I don't need to title this post "DbD on Winter 2008", we all know where the thin slicing happens. Anyhow, the king of procrastinators finally delivers.

On H2O:

The problem is that H2O tries to portray itself as some higher class, gentle, sweet series with the cutesy artwork and the smiles of the haremettes, but don’t be fooled. The fanservice elements are crude. The uninspired loser male lead is blind, but being blind is just an excuse to have the writers put in as many groping “gags” as possible. There’s also very strong misogyny, even for a harem anime. The teaser in the first episode has guys beating up on a defenseless girl and continues to torment and physically abuse her throughout the episode. I haven’t seen this much domestic violence in anime since Rizelmine. But I’d expect nothing less from the Da Capo and Sister Princess production team.

That's what I call "giving them both barrels". Definitely goes to my "never to watch a single frame" list.

On True Tears:

What separates something like True Tears from something like H2O? Characters in True Tears behave kinda normally. They don’t act forced, and there’s a real flow to what they’re doing. It may not be exciting, but it’s not exactly like I’m saving the galaxy from [t]he anti-spirals day in and day out either in my real life. Secondly, True Tears doesn’t try to reinvent the genre, they just try to execute well. I like that. They’re also trying to make the most out sub-par material, and I like that as well. Also, True Tears is vastly superior in animation quality. The shot composition, the details, and the amount of animation is just incredible.

Told ya. And he skips talking about the all-Chinese production, no chauvinism here.