Summary: >

Yukinari was a guy who had so many bad experiences with girls that he breaks out in a rash if he even touches them, and it's now considered an allergy. It seems like the last place Yukinari would want to end up is a world comprised of nearly all women, but that's where he ends up. From here he meets the cheerful but dense girl Miharu. She also doesn't trigger his allergies at all. The two end up returning to earth, but two girls are also sent along to watch over them.

It seems like there wouldn't be any problems on Earth, but with the rich playboy Fukuyama takes an interest in the girls, along with his witchcraft wielding sister taking an interest in Yukinari: things are never dull.

Thoughts: >

I knew I'd have to keep an open mind for this one, but I was unprepared for a title that was so brazen with fan service that boobs came out 5 seconds into it. In episode two a girl actually performs fellatio on a banana (how this wasn't censored I'll never know). Many of these harem titles try to hide what they are, or at least try to pull off something that might make them seem less than a fan service extravaganza. Not Girls Bravo. This series lacks all modesty and defiantly slaps you in the face with fan service in a way that kinda demands respect. It never develops any level of intelligence in it's humor or story, but is at least candid about being fluff, and doesn't really try to be much more than that.

[+] character talk

So what does Girls Bravo deliver? Believe it or not there is one thing this series excels at: costume fetishes. The first episode started with the defaults, second episode was about the school outfit. Episode 4 had french maids, and covered nurse and Shinto priestess in one shot. By the end of this series there is literally no costume left to the imagination (even the live snake for an outfit). For any girl wanting to avoid costume fetish perversions, the semi-antagonist Kazuharu Fukuyama can only be described as a villain of diabolical proportions. His schemes aren't just perverse, they also all revolve around costumes. What is strange is that Kirei (the girl who fulfills "the childhood friend", "the one with big boobs" and "the loud mouth violent one") goes along with this despite being the only one who displays signs of intelligence. Sometimes she comes up with these costume ideas herself!

It does make a few feeble attempts at drama, but what can you really expect from a title like this? Like a kindergartner trying to solve a quantum mechanics equation, you just pat them on the head and say "haha, good luck with that!". Most of season 1 (11 episodes) was fairly pathetic if it tried to step out of the comedy aspect, and even the comedy was usually lacking. Season 2 had subtle changes, where this series embraced its lack of substance, accepted it's costume fetish niche, and had a lot more fun being itself. Some episodes in season 2 progressed to were I'd ask myself "Is this really going to go there? Really?!" (this is Japan, of COURSE it will... and then some). No title that has strip mahjong takes itself seriously, but it was somewhat entertaining. As both seasons are currently packaged together, taken as a whole; Girls Bravo starts out with no direction and the content is rather dull, but later on it evolves to something that's still mindless with humor but oddly fun. It does however slump in the last few episodes with an attempt at "serious stuff".

Overall Girls Bravo is just another harem title, and a pretty dumb one at that. It does however differentiate itself by the excessive costume fetish material. In fact if you replace "bravo" with "costume fetish" in the title of each episode, the titles not only become more amusing, but strangely accurate. To give credit where it was due, and this is embarrassing to admit; I actually did laugh occasionally while watching. I wouldn't say that's a beaming recommendation considering all I've said about it, but it's watchable if you have a very high tolerance for fluff.