Review of AHO-GIRL
Aho Girl, if anything, is a study of how much shit one person can put up with. That person being me and that shit being Aho Girl. Here we have a 12 episode series, each episode spanning 12 minutes (11 or less excluding the OP) of low brow comedy repeated ad nauseam. Story 3/10: Aho Girl follows protagonist Yoshiko, quite literally a clueless idiot with absolutely no redeeming qualities as she rips through the lives of everyone she comes in contact with and makes their lives arguably turn for the worse. All to the dismay and misfortune of Akuru (A-kun), who will throughout the series get annoyed with herto the point of physically striking her. This doesn't phase her as she will continue to harass him. Along the way she manages to bring her mother to tears, dead set on making A-kun marry Yoshiko so that she can retire in peace, drags unexpected students, teachers, and children into the messes she creates, and eats bananas because we needed something to further symbolize that Yoshiko is a rabid animal that needs to be locked in a cage because society has failed her.
Art 5/10:
The art is decent. Characters are drawn pretty well and each time A-kun strikes Yoshiko it's a cathartic experience. The backgrounds serve their purpose and character designs are uninspired but serviceable.
Sound 5/10:
OP is pretty annoying, but expected coming from an inherently annoying series. VAs are pretty good, the exception being A-kun, who to me sounds like a 30 something man playing a teenager. There are a few bits of piano in certain scenes that's actually pretty nice.
Character 3/10:
This is where Aho Girl hits rock bottom.
Yoshiko is the most annoying, dumb character played up for laughs I've seen yet, and while her presence is needed to keep the show moving forward, I detested every minute this protagonist was on screen.
Akuru plays the only straight man in the series as he's constantly harassed by Yoshiko and her harem of equally inept supporting characters. He has two emotions, annoyed and furious.
Sayaka is the zero presence side character in which the audience will base their perception of "normal" in this universe off of, she serves as that and not much else.
Iinchou is an upstanding student turned dere as she attempts to win A-kun's heart only to be thwarted by Yoshiko and her mother repeatedly.
Each subsequent character follows a similar singular gimmick that drives their role and interactions with the main two protagonists.
Enjoyment 4/10:
Overall 2/10:
I knew that Aho Girl wasn't going to be a masterpiece.
I was aware that the idiocy beyond words character existed and was hoping that the comedy and supporting cast would be enough to warrant some entertainment out of this series, but this wasn't the case.
I have shit taste, but Aho Girl goes far beyond that.