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Just a short review based on my thoughts after episode 3:

The premise is obviously stupid and not original at all, but that shouldn't really stop one from enjoying a show.

What the show has going for it are fun characters, super smooth animation, great character designs and art direction with bright colorful scenery, some nice music and sound design, and some rule of cool action.

While the story is some standard over the top secret society stuff that makes no sense at all, there are some fun character interactions and even some things one can learn from the show.
So far the politics are just hinted at, but ... it is obvious with the set-up that many factions are at play and not necessarily at odds with each other. It all depends on the situations.
As our main girl said in the second episode to a mercenary (roughly), "Enemies today might be friends tomorrow.".

It is kind of like a Final Destination movie, if you don't think too hard about how stupid or unrealistic the stuff happening is, you might just enjoy the fireworks and the animators really let out some fireworks for this show. The facial animations alone have more work in them than some other shows in their complete runtime.

(Also for the older ones out there, I can feel a bit of nostalgia for the 2000s girls and guns shows in this show, for those that remember these shows!)

I will try to keep this short, but my feelings about this anime are complicated.
I knew of the story before the anime adaptation was announced, but I only read the first chapter of the novel, knowing the anime would come out made me mildly excited as I really like the concept for it.

Unfortunately, now, after the anime finished airing I am very conflicted.
The world is incredible and the depiction is amazing. How do you even visualize something that is described as so otherworldly that it makes a person mad just by looking at it, but somehow they succeeded better than anyone could have expected.
The otherworld ... itself seems to be a success as well as it oozes the vibe of unique difference to the normal world.

The other thing that is exceptional are the characters, sure some might say they are stereotypical, but I think they are unique enough and have great synergy and if you like Yuri you might even give bonus points (it never gets explicit though).

The problems start with the structure and flow of the story itself.
It is incredible hard to understand the actions the characters take. This might be part of an issue due to it being an adaptation, but that can't be all, the flow is just plain weird.
(Very mild spoilers)
For example the girls go out drinking after coming back from a trip from the other world and suddenly end up in the other world while on their way home.
The stay is dangerous and they barely make it back, just to go back to drinking to celebrate that they made it back alive, just to get transported to the other side again, this time in a more peaceful place, where they continue to drink until the dangers catch up with them again.
That whole sequence doesn't make sense, sure the girls grow more confident in their abilities to survive in the other world, but that whole sequence is more a showing of zero learning and near suicidal behaviour. A normal reaction would probably be to find out how they end up on the other side after the first incident and make sure that it can't happen again on accident and celebrate that instead of just repeating that incident and even continue drinking while on the other side.

There are multiple instances of inconsistencies like this and it kind of takes you out of the experience. It doesn't make the rest of the show bad, but it puts a damper on things.

In general, I would say the show is an amazing watch and give it an 8/10, but if the inconsistencies and logical holes irk you the show might as well be a 3/10. If you really like psychological horror, the subtle horror in this show is one of the best and way more horrifying than some show that pride themselves on their shock value.

Just a short little Review from me for this cute little story that at least deserves some recognition, because, while it is not special in any way, it is by no means a bad story and can be quite a fun read if you are in the mood for what this story has to offer.

Saying that, my rating is pretty low, so why is that?
I'm a very critical person and a 6 means something is above average, but not much more and given the medium being one that I like (otherwise I wouldn't read manga) it should be seen as a baseline and while the ... story is better than that in parts, there are also parts that need to be taken in consideration that lower the score overall.

The story itself is a simple story of a random encounter leading to an adventurous road trip in a land where witches and normal people live together quite peacefully, but with the main characters research threatening the balance, forces that want to keep the status quo spring into action and, together with jealous researchers, make this trip into an adventure.
Along the way romance springs up between a number of different characters and is handled in the typical shoujo-esque innocent way that most people will recognize.
While the characters are probably the best part of this story, they are not detailed or unique, but are also not just cardboard cutouts.

Most parts of this story are quite simple and, apart from occasional world building tidbits, quite light in substance, but still intriguing enough to work as a simple adventure romance story aimed at a teenage audience. None of the twists will be that surprising to the reader, but all of that also makes it a light and easy read.

