Medaka Box

Perhaps one of the most hyped up anime of this Spring Season. Based off the popular manga Medaka Box, the shonen manga written by Nisio Isin (author of the Monogatari series including that oh yes, infamous toothbrush scene from the who can we forget, Nisemonogatari), has officially became an anime. Now, is that a good or bad thing? Hmm..with roughly half the series airing already, let's put our heads together and find out.

First of all, there seems to be a trend of strong and unusual female leads this season. Koko from Jormungand, Yuuko from Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Rea from Sankarea, just to name a ... few. Then, we have Medaka Kurokami, the beautiful and well-endowed student council president who has in her mind, no problem showing of that voluptuous body of hers which is right now, one of the main reasons some of us may be watching the show. Beyond that, she is nearly perfect and achieves what we can see as inhuman feats. But most curiously, she wishes to help the helpless and does so by creating a suggestion box. You can probably figure out where the title of the series comes by this point. Then, we have the other characters starting with her lucky or maybe not so lucky childhood friend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi. He reluctantly joins the council for the sake of his childhood friend despite the strange put-ups he has to endure daily. (such as Medaka stripping in front of him with little care) Then, we have the other characters. The student secretary Kouki Akune who became an instant fan boy of Medaka and the blue loli Hansode Shiranui who seems to have an eating habit that surpasses the hunger levels of a saiyan. Although these characters are all appealing and makes us anime fans watch further and learn more about them, what are their backgrounds? From here and out, I definitely wants to see more of that than what they do in the council everyday. Lately, another character by the name of Mogana Kikaijima is introduced and so far, we know that she is obsessed with money. To her, it's all about the money, money, and money.

Now, the art and music seems to be alright from what's seen so far. However, I do realize that Gainax is NOT putting their effort into it as much as I originally hoped. The characters are blend, not original and not cutting edge. The absurd amount of fan-service seems to also seems to be thrown into our faces every 5 minutes. To me, that shows lack of effort on their behalf. I honestly expected more.

Some of the music does mix in during the scenes but let's face it, it's not worth a Grammy Award. The OP for this series is somewhat catchy especially those Medaka cameos in nearly every scene. It makes sense after all to have our starring president in it as she's also the title character. However, "Happy Box"? The title of this seems a bit ambiguous. That suggestion box is filled with notes that expresses concerns that I highly doubt would be something "happy" for the council to read.

But beyond that, there are also those little stitches we pay attention in every episode such as the blue loli Hansode Shiranui eating 24/7, Medaka's random symmetrical poses with the other characters, and Kouki Akune's narcissism. Strangely enough, I found these little things to be quite amusing from time to time even though they are served as comic reliefs (or maybe not later?). I mean, after all so far, this series is mostly amusing and entertaining and not one of these deep emotional series like Clannad: Afterstory where we cry tears that will fill the Grand Canyon.

However, in later episodes, Medaka Box lies the smackdown and delivers some unexpected action that some of us may have not expected. Yes, it still falls under the common cliches and fan-service but at this point, who really cares? This is one of those series where you expect the unexpected from our cast, ours truly the Student Council.

This series is something to keep an eye on (especially if you're into the comedy, shounen type genre) but NOT to hype over (especially for those who've read the manga beyond this point). It has its good but also the bad points. If you're a fan of comedy and entertainment, then this series is definitely for you. If not, then just sit back and watch this for the lulz. Later on though, you can expect Medaka lay some smackdown on those she sees as troublemakers to the academy. All in all, this is a busy series. Its first six episodes of half-stories may shun away viewers and make some hit that "drop" button. But if you can survive that, then you might be worth in for a little treat beyond the fan-service and cliches. If it's anything, this show does bring some entertainment especially in the middle of the week where you work your ass off at work or school. But hey, that's why we have anime like Medaka Box to kill reality.

Medaka Box is an anime about Medaka Kurokami, a flawless girl and her childhood friend Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, who works hard to follow her, the story follows the two and more in the joining of high school while these two make up the Student Council, but one twist the president Medaka promised to solve everyone problems by the use of the Medaka Box.

