Quickly typing this off the top of my head because I like fulfilling 'personal stupid requests'. Here's my two-cents on the recent happenings in P.A. Works' on-going original anime.
The only reason I picked up this anime was because I was browsing through some anime blogs for others' first impressions and I saw a screencap with this amazing picture. The beginning was not so bad and I'd hoped it would improve. Sadly though, I feel as if it's turned into a generic romantic comedy. I guess there's not much you could expect from the slice of life genre. I mean how much do 'realistic' situations vary? To be quite honest, I don't think I've seen enough of this genre to call this generic. (I tend to go for shounen/seinen anime. Why? I'm not quite sure myself.)
Ohana's naivety is starting to get old now. It's almost midway and if what I think should happen actually happens, then she should've learnt something by now. However, she's still as childish as ever. It's not only her though. This show feels as if it’s lacking in character development which I feel is kind of an important aspect in this type of show. Otherwise you're just telling a pointless story. The only character in which I’ve seen some change is Minko. After 12 episodes, I think there are a few plot elements that take too long to resolve such as the issue between Ohana and Ko. The romance is also incredibly predictable.
The melodrama is starting to feel repetitive and it doesn't have the same effect as it did at the beginning. In the foreseeable future, I don't see this show going anywhere but hey, I might be wrong. I seems like quite an average show with no lasting impact. There's still a long way to go though, so I guess we'll see.
