This anime has a few good points, but they drown in a sea of long pointless drama. I will begin with good.
The good is 'stray maid' Ange, who unfortunately got less screen time than other girls and the fact that anime ended up with Lavender-head girl (Miu Amaha) being main love interest instead of the blond one. alas this anime uses very confusing names for most of the girls so I will go with colours instead.
With Ange its simple but it works. A maid who is eager to serve and please her master is always a win. Ange is a bit rough on edges, but she is undoubtedly the best girl among them all. She likes being useful and will do anything for a protagonist, she also does not mind any other women he has in his life. Yes, I like maids, and that is why I watched this show to begin with. However, role of maid is simply a reflection of what good proper woman should be, unlike some other maids out there who are only maids because of the hype and popularity of this trope, Ange is a maid in spirit and soul, and it matters for the final verdict.
As for Lavender-chan then she is a mixed bag but with more positive than negative. On one hand she is demure, reserved and very well mannered. She is very sweet in a good way when she and main protagonist are alone. Her cat cosplay from her job is very cute. She is also a caring person who gets attached to people and animals and then go to great length to care for them.
On the negative side, her attempt to be 'senior' to the male MC, lead and teach him something. She is technically older than him despite him being much taller than her. Senior role does not fit a girl in a relationship, even if she is older, she should not remember about the age and should just let him lead instead. In the end age is number, not a claim to authority. Lavender-chan too is much more fit the role of weak, protected and led girl as she is demure and soft.
Now for a negative of the show as whole, which are plenty.
To begin with there is too much drama, I will write a separate article about why I hate drama. Everything takes too long, makes the show overall more of a chore to watch 90% of the time.
Next it the setting. School merger where male MC school got abolished and merged into an all-female one and he is getting bad lip for that is unpleasant to watch to say the least. Its condescending towards male MC to treat him this way.
It does not get any better when attention shifts towards Kitty Club, using care for animals as part for character development to show that a girl in question is caring person is a good idea, but this show certainly takes it too far. Caring for animals becomes the main focus of the show and detracts attention from romance. Even final episode is not about male MC and Lavender-chan, but about show weird mascot Pannya-chan. There is a lot wrong with it: to being with you do not return animals to their parents, animals live on their own when they grow adult and so are people. Also, what Pannya even is: at first, it looked like weirdly drawn cat, but then we got actual cats that got two full episodes dedicated to their adoption.
Then other girls. Blonde and red head are both very unlikable. Both get more scree time than Ange, which is unfair to the best girl. Red head is a downright masochist choice and very repulsive for one who is not. Blonde is more nuanced, but she is far too entitled, and it makes her unpleasant. Her type is what people call thot or karen. Looking how male MC has to navigate around her many sentimentalities and standards is no pleasant sight either. It makes it even more sad that she is average fan favorite. I would not date either of them, it's better to be alone than to put up with either of these two antics.
Finally, a blue haired iumoto-chan, she is a baseline OK girl with neither good, nor bad traits. She is in the middle because only two girls in this show have more positive than negative.
Overall, this show is a slog. I can only recommend watching a couple of episodes focused on Ange (episodes 5 and 6) and then episode 11 for Lavender-chan. The rest of the show is a waste of your time.
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