Sorry for not posting anything lately. This Ducky's been quite busy with a few upcoming projects (more on that soon). Today's Anime Calamity looks at the romantic comedy "To-Love-Ru."
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Rito was your average guy with a crush on the hot, quiet girl in class. One night, while taking a bath a hot alien girl named Lala falls into the tub naked with Rito. Because of a contractual obligation (i.e.: Rito copped a feel of Lala) he is now engaged to the strange alien girl. Now, with a hot alien girl with a tail in his life Rito’s life becomes less ordinary; filled with robot costumes (not costumed robots), bulky alien bodyguards who like drinking out of juice boxes, and extremely jealous classmates.
The show has a decent amount of laughs; but after watching both “Kanokon” (which will be reviewed very soon) and “Umisho” the fan-service in this series is just too tiresome. It’s not as bad as “Rosario + Vampire,” but it does get tedious at times. Plus Lala is kind of annoying and a remarkably wasteful character. Some of the supporting characters are good for laughs, but at times the bit of “boys in class getting jealous of scrawny kid with hot girl” gets played out way too many times; and it was done so much better in “Seto no Hanayome.” Despite this, the show is still watchable. There’s always something to come back to in each episode, but it does not warrant repeat viewings.
The show gets a C+. It has some good laughs, but at times it feels clichéd. If it ever gets licensed, please rent it and save your money for something else.
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Labels: Anime, Anime Calamity, comedy, King Baby Duck, romantic comedy, To-Love-Ru, ToLoveRu, ToLoveる
