The art is a mix of CG and 2D art. I know some people, the moment they hear CG, they will run away but CG done right can look nice. E.g. Knights of Sidonia. The Duke of Death and His Maid’s CG is not exactly on Knights of Sidonia level but it is alright.

The characters are done in CG and they look unique and have their own charm. The problem would be some of the awkward animations these characters have from time to time and sometimes laggy-looking animation. 

The background captures the vibe of victorian era style perfectly from the color usage and the detail of the objects. 

The number of background objects is sparse but I think it is accurate of that era especially the mansions. 

The background also has a painted on canvas look and the quality is consistent throughout the show.

I really like the characters in this show even though the bulk of the development goes into Bocchan and Alice. The characters are also what make up most of the story for this anime.

Bocchan is the main guy for this anime. He has a kind and gentlemanly personality but is very prone to be teased by Alice. Bocchan also gets a proper backstory about his curse, how he was treated and how Alice bring him back out of the darkness.

Alice is Bocchan personal maid who often has fun teasing Bocchan in a flirty and sexual way but she is also sweet and wholesome when the time calls for it. Alice can be seen putting Bocchan feelings first and trust Bocchan immensely.

The character interacting between Bocchan and Alice is just priceless, it is funny and wholesome. Bocchan slowly opens up his feeling for Alice and it is obvious Alice loves him too but they are not officially labeled couples yet.

Another character I like is Rob. A supporting character in this show. He is very gentlemanly but when he is pissed off, he will chase you around with a smile while trying to correct you.

Zain and Caph are also interesting pairs. Both are them are wizards and witches who Bocchan befriended. Unlike Bocchan and Alice, both of them seem to have a feeling for each other but never let each other know.

The Duke of Death and His Maid

Mangetsu to Silhouette no Yoru by Bocchan (Natsuki Hanae) & Alice (Ayumi Mano)

Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid

The opening song sounds fun and lively while the ending song also sounds catchy but more serious with a hint of somber. Both songs really suit the anime and I especially love the ending song.

Most of the background musics are done using piano since Bocchan himself play the piano in the anime. Other classical instruments like the violin are also used.

The background music captures the moment of the scene perfectly be it sounding classy, sad, clumsy, or lively. For example, one of the music Bocchan plays when he visits the town totally captures the festival vibe of the old victorian era.

As much as the background music sounds nice and fits the scene perfectly, they are not particularly memorable. I forgot about most of them when the show ended. It is more of the type of music that makes you feel immerse while you are watching the anime.

The voice acting is also very fitting for the characters. Alice especially has a flirty and charming voice but at the same time can sound sweet depend on the scene. Bocchan also has a fitting voice for his personality and sound believable especially when he panic from Alice teasing him.

The Duke of Death and His Maid story revolve around Bocchan (the duke) and his maid Alice. Bocchan is infected with a curse where any living thing he touches withers and dies. Therefore his family kicked him away to live in another mansion with his butler and maid.

Bocchan slowly develops a romantic feeling for Alice but due to his curse, he cannot touch the one he loves. Therefore he makes up his mind to break the curse he got.

The story summary seems like a heavy topic theme but this is a light-hearted show. Things like the pain of not being able to touch a living thing or someone you love, the hatred of your own mum who abandoned you, being shunned and feared by friends, or the feeling of loneliness are quite subtle in this anime.

Half of the story is about Alice teasing Bocchan much like Teasing Master Takagi-san but, the difference is, Alice, tease Bocchan in a flirty and sexual way to get a reaction out of him or to bring him to his limit.

The other half is a good mix of Bocchan dealing with his sibling, having fun with Alice and his new friends, or dealing with an event that happens around his mansion.

Of cause, the curse part is not forgotten. Bocchan still try to find a way to break it and even went to a witch gathering ground. Alice also tries her best to find a clue on who might curse her master.

