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It seems to be happening a lot recently, now that my fall semester has ended and I’m doing fuck all until classes starts up again in January, I just can’t get enough animus. I stumble upon a post or a fansub group that seems decent, and I just gobble up more and more animus. And so, today’s marathon was Strike Witches~

Tsundere alert!

So, why Strike Witches? Honestly, I can’t even remember how or why I came across the title, but I found a bunch of moderately recent torrents, so I figured I’d give it a shot. Oh yeah, that’s what happened, I ended up on the Strike Subs webpage somehow, I think probably from some other random blog or fansub group. I think I remember seeing reviews of Strike Witches on Random Curiousity back when I was still watching Geass R2, so I decided to grab all the episodes of Strike Witches to see how it was.

Well, I did remember something about it being about a bunch of girls saving the world or something, but I didn’t expect it to be so fanservicey. At first, it was kinda annoying, but eventually I guess I just got used to it. I’m not going to make excuses for this show, because it is what it is, a show about a bunch of cute girls with typical archetypes (Perrine you tsundere you) flying around in swimsuits and underwear, with the added bonus of yuri vibes. Even still, I found the series to be rather amusing. As I said back in my Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu post, I seem to be in a mood to watch anything that’s not too heavy. I think after stuff like Geass, Clannad, Chaos;Head, and Gundam 00, I’ve been dying for some simplistic, easy to follow animus. Yep, I’m a simpleton, but I’m ok with that.

So, how was Strike Witches? Well, it made me laugh quite a bit, which was pretty much all I was looking for, so to that end, I can’t say I’m not happy I watched it. Still, it’s your average fanservice filled, moe packed series that tries to add a little action and a shallow amount of drama. To that end, I think it kinda failed. The action was fun, but there was honestly no point to it at all. Everyone has shields, hardly anyone ever gets injured, there really aren’t a whole lot of explanations as to these powers and such, plus it ends on such a bland note. I figured Yoshika was going to pull a Ranka and side with the Neuroi, and then we’d find out that they really aren’t all that bad and it was just a giant misunderstanding. But instead, the Warlock thing, which I guess was made from another Neuroi, goes berserk, then they all have to kill it… and that just happens to vaporize the Neuroi hive?

Anyway, if you’re looking for a rather silly and slightly ecchi series to watch, Strike Witches can fill that void. If you’re looking for a decent action series with plots that make sense, you might want to keep looking.

Oh and yes, I totally borrowed this title from JP and Hinano.

EDIT: Aha, I knew there was something I was forgetting! For once, I recognized a seiyuu instantly. Nazuka Kaori voices Lynette Bishop, and the moment she opened her mouth, I knew who it was. I guess it helped that I had just watched some Code Geass, but yeah, just felt like adding that in there. Kinda boring that she played a very similar role to Nunnally, in that she was a useless moe character, only this time with big breasts, rather than as a loli.