Amaenaide yo!!

"Buddhism turned extreme ... in an erotic way ..." What happens when you put a monk and a bunch of nuns together in a temple? Performing exorcism all day and night? Not really ... performing perverted, ecchi stuff all day and night? O yeah! Amaenaide yo! is an anime that can easily get faithful Buddhists ticked and non believers wonder "what the heck" is Buddhism. While this is only half of the story (you need to watch Amaenaide yo!! Katsu!! to get the complete picture to the story), it does serve its purpose quite well as a building block to the sequel. Story: The show is very episodic by nature, thus one can watch all the episodes in whichever order one pleases (except for episode 1 and 12) and will still be able to follow the story. Nearly all episodes contain some sort of ecchiness (rated R) though they can hardly be compared to Kanokon. In terms of plot, the story is rather simple and easy to comprehend throughout the series. In fact the story is so simple that if the ecchiness can be taken out of the anime, the show is actually more suitable for children than young adults. (Ecchi Power Rangers, anyone?) Art: When I first started watching this show, the characters looked very awkward to me due to their unusual round faces and marble-like eyes (especially Chitose the main female lead). The animation quality is very consistent throughout the series and the transition from scene to scene is also very smooth. Sound: The OP and ED are nothing very spectacular, however that is not to say they will make your ears bleed. There are a few notable CV: The main female lead, Chitose, is voiced by Mai Nakahara who is known for Nagisa in Clannad, Mai in Mai HiME and Mai Otome. Ikkou the main male lead, is voiced by Chihiro Suzuki who is known for Kouta in Elfen Lied, Luke in Tales of the Abyss. Character: It worried me at first (since all the girls seemed to play quite a major role in the story) that in 12 short episodes, the female characters will not have enough time to fully develop themselves as a unique character. But much to my surprise, all the females have pretty much equal screen time and most of them matured overtime as the series progresses. On the other hand, Ikkou (despite being the main focus in every episode) did not really change much from the beginning to the end. Enjoyment + Final Thought: While not the most ecchi anime you'll ever come across, Amaenaide yo! will not disappoint you if you are looking for perverted anime. Personally I watch it because I have been exposed to Buddhism ever since a young age and I was curious to see what it might lead me to. The anime certainly pissed off my Buddist-self, but at the same time it was entertaining with its light comedy. *It should be noted that the anime does include a lot of Buddhism terminology, so I recommend getting some definition out of the way first while watch it (else it'll be extremely confusing)*

This review is written purely for fun (because of the words used to describe it) but it does summarise the show well. Basically, this show is like ecchi "Power Rangers", each episode features a new enemy beaten in the exactly same way. The only things that change are: the enemy, setting and the girl who gets her clothes taken off.

Story 6/10 Amaenaideyo is your run of the mill harem anime, with one catch... The harem consists of 6 (7 in Amaenaideyo Katsu) nuns/monks and one very perverted guy. Don't go into any harem anime expecting a groundbreaking story, cause you will almost never find that. But considering the anime does a decent job of developing the main characters it makes it better than most, though it only seems to spend a smaller time on the other characters. Normally this would hinder an anime but for the most part they all are not that far off from one anime stereotype or another. Overall, the story could be better, but it would be hindering the reasons to watch the anime, which is for laughs and some fan-service. For this reason, I was a bit more lenient on the score. Characters 7/10 The main character is Ikko, and he is a priest living with 6 nuns. They usually end up running into some sort of disembodied spirit that has failed to ascend for various reasons. But that never usually works. There always seems to be one problem-child in the mix. The Ikko has to exorcise them. The problem is, that Ikko is useless until he sees enough skin, and then he enters a trance and turns into some sort of supermonk. Art 8/10 The art style is good, though some of the characters look very generic, though we are talking about nuns here. I wouldn't expect radical character designs given the story and setting. There are no gravity defying hairstyles here. Just short, medium and long. The colors are very vibrant and cheery which helps sustain it's charm. And the character shapes, while not completely realistic, also are not very cartoony. In terms of art, think "Tenchi Muyo"! It seems to fit the comedy/ecchi theme quite well and