“Smile, Sweet, Sister, Sadistic, Surprise, Service.” What does the S stand for? Well it can stand for many things. But I believe the opening theme may speak for itself.

Blend S stands to be my favourite Slice of Life series for Fall 2017. With its insane cast of characters and the traits each one must portray.

You may think that these are your regular characters working at your regular cafe right? Well yes basically, but it comes with a twist. Each female worker at that cafe must portray a type of character. We have the Sadist, the Tsundere, the Imouto, the Bigger Sister, and the Idol.

I will save you by saying this right now, the “Idol” character is actually a dude. You’re welcome, now you can put your boner back in your pants.

Welp back on topic, the story is very simple of course being a sol series. Maika our MC finds a new job at a rather odd cafe which she was then introduced to the system of the cafe. She finds out her Sadist trait comes as natural, she tries to be cute but it has the opposite effect. She is the sadist of the cafe. Initially I thought of ways that this would work, then I forgot the possibilities of M customers. I guess they can take it as a treat. Turns out she’s pretty good at this type of thing.

The big booby tsundere seems to be a great character as well, Kaho’s personality does relate to mine in some way ( Minus the tsundere ).

And then the imouto. I’m not sure what Japan thinks when making this 4-5 feet tall girls at the age of like 16+, but I guess it works in some way or another. She plays the Little sister at work. I do like her type as well, for it would definitely appeal to some customers.

The Older sister seems to be nice as well, I love her character design.

The idol well, well, well. I don’t have much to say about a dude.

Seeing all these types of characters in one place and to see how it will play out is one of the reasons I love this show so much. It’s fun, and relaxing and pretty damn funny.

The art and animation are amazing and I love how A-1 does slice of life so spectacularly well. If I can entrust any studio to make good Moe Slice of Life, it’s A-1 no questions asked.

One of my favourite things about the series is the opening song. Admit it, it’s catchy as hell. From the beginning of the OP to the catchy chorus to the animation, everything in that OP yells out Moe and cuteness. I can’t tell you how many times I looped the first 7 seconds of the opening.

I recommend this to anyone who’s looking forward to amazing characters and funny situations along with a catchy opening and amazing interactions between each employee. Sit back and gaze upon the cuteness that is Blend S.