Review of Arakawa Under the Bridge

Arakawa Under The Bridge tells the story of the son of the CEO of a highly influential corporation, who was taught from a young age to never rely on anyone for anything, but after a mysterious woman saves him from drowning, he is forced to live with her, as well as many other equally outlandish characters underneath the Arakawa Bridge. The story takes off from here, with Ko, or Ric (short for Recruit, the name given to him as he joined the society) getting into shenanigans with these people. The first thing that a viewer will notice is that Arakawa is divided into chapters, ofwhich each episode contains multiple, and pacing rather akin to a sketch show, but each of them are still interconnected, and while it doesn't hurt the pacing or anything else, it does seem like a rather odd directorial decision for me at least, I didn't see its purpose. But like any sketch show, I can't say a huge amount about it, as comedy, it does its job, and I did have many 'Laugh Out Loud' moments, I didn't care much for the romantic subplot thrown in at times, but it's comedy, with well written characters who play off each other, and it's a good watch.