the breasts are not blown WAY WAY out of proportion like some ecchi anime. Overall, I think the art is another thing that gives the anime it's charm. Sound 7/10 There are two series of Amaenaideyo; one is "Amaenaideyo" and the other is 'Amaenaideyo Katsu". Since I cannot choose to review one, i'll just mash em together. Overall, the backround music, voices and sound effects stay the same, but the opening and closing themes are a bit different. In "Amaenaideyo", the opening was catchy but the closing theme was a bit weak and forgettable. In " --- Katsu", both the opening and closing were weak. In fact I would say, that they were the worst part of this series. Good thing the rest of the sound is good, and although more cartoony than most, it fits the comedy motif. What the voice actors do well though, is even though the voices are similar, they make the characters distinct personalities reflect in their voices. By midway through the anime, I knew who was speaking based almost solely on HOW sentences were spoken rather than by pitch. Unfortunatly, I find alot of anime to lack in this department and just have very different sounding voices. The only one they seemed to pull this with was Sakura, and even though her personality fit, they did not need to take it that far. Overall the sound is good, the only downfall being some of the themes. (Note: This review was done watching the Japanese subbed version.) Enjoyment 8/10 There is a good amount of fanservice, a bit more than something like "Love Hina". As an Ecchi show it succeeds due to the amount of fanservice, but it seems to do so without distracting you from the actual story. Although the story is weak, it is told well and looks far worse on paper than the fashion it is implemented in. I found it way more enjoyable as a comedy than most anime, and it felt like it flowed well through the story while covering all the bases a good ecchi/comedy should. So if you are looking for an anime to just make you laugh, and love seeing girls put the beatdown on pervs, you'll probably like this. It's nothing to completely rave about, but I certainly would lump it in the some of the better anime I have seen.

----- [ Amaenaideyo! / Amaenaide Yo! ] ----- -[Intro:]- Amaenaideyo! *Amaenaide Yo!* is the story of a boy named Ikkou that goes on to live with some female buddhist monks to attain spirituality. However, things don't go as expected, and he's often faced with lots of pervertness and ecchiness. The girls have outstanding abilities and Ikkou seems not to have any. However! When he's faced with ecchiness, his other self appears. The latter is extremely powerful, and can vanquish any evil spirit easily. A nice, lively and funny story, but NSFW and family in general. -[Animation:]- Nothing great to be said here. Many shots are taken from below, so expect lots of panty shots. Let me rephrase.. Expect LOTS AND LOTS of ecchiness, panties and breast shots! This series is full of ecchiness! In fact, it's BASED on ecchiness in a way. Often, you get the impression that the view has been crammed with characters, with a hope to show as much ecchiness as possible in a given screen. If you appreciate ecchi, you will like Amaenaideyo. Note that the main female character, Chitose - The red-haired girl, does not look too much anime-like. Maybe it's a diffenent way of animation. It's not bad, just different. -[Sound:]- I usually do not pay lots of attention to sound and actors. So my review of the sound may not be very complete. There is little music apart the OP and EC. The quality of the voices were appreciable. I personally think the characters` voices suit them and were kinda... cute. Nothing more here, sorry. I'm not a sound specialist it seems. -[Story:]- The story revolves around a group of nuns and a single male living in a Buddhist Temple, it seems. (So, start picturing Love Hina`s harem.) The poor male chap will always stumble in ecchi situation and get lots of beating. However, it seems he is invincible, just like Keitaro. The characters are kinda well-developed, both their stories and bodies (I was satisfied here!). I personally think that the stories are stand-alone and almost independent of each other except at the end. The plot-line does not make much sense, or we can say it's almost inexistant.. But it`s a nice story nevertheless. Expect some budding romance. There is a sequel to Amaenaideyo. It`s Amaenaideyo Katsu.. It`s a good sequel. Apparently, there is even more after Katsu. Go watch Amaenaideyo! if you are looking for some liveliness and fun situations, and perhaps some excitement, if you see what I mean. P.s. When the main male character gets stimulated (e.g. by watching exposed breasts), he develops immense powers! It`s that kind of story. If you love ecchiness and comedy animes, this one is for you. Trust me on that. :P -[Character:]- Each character has his/her ups and downs. When you watch the anime, you will love each one of them. They are all well