Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku

This is a very good slice-of-life anime work with many unique advantages that have greatly increased my rating of it. The script and the way the story is portrayed, even as a slice-of-life work, completely avoids using traditional conflicts or backstories to intensify the plot or the emotions of the characters. For example, there are no tragic backstories, regrettable pasts, or misunderstandings in the entire show.

For the characters, almost everyone is like a blank paper, with only differences in personality and interests. There are no deliberately constructed contradictions in the interactions, such as accidentally damaging items, misunderstandings from unintentional words, impending separations, or regrets from ... a failure. This makes it difficult for the story structure to have exciting climaxes or tear-dropping moments. Moreover, even the feeling of “love” is not used in the show at all.
However, under such a framework, the “innocence” is depicted so sincerely and successfully, with pure positive energy that resonates from the bottom of one’s heart.
Such anime is rare and precious. Therefore, it definitely deserves a higher score.

More specifically on the detail, the focus of the story is almost entirely on “the courage to start and affirm yourself,” which is as same as the title of the opening song: “The moment of a start.”
(The song itself is no doubt 10/10 it's so great)
It’s about the beginning of touching unknown things, the beginning of meeting new friends, and been through moments that make yourself feel shy and embarrassed.
In terms of real life, especially in social environments and schools (Asia more specifically), there is a fear of becoming an outcast, fear of interacting with others, fear of presenting oneself in front of a crowd (clothing, body, voice, and even smell). But once you take that first step, many things are not as scary as imagined. The protagonist demonstrates this process to us countless times in the show in a very energetic way.
This is the real “innocence” of a human in everyday life.
It's a heart-warming moment just by wondering if there were an Akebi-chan in our class.

As for the art part, it is definitely considered a top work of current technology. This show has a lot of large body movements, including changes in the hair and skirt during motion, which are produced very perfectly. Visually, some close-up shots use extremely beautified filters, which are actually quite common in other works, but usually used to express dramatic or comedic scenes. However, in this show, these techniques have become a way to showcase the beauty of the original manga, with obvious changes in the lines and coloring methods, providing a very fresh experience. (Some may not like it though.)
With great quality of pictures, it helps a lot on the performance of characters' expressions. There are so many tiny details on their body movement and the background as they interacting with each other.
In addition, the light and shade of photography technique is wisely used throughout the show. Even if you didn't notice, it provides comfortable watching experience imperceptibly.
It has achieved a certain level of art.
Music as well, they are heavily composed of violin and piano duo with extraordinary balance, sounds classical and elegant but also energetic at the same time, fits perfectly with the scenes.
All of these efforts work out very well for me. The overall viewing experience is satisfying and joyful.

“Beautiful Youth(青春) can be - even without love plot and tears.”

P.S. Another interesting point is that the campus buildings and uniforms of this show are based on Hokkaido’s “iai joshi women’s academy.” You can actually find their real photos of the campus through google map and their website.
From the main gate, cherry trees, classroom corridors, lecture podiums and grand pianos, to the laundry rooms in the dormitories, these scenes are accurately presented, and it is truly beautiful and wonderful place!

Akebi's Sailor Uniform is a decent CGDCT flick but there's not much to grab the viewer's attention. The animation is pretty great and there's a assortment of characters, but said characters are generally bland and there's absolutely no prodding, poking or otherwise confrontational attitude between the characters that would result in lighthearted banter and interactions. Instead, all the characters in scenes generally just wait in place to say their line to progress the episode's immensely thin plot.

The original idea is cute, a girl who idolizes sailor uniforms and who can't wait to wear her own but finds out they aren't in style by the ... time she enters school. Of course this isn't going to carry a story on its own and that's fine, but there's really no other interesting characters to follow in the downtime.

It's certainly passable, but I wouldn't advise anyone to go out of their way to watch it unless you're specifically looking for a short, shallow CGDCT series.

Akebi-san had a brief explanation in her announcement, the girl likes a sailor uniform and wants to have friends. The polished graphics immediately caught my eye, so I decided to go for them.

And yes, the graphics and music in the series were of a very high level. The graphics stay on a consistent level from start to finish. Details of single drops, falling leaves or the movements of figures and the arrangement of fabrics are reflected in the high quality and accuracy. It is a great joy to observe such a detailed image along with well-chosen music.
Character building also adds value. Each of the girls ... in Akebi-san's class has her own unique character, each is different in her own way and we have a chance to enjoy their diversity.

Unfortunately, as the supporting characters are interesting, the heroine is the mary sue of the series. Despite a few shortcomings, she is presented in the series as special and is the centrepiece of everything, and what other classmates thoughts. She’s the force that pushes them to action, but the time allocated to make it unique in the series is too large and clear. The series would benefit if the time only for the side heroes were increased. One gets the impression that the entire class has created a harem and a cult around her. It rejected me and irritated me, the heroine herself didn’t show many emotions apart from the first episode, playing the 'angel' 'goddess' ‘the special one’ in the whole class.

Ultimately, I didn't get much pleasure from the screening being bored with the slow story and the main character. The series may appeal to people who prefer to calmly watch the school life of the heroes and won’t be disturbed by yuri themes.