Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!

The samurai are a very important part of Japan's history, and to be related to them in any way is probably one of the most inspiring things that a young high school student could hope for.

Kawakami City is well-known for having many samurai ancestors among its citizens, and is generally surrounded by an atmosphere of fighting spirit, loyalty, and dedication to work. In Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!, the students of Kawakami Academy use this knowledge on a daily basis, whether they are studying for exams, competing in sports competitions, or making sure that they take very good care of their traditions. Yamato Naoe is one such student, and his six closest friends (three boys and three girls) make up the perfect team for friendship, rivalry, and motivation. However, even samurai have weaknesses.

Although the balance and long friendship of their group has been undisturbed for a long time, when two new girls enter the group, things start to get a lot more interesting. Not only must they maintain what they think is the samurai tradition, but they must now also do it with a lot of "distractions."

Kawakami, Momoyo Main

Asakawa, Yuu Japanese

Shiina, Miyako Main

Hyo-sei Japanese

Naoe, Yamato Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kawakami, Kazuko Main

Tomonaga, Akane Japanese

Mayuzumi, Yukie Main

Gotou, Yuuko Japanese

Friedrich, Christiane Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Eberbach, Margit Supporting

Mizusawa, Kei Japanese

Matsunaga, Tsubame Supporting

Nagatsuma, Juri Japanese

Fushikawa, Kokoro Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

Itagaki, Tatsuko Supporting

Yanase, Natsumi Japanese

Fukuda, Jun Producer

Hatakeyama, Takurou Producer

Motonaga, Keitarou Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Ebina, Yasunori Sound Director

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Jan 25, 2021

FylkZadeyah

Recommended

I'll make this review after playing basically all Majikoi games, so f you if you don't agree. First of all... Majikoi VN is a masterpiece imo, it aged really well, and the quality it has can fight the newer ones. it has a great quality in every aspect, so if you enjoyed the characters, you'll love it as well

Story: For all those who say that the anime doesn't really have a plot, well.. they are somewhat right, what they did for this anime, is mesh all the routes into one, just to give you a feel about each character, plus the addition of characters that ... appear in the sequel of the original Majikoi VN.
The story for this anime, mostly follows Momoyo route, with some minor changes, and some big ones.

Characters: They portrayed them really well, the personality they have in the anime, is the same as in the VN, so if you liked at least that, you will surely enjoy the VN. I also give my props to the VA's, since their voices suit the characters.

Art: For being an anime based on an old eroge, the animation was really good, as well as the colouring, although sometimes the drawing quality did drop.

Music: Yeah, the music for this anime doesn't hold a candle to the VN, I don't know the reason of why they didn't used tracks from the game. With that said, I don't think it's necessarily bad, it does fit with the anime. Of all things this has, music has to be my least favorite.


Conclusion: It does a good job promoting the VN, it shows a good ammount of the poersonality each girl has, and explains you a bit about the setting. I still think they should have tried harder in making the story a little easier to follow.
If you want to enjoy the series, the best thing to do is reading the VN's, I think they have a really good quality

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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May 6, 2022

SomeoneRandooum

Mixed Feelings

Alright. No holding back.
I got to know that this was a VN after I finished the show and well, it kinda does make sense. I haven't played the VN so I have no clue about the actual story. The story in anime though... ill sugarcoat and tell you, "It doesn't make any sense."
The story is a mess. A total mess. Too many things are uselessly shown so many times and then in the end we don't even get a proper closure. It was as if the story was supposed to be a little serious but then someone said "what if we make it a ... comedy and add some ecchi in it instead." And instead of keeping the serious tone, it just lost all of its seriousness by repeating the same old jokes over and over.

About the characters? Well. It's the same old. Rinse and repeat. The girls fall for the MC just cause he did something for them and now they are obsessed with him. The MC loves someone else but gets rejected by them, but guess what!? The one who rejected the MC actually does love them. HAHAHA!! pLoT TwIst dAyUm!! The only good thing about the anime was the animation cause they didn't bother putting the "Steam-Kun" or "LightRay-Kun"

All of the bad things above mention doesn't at ALL mean that you wont enjoy this anime. NOPE. This roller coaster of a mess will really make you feel like "what is this shit!?!? I LOVE THIS!" I don't know how and why but, I kinda did enjoy this show a lot.

In short, if you love scenes with fights, ecchiness, some more ecchiness, another level of echiness, an MC who isn't dense towards his harem, some more echiness, a little more fights, juuuust little more ecchiness,then you are gonna love this anime. One last thing. I wouldn't recommend you to watch this anime for its story. Thats it!!

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 6, 2022

B-O-D

Not Recommended

I don't do visual novels, so clueless about how they played out, Overall I just chill with animes to fill furlough time/sick time.

What can i say, an anime that starts with an idea of a school which settles things via battle, so the strongest/richest, etc are right, what could go wrong. Sadly as time passes, we see this is the state of japan too. The rich monopolies and corrupt government have brought the country to its knees, and a ramshackle bunch of students are who will change it.

Led by a girl who just wants to fight to be ... the strongest and a strategist with absolutely no martial arts skills, they first settle their school battle, and then take on jobs for meal tickets basically so can eat/sell them on to live.

The anime fast shifts from one area to another, with no real linkage apart from the boy's father, who left the country due to how corrupt it was, and the girl's desire to fight. Is disjointed is ecchi and harem, with fan service for those who want it above storyline and is a lot of stupid.

As the storyline goes on the girls follow the boy more, as much due to his leadership, as the harem'y aspect where they all love him, despite only 2 showing any real love in the past one sexually harassing him, the other through giving him bento's daily.

If you want a good anime, this isn't really for you, if you want intermittent tits and ass and every girl being athletic, this is for you. Unrealistic, stupid, and reliant on an oversat6urated market probably why so much fan service.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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