Note: This review contains light spoilers.
Disclaimer: This is my own opinion. They are not facts.

Perfection, this subject hasn't been touched a lot in the anime franchise, this anime: Medaka Box is not a real battle shounen and the action is very one sided, but ... it is neither a fail of a shounen, rather it could be called an anime which mocks these kind of anime. In a lot of shounen the good guy/girl overcomes hardships and in a life or death battle the bad guy gets transformed to the good side by seeing the light or something. Medaka doesn't have this life or death situation or the problems, well because the main character is perfect and flawless and a big physiological factor plays with this:
Can we stand someone who is completely better than anyone in everything? No, obviously we can't. We are humans who have pride, so we dislike the people who do everything right while being modest about it. This is called pride in a positive way and arrogance in a negative way.

The story itself consists of Medaka and Zenkichi solving problems around school, the latter episodes revolves around a fight between the Student Council and the Disciplinary Committee. I think this anime stopped at the point where it becomes somewhat more of a shounen and where the other characters actually get to do something.

Art-wise it does differ a lot from recently aired anime, instead of going for a more realistic look it has a pretty shounen like look. The animation isn't anything special, nothing too be amazed over. Maybe even a bit skippy if you ask me.

The opening song "Happy Crazy Box" fits the anime well and the ending theme is a character song by Medaka's seiyuu. Which is good, again this anything really good, it is decent and that is it all.

Since I already talked a lot about the character Medaka, you might notice that I think this is the anime's strongest point and I do think that. A character doesn't always need to be likeable to be a well done. Medaka's personality and actions might be disliked by a lot of people, but they probably made it so you would not like her and that is the point. On the other Zenkichi is a real typical shounen like protagonist, hard-working self-sacrificing and surprisingly a bit of a tsundere. Akune is more of a supporting character than a main, but still contributes to the story, Kikaijima, one of the many "reformed" enemies is a shy girl who only has money on her mind.

Overall I though this was a very unique anime, which opened some people's eyes about the term "perfect".

Best thing in this anime:
- The various range of characters and their personalities and the view it gave me on "perfect".
Worst thing in this anime:
- The art, animation and sound part were very lacking. The series might also have been a bit too episodic, but with only 12 episodes this probably could not have been helped.

Life lesson learnt: People rather have a hard-working failure, than a talented, flawless person.

After finishing this series, there are just a few things I'd like to clear up.

First of all, this series was adapted (quite faithfully, I must add) from a relatively popular shounen manga of the same name. It's not in any way complete, and a second season has just been confirmed. This first season served mainly as an introduction to the characters and setting.

Secondly, if you haven't read the manga already, I suggest doing so. It's nearly exactly the same as this anime has been so far, so you won't be missing out on much if you skip over this in favor of the manga.

Alright, ... on to the actual review!

Medaka Box starts out as a typical school life story with supernatural/shounen elements. It's interesting to see a shounen series with the main fighting protagonist a female, although some may argue that Zenkichi is the true protagonist here.

The premise of this series is about a student council with an unbeatable president, Kurokami Medaka. Right off the bat, everything about this series seems like it should be completely unlikable. We've got a useless male lead, an overpowered big-breasted female lead, and a bunch of other seemingly annoying characters. But somehow, after just watching a few minutes of the first episode, I began to actually like them.

Honestly, by itself, this anime is not very good. It just doesn't make sense unless you know what the manga will eventually be about, and that's never a good idea. My enjoyment came from the way this show made me laugh, and I really did like the characters a lot. Despite the fact that all the characters are overpowered archetypes, Medaka Box presents them in a way that is rather satirical. This show doesn't take itself seriously, which makes it very enjoyable to watch.

Overall, I liked Medaka Box. The pacing was strange, but the ending left room for all of the events that have yet unfolded in this anime adaptation.

Your typical shounen hero is a saint. No doubt about it. Whether they are challenging the strongest guys in the universe on planet Namek, traveling the endless oceans on their way to become the pirate king or gathering the most exquisite ingredients to complete their full course menu, these perfect human beings will overcome any challenge by propagating the three golden principles of the Shounen Jump Magazine: friendship, effort and victory.

