Rewatching made me understand the hate
I remember when the anime first came out everyone was just calling it gooner slop and just border line hentai. When I first watched it I kinda ran through the whole thing and was focused on the creation of the cosplay and the small love story they have and didn't notice it but then I realized it was because after ep 3 they slowed down a lot on it almost completely outside of the cosplay. Now rewatching (currently on ep 3) ya it was bad like the beginning of that episode has bro cranking one to her after a wet dream. I understand the hate but I'm not with it obviously just something I finally noticed.