HS - S2 Episode 03
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It was good to see Cecilia finally win some time with Ichika, but that didn't amount to much anyway. On the other hand, Char continues to play all the right cards. Way to go, wife-first-candidate!
With the Cecilia thing, I personally would have thought a comment like "you look like you could play the flute because of your upbringing" to put unjustified pressure on someone.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It's strange how Char simply keeps getting better. And Houki keeps getting worse. Even somebody like Laura had to intervene to save Ichika from Houki's failing anger management issues.
It seems like Ichika's options are pretty much:
Char: Awesome and gentle wife.
Cecilia: Useless wife, but he gets a mansion and servants.
Lingyin: Energetic wife and Chinese food for the rest of his life.
Laura: ... War games and embarrassing outfits?
Houki: He will be forever young and handsome - because his wife will kill him before he hits 30.
Bonus choice: Tatenashi: Sex with an older girl (since he seems to like those) from morning till the evening.
What a wasted opportunity early in the episode. Char would legitimately be a French Maid, but they give her the average cosplay maid outfit.
A stupid, but fun episode (...well, they're all stupid episodes). Char is still my favorite, but I'll agree with Buff here, Cecelia got some much needed screentime. Too bad she's such a pervert though, she wasted her chance for an indirect kiss fussing about it. The only flute she wants to play is Ichika's....
Episode 5 - HS
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And nobody was surprised by Ichika choosing his own sister. Truthfully when I was watching that scene, I thought, if I had been in Ichika's shoes, I might have done the same. Although I wouldn't have been serious like he obviously was, but rather as a joke. I mean, how annoying would it be to be subjected to that kind of question with no correct answer on your own birthday? Although even genuinely the others girls would be all to happy and eager to pull off something like this any day, but what on Earth made Chifuyu agree to or decide to don a maid uniform? The other girls were basically satisfying themselves, but Chifuyu clearly went out of her way to do something special that brought her only embarrassment but amazed Ichika. That a real present (as stupid as it was).
I got my Tatenashi fix so I'm good.
I legitimately expected this to be a Tabane plot right until the very end.
Ichika should have said, "Well, Ling didn't get her turn and Laura was cut short, so it's only fair to say Chifu-nee." Then he'd have the girls melting over him, rather than be pissed.
But Chifuyu in a maid uniform was pretty awesome. She was also super embarrassed about it in the cafeteria, equally as happy to have spent it with him after so long. We can't forget that she has a little brother complex as much as he has an older sister one.
I think Laura probably would have won. He genuinely seemed to be enjoying himself because she wasn't forcing herself on him.
...But he's her wife after all, so of course she doesn't have to force herself on him. He's already hers.
On the other hand, Cecilia was teaching him something new that he hadn't tried before but ended up liking. That's a real present, in many senses. Who knows, there might come a moment when he's hanging with other guys at a bar and they could end up playing billiards. This brief experience would allow him to save a little bit of face.
HS - Episode 06
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Char gets the best parts. Billiard Bunny was well played too. It's kind of hard to decide between the two.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Episode 7 - HS
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So, instead of just choosing one of the girls lusting after him, Ichika has to pair with the exceedingly rare girl in the academy who wouldn't even want to talk to him. But of course it's clear she will soon come to think of him as the hero and further strenghten his already bloated harem.
She can apparently be quite an airhead every now and then. Ichika is too much of a kid, though. If she wants to show, he should look. Not looking would be impolite.
This season sucked from the beginning till the end. Very fitting for a show that has sucked since the first episode of the first season. There are very few redeeming qualities, unless you count bringing money to the studio as such because the Japanese otaku apparently buy this like there's no tomorrow. Some of the girls are interesting by naturally completely wasted in a show like this.
It can't be helped the main character is totally without balls in a generic harem show and doesn't even have the decency to die when the plot offers him a good chance, but I wish at least the fights were good to make the high animation budget worth it, but no, the fights also must be written so stupid they make no difference.
I wish all this money was spent on something worthwhile.
But...but, clearly this was a setup for Season 3!!!