they have been the dominant species on this planet. We have advanced ourselves mentally and physically beyond imagination. However, at the same time we retain a child like nature for destruction and self preservation that will some day be our un-doing.

I have to admit this series was the biggest surprise, for it was a title I had no expectations for. I felt like Shinsekai Yori was a title that wouldn't leave much of an impression on me, but it ended up becoming an addiction. It may have tested me at times but in the ... end it was very good.

I've never been a particular fan of the post apocalyptic type plots. If anything, that would have been the major factor of my slight distaste for the story. The media portrays these type of stories as the cause of our own self destruction.

Thats not to say that Shinsekai Yori followed the same model, for it didn't follow that same model. The story was engaging, it kept me coming back for more, and I feel Mr.Ishihama did a fantastic job writing the storyboard. I like the idea of humans forming mental powers, called cantus, that allow them to control their environment, but at the same time it feels like I'm watching a less technological version of Star Wars. As the plot built up from our main characters misadventures to complete all out war between sub species, I felt on edge a majority of the time. The alternate society starts out children out in various levels of schooling, but it is really only to control their cantus rather than educate them. The story itself revolves around the main cast as they move up and part ways, and how the school's committee finds ways to cast them out. After multiple failures by the committee, our main troupe is slowly split apart one by one through other circumstances. Like I said before, Mr. Ishihama did a fantastic job implementing a linear perspective.

However, some episodes felt un-needed and it slowed the pace down at multiple points. In retrospect they seemed to serve a greater purpose. In the last few episodes everything stuck together quite nicely, and a lot of unclear histories were cleared up.

I liked how the voice actors and characters seemed to fit their roles. The characters themselves, particularly the main cast, are thrown into a world and are expected to fit into molds. The main cast is a particular group of interest to this society, and the society being various groups such as various organizations, elders and so forth. The society structure to me was particularly interesting because it's not all that different from modern structures. Rather than controlling children, we send them off to schools to socialize them. The real contrast here in Shinsekai Yori is controlling the children's abilities rather than educating them. I liked how each character had their own issues to work through; some of these issues were lacking in ability or possessing too much ability. If I had to pick a favorite character it would have to be Shun. It was interesting to see how his transformation was not noticeable by friends, but it was noticed early on by elders and his teachers. He was referred to as "Karma Demon" which twists and corrupts all around them.

On the other hand, one major character aspect that threw me off were the same sex relationships that occurred in the story. It was really distracting to me because there isn't a clear explanation of the same sex relationships. It seems like it's something their schools implemented solely for bonding exercises, but it ultimately distracted me and felt like it didn't belong.

On the topic of characters, I wasn't very fond of the character animations. One point of distraction would be the oddly drawn faces. I didn't like the eye styles or the face structures very much. It took me some time to adjust, but in the end I became used to it.

The animation itself was good, not great, but good. combined with eerie instrumentals it made it a supernatural experience. However, the animation seemed very low budget. I've always liked the high end budget animation, but it didn't bother me at all. At some points it didn't flow very well, and you might have been able to see how stretched the animation budget was.

The music compositions that were chosen fit very well, and I liked them. It gave chilled feelings at some perfect moments. I loved the ending theme that was performed by Taneda, Risa. It felt like the first theme was designed to lift of tension, and the second was made to build up even more tension. Some of the voice actors were new, but they did a good job in their respective roles. I look forward to hearing from some of these first time voice actors in the future.

Shinsekai Yori is definitely a title that brings you a surreal, supernatural experience. It is a series you shouldn't judge until it is finished.

As a kid I remember picking up a lot of different games for systems. The first console I ever touched was a SNES and the first operating system I used was Windows 3.0. The first Action RPG game I ever played was in 1996 and a product of Blizzard North and Activision, you may know this game as Diablo. To this day Diablo is still one of my favorite games to play.

Sword Art Online to me was a mixed bag of emotions because it employed a melting pot of a number of negatives and positives. I've always been a huge fan of anything remotely considered ... RPG and I couldn't help but picking this up. I can't say I'm a real die hard fan of this because some of the elements pissed me off.

