Is shuffle anime good???
I have no excuse. I had pre-viewing knowledge that this show would, like so many before it, cause me great physical and mental pain upon viewing, and STILL I went ahead with it. I dunno … maybe it’s just the amount of schadenfreude that keeps me going at times — the sheer pleasure I get out of watching a show thoroughly bombing — because I really can’t think of any reason why anyone would want to subject themselves to SHUFFLE! And yes, that’s how the title is: all capitals and an exclamation mark at the end, as if that would make the show all that and a bag o’ fries. And, like so many shows before it, the main content seems to be firmly rooted in the antics and happenings of a somewhat bland male lead and the girls who find themselves attracted to him for being “such a nice guy”, which has me wondering whether most of the male Japanese citizenry is a collection of humongous jerks. The first of the girls we meet is Kaede, his roomie and housekeeper. Naturally, like any “proper Japan
