Ranked #2507

Tonagura!

Tonagura! is basically an ecchi anime. There are a lot of fanservice and the requisite male character who always finds himself being slapped, kicked, and hit because of his perverted ways.

I like the premise of the story because it deals with a childhood friend and crush who the female character meets again. Trouble is - the person Kazuki remembers from her childhood is not the same as the one she is seeing now. But as the series progresses, you might become annoyed with Kazuki for her continuous (and sometimes unfair) abuse for Yuuji - who is just probably just a little bit more perverted than boys his age.

One of the more interesting characters who shine in this anime is Kazuki's older sister who is perfect - her evil, sadistic ways notwithstanding. She cosplays a lot - depending on the menu. But my favorite character would have to be the teddy bear gun-toting Marie, the younger sister of Yuuji, who deals out 'divine punishment' whenever her brother gets too perverted (which is most of the time).

It's not really the best out there, but it could get you a few laughs and give you your fill of ecchi-ness if you're looking for one. read more

Since this series was aired in 2006, I'll cut it some slack. But seriously? This series demonstrates everything that's gone wrong in the anime industry . Its plot lacks fluency, some originality, fairly decent characters, or any conclusion for that matter, and merely exists for time consumption. Everything about this series can be expressed in a few sentences--thats the major problem with the series. A girl named Kazuki liked a childhood friend who moved away, now that he moved back she found out he's different so now she can't make up her mind. The end.

I won't lie. This series does go deeper than just Kazuki not being able to make up her mind and includes some serious thought out dramas. However, those dramas are usually accompanied or followed by pure fanservices and failed comedy scenes. Kazuki's panties are exposed, am I supposed to laugh? Yuji is getting hit by fake bullets after pulling down her pants, is that supposed to be funny? Which brings me to the next point, the characters are a terror, horror, disgusting, whatever.

Most of the comedy centers around Yuji, Kazuki's fantasized & romanticized childhood friend. He either gets hit or just commits a senseless act himself. None of which is really funny anymore. What can be considered hilarious is Tonagura's attempt at a serious romance plot. The main romance interest between Yuji and Kazuki is interfered constantly by side characters and for the first few episodes it'd be okay, but this pattern continued throughout the whole series, lowering its enjoyment level to that of "1/10" altogether. Yuji is another clueless male protagonist, who's usually accompanied by a decisive female partner. However, Kazuki was clueless as Yuji, maybe perhaps more so. None of the side characters really even attempt to appeal to the audience at all either, which makes the artistic & musical qualities of this series all the lesser impressive and significant, though it would've be decent with a functional plot. The only enjoyment someone could get out of this series is its constant flash of girls' panties, but those girls look like they're in elementary school & have the weirdest character designs, ever. Hence the rating of pathetic "1/10."

A completely meaningless series that deems itself to be a romance anime but really is just a wholesomely disguised ecchi anime. That's really what this serie was. Without a stable plot or character, the artistic aspects are just impossible for me to enjoy. Thus, this series definitely should be avoided when searching for any anime that's supposed to make any logical sense. But you know what they say, you've got to experience the worst so that you'd recognize the worst experiences and imply it to your life. So before you even start thinking about judging this review, please watch/re-watch the series, and then consider my words, wisely. Tonagura, my friend, is the worst of worst. You have to watch this series to understand true bitterness. read more