There are also a lot of scenes where Bocchan and Alice should have hold hand or kiss but they cannot due to the curse which most of the time end on a funny note but there is one scene that is sad where they only end up holding hand in a dream.

The teasing may be in a flirty and sexual way but the show also managed to pull off a lot of wholesome moments too. Some of the teasing methods do become overuse in the show but there are still plenty of scenes that make me grin.

The Duke of Death is getting a season 2 and I am kind of looking forward to it, hopefully, the story moves forward more than it is in season 1 which doesn’t get anywhere significant on the curse front.

The art and animation are not spectacular and pretty standard anime style. Understandable for this kind of show but I am still going to have to analyze it for the review.

Indoor scenes feel empty and have a bare minimum amount of objects such as tables, chairs, kitchen, a tv without much detail on their texture. Hallways are just empty halls without decoration, not even a plant or painting on the wall.

Outdoor scenes are also quite barren without details. Few background characters that do exist are mostly cardboards but some of them do move in some scenes. However, natural objects such as trees and rocks look okay.

Character arts look fine, the female characters look cute and have a 2008 - 2009 animes feeling to them even if they are not super detailed. The chibi arts look cute too.

Panty shot and oppai quality – 8/10👌

Character development mainly goes into two MC, Koushi and Atena. The side character all have their fun little quirks but doesn’t really get developed throughout the show and some of these quirks are overly used in other ecchi anime too.

Koushi as much as he wants to be a sweet and proper boy always ends up in a lucky pervert moment with the girls. Koushi also acts mature for his age. Even though his real family abandoned him, he found his new family at Goddess’s Dormitory.

Atena is the main girl and she is afraid of guys. Every time a guy touch her, she got an uncontrollable nose bleed. With Koushi getting into naughty positions with Atena by accident all while Atena suffering nose bleeds, she becomes more used to Koushi's touch as the show goes on to the point she can take care of Koushi when he is sick.

Kiriya is like this martial artist girl who comes from a family full of guys so she adapted to act tough but deep down she also wants to feel love and be girly.

Frey is a cosplayer and will often dress up Koushi and even cross dress him. 

Serene is a mysterious being with some kind of mysterious moon power.

Mineru is a scientist who often blows things up with her strange chemical potions or causes problems with them. Clothes seem optional to her and she sometimes comes out of her room half-naked.

Sutea is Koushi's childhood friend and a tsundere who is in love with Koushi. She seems to be really weak to heat and wary of the girls are the dorm Koushi stay at.

Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory

Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun

The opening song is quite enjoyable but the ending song doesn’t click with me.

The background music sounds generic and honestly, I don’t even notice they existed sometimes. Maybe it is the oppai and panties that are catching my full attention.😉 

Voice acting feels dry from time to time and the only character that sounds good and consistent throughout the show is Atena.

Alright, guys and girls, this is one of those “cultured” anime so if you don’t like seeing panty shots, this anime is not for you.

Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory MC is Koushi, a 12 years old, who is abandoned by his father after their house burns down. He collapses on the street and got saved by a scientist-looking girl Mineru all while Koushi having an eyeful of her panty. 

Mineru took Koushi to her dormitory and later Koushi become the mother or caretaker of the dorm occupied by five beautiful girls each with their own quirks.

There were a bunch of panties shot and oppai in episode 1 but it was toned down in the following episode in favor of character development and story. Character development is a better part of this show.

The story is another one of those ecchi anime you don't take seriously. I feel like there is no proper direction for the story and kind of just thrown in depending on the author's mood.

The early episodes are just Koushi doing his job as caretaker of the dorm such as cleaning, shopping, and delivering bento while having lucky accidents with the girls. Then there is a vacation arc, beach arc, Christmas arc, and new year arc. Time seems to move really fast in this anime.

The MC is a 12 years old kid so I cannot fully immerse myself into the anime but I ain’t saying no to fan services, oppai shots, and panty shots.

The comedy is okay, it makes me smile but nothing that makes me laugh.

