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Watashi ni Tenshi ga Maiorita! ... 01,02,03

I went ahead and watched the first few episodes of this all in one batch. I'll give my overall assessment of the show so far. Firstly I think it leans way too heavily on the creepy premise of an adult character being attracted to a child. This is not a cute girls comedy show that happens to have one creepy older character for comedy sake. The main character of WataTen is literally the older character and the show mostly revolves around:

1. Mya being a NEET. It says somewhere that she is a college student but she sleeps all day, doesn't like being around strangers, and I have never seen her go to class one time.

2. Mya being so socially awkward and inappropriate that she can't even have normal conversations with other people. Honestly this is sort of funny, though. Like, some of the jokes work.

My honest assessment of this show based on those two factors alone: When you talk to people who say they hate all anime, they think it's for pedophiles, or that anime is just creepy in general... this is exactly the show they have in mind. This show was literally manifested into being as something that was originally a strawman in somebodies imagination.

The show does have some good qualities that actually would normally appeal to someone like me in a vacuum: Cuteness. It's pretty good with this, and shows that revolve around cuteness can be fun to watch. This show is a bit too childish with it for my taste, though. Secondly, fashion. I like fashion and seeing characters dress up in different outfits is cool. But they make it largely about cosplay here, and it comes across as some sort of nerd fantasy rather than being about the fashion. Especially with the angle of most of the characters being fairly young kids. Just not for me. Comedy; The comedy is pretty hit or miss anyway.

If they focused more on the funny jokes, made the show more about fashion, and dialed back the creepiness of the main character I think that is one way they could make it a lot better. Something else different they could do; Make it a bit more serious. I think one of my main problems with this is that you know the main romantic relationship in this series is not going anywhere, and it will never go anywhere. I've read a few good manga that involved romances with an age gap -- I like alternative romance -- I didn't like that aspect but they were good enough that I liked them in spite of that. I feel like this series could have potentially went that route, and it may have worked with these characters. Instead, Mya is a bit character from another show who was, for some reason, made into the main character of her own show. Boring.

Mya: Her characterization is just vague enough that I am mildly interested in her, but this lingering feeling that the show will never deliver on anything makes me already lean toward dislike.

Hinata: Pretty good. She probably works the best for the show as for what it is right now, without making any of the changes that I would make. She's cute, but not sexualized, and her personality is adorable. The ending part of episode three actually hit me with some emotions.

The Mom: She is literally the Deal With It meme and walks around with a blunt in her mouth, only showing up to punish Mya whenever she has done something wrong. Enough said.

Hana: The best comedic character in the show as of right now. Would potentially be the best character if the show was serious as well, but it's not.

Noa: The gimmick character who has to exist because of the way the show has presented itself.

A very average show that so happened to be on my list of things that I might check out once I started catching up with other things, and may be dropped just as easily if I start falling behind. If episode 3 ended any other way I would have dropped already.
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