Came for the culture, left with nostalgia. This was a lot better than I expected. I thought it was going to be a half-baked, half-assed action anime with a ton of fan service. But after the first episode, when it seemed like R+ could turn PG, it became tame very quickly, with only ecchi fan service at best. However, that isn't a complaint because, as simple as the story is, it made the characters, the ambition, and the culture feel very welcoming. There isn't anything convoluted or overbearing—it simply is what it is: a show about an idol who pushes herself to be the very bestand stands up for the people who stand with her. When a friend is attacked, she defends her honor to the very essence of her soul, leading her on a new path into pro wrestling. The WWE nostalgia was enough to keep you entertained. If you're like me, you'd be naming off each move as they do them—spears, piledrivers, figure-four leg locks, and tons more.

One con, though, is a flaw that they actually addressed multiple times in the show: she gets emotional and attempts big, flashy moves, which often fail. This results in the annoying, repetitive scene and sound of her screaming that she can't take anymore. For the first five episodes, I was willing to write the show off as nothing special—how do you lose to the same exact thing 55 times in a row without trying something different?

The show isn't just all laughs, though. It's an intermediate, keeping a constant serious tone of working yourself to the bone, shedding blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish your goal while staying true to who you are. Even during the annoyances at the beginning, I still found myself enthralled by the genuinely good fights—well-drawn and entertaining, like watching WWE. You get a glimpse behind the scenes, but everything is mostly said on the mat.

Overall, it was very enjoyable for an unexpected underdog of an anime.