This is a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be. I was expecting trash, but it's genuinely fun. I watched the first five episodes without any sound, but decided I would listen. And the first (pleasant) surprise was that Zastin's voice was Koyasu. Looking at ANN, it turns out to have a first-rate voice cast. Lots of names I know and love.

Yeah, there's a lot of ecchi, especially in the BD rip (that I'm watching) but not enough to make it impossible to plunder for the top rotation. From the first five episodes I have 27 candidates, which isn't bad at all.

UPDATE: As of the end of episode 7, what I think is most noteworthy is the fact that there are so many tropes I've seen in other harem romcoms, and I'm not finding them annoying in this series.

The series foundation has been laid, and now we're doing comedy episodes with no particular sign of a long term plot. Which can work really well if it's handled well (think Keroro Gunsou, for instance) and so far they are doing so.

(Although Ren is a one-joke pony which could become extremely tiresome if they don't show some restraint.)

UPDATE:

There's nothing particularly subtle about the humor in this series, but it's OK. This guy ("Pikary") deserved it.

UPDATE: OK, now I've figured out why I'm getting so much deja vu here. This is basically Keroro Gunsou except with loads of fan service. And that works for me.

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