FUN!
This is one of the most unusual anime I’ve seen. More unusual than I could have even imagined (while still winding up liking it).
First I LOVE the artwork. I’m not even sure why. It’s just so simple yet detailed, colorful, unique, and CUTE. I adore the eyes.
Characters: very unique. Child inventor-genius who is still waaay too childlike. A robot high school girl built by her who is waaay more mature. A set of high school girls whose inner thought life erupts in an explosion of art-style, color, and bizarre acting out. (Pull a bazooka from behind your back and blow away the guy you like because you suddenly feel embarrassed. Wait - did that really happen?? No time! Moving on!)
The Japanese voices for the characters are wonderful - matching the emotions and feelings of the characters perfectly and then some.
The theme music is totally awesome and over-the-top (matching the anime). And the opening credits accompanying the music is itself ramped up even more. (It’s like the songwriter saw the anime and said “I can be even crazier than that”, and then the anime staff said “challenge accepted”.)
But ... you have to accept that this is a fever-pitch, run-away, non sequitur, minimal plot, slice-of-life story - with occasional forays into alternate reality stories involving the same characters. Don’t get too attached to linear thought.