Dec 2, 2017
KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT YOUR BASIC IMOTO ANIME.
Presumably a lot of people were quick to judge this by the presence of the imoto leitmotif and a number of other cliché that the show uses as premises. So please remember that, just because you've seen some similar concepts in other anime, IT DOES NOT MEAN that the show is a basic rip-off of ero manga sensei and it just follows a trend that passed its hype-point or whatever. IT'S NOT. This show does an AMAZING job taking over popular themes and motifs, breaking them at times and shifting them towards the development
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of some of the most enjoyable shit I've seen lately.
Its strongest point, in my opinion, is the way it balances the light, humorous, joke-around, pleasant-to-watch atmosphere with short moments of deeper character introspection, revealing tiny puzzle pieces that, when put together, make for a great, meaningful story about what draws people together and what sets them apart as individuals. (I believe Ituski stated something along the lines of "What one person craves, the other one has and doesn't care much about it." This, for example, is one of the more subtle dilemmas that the plot explores. And while we're at it, the ending scenes of episode 8 are a fucking masterpiece.) YET it's still incredibly entertaining, and easy to watch.
The cast of well-picked characters - a group of four good friends, with obviously different personalities, certain weird obsessions and their worries about being a lot less mature than they would expect from being 20-ish (very relatable stuff) - gives birth to saucy, super-funny exchanges of lines where very little stuff that can be said is out of line. The voice acting is great. The drawing pairs it just as well. Not a heavy-plot, not a superficial anime either, twisted just at the right amount for its genre.
I can keep this going for a lot more paragraphs, yet the core of my message is just this: please give it a chance, it will surprise you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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