I have to detract points for the artwork, that isn't bad by any means, but often lacks detail (or backgrounds altogether) and given manga is a visual medium I have to detract from my score. This becomes especially apparent in fighting scenes that clearly lack in impact.
There are also characters that are affected by the same face syndrome and the style in general is, while easy on the eye, pretty basic.
Unfortunately the ending continued the general theme of the review and while one plot point was finished in a surprisingly satisfying way, there are still some plot lines that were left dangling or never really clarified or tied up in clean fashion.

Overall it is a fun and enjoyable read if you are in the mood for something more classical, but light.

This review is meant as a companion piece to my long review on the anime of the same name.
For details refer to that review, this review is to point out the differences between the mediums.

The manga has one small positive compared to the anime and that is more time spend on a few side scenes that enhance the characters, but also a few that give less characterization.
One example is an older woman fleeing Iktas room after Yatori knocks, something the anime tells us is happening, but never really takes the time to show us. Unfortunately these positive examples are far and few between and don't ... really compare to the negatives the manga version of this story brings with it. In the end the characterization is similar to the anime, but gets dragged lower by the other problems.

So to the big question, what makes this manga a failure compared to the anime (or probably LN as well, not read yet, review coming at a later date)?
First of all, the artstyle is problematic. The story portrays a dark and heavy epic about war and the effects it has and the artstyle, while not bad, is a bad fit for this kind of story. The character designs are more fit for a high school romantic drama than a dark and sometimes action packed war story.
Especially in the spectacular fight scenes of the anime the manga can't keep up with the action and visualization of what's happening.

Second the structure undergoes some changes, but all these changes fail to be effective and even diminish the effect, compared to the structure of the anime (here it would be interesting to have the context of the LN, so I will maybe complement this part at a later date).
Big reveals are losing the gravitas, the anime build up through the direction, and have their impact lessened in manga panels that feel unimportant.

The third point might hurt the most, because here I expected the strength of the manga over the anime, in the world building itself. Regrettably even here the manga stumbles and somehow the anime managed to pick more small world building details and spread them throughout the runtime, while the manga not even managed to build something more through the backgrounds. The backgrounds feel like standard issue pictures that could fit with many other stories and worlds.

The manga not just loses in the depiction of action and lessens the impact of decisions with far-reaching consequences, but it also adds nothing to the world and characters.
By no means is the anime the most beautiful anime, the characters look bland and the animation is only slightly above average with some exceptions, but it still manages to capture the atmosphere more effectively than the manga.

This manga was a letdown, especially compared to manga like Ascendance of a Bookworm that is in my opinion the best way to enjoy the story (compared to anime and light novel), because it makes perfect use of the medium. I expected this manga to, at least, be on par with the anime and was let down.
So far the anime is the better way to enjoy this story (my judgment to the LN will come later).

This show makes a brilliant antiwar effort with some common antiwar depictions and some completely new angles on war and while it does so, it doesn't disregard war completely as the last resort for change, so big it can't be gained in any other way.

Some quick information before I get completely into this review:
I have not read the manga (EDIT: I have read the manga now and wrote a comparing review on the manga!) or light novel (yet), so I will rate this from the anime only perspective, while that is the case, I will talk about more than the anime when talking about the ... scope behind the anime. I will show the difference by talking about the 'story' (meaning the story in general) or 'show' (when talking about the anime only, without taking the bigger scope into consideration).
I do this for two reasons, for one the anime does a good job, but the scope is limited by the restraints of the medium and there are points in the story when this can be seen, and two, the story feels like the introduction and ends at the start of the parent story. The second point is not as bad as it may seem, because the story that is told is quite important and without this story any follow up wouldn't make sense, and the story even makes sense with the ending point at the start of the bigger story, but it should be clear that this is only a slice of this epic.

Finally, I can talk about the show.
The show begins slow and rather generic, with 5 young soldier candidates going on the journey to become officers in the army, but things go wrong fast.
Before I go to far we have to talk about the world. The world is quite unique. It is a low fantasy steampunk world. Every person seems to have a partner, a small spirit that seems to be semi autonomous and connected to the owner and is gifted with one element. So much about the world for now, I will dedicate a larger section to the world later because there is a lot more to explore.
It has to be said that all these more or less generic sounding happenings, from the typical 5 teenager group to some later school episodes at the military academy, are never as generic as they sound. The characters act more mature than expected from these kinds of stories, the problems that get thrown at this group are not softball problems, actions have serious consequences and death, intrigue, incompetent superiors are always around the corner.

