Review of AHO-GIRL
Aho Girl combines original jokes with a strong visual presentation, well executed comedic timing and a spotless soundtrack to create one of the funniest comedies I have ever seen. Your enjoyment of this series hinges upon whether you love or hate Yoshiko, the idiot girl. Yoshiko is a genuine self-proclaimed idiot with a ridiculous sense of pride and confidence. The other MC, Akuru, is her childhood "friend", and plays quite the perfect fold to her. We are shortly introduced to a few more high-school aged characters, Yoshiko's mom and Akuru's little sister, and even though all of their personalities and chemistries mix and match perfectly tocreate interesting comedic angles and combinatios, the most important character dynamic is between Yoshiko and Akuru.
Akuru has had to suffer from Yoshiko's idiocy, invasion of privacy and sexual harassment from a very young age, which has turned him into a cold and cynical person with a short temper. Yoshiko on the other hand hasn't matured at all, but her sincere enthusiasm makes her very good at manipulating the people around her. Many jokes start with Yoshiko planting her idiotic plans and ideas into other people's heads, people following through with Yoshiko's ideas, and having Akuru (or one of the few other sane characters) put a stop to all the idiocy.
The rest of the cast is also perfect, with a somewhat even split between absurd caricature-like characters and their more sane counterparts. Akuru's little sister is a perfectly absurd character. Despite putting a lot of effort into her studies, and obviously having a good home environment, she is as bad at studies as Yoshiko, despite acting a like a straight character. Her contempt for idiocy makes her despise Yoshiko, but her self-loathing makes her hate her brother as well. The "Boob President" is another hilarious example, but I wouldn't want to explain all the jokes to you.
In general this series' style of comedy is best described as absurdist. Each episode is full of explosive humour and equally explosive visuals. All of the running jokes evolve perfectly and feel fresh throughout the entire season. Despite the show's short running time, it introduces quite a large cast of equally funny characters, and they are always put into new and interesting situations.