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Welcome to the NHK!- spoilers (Apr 24, 2024)

I put this anime off for about 5 years+, and while it wasn't worth the wait or hype, it was very different from what I expected.



Story:

Hikkimori shut-in with severe social anxiety slowly comes out of his shell through various social interactions, starting with a seemingly conveniently placed pixie dream girl who offers him a contract to start a program to leave his unconventional life.

...

Starts out simple, then it escalates, it's very chatoic, entertaining. The animation does it's job well representing the psychological hang-ups the main character suffers whenever he assumes to leave his comfort zone.



The entire story is him learning to become an adult again, healing from emotional wounds (& he's not the only one), and dealing with people in various ways.



And ultimately whether or not the show or most viewers (with this social struggle) realized it or not, the solution to his particular NEET problems with people: was people.



Characters:

One of the higher praises is not because of Satou, but the people surrounding him that helped him get to where he ended up.

The main character is a typical NEET loser, but it's realistic to see his regressing after he seemingly makes progress but that just makes him look stupid at times. The anime would've been over 5-10 episodes earlier if he wasn't an idiot. But it makes the ending more appropriate for whatever that's worth.

Yamazaki was surprising, I figured he'd be some soft spoken fanboy of Satou's the entire show but his hot temper was actually a positive, he balances out Satou's timid demeanor. And Yamaki's appearance does not reflect how his personality is wired especially when he blows up.
Hitomi, the senpai. Nothing, I feel absolutely nothing towards her. She didn't leave much of an impression on me, the solution to her issues boiled down to a last minute proposal, that's all it took. K.

Kobayashi was a more interesting character, her charisma and ability to talk people into bullshit wwas very fun to watch.
And Kobayashi's brother despite being a more extreme case than Satou, developed 20x faster than Satou and got a damn job. The more hopeless case of NEET, got his shit together faster than the main character. (It was because of Satou he made the change, but how you gonna preach to someone about their downsides when they got it faster than you? Lmfao. Megumi's brother is why Episode 19 is my favorite episode) The dude was so much more far gone than Satous and bounced back faster than a gunshot ricochet. Legend.
Satou's mom, minor presence, awesome lady.

RIP the cat

Misaki, the manipulator.

Where do i even begin with this little mastermind . Because we didn't get much info on her character until the end, not much investment to be had in her throughout the show. Problem #1

Witholding her backstory was a mistake. Because if so much info is withheld from the MC, and a lot of the more dramatic scenes in the later episodes is either hostility or an arms distance dynamic because she's a liar.

Not MUCH of a relationship to warrant him saying he loves her and shit, based on what? Because she brought him food, because of what? Essentially pity, he's a worse case of a failure than her & that was her reason for locking onto him. And she just kept stalking him, it was off-putting.
She just kept latching to him out of habit because she literally and I mean LITERALLY had nothing else. No friends, nothing. If she did? She wouldn't be on Satou's lap 24/7
So the foundation of their happening was not strong at all.

She insults him with this smug air about her while maintaining the cute persona, and the only reason he confesses AFTER he rightfully rejects her attempt to rope him into liking her through another bullshit contract--- is because she tried to unlife herself.

The lazy method to raise stakes & force an emotional climax and payoff at the same time. Instead of them just saying "sorry" and starting over.



So it didn't happen organically, what brought them together was a contrivance. A forced event.

He never apologizes for making her flinch twice by raising his fist at her (first time he stopped himself, the next two times he did it on purpose to watch her reaction. Sadistic shit, very very very odd moment), NEVER addressed.

This was the scummiest thing he did the entire show. Very ugly thing to do when he clearly saw she was scared & suffered some abuse to be acting this way. That's not a normal reaction, she was shaking and everything.

And she never holds it against him and proceeds to bring him food like a DoorDasher...uuuuuuhhh WHAT?!

and it's never explained that she does this because of stockholm syndrome or something, it just breezes over that like we're supposed to feel she deserved to be psyched out like that because she was a slimeball herself.

A very toic dynamic.

He never asks why she was like that, and only finds out because the Uncle just HAPPENED to bring it up at the end of the goddamn show. Huh? If you want me to buy that these two remotely like each other, maybe show some bonding beyond them having mock lectures in a park.

Their relationship started off promising then just fell face first on the pavement & got dragged to the finishline, she keeps hovering around him because she wants him attached to her so she can feel wanted by someone she see's as pitiful, if i'm not mistaken she doesn't apologize for that as he never apologizes for making her flinch defensively, which is something you never do ON PURPOSE to anyone, especially children.