Despite all the fan service, there are some wholesome scenes such as when one of the girls tries to help Koushi by cosplaying and acting to draw out Koushi's true feelings.

If you are looking for an ecchi anime with a better story and comedy, Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory ain’t it. Try HighSchool DxD, To Love-Ru, B-gata H-Kei or Okusama ga Seitokaichou. If you just want to watch an ecchi anime, no harm trying.

Visual-wise, it is okay. It is certain that the anime is a low-budget project and easily see that in the low-quality art and details the scenes have. 

The overall art has a light color tone to it too which is suiting for a light-hearted anime and hides some of the flaws in the art style but it is still very obvious.

Character arts are not detailed but they have a good light color tone on them too and depend on cute art design.

Background art and detail are also kept minimum. Indoor scenes in which the anime spend the majority of the time don’t have a lot of background objects and details. Forest scenes which are like the second-highest time this anime spend in are just bushes and trees and also lacking in details.

Character development is none existence, no backstory, no development. The only character I like is Noera and the rest are just pretty bland.

Noera is like a bright and cute character. She mostly acts like a kid, playing around and sometimes getting into trouble for drinking a new potion which she is meant to drink.

Reiji is a mostly generic character who solves people's problems by making a potion. Have a kind and easy-going personality. The only good part about him is that the voice actor brings a bit of Kazuma from KonoSuba when Reiji talks back to customers.

Mina is like a forgettable side character who help around the shop and cook dinner.

There are a lot of side characters that show up as customers but the screen time for them is short (one to two episodes) to develop them properly and most of them have one-dimensional personalities. e.g. An angry yandere whose only task is to chase around her boyfriend until Reiji helps calm her with his potion.

Cheat Pharmacist's Slow Life: Making a Drugstore in Another World

Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore

Both the opening and ending songs sound like generic j-pop songs.

The majority of the background music are also unmemorable but they suit the scene with low volume light-hearted sounding music. However, there are scenes where the anime only has one generic sound such as birds chipping on repeat or the sound of the crowd on repeat.

The only music that is stuck in my head is the music that plays when Reiji makes a new potion.

Voice actings are good though, Reiji sounds chill and easy going and Noera sound really cute. Side characters also have decent voice acting.

Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life follows Reiji who got isekai-ed to a fantasy world and open a Pharmacy (potion) store with his two friends Noera and Mina. 

Reiji also retains all the memories from his previous life and the potion he crafts are super effective.

It feels like the anime starts in the middle of nowhere. No explanation on how Reiji gets Isekai-ed or how he met Noera and Mina and start the store. When the story begins, Reiji is already a store owner. 

The story being dropped in the middle of nowhere doesn’t stop me from getting some enjoyment out of the anime. It is very light-hearted and relaxing.

This is one of those light-hearted, easy-going anime that you watch if you have nothing much to watch or do. There are no fights going on, no big drama, no death and villain are harmless comedy characters.

The story is formatted in a way that every episode is about solving a customer or some kind of problem mostly by Reiji making potion.

Every time Reiji makes a new potion, the anime show the same animated frame for every episode, and not a lot of explanation goes into potion making process, what ingredients are used for what purpose.

Worldbuilding in none existence. The only place I see in the anime is Reiji’s Pharmacy store and the town he frequents. Since this is a light-hearted anime and there are no wars or anything major happening. That is fine but It would be nice if we at least know the name of the fantasy world. 

The art quality is quite decent. The overall art has a pastel colour, cute theme to it which is very suitable for the anime.

The characters have a standard anime cutesy art style and the quality is above average. Some close-up shots/scenes look nice and then there are some scenes where quality drop.

The background arts have a light colour tone with clean and minimalistic looks. It is not detailed but It does somehow look pleasing to the eyes. Maybe it is because of the colour tones.

The animation and character motion are kept minimum but comedic and cute animation effects look nice.

