zaiporaliandi★★★★★Animee
Finding a way to talk to Kaori, a girl from the volleyball club he's smitten with, is something Naoto has no real answer for. His classmate Nao, who happens to be on the same team, offers to play matchmaker, but she's not doing it out of the goodness of her heart. The price? Three desserts. Seems fair, until Kaori shuts the whole thing down cold, and suddenly this simple arrangement gets a lot more complicated. That's the setup for the first and longest of the four OVA episodes, and it does a decent job building out the characters before things inevitably go where you'd expect a hentai to go. The remaining three episodes are standalone stories with their own casts, so if one isn't clicking, something different is right around the corner. Studio 9 Maiami keeps the animation fluid, and the character designs are expressive in the way fans of the genre tend to appreciate. The harem framing gives each episode a light, almost comedic romantic energy before shifting gears. If you've watched something like Baku Ane: Otouto Shibocchau zo! or Aneki no Kounai Kaikinbi and wanted a similar vibe with a volleyball club backdrop and a four-episode runtime you can finish in one sitting, this is a reasonable pick. It's not trying to be anything other than what it is, and the episodic structure keeps it from feeling repetitive.
Enokizu Mao
Asaba Yuuka
Yumiya Yumi
Yoneshima Nozomi
Sugisawa Maya
zaiporaliandi★★★★★Animee
juhey2010★★★☆☆Anime
juhey2010★★★☆☆EP 1
sakura_strength★★☆☆☆EP 1it feels like every sports anime setup but then the senior takes over and things go in a completely different direction than you would expect
griffith_the_hawk★★☆☆☆EP 1takahashi is so gullible for falling into that trap and the way he just accepts being the club manager feels forced even for this genre
pamela★★★★☆EP 1that scene where the senior cornered him in the gym made me feel so tense because she clearly knows exactly how much power she has over him
yuffie_kisaragi_402★★★★☆EP 1the way the senior set up that cruel blackmail scheme was messed up and now the volleyball club has a new manager for all the wrong reasons
itzzeom★★★★☆EP 1I am surprised that senior played Takahashi so hard after he asked for a simple introduction and now he is stuck in the club as their servant
anya_alstreim★★★☆☆EP 1Nao asking for those desserts just to introduce him was funny and the shift in tone when Megumi and the others finally get him alone in the clubroom was handled well
rokurokubi_ronin_34★★★☆☆EP 1seeing the club president just swoop in and change the whole dynamic after that rejection was a bold move and it definitely makes you curious about what the rest of the team wants
arceus_309★★★★☆EP 1the way Kaori just shut him down without a second thought was cold and it really set the stage for the president to step in and take control of the situation
princess_abi_254★★★★☆EP 1Saki really saw an opportunity when Kaori rejected him, and the way she twisted things to get him in that club room was crazy but fitting for this kind of show
navi★★★☆☆EP 1I went into this expecting the usual stuff, but the setup with the three desserts and the failed matchmaking actually felt like a real comedy for a bit, and it makes the moment when Saki traps him as the manager feel even more sudden and I think her character design is way better than Kaoris anyway so I am not even mad about the twist
jugrad_juggernaut_482★★★★☆EP 1you gotta feel for Naoto getting tricked into being the manager just because he wanted to get closer to his crush but Saki is clearly the one running the show here
silentotaku★★★★☆EP 1I spent the whole time wondering how Naoto would handle Saki once she trapped him in that office and her demanding attitude is exactly what I wanted from the club president
oliver_operatic_502★★★☆☆EP 1that transition from a normal rom com vibe to Saki trapping him in the club room happened so fast and her design is definitely the best one out of all the volleyball players
yuu_ishigami★★★☆☆EP 1you can tell exactly where this is going as soon as Nao asks for those three desserts and Kaori gives that brutal rejection but the animation on the volleyball girls looks decent enough
zoro_zenith★★★★☆EP 1I did not expect Saki to just snatch Naoto up like that after Kaori shot him down so fast and the way she basically blackmailed him into being manager was actually pretty funny
red_317★★★★☆EP 1That smug look on the senior's face when she realized Takahashi was trapped in the club room and had to do whatever they wanted was perfect
mikau_281★★★★☆EP 1Takahashi trying to talk to his crush only to get blackmailed into being the manager was such a wild turn