Lime-iro Senkitan is one of the few series I gave up on in disgust. It appeared to be some H-game spinoff regarding a bunch of girls controlling fighting robots during the Russo-Japanese war, naturally all vying for the affections of the young man brought in to be their teacher.

The problem wasn't that it was based on an H-game, the problem is that it was lame. Of course the characters were cliched, but the plot was also hackneyed, the battle scenes utterly predictable, the "romance" wooden and unsexy, and there wasn't even much in the way of eye candy.

Just recently, I saw the first episode of Lime-iro Ryuukitan Cross come across the wire. I gritted my teeth and gave it a look-see to see if it was any less pathetic than its predecessor.

If anything, it's worse. Avoid at all costs.