Rinshi!! Ekodachan · review
Everyone... all of you... every person who has contributed to the 5.1/10 this has... you all are sleeping on this show. Now... by no means is this great. Honestly, the only thing that's really noteworthy of it is the stylistic choice this show has with its different director every episode. One episode you may have a slow paced mini-event of the power going off in Ekoda's workplace, another may be singing claymation(?) dolls, and another may be completely rotoscoped. But somehow, at least for me, this show really gets across the character of Ekoda-chan in a very interesting way. By displaying short little pieces of herlife in different ways, you get a real feel for who she is as a person and what she wants from her life.
Honestly, the biggest problem this show faces is its audience. The story and original manga is clearly meant for young women who face similar struggles, but the style of switching up the director and lead actress every episode make it even more niche to those who care for this idea.
I like this show. It keeps me coming back every week because of its strange and interesting directorial choices. It honestly puts so much character into everything that it's hard not to like.
I understand why people don't like it, it's definitely not for everyone, but I still think it's important to appreciate a show for actually trying something, even if the base concept isn't entirely original.
[Also, there are only 11 episodes according to MAL even though there are 12 episodes on Crunchyroll. Don't know what's up with that]