My Hime - Season 1

My Hime is in sort of a jack of all trades, master of none situation. It's part comedy and part action, with both sides being adequately done, although neither are great. Almost all the fighting is done by girls with the power to summon special weapons and spirits to do their bidding. It was actually better than I expected, with some nicely stylized scenes here and there. The atmosphere in the private school where most of the show takes place is the normal, likable anime setting. It's cute but not really funny, but I have to give it some credit for making the requisite love triangle stuff less than completely stagnant.

At first the various characters are mostly fighting against other spirits, but eventually they are turned against each other due to some sneaky villains and misunderstandings. The plot is pretty solid, with some mystery and nice twists, and the background of how everything works is interesting. My main problem with the story was the mood swings. The first half of the show is normal, comfortable stuff where there's a bad guy who gets stopped at the end of every episode. The second half is more continuous, and gradually gets more and more depressing as it goes on and bad things continue to pile on the remaining characters. Then the ending comes and it's like it never happened. The second season isn't a continuation, but apparently rather a completely new story that just reuses most of the character designs and personalities, so I'll have to see how it really compares at some point.