I’ll admit, some shows I get into based on the cosplay I
see in the community. If a couple of
those characters happen to be cute girls…well im a guy so I cant help it
sometimes (the whole reason I got into Fate/Stay Night was because of the Rin
cosplays). Case in point, the characters
from Saekano have been floating around for a while now and characters that
beautiful you have to know where they came from. Sitting down to check out the first few
episodes, I had no idea what to expect.
Some of it was surprisingly fun, the rest…is kind of a dark reflection
of how really scary the otaku mentality can be.
I’ll say this right away, Tomoya Aki is not my favorite
character on this show. The first
episode paints him as the guy to root for but once you get to the second
episode, when he tries to force his hobbies and passions on his muse, that’s
when he gets to be quite despicable. As
an Otaku myself, I know when it’s time to throw in the towel on trying to get
friends into Anime. If they don’t like
it, don’t force it. It might come about
on it’s own, maybe it wont. Either way,
I wouldn’t go so far as to beg and beg and beg like a mad man trying to get a
girl into a dating sym or anything like that.
And this isn’t charming Himouto Umaru Chan stuff either, at least that
was cute even if it was a little cruel sometimes. This is a prime example of how Otaku can come
off as rude, crazy and more or less as menaces to society…it sucks.
However, this show might be watchable just for the female
leads alone. Yes, theyre all super
attractive but they all have one thing that makes them stand above just being
that. Eriri and Utaha both moonlight as
the exact opposite of what many of their school peers would think them to
be. When they’re not turning heads or
breaking hearts in their uniforms. Eriri is secretly drawing adult manga at a
furious rate and Utaha is a novelist who is becoming quite popular, both
obviously using psydonyms. Watching them
clash and bicker, while getting some insights into their side projects reminded
me of a plot line from the third season of Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, when
one of Illya’s friends turned out to want to do similar things with her secret
desires. Anyway, I could care less if
Tomoya accomplishes his dream in full.
Im more curious how Eriri and Utaha will combine their creative powers
and what will result from them. I think
it could be better than anything Tomoya has in mind, even if he is leading the
project himself. Sadly, I expect these
two femmes to be fighting each other over the rabid Otaku and that’s a
shame…they deserve better. Should also
talk about Kato, Tomoya’s inspiration.
It’s equally scary that she gets forced into Tomoya’s interests as it is
that she ends up enjoying it. Trying to
change someone into someone theyre not isn’t cool…but I will give Kato credit,
her totally shooting down Tomoya’s visions of what he expected her to be were
worth a couple of chuckles.
So yes, for the girls, I will stick this one out
probably, it isn’t that long either (but ive said that before and haven’t
finished that many shows). The series
has good animation, I like the theme songs, Utaha might have just stolen my
heart (her vs. Rin would be a solid showdown).
If it weren’t for Tomoya being a total creeper, I would be fully on
board, but im more so half. It’s another
step out of my comfort zone, that’s for sure.
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