I guess I watched a different first episode
. The first episode was an anime original which had forced humor and it was a bland introductory episode. Judging by the preview the first chapter of the manga starts next episode. I'm not going to cry about them sticking to the manga given how Hayate turned out but it would be nice if they did
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That aside, my first impressions of the show so far are as follows... I hate Aya Hirano's rape of Kaoru, her voice does not fit her at all. Kaoru is obviously a tom boy character which Hirano played overly saccharine and high pitched. Also was Kana Ueda not available
Ryoko Shiraishi's Kansai dialect is borderline atrocious
I would have preferred her Hayate voice for Kaoru but oh well. Shiho was just right, looking forward to her twisted personality coming out. Minamoto, Taizo, and the others were good including the character the anime decided to show in the first episode
. Anyway it's the first one so we'll see where it goes but so far I'm disappointed. So moving forward I hope it turns out well since this is one of the few shonen manga I still enjoy reading. I hope the cast will win me over in the end so fingers crossed
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PS- Not a huge fan of the OP or ED either.