Story:
Lol. Pretty nonexistent. Each episode is its own mini-adventure, but the mini-adventures have literally nothing to do with each other. You could watch this entire show in a random order and it would basically be the same. There are only really 3 important episodes where outside characters are introduced (like the episode where Golden Darkness arrives), but other than that all the episodes are completely unrelated. Now, that's not to say that just because a show has mini-episodes, it's bad. Those who are fans of Sora no Otoshimono will know that you can still pull off a pretty good story with having mini-episodes. It's just with To-Love Ru, each mini-episodes contributes nothing to plot movement nor does it develop any stories or help us answer any conflicts. Each episode just does nothing to help us move forward. It's like reading the same page in a book instead of reading through the pages.
Art:
Not bad, but you can tell it's an older animation style. It does look too cartoonish at times, but art usually doesn't really affect my opinion on shows unless it's just glaringly bad.
Sound:
I actually really love the opening theme "Forrever We Can Make It" and normally I skip openings, but I actually listened to the opening for every episode in this show.
Characters:
Lala-chan is basically the only highlight of this show. Rito is actually a very likable character as well, but all his potential is not shown. We see the beginnings of a badass/kind male lead which is refreshing in a harem since it seems most harems nowadays just have male leads who need all the female characters to protect him. But his badassery and kindness are barely developed after they're shown. What I mean by that is he'll rescue one of the girls or do something nice for them, and then that's it. He just goes back to his school boy self and doesn't try to consider his actions or think about his relationship with the girl he just helped, which is what a normal person would do.
But Lala is a really interesting character. She's quirky, cheerful, part stupid, part genius. She's pretty different from a lot of female characters you see because of this weird combination of personalities. At times she'll be serious and profound, and other times she'll be dense and have no idea what's happening around her, so she's extremely entertaining to watch. But once again, there wasn't as much character development with her as there could have been. They could have revealed a lot more about her feelings for Rito, but instead decided to make a lot of filler episodes.
Enjoyment:
Somehow I managed to finish all 26 episodes in about 4 days which is pretty fast for me since I like to take my time watching anime. And for some reason, I didn't particularly hate the anime even though I'm giving it such a low score. I think it was just interesting to watch Lala as a character, but nothing else was really interesting. Yeah, it's a comedy, but to be honest I laughed maybe twice during this entire show, and at times I was pretty bored.
Overall:
If you're looking for a relaxed anime, To-Love Ru is definitely it since it doesn't have any intense or emotional scenes. But if you're looking for comedy (which is what I originally watched it for), then you're probably in the wrong place since this anime hardly has any original comedy that you haven't already seen in other shows.
