Haha yeah, it was definitely very slow. If any studio other than shaft had attempted it I probably would have hated it. The complicated dialog, the scenery, the animation, the amazing fanservice with proportional tits. Those were what kept me hooked. The talk down disappointed me, but the closure it gave Senjougahara was good, and what she did gave me enough closure to satisfy me.
That and the doujins that I knew would be produced. You have no idea how often doujins fill that gap of unsatisfaction when the series doesn't go quite the way you wanted it to. And then there's also stuff like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AADp5...fLywXw&index=2
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