Ichigo Mashimaro

This anime is easily one of the best SoL ever made, seriously. This show focuses on showing the daily lives of the main characters - four kids playing all day and the older sister of one of the kids that's unemployed.

The interactions between all girls are cute and funny, they sound really natural, just some kiddos playing with each other. Each character is unique: Miu is the devilish child, Matsuri is super innocent, Chika is the most reasonable, and Ana the foreign girl. The older sister Nobue is there to take care of these children, but she mostly ends up playing with them.

This show ... is really funny, the playful children always pull some pranks and get into silly situations, so you can't help but laugh at the situations which they find themselves in. It also excellently depicts how playful children can cheer you up. The supporting characters also add a lot to the show, making for some hilarious scenes.

The art is also adorable, it's really cute and colorful, fitting perfectly with all this wholesomeness and cuteness. The audio is also great - the VAs do a great job, and both EDs and OPs are really cute and well made.

Overall, this anime is perfect for its purpose: a show about some cute and funny girls playing with each other.

So it took me some time to finish this anime, primarily because of the major annoyances that this show has present in every episode. Although I dig layed back slice of life shows, and how this story has underlying themes about the importance of childhood and how certain attitudes are helpful that tend to be lost in adulthood, but it does not present these themes in an enjoyable way. I was recommended this show as a comedy and I literally only got 2 jokes out of this that were funny out of 12 episodes, and those jokes were used way too much. I honestly dont ... care anymore about this series but the main problem in my opinion of this show is the girl with the pig tails, the driving force of this show. She is ssooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo infuriating and annoying. I literally would pause for minutes to just cuss her out for being so stupid. In conclusion, this show tries to address themes that are pretty important to consider, but just does it in a very shallow and annoying way.

Ichigo Mashimaro is an anime about an onee san, three cute elementary girls and an obnoxious being. Yes, obnoxious.
If you'd ask me "what's the meaning of obnoxious?", I'll tell you; Matsuoka Miu. She's the type of child that'll bully you as a joke, she's overly toxic and annoying. The moment someone treats her the way she treats others, she'll victimise herself.

An example of her toxicity without spoilers is Ana. She keeps harassing her for no reason and the poor girl begs her to stop, but Miu the world awarded good friend won’t stop and it’s not funny, it’s rather annoying.

Miu aside, the comedy in ... the anime isn't funny. It's painful. It has the same type of comedy as Watamot, where you keep feeling bad for the character instead of laughing. Am I supposed to laugh at the teacher punishing a student that did nothing wrong? It isn't funny, it's painful and concerning.

The other characters are fine, nobue is nice, she carried the show for me, however everything revolves around Miu for some reason which makes all the characters bland, I don’t even remember if they were three or two to be honest (excluding Miu), they feel more like the npc in games and miu is the main character while nobue being the partner.

The anime also has a bunch of fanservice for lolicons, which kind of weird, awkward to watch…. and also concerning..

Overall, the art is ok the music is average, nothing pops up more than Miu for all the bad reasons.