Yuru Yuri... Should I watch it?

Cute girls just starting in middle school doing cute things and a catchy opening song (ゆりゆららららゆるゆり大事件) to sing along with, but is this the anime to watch?

Well, I would have my expectations to be currently lower than anime like A-Channel (Spring 2011). Don't forget that I'm also watching Kami-sama no Memo-chou and Steins;Gate at the same time. Oh, and No. 6 too.

I don't know... I'm leaning more towards dropping it though, but... they're so cute.

Episodes that takes place at beaches

Having watched several different anime, I'm starting to notice something that has been rather common: a whole episode dedicated to playing by the beach in the summer with a group of people. This theme has been used too much.

So, why the dislike towards it? Here:

• too common
• always takes place during the summer vacation
• a lot of emphasis on the girl's swimsuit
• the whole episode (and maybe the ones around it) is focused mainly on it
• no meaningful storyline development
• etc.

On top of that, I'm starting to watch more of the more serious ones. Love comedy ones are also fallen out of favor.

[New Series] God's Notebook

Japanese name: 神様のメモ帳 (Kami-sama no Memo-chou)
Season: Summer 2011

This first episode was a 1 hour special and aired ahead of its regular schedule. It also confirmed my wanting to "drop" Hanasaku Iroha after episode 12 and 13 failed to keep me from watching it and a lot of positive/negative reasons on it. I don't want to say anything bad about it, but let's just say I'm looking for something with a faster pace and more action.

This 1-hour special allows us to see more what this anime is about, character background, and the first case being solved of a group that deals with hunting down NEETs. The first case involves helping Miku on finding Sakuma Shouko, her senior, who is with her boyfriend. I need to watch this again to catch what happened as my watching of this episode has been interrupted with several hour gaps in between.

In terms of how similar to other anime this anime is let's put it this way since there are so many:

• more real-life/serious version of Ookami-san (Summer 2010)
  
• Has the same kind of atmosphere that Sigofumi (Autumn 2008) has, and oddly mixing it with N.H.K. ni Youkoso! (Summer 2006)
• visual-wise, by the same artist who did Hanasaku Iroha (Spring 2011)
• Steins;Gate (Spring 2011) for the mouthful/detail explanation of things (and Dr. Pepper references)
• Somewhat like To Aru Kakaku no Railgun (Autumn 2009), but in a more ordinary setting and without lengthy fighting scenes.

We'll see how this goes.