Poio

This anime is by no means bad. Before watching anything you generally need to set your expectations. For this series you can count on my help. Minor spoilers only, if any.

Watch if:

- "ecchi" is "comedy" for you,

- you aren't expecting to see any actual nudity,

- you're up for a few laughs without getting frustrated at how stupid everything is,

- censorship does not bother you,

- you're a lolicon.

Dont watch if:

- you dislike ecchi themes,

- you're expecting some deeper meaning or "slice of life" situations,

- you liked "absolute duo" or "Maken-Ki 2" (because the plot might be too complex for you)

Animation

As with most recent productions, sadly, you can see how the characters become lifeless dolls with only their mouths opening, and if they're not the ones talking they're like stone statues. Can't really cut a lot of points for this, it seems to be the trend now "cheap and quick".

Battle animation is great. Colorful, well drawn and captivating. SFX, if we can call it that, are not CGI (mostly not, anyway) and you can appreciate the detail work (as in walls breaking where stuff hits, and such. Trust me that's a rare thing in this kind of anime).

Girls are drawn nicely as well, I personally loved the "censorship" done by the original creators (as in the chibi-versions of girls covering up bits like a "censored" sign). Did not understand the need for "white fog", but then again it might be something the american side does. It's not very annoying, but often enough you are staring at a completely white screen where things should be. As the original censorship added to the comedy part of the series and was pretty great, I feel the fog part is a slap in the face for grown-up viewers.

Just my 2 cents though.

Overall it stands out, especially if you had the misfortune of seeing "Absolute Duo".

Story

Nothing special. Your typical hero defends demon blah blah....

It's what you expect, it delivers on that. It's not going to have you rewind or watch a previous ep to find that bit you missed or surprise you with twists and turns. It is what it is, simple entertainment where you can set your brain on standby. I did enjoy it, and I really am very picky when it comes to genres like this - I expect to be entertained rather than having boobs/panties shoved in my face.

For all those who need it though, you will have plenty of "accidental slips" and "bathroom coincidences". Didn't spoil it for me.

Sound

Decent VA acting. Some fresh voices I haven't heard that much of (male especially) make this a refreshing change. Music is your typical genre stuff, doesn't stand out, and even though I've watched the last available episode 10 minutes ago I cannot remember it. It also does not annoy, so that's a good thing.

Characters

Probably the strongest point of this, except for the animation. The female loli-succubus who is as perverted as they come is a good choice for this type of anime. She really makes some of those usually "forced accidents" plausible and is the spark that holds the ecchi close to the actual story. I also like the MC, though he's a generic "baka" type hero - he's not overly annoying. Antagonists (as far as the story progressed) are quite ok too, the first one's relationship with the MC is very interesting (keeping the spoilers to a bare minimum here!).

Summary

As I've mentioned in the beginning, you need to know what you want when watching this. It lets you turn the brain off and have some laughs (you think this is common, lately it really isn't) which is what I expected. I was not disappointed. There's no obvious plot holes or superbly annoying characters that just make half of these series completely unenjoyable. It's also not a masterpiece. Decent fun with minimal commitment required - if that's what you're looking for it's right here.