Back to fades's Profile fades's Profile

"Why are you chasing me!!"
"Because you're running away!"
"I'm not running away, I'm on a journey to find my true self!"


I'd like to view ET: the moe version as an experiment in storytelling.
However, there is not much of a story to speak of.
Guy meets girls and his life changes.
Ok, so what is done differently this time around?

... 1. Characters

There's the eccentric 40 year old mum who is seemingly happy and carefree. In reality though, she has no idea how to approach her daughter who seems to have some loose screws in her head and is unable to tie her shoe or cut a paper straight. How on earth is this girl so beautiful when even the basics of hygiene are unknown to her?
In comes the young boy from the title to take care of his eccentric cousin. I don't know if teenage boys would wipe my face from food stains and find it cute but maybe if I wore a see through dress, why the hell not. In any case, transfer student is somewhat of a typical harem protagonist. The story is mostly from his perspective, so somewhere halfway through you'll be thinking "why doesn't this have a harem tag?"

Don't let yourself get distracted by sparkling cute girls or nurse cosplay because then the show suddenly switches perspectives.
There's a little heartwarming, family friendly part. There's the cool, youth-like, DO YOUR BEST!!! part. There's baseball and summer festival and school lunches and cicadas. It becomes less of a harem and more of a feel good slice of life where even the side characters get their time to shine.

2. Story is... where you find it.
In the second half, a sudden body of water appears and it's up to your interpretation whether you make it the depth of a puddle or the Mariana Trench.

3. Art
Well, it's Shaft. Enjoy sparkling water in a swimming pool, meteor shower, lips, nails, hair and various body curves of 2D babes to your hearts content.

4. Sound
My guess that the OP is denpa which is a genre of music. It's like pop-rock on drugs.
ED is sung by Yakushimaru Etusko and it's a slow, lullaby type of a song that I really liked.
BGM is fitting. Aliens/space play a big role in the series and so whenever we're watching stars there's this soft music in the background that's a little mysterious and nicely completes the atmosphere.

5. Enjoyment
Every Shaft creation is like cake with sweet topping with strawberries and chocolate and cream but because of that I don't know how the pastry actually tasted. Though I know for sure it wasn't bad at all.

TL;DR
pros: gorgeous art, quirky characters
cons: stuck somewhere between harem and slice of life. nothing much happens.