The main question is: do you really buy it?

- The Story:
Although it may at first glance look like a blatant Suzumiya Haruhi rip-off, Medaka Box actually deals with the afore-mentioned question. We follow the adventures ... of the abnormally perfect Kurokami Medaka fulfilling her duties as the student council president. Accompanied by her more than sceptical childhoodfriend Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, Medaka dashes off to help every student on campus, whether they are really in need or not. There are no boundaries for this student council president as she resocializes even the most notorious delinquents.
The storytelling is more or less character-centered and engages the consumer with its many humourous moments and crazy situations. The numerous student requests lead the student council to join wacky escapades while the audience discovers layer neath layer of what can be assumed to be Kurokami Medaka's psychological profile. Is she a saint or a monster...?

- The Characters:
To be honest, this is probably the most striking element of Medaka Box. While the scenario, as described above, the concept of an energetic girl forcing a cynical boy to join a club against his will, is not new, the characters that fill the roles of Suzumiya Haruhi, Kyon, Koizumi etc are very well written and invite you to actually understand their competing world views as well as their fascination with the main heroine. And that fascination is not without cause.
This show stands and falls with its main character. Kurokami Medaka, the saint-like student council president, knows how to get what she wants, which is most likely something for the good of everyone. She definitely is one of the toughest female main characters in a Shounen franchise that I have ever seen. Talking personally here, after seeing countless of these pseudo-strong heroines fall to being protected by their male counterparts revealing themselves to be the actual strongest in the end (talking about Saber, Shana, etc), it was completely refreshing to see a female character taking the lead role in a Shounen Jump series, actually being in charge of most of the butt-kicking action while her male partners rather support than supress her power.

- The Design:
Although its scenario appears as your typical highschool setting, the character design already underlines its actual focus. Most of the students are weird looking, starting by their unusual school uniform look and ending in their crazy hairstyles or extreme body shapes. Those differ from certain elementary school kid sized students to brawny muscle guys or girls like Kurokami Medaka herself being overly sexy. This style adds a more than trashy vibe to the already weird contents of the Medaka Box adventures and gives you an idea of how to really handle the show.

- The Final Conclusion:
Although the first season of Medaka Box only covers a small percentage of the actual Shounen Jump Manga series, it really appears to be more or less complete within itself dealing with the simple matter of constructing and introducing Kurokami Medaka's saint-like character and posing the question of whether we trust our perfect Shounen heroes or not.

If you are sick of your typical pseudo-strong heroine please feel free to experience something different within this student council.

I want to say that this anime is good I love it but, I disappointed when listen tha only have 12 episodes and say Oh My God Why? Because is a good anime and in the manga have a long history. However, I wait more of this anime xDD I want more and I hope a excelent second season and all the members tha apper in the manga :3 Gainax thanks for your good work.

I want to start off by saying that this review is for both series of Medaka Box. This anime had very much so it's strong points and it's weak points. For the strong points my three favorite things in anime: the characters were amazing, Medaka and Zenkichi, I can't spell so do not get mad, there was contrast to the characters such as the overall change in how Medaka changed over the period of the series, and finally, the comedic relief was out of this world I liked that probably the most. It definitely lacked in art because of the fact that ... if the character had long hair, their eyes would go through the hair and in my opinion was tacky and also the soundtrack was not bad, but not memorable by any means. Overall though I loved this anime and I was contemplating on giving it a nine until the last episode which got way off topic. Definitely a great watch and I encourage anyone who would want to watch the anime, you need to watch it really great.

I really enjoyed watching Medaka Box and I will review it for you in an easy to - read way. I seriously suggest watching it for a funny and entertaining anime!

Story (no spoilers) - Medaka Box is about a nice yet bossy student council president who is OBSESSED with helping strangers when they're in need. She tries to get her childhood friend in the student council but he is totally against it. She tries to reform everybody who has done a bad deed and eventually comes up against difficult challenges.