That shit was not a good look, yes she insulted him on a goddamn speeaker, liar, she did it many more times later but again, she never apologizes, why are they even still speaking?

I never got an air of respect between the two, they just ended up together because she was going to off herself.

And when asked what she liked about him by his mother she had nothing but vague responses; and there was no clever payoff to that later where at the end of the show Misaki now has a bunch of in-depth good things to say about him, to audibly display a change since she was last asked the same question & to offset all the times she insulted the guy.

Nope nothing. Contrived, sloppy. Satou's relationship with Hitomi was more believable, at least they had history, as boring a character as she was, at least we knew what her deal was.

I actually wanted them to sleep together despite Misaki, she didn't earn any place in Satou's life and he was a mess.

So the titular couple? Not buying it. One of the weaker points of the show, but them being cutesy in the first half ? Entertaining but ultimately went nowhere until the plot realized: Oh SHIT? 2 Episodes left!!!!

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I like the premise, but as it dragged on with Satou making dumb decision after dumb decision (The Island arc, I'll give him slack for that, he couldn't have seen that coming & he saved lives).

The anime clearly didn't want to end too soon and just kept pulling filler out of it's ass. This was a time where the Studio shoulda took more liberties with the plot, because while the episodes flow, the story doesn't A LOT of backtracking preventing progress for mc, just to show the people around him making more progress as human beings than him, whic I guess is the point? The irony of Hikkimori who's afraid of human interaction helping people around him figure their shit out, but the pacing of his own development is kicked in the ass for it, only because he always retreats after he makes progress.

If he wasn't shown to be adjusted in the first place, then his regress would make sense. But if you show the guy to seemingly get it, then proceed to show he doesn't, it's less about the condition and more that he's just stupid.

Which is why Misaki targeted him.

Example: The guy knew what Megumi's Marketing scam was about, left the meet and fell for it anyway. Idiot. If he just walked away and stayed consistent, we woulda been saved at least 4 Episodes

The issue is not him getting played, it's that HE KNEW what she was doing, he displayed his intelligence just to backtrack on it. Why even reveal that he knew what her tactics were in the first place? If not to make him look stupid?

Now, all of that led to him helping her brother, but if you had to make the MC (the guy we have to put up with for an entire series) just to help ONE GUY (we get maybe less than 20min with?) There's a better way to do it.
Because as you notice, I repeat, the eldest Kobayashi had a WAY faster recovery than Satou despite being a leagues more worse case, so much worse he was physically abusive to Megumi (presumably the litte sister) that takes care of him like a mom.

(makes leagues more sense in motivation than misaki's devotion to satou)

So what does that say about Satou when you look back at the entire show how at so many pointt's he's around crowds of people no problem, by himself, he seems adjusted, and then BOOM suddenly he's not--- Why procrastinate so much with Satou? When the process did NOT need to be that dragged out.

Now, naturally you don't recover from that level of anxiety & reinforced bad habit overnight, buuuuut that's damn near what happened to the Kobayashi brother, with a couple of days. He crawled his hairy ass to work & just like that got a life, a purpose outside that room.

It's such a crime we didn't get to see more of the Kobayashi siblings after that but that's a good sendoff because their story ended in a good place, and it was well executed.

Hence why EP19 is my favorite Episode, that brother got the same arc than Satou in ONE & a half episodes. This isn't to say that his minor arc was better, but it could've been done in a much tighter shorter format.

With that one character the show's flaw is exposed like an open sore, wasted time, fluff, filler, padding.
It's not believable. Kobayashi did it first, then Satou figures it out, which is redundant because we saw the payoff already with a side character we just met.
Why didn't they just cut the anime shorter and just give the initial payoff to Satou, LMFAO!
Episodes 2-3 almost put me off the show because of all the Schoolgirl fetishization, and pedo-coded bullshit. But obviously that's the point: to show him being a slimey scumbag to develop him eventually.

It's just very odd seeing a grownass man blush & drool as a sexualized child in a game showing her pantiees & crotch or buying a figuring so he can stare at a plastic toy's panty ass.

All i gotta say is (Enjoy that Japanese age of consent upgrade suckers lmfao)

Otherwise VERY HARD to sit through.

