Coming into this season, I had never heard of the Ochifuru idol project before. Based on the character’s designs and the fact that I watch every show every season, I gave it a shot. I could not be happier that I did. Every single week I was blown away by how genuinely hilarious this show is. The girls are great and there’s a girl for every type of taste in the show. The antics that the girls get up to never get old, and seemingly every week the ridiculousness was taken up a level. I can definitely say there was never a dull moment.
I think the score that you see for the show on MAL is unfairly harsh and probably indicative of people who are not the target audience watching this show. Ochifuru is quite ecchi and does have some pretty overt Yuri themes. If those two things are not your cup of tea, please save your time, and watch something else. For me, that’s exactly what I’m looking for in an anime. I think the ecchi moments were really well done and added a lot of comedy to the anime. The Yuri moments were nice for me as well.
It wouldn’t be an idol anime review if we didn’t talk about the music. I was actually really impressed with some of the performances by the girls in the show. I don’t think they were as good as Nijigaku from this season, but there were definitely some standout tracks that I listen to on a daily basis from this anime.
Overall, I could not be more pleased with Ochifuru. I think it does everything it sets out to do. It’s funny, it’s got hot girls in cute outfits singing, it panders to the male otaku fantasy and it’s just plain fun. In that regard, I’m very happy with this show and hoping for a second season.
Ochifuru gets 10 out of 10.
