Sorry this got put off a bit, Ayu had the show on her to watch list so we had to watch it together but had to finish Koi to Uso and Dragon Ball Super before we could <.<
So, Mayo Chiki. Currently we're about halfway through the show and we're pretty deadset on finishing it.
To start, the fanservice. Yowza, was not expecting this. It wasn't bad or anything, though I can definitely feel the "I really need this light novel to sell" teeming from a lot of the scenes. Specifically, when a perfectly normally clothed character ends up getting groped on her bare breast after the guy pushes her out of the way in an attempt to save her, I literally exclaimed "HOW?" because even though I've seen that type of thing time and time again, it actually took my brain a few moments to process how high they were willing to jump for some watcher/reader attention.
That wasn't really a problem, though, just some pretty standard early series bait by a writer who was willing to go pretty far. Kudos.
So that aside, I'm liking the show enough so far. The dynamic and chemistry between the main character and main girl is fun to watch and is easily my favorite thing about the show. It specifically reminds me a lot of the relationship between the main character and main girl from Working, albeit in reverse- though this one seems to be progressing a lot more quickly. It's also one of those relationships, similar to Okusama ga Seitoukaichou, where I'm not really sure if I want other characters really being that prominent when the series is at its best when it's about those two. This isn't to say I don't like the other characters or anything like that, because I do, but I am worried that it's going to turn into a RomCom hidden behind a harem rather than a RomCom with a mostly female cast- I...didn't really know much about Mayo Chiki before watching. It was always one of those shows that I knew the name of and I'd heard the opening to, but honestly I'd always get it confused with Acchi Kocchi just because.
And that's it for the most part, no big tirade this time since I've made this wait too long as it is.
Oh, and you bet your ass I want in on the next one.