If its core fanbase wasn’t evidence enough, it’s hard to fuck up a cute girl anime. In the past, I’ve gone on record being fairly lenient towards most low-effort moe anime. With “Koisuru Asteroid”, most of my convictions about cute girl anime have been gravely perturbed.
The term “CGDCT” or “Cute girls doing cute things” is one I’ve never been a fan of, if not for the sole reason that I grew up in the era that encapsulated its inception and persistence. I get the appeal because I lived through the majority of this genre’s golden age. I understand why certain fans will come to the defense of even the most niche entries in this genre.
There’s a reason why the term “CGDCT” is used as a pejorative, and that’s because shows like this will rise to the surface every once in a while. Let’s cut to the chase, this show is mind-numbingly boring. Let’s stop kidding ourselves with this shit. Is this show REALLY worth defending? The core audience for this show is insomniacs, frankly, that’s the only type of person I’d ever recommend this show to. Someone so out of sync with their body-clock that conventional methods of conking out just don’t do it anymore.
I’ve been seeing this show unfairly defended as an “iyashikei” anime, but the whole point of iyashikei anime is to heal you, not put you to sleep by the time the opening theme is finished. To me, this show has carved the path towards an entirely new genre of anime, anime so boring and full of grey-matter that it melts your consciousness into a sleep-inducing lull.
What can I say about Koisuru besides the fact that watching it was a blur? None of the characters track. Not a single one of them had new or interesting traits we haven’t seen recycled dozens of times already. The protagonist is your typical bubbly energetic moe-blob joined at the hip with her reserved best-friend, what a genius contrast, you couldn’t make this shit up. There wasn’t a single believable or compelling storyline and most of the side-characters were just there to pad the runtime. The character designs are plain/simple which is an honest rarity for Doga Kobo.
Unless you’ve already cultivated an active interest in the topic at hand (not that it can't be framed in an interesting way) you’d need the goddamn Ludovico Technique to stay awake watching this show. It is utterly bereft of anything worthwhile in a half-decent cute girl anime.
Let’s just end it here, because at the very least I can credit this show with fixing my sleep schedule, thank fuck. Goodnight folks.
