Nobody expected the spinoff to work. Girlish Number Shura throws the voice actress cast into scenarios so absurd, mushroom farming, gorilla attacks, fairy tale bit parts, that the comedy becomes pure reaction. The show understands that these characters are funny enough to survive anything, even being completely untethered from the original plot. It's a four-panel manga energy transplanted into animation, which means jokes land in rapid-fire bursts instead of building momentum. You're not watching a story. You're watching talented voice actors riff on the worst possible jobs their characters could take.

The aspiring voice actresses of Girlish Number are dropped into ridiculous new situations. Chitose Karasuma becomes a mushroom farmer. Kazuha Shibasaki takes the role of Little Red Riding Hood. Yae Kugayama has to deal with a gorilla that kills. Adapted from the official four-panel manga spinoff of the Girlish Number anime and novel project, this TV comedy recasts familiar characters in one absurd scenario after another.