It is no secret that I don’t like the main male MC Naoya if you have read the story section. Saki and Minase are okay but Rika is also somewhat annoying.

Character development is weak, no back story, no development, everything at a standstill with whatever personality and persona they begin with.

Naoya is kind, super dumb, really really naive, and honest to the fault. A lot of the problematic events could have been resolved if he hadn’t opened his mouth and cause a lot of misunderstanding and escalation to the problem. A lot of things he did are not even funny most of the time.

Saki is a nice girl and she seems like a more normal down to earth anime character but when it comes to romance, she is scared/anxious to make progression. At least she brings better comedy to the show than Naoya.

Minase is your standard kind, shy and cute girl who holds back herself a lot for the sake of others. She doesn’t have much presence and the kind of character you will definitely forget about as time pass.

Rika is also cute but super stubborn and stalker-ish. She is also dumb enough to spit some secret and can’t seem to hide her feeling of love for Naoya and her face show it obviously too. Naoya is just dense enough not to notice.

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Kanojo mo Kanojo

The opening song sounds fun and has a cutesy sound overall. The ending song sound more generic.

A lot of background music sounds generic and only serves to fill the scene with sound. I also feel like some of the background music doesn’t suit the scene but the sound effect on the comedic scene are pretty suiting though.

The voice actor did a good job at voicing their characters and bringing their personalities upfront. e.g. Naoya voice sounds really energetic and also manages to sound stupid at the same time.

Naoya our MC who is happy with his childhood friend and girlfriend Saki after trying to get her for so long was confessed by another cute girl call Minase. 

Instead of turning her down, Naoya tries to have two girlfriends at once and not quietly behind the back, he tries to convince both of them to be with him.

Don’t take Kanojo mo Kanojo story seriously, It is a harem rom-cam but the only beef I have is that they aim to get a comedy similar to Aho-girl but fall really short. This anime Is only half funny and half is annoying.

The girls are mostly okay and they give a better comedy twist than Naoya. 

Naoya is just super dumb, easily falls for the tricks, is honest to the fault, and cannot hide a thing. He escalates the problem that could have been solved if he isn’t dumb. Some actions he did are funny but most are just plain annoying.

There is no overarching theme or goal. It's just one guy living with two girls who are trying to fight for his affection resulting in some awkward or comedic moments.

Throw a third girl who Naoya turns down but keeps annoyingly stalk him into the mix and you get a rivalry between her and the teamed up Saki and Minase.

Throughout the anime, Saki and Minase barely make any progress and didn’t graduate from holding hands at most but it is also mainly Naoya's fault.

Watch it for the cute girl and fan service, not for the story. The comedy aspect didn’t really click well with me.

You will notice as soon as you start watching To Your Eternity is that they have pretty unique arts that are more on the realistic side over the more moe moe one.

Character's arts are very unique. You might love or hate it. I for one got used to it as I continue watching the show.

Some of the background scenes are pretty nice as if they are watercolor painted in, especially the forest and sceneries. The indoor scenes are also well detailed.

Cities and town scenes got people in background scenes and some even moving around and are not just some cardboard cut out.

Animations are spot on especially facial animation to convey emotion to the viewers. This is very important for an anime that touches quite a bit on human emotion.

The arts and animations qualities are pretty solid throughout the anime. There are a few scenes where character art quality drops especially after episode 8 and onward but nothing too serious.

The best thing about this show is probably the character design and personality. I can’t talk about every character since there are a lot of memorable characters in this show and it will turn into a multi-page wall of text.

The slow pacing of the show I mention in the story section, half the screen time goes into character development.

The show makes you care about the characters. Most of them have a backstory, most of them have dreams for the future, they have loveable characters, and are realistic in personality and emotions. A lot of them influenced Fushi to become more human-like and form his own personality.

The writing for side characters did drop a bit on the last arc making me care less about them compared to the characters from previous arcs.

