Out of the fanservice-y shows this season, ToLoveRu is winning… by actually being enjoyable to watch. Sorry, Kanokon, but I would drop you in a heart beat for this show. XD We’ll see how good the rest of the season is and how school goes I guess, but ToLoveRu has gotten it permanent spot in my ‘to watch list’ this season. 

Weird to say this but Xebec has finally done something right. Being a Manga Elitist Bastard, I worry for the manga when it is adapted to anime. I really worry, but thankfully my fears were abated and in my opinion this was really well done. More so because it is a show with a lot of fanservice. 

To me, a good application of fanservice is within moderation and albeit the few unnecessary moments like the orgasm filled Peke clothes transformation scene (to which her outfit is damn ugly to me), it has been alright. At least it is not overwhelming me by being in nearly enough every scene like Rosario to Vampire. XD

The show starts off with a weird Star Wars parody from my eyes. It could be another but I am not so well read to spot this, but I did think I picked up the wrong show by accident or something for a bit. lol. 

The OP played and I loved it. More fanservice content than what was in the actual show in my mind but I liked it a lot. The animation was very stylised to my express liking and the actual song rocked. I have the song replaying on YouTube while I read this now actually. In fact, I had a liking to the entire soundtrack of ToLoveRu in general from what I heard of in the first episode. This is the same intense like I had to watching Seto no Hanayome for the first time. 

Rito’s introduction made him seem kinda stalker-like, but explains it quite well to great comedic effect. I may like my witty humour (us British with our dry British wit) but senseless non serious violence makes good comedy too - particular the movie ‘Flushed Away’ proved this to me. The girl that Rito likes, Haruna, is introduced well in a way that you really can’t hate her and I myself like her as a character but against the huge palette of characters that are coming she just pales in comparison for me. 

Lala turning up is where the fanservice of the show really begins actually, with her appearing in his bath tub, while in use. I didn’t really get a good feel for the character of Rito during my read of the manga, but I really like him in the anime. Especially his thoughts as Lala is about to be taken away; ‘They’re stepping on my carpet with shoes!’ I found this hillarious. 

The conflict of the episode is really squished into the second half, feeling kinda rushed but not overly so. At Zasten’s arrival, I finally figured out where I heard that voice before. That’s Mwu La Flaga! This is one of the first times I have really noticed the voicing before, apart from Shana to Louise of whom, the VA I can never remember the name of and I hope this shows I am becoming more attentive to the actual dialogue.

Lala summoning her invention seemed like a seen from a Sentai show and the CGI machine did not look so good at all, seemingly randomly added in when a drawn one would have been fine. Tasteful CGI is getting to be a very rare thing to see. 

In the end, it finally shows itself as a love comedy with Rito accidentally confessing to the wrong person - Lala not Haruna. This was a move that would suit School Rumble, and I was in stitches as it happened. All in all, I have to say I see this show being an enjoyable one to watch as it goes on, and my worries at this adaptation can be forgotten. Xebec, don’t you dare mess this up!!

Subbing is pretty slow on this. I think in the end, this show may be my pick to be gotten raw every week, in my attempt to try to improve my japanese listening skills. I am expecting to do a small post on Thursday as it comes out raw or the following day depending and then follow it up with a proper post on sub release. Sadly, this will probably never get released as fast as Code Geass. I am really looking forward to more now, after seeing this episode.