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Sep 4, 2015
Tonari no Seki-kun : The master of killing time
So, exactly as the title of this anime
Or they should Yokoi wants to know all her next-seat classmate is doing? ╲(。◕‿◕。)╱
Well, it really worked pretty well for me.. For killing time
So, what's the best time for watching this?
When you're resting from doing your homework, waiting for someone/something, while eating snacks, when your TV at commercial break (Don't watch it before you sleep, because you won't sleep after 1 episode )
Ok here's a thing if you didn't notice
It's a 7-8mins short anime or 1/3 time of the usual anime (1 min+ for OP&ED)

Why I recommend this?
First the story
Obviously the story is about killing time
Most of the time they just sit in a classroom while the teacher there
There is Seki who likes to play something else while the teacher teaching something (Good boys&girls don't do that xD)
And there is Yokoi, who's always curious with whatever Seki do, keep watching him & commentating furiously (not really), and regretted it after that
Because she didn't listen to the teacher's lesson
Simple story yet so interesting

Art?
Hmm I have to say nothing special about the arts
But overall it's good
Why?
The expression, especially Yokoi (Well she's the only one who had many expressions) just really really.. make things so interesting
I mean without those face expressions you obviously can't imagine how this anime will going to be.. right?
For Seki-kun oh well his expressions all went to his "creation" effects xD

So, how about the sounds?
Well voice acting... You need something more than this?
The voice acting is the one that making things alive!!
HanaKana, everyone's favorite
I'm pretty sure almost all of MAL's people knew her pretty well
She really did a great job
Usually you'll hear her as a introvert, shy, and a quiet character but adorable
So, how about this one?
Well her character wasn't really talking loud about all of her "comments"
But still her character obviously not a quiet one
Her voice really made Seki's "creation" perfect
Without her "tsukkomi" voice everything just become dull
Thank you HanaKana! Good job! xD

Seki-kun, many people said Shimono Hiro just doing nothing at all
But those guys are wrong
He's doing something amazing
His character wasn't not talking at all
But he's still doing other sounds, like sound effects..
Tbh it's kinda hard sometimes to do something like that
There'll be an episode that he have to do the sound effects by his own voice.. only his voice
He really did a great job! I mean really, you'll see later

OP&ED
OP is sung by HanaKana, the lyrics are reflecting Yokoi's feelings
ED just an instrumental+some gibberish by some student's tools (ex : pencilcase, pencil, "lab glass")

Characters...
Well
Let's start from Seki
A boy who didn't like studying in a classroom at all, so he brought all of his toys to the classroom
He's playing with them while his classmate looked at him (I think he's planning this xD)
And Yokoi
Because Seki's "creation" need someone's reaction to make it alive
They way she made the "comments" are way too hilarious, you can't deny her way to make them
Her voice too full of expression too, so you're bound to laugh / just grin widely

For both of them
Well I don't really know myself
But, I really shipped them even if there's no romance at all
I mean if you're watching them till the end, you know they're really adorable together
They have some kind of "red strings being tied together".. Right g-guys?

It's a short anime, but it's really interesting
When I'm watching this, I just felt it's just one or two minutes
That means, if you're really enjoying something, your sense of time just *poof.. Gone xD


TL;DR
Why don't you try for yourself the first 3 episode?
It's just 21 min, the same time like 1 episode of a "normal"

Thank you for reading my review
Hope it helps you
I really like short anime like this
How about you? You like it too?
Please tell me by adding me and write it to me in my comment section :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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