What They Say:
A hilarious slice of life comedy that leisurely depicts the day-to-day life of manga artist Aito Yuuki and his assistant, Ashisu Sahoto!
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
With some background material provided in the previous episode that gave us a look at some of the earlier time in Aito’s life, this episode keeps us back in the present and puts Sena in a really difficult position. That of being trapped in an elevator with Aito for what could be a few hours. That’s bad enough, but she also has to go to the bathroom and that’s what’s really driving her. But she can’t admit what’s going on so Aito thinks it’s all about him at first. When she does reveal what’s going on, he’s wonderfully helpful in a way that just makes everything far, far more difficult for her. It’s silly and over the top but it’s definitely amusing to watch her struggle with it and what he comes up with. The two get amusingly close during it as he finds a way to calm her down to avoid problems but it’s definitely awkward looking.
The other story here is a cute one as Rinna is doing her best to help an already exhausted and overworked Aito at the drawing board and her over exuberance ends up putting him completely out of commission, especially when she wears the bunny outfit. That’s just her being cute and helpful, but it gets misconstrued easily by people and when he ends up lightly taking advantage of her when Mihari walks in – while he’s pretty much passed out – the damage is intense. Thankfully, we don’t get just creepy material for Aito as we also see him trying to be a good guy as another story has him going to the convenience store to meet Ashisu when she’s leaving with an umbrella to make sure she stays dry on the walk home. He’s living the classic manga dream of walking under an umbrella with a girl, but she’s ahead of him on this part. The two have some fairly quiet and almost tender moments here that helps both of them come across pretty well for the most part, though he is of course still acting like a little kid most of the time.
In Summary:
As the series closes in on the finale in just a few episodes, we get a trio of stories in this one that does some fun stuff. It covers a few different bases by working with Sena, Rinna and Ashisu with Aito as the common factor as we see how different each of those relationships are. It works well to see different sides of Aito and how he interacts with them as it makes it clear he’s not cut and dry and the same with all of them. And that’s kind of important to know because it means he’s not just a generic ass to everyone but rather reinforces that he’s simply socially stunted in many ways and deals with it the best as he can with each of those he deals with.
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.
