Otakuism

Turns out Moeblob the anime is actually entertaining. Who knew?

What is Potemayo? Well, no one really knows. Best guess is that some cat carcass got genetically crossed with a mountain load of sugar and revived by voodoo magic, but that’s just a guess. How she ended up in Moriyama’s refrigerator is another mystery, but I don’t think that he’s complaining. Not that he really has a thought about anything. Most taciturn protagonist in a comedy ever. What is known about Potemayo is that she can only speak in really cute sounds, is small, loves to eat, can’t control her bladder, has big enough teeth to rip your neck open, and is extremely violent to small birds and girl stalkers. And she’s a moeblob, the most perfect moeblob ever created. Not even “ughuu” can beat her. Hell, she even turns straight men gay (though there’s a question to Mudo’s straightness even before episode 2).

Aside from Potemayo there’s Guchuko, another weird moeblob that pops out of Moriyama’s fridge. Guchuko comes equipped with a scythe to cut apart anything that annoys her, yet she’s polite enough to tape back together what she destroys. Very thoughtful of her. She also has two sentient hairbands that shoot lasers from their mouths. Yes, it makes no sense, but how can you say no to being lasered to death by Guchuko when she’s so cute?

Potemayo has no real plot and just focuses on the many comedic relations between these strange people/moeblobs. It’s a refreshing comedy that relies more on physical humor and character quirks than X number of anime references or mindless fanservice. Aside from the moeblobs there’s Potemayo’s owner Moriyama, the said taciturn protagonist. You have to respect any guy that can take wearing a skirt and getting his head pissed on with a straight face. Moriyama’s just that kind of man. His two male friends I like to dub the ambigiously gay duo. Mudo is a member of the male cheerleading club, which he only seems to be in so he can wear a skirt. Meanwhile, Mudo’s large friend obsesses over his wellbeing all the time and brings up Brokeback Mountain as a prime example of male friendship. Yeah, there’s some questions about these two.

But none of them beat Mikan, Moriyama’s stalker. Perhaps even stalker is too lite a word for her. She constantly obsesses over Moriyama’s every action and word, exploding into fits of fangirlish glee when he even so much as looks at her. Two of these fits even get her sent to the hospital, which I found hilarious. Any scene that dramatically cuts to the character leaving in an ambulance I just love. Mikan’s two female friends aren’t as crazy as the rest; one being the object of Guchuko’s dere-dere mode while the other points out how stupid everyone is in a very annoying high pitched voice. Potemayo is looking to be the surprise hit for the summer season. Hell, it’s already taken /a/ over. I’m looking forward to more of this, but hopefully I won’t have diabetes by the end from the moe overload.