Apr 15, 2018
"The protagonist is a normal high school student going to your typical all-girls' high school. But wait! She's actually one year behind! I swear I'm not running out of ideas."
This was my first thought upon seeing Slow Start. Bear in mind, I actually (guiltily) enjoyed this show after watching it. But flaws are flaws, so here's my review.
STORY: Hana Ichinose is a- you already know this. And that's all the plot you're going to get from this series aside from minor character development. Spoiler: The gap year thing ends up not being essential to the show at all.
ART: Slow Start has the most generic art
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style it could possibly have. Granted they couldn't take too much liberty since this is a manga adaptation, but the show still looks like a template. The actual animation is stunning: as expected of A-1 Pictures, characters move pretty smoothly. Background art does the job. Fanservice scenes are on-point.
SOUND: The OP, ED and that one background song are as catchy as they should be, without doing anything particularly innovative. I'm not Japanese, but the voices fit the characters for me, and the acting (especially Tama) was great.
CHARACTERS: Hana is a self-insert crybaby. Tamate represents the male otaku audience. Eiko is kind of like an older figure, especially to Kamu who is the token loli. The characters are by no means realistic, but if you're willing to overlook that, they do show more (perhaps unexpected) traits that deviate them from their archetypes.
If you're a fan of moe then Slow Start is a good watch. Hell, watch it just for Tama-chan. But don't prioritize it, because then you're likely to be disappointed and miss out on better shows.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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