Looks like my bright hope for the season turned out to be a dud, and I'm saying that as a guy who liked the food discussion in Lucky Star 01. Talk about dragging forever.

I heard from bloggers that it gets better later, for example Kuro said about ep.02: "Oh my god, Hyakko went from “mediocre” to “awesome” in this episode". So, I'm going to give Hyakko a chance. On the other hand, I disliked Ichigo Mashimaro because Miu was an annoying little jerkface who spoiled the whole show, so I'm not very optimistic. Hyakko is unfortunately the title character.