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njprogfan
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I loved this series and it's breathtaking pastelness, the voice work was impeccable and OP and ED fantastic, with a shout out for that OP, my favorite so far this year. I laughed my head off throughout all 12 episodes, the comedic timing was pinpoint and hit my sweet spots every single time, (I hope Mira had stock in the company that made his glasses). I agree about Cocoa, it's a shame she wasn't able to see how well this series was made and we won't get closure. But in my mind, I see Mira and Byakuya hooking up proper and Mira rescuing her from her dire straits somehow. This series was my medicine from all thing negative this summer and wished there was more. Sigh....
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Key
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I was also totally won over by this series (except for the other magical girl, who is responsible for all of the series' weakest points). Despite that, I do have to agree that the half-length episodes felt right. Maybe that was necessitated by the limited amount of source material the production team had to draw from, but even if it wasn't, this is content that works best in short form.
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MFrontier
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This was such a sincerely sweet, cute, and fun series.
I only wish there could be more and that Cocoa Fujiwara had lived to continue the series, but I think Cocoa would be extremely happy with the level of effort and love Bones poured into this series like Mira and Byakuya did for each other. |
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FilthyCasual
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This was a very sweet story and quite beautiful very often.
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texnixmir
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One other thing that I thought was very sweet was that Mai Nakahara and Yuuki Ono are both reprising their roles from the drama CD, which I think was produced under Fujiwara's direction
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ScruffyKiwi
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I’m still a bit sad that Inu x Boku S.S didn’t get a second series. I really enjoyed the series and the manga story takes a really interesting swerve after where the anime got to. My understanding is that the first season sold well so not sure why it never happened.
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FishLion
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Loved this one a lot, I really appreciate Bones making such a beautiful animation in twelve little episodes
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kgw
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I am not into romcoms usually but this was so pretty and the characters so adorable* that I watched non-stop.
Pity it'd never end. 
* except the magic girl's familiars. |
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Stampeed Valkyrie
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So nobody is going to address the elephant in the room? Ok I'll bite.. The age gap is creepy. REALLY creepy. She is what Middle school age at best? Hard to guess his age, probably early 20s. There are some scenes that make her look even younger, and others where she appears older. Between the hostess bar scene (seriously?) and the fan service about her breast size its rather uncomfortable when you get down to the brass tacks. Let me guess she is an immortal Loli? nah pass on this.
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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I honestly thought she was older, out of high school. She'd have to at least be out of middle school, because that's compulsory education in Japan and we never see her going to school - just wearing her old gym clothes. The amount she works also lead me to believe that she was older.
(And her being in high school would still be creepy; I just really thought she was at least 18.) |
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blahmoomoo
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If I recall correctly, Hibana is in high school and Byakuya was her classmate back when they were in middle school. High school isn't compulsory in Japan, so Byakuya doesn't attend. So, Byakuya is a minor or barely 18, but I don't think Hibana was established to be a senior, so... Those old gym clothes were probably from middle school since Byakuya lists it immediately after her middle school uniform when listing what clothes she owns. |
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YordaTrico
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I had to drop the show for this reason, the first episode makes you think she is 20 because there is a scene showing her selling alcohol but I know a girl who is half Japanese + had read the original manga and she told me MC was 15 and male 27, so I noped out of there after seeing the slime grope scene lol. From what i hear the age of 15 is confirmed at some point when some other girl shows up and gives her age as such then says her and MC were in the same class at school. If they could have just aged her up I would have loved this show, but oh well. |
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Princess_Irene
ANN Associate Editor
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Having just read the manga, I can confirm that this is true, and that his age is explicitly stated to be 27. (The "other girl" is the second magical girl.) |
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