Anime: Amaenaide yo!!

Anime such as this are so formulaic, repetitive and predictable to the point you know what they will be about by just reading the categories. It’s as if there is an Echidna out there (the mother of all monsters one, not that rodent) which gives birth to these shows with very similar traits, no matter who the father is. I am willing to place some harems above some others. Ah My Goddess and Love Hina were amongst the first, still pure and untainted by the ridiculousness of all those which plagiarized them later on, with far less quality and badly thought out settings. Well, hello, check out the name and the character attributes and then tell me it ain’t Ah My Goddess with a Love Hina lead. Watching them and their successors clearly shows how much the genre degenerated from romantic comedy with erotic innuendoes to pure fapping material without a shred of humor or taste.

Yes, I used the “T” word, indirectly calling all those who like such disgraces idiots. Well, excuse me for making a point here which goes beyond their egocentric selves and shows a sub market of wasted potential that diminishes the anime industry instead of flourishing it. But more on that later. Let’s first nerdraeg at the different sections of this dreadful thing which some did the mistake of making and others followed on by buying.

The story. Oh Sweet Mother of Jesus, the thing which this genre never cared about. Most comedies are the same as well but harems seem to not even bother TRYING to have anything other than a premise. In this case, the excuse for the endless fappingness is eastern monks. The setting is the same like in most others of this kind, a fail of a male specimen is surrounded by various super hot chicks, who have a really hard time staying dressed, covering their privates, or bumping on his crotch as if it is an ultra powerful electromagnet. Yeah, that sounds familiar; if it didn’t it wouldn’t be called soft porn disguised as comedy, aka harem. It’s as if all these shows need to do is have this premise and a random set of clothes to set themselves apart from the other, practically identical, shows. Which is double as lame, since down to it these shows use clothes not to define personalities but only to define fetishes. Maids, sisters, nuns, in this case priestesses. Plus, they finally aim to remove said clothes to provide even more cocktease, leaving the viewer staring at breast sizes and not people with a personality.

Anyways, the excuse here is that dork being sent to get close with Buddha while being accompanied by chicks who help him trigger his hidden potential. How? By making him horny! WTF? A priest getting better at holy magic by being tainted by lustfulness? Does that mean a psychotic killer who performs a mass (not the murder type) at some church will be ten times as crazy? What bullshit is this?

Crappy premises aside, the actual story is as per usual almost entirely fillers. The first episode is there to tell you the basics and the final episode of each season to provide a supposed closure, only for it to be as open and useless as the premise itself. The rest of the episodes are nothing but excuses for the girls to expose themselves. So if I am to give the story a score, that would be 3 episodes out of a full season, basically 1/7th of the total duration. There you go, a generous score of 2.

Then we move to the cast. Oh God Almighty, the section which is as looked upon as the story. The lead is the usual fail for life arsewhole who is incapable of even looking at a girl without having a nosebleed or not be beaten to a pulp by some neurotic bitch every 5 minutes. It was funny the first 100 times I saw it in Love Hina, but now it is nothing else besides lame. Seriously, are we supposed to identify with this ding-dong, who is good at nothing? Or to NOT identify but rather self-insert because of how bland he is? What kind of people would like such an archetype?

None. Nobody likes beta cucks. They can make them seem to be chick magnets because they have a good heart despite being wastes of space and still nobody will like them. Because they are never the main focus, they are the eyes of the viewer. The naked bodies of the girls are the highlight and the protagonists are losers just to prevent the story from becoming hardcore porn. WELL WHY NOT? How much frustration can a man stand before his weenie falls off from the constant blue-balling? This isn’t healthy for Pete’s sake. It’s just about drooling all over 2D girls without ever getting any boon.

Anyways, at least we have personalities to notice here besides boobs and underwear. Each girl has her own unique psychology, goals in life, reasons to aspire being like her… YEAH RIGHT! HAREM GIRLS WITH DEPTH; NICE ONE HAHAHA! They are solely defined by their breast size and the color of their underwear. Their clothes are not there to give them personality; they are there as a fetish for the fans of this dreadfulness to like. If they ever change clothes, they don’t become different people but rather a DIFFERENT FETISH! Being undressed is just the default state.

So these characters (which in this excuse of a story are some generic eastern monks in some generic temple) are nothing you wouldn’t expect. They don’t really develop and you have no reason to remember something about them, besides perhaps the boners you got out of them. I give them the score they deserve. A nice fat bottomed ace.

But you know what? As lame as these shows are, they can still have good animation and a brilliant soundtrack. Nothing holds them back from doing that. Love Hina and Ah My Goddess had wonderful artwork and superb music scores, and they are harems as well. Remember the magic world of the gods and their divine music? Naru’s singing at the concert? So why not have something similar in this show? BECAUSE THE PRODUCERS DIDN’T CARE! If it weren’t for the constant worm view of the camera angle just so we can see pantsu without a reason, there would be nothing to look at. And you can watch this anime in mute for all I care; the dialogues are retarded and there isn’t much of a plot to distract you from the main theme of this show; which is fapping excuses.

This turd has no message, no artistry, nothing out of the norm. It doesn’t even try to be different, it is a clone of the set-in-stone formula. Doesn’t worth it! Keep away! Try something else, preferably not harem.

