Cup of Tea

Why yes hello! Welcome to Cup of Tea! I am the Tart Pastry and I am here for another review, and on another hot button Anime that came out recently. Now let me say this right now, I have rather picky tastes in what I choose to read, watch and indulge in, and this one is one of the few where I definitely don't usually enjoy a lot of the elements within it, and I normally would have glazed over it, but considering the anime is based off of swimming as a sport, it actually nestled into my heart due to my love of the sport in high school. (I was in it all four years of high school and enjoyed it immensely despite my lack of friendly peers minus a small handful). I'm pretty sure without that element to it I wouldn't have stuck with it, and I am certainly glad I did!! Mind you, I still sort of eye twitch at the moe moe kyun sparkly desu bullshiznit that goes on in it every now and again but it's found a place in my heart. It's based on those you see here in t...

Welcome to Cup of Tea! Here we are discussing a rather famous and well-known anime as of late, or as I'd like to call it, 'A Walking Hoochie Circus'.  Despite the blatant fan-service consisting of abundant jigglies and male specimen which is intricately twined with anime tropes and perverted humor, I thoroughly enjoyed this anime, even though some of the content and writing did sort of push my buttons in the wrong way. (Although they managed to give you an explanation as to why it's a naked party or half naked party through and through, it's still the controversial but well known fan-service for mostly men, and to their credit, women too, that sort of danced along my nerves.) If you like action packed anime with drama, laughs, obvious sexual things, and even some heart string tuggers in there, this anime is definitely for you and I highly recommend it!  It is centered around Matoi Ryuko, a spunky, loyal girl who was labeled as a delinquent for h...