Genki Life Magazine 35 - Spring 2019

evident if you go visit just about any major anime image
board at the moment (which is also a bit ironic considering
that drawing such pictures is literally what Sagiri does for a
living herself).
Similarly, if Sagiri is supposed to be “the new” Kirino,
then you’d also have to argue that Elf is the new Kuroneko.
Elf is the energetic and weird yet funny girl of the show,
being an immensely talented writer but also a rather lazy
one who only sees her work as a hobby, and thus only writes
whenever she feels like it, much to the dismay of her editors.
Furthermore, she’s also a bit of a chuuni nutcase who consistently
does stupid things for the amusement of all. As a
result, while she’s not quite as sexualized as Sagiri is, overall
I would still say Elf is the most likable and entertaining
girl of Eromanga-sensei due to how enjoyable her personality
is. In other words it’s pretty much the same story as with
Oreimo where (in my opinion) Kuroneko was ultimately the
best girl even though Kirino was sexy as hell. For all the old
Ayase fans out there though, I’m sorry to say but there isn’t
really a replacement for her in Eromanga-sensei. Instead we
have Muramasa taking the role of the third love rival, but
she’s not particularly similar. If anything she’s the most publicly
affectionate towards Masamune out of the trio, but for
rather… questionable reasons.
As far as the story itself goes, the viewers are pretty much
told from the beginning that this will eventually head down
the pseudo-incest route as Masamune and Sagiri are evidentially
in love with each other and Masamune makes it
quite clear on numerous occasions that she is the only girl
he has eyes for. While he is still a little bit dense at times,
Masamune at least has the guts to confess that he is in love
with Sagiri from quite early on in the series, which is pretty
commendable considering their relationship. However, it
will probably take a while before that ship really sets sail,
because in this (first?) season alone, there isn’t really much
in the way of romantic progression beyond that confession.
It is more of a standard romcom in terms of execution thus
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