by purplepolecat » Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:33 pm
During ep02 I started wondering if this is meant to be a deconstruction of the typical high school anime ero-comedy. Usually the consequences for a male protagonist getting caught stealing a girl's gym clothes, or (unintentionally) face-planting into a girl's boobs, is a brief outburst of angry retaliation from the victim, and amusement from everyone else. Watching these familiar scenes played out in AnH is like watching a man slip on a banana peel and break his spine, or take a pie in the face and lose an eye.
Kasuga's crushing sense of guilt is conveyed beautifully. It manages to be completely over the top, but at the same time nauseatingly realistic.