There is always an anime showing "cute girls doing cute things" every scene. I can never stop loving them, because they are always nice to watch. They are your perfect healers.
So, do you like lolis in your cafe?
Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? (or Gochiusa) revolves around five cute girls working on their own shifts in their respective workplace, all of them being cafes. The main character, Cocoa, starts her high-school life in a German-like town. Arriving at the "Rabbit House" cafe hoping to see rabbits in the cafe, she finds out that she will be working in that cafe with a soft-spoken girl Chino, and staying as accomodation as well.
From there, she meets the rest of the main cast - Rize, Chiya and Sharo, and other girls. The whole story is simple - cute girl doing cute things. But from an area that doesn't look like a typical Japanese urban, the story is tweaked to fit in its culture. The whole atmosphere is so light and fluffy.
The pacing is similar to some of the "slice of life"s - fast and nice. I like the comedy between the characters. There's a bit of yuri subtext and it's honestly cute.
The characters are extremely likable because of the moe factor, and they have different personalities. I feel that they match to their appearences as well. Some of the personalities are similar to what you see in the past few "slice of life"s, but it doesn't matter anyway.
There is good character development in some of the characters, the most notably be Chino.
One of the things I'm attracted to this anime is the character design, which gives off those loli bodies. I'm not a lolicon, but they are very cute. There is some fan-service but that didn't ruin the anime at all. I love the facial expressions made by the characters, whether for comedy or not. The scenery drawn in the anime are very spectacular. The objects shown are nicely drawn too. The visuals for the opening are awesome and the episode card titles are interesting to look at.
The opening has to be one of the best openings I have listened to in this Spring season. Some parts are catchy while the rest are nice to get the groove on. It is sang by the voice actors vocing the main cast - and they sang wonderfully. The ending, sang by the voice actors of Chino and her two best friends, is nice and smooth. The background music is nice to hear and they somewhat match the culture in the anime's setting - being European-like. The voice acting is too cute, and the voice actors did a good job matching the personalities of their respective characters.
Gochiusa may have been an awesome slice of life to watch, but it can be easily compared to Kirino Mosaic (aired on Summer 2013) and Non Non Biyori (aired on Fall 2013). All three have some similarities, such as Rize and Aya - voiced by the same voice actor. Since the two anime I mentioned have their second seasons announced, will Gochiusa have another season?
Honestly, I definitely agree. This anime is too much. I enjoyed the heck out of it. I love the fun the characters are having. This anime leaves a warm feeling to me and I love it.
Chiya best girl.
