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Guy + girls in a club that does nothing. I didn't know about the guy until I started watching. ;_;

Airs Friday, January 10 at 01:29 JST on TV Tokyo

Animation studio: Douga Koubo

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Episode 1:

- Hey did that sign... an actual McDonalds tie-in?
- Oh. It's a harem-type show, if the OP is any indication. I had absolutely no clue there was a male character in this. Well fuck, that changes everything. I just saw Dougo Koubo and cute girls in a club and thought... sigh, double fuck.

::finishes ep:: There was nothing explicitly wrong with it, and the character designs are great, especially Mao. But I'm much too disappointed over it not being what I expected to keep watching. It would have needed to blow me away for me to keep going, instead it was just "okay". Dropped.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by something

But I'm much too disappointed over it not being what I expected to keep watching. Dropped.

What? No! This is actually good. Way better than, for example, Seitokai no Ichizon 2, which is horrible.

Hang around for episode 2. It has licking.

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by Fencedude

What? No! This is actually good. Way better than, for example, Seitokai no Ichizon 2, which is horrible.

Not sure if I'd use "horrible" to describe Ichizon 2, but to be honest the series does feel like it has lost some energy between seasons. Regardless the more important thing is that I'm obligated to second (or third or whatever) the idea of GJ-bu being good.

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by something

::finishes ep:: There was nothing explicitly wrong with it, and the character designs are great, especially Mao. But I'm much too disappointed over it not being what I expected to keep watching. It would have needed to blow me away for me to keep going, instead it was just "okay". Dropped.

At least watch episode 2. I didn't finish ep1 for over a week, because the first half was decidely "bleh"and I had plenty of other shows to watch. Latter half was okay, but episode 2 was distinctly better.

Also, I see no signs of any romance happening with the guy, this is a 4koma cute girls show that happens to have a guy in it. That changes the dynamics a bit but I reeeeeeally don't see any romance happening here. At all.

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Eh, maybe later. It's just too huge a step down to try to sit through another episode of hoping it'll get good right after watching the amazing Vividred. Perhaps if I run out of other things to watch (which is very unlikely, granted).

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Also, I see no signs of any romance happening with the guy, this is a 4koma cute girls show that happens to have a guy in it. That changes the dynamics a bit but I reeeeeeally don't see any romance happening here. At all.

If there is any romance in the series, it will probably be more along the lines of a side note for the most part. With it not really mattering until maybe near the end of the source material.

[Draneor]

I thought it was OK. Some amusing moments. Some that fell flat.
Purple is by far the most interesting character to me (followed by the green twin-tail loli in the opening who hasn't even appeared yet). I suspect there is more to pink than meets the eye. I don't like loli Hermione nearly as much as I should, I guess.

[Suwako Moriya]

So Mao went from biting everyone to biting just Kyoro. I have no idea what to make of this.

Twister is the greatest game ever! If only Megumi's clothes would have resisted less. What am I saying?

So Kyoro can beat every girl at arm wrestling except for Kirara. Figures she'd be the strongest of the four. With Mao being the weakest of the four strongest.

On a side note, where did that line originate anyway? I know about Gravity being the weakest of the four fundamental forces it's part of, but I'm not sure the line was based on that.

Drunk Kirara licks people as opposed to kissing them. Whatever works or doesn't.

Since the show referenced two of the sisters in this episode, might I suggest having them appear soon? That would be nice. Speaking of sisters, why am I not surprised that Mao is older than Megumi? Really, one should have seen this coming.

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Episode 2:

This is still kinda boring, which this kind of show should never be for me, but it was an improvement on episode one. There's potential, but everything moves so slowly that it's not really getting there. Still, I have like three more episodes available, might as well keep going. I want to have faith in the studio that brought me Yuru Yuri, I guess.

Right now Mao is the best because of sheer cuteness (twintails!). Shion is kinda amusing, and Megumi's scheming is nice. Kirara barely even existed until the drunken licking. Kyouya is super boring but not offensive.

ED was great, but the OP is... not very. The animation is fine but I don't like the song.