[Locke]

So Futari and HeartCatch are downloading SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWLY but thankfully Happiness Charge finished nice and swiftly. So episode one.

You guys weren't kidding when you described this show to me, it really is basically a generic shounen action show only with a lick of girl paint. The animation, and fight choreography, is really nice, which kinda puts to shame all the other current anime I'm watching that don't look nearly as good.

The "girliness" is so forced and overdone, I can only assume this was penned by the same kind of forty year old men, that probably have Precure cuddle pillows. Was it that hard to actually get some female writers or at least to spend some time around real preteen girls to get an idea of what they like? I mean if I can tell it's horribly artificial it must be way worse for girls.

Overall the episode only really just began as it ended. Kinda like with Faiz, action just sorta bookended the episode with a huge fat bit in the middle of people just faffing about. And I know action isn't necessarily the most important part, but just like with Faiz the action is the most story driven part and the smallest part of the episode. I'll give it a few episodes so I can get a better handle on the feel of the show but I will admit this episode didn't do much for me.