Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Specials

These short extension episodes continue what the anime started : they deliver on the concept, and they deliver well. Each about 4 minutes long, the stories are standalone comedy scenarios that occur in the daily lives of the strong Oota and listless Tanaka.

Each scenario is nothing over-the-top - nothing in Tanaka's life is - but they are all short and interesting enough for the viewer to care. They provide nothing more than a look at what school life is like for someone of their calibre.

The quality has not dropped. It is just as beautiful, just as good to watch. The art style is great as ... always, and the voice actors perform well once again.

These episodes feel like an extension to the great series, wonderful if you finished the main show and just wanted some extra content to watch before you completely "finish" the series.

I recommend this shorter form of the show if you are on edge about watching the regular show. The episodes are shorter, they keep a similar level of comedy and maintain the same art style as the show - so, if you like this, you should like the normal show.

I found the shorter episodes to be both enjoyable but also slightly annoying - as some of the episodes would have been better as full ... sized episodes. Other than that, the shorter form of episodes was perfect for someone like me - who struggles to sit through more than 2-3 episodes of anime straight.

You can watch all of these in less than half an hour, especially if you skip the credits at the end of each episode, so I'll try not to waste a lot of time here.

Story: 5, There wasn't really a story in the original anime, but these were extra disappointing simply because the reason that it didn't have a story was because Slice of Life + Comedy can carry themselves with just character interactions, the problem is that these specials have no comedy to speak of.

Art: 8, Nothing different here from the original series, so I can't really change this from the score that ... I gave when reviewing it.

Sound: 8, Not sure what the name of the song actually is, but it sounds like the lyrics say "Lucky Song", and they played that at the end of at least half of these specials, it's a shame since the original show had a much more varied song selection. Luckily I do at least like that song, but if I wanted to hear it on repeat, I'd look it up on youtube.

Character: 6, Still the characters you know and love from the original show, but the problem is that the comedy is what made many of them so lovable, which is completely dead in these specials.

Enjoyment: 5, I had a hard time not falling asleep during these, and that's only partially because I'm sick. It's mainly due to the fact that they were incredibly boring in contrast to the original show.

Overall: 6, Not completely awful, but as someone who was excited to get a bit more of this show after the final episode, I'm quite disappointed that this is all it was. Unless you're simply absolutely desperate for more of this show, I wouldn't waste your time, but it's not like these are long enough to waste any substantial amount of time, so do whatever.