strangle you, blackmail you, and act innocent,
but that's just how I show my love!"
First off, let me start with the things I liked. As I mentioned before, the artstyle of the show is really appealing to me. It has a lot of elements of the early/mid 2000's style of anime that I find cute and nostalgic. There's some solid jokes and visual gags mixed in sometimes, though I felt there were generally more misses than hits. The voice actors seemed to do a pretty good job, from what I can tell. And the opening is an absolute banger.
Another aspect of the show I really could've done without is the constant sexualisation of Dokuro (and Sakura, to a lesser degree). I'm honestly just too fucking jaded at this point to get into lolicon discourse, but even if you somehow choose to ignore the fact that Dokuro is a preteen girl, the show sexualises her so goddamn often that it's actually infuriating. I swear to god, there are probably more tiddy shots in this show then there are instances of Dokuro being genuinely nice to Sakura. You'd have to have your brain absolutely rotted away and actively decomposing to nothingness by porn to not find the constant panty/boob shots in this show annoying. I guess the showrunners probably prioritized this aspect of the show over making the characters tolerable, which is disappointing.
Ultimately, Bokusatsu Tenshi is a mixed bag. The show had potential to be great, but it unfortunately ended up getting overshadowed by all of its faults. I hope that if the showrunners ever decide to reboot or remake it one day (which I know is pretty unlikely, but still), they put more care into the characters and writing. Until then, this will have to be a 5/10 for me.