Characters - The characters throughout the show are good with some great background stories. There ... are a lot of unique fighting styles between the characters and some interesting personalities. My favourite character would have to be Unzen, Myouri because I love his fighting style and bossy - childish personality.

Overall the anime is great to watch when your bored or if your into a comedy, action and school anime.

I wish I could just say "It's a series by Gainax. Enough said." Unfortunately, it is too early to make that statement for Medaka Box. The series is off to a good start but it is still unclear if the series will hit the mark that many expect out of Gainax.

The series revolves around Medaka, a first year that is elected as Student Council President with a staggering 98% of the vote, and more or less forces her childhood friend, Zenkichi, into joining the Student Council as its lowest ranking member.

The first thing she does is establish a suggestion box, later dubbed by students the ... "Medaka Box". Medaka encourages students to submit any problem to the box without hesitation and promises to take on any issue from anyone. The Student Council members then spend their days solving the problems submitted through the Medaka Box, whether they be hooligans in clubs where they don't belong or people who've lost their pets, gradually earning the respect and admiration of the entire school.

Medaka has a very charismatic, hardworking, trustful and overwhelming personality that makes her seen as a 'superior human' which plays a huge role in the series as various characters continually point out, but she also has some very glaring human flaws that few see. She has a very large jealous side and can also be a tease to her friends. In a way she reminds me of Haruhi Suzumiya with the alien and supernatural obsession swapped out with an obsession to help others.

My favorite character at thie point, however, would have to be Shiranui. She is the comic relief character of the series. Zenkichi is apparently the only person who can get along with her and somewhat control her. Even though she is the smallest of the main characters, Shiranui has a very large appetite and is constantly seen eating. She has a knack for finding confidential information with ease, knowing about most things that would seem to be vague details, and is unusually perceptive. Normally, she is a very cheerful girl but she is shown to have a dark side and is brutally tactless.

Backgrounds are well done. It's vivid and bright, reminded me of Baka to Test series. The character designs really remind me of High School DxD and the animation is very fluid and smooth.

The soundtracks do a pretty good job of blending into the anime's atmosphere, and while the opening and ending were quite good they are not all that memorable.

The series definitely show the elements to make a great show, but it all has yet to come together. Based on the first two episodes I would say...

Score wise:
Story (7/10)
Art (9/10)
Sound (7/10)
Character (9/10)
Enjoyment (8/10)
Overall (8/10)

Medaka Box is not quite like Pandora Box which brings doom to the user, but rather it's a box which bring happiness to the entire school.

Kurokami Medaka, the main protagonist, is a student council president who won 98% of the voting election, mainly because she promises the existence of Medaka Box : a box which everyone in the school can put in their problems, whether studies, love, family, or any other personal issues, and the student council team will solve it.

As you may have imagined, Kurokami Medaka is a 'superior human', which means that she can do ALMOST everything alone. She is charismatic, hardworking, trustful, ... but sometimes can also be a tease to her friends.

Moving on the the aspects of review :
Story (7)
- Not quite a story plot for the first two episodes. Just Medaka receiving some requests from the students, and she completes it. The plot was only Zenkichi, Medaka's childhood friend, who joined Student Council to help Medaka doing things that she unable to do. I don't really agree blending ecchi on Medaka Box, since emphasizing the depth of each story would be a better selling point than fan services.

Art (8)
- Really liked the drawings. Backgrounds are well done. It's vivid and bright, reminded me of Baka to Test series.

Sound (7)
- No special review on this part. The soundtracks pretty well blending inside of the anime's atmosphere. The opening and ending were quite good, but not as memorable as Accel World's Chase the World, Sankarea's Esoragoto, nor Fate/Zero's to the Beginning.

Character (8)
- So far, character development goes well. Medaka and Zenkichi couples up nicely and they each covers their partner's weaknesses. Hope for more appearances of characters in the future.

Enjoyment (7)
- Sometimes Medaka Box can be a little bit touching, but sometimes it can also bore you (I don't really know, but it happened to me). I don't really expect the third episode, but I think I'm going to continue watching Medaka Box since as we never know the contents of the next box, as there is always an element of surprise in each box, including Medaka Box.

