Wow, what a difference a switch in mediums can make, and not for the better- at least so far. While the important personality bits are there(with some tweaking), the characters, and more specifically the girls, all seem to have gotten a few years younger, and someone also decided that they all needed to be preforming in their best chipmunk voices. The other big sticking point right now is the humor, as it is taking a hugely different course from the absurdist glory of the manga. When they attempt to mimic it, it either falls flat, or they change the best bits, but that’s not the worst of it. No, that honor is reserved for their decision to turn most of the ‘funny’ moments into big-head shouting matches. I normally love the SD, but the way its being done here, from style to writing, to chipmunk voices, just completely fails for me.

There’s some variation to the plot as well, but the core of it, and more importantly, the core idea of the show, are intact (so far), because the overall message is a very good one and definitely worth the praise the series has received. I admit to being a bit curious as to which adheres more closely to its visual novel origins, but despite a strong desire for it to be the manga, I have a feeling that its probably the anime.

Quite a delay since the last one, and I had intended to catch up on that tonight, but unfortunately I can’t seem to stand to listen to those voices for more than a disc at a time, so this will be getting a slower treatment. Perhaps tomorrow night I’ll bring in another show to power through that won’t make my ears bleed.