Jun 4, 2021
Currently, this is one of the lowest rated anime airing this season, a fact I find both hilarious and unfair. On one hand, yea, I get it, this show is overwhelmingly horny and not in a currency that a lot of people accept. On the other hand, I think if you try to watch this show without letting your personal tastes on its particular brand of horniness overwhelm your judgement, you'll find a show that it is... solidly okay!
Plot: I am not watching this show for the plot. I am very much watching this show for the *PLOT*. Not even in a horny way!
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Buff fairy men in skimpy outfits or tied up in ropes is not really my thing, although I'm not exactly opposed to it either. Basically, my dick is flaccid but my brain is short circuiting. That's the appeal of the horniness in this show to me. It's so over the top and ridiculous and unique (Uruu's transformation.......) that it's hilarious in a 'I can't fucking believe what I'm watching' way and a 'they aired this on TV???' way. And I honestly just have to respect the staff for giving literally zero fucks. They really picked a vision and stuck to it, huh.
Oh right I should probably talk about the actual plot huh. Uhh, it's about these five fairies who come to Earth to find women to help so they can harvest 'attachment' to bring back to the fairy world. Basically, it's very formulaic, very monster of the week type stuff. I'm finding myself somewhat bored by it most of the time, honestly. It's not shallow, per se, I do think it is interesting how it tackles societal issues and such, but it's not anything groundbreaking either, and I just don't think it's very interesting to watch. I'd much rather they spend more time on the fairy ass.
Also, I should mention that this show is weirdly heterosexual (in like an otome game kind of way), more than you think it would be considering its... aesthetics. Not that that's necessarily bad, it's just odd.
Characters: They're fine. I don't think they're like, super shallow or anything, they get some interesting development + backstories, but I still feel like we don't see enough of them to really get attached. I definitely think its 'woman with a problem of the week' type formula is something that's hindering it in this regard, as each episode only focuses on one fairy, and the characters don't really get enough chances to interact. Their clients in each episode also don't have enough screentime for any real characterization. Overall, I'm pretty meh on the characters. Uruu's love-hate antics with Homura do amuse me though. Oh, I also like that the main guy Ranmaru wears glasses. People With Shit Vision Rise Up!
Animation: I'd say it's pretty nice. When they're in the human forms it looks alright, nothing standout. But during their fairy battle scenes, the environments change and it looks pretty cool. When the first episode came out I saw a lot of comparisons to the witches' labryinths in Madoka, and for that particular episode it was fitting. But they do change up the art style each episode (e.g. Hokusai, Van Gogh), and I've been enjoying seeing them. The battles themselves don't leave much of an impression though, except for uh. Those parts.
Music: It's good. Of particular note are the insert songs, each fairy has one that plays after their transformation in each episode. They're real catchy and fun. I'm real glad they put them in because otherwise I might've already dropped this show. The OP and ED are pretty good too (although perhaps the aesthetics of the ED are more noteworthy than its music). The BGM is fine too, there are some cool tracks that play during the battle scenes.
Overall: You know, I don't think that I like this show that much, but I have also been spending all my time thinking about it for some reason. It's not a brilliantly written masterpiece, but nor is it some trashy brainless show just for fanservice (even though that is an integral part of it). I'm enjoying my time with it. And I know I said the plot bored me, but I am actually interested in what they're going to do with this overarching plot they've set up, even if by the 9th episode we still don't know very much about it. Here's hoping the next three episodes are bangers.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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