developed and their stories make some sense. Each has his/her own powers. Their individual stories are well-developed and there are little plot holes. You will get to see each of them undressed lots of time during the series. Every one of them, whatever their age. Expect ecchiness and perhaps some lolikon. As I said, the male character is special and often, the females will have to undress to make him unleash his powers. :D Yea, you read right! They have to UNDRESS to allow him to release his powers! :P Now you see where the ecchiness comes from. -[Value, Enjoyment:]- I have had some serious (and belly-hurting) laughs during the series and I can say I enjoyed myself. The series has a rewatch value. You will have fun going through each episode. The series is well-balanced with perhaps an over-dose of ecchiness. Apart from that, it`s a nice anime worth a watch. It's a light anime that doesn't require grey-matter usage to enjoy. Just sit back and enjoy. -[Conclusion:]- There is not much thinking to be done to understand this anime. You just have to watch it, look out for the ecchiness, laugh and enjoy the story. The sequel is also nice. If you like this one, you will definitely like the sequel: Amaenaideyo Katsu. I watched it. Wasn't deceived. If you like the genre, go for it. Else, checking it out might not do much harm.. (Except if caught by parents, boss, boy/girlfriend or other person.. perhaps..). Thanks for reading! :P

'Amaenaide yo!!' or 'Ah! My Buddha' could be best described as an anime that sets out to deliver ecchi/harem type entertainment... and fails at it. In a nutshell, it's an ecchi anime with minimal ecchi, lots of plot holes, incoherent script and awful character development. The story and the setting might look appealing to ecchi watchers, a young monk in a buddhist temple filled with hot nuns? It'll be interesting right? Well it would be but not in this anime. 'Ah! My Buddha' succeeds in screwing up this kind of a setting with tedious, sleep inducing subplots and fillers. In fact this whole anime feels like you're watching a filler that just doesn't seem to fit into anything. The story goes absolutely nowhere and half-way through this nauseating 12 episode series, you feel like you're going to vomit your brains out. For starters, the "ecchi" here is sporadic and absolutely pathetic. Aparently the makers thought that seeing a half-covered thigh for 2 seconds classes as ecchi. Laughable. Moreover there's no finesse here, the ecchi is used in the most inappropriate moments and in the most innappropriate ways. Spirits of dead people groping teenage girls... seriously? Is that what we've lowered ourselfes to? Second thing, the male protagonist - Ikkou Satonaka. He serves no actual legitimate purpose in this anime other than being everyone's buttmonkey. Punched in the nuts, kneed in the face and tasked with a buttload of chores. This kind of humour is only good if it's used in moderation, in this anime however it's the ONLY type of humour and it's grossly overused to the point where you just wish the male protagonist would stand up and leave the funny farm and all the slavers around him to their own fuckery. Last but not least, all the rest of the characters and their development. The rest of the main cast, which is comprised of girls, is there to look fakely serious and remind the male protagonist that he's a "worthless piece of scum" who needs to control himself. 5 minutes later they grope each other in front of him and he gets brutally mutilated because apparently it's his fault. Uhm, excuse me? I don't know about you but I'm not a fan of sadism. This kind of a thing just doesn't appeal to me. As for character development, there is none. The characters have been 'programmed' to do the same thing every episode. Hurt Ikkou and get off on his misery. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat... Despite the plot and the characters being dreadfuly bad, there are two things preventing this anime from being a flat out disaster. That's art and sound. The art is good and precise, granted, there are a few oddities here and there from time to time but the overall quality is impressive. Sound is perhaps the only truly remarkable component of this anime. Suprisingly, the opening is very catchy and well made giving you the impression that you're about to watch something enjoyable. Too bad the anime itself couldn't live up to that expectation. The rest of the soundtrack is also good and voice acting, despite the horrendous plot, authentic. That however doesn't change the fact that a majority of people will not enjoy this anime and it's current rating accurately describes what you should expect. Boredom and irritation. The setting certainly had a potential but the makers (I'm looking at you DEEN) couldn't and didn't excecute that idea in the right way. Quite the contrary, they executed it in the worst way imaginable. You won't be missing out on anything if you decide to avoid this anime.

