Basically, Angel Links takes the action-comedy of Slayers, adds a heaping-portion of cheesecake, sets the story in space with detailed technical designs of space ships and mass drivers to bring in the otaku, and also incorporates elements and plot beats familiar to fans of the creator's previous work. Sounds like a recipe for success right? Unfortunately the comedy earns few if any laughs (perhaps its hard to write comedy for characters who spend most of the show sitting in chairs) and the characters also have no chemistry at all. Interactions between characters are fairly minimal and, with only 12 episodes, the series has only enough time to give its supporting cast a single episode of focus each.
Having failed to endear the characters to their audience, the show shifts gears to focus on its main character: Li Meifon, the leader of the private space security organization Angel Links who boasts an empire of vast assets and huge... eyebrows. Meifon isn't the easiest character to like or a character who I felt terribly curious about but at least her mysterious past gives the story something of interest. Sadly, I assume as a bungled attempt to avoid cliches and to give the story a memorable ending, the author unexpectedly hocks a big fat loogie onto Meifon in the show's final episode, undercutting her story arc (and seemingly attempting to redeem the show's scumbag villain) in a way that left me honestly stunned and angry.
