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the problem with GONZO is that they have plenty of material to work with- the manga is very popular and extremely well done. However, you'll notice that outside a few shows, GONZO as of recent has been trying to go by the formula of "Make show extremely ecchi= more fanboys will buy our DVDs and we'll stay in the black." However, Dragonauts, which had some plot, concentrated too much on the ecchi otherwise and abandoned plot, and it failed. R+V sells because ecchi is thrown in like spices- a little here and there. The plot is what keeps the manga going and our interest. GONZO, however, tried to apply their above formula to this... they took Ikeda-sensei's work, which was excellent as it was, then just kept the characters and setting (especially in Capu2) and did as some production companies do took a ton of liberties for it in order to apply their formula of ecchi sells. Since ecchi isn't what sells R+V... well, GONZO came out with a piece of shit that should really never be spoken of
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