As a noted ecchi connoisseur, I always try to watch old ones that I never got the chance to see rather than wait for the two or three ecchi anime every season and pray they don’t suck. My experience started in the late 2000s with anime like Sora no Otoshimono and later To Love Ru seasons that morphed my obsession with this genre. I never fully experienced all ecchi before the 2010s except for a handful that many consider classics. This eventually led me to come across Amaneide yo randomly, or Ah My Buddha. After it was finished, I can safely say that this is not one that many would consider a classic. Am I saying this because it’s absolute trash, or does nobody remember it? A little bit in the former and the latter. Almost nobody I know who follows the genre even talks about this in the plethora of ecchi during the 2000s. There is a broad consensus that the decade was mostly terrible for the genre. It wasn’t until the tail end of the decade that things started to move forward in making a stand-out ecchi anime during the 2010s. With an ecchi like Amaenaide yo, it perfectly represents all of the bad ones during the 2000s. Is it outright garbage? I would not go so far as to say that there are far worse ones, but I can certainly say that this was just outright stale, formulaic, and boring in every sense of these words. As a setup, it does have one that is interesting on paper. You have a Buddhist monk training with a harem of nuns that each represents “the bosatsu of the six lower realms of the traditional Buddhist cosmology.” That sounds unique in an anime of this caliber. The problem is that they do not take advantage of the possibilities of this story setup down the road. It is just an excuse to have the main character look at their lewd bodies to gain his exorcism powers to defeat the supernatural entities inside of the girls. Usually, that would be fine as this is an ecchi anime, after all. But the issue is that the ecchi is incredibly tame and not all that exciting. How can the ecchi be tame and unexciting? Well, for one, the art design is so dated and unremarkable. The girls look painfully generic, and the animation is incredibly slow and not very flashy. There are a few points where it does work, but overall, it makes you realize, “Yep, this is obviously from 2005.” The design of the demons isn’t anything special either — just overall, not an exciting anime to look at aesthetically. What drags down the charm of the ecchi mishaps is that the female characters have little to no personality whatsoever. As I write this, I can’t even remember the names of any of them. Not just that, but also what archetypes they fit into your typical harem anime, what their likes and dislikes are, or how they contribute to the main story. The only one that I could point out was the main heroine, but that’s only because she was the one that suffered through most of the main character’s lewd shenanigans and acts as the main love interest. Other than her, I could not tell you the purpose of the rest except for the main character exorcising their demons in one episode. Even for supporting casts, you have to give them something else that makes them feel special to make them stand out, or I’m not going to care what happens to them or what they are doing. Nothing about the plot itself is even bearing a critique. To sum it all up in one word is dull. It feels like your typical episodic anime that all connects in some fashion but feels like your monster of the week anime that is already saturated enough as it is or was. By the time I watched episode seven, I had been up even trying to care about what was happening. It did not help that the characters were all completely wooden, both in personality and writing. I know this review may be a bit random because why would anybody have the urge to write anything this forgotten in the anime stratosphere? For some reason, I wanted to showcase an ecchi that was part of a by-gone era when harem anime was so saturated and mostly crap. This was when Love Hina and Tenchi Muyo became a hit, and many mangaka and anime studios were trying to create their hack versions of these two shows. Amaneide yo is far from a terrible example of this, but it is undoubtedly one that will most likely not be looked back on fondly; that is, if you can find someone who remembers its existence. Grade: C-

