Reviews

What's not to love about an anime with the english tidetle, "The Squid Girl: The Invader Comes from the Bottom of the Sea". In truth, I was inkspecting this anime to be trash, and I was not dissapointed. It is trash; simply the best kind of trash. If you were to look at my ratings you would see a wall of 7s followed by a 9 for enjoyment. This is because my enjoyment of Shinryaku! Ika Musume massively exceeded the show's actual quality. There were moments where I was laughing uncontrollably, but the fact remains that in terms of actual quality the show is fairly simplistink.

Shinryaku! Ika Musume sinks or swims on its main character, Ika. All the other characters feel a squiddle one-note with the inkception of the other major character, Eiko. However, Eiko's role as the "Mature one" limits the enjoyment of her character. Therefore; the show's enjoyment stems primarily from Ika, with other characters providing entertainment through inkteraction with her. This means that if you don't like Ika, you won't like the show. However, I think this is a moot point, as Ika hershelf is such a vibrant and eninkmatic character that it doesn't really matter.

To conchclude, while Shinryaku! Ika Musume is hardly a masterpiece, it is most certainly a lot of fun. If you're worried that it seems a bit fishy, why not give it a watch and see for yourshellf. I highly reccomend it if you're after something entertaining. It is inkredible how much joy can be developed from such simplistink execution.