天下制覇

…They sure love their bread.

Just for the record, I did glance through the second episode of Whiny Girls in Summer. The two non-whiners used the magic stone to literally glue the other two together until they made up and were friends again. Oi.

Impressions:

This was a very RPG introduction. A little prophecy at the start, Rick woken up by the sister part of his harem in bed, and then it’s off for a tour of the island to deliver his magical bread and meet about 90% of the named characters. Here’s the priest. Here’s some magical cat that’s totally not Mokona. Here’s some elves. Here’s the catgirl waitress that totally won’t be joining the party later. Etc etc. It’s about as exciting as it sounds, and to make matters even better, montages. I lost count of how many there were. Two. That’s still two too many for a first episode that’s supposed to hook you and make you excited for more. I’m also not abundantly familiar with the source material, but weren’t there supposed to be pirates? Maybe they’re saving them for sweeps. Production in general though is average at best. Aside from the montages, it doesn’t commit any grave sins, but this is very far from Production IG’s A or B work.

On the other hand, they’re definitely going for a very relaxed and pastoral show with a slight fantasy bend. The music, directing, writing, and visuals are all cohesive as far as that’s concerned. I’d prefer something with a little more… you know… hitting things, or at least more Bread Dance, but at least they’re not sloppily all over the place trying to appeal to everybody possible and just making an utter mess of it like your standard harem mashup of cliches and tropes. Rick and the sisters aren’t the most compelling bunch but they’re far from annoying. His only reaction to them straddling him in bed is rolling over and trying to go back to sleep. You’d have to reach to find any significant romance elements at all in the episode for that matter. I’m sure that won’t last long. 

Preview:

"Observe this apple."