Spoiler Level: Mild
As I finished up Love Lab, a late 2013 newcomer, earlier this week it dawned on me that the series occupied a relatively unfortunate place in my line-up. In the two previous weeks I had marathonned Kill la Kill and wrapped up the disturbing, yet enthralling Mysterious Girlfriend X (Nazo no Kanojo), two series that are largely built around some level of shock value. Then comes Love Lab following two highly memorable series to try and nestle somewhere in the barren wastelands of a new anime slump. (Inevitably, after watching several great shows in a row there will always be that downward trend where the animes you watch for a while afterwards just don't compare.)
So where does Love Lab stand? Well, to start with, I stumbled upon Love Lab accidentally, and to my knowledge it was never a very high profile series to begin with. The series has humble origins in a 4-koma, aka. a 4 panel comic series, and was somehow adapted into a short comedy series tallying in at 13 episodes. That said it's not bad; Love Lab is still a decidedly above average show. Much like coffee though, once you've had a sip of the really good stuff it's hard to go back.
