BLEND-S
a review by Whatisausername
a review by Whatisausername
Blend-S, well--how can I even describe it-- it has no basic plot. Like every other SoL, obviously. It's just some cute girls working at a cafe by the name of "Stile", where all the waitresses are basically given a "Trope"/"Persona" to play while at work.
Now the animation was actually good, it was smooth, (pretty much expected of A1 studios, if you’ve seen their other works.) It's bright, and vibrant, not too much either, the color shades are pleasing to eyes, absolutely perfect for a Slice Of Life, OP was wonderful, and ED was okay, not that bad. Though in my opinion, the characters’ tropes could’ve been done better, I won’t really criticize much here.
Characters are in fact quite lively. There are many characters with different tropes;
Apparently, every character is completely opposite from their Job persona, for example, let’s take our main character--
Maika Sakuranomiya, she’s quite a tranquil, light-hearted, innocent character, who is given the exact opposite persona because of her eyes, which (as described by the anime) has a very sadistic look. She unintentionally slips into her “Sadistic” persona, which, well, people (generally customers but sometimes it may vary) enjoy. Then, we have;
Mafuyu Hoshikawa, she plays the “Little sister” role, which requires her to be cheerful and well--y’know--little sister type(?) Just elaborate it yourself, but in reality, she's a college student, and is often found composed but mature.
Kaho Hinata who plays the “Tsundere” role, she’s in fact lively and a good character when she’s not in her persona. (despite me assuming she’d be absolutely boring and annoying)
Kouyou Aikizuki, well he does not really play any character, he’s the cook but I’ll admit, he has a good potential as a character.
Ah yes, finally we have the so-called “Best girl” I mean, the “Cute Idol” Persona which is played by Hideri Kanzaki
Blend-S definitely has some fun/comedy scenes throughout the show, but emphasis on some. The humour is okay, but the base behind the humour is disgusting. Look, I’d be completely fine if The Manager, who apparently is 26 (Dino) was not hitting on a literal 16 year old. I believe that even some characters had noticed it, and they actually took action(s), but eventually even that was toned down after some episodes. I mean, was that age gap really necessary for comedy/ audience entertainment? and, some good jokes are literally overused throughout.
Some girls working in a cafe, where they have to play tropes, I must say, despite Blend-S not having a constant plot, it definitely had potential to be one of the best the genre could offer. Maybe, if the age gap was lessened, and jokes actually had a structure, this anime could’ve been a real win. Introducing new characters every few episodes was a good thing you could say, or I might’ve just dropped it because of the overused plot, but some things here and there, despite being newly introduced, are also easily forgotten! It was slightly hinted that Kaho Hinata and Kouyou Akizuki had a bit of romantic tension between them (if not then I may have just misunderstood?), but that was soon dissolved
There’s not really much to say about Blend-S though, it’s just an average Slice Of Life which is mixed with CGDCT, if you’d like a SoL with some maids working in a cafe, has a romantic tension(?) between 2 characters who apparently have a 10 year age gap, also has littleeee bit of overused stuff and wholesomeness sprinkled on top, then Blend-S is just recommended for you :D
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