Pastel Memories

I am not too keen on complaining about this anime series, which I think is based on a pretty nice idea about "saving the otaku community". It also contains references to a very well-known anime series (Neon Genesis Evangelion) plus even lesser-known anime series (Is the Order a Rabbit?, Rozen Maiden, The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! etc.) in every episode. After all, it gently reminds me of other anime series that I have watched before, and I enjoyed speculating about what would be the next anime series to be referenced when watching each episode. Unfortunately, however, that was about the only thing I enjoyed! There were a lot of cute little girls, although not one of them pulled at my heartstrings. It is not just that I am probably going to forget their names after a few weeks (I may well have already forgotten them in fact), it is rather that I am going to forget these girls altogether. Neither the style of how the various manga/anime series were redeemed by the girls, nor the concept of the antagonists in the form of variously developed "viruses", nor the "main villain" impressed me either. Plus, it was mostly the same old same old, probably like Ash's encounter with the Team Rocket in Pokémon and (here we go yet again...), let us be honest here, it just gets pretty boring over time... I have never forgotten the anime series (that I have previously seen) referenced in this anime series, however, yet "Pastel Memories" will probably fade from my mind over time, and so when I compare this anime series to those that were mentioned in it and realize that the moment I guessed what they had in store for today's episode, my interest to keep watching it waned rapidly, I have to award it only something like 4.3/10. (02.05.2019)