Story: This is a character drama made for girls/women, meaning that character development is the focal point of this anime. It centers around a group of employees in a shoujo manga publishing company, who are loosely interconnected with each other-- romance sparks. Oh, and everyone is gay.
Episode X story: K is a cute boyish guy with a semi-permanent blush and added sweatdrops who's doing his ...
Story: This is a character drama made for girls/women, meaning that character development is the focal point of this anime. It centers around a group of employees in a shoujo manga publishing company, who are loosely interconnected with each other-- romance sparks. Oh, and everyone is gay.
Episode X story: K is a cute boyish guy with a semi-permanent blush and added sweatdrops who's doing his best at work. Enter L, a tall dark stranger, possibly in the same line of work. L is like, PURRFECT and never gets flustered and is awesome at his work. He declares his love for K, who CANNOT seem to take a hint but obsesses about L with an inner monologue and goes on being permanently blushed. They kiss. K takes a hint. Episode end.
This is a fluffy fluffy sweet candy bar. Seriously. It's like: bishounen meets taller manlier bishounen and they kiss after some really predictable drama. Different characters for different arcs, but funny enough they all basically seem like the same recycled couple. If you're into that, well, you'll love this anime. If you prefer plots that are actually real plots and not just there to facilitate the kissing, you might skip this one. To be fair, the story is occasionally engaging and kept me watching the first ten episodes... that and boredom.
I honestly cannot understand why so many people have written rave reviews about this one... sure, it's cute, but
1. the characters are beyond stereotypes,
2. the plot almost nonexistant,
3. and the animation is sub-par.
Conclusion: There's plenty better anime out there which I'd recommend over this one any day. However, if you need a quick fluff fix to make you believe in the corniest of true luvs again, this is it.
(Mid-episode Swedish rant on the corniness of this anime, which prompted me to write this review: Herre jääääävlar, hur kan det vara tillåtet att släppa sån här skit? Och folk äter upp det med stora skeden och slickar rent skålen och häller på extra sirap??!!!!! Gah jag DÖR!!!!!!! )
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