Um… This is actually pretty good comparing some of the stuff that I have watched before. This is the idea of harem to a T. Ikkou is pretty much the worthless monk who is actually really perverted. Of course, he ends up in a nun training place. Somehow, that idea becomes the same story as in Love Hina. The girls are all really hard on poor Ikkou, although I can see why. He’s a complete pervert and yet, in the beginning, he doesn’t really look like he is. As the story keeps going, the more perverted he becomes and so some of this seems a bit forced (Although with women like what are around him, it’s hard not to see why). Chitose and Ikkou have a really big love hate relationship (just like Naru and Kentaro) and all the others have a strange out of control roommates. Chitose is also like an airhead so she is a mix of Naru and Mutsumi from Love Hina. The story pretty much turns into a ghost by week sort of story line with each show being resolved by some sort of exorcism. Luckily, it’s not always with Ikkou seeing a naked woman and turning super monk on us but we are not saved from the breasts and panty shots at all. Sadly, the only way we get any info about the powers the girls have is in the 11th episode so don’t look for any real information about them until then. By the way, what the fuck is the little creature with Hinata? She seems to be able to talk to it but we can never understand what he is actually saying. The artwork is actually pretty. Sadly, there is a lot of fan service meaning panty and breast shots abound. Characters are all pretty much the normal Harem style girls, the Lolita, the sporty, the big breasted, the girl next door stuff. There are times when I just wonder where they get some items out of thin air. Characters also change places sometimes especially at the table. The faces have a symptom I call large forehead symptom. It’s when there is way to much of the forehead and very little area for the nose and mouth. The voices sound alright, though some of the girls’ voices sound a bit odd. Sometimes, they just sound a little too high pitched. A lot of the script is forced badly and is pretty badly done too. Characters seem to talk out of no where or when other characters should be talking. Sometimes there are really stupid puns to that I really think make the whole thing just bad in some parts. Music is pretty generic, nothing really special. All in all, the soundtrack is just low grade to average.

Fantastic First of all the story was fantastic, I loved the characters the plot etc. Believe it or not, aren I'm looking at you you fuck, the anime has deep underlying themes such as religion and taboo, it raises issues such as should religious institutions be able to able to exert their sexuality on widely accepted people such as women instead of little children? The plot follows a young buddhist priest in training who has trouble containing his sexuality, and goes through various trials including testing his faith to Buddha with many sinful girls possible corrupting him. Overall the animation quality was fairly decent, for it's time, and the dub cast really brings character to the story. If you are a fan of ecchi and a riveting story of exorcisms and such then this is the anime for you. I love it

When I saw the English title I thought this would be another Ah! My Goddess, but I was wrong. This is a show about a perverted boy who lives in a temple full of girls training to become nuns. Unfortunately for him, none of them are interested in a romance with him. But soon the nuns-in-training find out that -if Ikkou sees a naked girl (with a good figure) he gets super powers. And that is as deep as the story gets in this first season. Because everything else is pretty much a random aspect of what a monk and nun must do in their training, with lots of ecchiness and occasional comedy. I found that most of the situations that the characters are put in are kind of stupid and borderline childish. The characters almost always repeat what another character says, but just in question form as if the characters are in continuous shock. The violence is also constant, so if you want to see someone be tortured all day with occasional view of big boobs, then this is a good series for that mood. The dialogue is annoying at times, the music is unremarkable and the characters have little to no depth. I was wanting a romance anime, not a waste of time. There is hardly any comedy... at least none that I personally found to be funny, but for you, it may be different. There is little to no story advancement or character development until season two. Because of that, the first season gets a mediocre grade. ~~Subs Used~~ Exiled-Destiny

