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Nov 1, 2015
Mixed Feelings
Asobi ni Iku yo is a light-hearted ecchi harem with a bit of an action focus. It involves a lot of craziness including aliens that look like cat girls and dog-girls, and with heroines that are all size d+. Asobi starts off as an instant girlfriend series, with the main, wimpy guy mysteriously attracting more girls as the series progresses. It goes through some wild subplots and eventually settles on the wildest twist of all, which takes you up to the ending of the series. If you're looking for a light (ECCHI) show, then this is your pick. If you're looking for some more serious drama.romance or anything remotely believable, look elsewhere.

Animation:
This is pretty standard fare for its time. Colors are a bit saturated and the overall scenery relaxing (Okinawa, wha'd you expect?). The girls are okay but to be honest I don't think it's much of a competition between the 3 primary heroines (CAT GIRL vs. short-haired CIA wanna-be vs. shy but deadly girl with glasses). As is typical in a harem, these not-so average looking girls are attracted to a really plain looking wimp. I'm also not totally sold on the attire of the alien neko-girls, especially towards the end of the series.

For some reason they decided to make this action based (think sort of Princess Lover like; but not as focused and with a lot more heavy guns), I'm not completely sold on the approach, as it really takes the focus away from the actual characters. This means that there will be plenty of fighting (the series starts with one of these sequences) of okay quality with somewhat annoying CGI at times.

As a final note, this is an ECCHI series, there WILL be full top nudity and apparently the alien cats are armed with guns that DISINTEGRATE CLOTHES, creating almost an Ikkitousen scenario at times.

Sound:
The sound is average. The OP and EDs (one per heroine) are all calming and light-pop to fit the atmosphere of a beach in Okinawa. The BGM isn't all that memorable and doesn't always give enough presence during important moments. Itou Kanae does the best job of the VAs here, overall good but not stand-out.

Story:
Kio is a rather boring guy who happens to end up stuck in the middle of a fight between anti-alien humans, a secret military organization (think like Mithril in FMP), a young girl with way too much money and a fetish for nekomimi, space cats, and space dogs. He befriends unusually strong heroines along the way as it eventually turns into world vs. the dogs.

While the plot line is quite battle-focused near the end, you spend a lot of the early episodes lounging away in Okinawa with an occasional battle or two. The overall plot sequence isn't that bad but it is outrageous and quite unbelievable at times. There are a few tense moments but you never really bond with the characters that much detracts from any significant rising action.

The story really goes over the top near the climax and really pulls a wtf there. As there is a lot of focus on battles, you don't really get much time to spend with the actual characters as will be described next.

Character:
So yes, there's a standard guy who is completely dense when it comes to a girl's feelings. He apparently has three girls who really like him, two of which try to conceal this while the third cat-girl is pretty much like Lala in ToLoveRu. Since you know that the girls all harbor feelings for him, it's just a matter of them slowly trying to express this to him. Where as such a thing was so wonderfully executed repeatedly in Amagami SS, it is butchered here (it's never quite explained why the girls even like him- no being NICE is not a valid answer). Not only do you not get a sense of attachment to the characters, but their ridiculous fighting abilities just makes them feel all the more distant. This is one of the series where you just ask, is the guy really worth it?

The only redemption for this segment is the lively and innocent personality of Eris, especially when she goes into breeding-mode. But sometimes you can only take so much light-heartedness before you want something with a bit more substance.

Value:
This is a playful series that you can watch without really having to pay attention. Some of the crazy battles and armaments will draw some lols, but you won't be crying over any decisions and won't be dying to load up the next episode. Overall it's a very average harem. The series has come over to play, will you join in?
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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