What I like the most about this story is the fact that nothing seems to get forgotten. In war are not just lost lives, battle tactics, fights and injuries, but also psychological, logistical and political consequences. Even smaller things are not handwaved but explained. When the group meets a character that gathers books, I questioned if that even made sense in this world, but shortly after it is explained that the printing press was invented and books, while not cheap, are at the point to be affordable.

The general story is about the aforementioned group of young adults, but as they gain influence they get subordinates and with that more and more responsibilities.
Torway is a shy pretty boy and the expert gunner of the group. His philosophy is to stay as far away from the enemy as possible to minimize the risk of injury or death, but he is no coward and if he has to he will put his life on the line for his friends.
Matthew is slightly overweight and a jack of all trades. He has a decent tactical mind, is a decent leader, a decent fighter, and he can hold his own in basically every field. His pride could be seen as a weakness, but he usually keeps it in check so it doesn't get in the way in important moments.
Haroma is the soft-hearted healer of the group. She is shy it seems rather generic, but she proves tougher than most when required. She is not a fighter, but her work as a field medic is invaluable.
Now we get to the main character duo.
Yatori and Ikta are friends since childhood and complement each other perfectly.
Yatori is the strict sword master that keeps Iktas lecherous personality in check. She is disciplined to the max, but she can end up in a blood rage if her hand is forced. In these moments she is less 'soldier' and more 'force of nature', and she is also the source of the best fight animation in the show.
Ikta on the other hand is a laid back womanizer and the brilliant tactician of the group. He is the one that can take Yatori out of her blood rage and is, through his role as a tactician, often the linchpin of the story. His laziness makes him one of the least athletic members of the group and his escapades with women can lead to some complications along the way. While he is no pushover, a soldier is still a soldier, he often bites up more than he can chew in fights and needs Yatori to bail him out of fights that are not of the mind variety.
The last of the important characters is princess Chamille.
The princess is something special, she is five years younger than the group and is still a child, but she is already playing the political power game to an astonishing degree. She knows what she wants and what she doesn't want, and she knows how to reach her targets.
She is a fascinating character that often looms in the distance due to her status, while she still stays connected to the group, and she is one of the few characters that can surprise Ikta.
This is the core cast, but there are quite some more interesting characters we get to know over the course of the show.

Before I go into more specifics about the story I need to go back to the world itself, because the world is quite fascinating. The low magitech setting at the brink of the industrial revolution is quite interesting in itself, especially when we see how the spirit magic is used to enhance the specialized weapons or equipment. What makes this world even more interesting is the political and religious situation and thankfully we get quite a bit of information about those parts. Unfortunately the anime doesn't present this information quite as clear as I would've hoped for, but the information is there, you just need to decipher it.
The religions seem to be different in substance, but all are connected to the spirits as their focal point. Unfortunately that is as much as I got out of watching, because the presentation is quite chaotic and you would need multiple watches or the manga/novel to understand it better.
When it comes to the political situation things get really interesting, because at that point we as viewers realize that we see this world through the lens of the bad guys. Not that our crew of people are bad, but they fight for the Empire. The Empire is not the worst country to live in, depending on whom you ask, but it doesn't allow for a lot of freedoms and is eroded by corruption.
The Republic on the other hand seems a lot more free and friendly, but isn't without fault either. They take in refugees from the Empire, but also force military action and reaction from the Empire while scheming through elite forces, destabilizing the Empire through civil unrest.
Those two nations are not the only nations, but they are the biggest players on the world stage.
There is no real black and white here, but the Empire seems to be the worse option and the Empire is the angle us viewers are presented with.
There are also war rules or something similar to human rights in this world that include treatment of the spirit partners in addition to the humans. We never learn the full rules, but it is quite interesting that something universal like this exists and is honored (for the most part) in this world.

I already talked about the story quite a bit, so I will keep this short.
As we follow our group of young adults through this world, the stakes get naturally raised with every obstacle overcome. The only worry of the group at the start is their own survival, later subordinates also have to be accounted for until armies are on the line. This raising of the stakes feels natural and fits in incredible well with the story, characters and world.
The only problem is the typical problem of source based anime that you can sometimes feel that stuff got cut out for anime restraint reasons. It is not as distracting as in other works, but it makes me kind of curious about the source material.

