I was most amused by its being a running ad/commentary on anime/manga/gaming in general, & The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in particular.

I thought the intro of new characters “midway” as an attempt to draw 12 episodes into 24, which it did. Still was amusing enough for me to see it to the end. I especially liked their doing a “fade to white” ending of ep 24 instead of repeating the cheer number.

“Slice of life”? Hmmmm. I remember high school as h–l, thus nowhere near as fun as this series.

A thought or two here:

http://jaysteevee.blogspot.com/2011/02/lucky-star-yak-yakkity-yak.html

I digress, the show isn’t really about funniness, and I do agree that it is supposed to be cute. I mean, it’s created by Barasui for goodness sakes. However, I do feel that there is more to the show. I’ve been watching anime for a very long time now, with my favorite being Maison Ikkoku, and I’ve grown to value characterizations and “slice of lifeness” over anything else. I also love subtlety in not just anime, but everything, and Ichigo Mashimaro, again in my opinion, have that nailed down. Other than the characters, I really love the voice acting, especially Miu, but I suppose you have to understand Japanese if you want to dig that deep to liking a show.

Then again, if you don’t like slice of lifes(since you mentioned boring comedies), then I guess there is no sense in trying to convince you into liking a whole genre. Either way, cheers.