I really had some good expectations leading into this just reading a basic summary and the story was definitely something I could enjoy on a weekly basis. I liked the idea of what you would call a permanent hardcore mode, really just a casual gamers way of describing the nature of the game being life threatening or as someone from the ghetto might call it "YOLO". The first episode definitely hooked you in and kept you coming back for more per usual ending episode cliffhangers. I liked how the story progressed into what you would typically see in a RPG: level up, meet some friends, and making a name for yourself. Kirito seemed to really become the typical hero you would expect him to be and properly utilize his knowledge of the game. Although my expectations were not fully met I can say this was a decent half and hour spent per week.

Thats not to say I didn't like the entire plot, the different arcs is where I started to branch of different feelings. I enjoyed the SAO arc but when the ALO arc came around I found myself not liking the content being presented. The story seemed to be sluggish and slow progressing compared the the SAO arc and there was more conversation time and drama build up over a love triangle. The lack of fights and all out battles in the ALO arc really left a sour taste in my mouth. They still managed to keep the "Game of Death" theme because Kirito was really fighting for more than his life for the majority of the story. I felt the writers could have split this into two different seasons rather than combine them, the SAO ending was appropriate but they seemed to lose focus after it. I'd rather not even say anything about the rushed ending. The writers focusing a majority of the central plot around a Kirito and Asuna relationship is what made the chains move for pretty much all 25 episodes. But one of the one things that pissed me off most was the cheap tactic of overused cliffhangers. It seemed that at the end of almost every episode the writers used a cliffhanger to draw you back in, this gives birth to the reference "Enjoy your crappy show".

As a gamer; visuals and end game content are probably what is most important to me, my recent bitter taste of hate came after the release of Diablo III, guess why? No end game content just excellent visuals. That's not to say Sword Art Online didn't have above average visuals. The environments of these VRMMO's were animated very well, I liked how Takeda Yusuke and his team put effort into blaring battle visuals and scenery that could match real world environments. There were a number of different environments that you would typically see in a MMO that made it feel realistic and not cheesy. The characters were all crafted as not to seem completely un-realistic despite what would have happened if the writers allowed them to keep their SAO alter egos rather than doing what they did and revert the players to their real world images.

The one point I have to overlook however is some character designs and inconsistencies. Some of the visuals tried to force a gross amount of fanservice which can really derail any series due to its nature to disgust people. Panty flashes and breast hops aren't really something fit for a series like this, it makes it turn a slightly different direction of hack and slash. The character known as Suguha seemed to have implants through the second part of the series and the animators and writers tried to make the character more appealing. The level of inconsistency had me shaking my head because it frustrates some people to change a characters design mid way.

Some of the characters seemed like they were just put there for cameos and the writers focused too much on the main characters rather than incorporate everyone in the story. I can't really say much about them, I never had a particular favorite character.

Still, a game isn't a game if you have just visuals and amazing content. You need sound effects to put you in the mood. Iwanami Yoshikazu put some feel into the battle scenes with intense choir vocals that gave battles more edge and combined with the animation the battles were probably all I looked forward to. I never really favored any of the ending or opening themes, I wasn't a fan of the visuals or sound tracks, I rarely find a series with good original sound tracks. I heard a lot of hype around the first opening done by Lisa but I didn't jump on the bandwagon. The voice actors all performed their jobs well and I can't dock them any points for bad performances.

The sour taste makes me think the writers could have done better job in the second half of SAO with the ALO arc. When the writers tried to throw another person into the relationship between Asuna and Kirito it felt too forced. The whole scenario could have been avoided due to the nature of it being a cousin on cousin relationship even if it was one sided. In the ALO arc I really hoped for more battle scenes and fights but was only presented with a handful of average fight scenes and maybe one good scene. The whole idea of the second half was to travel some distance to the World Tree which ended in a number of episodes of wasted time. It made it feel like the Frieza/Goku fight from Dragonball, really just a lot of wasted time. Then the writers tried to add another plot branch which involved the world of ALO simply being a test bench for mind control. This concept seemed idiotic because it adds multiple goals to derail the central theme and goal along with everything else. The writing was just really not that great for the second half.

