[Up to ep 8, altho I skipped middle part of ep8, will update again aft watching ep 8 in full]
Ok, this anime reminds me a lot of Baka to Test to ??. First they start with some interesting scenes introducing characters, then after a few eps you have endless plotless, comedy, ecchi annd fanservice eps. Yep, up to ep 8 it's still ongoing, go look at forums- ep discussion. Lots of ppl are dropping it aft ep8, 4 eps left, what can we expect anyways?
Story:3
What can I say? The anime started off with a touching story of inter-dependence and friendship but after the first few eps it became horrendously random. To the end of ep 6 there is only minimal character development and some earlier unique characteristics of characters and plot seem blown away suddenly. Till 8 there are a lot of parodies featured, starting to feel like Seitokai ?? ??, the parody show. It;s still ok if the individual eps have good storyline , even as fillers. But they do not have anything commendable at all. Except sound and art, and enjoyment for some.
The only hope left is its future eps. Left 3, any hopes? Nope, for me.
Art:7
It's not bad, but even with special effects all seem very 2D. the colours used were pleasing to the eye but not spectacular. Character designs were decent.
Sound:7
Both OP and ED were special, and sounds effects were ok. Voice acting was quite good for the girls.
Character:3
Nice introduction of characters but bad follow-up. Plus characters sometimes change personalities a little, esp during filler eps. Character development is quite little esp for Takumi.
With so much filler eps showing little or no unique personalities of the characters, other than the most obvious ones, and hardly any surprises or development, the characters went stagnant. That is still ok, PROBLEM IS that in some eps the characters changed personalities. This is bad... very bad. Take ep 7 for an example, our main protagonist Takumi turned evil along with his 2 male buddies.
I cut this score from 6 to 3, from ep 6 to 8. So, be warned.
Enjoyment:7
Depends on your type of humour. Some parts were ridiculously funny and some comedy presented were literally out of this world. Up to ep 6 that is. Ep 7 and 8 was a turn-off for most of the community.
Overall:6
My main purpose of watching this series is enjoyment and seeing if the original storyline presented would be continued. And you might like this if you like Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu.
Btw this series changes directors every ep. Wonder what AIC, the production studio has against the original creator (and pretty much the rest of the staff).