Some quick words about the artistic side of things before we wrap this up.
The artstyle is serviceable, but nowhere near the artwork we can see on the cover of the light novel. The fights on the other hand look good or sometimes even incredible and there is not much more we could ask for in a TV series.
The music is on point, but not exceptional. Opening and Ending are fun to listen to and better than most.
One thing deserves special mention and that is the handling of the blood-lust scenes. The voices get drowned out and the audio meshing is very effective in delivering the feel and tone of the character involved. It may just be a small thing, but it is exceptional work for such a detail.

Overall I was very surprised how well written the source material must be to allow for that much detail in world building and characters. Especially if you expect an average light novel anime you might as well be very surprised by the depth and intricacies you might find in this show.
While the show has some usual light novel to animation conversion losses, which keeps it from being even better, it is still very enjoyable to watch and nearly for everyone. Just don't expect a kid friendly banter fest like other mediocre light novel adaptions.

I started to read this manga out of curiosity without much further knowledge and finished it, because I learned that it is a significant piece for certain groups. I can see why some people see this as a significant part of representation for the minority groups of the LGBTQ community, but for me it is still not a good manga.

The concept is simple and nothing new, a God is bored and decides to prank a young Japanese androgynous boy by making him female. While the concept is nothing new in general, the focus on gender questions is more so.

Unfortunately the manga overplays the comedy to ... a hilarious degree, that makes it at times very hard to read. It is not just the comedy that is over the top, but at times it feels like the whole theme of gender swapping is just used as a vehicle for steamy ecchi scenes.
Somewhere around the half-way point the God is getting bored and mixes the mess up even more by introducing fluid gender swapping into the mix.
I'm not against the subject material, but let me show with this example why I think it is problematic how the manga handles the premise.
At some point Mizuki goes into a woman bath, because at this point she is a woman, but because of the fluidity Mizuki suddenly returns to being male and is now stuck in a woman bath as a man with women running all around him.
For me there is no deeper meaning in this, it is just a thing that is played for laughs to put the main character into compromising situations and put edge to some ecchi/erotic content. This clashes with the secondary and more serious aim, of touching on real world gender issues, and for the most part it fails completely handling those.
This especially hurts the moments, closer to the end, when it really tries to touch on those issues, but as a reader it gets very hard to take something so clownish serious at that point.

For me it fails the balancing act of comedy and seriousness. 95% of the time the situation is played for laughs and erotics and it comes of like a nervous person that makes excessive jokes to cover for this nervousness and forgets about the serious issue they really wanted to talk about.

The manga could be seen as positive, by shining a light on gender issues for a younger audience, but in the end it fails by overcompensating for the serious ideas with sad overdone comedy.

With that part out of the way let's briefly talk about the rest. Briefly, because there isn't much to talk about.
The characters are flat and cliché for the most part and most are just exaggerated comedy reliefs. From the eccentric male lingerie designer that runs around in his designed undergarments, to the senpai stalker with picture shrines in the bedroom, the manga has a good host of boring tropes.
The art is not much to write home about as well. The backgrounds are often simplistic and don't add much and the only good art are the characters themselves. With characters in focus they can look very good (often for the ecchi scenes), but the moment they are not the focus of a shot they are just mediocre.

Without the knowledge, that some people see some cultural significance in this work, I would have probably never fought through sludge and while the ending is decent, it is nothing to write home about. Even a manga like Kashimashi handled the subject better and was more enjoyable to read, because it put less obnoxious comedy/ecchi roadblocks in the way it handled the topic with more grace.

For me it was a shame to see something interesting handled so poorly and while I understand that some people are happy seeing this kind of conflict represented at all, I would hope that we get a better works about those themes.

This manga is like the main character, an unusual gem that shines with a non-traditional beauty.

After I got your attention, let me explain my confusing intro for this review.
The story is a common, but also uncommon story, that puts a plebeian girl into the harem of the emperor as a maid. So far so common, but here the plot disperses from the common root.
There are no "ugly (usually not ugly at all) duckling charms beautiful prince" shenanigans happening here, because our main heroine is not interested in any of that. Her only interest is in herbs, mushrooms, poisons, medicine and experiments including all of ... those.
Unfortunately for her, even those interests can be quite valuable in a place brimming with intrigue and assassination attempts.
Unfortunate because our main heroine planned to get out of the place by being of no use as a maid, but her interest in aforementioned things cuts her plans to escape short.
How could she resist all the unusual poisons that are being used in the scheming of the palace?
The different arcs can vary heavily, but usually circle around the mystery of the happenings at the court of the emperor and his harem and end often in our quite clever main heroine having to play detective to uncover the truth of the events that shake up the inner circle of the emperors' harem. These fascinating episodic mysteries build the core of the story, but there is always an underlying plot that never stops moving. In this quite serious plot they somehow managed to weave in even some hilarious comedic moments. These can range from character to character moments to tasteful situational comedy.

