Mahoromatic seasons 1&2 where a buetiful blend with some classy acting from genoen. With some kick arse action scenes and smut humor :o, i enjoyed every moment of it, and i really felt for the charecters. So much so that this series has made me cry the hardiest then any other anime Remember kids, 15+ please ;P
      

        I think Japanese television is superior to American television. I do. I think that Japanese anime is truly great and because they limit most of their shows to one or two seasons, they allow for great stories with conclusions and romance and moral lessons that you could never get in America, where all that matters is extending the life of every show until people stop watching it. However, there is also something negative that, unfortunately, inherently comes with anime as well: incredibly bad endings. It’s almost unfathomable how every now and then, you can watch a perfectly normal show and then be greeted with an endingso egregiously bad, that you are actually laughing out loud. To date, I’ve never watched an American show and laughed at a really bad ending, but I’ve watched at least three of four anime series where this has happened. (Certain examples are Blue Drop and Magikano) It’s truly disappointing, however, when you come across a good show where this happened, because you’re enjoying yourself and you get hit with an anvil.
Well, sadly enough, Mahoromatic Season 2, without a doubt, comes packed with the worst ending I have ever, ever seen. I had tears in my eyes as I laughed at its ridiculous last episode, and then when that died down, my mouth was merely agape. Now, I could go on and on about how miserably bad it was, but I’m not going to bother, because it’s that disconnected. If I had seen only the first 11 of the 13 episodes, I could write a completely different review with a lot of positives, so I’ve decided that’s what I’ll do now.
The story is essentially about a parentless boy Suguru, who is rich enough to hire a maid. His maid, Mahoro, is a hot, retired, android warrior who used to work for an organization designed to keep the peace between alien forces that are waging war in Earth’s skies without humans knowing about it. There are two catches: 1. She’s going to run out of life force in less than two years and 2.) she was forced to kill his father, who was a commander of Vesper, her old organization. For the first 11 episodes, Mahoromatic’s second season gives a lot more of what it gave us the first season: some good laughs, sweet moments, well-done battle scenes, and a lot more fan service. Plus, there was romance, which was great, since it wasn’t really assured if the show was going to turn that corner with the two main characters. And for the first ten episodes or so, its mainly fluffy slice of life – there isn’t any real drama as one would think upon reading the synopsis of the story. In that way, the story is actually charming and the unique characters only make the show more appealing.
There’s a lot to take from this show and I would recommend it to anyone as long as they are fully aware that the ending to this anime is essentially the worst on…. like… earth. That’s all. I can’t say much more than that.
      

        When I first started watching Mahoromatic I mistakenly considered it a light and fluffy piece of anime with just enough eechi in it to keep interest up. And in the beginning it was light and fluffy. But I fell into a trap; many great anime series started out light and slowly evolved into something completely different; Neon Genesis Evangelon and Trigun for examples. I thought at first it was a bit sad to remind the viewers at the end of every episode how many days Mahoro has left to live, and unlike western programs I know the Japanese aren't going to find a magic wayto save her but in the end it worked for the best.

The story I rated 9 - it was very entertaining, with a lot of humor and sweetness to make you fall in love with Mahoro, but as the story develops it becomes richer with more depth as the back stories come to light. I only wish there were more information on the three struggling powers: Saint, Vesper, and Management. I also wish there were more information on Siguru's ancestry. My advice is to kick back and just enjoy the first season, but as the 2nd season progresses pay more and more attention to what's going on outside of the house.

I also rated the art a 9. I don't rate anime on how well the drawings project the human body, but how well the drawings project the idea of the story.  When Mahoro goes into battle mode the art is incredible - the orange/red/black coloring of the artwork is incredible in its ability to project power. Then again the art also projects the tranquility of a Japanese spring morning, or the loneliness of a man without a home or a friend.

The sound was ok, but what can I say, I'm a sucker for cute feminine voices and up tempo closing theme songs. A mambo! Who woulda thunk up that besides the Japanese.

The characters were all well defined and stayed true to themselves through out the entire series. Minewa was the epitome of cute while Mahoro was the embodiment of sweet - even in battle mode. While a couple were a bit annoying their quirks made the more reasonable characters that much more reasonable.

