Dec 20, 2024
I dont usually write "reviews" but honestly seeing this anime get labeled generic or getting thrown in with other ecchi romcom slop is actually disheartening.
Not gonna really structure this or anything just gonna vomit up what i loved about this anime.
Gonna mention the story here at the start since its honestly what you shouldnt be focusing on when watching this, the story is interesting and had a nice vibe, cosplay stuff blah blah blah its been done before but it is still nice to see a classic portrayal of the culture "i.e events and comiket blah blah". Really felt somewhat similar to Genshiken in some
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aspects but obviously its more modern than Genshiken, in being that Genshiken kinda doesnt have a plot until yknow it decided that it wanted one (great show still). But either way 2.5 Ririsa feels like that, in the beginning, but really the overarching narrative about cosplay isnt what you should be looking for here.
What was so amazing about this anime was the characters and the way that "otaku" culture is shown through the characters. I just want to start by saying IM A LOSER, and the fact im such a loser somehow made watching this even better, Okumuras character became so relatable by the latter half of the anime, that i was actually saying "so true" to my screen like some insane monster. But not in a way thats bad, more in a way thats just relatable in what Okumuras backstory was, it may just be my personal experiences that make it so relatable but either way Okumura is definitely the best written character in this anime, and whoo boy episode 21 was truly something im not going to have spoilers or anything in here, but lets just say the certain speech he had with a fuzzy haired man, really brought me back to like 2010 otoku type anime for some reason, but what Okumura was saying definitely had a tinge of anime vocab thrown on, but the truth of that episode hit so hard for me.
Ill briefly mention the other characters because they are also very interesting, especially what Aria had going on, truly didnt expect them to go so deep with Aria, just thought she was gonna be the whoo hoo gyaru carefree type but man was i wrong. The author really wants to go hard on these characters but i feel unironically the ecchi tags are holding him back, but before i talk about the "ecchi", ill also just put here that Nonoa's character is also somewhat on par with Aria, Nonoa is my favorite right under Okumura, but just has to be said, this animes character development really starts coming together half way through the anime, and its great.
Now the "Ecchi", gonna be honest its hard to have a anime about cosplaying and not have Ecchi, but the crazy part is, i barely remember most of it because i was so focused on the characters and potential that this series has, just like coming up with shit in my head on how X character will develop or relating the otaku culture in this anime to how it actually is or "was" back then. But yeah id say its still very much so worth watching if you like romcoms with actual good characters, and its pretty funny as a cool plus.
Now i have this rated a 9 and not a 10 pretty much for 3 reasons that arent THAT big of a deal.
1. The start was a little slow, but looking back kinda necessary to grow on the characters, seeing as this is 24 episodes, which is pretty surprising when i first found this anime, but around the latter half is when i really couldnt stop watching and it picked up hard.
2. The soundtrack is pretty ass, the OPS and EDS never stood out and neither did the OSTs, its just a little gripe i suppose.
3. Lastly, Its purely because i see so much potential in this series and I HOPE TO GOD IT DOESNT SQUANDER IT, because if S2 can live up to what i think it could be, after S2 ill definitely be reading the manga.
Idk if people will read this yap vomit but either way it had to be said somewhere and by someone that this isnt just your average Ecchi seasonal.
Theirs so much other stuff i didnt go over in terms of story and other great characters but honestly this yap is to long even for me.
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Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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