Love Lab is a comedy series about middle school girls who have mostly no idea how romance and dating and boys work. This sounds like it would be vapid and terrible. It's actually the most intelligent and clever anime comedy I've seen in a long time.
I could tell you about the five main cast members and how they're all recognizable, but have unique quirks and characterizations that endear them to you, or how the humor isn't afraid to use double-entendres, misunderstandings and genuinely clever situational awkwardness without resorting to predictable bit gags (characters do have their 'bits' but they remain creative about them), or I could even talk about how the series manages to avert a number of major tropes: there are male characters who are important to the plot, there are at least four teachers with distinct names and personalities and we meet multiple characters' parents and families. But instead I'll say that the main story's plot is actually really heartfelt and well-executed, maintaining a sense of tension while remaining believable and having an adorable but still humorous resolution.
Overall, Love Lab is an extremely well-crafted shojo (I think it's shojo? It doesn't have the fan service or all-female cast to be seinen) comedy that doesn't fall into the normal slice of life trap of no plot and no progress. Basically, anyone who wants a laugh and was ever a junior high school student would probably enjoy Love Lab.
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