Beyond that garbage:

A decently written redemption story for a seriously maladjusted NEET
Not too many characters in your face, and they all serve a legitimate function
Music is actually pretty nostalgic, it reminds me of (The Fox & The Hound) oddly enough
The characters surrounding Satou tend to be more interesting than he is, but that structure works as they all have a role in building up to his eventually coming out his shell
The direction & shots of some of the episodes are well executed
Overall writing is decent
Will I watch this again? NOPE. But it's a decent show, it ain't no 9 out of fucking 10 (seriously? a 9?) but it's definitely above average compared to your average modern entry of pandering garbage.
The narrative that his condition is shown as a condition, not a pride or something to glorify is the best aspect of the topic as it's handled here. It's treated as it should be, a problem, something he needs to be free of, like a fetishist that devotes the equivalent amount of time to learn a language to a creepy fetish community. The show does a good job displaying visually how Satou suffers when he knows he has to make a change but physically can't because he's just that broken, conditioned to believe that there isn't more to explore in life.
His issue, as with any NEET, boiled down to fear of risk for fear of failure, thus rejection to even try. Wings of Redemption in a nutshell.

The show didn't explicitly state that was the overall issue, but it got close, but that's what I kept thinking the entire way through.

Not often you get a slice of boring anime with an actual constructive point, while I'm not watching this again in full, I'll definitely skim through it because a lot of these episodes are good (EP19). It just didn't need to drag as long as it did.

If they edited the plot to flow a little better without Satou regressing so needlessly (not him regressing at all being the problem but at times it was just needless backtracking), if that was tighter & the finale dilemma wasn't so forced and melodramatic, it'd definitely be higher on my ratio.

IF we're being honest, it is not a goddamn 9, but it's definitely one of the better slice of life anime that's not centered around a goddamn school or some stupid teenagers, grownass adults dealing with adult issues. And by the end, despite my issues with the pacing, & some characterizations, it resolves enough of the show to where I'm mostly satisfied with what I got for how long i waited to finally watch it.

Recommended, it ain't not masterpiece but it's a gem in it's genre, ESPECIALLY compared to today's garbage.

Watch it at least once.

The same situation as the first season:

*Good writiing
*fast paced gags
*the gags are actually funny
*the side characters are charming & serve very concise purposes to the narrative of the short, thus not useless
*it's not set in a stupid highschool
*---thus no pedo jailbait bullshit. In fact in the entire show, it doesn't even entertain creepy pedo bullshit, not even once. (Props to you writers *cheers)
*99% of the cast are adults, so no teen shenanigans
*a diverse cast of colorful characters that are actually more unique than the average shonen lineup;
*In Season 2 things actually feel like they have progressed since prior season, it's technically a new year in-world, ... so we have continiuity to add to list of reasons to fancy the show.
*We get new characters, more shenanigans, same good writing chops, not the same scenario's though, some schticks are wrapped up in conclusions & we get new ones this time around (very nice).

One of the the MC's "Sunred"" Is basically if Bakugou got a girlfriend and retired from Hero duty--

Nifty recipe's from Vamp & Kayoko, life facts, life hacks; Educational. Excellent show all around for both kids & adults tbh.

The entire thing is just a good time with competent writing without the pandering & fetishism projection anime as of late are known for, and really we need more of the good writing & less of the projection.



I finished it myself a couple of a minutes ago as of 2024 & I'm watching it all over again, it's a gem. It doesn't waste one's time and that's a hallmark of even good western shows like *My life as teenage robot, Codename: KND, Invader Zim, etc.

Way better Hero subversion than OPM, My Hero and all with cheaper animation.

A good portrayal of the struggles of a handicapped child, good portrayal of children as a whole.
Well paced, well directed, most importantly: Well acted.

The main heroine is basically a shonen protagonist in a little girls body, she's full of spirit and guts. So much fire in such a frail vessel. Like other movies with a disability theme there are characters that give the mc a hard time, but realistically come to terms in their own way with accepting or turning away from such differences.

As far as anime movies go involving disability, this is one of the better films, it's not too lengthy, it's ... not self-indulgent in it's material, it doesn't waste your time.

Neat, bittersweet little movie.

𝗔 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗸𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, and the lack of Psycho-GTS cliche is appreciated. The issue is it's still GTS.
(So 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗧𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼, cause gts is by design: trash.)


𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵, than it is a genuine attempt at an ecchi comedy, 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗮 𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗸 or my bride is a mermaid. Leagues better, hilarious titles, with plenty of fanservice, hilarious. (𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱) ) ✅



Without Spoilers i'll say: 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 "𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴", still cringe, but as it goes on it's less funny, and more repetitive, formulaic, ... more cringe, predictable.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗸 "GIANT Ojou-Sama", 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻. ⛔


Thus the title is held back at times by the fact that the Author seems to really subscribe to 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 so the punchlines and situations mainly are limited & or focused to revolve around that one aesthetic, for better and worse. Hence the title. Very little variety in the material.


