There is a
scene in this anime which plays like one from Death Note, except instead of Light murdering people, it’s a high
school girl looking up how to pick up men.
It’s the one that sold me on this show, I think.
Oh, and the opening. It legitimately surprised me. Besides the one from Servant x Service, I didn’t really like any opening songs this season that much. Some were decent, but I didn’t love any of
them. But this slice of life anime about
an unpopular girl’s opening is badass!
Rather unexpected, that. I could probably listen to this song for twenty minutes and get just as much (if not more) enjoyment out of that than I could watching an actual episode of one of the more disposable shows this season. Here's a video:
Our main
character is Kuroki, a girl who has no friends and is completely incapable of
handling social situations, finding it almost impossible to talk to people who
aren’t her family. And she’s insane.
Hating her
pitiful existence, she decides that she will now approach integrating herself
into society with enthusiasm. And get a
boyfriend.
Those crazy
eyes. I’m not sure if I should be
terrified of them or not.
This show’s
humor isn’t the typical 4-koma sort of thing we’ve been seeing a lot this
season. Instead, it’s a lot more mean
and poking fun at how much of an outcast/psycho Kuroki is. And it’s actually pretty funny, all things
considered, albeit it can be a bit uncomfortable.
However,
this show does a good job (in my opinion) of not only being funny, but making
me like Kuroki. Her personality is so
extreme that every moment she spends on screen is both extremely memorable and
somewhat painful to watch at times. I
kind of want her to get a boyfriend before the killings start, and I kind of am
scared for him for when that happens.
The harder
she tries, the uglier she looks. However,
she should learn that the duckface thing is so
2012.
She has a
brother, too. And he also has raccoon
eyes! I guess it’s hereditary, and not
just a result of playing otome games all day.
Unless… naaah.
And, since I
have a sibling and understand how it works, I always have to give props to an
anime that actually understands how they work.
Because this one does, so much. He’s
rude to her but not too rude, just
sort of constant low-level dickishness. However,
he agrees to help her out because he knows how much of a wreck she is.
Her voice
actress also has some awesome line deliveries.
One ‘Sayonara’ was almost on the same level of awesomeness of the ‘Ahoooooo~’
chick from The World God Only Knows. Yeah, you heard that. I’m standing by what I said.
Ouran flashbacks, anyone?
I will say,
this show is not the genderswapped The
World God Only Knows I imagined. In
fact, I honestly can’t think of a solid comparison to this show’s psycho
protagonist. And that’s a good thing, I
think. Keima was perfectly happy with no friends. Not only is Kuroki unhappy, she also believes that it's everyone else's fault.
Looking
forward to more desperate attempts to pick up guys next episode. Please tell me there’s an episode where she
tries cringe-worthy pick-up lines!
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