BLEND-S

I think this is the final show i can cram into 2017.

Blend-s Is a show in the comedy work place show much like Working.
Infact... it's a lot like working in general... more on that later.

The gimmick to this show is that in order to get enough money to study abroad Maika looks for part tim work. the problem is she has a scary face and no one will hire her... that is until a blond haired italian ex-pat asks her to play a sadistic character in his themed cafe.

Unfortunately the overall theme gets lost really early on and it becomes more about making Maika accidentally Sadistic when she's trying to be nice... or just putting the workers in cute/fanservicy situations. Nothing is too "omg they are just doing this for the fanservice"... but in the end it really just feels like it's all for the fanservice.

Had i not seen working before hand maybe i would have enjoyed this more... but Working does everything in this show a million times better. the characters are quirkier (mostly because unlike this cast thats who they are instead of just playing characters to their strengths), The relationships are far more believable and in the end even though it is an episodic show it does have an arc... it's also three season long verses 1 so i can't fault blend-s too much for that.

Granted even if this got another seasons (and it probably will) I don't think I enjoyed this season enough to continue on. It's cute and has funny moments but i just don't really care in the end. these last few episodes were a bit of a slog to be honest. they weren't bad but the only reason I powered through was because i was so close to the end.

HOWEVER, if you enjoy working or service x service or shows like that and you haven't had anything close to that lately then give this show a try, you may enjoy it more then i did.

You can watch it on Crunchyroll (warnign the intro will get stuck in your head so... enjoy that)
http://www.crunchyroll.com/blend-s

Edit: thinking about it i think i know why this show doesn't work for me.

Everyone (except the manager and maika) are extremely meta savy.... if one character (the author or the idol) had been save of tropes and meta things that would have been fine... btu since EVERYONE is save about all the tropes it kinda falls flat.