The story for Mieruko-chan starts off repetitive and predictable but around halfway into the anime is when the story picks up and becomes somewhat interesting. The reason the first half was repetitive and predictable is that our protagonist Miko is constantly thrown into the same scenario with different settings each time. Miko will be in the bathroom and a ghost will appear. Miko is at the store and a ghost will appear. Miko will just be living her daily life and a ghost will appear. Every single time a ghost appears Miko does the same thing, she just ignores them. When the same formula is repeated over and over for 12 episodes straight, it gets stale real quick. The same formula sticks around even after the halfway mark but the story gets much more mysterious after Miko meets 3 spirits who are very different from other ghosts/spirits Miko has met before. On top of meeting these mysterious spirits, she also meets a guy who kind of reminded me of Luka Magnotta-you should watch Don't F With Cats if you haven't already seen it- This made the story a little more interesting for me personally, but that doesn't mean the boring formula of Miko encountering ghosts and ignoring them is completely gone, cause it's not gone whatsoever, it's just a little bit more tolerable knowing the fact that there is something bigger going to happen within the story. The way I look at Mieruko-chan is that the first half is an introduction to the characters and the second half is when the story actually begins.

If you check the genre Mieruko-chan happens to be a comedy anime. Unfortunately, Mieruko-chan's comedy suffers the same problem that Sakamoto Desu Ga? had, and that problem being, the same joke is recycled over and over and over. If someone told you a funny joke for the first time you will probably laugh, but if they repeat that same joke multiple times you will most likely be annoyed and want to tell them to shut the fuck up. That's how I felt watching Meiruko-chan. Seeing Miko meet a ghost and desperately try to ignore that ghost for the first time was kind of funny but seeing her meet ghosts and try to ignore these ghosts for the hundredth time throughout the anime becomes tiresome.

So, how are the characters? I mean they literally had the first half to introduce them to us, how do I feel about them? Personally, I find them to be mediocre at best. There are three characters we see very often, one of them is our protagonist Miko, and the other 2 are Yuria, and Hana. Out of these three, Yuria is the most interesting to me and I will talk more about Yuria after I talk about Miko. Miko lacks development; the only thing that makes her stand out is that she can see big scary ugly ghosts and spirits, other than that she really isn't special in any way. As a viewer, I can see that Miko wants to express herself, Miko wants to just shout and tell these ghosts to leave, but she doesn't. Instead, she bottles all her fear and emotion up inside of her and continues living her life which kind of makes me feel bad for her. Like I said earlier Miko's development is lacking throughout the anime, even after seeing a ghost for the hundredth time she still continues to freeze in place and tries her best to ignore them. For the first 10 episodes of the anime, I kept asking myself At what point will Miko just get over it? At what point will Miko just walk away instead of standing there and being scared for like 2 minutes straight? Thankfully those questions get answered in episode 11 when Miko finally develops and decides to confront a ghost. Unfortunately seeing a character development happen on the 2nd last episode is just disappointing. If this development happened earlier in the first half then the first half wouldn't have to be unnecessarily dragged out and boring.

Yuria on the other hand can also see ghosts, but she can't see the big creepy ones like Miko. Yuria is the complete opposite of Miko, Yuria wants to exorcise these unwelcomed ghosts, and she also happens to be fearless, kind of. The only thing Yuria fears is Miko, and a lot of the funniest moments in the anime are because of Yuria being scared of Miko and misinterpreting the things Miko says. Unlike Miko and Hana, Yuria has a goal, her goal is to become a strong exorcist who can take down these ghosts. Ultimately because of these reasons Yuria quickly becomes the funniest and most likable character who I can't help but root for. Finally, we have Hana. Hana is probably the most characterless character in this anime, she isn't really interesting and the only thing that she talks about throughout the anime is food. Her whole personality is just eating food. I mean that's kind of relatable right?

In the end, I never really thought Mieruko-chan was a bad anime, I dont think it's good either, it's simply alright. The Mundane story along with run-of-the-mill characters didn't help with making the repetitive and predictable first half of Mieruko-chan any more entertaining. Also, the fan service was obviously unnecessary but that didn't stay around for more than 4 episodes which is great. Although season 1 started off low the anime ended on a pretty high note which gives me hope for season 2.