This series almost takes the place of Yu Yu Hakusho as my favorite anime of all
time. It lacks the nostalgia factor, being quite new, and is also animated
digitally instead of with cells, so the quality is technically lower in my
opinion (digital will always be inferior to real art). Stylistically, it is
the greatest looking thing I've ever seen. Nothing tops Hiramoto's art. That's
part of the comedy to me, to see something so incredibly crude, so over the
top and absurdly sexual, with such good art.
I finished the manga a few years ago and it was amazing. No idea why people
disliked the ending. It's a comedy. Anyone going into this expecting romance
and "shipping" is a fucking idiot. And while the competition saga was really
long, it was (and I hate to use this term) epic. Andre becomes a literal beast.
And the chairman's amnesia story was (and again, I hate to use this term) kino.
This could have been a feature film. Knowing Japan's film industry, it's best
that it's not though. I really don't like Japanese films for the most part.
Gakuto is the greatest friend anyone could ask for: cunning, loyal, and brave.
The suffering he goes through is legendary. Andre's S&M arc with Risa was, at
first, really weird and dumb but it became a spiritual lesson, which only added
to the hilarity. I don't remember Joe's or Shingo's arcs. Kiyoshi and Chiyo,
Hana too, was pretty fun and again, the ending was fine.
My favorite girl is definitely Mari. She has a sexy resting bitch face. I went
to a local anime convention and managed to find a couple stickers of the main
girls, and commissioned a drawing of Pakunoda from Hunter x Hunter and Meiko.
It's a shame it didn't turn out well and the artist seemed ashamed. Why take
requests if you're going to be shy about it?
Lastly, if you like Meiko then there is a certain doujin that looks JUST like
her, and the MC looks JUST like Kiyoshi. It's one of the finest looking doujin
I've ever read and it had to be drawn by Hiramoto. The subject is right up his
pervy alley too. It is truly "S-tier" if you know what I mean.
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