Art is good but some 3D/2D mixed animation choices are questionable, especially the first two minutes… but for the first episode, overall vibe is similar to manga and I enjoyed it.
Haven’t seen the anime. OP, did you like the first ep?
No, not really. The original manga is very…cozy. It has a simplistic, soft kind of visual style that fits for the “fluffy” and, let’s be honest, superficially cute source material. This anime is incredibly visually busy and has a lot of cinematographic decisions that are extremely distracting. For example, the opening sequence focuses on characters walking and the camera is almost always below waste height, almost leering at character’s legs. When it’s not doing this, it’s just extreme closeups of the show’s female lead. This is exacerbated by a genuinely nauseating blend of CGI and traditional animation. Honestly, the animation should probably be reminiscent of the animation for Nichijou. This is more like the animation for Land of the Lustrous, except that visual style worked for Land of the Lustrous because it had a lot of vibrant action setpieces. This simply does not.
That said, I’ll probably watch every episode of this show because I’m a [redacted] for romcoms, but I’ll also probably complain about the series and every episode each week.
Long story short, 7/10.
Yeah I’m so confused at the production/directorial choices. I came here to complain about similar things but you pretty much said everything I wanted to. I would prefer low budget regular animation (like Angel Next Door) over how distracting some of the shots in this were.
It’s a remarkably unnecessary contrast. Some of the animation comes across as borderline experimental, but the content is as tame and milquetoast as you can get. It makes you wonder who the director thinks this anime is for.
I’ll watch for a few eps. I was hoping for a more kubo type storyline but this is kind of too forward in the first episode.
I enjoyed the crazy animation, will be interesting to see if I get sick of it by the end of the series
GoHands tries to flex with The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses like KyoAni recently did with Tsurune and CloverWorks with Bocchi the Rock and Akebi’s Sailor Uniform… with mixed results. Don’t get me wrong. They earned my respect for their daring to even try this. The execution is hit or miss. I hope they get better as the series progresses.
As for the story, I like it. It’s cute and I find the flustered protagonist endearing so far. Could be the best romance of the more subdued Summer 2023 season after the previous one gave us the likes of Insomniacs After School and Skip and Loafer.
Another Ai with a pecularity with her eyes as a plot point. This time it’s reasonable to assume this Ai is…
spoiler
…less dead
