Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

When Kodaka Hasegawa finds out that he will be transferring to a new school, he is determined to make a positive impression, and maybe even some friends. However, Kodaka discovers he is out of luck when he immediately gets labeled as a violent delinquent due to his blond hair and intimidating expression. Although a month has passed, Kodaka is still alone thanks to his notorious reputation. However, his life begins to change when he finds fellow loner Yozora Mikazuki talking to her imaginary friend in an empty classroom.

After sharing stories of their lonely high school life, Kodaka and Yozora decide to overcome the difficulties of making friends together by starting the Neighbor's Club. Created for people who don't have friends, daily activities involve learning social skills and how to fit in, which will hopefully allow them to make friends. Joined by the eroge-loving Sena Kashiwazaki, and other eccentric outcasts, Kodaka may finally have managed to find people he can call friends, in this club filled with hilarious oddballs.

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Kashiwazaki, Sena Main

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Mikazuki, Yozora Main

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Hasegawa, Kodaka Main

Kimura, Ryouhei Japanese

Hasegawa, Kobato Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Shiguma, Rika Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Takayama, Maria Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Kusunoki, Yukimura Supporting

Yamamoto, Nozomi Japanese

Kashiwazaki, Pegasus Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Redfield, Stella Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese

Nagata, Yukiko Supporting

Yahagi, Sayuri Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Futami, Yousuke Producer

Tanaka, Gou Producer

Ougi, Jiyuu Producer

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Aug 1, 2022

MagnifecentToad

Recommended

Not even gonna cap dude, this show is pretty Meaty, and the characters have a lot of Meat to them.

This show has a bunch of cool characters and good stories I can get behind, But season 2 in the 2nd to last episode it gets pretty tough to wanna keep watching, other then that I love it and its my 3rd fave anime oat. If you wanna quick laugh with no big looming threat, some hot girls, a bit of harem/ecci thats not too much, and just a fun time, i genuinely cant recommend a better show.

Characters were pretty well rounded, and fun to ... watch, plus art still looks good after all this time. Not a very realistic show tho lol

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Dec 26, 2024

ee2v

Mixed Feelings

Starts off a nice premise. Show undergoes typical cliches at a decent pacr, and eventually reaches its very predictable ending. It serves as an adequate watch in-between 2 actually artistically driven series, to lower your standards and keep them there.

I dislike the two main girls here. Yozora portrays more emotion and interesting character within the first 5 minutes of the first episode than she does from there until the ending combined. She is just there to insult Sona and assert her moral superiority over the other just as one-dimensional girls. Sona is also very irritating; an entitled, very sensitive girl with the preferred look for ... your avid anime fan (big tits and ass, long blonde hair, blue eyes). All she has to her is to keep Yozora somehow within the diluted plot by being a punching bag for a barely better written character. Kobato is alright and I really like her voice, the high pitched tone of voice that is very prevalent and alive within slice-of-life isgetting on my nerves no doubt. Gotta include that one out-of-touch character in every anime ever too, right. Maria is really annoying and pure moe. Rika is the one recurring character trope I despise the most in all of anime, you know, the seemingly geeky and self-contained girl who is (not so) secretly this wild erotica fiend and a huge pervert, how wacky and original right?

Seeing naked children doesn't sit right with me. The nude scenes aren't sexualized further so I won't blindly reduce score for that. Just beware if you are going into this cold turkey and for some unknown reason weren't expecting such from this show.

The main character is relatively good on the other hand. Unlike with most slice of life/ecchi/softcore (whatever you call it it's been a while since I enjoyed my last 12-EP anime) anime MC's, Kodaka doesn't react to every sexual, weird or creepy comment or gesture like a madman. His character, although rather slowly, does actually go through some miniscule development as the series progresses. Doesn't mean he isn't just as one dimensional, though. Most of the time Kodoka acts accordingly to whatever he faces, like a real human being would given the situations he is in. Despite all this he is a weak protagonist. Throughout the series every last thing is always about which of the girls is the most competent at ___, not Kodoka. The girls constantly mock him for whatever reason as well. His backstory is super generic and not fully fleshed out either.

Character designs are decent, of course the main two girls being easily the most visually pleasing, and the rest of them just kind of hangin' around to elevate Yozora and Suna and for them to stand out and stay recognizable in the viewers eyes. Everything else is bland from a visual standpoint. Go search for anime ____ (residence, school, park, literally any general milieu); it'll result with nearly identical settings to the ones presented here.

Like to see a lot of fanservice and naked loli scenes but don't care for plot, writing, character traits/personality? This is the show for you. And I suppose this caters to a lion's share of weebs so there definitely is an audience.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Apr 12, 2024

lycoping

Not Recommended

This anime was terrible. I'm not going to beat around the bush. It was awful. I watched the first season, and I won't be watching the second.

The reason it's terrible is entirely around the characters. They're awful. There's not a sympathetic one in the bunch. But far and away the worst is Yozora. Every harem/ecchi anime like this seems to have a character that meets the tsundere trope. She's not a tsundere. She's a tsun tsun tsun.. tsuntsuntsuntsun. Forget the "dere", there's none of that. Half the comedic gags are based around her pulling a ... mean prank on someone, calling them awful names (like "meat" or "cow udders"), and I couldn't bring myself to even have the slightest bit of feeling about her except revulsion. Sometimes a character will grow on you, or you see a softer side, or that they're misunderstood. Yozora's not misunderstood. She's just that awful.

The male main character was the epitome of a useless harem protagonist, without the harem. He's spineless and lets the girls bully him all they want. Even in the very first episode, Yozora does something to him that he should never have put up with, and always seems to just want to placate them to get along. I guess that's a Japanese thing, but it made him very unlikable, and calling him a "protagonist" was a stretch. Calling him a *man* was a stretch.

Speaking of which, there's a character that's supposed to be gender confused. But, well... Yozora is just *that* awful. I won't say more because that's leaning towards being a spoiler, but take my word for it. If you're going to watch this because of this character, you'll probably just leave angry.

A character was introduced halfway through who was basically a... is there even a name for that? I give up even speculating. But she's terrible.

And then there's the child genius who also happens to be a sister (did I mention this is set in a *catholic school*?). And, of course, the chuunibyou younger sister who thinks she's a vampire, but it's clear girl's got *issues*. Who, of course, fights with the genius sister. Of course.

Yozore's main rival only has two things going for her, and we get to see them bounce around several times.

The ending was amazingly unsatisfying and barely resolved a plot point that was hinted at throughout the series. Maybe it's resolved in the second season. I can't be bothered to find out.

Seriously, don't waste your time on this. The only reason I rated it as highly as I did is that it did have a few well-animated funny moments, and the art and character design wasn't awful. I give it three stars and it can be thankful for them.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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