Animation:

Nothing great to be said here. Many shots are taken from below, so expect lots of panty shots. This series is full of ecchiness! Often, you get the impression that the view has been crammed with characters, with a hope to show as much ecchiness as possible in a given screen. If you appreciate ecchi, you will like Amaenaideyo. Note that the main female character, Chitose - The red-haired girl, does not look too much anime-like.

Sound:

I usually do not pay lots of attention to sound and actors. So my review of the sound may not be very complete. There is little music apart the OP and EC. The quality of the voices were appreciable. I personally think the characters' voices suit them and were kinda... cute.

Story:

The story revolves around a group of nuns and a single male living in a Buddhist Temple, it seems. (So, start picturing Love Hina's harem.) The poor male chap will always stumble in ecchi situation and get lots of beating. However, it seems he is invincible, just like Keitaro. The characters are kinda well-developed, both their stories and bodies. So I was satisfied here. I personally think that the stories are stand-alone and almost independent of each other except at the end. The plot-line does not make much sense. But it's a nice story nevertheless. Expect some budding romance. There is a sequel to Amaenaideyo. It's Amaenaideyo Katsu.. It's a good sequel. Apparently, there is even more after Katsu.

P.s. When the main male character gets stimulated (e.g. by watching exposed breasts), he develops immense powers! It's that kind of story. If you love ecchiness and comedy animes, this one is for you. Trust me on that. :P

Character:

Each character has his/her ups and downs. When you watch the anime, you will love each one of them. They are all well developed and their stories make some sense. Each has his/her own powers. Their individual stories are well-developed and there are little plot holes. You will get to see each of them undressed lots of time during the series. Every one of them, whatever their age. Expect ecchiness and perhaps some lolikon. As I said, the male character is special and often, the females will have to undress to make him unleash his powers. :D

Value, Enjoyment:

I have had some good laughs during the series and I can say I enjoyed myself. The series has a rewatch value. You will have fun going through each episode. The series is well-balanced with perhaps an over-dose of ecchiness. Apart from that, it's a nice anime worth a watch.

Conclusion:

There is not much thinking to be done to understand this anime. You just have to watch it, look out for the ecchiness, laugh and enjoy the story. The sequel is also nice. If you like this one, you will definitely like the sequel: Amaenaideyo Katsu.

We have a story, we have comedy, we have ecchi. We have a big hit. Wait, where did the story go?

Animation: Big breasts to divert your attention from the lousy animation.

Every other shot appears to be taken from below, so the director was able to show some underwear once again. While that might be sweet for the people who favor ecchiness solely, it is somehow disturbing when one does mind overly ecchiness. There are also often shots which turn sideways, so they can fit more of the body in scenes where the character is only speaking, so they can still arouse he watcher while there is nothing happening.
The animation itself doesn't seem very new and even though it doesn't deserve a high mark, because of the sometimes re-used frames in order to display exaggerated movements, it ends up even worse.
The cut-scenes (halfway the ep to indicate the commercial break) are quite daring most of the time. If you like ecchi, you'll love these scenes ;)

Sound: Nothing remarkable.

The voiceactors are doing a decent enough job, but some of them got on my nerves at some point. That is probably because of the characters they're doing, but that still makes them annoying to hear them speak.
The music is usually not noticeable, but when you start noticing it, it is too late; the music gets annoying or is just plain boring (although fitting). What makes things sometimes funny is the parody-effects they add (someone yelling “Ooooh, yeaaaaaah!”) when someone gets into a daring pose again, so that gives some points again.
The OP and ED are nothing remarkable, but it does add some fanservice in the animation.

Characters: Harem-type series, so yeah, we're all in for the ecchi!

None of the characters have anything to offer, except for every now and then to force a little smirk on your face. They only have big breasts and strike poses to expose their bodies every now and then. Even the little girl gets undressed often enough to also give the lolicon's something to watch.
They all have the typical characters, like the dumb-big breasted girl, the ever-present girl who always shouts at the guy (yet likes him), the sporty girl with small breasts, etc. I know, they do have names (just about) but because of the lack of personality (they are quite static after all) it doesn't really matter that much since they don't really need names to be remembered by.

Story: “How to get the most ecchiness”, until the last episode, when a plot kicks in - and ends.

Really, what can I say here? It's a series which is all about ecchiness. While they do have a setting and they do need some ‘plot’ to aim for, the ‘plot’ is hardly there. They just skip from episode to episode and add lots and lots of ecchi misunderstandings. Add the fact that the guy has the strongest powers once he sees naked breasts and you can probably understand how much story and how much ecchi this series gets.
By the time I write this, there is a sequel. It is possible the sequel might get more depth, but … do you believe that? I certainly don't have faith in it.

Value & Enjoyment: Pretty much a failure.

If you like ecchi, you'll probably love to rewatch this (or specific scenes) just for the ecchi poses. But if you like your ecchi scenes to go together with at least some plot, like Da Capo or Shuffle!, then this series will disappoint you. This series is all for the sake of the ecchiness and doesn't even care whether the setting is useful for a plot or not. It just happens.
This could've been a plotless series which is solely for the fun of entertainment, but due to the series not being even decently funny except for a few jokes, it doesn't even offer enough fun to be a plotless entertaining series. And if a brainless entertaining series even fails at being entertaining, what value can one give it then?