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Where to start with this aye?
I'll start by saying that I wrote everything on this review apart from this paragraph a few years ago.
I had a decent amount of expectation for this anime, I expected a bit more ecchi (cause I was and still am somewhat of a pervert), as I have breifly re-read what I've written, most of it was girls crotches. There was more gore then I wanted in... pretty much anything.
The characters were just awful. It was like watching an episode of Maury.


Brief Thoughts
Worst one ever, it looks like something that came out of Maury or Jerry Springer. I ... noticed that at like 5 eps in. I just briefly looked at some of the reviews and seems like everyone enjoyed it but me. I personally found it too cliché and the boy was thinking with his penis. I got that idea from thoese youtube videos. I've forgotten what they're called anyway. But my thoughts from a few eps in was"What would penis do?" and continued to watch the rest of the ep.

Deeper into the story line
It starts off as a cliché boy meets girl story. Another girl acts like a catalyst (speeds things up) and sets them up together. Boy gets aroused (and I'm not trying to be vulgar or anything, it's just how I see it) by the first girl and was going too fast. So as he goes home, boom! The catalyst kisses him near the end of the ep. Nothing goes through his head but that. And so the next day he's back with the first girl and tries to make it work, but is once again too touchy feely.

Catalyst talks to his supposed 'girlfriend' about whether his 'girlfriend' is going to go have sex with her, she says she's not sure... BOOM! Catalyst girl goes and has sex with Makoto! Catalyst girl being Sekai, and Makoto's girlfriend being Katonoha... So let's go back to the first question. What would penis do? Penis says SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX! Slowly this turns into affection, false affection on Makoto's behalf. After that things really get out of hands.

So what would penis do? Penis gets attention, and has sex with 6 girls in total, not even Katonoha his supposed 'girlfriend' who he supposedly breaks up with, without her knowing of course! So it's exactly the type of thing you'd expect off Maury.


Some people say that it's kinda more realistic about school. HELL NO! "Let's go try it out with Makoto, I wonder what it's like doing him!" FACEPALM! No one is really that stupid, not that I know of anyway. And even weirder, he lets all 3 have a go at him at the same time! Penis is happy now! 6 girls within a year, and they're still kids. I'm not sure how fast the anime goes but it only feels like 1 month or something. And one pretends to be pregnant with his baby, I wonder who? Of course I know but I'm trying not to spoil. But it's quite cliché.

Characters
Makoto - Man whore. Not much to say other than that.
Katonoha - Basically Mikuru from The Melochany of Haruhi Suzumiya. If you haven’t watched MHS, She's big breasted, kinda shy and attractive.
Sekai - Starts off on the wild side, then after a while she becomes a woman. And she's fooled by penis.

They're the real main characters in my eyes, although Katonoha is kinda ignored a few eps through. So facepalm to that.

Other stuff
I didn't pay attention to the animation or music much. As I remember the music was quite mediocre, so was the animation when I come to think of it. As I didn't pay attention to that, I did pay attention to the art. The art wasn't that good, but considering it was in 2007 when it was realised, I suppose it goes with the time. But I have seen better art. There is nice attention to the shadows, but sometimes it was just a tad overused.

Over all
Over all I find this anime to be very cliché, I have said it a few times, and it seems like a negative attitude but that's what I think. It's kinda like WELCOME TO CHEATERS'R'US -> FACPALM! I honestly just wanted to watch this because of the ecchi. There was barely any. The only thing I really enjoyed was the end. It made me laugh so much, I'm not going to say what it is cause it'll just spoil. Just take it that I sometimes have a very twisted sense of humour.

I wouldn't recommend this anime. It's a bit *cough* stupid. Barely any ecchi for ecchi viewers. Just a few girl crotches.

TL;DR: Though I'm only 3 episodes in, I am very impressed by what I've seen. If you're looking for a twist in your usual slice of life, this might be good for you. I myself LOVE slice of life. I have enjoyed it thus far, and I have high expectations of it.

If you enjoyed The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya you would most likely enjoy this, it has a similar sense of mystery and a lot less humour.

Story: 7
Art: 10
Sound: 7
Character: 6
Enjoyment 9
Overall: 9
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Story: I'm not a very plottish person, I don't enjoy plots as most people do, I'm not sure whether I'm hard to impress or whether it just doesn't bother me with my enjoyment. The plot of this anime is not exactly cliche. It's a slice of life, and I like that aspect of it.
As it's the 3rd episode, the plot has yet to begin. The hints of the plot aren't exactly interesting me a whole lot, but I assume I'll get into it the more I watch it.

Art: I am very appreciative of art in all anime, and I am a HUGE fan of the art style used in K-on and I am sosososoos happy that it's been implimented/used whatever... here. I love the style I love how it's animated. I couldn't ask for anything better.

Sound: I do find myself enjoying the music a lot, though it's sometimes quite cliche/over used music? It's not fantastic, nor is it terrible. It's kind of overused in the anime itself, and you don't really notice it that much.
The opening and ending credits are mediocre, but compared to Shirokuma Cafe's opening, I know I'll grow to like it a lot more.

Characters: Some what cliche.They aren't terrible, but I can't tell whether I like them or not, so far some of them annoy me a little, but I am very sure I'm going to grow to love them - and become obsessed.
The main male character is a lil Sherlock Holmesy, but without the eccentricness. A toned down male version of Raven. It's okay, however some of the characteristics of the character annoys me, very slightly.

Enjoyment: Though my ratings seem low, it doesn't effect my enjoyment of the anime. So far I really do love it and anticipate the next episode coming out.

I am sure I will grow to like the story and characters. I would highly reccomend this anime.

First and foremost I watched because there were mermaids and I found a cantonese version online so I didn't have to read subs. I have no idea how I managed to watch all of it to be honest.

My first impressions of the anime: Bad art, annoying voices, and annoying characters. Know what? My opinion didn't change much. I didn't have any high expectations of the anime, I kinda expected it to be this awful.
The songs were kinda catchy though, but not really worth the effort of watching how ever many episodes there are.

Story line is a 1. Was there a story line? The story ... line didn't have much a to do with anything until the last 5 episodes. And they were drawn out and boring.

Then again, it was kind of my fault. I watched it for the nostalgic feel, the ugly art the annoying voices the cheesy music. Enjoyment was about a 7, simply because I somehow managed to enjoy the nostalgic feel of the anime. (Though I never watched it as a child, more of chibi maruko chan person ;))