One of the things about the Crack Fic Genre is that it can be touch and go on how successful the work is at pushing ones willing suspense of disbelief. Many times the work takes the believability issues to far and instead ends up grating on the nerves. This particular Anime though actually doesn't push to far and the stretching of believability is used well for comedic effect. This is what drew me into Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman in the first episode as well as the historical references and it remained through the entire series. They style used also fits the genre well, not to mention themusic. What really makes this series though is the characters. Each has a very distinct personality that is blown over the top and exaggerated, and yet I couldn't help but falling in love with them, not to mention they didn't grate on my nerves. I also like how despite the fact the plot has an over all comedic tone to it, underneath there is a darker theme running. The connections between the characters relationship wise is also interesting as well.

One thing is for sure, I at first expected this to be a much longer series and was surprised to find out that it was as short as it was. On one side the series wasn't dragged out making it so that I got bored with the repetitiveness, but the funny thing is towards the end it got less repetitive and less formulate. In the long run it made for a fun laugh and an enjoyable ride.