I hope you enjoyed reading my review.

NB :
This review was written upon seeing the second episode of the show, so some changes may apply in the future. I also didn't read the manga, which enabled me to give a neutral stand on reviewing Medaka Box by anime solely.

Medaka box,lets see an interesting anime or rather an annoying one! Or maybe i am jumping to conclusion!!! probably thats it.That's what i thought at first but i am telling you this that at first glance it may seem boring but i suggest that have patience because the first season is probably the most boring one! I am telling you guys this anime is far interesting as the story develops!

That being said lets get back to the issue in hand! Medaka box is a school genre anime that goes as a shounen type but probably not! It centers around a girl who loves everything or ... rather i say everyone( goes far as kissing to). Her name is kurokami medaka, a popular student council president who is willing to see everyone in her own ideal! She has monstrous strength, big boobs and a habit of mimicking everyone! She has the power of transforming( i don't know how) and can change modes like war god mode etc.According to zenkichi since childhood she always butts into others problem without thinking but somehow always comes out successful.But she has a never failed to solve a problem except one that she still regrets( this will be revealed in due time in the following season). She is a good character that acts like a saint but can be devil for the sake of his close friends!

akune kouki, known as the judo prince, is a handsome man popular with the girls but that is after coming to high school. Before he was a terrifying person that caused a whole gang being hospitalized! He was being reformed by nekomi his for Judo club captain.He has feelings for medaka chan and confessed to her and got rejected in a instant.He was accepted a student council secretary by medaka chan and doesn't get along with zenkichi.

Kikaijima mogona is a swimming club member rather a special swimming club member! She with two others can live or kill for a single yen! she was hired my medaka chan a treasurer and wats to be friend with zenkichi and medaka chan.Her dream is to fill a pool with money and swim in it with Yakushima and Tanegashima, his two close partners! she lost her first kiss to medaka chan.

shiranui hansoda is little girls in outside but somehow she knows everything and has solution to every problem. She is a member of the 13th class with medaka and unzen the disciplinary committee chairman( this will be shown in due time)! She is granddaughter of the sandbox academy! She hates the student council president, like sweets, doesn't think about rules and the one person she get along with is zenkichi but is when she likes.

It may not seem like but Zenkichi Hitoyoshi is the main character of this story!You will see this maybe in the later seasons! Zenkichi is a kind of tsundere person who despises but has feeling for medaka chan at the same time! He has been known and befriends with her since age two! He was always forced to go and tag along with every medaka chan plans! He isn't kind like medaka chan at all! he can kill in order to protect her!He is also known as the guard dog of the student council, the club crushers and later he will known as more! He does everything as his president says like wearing a jacket under his shirt.He regards himself as normal but he has more power than he thinks! His power far surpasses medaka chans power but i believe is not shown in the first season.He is probably a useless main character in this season.
there goes the long character details!rather than them their are many minor characters that i have no energy to describe!
This anime isn't good in the beginning but has the potential to grow interesting. this anime is mainly a comedy,martial arts,echhi,romance type anime! except martial arts i believe rest are not that well shown!
To be honest i didn't enjoy it that much but still recommend that you watch it!But i am waiting to see the later seasons if they air!!! cause that i believe will be interesting!

Going into this I thought it would be a usual Ecchi anime, just fan service and not much story line at all.
But as soon as it starts, there's a story unfolding. Even if it is small, and not necessarily a proper story straight away, it's there which is what matters.
The plot lined out in the synopsis shows a pretty common way for Ecchi, but it has a twist that makes it interesting. It isn't the main focus so there's been effort put into other parts of the anime for people to enjoy if fan service isn't just what they want. There isn't really ... much of it either, so if you're just looking for Ecchi, this isn't a good choice.

If you like romance, there's some of that and good comedy too. Little bits of action are put in as well. The anime has a nice feeling to it. The balance between genres and what happens in each episode has a nice flow.
Watching the dub, the voice to mouth sync is a little off at some points but it's not a big deal.

Over all it's worth watching. It's entertaining and enjoyable. The action and plot quickly kicks in at the end, though in a bit of a weird way but it makes you excited to see what happens in the next season.

