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REVIEW: Comic Artist and His Assistants Episodes 1-12 Streaming

'Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun' is an excellent show, but it's a 24 minute shoujo adaptation involving a young girl chasing her love. It's the classic 'love comedy' that's a staple of every Anime season, reminiscent of 'Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou', and arguably comparable to 'Love Stage!'. Which I'd mention because if the reviewer was taking this show as an accurate reflection of a manga's production, he'd notice the fact that an adult male ecchi author would have four female assistants, all dedicated to manga, and none of them would be fujoshi to begin with. How realistic is that?! Though that, admittedly, may be a stereotype that the reviewer may condemn, as it isn't progressive or liberal, nor accurately reflects on current moral standards.

It's not licensed,

No. It's criticized for being "stupid" ecchi. Using a common overly perverted protagonist that has CERTAINLY never been done before but trying to justify his obnoxious behavior with him having a heart of gold underneath. It doesn't help that his assistant doesn't have much self respect. She punches him for saying stupid crap but when he asks if he can watch her groping herself because it's for his work she agrees? Yeah...........good quality stuff right there. Totally deserving of at the very least a A- right?

The show is good on a it's so stupid it's funny level but there really isn't anything beyond that to praise it for. This is low brow ecchi at it's best. It's work for the demographic but if the specific demographic is the only thing your show appeals too how does it deserve to be called anything more than medicore? At least shows like Highschool DxD have decent story and characters to offset the fanservice.

One question begs to be asked.

WHY did you bother reviewing this?

Did you have a quota to be met?

Really, reviewing this show is completely unnecessary. It's not licensed, it's not talked about, it is not, and is not meant to be, notable in any way. From second one of the show you know what you're getting and whether or not you'd be interested in watching it. So, it's a cheap ecchi comedy. In the immortal words of Stimpson J. Cat, "This looks a great place to kill twelve minutes."

You make points that I agree with. However, I felt the reviewer was criticizing to show simply for BEING ecchi. If like you, he would have stated that the show does not live up to the top of its genre, I would have respected his opinion. But, he was low-balling the show simply because of the sexual elements which are stanard fare in the genre.

Also, please ANN, let another person review any show with at least a slight hint of sexuality. It seems Carl takes things way out of context. One of the previous posters on this page, dudebro, posted my thoughts exactly. There's been other previous posters with the same opinion. There's no point in putting these reviews out of shows like this, an ecchi-comedy for god's sake, and Date A Live, where Carl seems to take his real-life feminism views to the anime universe.

A note to people who have not seen the show, if you are looking for a funny sex comedy, maybe if you enjoyed Seitokai Yakuindomo as well, then I recommend this show.

To be serious now, Carl is of course not satirizing anything. He is actually being serious. As a responsible feminist he is always on the prowl for anything that oppresses women, and if he cannot find it then he just has to invent it, which is what he's done here.

Yuuki Aito is a manga artist. He's also a pile of various perversions. He works with a team of assistants, all of whom, through some strange and inexplicable twist of fate, are beautiful women. Together with his editor—by total coincidence his lovely childhood friend—they get into various compromising situations together.