The concept of a virtual reality RPG isn't something I wish on the world. There are a number of people who die from gaming incidents already in the modern age. To some people a virtual reality world would have more of an appeal to someone leading to a decline in their mental and physical health. Simply put its not something I would wish on the world as a casual gamer. I liked SAO for the most part but it was just put up a little higher than it deserved but I still enjoyed it.

Admiral Ackbar is back to his shenanigans in "It's a Trap" part 2.

I'd like to think I'm overly fair with my ratings, a 5-10 scale just equates to a 1-5. Generally short series have the short end of the stick, they rake in nothing but dismal ratings and are average at best. Maidens are Falling for Me 2 has the same pitfalls being only 3 episodes long.

A lot of what I disliked in its prequel or parent story are essentially the same, lack of this and not enough of that.

The story didn't have enough build up time only being 3 episodes long and anything that ... short gets royally shagged in the ass and has to totter off stage right. As before the plot revolves around a boy posing as a girl who transfers into an all girls school only to become idolized by the general population. The interaction between characters was the only selling point because 3 episodes just don't rustle your jimmies enough. The drama build up in the last episode redeemed it enough but the reality is the show as a whole is abysmal after episode 1.

I've always been a trap fan, some others won't share that love due to some incident involving lotion and expectations of a vagina. The main character is cute and the rest of the cast is cute, or moe as the common weaboo calls it. The interaction between character is average, nothing amazing or poor just average. The characters are essentially copycats from the prequel so nothing is new at all. The girl's love element really isn't present enough for this to be labeled as such since the main cast knows the situation.

As before, the trap isn't exposed to the whole student body and that pretty much pissed me off. I wasn't expecting a lot from 3 measly episodes but it's just no fun if you can't expose the main event as a fraud. It's like "Rock, Paper, Scissors" It doesn't make sense why they would make paper cover rock, it does nothing to tarnish or benefit the rock. And when you think about it, all it does is leave you with a feeling of boredom after its all said and done.

Most of the animation is pretty stifling, I sense in Japan that school uniforms are generally uncomfortable if dress code is really that bad. Character designs and backgrounds are what you might except from a show about Catholic nuns but shoujo animators tried to bring on the goth loli appeal. I'm no fan of the backgrounds or scenery, combined with the music scores they're almost designed to put you to sleep. I'd rate everything average or below average.

The voice actors and theme songs aren't anything special, performed well but the voice acting was boring. A romance needs more feel, and all these feels were not there. The theme songs won't be going on my favorites anytime soon but they were fair.

Regardless the ending scenes gave this some shining light. After the main characters came to terms with their feelings and own wants you come out with the final end scene kiss and dual election of elder sisters. A change in pace from before but I was still craving that trap exposure. I think we all have a want to live our own lives at one point, by stepping out of your parents shoes you get that opportunity. As for the main character being forced to live the life of his twin sister he ultimately ends up in this situation. They did a good job of focusing on one relationship rather than several and I felt the storyboard writers could have given Chihaya and Kaoruko another episode.

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru: Futari no Elder had its moments but 3 episodes really weren't enough.

I never had much of an affinity for big breasts. I find myself to be more of an ass man. Hagure Yuusha no Estetica had both however.

I can't say I had high expectations for Hagure Yuusha no Estetica, it really falls flat on its face plot wise like most other series' in the ecchi genre. It was plagued by an abundance of fast selling nudity fan service.

I have to admit the exposition got off to a fast start. The concept of people crossing different dimensions and learning skills from other worlds isn't a new one. The cast centers around a school specifically made for ... them to flex their abilities from the other worlds, essentially they are further trained to be soldiers for different governments. The school has a caste system based solely on their different abilities and they are placed accordingly, A-class being the highest. The plot was pretty much what you would expect from a school setting: character interaction, a beach episode and a little this and that. Rushing an opening like throwing a couple of kids into this type of school probably wasn't the best move. Opening the audience up to additional information about their alternate dimensions would have been insightful. However, I feel with no real conflict resolution this opened up for more seasons.

