Review of AHO-GIRL
Huh, this was interesting. Well, if you've read anything about this show, it's pretty obvious that the show is about an idiot girl and her adventures. I'll get right into the review. Story: I don't really know what you'd expect from this kind of show when it comes to story, seeing how it's Nichijou-esque. However, this show did have somewhat of a story for some of the episodes, which did surprise me. This "story" showed up by influencing the characters and their actions, instead of doing what most animes like this would have done (which is to "reset" to a certain point in time to makedifferent stories). Overall, story was a nice little addition to the anime, but not really developed as the anime's genre didn't allow it to be too developed.
Art: At first glance, art in this anime seems to be generic, without anything extremely eye-catching. Well, it's like this until you get to when A-kun punching Yoshiko. When that happens, everything changes as if it's an intense fight. It's a nice part of the anime especially when you see those scenes.
Sound: I just want to say that I think sound was the 2nd best part of this anime, other than character. The voice acting was on point, and A-kun being voiced by the man who did Gintoki was one of the best choices ever. Yoshiko was also done well, getting the smug and idiotic parts of her brought out really well. I especially like the episode where Yoshiko went out to beat up all the dudes from (wait for it) Dick High School. She changed from idiot to edgy in less than a millisecond.
Character: So, character. Being a 12 episode anime with episodes half the length of a normal one, I found the characters to have much more depth to them than I would have initially thought. Yoshiko not only is an idiot who likes bananas, but her backstory reveals that she has infinite energy, will fight you if you talk trash about bananas, and is hard to persuade when it comes to doing a task (which is usually playing games). A-kun also shows that he basically was just a weaker and shorter version of himself in the past, since his need to study has never changed. But the best part of the anime was when the Morality President went from someone who was respectable to a stalking closet pervert. Other honorable mentions is Sayaka, who can get drunk off of fumes.
Enjoyment: This anime was extremely enjoyable, full of references (but not as much as Nyaruko), and scenes that make absolutely no sense. It felt like a mix between Gintama and a regular school anime. This is seen in episode 9, during the part when Yoshiko explains that women want to remember a kiss, and men want to remember a fondle. But, once you watch episode 10 and 11, you see how much the anime is inspired by other ones. Episode 10 makes fun of racing anime, using Yoshiko and the dog, and episode 11 uses a fight scene full of banana filled revenge in order to make fun of animes with intense fight scenes like JoJo and One Punch Man.
Well, overall, this anime was a nice break from the animes that I've been watching right now. It had scenes that were self-aware at times, and had characters that all fit a cliche. In the end, all the categories combine into one really strange, but entertaining anime.