The fueled by the completion of my R2 collection rewatch is over, and I am starting to suspect that I'm overdosing with only a 6th pass. This time aroud, all sorts of imperfections get into my eyes and I began to place it among the weaker J.C.Staff's productions, art-wise. Certainly, it was well-directed and well-executed on the high level, but there was a lot of really sketchy character art. Fillers are annoying too and I pretty much fast-forwarded through things like crying babies, stamp card search, kitten invasion, everyone's day video. I think I'm not going to watch Mahoraba again any time soon.

Notes:

02 Saki says "long time no see" to Momo and Tama, meaning that she accounts for the passage of time while off-line.

13 Asami makes observation how people in the photo match current residents (when I wrote my spoiling notes, I thought it was my own idea; Asami misses the wrong generation gap though).

14 Woa, the Boy A drew "Reiko" with her head still attached. He's never done it before or after.

25 Tama's defeat was the best part of the anime indeed.

Words:

なじりかた -- namecalling (for Occult Lab president)
紅葉の中で / こうよう/もみじ - colorful leaves, both are used IIRC
ないしょく -- temporary job (not バイト)

UPDATE: It's weird, but while Azumanga -- a classic by J.C.Staff -- had a simplified art too, it looked much better. It was more consistent and purposeful, and with fewer mis-shaped faces. I just rewatched ep.10 for a check.