Enjoyment for me was a solid 10. While not Gone With The Wind or War and Peace material, it was a good solid view that left a lasting impression. Along with telling a wonderful story it also shows interesting things that the Japanese take for granted, things we westerners aren't familiar with; The Japanese version of Christmas is more like our version of Valentines, their version of Valentines is backwards compared to ours (the women there give candy) and White Day, where the man repays for the gifts received on Valentines doesn't exist here. The episode that showed the 'typical' New Years celebration was also fantastic. Many fansub groups do a good job explaining these differences but unfortunately the companies that release the DVD's to the US market ignore our need to figure out what they are doing.

I highly recommend this for anyone (over the age of 16) to add to their library.
      

        Ok, my review doesn't only pertain to this season 2 of this anime, instead it also extend to its season 1, OVAs and it's special episodes as well. So let's get down to business: Story: fair 6 Even if the plots only focuses on comedy, ecchi, sci-fi and drama the 3 genre's is enough to carry this anime through. Its other genre like harem, isn't much because even though this anime has a harem genre, it is not a true harem since the muchacho (male lead) only has feelings for the chiquita (female lead), the psychological genre part however is merely trivial to the overall anime. Art: poor3

What can I say, I really don't like the water color based paints that composes the art form of this anime.

Sound: poor 3

I just hate the opening and ending theme of this anime.

Character: fair 6

Well, I’d say that there are some characters here that really fit the part, but there are some who should have had some bigger part and not just regulated into bit roles, but then their roles have gone way beyond as to what their description said like:

Mahoro Andou- ok, so she’s an android, but the way she was portray doesn’t make her one, instead she kinda looks like “Super girl” in a maid costume. Ok, so let’s put it this way, the author “Bunjuro Nakayama” thought he did made a good character out of her, but, he can’t seem to differentiae between a “Cyborg” and an “Android,” though both can be referred to as moving biped machines with humanlike features they are totally different, a cyborg is a “Cybernetic Organism” simply, it is part human or someone who was once human and integrated into a machine. Now, a cyborg would require 2 means of obtaining energy, first it’ll require human food to maintain it’s human part’s nutrition and 2nd it require a direct source of energy from a electronic charging apparatus for it’s mechanical fuction, also a cyborg has gender distinction, while an android doesn’t, in fact an “android” is 100% machine, it is neither a he or a she, unlike an android it only requires one source for power and it is usually direct from a charging apparatus. When it comes to there “Artificial Intelligence” and “Emotional Intelligences” androids are incapable of such emotions and it’s intelligence rely on it’s stored data, while a cyborg……well, it depends as to what purpose they were created or modified for and frankly that’s a grey matter. If we’re to analyze Mahoro, I’d say that she’s neither android nor cyborg. Let’s not forget that her organization VESPER did mentioned that SAINT technology was use in creating her so this make her a “Synthetically Enhance Humanoid,” which means that she has humanlike features, but possesses superhuman abilities, she’s not only intelligent, but she capable of having human emotions. However the technology use to create her also has a downside which is a limited life span.

Suguru Misato- I’m puzzled as to how in the final episode of this anime as was he still manages to survived a stab in the heart from a light saber, when he is a  human? And I do wonder as if was able to find out as to what really happen to his father, I kinda find it funny with the awkward situations were he has to find a way to hide his porn stash from Mahoro and the fan service thing that involves his math teacher Saori Shikijo. I also felt a kind of sympathy for him at the 13th episode when Mahoro has to break her promise to be with him forever in order to save him.

Minawa Andou- Geez, I really to know what to say about this character, but she kinda useless, but I do adore her relationship with one of Misato’s friend Hamaguchi, but I hate that her role is that of a clumsy cyborg living and working as a maid for the Suguru household.

Slash- I would never understand why the author of this anime/manga has to make him into a big black talking cat.

Saori Shikijo- I would probably describe her as the main ecchi in this anime/manga, though I find it her irritating that she’s freeloading in Suguru’s house, I do find her hot and cute especially in her naked glory. Though she does have some fantasies involving Suguru, but it is clear that she only wants to pop  Suguru's cherries but doesn’t wanna have any relationship with him except to freeload on food and to use his bath.

