1 "Molest" overstates it considerably. The first few power-ups are traditional harem-comedy accidents, and he's certainly motivated by hormones, but simple physical contact will do the trick, and does later on.

Ecchi, yes, and it's got 1.5 lolis, but not even close to hentai. I don't think he ever does more than touch a clothed breast, although he'd certainly like to. The male teacher's a perv, but he's a very minor character.

And they give a perfectly reasonable explanation for Mone's behavior and limited vocabulary.

-j

2 Pocky's reaction, on seeing this show up on the schedule, was "oh god! We licensed the bad touch anime!"

I leave it to your imagination where he was introduced to the "bad touch" game... ;p

I never saw it in any shape or form. The person who was doing the translation revisions, though, hated it like root canals done by a Getter. "With the fiery burning hatred of ten thousand suns" doesn't even sum it up. Apparently, it's not just creepy, but almost incalculably stupid...

3

Yeah, I wouldn't call any of it "molesting."  Or "bad touch" either.

I thought Yumeria was very, very minor, but fun.  A couple of interesting ideas but nothing to get excited (or upset) about. 

4 Yup, art it ain't. However:

1. the hero gets a grip.
2. he picks one girl in the end.
3. the story is complete, with no significant dangling plot threads.
4. all the cute girls survive, and have better lives after it's over.
5. several decent seiyuu (Mizuki, Mone, Nanase (coughcough)).
6. directed by one of the directors from Banner/Crest of the Stars.
7. decent OP (with song by Mone and Neneko).
8. no significant angst.
9. Mone's one-word vocabulary actually works.

Downsides? The technobabble is dreadful, but fortunately brief. The loli-service is mostly played for laughs, but they do love to zoom in on all of the girls in their tight battle suits. Neneko is an annoying, wise-beyond-her-years loli with no apparent home or family. Silk might as well have a sign taped to her chest revealing her secret. Several episodes exist merely to check off harem-comedy tropes. The "what's really going on" revelation is clumsy, even if it does explain the behavior of Nanase, Kuyou, Mone, and Silk.

-j

5

To me, Neneko was the real icky one.  Not so much her (although she was a little too worldly), as every guy in town seemed to be drooling over her.  Ewwwwww.  One woman even gave her a drink from the bar.  Hello?  Minor? 

Ishigari was an annoying jack***, but he kept getting his, and everyone was on to him, so he couldn't get any where with Moné.  Tomokazu's sister really creeped me out when she got drunk and tried to seduce him, but I guess I've become somewhat innured to sis-cons since then.   (Proof that anime really does rot your mind.)

There was some good humor in the show (the dodgeball game; the error in the school notes), and the twist ending was creepily well done.  Overall, I think I gave it a C.  (Kuyou is one of my favorite "green-haired babes" and almost made my dream team harem.)

6 I've seen a few episodes, and while it ain't high art, it's not particularly objectionable either.  (I'm annoyed by the OP, though, which is almost good bouncy fun but falls a little short in every respect.)

7 Well, maybe I'm being a bit too harsh on it. But it still doesn't sound like a show I'd be willing to spend money on.

8 Oh, sure.  I'm not recommending it.  It's just not the worst thing ever.

9 It can't possibly be the worst thing ever. Strange Love is the worst thing ever. This series doesn't even come close to rating on the "worst thing ever" scale when compared to that pile of...

10 I was going to say that the worst thing ever is Waita Uziga's Death Panda, but after googling Strange Love, I'd say they're pretty close.

11 Come on, you can't possibly mention "worst ever" and not bring up Apocalypse Zero. We screened an episode of that, removed the tape from the VCR, smashed on it, jumped up and down on the remains, and then set fire to them. One viewer cried, "Oh god, burn out my ovaries!"

No, seriously. That's not exaggerated. 100% factual.