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Quick Stats:

Title: Fight! Ippatsu Juuden-chan (Charger Girl Ju-den Cha)n
Studio: Studio Hibari
Genre: Comedy/Fanservice
Availability: Simulcast on Crunchyroll

Ratings (of 5):

Story: ♥♥
Animation: ♥♥½
Characters: ♥♥♥
OP/ED Themes: ♥♥½ (no ED)

Overall: ♥♥

ONE-LINER: Girls suffer and pee themselves. Guys have weird freakin' noses.

Thoughts:

Right, so. Plug works for a strange parallel universe organization that “charges” people whose will to live is getting low (C, B, or A ranking-- whereas D, E, and F are safe). They do this by magicking up a plug from an electric pole or whatever else is nearby. Even with the special powers provided, like stealth and flying, Plug isn't very good at it though, occasionally failing to ground herself and the like. (Plug is also prone to peeing herself.)

Sento is a kind onii-chan who wants nothing more than to take care of his little sister Hakone-chan, to the extent of not letting her do anything around the house and leaving her feeling kind of useless. One day as he throws out the trash at the restaurant he works, he sees a weird girl float through the wall of the building and beats her with a bat.

So, Sento-kun can see Plug even though he shouldn't be able to. She overhears Sento's little sister wishing she could be more helpful to him and tries to help the siblings out.

I was actually kind of excited for this show, as a big fan of original creator Bow Ditama's MahoroMatic. Judging from the first episode-- and a full three are out on Crunchyroll already –it doesn't have quite the same charm as MahoroMatic. I'm not entirely sure I could explain why MahoroMatic was so amusing-- perhaps because the lead character was such a prude, always chastising her charge for his porno mags? Or maybe because the person in the wrong in episode one is our hero, who is actually a really nice, reasonably intelligent guy? Or maybe the fanservice doesn't quite have the same innocent/accidental feel?

There's also that weird peeing thing. (Three times in the first episode a girl pees herself out of fear or pain. Youch.)

The show isn't completely devoid of amusement, but the knowledge that MahoroMatic was so enjoyable to me will be my primary motivation in continuing with the show based on the first ep. If you're generally made uncomfortable by fanservice, clumsy moe girls, and/or girls wetting themselves, you may want to pass.