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I pitched this show to my Gundam friend (he's obviously loving Witch from Mercury right now) and he was like yeah, I don't know, might not be my thing. Came back the next day to tell me how, somehow, this fluffy moeblob show is easily the second best-produced anime of the season (first is Chainsaw Man, understandably) and that it's one of the best shows airing right now, too. I totally get it. This show is so fun. Takes itself just seriously enough for it to be both endearing and dumb, while having an amazing amount of subtle depth to its characters, most notably the ... very relatable Bocchi. I'm not shy or introverted myself, but enough of my friends are, and I definitely see Bocchi in them and vice versa.

Crazy good show. Didn't know Cute Girls Do Cute Things could be this... sharp??? And cool??? It's a very cool show ngl

I was prepared to write this off as another Yuru Camp Cute Girls Do Cute Things clone, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that Do It Yourself is in fact pretty damn good. It's smarter than the usual Cute Girls Do Cute Things show, with actual plotlines and character development running through the show and with the soft-futuristic setting giving life to the central theme of how all the cold progress in the world can never replace the warmth of doing things together, something each episode makes sure to come back to in some way, shape or form.

I also think the show looks ... fantastic. I'm super tired of the usual moeblob look most anime has, so this jumpy, 2D, flying-off-the-model look that Do It Yourself has is just a lot more fun than what most anime usually employ. It's done with care, too - there are scenes in the fourth episode with purposive framing that had me thinking, huh, this is actually pretty cinematic. They do way more than a lot of other talking-head anime do, so there's definitely credit there.

All in all, surprisingly good show. Definitely not for everyone, I mean the genre itself isn't for everyone to begin with, but I really like it. I like that the characters are rather simple, too. No need for edginess and abyssal depth all the time.