After thinking about it and reading other posts, I ended up giving the series a "7" (good). Mostly that was driven by my feelings after Bake- versus my feelings after Nise-.
Though I'll question the labeling of characters here as "little girls" -- young women, underage, lolita, but they aren't prepubescent children. It kind of grates when people try to conflate, say, 7yr with 14yr with 18yr or even 20yr people. That said, I can certainly see how some of the Shinobu directing can be considered pandering (rather than satire).
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