If this description of the plot direction intrigues you for only the smallest amount you are in for a treat, because now we will talk about the real strength of the manga, the characters and the art.

The characters are astonishingly varied, while also managing to avoid most clichés. All the characters in the harem are unique and bring their own strength and weaknesses with them and this includes a giant cast of maidservants, eunuchs and later even prostitutes and soldiers that all have their unique place in this story. Even the far off side characters get at least some characterization and the moment we get close to any of them the characters bloom the moment our main heroine gets in contact using her wits or observational ability.
It is simply breathtaking to see a cast of this size realized in such a detailed and thought out manner.

While the characters are great, the art is where the manga really shines.
I read quite some media in a similar vein, but they often fall into some traps, having all characters be beautiful but too similar to each other (same face syndrome) or having the characters be too perfect, but not in this manga! What the artists did here is amazing, Nekokurage not just gave all the characters beauty and differentiated them through design, but s/he somehow also managed to convey the exact feelings the characters should convey.
No character is a better example of this masterful craftsmanship than our main heroine Maomao herself. She is never meant to be the beautiful flower, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't be appealing. She has a rough beauty to herself, that can be smoothed quite a bit if necessary (with the help of her fellow maids and cosmetics), that gives her a variety of looks that never betray her core design.
The designs completely sells the appeal of the second or first concubine, without undermining the beauty of the other characters.
The art also manages to visualize the beauty that comes from the confidence that surrounds the more important members of the harem (or the top prostitutes). Even if you see a character for the first time, nobody has to tell the reader at what position this character is, the body language, self-assuredness, clothing and actions will let you know the position of the character.
This brilliance is later even abused and played with when characters dress up to go undercover as a person of lower rank. It manages to showcase how much work has to be put into a disguise to dim the aura of someone with authority and the art makes sure to still let the true authority shine through in a moment of carelessness. These brilliant moments only work because of the incredible strength of the art.

The backgrounds are not as spectacular as the character art, but they are still brimming with detail and I'm sure that quite some research went into this time period to depict the places and architecture in as satisfying a way as possible.

In conclusion, this manga is astonishingly good. The story is interesting and goes in a direction you would not expect from the classical setup, while the art and characters fill the world with tons of life. This manga is not for the action hungry, but if you have any interest in mystery, political intrigue, early pharmacy and comedy in a historic setting this manga will be one of your favorites.

To get the premise out of the way first, Cop Craft is basically a buddy cop show that mixes Rush Hour (two cops of different cultures working together) with the concept from Blood Blockade Battlefront (Kekkai Sensen; dimensional gate creates a mixed [distinctly American] city of alien + human technology and cultures).

Compared to Blood Blockade Battlefront the setting is a lot more toned down. The connected alien world is more in the line of classic medieval fantasy and less absurd. Magic exists, but it is, even for the alien culture, a rare trait and not flashy or simplistic. The show is more about the mix ... of the magically influenced technology mixing with the human made technology.

In this type of premise a lot rides on the world and characters and I'm happy to say that it fulfills both fields to a great degree. The characters chemistry and bickering is a joy to watch and the alien concepts seem to be well implemented (from what we see in the show, which is, as always with shows that have tons of source material, just a snippet).
The show also allows the alien part of the duo to grow, which is quite important for the younger part that has no experience with humanity and grew up in nobility.
Cop Craft also touches on some real issues (xenophobia, political intrigue, prostitution, corruption, violence etc.) through the lens of its world and it handles these subjects very well.

So far this all sound quite decent, so why is it that the show gets such a low score (from me and others) and the answer is very unfortunate: the production.
While the general writing is very good, the animation and sound are a minefield.
(Quick disclaimer, this review is based on the simulcast, not the BD, which could possibly improve some of the worst parts.)
We can't look into the productions of the anime, but here something went obviously array.
Parts of the show look decent or even great, like the opening and some fight sequences, other parts are glorified chaotic slideshows with mismatching audio.

