~Episode 130.5~

Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?

Studio: Project No.9

Premiere: April 7, 2016

Genre: Comedy, Romance, School-Life

Airtime (GMT+9): Thursdays 23:00

Episodes: TBA

Summary:

This light novel adaptation centers on Nishimura Hideki (Toyonaga Toshiyuki), a high school boy who once confessed to a girl in an online game, only for that girl to turn out to be a boy. He keeps this dark history a secret and swears to never to trust a "girl" online again. However, one day a guildmate confesses to him, and it turns out she's actually a beautiful girl named Tamaki Ako (Hidaka Rina). Whereas Hideki considers online and IRL to be separate, Ako can't tell the difference between the two, and she's a loner who has trouble communicating. After an IRL meet-up with guild master/student council president Goshouin Kyou (Ichimichi Mao) and tsuntsun twintails girl Segawa Akane (Minase Inori), Ako's affliction begins wreaking havoc with everyone's lives, so they decide to work together to "correct" Ako.

Own opinion:

Very rarely do I laugh out loud while previewing a series, but I did with this one, multiple times. While the setup is overly contrived—of course three of the four guildmates turn out to be girls, and all four of them conveniently go to the same school—it sets up a story that's really funny, mainly because all of the characters are bonkers. From Ako going into dark mode and railing about "normalfags" to Kyou trying to solve all her problems with money—and with both Akane and Hideki on hand to tsukkomi or add to the insanity, depending—they're all comedy goldmines, especially when combined. I have read the light novel of this one a long time ago so I assure you that its going to be a very funny anime!

Rank: 5.1 over 5 stars