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41. The Squid Girl (2010)
Roba (2/5)


Squid Girl is a slice of life comedy about a half-human/half-squid girl decides to invade and take over the Earth because of humanity's problematic ocean pollution. She begins this quest on a small tourist beach, but ends up working in a restaurant for the very humans she plans to rule. Of course, this is a valuable opportunity for research on the best ways to take over the human race, so she accepts her new position.

This is a pretty funny show. It's hard to write about comedy, so these write-ups always feel half-assed. I think it has a wonderful cast that all bounce off the titular character well. My favorites are Sanae, a girl with an extreme fondness of Squid Girl, to the point of obsession, and Chizuru, who gains superhuman strength when she's angry, which leads to Squid Girl abandoning certain plans of world domination. This is, of course, ignoring Squid Girl herself. Her entire personality is fantastic, and the show wouldn't work if it were much different. She's quite dumb and selfish, but the writing compliments these traits with the scenarios they tend to create. Another group of characters worth noting are the three idiot scientists. They don't appear a ton, but they basically just use their wealth of scientific knowledge to create completely pointless inventions. They're almost always funny.

I do remember not being all that crazy about the second season, however. I'm not sure if it was because it started to wear on me, or if the writing just dipped that much. I'd say the first season is among my favorites of this type of show, while season 2 bored me a bit. Monster girl SoL's are somewhat common now, but I'm not sure if any were all that popular before this. I mean, chances are I'm missing something obvious, but that's a neat little thought if not, I guess.
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