𝘃𝘀 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗮, 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗸, which are legit funny ecchis because their gags have variety, because the core of the material isn't one single fetish hijacking the materials direction.
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗢𝗷𝗼ke Sama's 𝗙𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, execution. As it always has.





𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻 (𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼'𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲)
BUTT, writing wise the Author added some 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.✅
Oriko's a decent character 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝘆 for The Authors imprint misfire.



𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
• Art is average initially. The Author is definitely improving their style as time passes. So props to them for that.✅ Some of the enemies later on are surprisingly well designed, fun designs, cool designs, and most of the interior set pieces throughout the chapters are decently drawn. ✅


• Action panels are fine, Chapters 1's Remake is the best action sequence so far and that's because it's a recent revise from the Author's current art skills, again props to them for that.✅


• 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲: But the issue here is, 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 or ironic, It's blatant macrophile pandering, and to top it off, the execution is in no way clever, the fanservice plus Oriko's embarrassment doesn't always equal funny, just cringe. ⛔


• Unfortunately, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗧𝗦 𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵, hence the title. And because the most creativity they do with it is dress her up in different clothes while gigantic to pander. The giant girl novelty very quickly wears out.

• Turns the manga into, again, a 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘆, the gigantism isn't a vehicle for the comedy or necessary, you could easily just give Oriko a mech or actual Superman powers instead (which is leagues more powerful than just being a giant, one of the lamest powers in fiction & with powers like that you get waaaaaay more scenarios for comedy), the gigantism is the comedy/ & content, the point, a lot of the time, and it's contrived. But so many times you can get "𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘇𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀" for the 170th time, before it gets old, invasive.
𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲⛔ And if they switched it up and made Oriko the final boss, it'd just become the average crap gts doujinshi that's pumped out in waves.



• 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 (𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲) Or Oriko trying to figure out a chaotic situation, she's very fun to watch in isolation without the macrophile-contrivance.✅


• Another plus, as i've said, this is not the usual GTS-Psycho territory that that cult- *excuse me, "community" is known for and no the manga doesn't waste time getting to the Giant girl stuff- so much so, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 with it, or 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗱. Garbage tbh. So it inevitably gets shoved down your throat.
(𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝘁.) ⛔


Which is why it's more spectacle than it is comedy. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 or wit, 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱.⛔Hence the Manga TL;DR


• 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, she's not a Officer Nikki✅



• Without spoilers, the side & minor characters and story overall are about as interesting as a storyline in your average Hentai.⛔



• Hence, this would've better off as a full on comedy Doujinshi, thus it can go all the way with it's macrophile pandering and 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲, the story and it's comedy potential otherwise feels held back by the fetish niche itself, limited. Cause Fetishes aren't upgrades, advantages, or something good. They're crutches. So to base a story around that is uphill battling. ⛔


𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, i just hate that it always boils down to the characters, comedic potential & story always getting hijacked by the GIANTESS concept as the selling point. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. .⛔

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.⛔


• Ultimately, ✓ 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮 (𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 & 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆) 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 Oriko's background, her past, and again: 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘀' 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼 (when they're just being a duo without the Macrophile shit), 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.✅ So when it's not being Giantess, not being true to it's namesake then it tries to be competent, when it regresses to the point of the book, then it gets dumb.

• A lot of the dialogue is not the best, very cringe.⛔

• 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮, 𝟯𝟰, 𝗲𝘁𝗰. 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲'𝘀 are the title being decent, because it tries to delve into characterization while keeping the macrophile stuff on lowkey, the comedy does better without shoving giant girl fanservice down your throat (too much) ✅ 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱'𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀




𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁: Giant Ojou-Sama has it's moments but it lacks staying power. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀/𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 that relies on one gimmicks aesthetic to justify it's existence. 🚮
Doesn't break new ground that hasn't been tread already by a previous GTS take, cause GTS is by design: Garbage.


4/𝟏𝟎 I know there are zealot types who will be into this regardless.
But for the general public? 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, you want funny? Mitsudomoe, Nichijou, PopTeamEpic.

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Edit: 2025-- As expected, it got worse. Author added more tropey characters taking up space, cause op ran out of ideas. The situations just perpetually repeat the same creepy punchline, Chapter 143 alone is some of the worst Manga writing I've seen in 2025 & frankly infantile, absolutely bottom barrel. Way worse than I remember, all the praises prior will remain because they're still relevant (back when it didn't lose the plot or it's better elements), title was tolerable but fun trash at first, but it's just crap.

2/10 Should've just been a doujinshi to begin with.