Miyuki Sakura – According to info, she’s Misato’s childhood friend, but, unlike any childhood friend, she doesn’t seem to compete for Misato’s affection, in fact none of the other girls were competing for the latter’s affectionor at least in the anime.

Rin Todoriki – Info states that she’s into martial arts, but in this anime I’ve never saw her get some actions except get into some awkward fanservice, and just like Miyuki, she doesn’t seem to have any romantic interest with Suguru.

Chizuko Oe – Another one of Suguru’s friends and a certify foodie, but I really wonder as to why the author of this anime didn’t made a funny concept to make her look fat.

Toshiya Hamaguchi and Kiyomi Kawahara – 2 of Suguru friend with a penchant for porn. In my opinion they’ll be funnier if there were scene where they peek at a girl’s locker. 

And the rest like Toh Ryuga and Feldrance they’re the antagonist and in this anime and  somebody has to be one, except for Toh, who did portrayed as an enemy at first and an ally next,  
 
 
    

Enjoyment: fair 6

This anime isn't much, but to be honest it is the fanservice that attracted me into it at the first place, however I felt touch on the last 3 episode of this season 2 when the chiquita has to leave the mucahcho in order to save him at the cost of her remaining lives and I do mean "Lives" since she still has 200 something days  before she shuts down.

Overall: fair 6

Overall, even though this whole series of animes from season 1 to season 2 up the OVAs and specials, this anime is something to be given a benefit of a doubt, sure, there were some short comings but the bond that exist between the chiquita (female lead) and the muchacho (male lead) makes up for it couple with some funny fanservice. However, the problem with this overall anime is that it has a lot of special episodes and OVAs that could have be more appropriate if the author could just integrate in a regular episode like the 2 episode OVA “Mahoromatic: Tadaima  Okari” were it should have been integrated in this second season instead of being a separate series.
      

        Mahoromatic S2 is not really like S1. It has much focus on romance, slice of life and school life. But its ending is truly both breathtaking and confusing. And worse than S1. Be careful for an anti-climatic dramatic ending. I watched all in eng subs except for ep 10 and 14, which I watched in eng dub. Story:7 We start off with a crisis, where a secret organization threatens SAINT and Vesper. Along the intro of the crisis, Minawa arrives, and then slice of life and romance galore. After quite some episodes and some small problems here and there, we have a major crisis with the secret organization. WellI think that the slice of life segments were handled well, and everything after that sucks. Too many things unexplained, crises resolved too easily, too many tragical incidents after quite a number of "sunny episodes".

The ending episodes was absolutely horrible. Closure was filled with twists, and the very last part of the closure was hard to interpret. But there is a forum post in ep 14 discussion that explains the last part quite well.

Art:6
Seems worse than last season, the colors seem to be watercolor, and at times the animation wasn't that fluid.

Sound:7
OP was quite good. ED song's tune and animation was ok, but lyrics was about boobs. Which was... lol.

Character:5
Bad. Very bad. Minawa's character development was mianly in her past only, and her presence was barely grown until only near the end of the series. The other characters do not have much character development.

I realised too that by the end of S1 and S2 only Mahoro seems to be the defining character in this anime series.

Character interaction was good though... relationships were handled and grown very well until the ending parts (where the secret organization struck till end of ep14)

Character stability and closure was VERY VERY WEAK in the last 1 or 2 eps. Just watch and you should see why.

Enjoyment:6
I enjoyed the front part of S2, but started to have a headache and shake my head from the ep where Mahoro woke up in a strange way. From that ep on everything was kinda weird, too much unexplained stuff... and problems were resolved TOOOOO easily that they seem to be jokes.

Somehow I am starting to wonder if GAINAX is bad at producing endings. For S1 and S2.

Overall:7
Good slice of life and romance in earlier eps, unique eps in ending parts. Could have been presented much better.

Heart-warming but not really tear-jerking.
      