Example (skip this paragraph if you are not interested in my example; no spoiler):
In an episode a character slides on his weapon down a metal fire staircase to follow a suspect, while this is animated quite well (sparks flying and the characters throwing his body around the corners), there is no audio accompanying this scene.
In other scenes we get sword fights that are cut together of still pictures without any movement and without any sense of space and repeating hollow metal sounds to go with it (not the sound two swords make).

My best guess is that some parts were given to good animators that did their job really well, but for other parts they either ran out of money or time (or both) and had to / decided to cut everything they had at the time together, to at least resemble a coherent story.
Episode 3 is the finale of the first arc and is the most egregious example of this practice in action. It cuts together content worth 3 episodes with minimal to no animation in a slideshow with no sense of time or space. This was not just bad for the audiovisual enjoyment, but also killed the pace of this finale, that was meant to be a spectacle with twists and turns. How this happened is any ones guess.

So in the end we have quite a dilemma on our hands. Most people, me included like the show, but you can't really overlook the 30/30/30 ratio of the show (30% good animation, 30% okay animation and 30% no animation), which makes it very hard to rate.
I will give this show two scores and mash them together for a final score, because we need some kind of score for this review.
Taking only the worst parts of the show, I award the show with a 2, because the character design and world is still pretty to look at and while the story in these parts is very hard to follow, it still has a semblance of something better.
Taking only the best parts, I award the show an 8 (this might be a 9 if you liked what you read from my little summary and if you desire some buddy cop style stuff), because it still has some tropes that get old very fast (the running gag about cars getting destroyed or the bulletproof couch as an example for this) even though the writing is very good.

Who is this anime for?
I think this show can be watched by everyone interested in a fun ride with some decent buddy cop conversations mixed with some dark and close to reality material.
Just don't forget that you also need some thick skin to watch through the truly horrifying production failures.

Senko-san is an anime that aims at a certain audience, overworked and stressed otaku that have a lose grip on reality, but let's start from the beginning:

The Anime follows the life of the standard salary man Nakano, that is basically a 'yes' man pushover that can't say 'no' to save his life. Thanks to that, basically his only character trait apart from his love for fluffy things, he is endlessly overworked in a job where he is seemingly surrounded by bad coworkers that shove their work on him.
Some day a demigod fox girl (that is a 800-year-old legal loli, as the anime never fails to ... mention) drops into his life and starts pampering him to take away his stress that is so bad it manifests as a black aura around him and starts to threaten to infect other people around him (allegedly, we never see that happen).
That is all you need to know, because that is all that happens. Some shenanigans ensue with sometimes more and sometimes less awkwardness (bathing together, ear cleaning, eating, drinking etc.).

The problem with the show is twofold.
On one hand there are just better anime with similar concepts out there, Dragon Maid comes to mind or Sakura Quest.Those have more character depth and way more general development on every level and while Senko-san has decent animation, it is nowhere near KyoAni or PA Works.
It is just worse than the competition.
On the second hand it feels like the show endorses a lot of bad concepts. There is the implication of 'if you work hard and are overworked maybe you will get a dream wife somehow that makes all your problems disappear without you needing to do anything about your own life', which is clearly problematic and especially worrisome considering the Japanese work culture.
There is also the whole legal loli theme that makes things awkward and plays into certain tastes and is nothing to endorse, at least in my opinion, and most of the show can also be seen as mindless pandering to those questionable tastes.

In the end we have a show that excels at nothing.
The story is non existent. The art, animation and sound are all between 5-7, but the area where the good Iyashikei are weeded out from the bad, the characters, is an utter disaster. The characters are forgettable and worst of all, show zero growth over the course of the show and stay the same for the entire run.
Oh, and I didn't even mention the weird ego perspective parts that are usually situated after the ED with Senko directly talking to the viewers to give the sense that the viewer is the one having Senko caring for...

I can take some pandering here and there, some obnoxious lolis, or some characters that are less than deep, but this show has all of it and no redeeming qualities.
Overall I still give the show an average rating of 5, because the animation and sound is sometimes good and there is no fault in appreciating the work put into those parts, even if it is overall nothing special, but make no mistake this only leads to a very slim 5 that is probably more in the 4.6 area rounded up.

There might be people that need exactly what the show gives you (a legal loli that tells you that everything will be okay), but for everyone else, just stay away, you won't miss anything.