I read the manga, and I cannot believe they went this far, this strong, on the material that they had. It's one thing to make anime from essentially no material, when you have a free hand, like they had in Strike Witches. But it's another thing to pick something already well-developed and make it interesting and, well, anime.

Not only skits are lively, Hotaru is realized wonderfuly. She could be annoying so easily, with her single-minded obsession with the snacks. But they did it so well.

And surprisingly, I don't see all that much dumb sexual innuendo. Sure, there are jokes. But the execution is smooth and tactful.