Fushi has the best development since the show is mainly about him. He started out as an orb and after taking many different forms and encountering different events, feeling, and other characters teaching him, Fushi slowly becomes more human-like as the show goes on from someone who has zero common sense like a baby to a proper human-like person.

To Your Eternity

I just wanted to make it clear that there were people here and make sure I don’t forget – Fushi

I want you to do something for me. Remember me forever – Fushi

You got to use your strength while you still have it – Fushi

There is so much I still want to do! I haven’t done anything yet! - March

I am not tough enough to go on living with this reality - Parona

I always dreamed of leaving as someone who wasn’t me – Gugu

Fumetsu no Anata e

The opening song is a masterpiece. I love Hikaru Utada songs and this one ranks pretty high on the list of songs I love from her.

The background music are also great there is a certain charm to it with the orchestral and instrumental music. You can’t mistake the music in this show for any other anime.

The voice actings are also top quality especially in conveying emotion to the viewer. The voice acting for Fushi takes the cake with him starting out as someone who cannot speak and slowly speaking and learning to talk like a baby.

After many episodes, the narrator's voice that comes up at the start of every episode is stuck in my head and he sounds really soothing too. 

To Your Eternity is an interesting and unique anime. The show touch lot of aspects about human emotions, humanity, memories of someone, and death all while showcasing it uniquely.

To Your Eternity follow Fushi who is immortal and started as an orb. He took the form of a wolf which died beside him later on and begin his life. Needless to say, he is totally emotionless, has zero common sense and everything he experiences is a new experience for him.

Fushi later meets a lot of different kinds of people where every event and fated meeting invoke new feelings and help him grow into a more human-like character.

The story pacing is on the slow side but the show takes a lot of that time to develop Fushi's character along with other main characters and side characters.

The show slow pacing also help retain the air of mystery on early episode such as who or what is Fushi and about the world he is in.

About half of the showtime also goes into character development and not much on worldbuilding.

To Your Eternity kind of have three arcs all of which are disjointed from each other with new characters, event, and story. 

Death plays a major role in To Your Eternity. When someone or something is in pain, Fushi also feels that pain, and when they die, he can take over their form and retain the memories of them within him.

Fushi enemies, the Nokker can steal the form Fushi can transform into and the memories of them along with the form. Fushi would battle them to get back his memories and form. This is kind of a way of saying a dead person is only truly gone if their memories of them in you about them are gone too.

This show is emotion-invoking for me. It is not tear-jerking like Your Like In April or some other tragic anime but it does successfully invoke all kinds of feelings while watching the show from sadness, anger, sympathy, to worrying about the characters.

Some of the actions and events that happen might even have a philosophical meaning if you think about it.

The anime, kind of, sort of end in a cliffhanger. Now I am left waiting for season 2.

The art and animation is probably the most spectacular part of this anime. It is a treat for the eyes, and it plays half the part on why I keep watching this anime to the end.

Character arts looks good with soft drawn lines and every character expressions are done so well. Character animations are butter smooth and natural from the way how Josee drag herself on the floor to get to places to slow scene like going around the city.

The background are very detailed and colourful. Room are filled with objects, making it look believable that it is live in. Cities are lively and busy with people doing their own things.

Visual effects are also stunning, for example when Josee dream about the underwater world where she swam around as mermaid. 

Character development is also not the strongest suit of this anime too. The main focus of the anime is on Josee and somewhat on Tsuneo. The rest of the character exist as plot devices only. 

Josee and Tsuneo backstory are lacking, and the anime mostly focus on the cute interaction and growth between those two more.

Josee is a bit spoiled and selfish, but have her cute and supportive side. Being sheltered, the outside world is a new experience for her to which she experiences together with the help of Tsuneo. She also become more independent later on, even though she is disabled, and become strong enough to support Tsuneo in turn.

Tsuneo is bland for a main character, with his backstory also very ordinary. Apart from supporting Josee, being patient and also goal driven, I can’t really think of what to talk about Tsuneo.