I found the plot itself to be boring after the first couple episodes. It wasn't that it was bad it was just predictable.

A majority of the characters had a fast introduction and the plot got off with a fast start. Miu and Akatsuki are immediately placed into B-class, with a promise of advancement to A-class. But bone heads will be bone heads and Akatsuki tried to pick fights with everyone in sight. He manages to offend almost every person he comes in contact with. He sets his sights on beating the student council and everything builds up around this concept. In the other world they plot on killing Miu to suppress her people and that takes up the last few episodes. In the end good guy wins and bad guy losses. Like I said before, it was just too typical and it ended up being boring. More focus could have been given on a Akatsuki and student council relationship rather than miix in cross world plots.

To me a majority of the characters were duds, most of the episodes were centered around Akatsuki the macho main who isn't afraid of copping a feel.

I didn't find myself liking any of the characters, the only notable one would most likely be Akatsuki. I would categorize this under harems and like most harems the female leads have an array of different personalities. Its a simple character formula so it doesn't stand out. You have a macho lead surrounded by bishoujo or pretty girls and he slowly wins over their hearts one by one. Aside from his unique talents and over the top mental and physical prowess he is a standard lead, so its fair but not exciting. Simply put, too much attention was given to him.

I felt the studio tried to animate the battles but they seemed to focus more on the fan-service and this derailed the series for the most part. The sound effects for some of the spells being cast and battles didn't feel like they fit either. You probably found yourself drooling over Miu or some other chunky breasted girl. The studio did a fair job at character animations and scene settings. I don't really have much to say about much of either the scores or animation.

This killed some time but ultimately it just wasn't good enough.

In the new millennium you often hear the bad side of life, talk of wars or rumors of wars. You possibly chat with a friend about natural disasters or an upcoming zombie apocalypse.

Never hoping the world comes to an end and that the religious nuts are wrong is wishful thinking. Personally I'd find a field of barley wheat and a good book on brewing then call it fair.

"Humanity Has Declined" threw me for numerous loops and I was pretty surprised with how good this turned out. I often find myself picking out titles that I am utterly disgusted with but this one was a good ... choice.

One of the first things that hooked me would have probably been the animation. The type of animation is extremely unorthodox and makes use of, cost effective everything. The characters and sets are fairly low budget but with such colorful work its hard to bash it. I found it amusing that the artists decided to represent the fairies, mouths hanging open and just a default smile no matter the mood. None of the characters really stuck out to me, typical this and typical that. The scenery and sets obviously are pretty much a color orgasm, throwing this and that maybe here and there.

As far as the actual characters go I felt a lot was missing about the main leads until the last couple of episodes. I would have thought in the end that the 2-3 inch little fairies would massacre the rest of humanity, and [Insert Bad Word] like rabbits and reproduce in an un-orderly fashion. The two characters I like the most were Watashi and Y, to me Y sounds like dumb name and probably something to call children 50 years from now. Her obsession with BL made me a little nervous probably because I expected to get flashed by a comic or some strange artwork. Watashi on the other hand, a smart girl who can cook an abundance of sweets might be the ideal "Waifu". The rest of the cast up until her school days were pretty much non existent or a bore. The other children at the school, in particular being the rose club probably gave me the willies. The different personalities of these girls ranged from farting tomboys to obsessive creepers, not people I'd like to be locked up with.

Now being a nano.ripe fan I give solely give credit to them doing the OP theme for watching this. The only time I've given music scores a thumbs up is for this group. After watching the opening a couple times I admit I tried dancing like the fairies and failed horribly. The ending theme probably didn't stick to me as much, I try and sit through those a few times but in general I avoid the extra minute.

The only real gripe I had with Humanity has declined would be the episode arrangement. I would recommend watching the last two episodes first so it has a degree of coherent sense. I was in the dark for the entire first half, everything was so episodical it felt like a stand alone. I tried to occupy myself by making sense of made up themes and propaganda such as sexism and governments. The propaganda probably came with the mention of the term "Commie" or communist and in the village Watashi has negative stimuli due to her field of work and general appearance. One of the minor or major themes, not sure which, would probably have been fairy society. Typical early humans referred to Gods and attempted to establish monarchies or different centralized governments. It was a little too much for me to wrap my head around in all honesty.

