Three girls walk into a club room... Last season, I was surprised that Encouragement of Climb was a short series. This season, I'm surprised that Yuyushiki is a full series. This is starting to become a trend. Anyway, Yuyushiki follows the formula that has become popular ever since K-ON became popular; three girls (I'll be surprised if a fourth doesn't randomly pop up later) start the new year at their high school with a series of hit-and-miss jokes that make the four-panel roots obvious. That said, the show is pretty harmless and it got a few laughs out of me, which is all you can reasonably expect from this kind of show. Yuyushiki isn't out to re-invent the wheel either; it seems to be perfectly happy with what's working for it. My only complaint at the moment is with the yuri elements; it seems like they're trying way to hard to put in some token fanservice, and it ends up coming across as creepy instead (ex: "LICK MY FACE"). The funniest part of the show was when the girls got access to the computers left behind by the Data Processing Club. Since The Laws of Anime dictate that they are going to revive the club, I'm happy if the rest of the show is just these characters commenting on random things that they find on the internet. That way, they'll have an endless source of material. However, I can only recommend this if you already like this kind of setup. If you've never watched this kind of show before, you'll know right away whether you'll be able to tolerate it or not. As for me, it'll serve as a good way to kill time. Images from Crunchyroll.com.
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