Mai is used as a love rival and a drama tool for the plot. She seems like a kind person at first but turn out she has quite a jealous side and some of the actions she did which are quite inconsiderate make me dislike her.

Hayato is one of those background good friend, comedic relief character who support the two main character.

Josee, the tiger and the fish

Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi

Love the voice acting, everything sound natural and emotional are well represented. Especially Josee’s voice, I can’t get enough of her accent.

The theme song is pretty solid, but I still prefer the theme song from movies such as Your Name, Weathering With You or A Silent Voice.

High attention to detail is given to sound effect such as footstep when walking indoor, noise when Tsuneo was taking off his shoes, etc…

The BGM are beautiful and nice, and they suit the scenes, but not super memorable either. A few months down the line, I might have forgotten them.

Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi begin with Tsuneo accidentally meeting Josee when he catch her falling off from her wheelchair. Josee's overprotective grandma later hired Tsuneo to look after Josee and to protect her from outside world due to her condition.

Josee being sheltered and spoiled wasn’t easy for Tsuneo to break through, but he slowly managed to bond with Josee by helping her to see the outside world. The bond was further made easier by Josee love for the ocean and Tsuneo being knowledgeable about the ocean.

The story is as generic as it can get for a romance drama, starting with a typical boy meet girl moment with a few drama tosses in and a happy ending. The story is quite predictable too in most places.

The story somewhat show the difficulty of being disabled in this world and how a person feel like to be disabled, but didn’t go too deep into it.

Love the beautiful, wholesome and cute scene between Josee and Tsuneo with Josee being happy, surprise, excited about everything outside world.

Half of the story is paced quite calmly but the second half was sped up quite a bit. Two drama strikes back to back even before the first one was properly build up or taken care of. 

The way the second half of the story is paced make it hard for me to empathize with the tragedy and drama that is taking place. It doesn’t help too when the character backstory is lacking and character developments are swallow.

The second drama that happen also feel kind of forced, but it does help Tsuneo understand Josee feeling of being disabled better and also give Josee a chance to support Tsuneo as he did before for her.

Josee using a hand drawn story book to metaphorize her memories with Tsuneo and to encourage him is a good heartfelt moment.

I love my romance anime, and I was a hopeless romance type person. Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi have an okay romance story which kind of satisfy some of my romance need. However, it falls short in reaching the height of other romance anime movies such as A Silent Voice, Your Name or I Want To Eat Your Pancreas.

The arts and animations are nothing outstanding, they are average in quality but have a typical anime art style.

Character arts are quite okay, standard anime art, but they are farrrr from detailed and is kind of sloppy in some scenes. I do like the cutesy art style that are inserted from time to time when the character is happy, shouting, crying and so on.

The background arts are fairly decently detailed such as forest, building, indoor scenes, and they are also fairly populated with objects but the cities/villages feels barren. There are very little background characters and the one that exist are mostly cardboard stands.

The animation are also decent, but the anime is not really action heavy and most are just talking, walking and running around scenes. Fights tend to end pretty fast with a couple of spells and hits. However, the cutesy style animations are pretty nice.

There are a lot of characters in this anime, but they are far from complex or deep, and they don’t really get developed far. I get that for a laid back anime, complexity is not really a priority and most characters are all quite likeable.

Azusa, the MC who want to have an easy laid back life, but her wish was not granted as people and monsters alike come disturb her. Her family grow as the story move forward. She adopts new members into her household starting with Laika the red dragon, Falfa and Shalsha the slimes, Halkara the scatterbrained elf, Flatorte the blue dragon and Rosalie the ghost.

Laika is kind of like a housekeeper or a maid character, Falfa and Shalsha are like daughters for Azusa. Halkara is probably the most likeable character and the funniest character in this anime. She is scatterbrained and clumsy.