I definitely found myself in between the fence here. The concepts were good and I found it enjoyable in the end.

~This review contains spoilers!~

Till death do you part?

A many handful of religions and beliefs in this world have people under different impressions of the dead. Some believe the dead come back to the world while others believe the dead stay amongst' us due to unjustified deaths or unfinished life works.

The love triangle of Natsuyuki Rendevous left me with a feeling somewhat disappointed, not because of the story, but because of slow progression and lack of fill.

The major problem I saw with the story was how the writers invested so much time into the Shimao and Hazuki body swaps. The first few episodes were fair, ... but after that everything went downhill filling viewers minds with a fairy book world and little real world interaction. Even based on the dialog the ending was predictable, and I wasn't even the least bit surprised with Shimao not moving on. The tales of Thumbelina and The Mermaid could have been summed up into a couple episodes without killing half the series. Getting Hazuki to realize how much he wanted "The Manager" could have been done without useless information.

I wasn't too fond of any of the characters. To me, if you believe that you see the dead or follow acts of spirit possession you should be locked up with the white suits. These three were generally cute as you might call it. I feel Hazuki could have confessed much easier without seeming like a stalker however and by stalker I mean being everywhere possible where Rokka was.

The animation was really the only strong point for me, I wasn't happy with the way everything else went. Im a huge fan of non norm animation styles and colorful representations. While not liking what I call the "Fairy-tale Book" arc I kept going because the colorful representations. But josei and shoujo animators aren't far off, the demographic isn't that wide. Typically you see big and bright eyes and over exaggerations of what women should look like in both josei and shoujo genres. On the other side of genders its usually pretty boys.

I have nothing particular to say about the opening and ending themes. They were performed very well, I tend to skip both in everything I watch, I'm just not a fan.

Unfortunately, I lost interest mid way though, I really only found enjoyment out of the first few episodes and Natsuyuki Rendevous ended up being a disappointment.

I believe that you have separate generations of anime. Strictly speaking between what was popular then and what is popular now.

New review for something old, buckle down.

My trip down nostalgia lane isn't a fun one, anime wasn't always there for most of the time. School, work and other sorts were always in the way of me enjoying myself. Honestly Vandread was probably the first title I followed around 10 years ago, unlike a good portion of viewers who found themselves in English dubs on Cartoon Network. Anime was popularized worldwide strictly by action, more bang and then some.

Vandread is a title I feel that is ... in between the anime generation gaps, it employs the popular then mecha approach, with the popular now comedy, romance and what not. You either like blenders or you don't.

What probably hooked me most was the concept of a post earth apocalypse, where men and women are separated on different planets. It's like when your parents used to teach you that the opposite sex had cooties and encouraged you to hang with the same sex. I have another personal belief; men will eventually die out and women will learn how to replicate through cloning. Sure, that sounds like a horrible future but good human genes aren't running well. Hell, a scenario like this might even be popular, science says that the moon is slowly inching away from the earth as it is. Shooting populations of people off to habitable planets is still a science fiction however.

Obviously in this story work place the sexs will all have their conundrums of philosophy. I never really took a liking to any of the characters in particular, this is one of those series that all the characters aren't significantly more important that it makes them as one total whole. Each character has their own deeply flawed personalities that makes them notable in some aspects. Obviously if you have a problem with homosexuality though you probably won't like some of them.

Another thing I really thing illustrates the generation gap would be the opening and ending themes. The opening theme has a more serious tone that sort of introduces the old mecha ideas with CG illustrations and some of the story. When you finish an episode the ending theme in completely different, its the more laid back sexual theme that advances the anime into the next generation.

The CG illustrations and visualizations put this anime years ahead of other titles that aired late 1990's and early 2000's. A strong point but not really anything special due to playback mediums being limited to VHS and DvD. If this were a present time, it wouldn't be special by any means.

