My favorite character is Yumoto/ Battle Lover Scarlet. He's so precious, with his love of animals, cuddles, and loving air of being a compassionate and caring person both as a child at heart and a Magical Boy. Also his relationship with his older brother is adorable and precious.
MAL link to Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!
Prologue: Just a dude looking to get better at reviewing/analyzing anime. I hope you enjoy the review and the discussion that follows! Critiques are welcome.
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!, contrary to its name, showcases a lot of hate, or at the minimum, dislike. Be it those around you or a pair of chopsticks, the show demonstrates that people often have those aspects of life that somehow seem to rub us the wrong way. Personally speaking, Iβm not too fond of the Beatlesβ music. Their style just doesnβt do anything for me. But where negative emotions are found, there is always positive thinking just around the corner. That is, if nothing else, the show provides us with the message that βall you need is love.β
STORY
Earth Defense Club follows five high school guys β Yumoto Hakone, Atsushi Kinugawa, Io Naruko, En Yufuin, and Ryuu Zaou β who are one day visited by an alien life-form known as Wombat. Upon his arrival, the men are forced to become the βBattle Lovers,β using their newfound powers to bring warmth and happiness to their fellow students turned monsters.
βMagical girlβ anime are a staple of the medium, and are really only possible under its format. Thus, Earth Defense Club capitalizes on this very idea. En, Yumoto, and the rest are themselves βmagical girls,β but it becomes pretty apparent that the show isnβt truly about this subset of anime. Instead, itβs the parody that it generates that gives it its distinct edge. The shiny transformations are plenty, the corny one-liners are in full-force, and the enemy happens to be winning until the group (eventually) unleashes their super, βall together nowβ move to save the day. It knows exactly what it wants to do at all points throughout the series, because it targets so many different facets of what it is poking fun at. Delving into so many areas that make up this genre, though, leads to an inherent problem: distinguishing the intentional parody from what it is legitimately trying to do. Because calling everything that the anime does βas part of the parodyβ makes it seem like it can do whatever it wants without ever being in the wrong.
For example, the show is quite repetitive in its presentation, with a new monster to defeat per episode. The lead up to the victory might be slightly different β a small argument between friends disjoints the group, the enemy is defea
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I really think that the Cute High Earth Defense Club Franchise (that being Love, itβs second season and OVA, and itβs spinoff Happy Kiss) is the most misunderstood and overhated series in the magical girl genre. I donβt understand why it got so much hate from magical girl fans. Is it cuz it was boys being magical? The overall amount of fan service? The fact that it was parodic in nature? Iβd like to know why.
Do you know the reasons? Do you like the Cute High Earth Defense Club Franchise? If not, why?
Iβd love to have a conversation about this anime.
Make your own Cute High Earth Defense Club Series following Happy Kiss! Name the show, what should it parody, and itβs motif?
Example:
Cute High Earth Defense Club Sweethearts
Motif: Baking
Parodies: The Magical Baker Characters (examples, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode and Amulet Clover from Shugo Chara)
You know? I mean...
