After seeing a grand total of three episodes the glaring similarities to KonoSuba are apparent from minute one. The story of a young man sent to a fantasy world by a goddess and accompanied by three girls should sound familiar and is most certainly NOT a gimmick to lure in the male demographic to watch.
The background art and scenery design look really alike. They might as well be in the town in KonoSuba, but wait! What's this?! The roofs in the Princess Connect town are sharp and pointy! That seems to be the biggest difference that I can find so far, but I don't really care if it's a ripoff cuz it's still nice to look at. Even the theme songs were somewhat alike. Both shows begin with an upbeat, pop opening theme and finish with a more laid-back, rustic ending theme. Fun fact, the endings in both shows are dope and I hella recommend, ya dig?
Now considering how close in style Princess Connect is to KonoSuba, most of it's flaws could be seen to stem from a comparison of the two. Unfortunately, the two most frequently used words to criticize this show in negative reviews are not necessarily inaccurate: boring and bland.
Honestly, while I like this show, I totally get where these people are coming from. The MC is almost nonexistent; the show might as well have just the three main girls as the MCs. As a bonus, however, we also have Ikacchi and Charlie who have me busting a gut every time they have a line solely because their VAs had roles in KonoSuba. Especially mah boi Charlie. Ah Charlie, that rascal!
Also, even though Princess Connect has that KonoSuba abrupt, 180-development-surprise humor, some of the jokes have been directly reused without much difference. It's a little disappointing, but overall I would still say the humor is a plus for this show, and I still find it funny and entertaining.
BUT!! Let's get down to business here. There's really one big reason why people continue to watch this and why you reading this review should put on some pants and go give it a try. It's the light that will lead you through the darkness that is COVID-19: the sweet, innocent, silver-haired, little peach-cupcake elf Kokkoro.
Arise, ye of little faith! The waifu wars of Spring 2020 have a new champion! Stand back Kaguya-sama! Step aside sadistic-and-weirdly-sometimes-not swimsuit blonde girl from Gleipnir! Back of the line hot lizard dude from Tower of God! The clear best girl of this season and, dare I say it, the year 2020 is none other than this tiny lil' puddin' pop.
Now I know what you're gonna say. "But this show has a tsundere cat girl." And that's fair. I'm not going to judge you if cat ears tickle your grits. I won't blame you if that furry tail bakes your potato. However, Kokkoro is life. Kokkoro is the very embodiment of the word 'adorbs'. Kokkoro adds a teaspoon of 'smol' but does not cross into 'loli' territory. Surely no one can find a better best girl in all the land! Are you not entertained?!
TLDR:
Watch this or don't if it's boring. Kokkoro = bae Q.E.D.