The major problem I had with Vandread goes back to the theme of split sexes, more so of the forced gags that weren't really necessary. It's like putting little boys and little girls together and watching them explore, curiosity never killed the cat but someone did get raped. Watching Mr. Alien and Dita go at it got on my nerves after a point. I really disliked the harem aspect, there should have been less room to edge it in, another point I feel was forced. Being what it is, can't stop it from happening. All the dread pilots are linked to one other singular pilot of the opposite sex. A harem is bound to occur eventually.

Robots beating other robots to a pulp in DBZ fashion, new post apocalypse ideas, forced opposite sex gags. Still a great vintage title in my eyes.

Viagra: The Animation.

Simple themes, little to no plot and flawless fan-service will always bring in an audience filled with hormone raging males, sometimes a few ladies.

I think the problem with the anime audience now a days is that a majority of anime titles are aimed at the male audience in one way or another. Rarely do we get to view material that is worth watching and doesn't fall between average and good. I use "Good" as more of an average term because its neither great, very good or amazing.

Regardless, why not give fan-service a try every now and then, its good for your boner.

Yuuki, the ... androgynous boy lands himself in a split school, where he is mistaken for a girl. He manages to get the attention of two very blessed women and hilarity ensues. I find it hard to sit through nonsensical fanservice gibberish and feel that the comedy for this short OVA was the only redeeming quality.

As for animation goes there really is nothing special, if you actually took the time to view this you were probably preoccupied with massive breasts instead of the scenery. The story and characters were average at best, not anything particular stood out to me. But in reality you need something average or bad every now and then otherwise you lose sight of what is true quality.

On another note, lets talk about awkward moments. Ever been shackled to a woman with cow tits while you fall into dreamland? Probably not. Ever been shackled to a woman with cow tits while she rolls onto you and her undergarments magically fall off? Definitely not. I'm a huge fan of comedy and moments like this are hard to watch but they still get me to chuckle here and there.

The sexual quirks and awkward moments and a delicious trap gave me some enjoyment but really its just average.

If you're into large breasts and fan-service this is up your alley.

In a plethora of environments you tend to see people who keep to themselves. People like this are assumed to be mysterious and generally avoided. Most others assume these loners have pent up rage or have some horrible past. On rare occasions others will recruit them for their close circles or these people will form extremely close bonds with a few individuals that they have almost nothing in common with.

Mysterious Girlfriend X was a title I was skeptical about simply because it involves bodily fluids. After finishing this I feel it is the most undervalued title of the spring 2012 season. A story of a ... mysterious slow moving romance revolving around drool, now thats original.

In the current anime industry originality is rare to come across, a good title will appear once in a blue moon.

Drool romance being what I'd like the call the theme probably set off an equal amount of disgust and enjoyment from all parties. The ratings certainly show this is the case. I like how Urabe and Akira meet through this strange idea of drool tasting and how its the basis of their relationship. A lot of romances now a days are based of visual novels that are generally harems, and they tend to become dull after too many are adapted. I particularly enjoyed this shows originality and everything it offered.

The environment of the story had a dark, gothic feel to it which again would put many viewers off. The carnival dreams that these two hard were probably what interested me the most. The sounds for most of the settings was similar to this dream space and it was almost eerie. A lot of romances feature songs with vocals and light instrumentals but this brought a new sound the table, while dull it was interesting none the less.

The animation style and old school theme songs is probably where this series was hurt the most. The majority of the new anime audience is attached to the post 2,000 genres of big eyes, large faces and colorful representations. While its a plus in the originality department a lot of fans are looking for new, not old. Another problem this show suffered from was the slow pace and dull VA acting. The pace was grueling and the romance aspect lacked in a traditional sense of what you have come to expect from rom-com's or straight romance. The progress of these two was limited by a bond of drool, and they barely made it out of first base minus naked middle school sweet heart.

None the less I enjoyed this every step of the way, rarely do we see something new and unusual. The anime industry should focus more on the new and unusual. More titles could gain excellence if they stepped out of boundaries more often that are not set by the best sellers.

If you enjoy a dark and unusual romance, you might just enjoy Mysterious Girlfriend X.