Review of My Girlfriend is Shobitch

This one is a little hard to review especially because of the way MyAnimelist's scores really run from 6 to 9. In real terms I'd like to give it a 6.5 to 7, in MyAimeList numbers it's about 7.5 (6 on this site is about a 2 and 8 being about a 9) Its got some big problems though. I was ready to drop it after the first episode but I stuck with it and it did get better as things were set up. After the second episode it was quite enjoyable despite the problems. Enjoyment/Comedy: "Dying is easy now comedy that's hard ---Edmund Gwenn"It can be really hard to translate jokes into another language, take the classic "2 guys walk into a bar you'd think the second one would have ducked". Just doesn't work in languages where bar (a large rod) and bar(a drinking establishment) aren't the same. This happens a fair bit in Sho-Bitch. There's also the problems of delivery and timing. The English voice actor started off poorly, improved through the third episode and plateaued. He had a difficult role being the straight man to crazy women. It's the make or break position in this show and he just didn't rise to the challenge (pardon the pun)

Art: Wasn't really happy with the art. Lots of blurred backgrounds, lots of groups of people in silhouette, characters that look like they were just dropped on top of the backgrounds, and with stock Anime levels of detail. Just not what's expected.

Sound: Levels were good and consistent. Music kind of meh, not real big fan of the opening or the closing music.

Story: Really wasn't there. While there was an overall romantic arc, there really wasn't any tension (this fact also detracted from the comedy). There also was much left on the table in terms of the other characters that were just never taken anywhere.

Characters: Haruka, between the writing and the voice acting, I couldn't care about his love life but I did laugh at the situations he got himself into and some of the reactions. Akiho should have been written as an alien from another planet. It would have made her better, more believable and opened up some opportunities. The rest were there to deliver jokes.

Overall: It's watchable, mildly funny and more than a little mindless.