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And at least three times as bitchy.

New Season Disclaimer:

I prefer to give every show a chance. You never know when your dream-eating insect wielding Mai HiME knockoff will turn out to be a psychological romantic thriller, or the strange moeblob show will be full of wit and urine jokes. However, my preferences are still my preferences, and while I’ll endevor to at least convey why I do or do not like things, there are genres of shows that I just plain don’t particularly enjoy. My opinions are based on nothing more than a gut reaction to what I watched literally 10-15 minutes prior and should be construed as nothing more and nothing less than that.

WordPress ate this as I tried to post it. Writing this a second time has not improved my disposition.

Impressions:

JCStaff has found a new method for conserving the budget. Character art is good, animation is fine, backgrounds are often nonexistent. Even when they do bother to draw them, they’re sparse, and sometimes even completely unfinished. Everybody knows a GIANT WHITE FLARE is much more pleasant to look at in the background than shots of a city. At least they did a pretty good job on the sight gags, but then your second thoughts kick in and you realize that the girls are being massive bitches the entire time.

Speaking of which, there’ll be the inevitable comparison to Kimikiss because of the artstyle and studio, but it couldn’t be further away. While Kimikiss had a strong cast with confident and flirty Mao and Asuna, the cypher Futami, and male leads that didn’t seize up and drool when confronted by the opposite sex, this has the vapidest bunch of teenage bitches that you can imagine. A little bitchiness is fine, but that’s teasing or sadism. These are superficial spoiled little brats. They all start making fun of Ayumi because an ugly guy likes her, and her response is to try to get her brother to beat him up. Maybe she becomes less of a bitch in the future. Maybe the other stories aren’t quite so horrible. Maybe they won’t rely on panties or kidnappings in broad daylight to move things forward. I think, frankly, that I would prefer them all to be shanked.

I can’t even imagine watching this on the same day as Regios, whose main strength is its characters. For that matter, I can’t really imagine watching this at all. Maybe if there’s one hell of an attitude adjustment coming for the entire cast, but that’s something best found out after the fact. I’ll stick with Felli and Corti or Alicia for Saturdays thankyouverymuch.

First Love OP

Preview:

Two jerks masturbating behing a pole.