Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku

Yet another interesting Yaoi/BL series. Found it through automatic recommendations of fellow MAL members after the recently viewed animes on my list - great recommendation system if I may say so if you're looking for similar animes you've watched before! I like that the standard boy love 'jobs' of the characters are a bit different... instead of being the usual actor/writer/singer/teacher they're students that are a part of a martial arts school club. Fresh sight compared to the usual for me.

Additionally... There is excessive blushing involved. Like literally 99% of the time, probably because they're young students discovering this type of love, so getting flustered ... comes easily. A lot more reasonable scenario than getting flustered 99% of the time as a grown adult, I suppose.

There is also a quite slow pace, focused on small details and introspective thinking, specific to this kind of anime. And there's also of course some discussions revolving around sexual harassment, as there seems to always be in this anime genre. Expect some typical things, if you're familiar with Yaoi.

The story got me at about the half of the first OVA episode, where I'd already sort of gotten a bit fond of the character presentation. They've got decent chemistry & animation.

Things move unusually fast paced scene for scene after a while, probably due to the fact that they got just 2 episodes on their hands... and some scenarios would totally not work in real life, but I guess that's the point for us fans, to explore scenarios that otherwise would not really happen.

The scene dramatically changes & twists towards the end of the last episode... in a way I found scary, but worth watching since it can happen in real life. Inserting an element of danger definitely did the plot some service, especially in the way that it did.

Episode two has the natural development of their, well, new relationship... BUT I wish the hot scenes were done a little bit better. Alas! Still a decent anime.

Despite only being 2 episodes long, this is possibly one of my favourite yaoi animes. The story line itself is a little lacking as there is so much to cram into a short time, but considering it's only 2 episodes long it doesn't feel rushed.

The characters are well considered and well developed, and their relationship seems genuine. I wish there were more episodes to explore the characters further.

The art style is reminiscent of Junjou Romantica, but with better proportions.

The comedy is better highlighted in the first episode but the second episode has it's awkward cringey moments too. The romance between the characters really picks up ... by the second episode and the flow doesn't seem to rushed between them, giving the story time to develop and give you some really fluffy moments.

Overall a really good yaoi for only an OVA.

Seitokaichou ni chuuku was recommended to me by a friend. I had high hopes going into it. The art was good, sound was good. My issue was with the story. I will try writing this without giving away spoilers.

It feels unfinished. It feels as though they were expecting to do another ep and just didn't bother. Two episodes explained nothing--the plots are left open which bothers me. This anime had potential but it was ruined with them not finishing anything.

There was something that happened and no one was caught. Even though I think I knew who did it. If you're going to write a ... mystery, it needs to have an ending.



(sigh)