        Mahoromatic was a great anime to watch, it wasn't because it had an exeptional story or an undefinable amount of plots. It was because the anime have a lot of positive feelings captured in it. Practically the entire anime, both season 1 and 2 can be seen again. All the characters are drawn with a nice older touch, that is very rare in newly released anime. The Female main character is so cheerful that you can't help, letting off a little smile yourself. I watched the series all over again when i was done, because the characters warmed my heart. As for the story, i think it wasfine for the genre, but should the creaters of this anime read this review then i pledge them to make another ending, since what was a cheerful anime to me suddenly became very sad.

So please do yourself a favor. Throw away the whole fast forward thing in the end and make it a better and happy ending. Including all the side characters as well. If this is possible then you would make my world a lot brighter :)
      

        (This review covers both seasons of the same series). Well, I already told you info about Gainax via the previous two reviews of anime I did on them so what about this another anime studio that they collaborated with, Shaft. Shaft is known for producing such anime as the critically and somewhat fan-acclaimed Puella Magi Madoka Magica (and I actually love that show, along with the English dub of the show) and…..Dance in the Vampire Bund (thankfully, somebody already covered that show in this group) and that have collaborated more in the distant future but for Mahoromatic, this is a very mixed concept of ashow that manages that can be both fascinating and very awkward. 

The story is about a combat android named Mahoro has driven into guilt by her actions in her combat days want to retire her days in peace as a live-in maid, serving the son of her late commanding officer, Suguru Misato, a phenomenally messy high school student who lives by himself after his family passed away. However, if she lays down her arms and conserves her remaining power, the time she has left can be prolonged to just over a year and as for their later episodes, as the relationship between Mahoro, Suguru and his classmates develops further, another android girl enters their lives and becomes attached to Mahoro. All the while, the number of days before Mahoro is to shut down decreases steadily.

Now, I really have low expectations when I came upon watching this so here are the things that I think are positive for the show: I actually like Mahoro as a character in the show because her character and backstory kept me intrigued and although I really don’t feel relatable to her because I really don’t know anyone as a combat maid or even a regular maid (I think, memory of mine is a bit fuzzy). Plus, you’ll start to actually care for her since you’ll know she isn’t long for this world since every episode ends with how many days before she stops functioning, even if the episode is more comedic than their serious ones. 

As for Suguru and his friends, well, they are the neutral part of the series for me. Suguru isn’t a bad character but he isn’t much of one in the series. He can be a bit of a weenie in the first few episodes but can stand up for himself a few times but I wouldn’t count on expecting it every time. Also, Suguru has some female friends Miyuki (the blue-haired tomboyish member of the Triomatic), Rin (the brown-haired and tallest member of the Triomatic) & Chizuko (the short blonde-haired girl who orgasms everytime she eats something) who I think want to get closer to him and be more than friends (‘lucky bastard’) although they really don’t carry the plot much. They are mostly the harem part of the show and yet most of the time he looks at dirty magazines with his friends Hamaguchi & Kawahara. Dude, you got not only one, two but FIVE girls admiring you from afar and yet you look at many images of naked woman and yet when you see them for real, you freak out which is normal when seeing one out of the blue but still….Suguru, you dull but lucky bastard. There is also Minawa, an android working for Management, the newer addition in the second season, who poses in school as Mahoro’s younger sister and she always manages to trip and fall down and always apologizes for doing that. I don’t want to say she’s slow, I don’t think she is but I can’t really defend her on that plus Hamaguchi does have a crush on her in a few episodes and that’s basically it on her.

However, when the show stops funny, they bring out Saori Shikijo, the homeroom teacher of Suguru’s class and have a very deep attraction to him and always remind us every time about that. My God, she is the most annoying character in this show and all the times she appears out of nowhere, it is very cringeworthy on the screen and wish this character didn’t actually exists and I actually wanted Mahoro to really mess her up and the fact Shikijo always teases her about her breast size since by comparison, Shikijo wins in that area but she’s still a bitch.

There is also Slash, the robot panther or “support mech” who works for Mahoro and Ryuga, who poses as a teacher to investigate Mahoro on what she’s doing at Earth. Alongside with Mahoro, these two is also my favorite characters on the show. I actually now want a robot panther as a pet now and having Steve Blum voicing Ryuga is icing on the cake, even if the cake is a bit tart.

