October 10, 2015
After a good start in ep 1, in this episode we almost went off the rails. It's all about building the harem, and they seem to be rushing through it. Maybe, if we're lucky, it's because they want to get it out of the way so as to concentrate on more important stuff. If we're unlucky, it'll be because they want to concentrate on harem hijinks.
In ep 1 we had this during the battle between Ikki and Stella:
The two girls in this image are both going to be in the harem. The one with the camera gets introduced in this episode:
She's an underclassman, and enough about her. I think her main reason for existing is to make Stella jealous. Because in this episode it's clear that Stella has fallen hard for Ikki. I'm pretty sure this girl isn't formally part of the harem, though; the ED shows four girls and she isn't one of them.
Here comes haremette #2:
That's Ikki's younger sister, and this was squicky because that kiss lasted an unreasonably long time. She has a big league brocon. This rang Stella's bell, too, and so on and so forth...
Well, we got some back story from Ikki which saved the episode. But it is his character that really continues to save things. If there was ever a character who was entitled to be angsty, he's it. But he isn't. He's upbeat and cheerful and dedicated and strong without being a Marty Stu, and in this episode we learn why.
In that picture from ep 1, the girl in the back ground with the braids and glasses is going to be a haremette, too; she's in the ED. And there's another one that I think hasn't shown up yet even as a cameo. I bet we get them both next episode.
I don't want this show to be harem hijinks! I want it to be "Ikki struggles against his family and wins anyway!" That's the interesting story they've been hinting at. I've seen harem hijinks dozens of times before and I don't need to see it again.
I also don't need to see "Stella gets angsty", please. Let's not go there, OK?
Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at
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They did leave a few things out from the corresponding part of the story in the light novels (Namely, how capable Ikki is at fighting without any weapons.). However - and this is the important point about the story - every time you think they are going with the standard clichés you see in anime, the story does something that shows it is very different.
Posted by: cxt217 at October 10, 2015 03:32 PM (xm3KK)
Posted by: topmaker at October 10, 2015 06:15 PM (6stZH)
Aside from the obvious vibes...jumping ahead slightly:
Something else they left-out from the light novels: when Shizuku first appeared, both Ikki, Stella, and their class were still in the classroom. When Stella and Shizuku finally were about to come to blows, Ikki just sighed and left the room along with everyone else, instead of just standing there between the two girls.
Posted by: cxt217 at October 10, 2015 06:41 PM (xm3KK)
Stella gets angsty.
Sigh. I just don't understand it. This is the worse story, but by far the best characters. If we could trade characters with Asterisk's storyline....
And yeah, Alice is the poster child for self-gender confusion. (I have to qualify it, thanks to "No way there can be a penis on this" Oto-Boku)
Posted by: ubu at October 12, 2015 06:19 AM (SlLGE)
Okay, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the harem stuff was a bit much. I'm good with some relationship madness going on, but a lot of what was happening here felt so forced.
Posted by: Tom Tjarks at October 13, 2015 01:27 AM (J0lM9)
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