Big breasted female taking care of a shota and somehow not a hentai. Those were my original thoughts starting in this show, and as typical of the shota character, from start to finish I never liked him.
Story: 6/10
It's kind of your typical Slice of Life, you're there more for the character interactions than an overall story. It has somewhat nice progression though, introducing all the characters in a timely sequence and giving them a fair spotlight.
Characters: 8/10
While at first you have fetishized characters, boobs are in your face constantly, there are shotacons who are friends with a gyaru, small girl with a flat complex, and then aggressive, controlling, brocon Sagiri (Eromanga Sensei). Then you read those comments and wonder why I put an 8 out of 10. The character development outside of the shotacons is actually phenomenal. While someone like Sumire ends up a weak link because the author couldn't think of much to add to her character, Yuzu, Yuri, the Caretaker, her sister, and even MC's sister each take the spotlight and show some great characterization in it. Maybe we could have some designs drop a few cup sizes though. Of course, there's always the protag who tries to think throughout the show that his relationship with the Caretaker is romantic and it's grating everytime it comes out of his thought bubbles.
Animation: 6/10
Obviously the previous paragraph has one gripe I had on animation, which isn't really the fault of the studio, just the original artist. The studio did some nice things with emotions and especially a very nice scene in the final episode that averages this all back out.
Sound: 8 or 9/10
I don't often notice BGM, but this show had a fairly excellent one. I'm excited to listen to it again when I make it down to my S anime in my OST project, of course, I still have to resume it (I'm only in G anime still). The composer had some really good choices for songs at many moments, especially Matsuri's arrival on the show.
Overall: 7/10
If there's anything this author managed to convey well, it's the responsibility in their characters. People like the caretaker's sister and the protagonist weren't shown as intelligently as they don't have the acknowledgement of what they're responsible for, while characters like the Caretaker and Yuzu each showed themselves very responsible and intelligent at points in the series. There was a point where I just started praising Yuzu like she was my favorite character on the show after the author reached a true understanding of how to make her character portray the intelligence she's supposed to carry. I was impressed by pieces of this series, if it's gags aren't for you, that's just what happens. If you like the side cast, then it's definitely an enjoyable show as long as... well, you can get past the fetishes the show is about.
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