This show was basically an idol show for the ones with the perverted mind.
Despite all it's flaws I quite enjoyed it, but factually it's probably mediocre.
Oh we know you loved it!
haha but jokes aside i think you nailed it.
I will grant actually a similar summary of thoughts.
I generally find the average idol show to be boring and overused, whilst when i first saw shows like Idolmaster it wasn't the worst, seeing love live and it's 400 spin-offs and the many idol shows which followed destroyed any small interest in the genre which i had - which sadly meant the shows like Idolmaster where i had grown to enjoy it's songs quickly fell into the same group.
I actually admit for all this shows faults, it was mostly enjoyable, i liked it didn't take its self too serious, it was a joke was
barely idols just trying to make it and i think the characters was a nice mix, there was no drama between them either which helped (no over the top "we must win or else" setup either), truth be told i think i mostly enjoyed watching this each week just for the characters, Io's clear lesbian mindset aside, i felt she was a nice balance of the ditsy slightly absent minded clueless girl and a general all all-rounder who came to be a decent lead, Roko was just there for the lolicons but truth be told, the jokes around her was better used than the normal loli (i liked the
haunting broco-roko thing that wont leave her), the others all played their part too (i wont list 'em all) to make a fun group to follow.
Was it a idol show? Not really - which is why i liked it. Honestly, it was 5 girls in a house just doing some idol stuff on the side, mostly of the "idol stuff" was not concerts but selling merchandise or finding fame in the local community. I think i enjoyed this over the love live formula, as someone who enjoyed Slice of Life shows, this was appealing to me over some girls become famous over night just because, this highlighted the money side in a comical way too which was fun.
It's basically an idol show written by someone who is very horny and has a large selection of barely vanilla fetishes
This was the down side, honestly i felt the show would of been fine without the fetishes, panty-shots and random underwear moments, sure it would be nothing special but it never was going to be, without this stuff though it could of had more pride in its self and possibly drew in a more casual fan-base over a few after a upskirt shot of the girls on stage or threats of selling nudes for money.
Needless to say,:
Personally I'd dare give this an easy 3/5 in terms of enjoyability but it's effectively a 2.5/5 show.
This. It's a 2.5 average show, there is nothing making it stand out but there is nothing overly to hate other than the needless fan service. I will be kind and offer it a 3 for as you say, personal enjoyment as that is what i score on (personal over factual makes shows unique) but it is about average. Truth be told, if they said it had a second season coming, i would probably watch it, but i wouldn't likely re-watch this either, but i did for the best part enjoy the show as a concept (which for a idol show nowdays is rare) so 3/5.