On the animation courtesy of Gainax and Shaft, the movements in the fight compliments much of the Gainax style even if it looks like it was made in the ‘90s (this show was made in 2001-2003) and has the depict of weirdness and surrealism (maybe) that most people expect from Studio Shaft. Did I forget to mention BOOBIES GALORE!?!?!??!!? Yes, every female on the show does appear either it’s a panty shot, in their underwear, and baring it all or it does get a bit tiring at some parts and kind of creepy, too. Look, some nudity is nice and all but I don’t always want to be expecting it at every nook and cranny. I don’t have much to say about the music except some of it does fit the tone of the series and yet I always skip the opening and ending songs as I really don’t care for them after the episode ends but the satellite poems after the songs are nice, too.

FINAL VERDICT: Mahoromatic can be a bit problematic with some of the stuff they come up with. They develop a fascinating character to get into but brought in some very uninteresting characters that have nothing to do with the main story and one character to completely loathe. The fan service is very liberal in its usage but it gets very played out at some point. Some episodes I actually had fun with and enjoy some of the hilarity in them and the other episodes that contribute to the story helps as well. I wouldn’t recommend you watch the series immediately but for a Gainax series, it’s not actually mind-blowing but it’s passable.
      

        Just finished to watch...until the last 3-4 parts it was fine...but the ending...terrible:( I don`t have any issues with "sad" or "let the people decide what kind of ending they want" style (like Elfen Lied ending, which can be happy and sad too) but this was horrible...And when I saw the manga ending...tsk....What the hell? The season 1 was superb...lots of fun, really lovely characters, it was 9/10 for me...season 2 was slightly worst, but still 8/10 until the last few parts..then it went to 1/10....I`m really disappointed :(
      

        PROS: More humor Increased character depth Miss Shikijo is more tolerable CONS: The last episode is a little unsatisfying STORY: One of the most noticeable differences is the increase in humor. The show will have you laughing much more then the previous season, although things get even more serious towards the end then last season. personalty i really liked the lighthearted approach. It was nice to see Mahro enjoy the peace she earned at the end of the last season.ART:
The art is the same as before. There were no major differences that I noticed.

SOUND:
Bridget Hoffman once again proves her talent as a voice actor, she's even better then she was last time. Derek Stephen Prince did an outstanding job as 
Suguru

I enjoyed the music more this time. I especially liked the opening theme, it does a good job of getting you in the mood to watch the show. 

CHARACTERS:
The characters have more depth this time around, i thought the relationship between Mahro and Suguru developed quite nicely. Suguru's friends were more enjoyable.

OVERALL:
I don't have any major complaints about this anime. Every epsiode was a joy to watch. They improved on just about eveything.
      

        WARNING: This review contains minor SPOILERS Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushi Mono is the sequel to its predecessor, Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden. Those who have watched the first season have probably come to love the nostalgic 90s cel art style, the lovable bunch of characters ranging from our favourite combat robot maid Mahoro to the little gourmet-cum-glutton Chizu, the uncensored bath scenes, the happy slice of life moments and the slight hints at romance interspersed with the overall plot. I watched the first season and loved every moments of it. But studio Gainax fails to deliver the same level of enjoyment in this second season. The season picks upright where the previous one left off. Mahoro is working as a maid at Suguru's house and as we all are painfully aware, she still has a rapidly approaching expiration date. Right in the first episode we are introduced to a new character, Minawa, who is a combat cyborg similar to Mahoro. She has apparently deserted from her organization and hopes to find a new home. And in a predictable turn of events, our main character duo of Suguru and Mahoro decide to take her in. Sounds good so far, right? Well, the problem is that this is the only significant event that happens in the entire first 10 episodes of this season. Really, I'm not kidding. The first season was much, much better in the regard that even though it felt like watching a slice of life anime, you could certainly feel the plot moving forward in each episode, whether that be in the form of character development or actual plot-significant events taking place. This season felt like watching Naruto filler. 

I guess the reason for this is that the creators wanted to delve into Minawa's character at a gradual pace, but no matter how you look at it, it was a terrible decision. Her character isn't even that complex or anything new. It's the same age-old trope of the character whose past is associated with the enemy but is actually still secretly a spy of the enemy however they come to love the main characters and after betraying them they decide to take their side in the end. Yeah, it's as simple as that but for some reason Gainax thought that they needed to dedicate 10 episodes for making the viewers realize this. 

