This Week In Anime

You know, Mr Blogger, you have been writing about Haruka's Secret for 17 episodes now.  I get the sense that you see something in this show, but frankly, I don't sense the joy in your posts that I see with your other favorite series.  So while the screenshots tell the story of this weeks episode, you and I need to have a chat.  You, my friend are addicted.

Addicted to crappy anime.



They're coming to take me away, haha...

Like all addictions, you can't hide your problems from your subconscious.  You've seen the pain the ambling plot and cliche situations this season is taking.  Even this week, we set up Yuuto with another party?  This is easily the third time we've seen this device.



That's right, Yuuto's union

From a distance, you should be able to see the signs of crappy anime.  The dependence on overused but popular tropes, like lolis and maids.  Whole teams of maids, in fact.



One of these chainsaws is not like the other...

Looking back, you saw the problems.  As early as episode 5, your post entitled Let’s Pretend This Didn’t Happen suggested you saw the flaws.  By episode 10, you didn't pull any punches with I Think I’m Going To Be Sick.  Much like a combat maid trying to be domestic, you tried to perform the impossible, defending this show.



You know what they say about maids and grape drink...



Tentacle Monster



OMG that's pitiful...and adorable!

But you kept watching, hoping there was some way this show would pull itself out of the basement it had dug for itself.  After all, otaku are nothing if not obsessive optimists, like Yuuto here.



He's a master conversationalist

Maybe it was because the payoff potential was so high.  The fantasy of finding a perfect, rich, beautiful girl who is also an otaku drives more than its fair share of daydreams.  Almost as much as finding that mint in box figure you forgot to preorder.



More fake anime characters?



She could kill you with it 3 times before you hit the floor.



Yea, guess who won it for you?

I know it is hard to face critsism like this.  We are constantly exposed to the scorn of the outside world, so there is a strong desire to defend the indefensible, if only to fend off the unwashed masses, no matter how annonymous.



Oh it's...you, Bob

But you don't have to defend the indefensible.  You are among friends here, and those who speak against our sacred hobby do so at their own peril.



Rich never equaled smart

So admit what you have suspected all along - this is one stinker of a show.  Flat characters with no noticeable plot line to follow, it ambles from cliche to cliche without any redeeming merit.  It's OK, say it outloud, we're here for you.



To hell with Haruka-sama...

Now you are free, free to go out and watch shows worth your time, shows with class and style, like Kampfer or Queen's Blade.

er, maybe not...