The fun part to watch is the character interaction. e.g. Azusa summoning a demon Beelzebub who she befriended, but Azusa always mess up her summon and throw Beelzebub into the cold bathtub or Halkara said she knows her mushroom well while picking mushroom with Azusa to cook later but end up eating mushroom that make her lewd instead.

I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level

Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita

The soundtracks are pretty generic and unmemorable, but there are a lot of cute sound effect and some are outstandingly done by voice.

The opening song is quite cute to listen to, but the ending song is pretty generic j-pop.

Voice acting are quite good with voice suiting the character personality and age. A lot of cute sounding moments and comedy moments are done nicely.

Azusa, our MC died in our world by overworking and got isekai-ed to a fantasy world where she is immortal. As the title said Azusa max out her level by killing smiles every day for 300 years (that is quite a grind in gaming term) and selling medicine for the village nearby, she become known as “The Witch of the Highland”. 

Being overworked in her previous life, she decided to go for an easy-going life, but an easy-going quiet life is something she wasn’t granted. Being very powerful, people and monsters alike come knock on her door to challenge her to fight or to recruit her.

This anime is not anything unique or doing anything new. The title is catchy, but the title only cover the first episode where Azusa kill smiles and become really powerful. 

The anime doesn’t really have an overarching plot. It is mostly a laid back, stress-free anime were Azusa meet new people or monster/creature every few episodes, and they got added to her household while solving issue for them or tackling different scenario that happen every episode.

The story is done in a slice of life style, and it is simple and easy to understand.

There are a lot of cute moments, and it is further amplified since all the cast are cute anime girls.

Overall, it is a chill and laid back anime to watch and can get you to smile or laugh from time to time.

The art and animation of the show is pretty average to below average in some place with standard anime art style. The show does have an overall colourful tone, and it makes what seem like a budget art and animation look better.

Character design are fine but nothing detailed and quality drop are frequent. Background are also fairly empty be in indoor or outdoor without much background detail, object or thing going on.

The animation are also average at best and awkward in some places. For an anime that touch a bit on showbiz, the dance animations and choreography in this anime are super awkward.

The character in this show are pretty generic, and I have a hard time caring about them throughout the show. I don't really hate any of them, but none of them really stand out either, and they are all easily forgettable.

Maru is the MC of this anime and sadly the most bland and boring main character who is, by law of Harem anime, dumb too. But at least he had the gut to pull off a confession to a girl he likes. A lot of the time he seems to take the backseat instead of charging from the front.

Kuroha is a childhood friend of Maru who act like a big sister but clearly got romantic interest in him. She is also manipulative and will use underhanded tactics to get close to Maru. Both Maru and also other girls are not spared from her manipulative plans. Some of you might hate her, but I kind of like her, and she is the most dynamic character in this anime.

Shirokusa met Maru when she was young and Maru is still a child actor. She inspires to become a famous writer, all to impress Maru. Overall she is the cool beauty type girl, but her personality is quite boring and flat for me. 

Momosaka is the little sister character for Maru but also clearly romantically interested in him. A famous actress inspired by Maru when she met him when he was young. She is the most childish one out of all the girls and somewhat manipulative, but not as much as Kuroha.

At least the character interaction and the cat fight between the girls are somewhat interesting.

Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose

Senryakuteki de Yosoku Funou na Love Comedy no Ending Kyoku

Osananajimi ga Zettai ni Makenai Love Comedy

The ending and opening song are not that bad, there is some unique tone mashed in them, but overall still very generic j-pop. Quite catchy in some places, though.

Background music are very generic, it suits the scene or should I say doesn't sound out of place but nothing memorable either.

The voice actor and actress voicing for this anime are veterans, and they did a good job in projecting the character personality.

Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose, finally an anime romance comedy where the childhood friend will win, but let me say this up front. It is a trap!

The story follow Maru, a famous child actor who happen to retire after certain event happen to him. After his first love of Shirokusa got taken away, he vows to get revenge on Shirokusa together with his childhood friend Kuroha. 

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