The most interesting part of this show are the characters and the way storytelling is done. I had a feeling of unreliable narration as certain story sections are told from different perspective with differing outcomes and how the characters have understood or misunderstood the situations. This leads to a plethora of hilarious and both gratifying and just overall funny moments.
We have Joro, who is a real suckup for the girls that he is interested in and does everything for them he can to support them with their chores. He seems like a total beta but he is actually the real chad of this anime. We see this as soon he realizes that none of the girls (quirky Osananajimi and strict but shy Seitokaichou) he puts so much effort to please like him, rather want him to help them getting together with Joros best friend, a handsome guy called Sun-chan.
Joro encounters at the core three women of which only one turns out to have actual interest in him. But the show tells us that that girl is undesirable for Joro and thus he fights with all his energy against getting together with the third girl. This third girl turns out to be sharp and saves his ass from abusive reliance.
Are the characters flat? Are they as confuciusdragon points out "bad characters"?
I would heavily disagree, because I see that show inherently as a deconstruction of the romance genre as we know it. We don't have an ecchi protagonist that is totally oblivious to the female charme and we don't have conventional characters. What he do have are the most overused tropes of a romance show possible: impossibly clingy Osananajimi, Senpai Seitokaichou and an Ojou-sama Librarian..
Some of the jokes are crazy in hilarity. There is this scene where Ayano isn't able to speak to her love interest without getting nervous and so she starts talking in a traditional Sengoku-Era Samurai tone and says shit like: "I'd like to indulge with you in the practice of having a meal on the roof" while Joro is just cringing hard. I nearly died of laughter.
The first 4 episodes I was constantly in a state of excessive laughter at the genuinely funny jokes and in dismay for the beta protagonist to be stepped on and exploited. But in ep 3 after ep2 ends with an impossibly sadistic cliffhanger, we are introduced to the smartness of the Librarian character who deduces based on strings that were pulled by the aforementioned narrative earlier that theres betrayal among the characters, despite them thinking they are all doing each other favors. This kind of 4D chess feels amazing to follow and it kept me interested.
The music is strange, because its sometimes dramatic at places where it doesn't need be and sometimes the musical underlining is perfect. We have more eerie sounding OST as well as Piano music sometimes. Also the sound design is superb and adds wonderful accent to each of the jokes.
The art is decent, it could be better and it definitely doesn't reach legendary status but it's likely the best this stupid can produce. For that sake its nothing to complain about. Also the superdeformed characters can add to the jokes.
I didn't plan for this review to be so long, especially since the anime didn't even finish airing but with such an awesome show I cannot keep my words brief. Really appreciate this season, even though nothing looked appealing at first glance.
I can only give this show kudos for the times it made me laugh and that I consumed 6 episodes of it when I should long be asleep (5:38am) and I still bother to write a review...well that should mean a lot.
Good night!
