Yeah, I didn’t know.

Japan…god damn you, what the hell?

Basically, the entire plot of this show is based around the notion that Lotte’s species (succubus) must intake a special something from males in order to satisfy the need for a convenient plot device to drive the story.

I, literally, found out about this yesterday. I thought all the translations about “sucking off” were just plays on words. I thought it was just your average anime double entendre floating through skilled translation.

I was so wrong.

Although, this does explain why Naoya didn’t put up much of a fight when presented with a job opportunity across dimensions.

One would have to be infinitely dense to not have seen the Holmes/Watson direct allusion between Victorica and Kujo. Of course, I’m confident that there was no love interest between Doyle’s two iconic characters. Although, knowing the internet, rule 34 would have cured that by now.

I suppose it is asking too much to produce a story about detectives and mysteries that doesn’t have a Holmes-type character. The archetype has become the essence of the brilliant investigator. Moreover, people accept it. They even wish and expect it. So, the obvious result is a batch of characters loosely based around a stock set of archetypes and plots.

We’re supposed to forgive this slight simply because Victorica is freaking adorable…so damn freaking adorable. Are we supposed to fall all over ourselves just because she pulls out a pipe before solving a mystery?

Well, I say, not unless there are bubbles!

At least, they haven’t had her pull out a magnifying glass.

The most unique aspect of this show is the endless wardrobe that Victorica seems to posses. In particular, the many bonnets and headbands (you had to see that coming).

PSG came out of nowhere. For the first ten episodes I had ignored the show. This was the case even though it was getting very good reviews from pretty much everywhere.

Generally, I don’t give the consensus on the entertainment value of a show much weight. It isn’t because I feel my own views are superior. Quite the opposite, my tastes are far less picky than most.

On that note, you know who else has taste that aren’t that picky, Panty. Horny girls aren’t anything new in anime, but Panty takes that–usually comedic–persona and amps it up past anything imaginable. It’s probably the more blatant and funny running joke in the series.

Her penchant for fornication is only one of the running gags in the show. Each character has some prevailing attribute that appears to be some type of sexual fetish. For that matter, the entire show seems to be a bunch of sex jokes.

I’m glad that the show got over its initial experimentation with poo, in the early episodes. Many may have mistakenly taken these episodes as some juvenile humor about farts, smells, and bodily excretions. Those many would be wrong, in a sense, because poo falls solidly within a sexual fetish known as “scat porn” (don’t tell anyone I never learned you nothing).

I initially found only one fault with the show. It’s Panty and Stocking’s lack of hair accessories. Of course, this is simply a reflexive emotional response on my part. After all, the hairpin is the epitome of innocents, cuteness, and beauty. Upon further thought it became readily apparent why the character designs left out a prominent hair accessory. It’s basically because both Panty and Stocking are pretty slutty. The accessories would interfere with the ho-bag characterization.

Note: Yes, I understand that Stocking has a bow. However, that bow doesn’t seem to serve a function. It’s there for no reason. It doesn’t count.

Manami is so damn awesome, despite her hair accessory handicap. Although, she has glasses (+1).

…that is all.

People have the ability to hold contradictory information or ideas in their minds. If the person is unwilling or unable to resolve the conflict, this causes a problem. Our logical minds like things to be logically connected (premise + premise = conclusion, cause = effect, given A and B then C, etc.).  That state of mind that people get from holding ideas that don’t mesh is known as cognitive dissonance.

There are several means of dealing with cognitive dissonance. One could resolve the conflict. Resolution can be difficult because it may entail coming to terms with truths that conflict with other ideas, resulting in more dissonance. Too often, the easier route is to change one’s world view to accept the contradiction, resolving the conflict. It’s easier that it would seem.

Case in point: Kirino. Kirino is a pedo. This doesn’t mean that she is going to go out and attack children. Though, strictly by the book, she skirts the definition a little. Let’s just put it this way, she wants a little sister to do naughty things with.

Or maybe not. It may be that she wants to be the little sister.

The artist captured the “perv” quite nicely in this above image. Notice, even the hairpin cannot cover the abundance of depravity.