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Originally Posted by KholdStare
We all know that fiction =/= reality. Yui has "retard-moe," and that's why I love her. We all know that pink hair and huge eyes would probably not look good in reality, right? We shouldn't make direct comparison between anime and real life nor be worked up when someone does.
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Actually a lot of anime series tend to get slammed for lacking in "realism" these days. I've tried to point out the same thing as you have, that anime in itself is barely realistic at it's core, but nope, sometimes people just suddenly decide a show is "unrealistic" out of the blue and start to criticize it for it. As I've said before though, if I were criticizing anime for being unrealistic and using realism as a serious measure of it's overall quality then pretty much every show out there would get a 1/10 or a 0/10 even. Basically expecting uber-realism in anime and then getting all offended when it doesn't happen is like using a strawman argument to knock a show down. If an entire form of animation is barely even trying to be realistic on average then why should it be getting knocked for a lack of it?
As for this episode, still little that stands out about this show, but nothing that offends either. I can't believe they actually got paid good money to sit there and count cars as they were going by (wonder if it's for the city or for some University study) and even moreso that it was portrayed as a challenge, but I guess for these girls it kind of is. I think the most chuckle inducing moments are the ones that aren't oversold by anything and just allowed to play out as is and be carried by the characters. For instance the bit with the guy reacting to Mugi as the president's daughter complete with the whole visual cue just wasn't that funny for me (though thank god they didn't take it into the realm of annoying for K-On like they have with past instances like this. Basically thank god it's not a Taniguchi or a Sunohara there at the counter and just some random guy getting caught off guard), but bits like Yui being almost incapable of crossing the street were somewhat amusing as was Ritsu's flashback to "bargaining". Anyway is it just me or does the BGM sound like something one would hear in an elevator? Not that that's really a bad thing as it fits the shows atmosphere right now perfectly.
Seriously though I can't express enough just how much this show benefits from the lack of Lucky Channelesque or annoying male character type bits. Okay well not benefits so much as evens out for the better. They could probably keep K-On limited to these four girls and I would be likely to say it was for the best.
Still despite all of this and the show actually getting some chuckles out of me two episodes in a row it is going at a snail's pace (even for slice of life) and is just too predictable right now. Probably going to put this one on hiatus and see if it goes anywhere interesting before I decide whether to pick it back up.
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