Everything is half baked in this show. Think to yourself for a moment here: what exactly was the focus here? Characters? Barely enough. Maybe a deep social commentary on stalkers? Not really, more like a passing theme and shallow plot point entice the viewers. Maybe the struggles of the idols? Yeah...not really that too.
This show does exactly what I hate about showbiz shows. First of all, despite being still emerging in the scene, there's basically no focus at all on the two idols roadblocks in the showbiz industry. I guess you sometimes will see training montages of them, but other than that, the only problem the idol duo face are external. Oh no, the manger messed up so I have to cover for her. Oh no, I'm pissed at having to go to the school my CEO forced me to go. Oh no, I'm being bullied by industry experts :(.
Despite showbiz being only trait about Aizou and Yuujirou that makes them different from a generic high schooler, the show really doesn't do a good job at honing in on that attribute. Despite the entire premise of the show being about idols and being in showbiz industry, with even the female lead, Hiyori, being their manager, you get basically no info on the projects that they're working on or the struggles they could be potentially going on. This is a recurring theme.
Hiyori's personality and character profile fits a comedy more than a more serious melodramatic show. Like wow, I'm used to high voices in anime, but Hiyori has an annoyingly high voice. And I just looked through Inori Minase's VA roles, and while I don't really have any recollection or care for any of the characters she voices, the producers of this show deliberately made her voice as annoying as possible. Plus, Hiyori just fits the personality of someone from a comedy like Ika Musume. She's naïve to the point of being a child sometimes. When Yuujirou and Hiyori first meet, his complaint of her is very valid. Why the hell would you say out loud in a classroom that he's been involved with the police? Or like, Hiyori will cry at the slightest thing. Can't find first year classroom? Cry, and act like she's just been saved from a fire when someone randomly gives her directions. Haha, isn't it so funny when she's screaming "NO FIGHTING," and she trips? haha wow, I'm definitely not going to get tired of that shit.
Oh, but let's also give this character with the personality of a 12 year old kid straight out of a comedy show sad circumstances. She's like, so tough, having to work her living expenses. Damn, it's so endearing when the idols take pity on her since she's struggling with school. Except that too, isn't a recurring theme. It just passes and goes, the problems of her living circumstances getting less and less important as the show goes on.
Don't forget Hiyori loves running! Since that's half her personality, we're totally going to be seeing her run a lot, practice with her teammates, and all that jazz, right? It's totally not going to be tucked in a forgotten corner in favor of melodramatic stuff, right?
Lastly, the whole stalker situation. Do people think that this is how accurately a stalker is shown? It reminds me of someone like Sarutobi Ayame from Gintama, or Sanae from Ika Musume for how trivial it actually is. There's no confrontation from the actual idols themselves, which is interesting. There's no consequences. There's no actual creepy atmosphere about the stalker. There's nothing crazy. It's as if the only reason a stalker was introduced to the story was to make yet another forced melodramatic situation on Hiyori. For the lack of consequences and the easy wrap-up of the entire stalker situation, I imagine that this encourages stalker behavior more than anything. Well, since the only thing that happens to a stalker is a slap on a wrist, then why don't I do it too? Like haha, what the hell, do people actually think this does anything? It doesn't make the viewer uncomfortable, it's not creepy or disgusting nearly to the degree that it should be.
There's a load of passing themes, plot points, and character development that it's no surprise most of the things mentioned in this show are shallow and lack any substance.
