If nobody watches the anime, does it still count as a commercial for the video game???
Anime
Last three episodes of the anime. With another live action special to follow. For a total of seven out of thirteen episodes being live action instead of anime. What a waste. Once again, this article only covers anime episodes.
Eye Catches
Only two new eye catches with girls in the last 3 episodes. Wasted opportunity. Plenty of girls.
Wait. Why only show what’s under the cheerleader idol’s skirt in an eye catch and not in the anime??? Those aren’t even panties. Makes no sense…
Wait. No girl at all? In the last episode too. Was this show running out of money???
Episode 04
This episode is all about the semi-final battle for the Rookie Queen tournament between Eriko and Miu. With some training montage thrown in for good measure…
More Eriko cleavage would be nice.
Episode 05
What better way to cheer up after a tough idol battle than a beach episode!
But wait, a bath scene too? Why not save it for another episode???
What guy would answer no to this question? There’s an idol for each body type too…
Have I warned you about the hips of the older women in this show yet? Be afraid. Be very afraid….
Random pretty idol. Who just happens to be at the beach for a photo shoot.
Episode 06
This episode is about the final idol battle between Eriko and Ruka. And less fanservice overall. In other words, it’s all about Eriko and Ruka…
Lucky little bugger…
Still think they wasted a lot of potential in Ruka’s sexy battle outfit. The sexiest of all the battle outfits. Better late than never, I guess….
Check this artwork out. After the credits. Oh, what could have been. Sadness…
Best Girl
Only three bath scenes. One each for Miu, Ruka’s manager and Eriko. Instead for Ruka, we got a pajama’s scene? That’s the buzzer from the judges indicating that Ruka has been disqualified. The manager is out too. Not enough of a major character. That leaves just Eriko and Miu. But Miu resigned and hopped on a jet plane to the other side of the world. That leaves Eriko by default. But honestly, Eriko was the the best combination of character design and personality so that makes her the best girl.
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- Eriko
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- Miu
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- Ruka’s Manager
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- Ruka
Random Pretty Girl
This blonde from episode three wins. Hands down. Now if only the idols wore outfits showing off their cleavage more often…
Overall
Overall, the last three episodes had one bath scene and a beach episode. But that’s not saying much. Sadly. To be honest, the less said about this anime, the better. So here’s my Cliff Notes version:
Key Words: Cheap. Crass. Commercialism. Crappy. Contrived.
Key Findings: Hard on eyes. Wasted potential. Cheap tricks. Lazy writing.
And let’ s not talk about the ending. Puhleeze…
Anyway, let’s move on to more important things. Will there be nudity on the BDs? Cliff’s Notes version again:
Key Prediction: Probably no nudity on BDs
Consider that each bath scene was worse for service than the one before it. That the beach episode was pretty darn tame. And that fan service and showing off girls happened less and less as the show went along. And that there were never any real panty shots. It seems like fan service was never a priority for the creators and doubtful that it will be for the BDs. I hope I’m wrong but I’m more pessimistic about nudity on BDs after these last three episodes than I was after watching the first three episodes.
Notes
Here’s a clean version of the stitch with the three idols in swimsuits.
Here’s a stitch of Ruka in her pajamas.
My webm galleries for these episodes can be found here: 04, 05 and 06.
I did search for recent official art and fan art. Didn’t find any worth adding to the article. This anime doesn’t seem to be all that popular…
