This post contains my thoughts on the RAW version of each episode. I have very minimal knowledge of Japanese, so these posts contain mostly impressions on music, voices, OP/ED, animation, and overall feel of the anime. Take everything with a grain of salt, and enjoy.
Lol. To LOVE-Ru, commonly verbalized as “Trouble”, had impressed me as the kind of show that was destined to lack substance and rely solely on it’s fanservice/ecchi-ness to garner any sort of admiration or viewer base. After watching the first episode…To LOVE-Ru does not disappoint.
Audio
Ummm…wow. The OP definitely came on pretty strong. The first couple of shots were nothing less than ecchi, and borderline going beyond that. Despite the brash choice of animation, I found myself humming along with the OP by the time it was over with. Started out a little weak in my opinion, but it picked up quickly and has lodged itself in place as a contender for my Top 5.
The voices for characters seemed fine, and I didn’t even notice the background music. That means that it was either so good that it blended itself seamlessly with the show, or so irrelevant that I didn’t even pay it attention.
I wasn’t very impressed by the ED…it gets pretty energetic though.
Animation
The show starts out looking like an old school Gundam or Macross show, the opening pays odd homage to a scene from Star Wars in which the first Death Star is destroyed. The classic art style is probably used to add to this effect. Once the OP kicks in though, the animation quality goes up and remains consistently decent for the remainder of the show. The character design are nothing we haven’t seen before, there are quite a few nice facial expressions, and the explosions also come out well.
Vibe
So, let’s face it, the show plays it’s fan service quite well, and while it’s more daring than most shows I’ve seen personally, it still manages to be at least somewhat tasteful. I won’t lie, I do like the show better without it. The design of the show reminds me a lot of Hitman: Reborn!, and the pacing (running away from bad guys, ridiculous physical feats, etc) scream Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun. All-in-all, I don’t see it being a show I’m crazy about, but it is one I can enjoy on a day off. To LOVE-Ru has also given me the most “WTF!?” moments so far this season.
Best/Worst Feature
Best: The ‘lol swimsuit’ scenes. Classic.
Worst: Wtf was up with that transformation sequence?
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the pictures are nice but bleh, fanservice
lol, this is one of the worst manga series I have read, I doubt the anime is much better…
I like it. Enough with your hatred and feeling of superiority.
I begin to think you’re all fakes and tsunderes.
Why is it bother you so much if someone likes it?
Well, I just saw this show subbed in English by Ayako. At first I thought it was something from 1990′s, I didn’t look up information about it on google so I didn’t know it was new. The introduction song was embarrassing to watch. I’m a guy who likes skin, but this made me uncomfortable. At the beginning of the show they could have done it better, with the main guy Rito having less super deformed facial expressions. That added nothing to the feeling of the story. The plot was just the same stuff different colors. (Every teenage boy’s dream, naked woman visits him! How special…) I guess they weren’t different colors, more like different shades of already used colors. I don’t like the harem anime type much, but if this keeps to a guy with a single human love interest and this alien trying to make his life a living hell, that’s fine. I don’t see this anime as really going anywhere, but I will keep watching it just because there’s not much out there right now that’s good.
PS: I just went to the web site, and it looks like a total harem anime, dang…
I love the manga so I’m hoping the anime lives up to it, but I don’t have high hopes. And god, I really hate transformation sequences. The one in Rosario drives me nuts!
@Ron: The “story” is pretty much what you thought it was… Rito’s only interest is with Haruna (the human) while the various girls makes his life a total pain. In the manga Rito does develop some sort of feelings for Lala but he’s still pretty much devoted to Haruna. If that’s still considered a harem anime then I guess it is so.
I seriously have to say this if anyone else hasn’t, this looks like a huge ripoff of Girls Bravo. Boy has bad luck with women, takes a bath, gets a visit from a girl from another planet. Think about it.
Coincidentally, I watched this at the same time as Girls Bravo. They were completely different, other than that one similarity. Lala is cooler though
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lol i love this manga
Well, the story is quite interesting, and the comedy too….
But well, the Fanservice is…..almost broken the border between ecchi and hentai, ALMOST
It’s not like i didn’t like some fanservice, it’s not shonen without them, but too much will drive a disgusting feeling toward a good manga/ anime like this, I swear. The most part I hate is Chapter 2/ Episode 5, it’s A TENTACLE RAPE!!! but it helps Rito turned badass nonetheless
Remember? the RARER is BETTER, like recent chapter where fanservice are milder (still a lot of them however) and plot driven, yet….too bad Manga ended like the author cry SUCK MY D**K!
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