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Oh, sweet Yui love’n!

It’s no secret that when it comes to harem anime, I always have one favorite over all the others. It’s always the girl who’s shy, sweet, and most of all cute! I just love cute things. But for some reason when it comes to anime, all of these specific kinds of girls have blue hair. Tenchi Muyo had Sasami, Love Hina had Shinobu, Ai Yori Aoshi had Aoi-chan, Negima has Nodoka, and now Ichigo 100% has Yui!

But when it’s my favorite character we’re talking about, I expect a lot of good things to be done with her in the anime adaptation. First, the good: She’s just as sweet as she is in the manga! From her innocently waking up in bed with Jumpei, to her being afraid of dogs, to her lovingly offering to wash his back… She’s just so sweet and cute!.

However… something just didn’t look right with her… this character design just didn’t scream the kind of cuteness I got from the manga. But they didn’t have this problem in the OVA, right?

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It’s a little hard to tell from these caps, but in the OVA her hair is much rounder. Also, she has blue eyes in the OVA while here they’re green. It seems very petty, but they do make a huge difference when it comes to cuteness.

But all and all I was happy with her one episode appearance here, and hopefully she’ll be brought back before the season is over. The series is really starting to pick up now that they graduated middle school, and the preview show that Satsuki will be debuting on next weeks show. This fanboy is happy once again! ^_^