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“Takasu Ayako can handle anything; duels with foreign powers and assassination attempts don’t faze her. But can she handle falling in love? Fellow students at the prestigious school for Beatrice users are shocked to hear that their "Angel of Death" Ayako, who has never even shown a smile before, has fallen in love at first sight with the diminutive freshman Yoshimura Mamoru. Mamoru must decide how to respond to the sudden confession of love, the resulting fascination of his fellow students, and the dangers of being near Ayako. Will his own powers ever measure up?”

In a nutshell:

Besides being notable for having a ridiculously long name, Mamoru-kun ni megami no Shukufuku wo! is a poor anime that has just enough going for it in the way of side characters to keep it from getting completely pawned by my review.

Story: 2/10

You want a storyline that doesn’t make sense? How about one that has absolutely no sense of pacing? With plot holes big enough to stick President Nixon’s ego in, this anime’s story is awful. You know it’s an ominous sign when you have one of the hottest girls in school confess her undying love to this sorry excuse of a man within 10 minutes of first sight. At this point, I took it in stride thinking “it’s an anime, this stuff isn’t as uncommon as it should be.” However, it doesn’t get any better from there. While it started out with a little bit of potential, they completely ruined it by 23 episodes of filler crap. You know those super common filler episodes that seem to be in every anime in the genre? They ALL make an appearance in this anime. Let me list the cliché filler episodes used in Mamoru-kun ni megami no Shukufuku wo! so you know just how much time you will waste.

Beach

School festival

Christmas

Valantine’s Day

Hot Springs

New Years

Supposedly, all the characters can use this spell power called “Beatrice”. I still don’t get what the hell it is. Anyways, these kids use it at some random special school for Beatrice users. Sounds a little like Harry Potter in my opinion. The entire story of this anime is literally crammed into the last 4 episodes. It is crappy and cheesy enough to make you gag on your own vomit. Here is a line from the last episode that exemplifies exactly what you are getting yourself into:

“[We can win] With the invisible power of love!”

The story gets a 2 over a 0 because the antics of the student council are actually pretty funny. More on that later.

Animation: 6/10

The animation was average for what I would expect from modern anime. Characters were passable, with vibrant hair styles and hideous clothes. Backgrounds were sufficiently detailed. The best part was definitely some of the action sequences with bright colors shooting all over the place. I have no idea why or how, but it still looked cool.

Sound: 5/10

Mamoru-kun ni megami no Shukufuku wo! offers nothing special in the sound department. Voice acting is average, and the ending and closing songs are forgettable. In-show sound effects and music wasn’t bad however.

Characters: 7/10

I completely lost it when I took a second to study Yoshimura Mamoru, the male protagonist. No joke, he looks like he is 10. There is no way in hell this boy’s balls have dropped. So you end up with this well endowed chick, dating this 10 year old kid. When he stands up next to her, his height puts him somewhere in between her em… waist and titties. Now I know the Japanese are more liberal on getting frisky with underage youths, but this is ridiculous. Every time they swear undying love to each other, I throw up in my mouth and instinctively reach for the phone to call child services. Anyways, he is quiet enough to not be annoying, but he is also quiet enough to not be interesting. Don’t expect much character development outside of swearing undying loyalty to his well endowed woman.

The female protagonist Takasu Ayako, was good, not great. I like it when the main girl has a backbone, and boy, does she have it! Though she never seems to seriously hurt her friends, she has no problems beating the crap out of them when they piss her off.

The bad guys are pretty mundane. No one really seems to be bad; everyone has an ulterior motive in one way or another.

By now you are probably wondering why I gave a 7. The reason lies with the hilarious antics of the student council. To put it frankly, they are funny. The student council president was a favorite of mine, especially when he was interacting with his sister. I know it sounds stupid, but one of the members of the student council was this big muscle guy who loved to get naked and spout cheesy English lines. I have no idea why, but I just found him really amusing and laughed out loud a few times.

Overall: 5/10

If you like the idea of a 10 year old boy getting some ass, or are willing to watch a crap anime to enjoy a few laughs from some half naked musclely guy, this anime is for you. For everyone else, there are other animes that you could and should be spending your time on.