Ranked #1888

Sensei no Ojikan: Doki Doki School Hours

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Story: The description of this series sounded interesting but it is executed poorly. 'Doki Doki School Hours' is like the inbred offspring of 'Azumanga Daioh' , 'Pani Poni Dash', and 'Digi Charat'. Series begins 'in medias res' and has no real plot or drama. The pace is really hyper, and throws me off. Each episode is a series of short gags, like a 4-koma comic or something, interspersed with character profiles for scene transitions

Art: It's drawn well, but I highly dislike the extreme 'manga-ness' of it. 'Manga-ness' includes things like large Japanese text on the screen 80% of the time, displaying a character's name every scene they are in, and "profiles" of the characters appearing on screen for two seconds (Not enough time to read it, and I am a very fast reader).

Sound: The opening theme was forgettable, the ending theme was not much better, but what I really want to talk about is the LACK of sounds. Instead of having actual sound effects, the animators just write the sounds in kana on the screen. ALL THE TIME. So, instead of putting the sound of a heartbeat in when a character is nervous, there's just these HUMONGO "どきっ! どきっ! どきっ!" all over the screen. The same is done with regard to the sounds of walking, eating, laughing, etc. IT IS REALLY ANNOYING. Also instead of maybe putting some damn music in to convey the mood, the mood of the character is just written in GIANT kanji above/behind/next to them. Look, writing things like "concerned" or "serious" everywhere is okay IN A MANGA. This is just ANNOYING.

Character: The characters are actually done well. This is the thing I had no problem with. But you must be constantly reminded what character is currently on screen, usually with big flashing text at the top and bottom. ANNOYING.

Enjoyment: Like reading a manga without having time to properly look at each panel. NOT ENJOYABLE.

Overall Doki Doki School Hours is just poorly done. You just have to watch it for yourself to get a feel of how s***y this anime is. read more