Anime such as this are so formulaic, repetitive and predictable to the point you know what they will be about by just reading the categories. It’s as if there is an Echidna out there (the mother of all monsters one, not that rodent) which gives birth to these shows with very similar traits, no matter who the father is. I am willing to place some harems above some others. Ah My Goddess and Love Hina were amongst the first, still pure and untainted by the ridiculousness of all those which plagiarized them later on, with far less quality and badly thought out settings. Well, hello, check out the name and the character attributes and then tell me it ain’t Ah My Goddess with a Love Hina lead. Watching them and their successors clearly shows how much the genre degenerated from romantic comedy with erotic innuendoes to pure fapping material without a shred of humor or taste. Yes, I used the “T” word, indirectly calling all those who like such disgraces idiots. Well, excuse me for making a point here which goes beyond their egocentric selves and shows a sub market of wasted potential that diminishes the anime industry instead of flourishing it. But more on that later. Let’s first nerdraeg at the different sections of this dreadful thing which some did the mistake of making and others followed on by buying. The story. Oh Sweet Mother of Jesus, the thing which this genre never cared about. Most comedies are the same as well but harems seem to not even bother TRYING to have anything other than a premise. In this case, the excuse for the endless fappingness is eastern monks. The setting is the same like in most others of this kind, a fail of a male specimen is surrounded by various super hot chicks, who have a really hard time staying dressed, covering their privates, or bumping on his crotch as if it is an ultra powerful electromagnet. Yeah, that sounds familiar; if it didn’t it wouldn’t be called soft porn disguised as comedy, aka harem. It’s as if all these shows need to do is have this premise and a random set of clothes to set themselves apart from the other, practically identical, shows. Which is double as lame, since down to it these shows use clothes not to define personalities but only to define fetishes. Maids, sisters, nuns, in this case priestesses. Plus, they finally aim to remove said clothes to provide even more cocktease, leaving the viewer staring at breast sizes and not people with a personality. Anyways, the excuse here is that dork being sent to get close with Buddha while being accompanied by chicks who help him trigger his hidden potential. How? By making him horny! WTF? A priest getting better at holy magic by being tainted by lustfulness? Does that mean a psychotic killer who performs a mass (not the murder type) at some church will be ten times as crazy? What bullshit is this? Crappy premises aside, the actual story is as per usual almost entirely fillers. The first episode is there to tell you the basics and the final episode of each season to provide a supposed closure, only for it to be as open and useless as the premise itself. The rest of the episodes are nothing but excuses for the girls to expose themselves. So if I am to give the story a score, that would be 3 episodes out of a full season, basically 1/7th of the total duration. There you go, a generous score of 2. Then we move to the cast. Oh God Almighty, the section which is as looked upon as the story. The lead is the usual fail for life arsewhole who is incapable of even looking at a girl without having a nosebleed or not be beaten to a pulp by some neurotic bitch every 5 minutes. It was funny the first 100 times I saw it in Love Hina, but now it is nothing else besides lame. Seriously, are we supposed to identify with this ding-dong, who is good at nothing? Or to NOT identify but rather self-insert because of how bland he is? What kind of people would like such an archetype? None. Nobody likes beta cucks. They can make them seem to be chick magnets because they have a good heart despite being wastes of space and still nobody will like them. Because they are never the main focus, they are the eyes of the viewer. The naked bodies of the girls are the highlight and the protagonists are losers just to prevent the story from becoming hardcore porn. WELL WHY NOT? How much frustration can a man stand before his weenie falls off from the constant blue-balling? This isn’t healthy for Pete’s sake. It’s just about drooling all over 2D girls without ever getting any boon. Anyways, at least we have personalities to notice here besides boobs and underwear. Each girl has her own unique psychology, goals in life, reasons to aspire being like her… YEAH RIGHT! HAREM GIRLS WITH DEPTH; NICE ONE HAHAHA! They are solely defined by their breast size and the color of their underwear. Their clothes are not there to give them personality; they are there as a fetish for