Another gripe I have with this is that it spent so much time on pointless things but all the important things were just glossed over. For example, take Mahoro's guilt over killing Suguru's father. Normally you'd expect that this will be touched upon in an entire episode, with Suguru finding out about it, and we'll see his reaction, how he deals with it, etc. But no, this is just glossed over in a 3 second dialogue during a fight scene. Absolutely baffling. There's also the case of how Mahoro's death occurs. With all the episodes ending with a panel saying "XXX days left until Mahoro stops functioning" you'd expect that the when the time comes for Mahoro to finally rest in peace it will be something like Plastic Memories, a memorable, touching scene of parting. I won't spoil it but let's just say that it's nothing like that. Well, to be fair maybe it's just me that's bothered by this, though. Not everyone has the same expectations. Anyhow, it really does seem like Gainax just focused on Minawa and only remembered that there was a plot to wrap up when only 3 episodes were left. 

Well, I don't have the energy to type much more about this, but last thing I want to mention is the ending. All I'll say is that this anime has a classic Gainax ending. That essentially means that no person on this planet will completely be satisfied with it. It will leave you with an emptiness in your heart. Maybe it will lead you to read the manga, which supposedly has a different ending, or maybe it will make you curse Gainax and give all their anime a 1/10 rating. Whatever suits you. But the fact remains that you will never really find closure.

And that's all folks, thanks for reading my review. I don't do these very often, after all.
      

        "I thought this was just gonna be an average Rom-com between the MC & an Android heroine but It turned out unexpectedly good & more than what I imagined It to be." While It might seem like a fun filled Rom-com with mild ecchi scenes at first..There's actually a serious storyline behind all that Rom-Com drama which was clearly surprising..The story has a very unique feel to It which keeps you interested & makes you feel sad as each episodes go by (For an obvious reason). Well,although outdated the Animation/Artstyle is decent enough,I would expect no less from Gainax & Shaft.& some very drastic twists towards the ending. 
Season 2 felt very rushed to me but the ending was kinda beautifull.
      

        I expected more from this after watching the first season, which I enjoyed. This season is a bit of a disappointment for me, I expected it to advance our main characters a bit. Unfortunately, that's all I got, a bit of character development. I liked the new characters that were introduced, they provided some entertainment. I like the way the characters were drawn, the colours and the backgrounds were fine. I liked the ending song of this season, but not as much as the one of the first season. And while the story slowly, very slowly advances, it feels like we are not getting anywhere.(are we there yet?) I enjoyed most of the situations the characters were put in, except for one thing. There was always a battle in every episode, most of which were unnecessary. The crew seem to have created confrontations that were pointless, and that just ruined the experience for me. I made it through 9 episodes before it became too much for me, I wish that the majority of the episodes had situations that didn't involve loud arguments and physical battles. It would have been a better series without them.
      

        After an entertaining first season, the show goes downhill in this follow-up. Apparently two secret organisations weren't enough because suddenly there's a third, along with a second combat maid. This season has all the hallmarks of a story that has prematurely run out of ideas, and just throws a pile of new characters in to paper over the cracks. Despite covering the remaining months before Mahoro is due to stop functioning, the story loses interest in her for almost the entire season, instead shifting the focus to this new cyborg maid Minawa (whose primary trait is that she falls over a lot) and her falteringromance with a character who manages to be even more devoid of personality than the protagonist. Those characters then vanish from the story altogether for most of the final few episodes, which hastily try to course correct the focus back to Mahoro as we find out what ultimately becomes of her. It's all too rushed and so its attempts to tug at the heartstrings fall flat. All this culminates in a thoroughly miserable final episode that tries to pivot to an uplifting ending at the last minute, but without having done anything to foreshadow its final twist it feels nonsensical. I'm still not entirely sure what the hell happened at the end.

Sadly the production values take a nosedive this season too, with only a scant handful of shots in the action scenes showing any of that trademark Gainax flair. There are a few decent comedy moments scattered through the season, but that side feels tired by this point too as it continues to repeat the same beats over and over. Even though this gives a definite ending to the story, season 2 is a tedious mess for the most part.