What They Say:
The story follows Hime Arikawa, whose absent parents have left with saddled with a huge debt. After being saved from debt collectors by three girls on the student council, in exchange for paying off his debt, he agrees to spend the rest of his high school career dressed as a girl.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
As the school life goes on, things continue to be a bit weird as we see the public morals group of the school going about doing their uniform checks and the like but end up getting more than they can handle considering all the crossdressing that goes on at this school, including Hiro revealing just how big his falsies are. It’s not an easy job of making sure that everyone’s uniforms are proper and it’s not a desired job either, making it even more oppressive. Naturally, the student council is among the worst when it comes to their outfits, especially 18+, but there’s plenty of terrible stuff going on here to make for a mess.
In Summary:
I have to admit, I still feel hugely conflicted about this series. It has some real moments of hilarity to it but it’s also presenting some pretty damn abusive relationship/friendship aspects here that doesn’t make most of the cast likable when you get down to it. There’s a lot of wacky stuff going on with this episode as we see just how expansive the cast is when it comes to those that are dressing “inappropriate” and what it means. There’s a lot of dressing down of characters by Kaguya as it goes on, which isn’t that bad overall, at least compared to what Hime goes through. And giving Hime some time off here helps to ease that burden a bit.
Grade: C
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