the fans of this dreadfulness to like. If they ever change clothes, they don’t become different people but rather a DIFFERENT FETISH! Being undressed is just the default state. So these characters (which in this excuse of a story are some generic eastern monks in some generic temple) are nothing you wouldn’t expect. They don’t really develop and you have no reason to remember something about them, besides perhaps the boners you got out of them. I give them the score they deserve. A nice fat bottomed ace. But you know what? As lame as these shows are, they can still have good animation and a brilliant soundtrack. Nothing holds them back from doing that. Love Hina and Ah My Goddess had wonderful artwork and superb music scores, and they are harems as well. Remember the magic world of the gods and their divine music? Naru’s singing at the concert? So why not have something similar in this show? BECAUSE THE PRODUCERS DIDN’T CARE! If it weren’t for the constant worm view of the camera angle just so we can see pantsu without a reason, there would be nothing to look at. And you can watch this anime in mute for all I care; the dialogues are retarded and there isn’t much of a plot to distract you from the main theme of this show; which is fapping excuses. This turd has no message, no artistry, nothing out of the norm. It doesn’t even try to be different, it is a clone of the set-in-stone formula. Doesn’t worth it! Keep away! Try something else, preferably not harem.

After taking a stroll down the alphabetical listings of Crunchyroll, I found myself stumbling upon "Ah My Buddha!!". I thought to myself, "This seems like a comical harem piece from 20-odd years ago worth dusting off!" I wish I had just gone to bed and dreamed of a better show that didn't actual exist. Because after 12 episodes of this dreck, I'm rather upset with my poor decision making. This Studio Deen adaptation of the manga of the same name had me at least interested to start with. After all, Studio Deen has done well in the past in almost all genres. So, some seinen must be pretty good? WRONG! Allow me to expand upon this, Ikkou is a 16-year old boy who trains at the Buddhist temple run by his grandmother. He is the only male in the ranks of similarly aged Buddhist nuns in training whom are all drop dead gorgeous archetypes of anime sex objects. Does hilarity ensue? Only if you're interested in the same, "Oh, you saw me naked by opening the door so here's a punch so hard you go through the wall!" scenarios that all of us have seen again and again and again. "Well, this could be saved by some character development and good storytelling!" I tell myself. I hung on for the whole series and was practically punching the wall in frustration at not just how poorly the characters and world are built, but how simply it could have been rectified. I was reminded of "The Cafe Terrace and It's Goddesses" in terms of lack of a motivating plot to lynchpin the story together, but at least that title had the presence of mind to flesh out it's female roster by doing more than just showing us acres of flesh. "Ah My Buddha!!" has each character distinctly drawn, but outside of the "best girl" being set up early on- it's kind of difficult to care about them when the stakes of each episode are so low. A typical episode goes like this; there are ghosts in this world. They are so normal, they appear as humans and act so natural it's sometimes a "twist" that they're of the un-quiet dead. Ikkou has a gift that when sexually aroused he turns into a super-monk capable of settling even the harshest of restless souls and sending them to the afterlife. So, we get a ghost or supernatural creature and then things get dicey, so one (or more) of the nuns disrobe to stimulate Ikkou into his final form and win the day. Rinse. Repeat. Formal antagonists are introduced much too late and are kept nameless, sort of building interest in a second season... wait, there's more?! Nevermind that now. Ikkou could be more than a "We have Tenchi Muyo at home" looking horn dog, but his good points are given lip service so we don't just hate the guy as the biggest pervert this side of Ryo Saeba without a pistol. I wish the ladies each got more of a spotlight to develop themselves from time to time, but I'm still not even sure of half their names after 12 episodes! This series somehow got an English dub and one so mediocre you would think the VAs were using their audition tapes. This show is bad. The sad thing is I'll probably end up seeing the rest of it just for the sake of chaos itself. Can't take my eyes off a train wreck, can I? 3/10. Skip it. Buddha forgives- I DON'T.