What I Know
Supposedly this is some kinda show for loser adults who need to learn to get laid. How that distinguishes it from every other anime, I’m not sure.
And yes I was supposed to do Jewel Pet Sunshine, but it turns out nobody’s actually translating that. Whoops.
What The Title Suggests
Something about being 30, I guess? That seems to be the point of this show, getting laid at 30 or something.
Episode Impressions
First impression: This is only 12 minutes long. Thank God. I don’t even know what it is yet, but I’m grateful already.
So we open with some loser getting shot down. Is this the third episode, for real? Man, how much of a loser was he before?
I suppose the question on everyone’s mind is “Why?” (and also “Who cares?”). Well, they got an answer for that.
So basically... you were rejected because you suck. Wow, nice lesson.
Anyway the advice of his fairy godparents is, um… that they don’t know how to help him nail the girl he’s after. Well that’s just great. That’s like whipping up a dress for Cinderella and when she’s all “And how shall I get to the ball?” being like “I got nothin’, kid. Maybe you should get a bus ticket.”
Also, apparently the only thing 30-year-olds need for good health is sex.
Confronted with the advice to keep at it, our hero proceeds to run away from the girl he’s supposed to continue pursuing. Well, perhaps if he’s lucky her inner cavewoman will observe his flight response and consider it a worthwhile trait to keep their children safely outpacing sabertooth cats. I suppose that’s the best he can hope for right now.
I suppose it’s time for Plan B.
Cyber-Stalking.
Also the woman he loves apparently freaks out at the slighest provocation from a man and becomes an unstoppable wrecking ball of… hey wait, haven’t I seen this sort of thing before like a week ago?
HA HA, SHE ISN'T COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE AND HURTS THEM.
Fortunately, he bumps into her in the men’s restroom and they exchange emails.
…Hang on, what?
Shortly thereafter the protagonist is attacked by an old man. I have no idea anymore.
Anyway all that’s left to do now is find a way to ask an easily-flustered wrecking ball of man-destruction out on a date. This is the best you can do, huh guy.
Not that these assholes are any help at all.
Oh and then he asks her out again and it works this time. The end.
Show Impressions
So the lesson here is… um… ignore the voices in your head trying to sabotage your love life and just keep pressuring a woman until she says yes?
Well, I guess that’s one way to get laid. Or arrested for rape. But hey, we only promised to get you sex. Maybe you shoulda been more specific.
Also this show is terrible and neither informative nor funny. It’s like a Ben Stiller movie without the satisfaction of that mutant freak-baby getting nut-shotted by film-variable sporting goods. Its sole saving grace is only being half as long as other equally unfunny comedies.
Counterpoint: A Channel had a musical number. Nichijou had a robot. Sofuteni had a shark. This show didn’t have any of those things.
Did I Miss Something?
So like is this guy insane or are the white-haired guys actual gods or something? They’re not very good at their job if the goal is to get him laid. Is an insane man-fearing gladiator of death really his best option for poontang? I’m pretty sure hookers don’t kill you. In fact it tends to work the other way.
The First Two Episodes Were…
It’s hard to imagine this guy being more pathetic, but he managed to score a date this episode so I have to presume he spent the previous two wallowing in his own misery and/or masturbating.
Keep Watching?
No. That’s half as much as I could write, since the show had the courtesy to be half as bad as it could have been (by being half of itself generally).
Rewind or No?
Why would you want to see this guy as a bigger loser? At least watching it this way he managed to get a date in the span of a single episode.
Final Single Episode Coherency Rating
2 (Franz Kafka)
So, like… do you listen to the strange people who live in your room or don’t you? Is this representative of some deeper inner conflict? Have you tried just pulling it out in the subway and see where that leads you? Always an option!
