As with all good light anime, there is a nice, universal message running throughout. In this anime, Charger Girls use huge plugs to charge up depressed humans before their hearts give out. The organization they work for is run for profit and strives for efficiency and volume. But Plug, seemingly the worst employee of the bunch, has a different approach. Simply "charging" someone stuck in a rut will not solve their true problem. Plug realizes that if she waits patiently for the right moment when inspiration, resolve and passion coalesce, her charging has far more lasting effects. This takes far more time and leads to many complications but Plug is willing to risk her life for others and sees her work as a calling, not a job.
Not bad for a ecchi anime with girls whose outfits are designed to expose the inner half of both nipples.
Now, if this were just ecchi, I would love it. The females are beautifully drawn, their outfits are jaw dropping and the lack of true overt sexuality gives it an air of innocence that makes Charger Girl a fun, light, fantasy show to watch in between serious anime dramas. Also, the anime-within-the-anime is also well done and exaggerates the already heightened elements of Charger Girl. I really look forward to those snippets.
That said, there is apparently a certain sub-genre of anime that associates urine (pee) with sexuality and I have to say I find it kind of gross. It's quite jarring in an otherwise light ecchi show like this so be forewarned.
There are also a lot of female beatings - often with a baseball bat. Now, I totally agree that men getting annihilated by females for lulz in anime is fine so the inverse should be true. My real problem is that it gets redundant, boring and is really out of character.
Case in point: If you were a single guy in your 20's and two Perfect 10's from another dimension floated into your room wearing skin tight clothing, would you repeatedly attack them with a baseball bat on sight? Would the visual of Plug floating on all fours in your living room send you into a blind rage? Hell no. That's the true problem with the violence. It makes no sense.
If you can excuse some of its more extreme elements and are looking for a light show to watch, consider plugging in to Charger Girls!
