The plot of the first episode should be simple enough. Get from Point A to Point B in a certain amount of time. Not that hard, really. And yet, in her Yui-esque idiocy, Kanata manages to not only fail at this task, but also nearly kills herself. Great.

The premise of the show, beyond Yui Goes To War, is that Kanata has joined up with the buglers of the 1221st regiment in the town of Seize, and wants to learn how to play. She's god-awful at it to begin with, but over the course of 13 episodes, I'm sure we'll see her progress quite a bit.

Life seems to be at ease for most: the town has carefree celebrations and the military, in all its progressive glory, doesn't want rank to interfere with the friendship built between these girls. Clearly, friendship is more important than running an effective squad.

My point is this: the amount of moe pandering in this show is palpable. I swear, some of it leaked out of my monitor while watching this show. If you're fine with that sort of pandering, then you'll love this show. I had my fill of it with K-ON!, and so my hand is hovering over the drop button at this point in time.

What's kept me from forgetting this show entirely are the gorgeous visuals. The quality of animation, the colors used and the sheer amount of detail in the shots -- they could have all been postcard stills.

So, while I sit here and stew in my moe-induced rage, I can't bring myself to give the show the axe just yet. I'll wait a while, to see if the plot develops into something more, and hope that the war theme gets tackled a bit more directly. Who knows, it could surprise me.