[This review contains minor spoilers.]
[This is a review of both seasons, together.]
I am glad that I watched this.
I probably wouldn't recommend this to others.
I have watched this once, subtitled. Before watching the anime, I had read all the chapters of the manga, translated.
I probably won't watch this again.

---- Positives ----

The series does a relatively good job exploring special power strengths, weaknesses, and match-ups.
Although there are too many special powers to be painstakingly explored, for the number of special powers that are encountered in the series, we learn a lot about each of them, of which their weaknesses and how they fair against other special powers ... are the most important and well-handled.

This series focuses on the intellectual aspect of battles.
Characters win battles by outsmarting their opponents - discovering who their opponents are and using that to gain the upper hand, analyzing their opponents' abilities and finding a weakness, etc. Although every series that handles the meshing of different special powers is eventually doomed to trip on inconsistencies and not-quite-thought-through and overlooked applications of special powers, this series does a considerably good job at balancing powers and making sure that characters have a good grasp of their own limits. There really aren't any instances where you see the author in the characters - characters don't spontaneously apply their abilities in new ways as an afterthought. There seems to have been a large amount of thought that went into each character and their power beforehand.

Characters in this series have good chemistry within their groups.
When characters are grouped together in this series, such as being in a club, their personalities mesh really well despite being very different, generally.

Kurokami Medaka is voiced very well.
Her voice and dialect match her character.

The art looks particularly good, in bursts.
Certain scenes look really detailed and vibrant, mainly the early episodes before it turns into a battle series. Art is decent throughout.

There's a girl who's worried that her head is going to roll off unless she's constantly holding it in place.
Because those scenes are adorable.

Good Loser Kumagawa breaks the mold, so the negatives written below don't apply during that episode.
The final episode of season 2 is a side story that conveys the general feel of the entire [manga] series better than the main episodes did. Kumagawa is the most interesting and complex character in Medaka Box, so at least the production staff threw him a bone even if only for a moment. On a basic level, the ways in which Kumagawa does and doesn't use his special power are central to his character, all the other characters, and why Medaka Box [manga] performs so well as a Special Powers series.

---- Negatives ----

The genre shift is odd.
This series starts out as a Student Council Slice of Life genre and changes into a Special Powers Intellectual Battle genre. This shift was also peculiar in the manga.
Opportunity for cancel: Yes, depending on who you are. If you're okay with both genres, this will be fine and you may not even notice it until someone else points it out for you, but if you don't like one of the genres, you'll definitely notice and you probably won't enjoy the shift.

The series never gets far enough off the ground to delve into the characters' life philosophies as successfully as the manga did.
Yes, it's obvious that an anime series based on a manga series won't quite cover as many scenes. However, the life philosophies of characters, including, if you read into it, whether their views affected how they used their abilities or the way in which their abilities changed their lives changed their views along with it, was an extremely important part of the manga. Building that part of the story up takes a long time though, since you can't stop at simply dedicating a few pages/scenes to a character explaining their life and then expect it to have a profound effect on the viewer. The manga is long and the characters act out their views over a long time, so there's a strong, genuine feeling that develops regarding what types of people they are and how they view life. This is handled superbly in the manga.
Opportunity for cancel: Yes. For one, Kurokami Medaka gets decent coverage. Kumagawa gets a surprising amount of this sort of coverage even though he only has one-and-a-partial episode spent on him. Other characters such as Miyakonojou get decent coverage, though it's still slightly lacking.

The series didn't receive enough episodes in order to communicate its focus.
[This is related to the above negative, but examines how this aspect practically impacts viewers who haven't and won't read the manga.] As far as my opinion goes, the manga's focus is really on differing life philosophies coming together and enjoying both the positives and negatives of the result. Instead, based on how far the anime got, it appears to the viewer that Medaka Box is about inter-club battles and the Flask Plan and ... and actually, I'm not sure that there is any overarching focus. The series doesn't get far enough along. Someone who only watches the anime and doesn't read the manga will walk away with a very different impression of this series.
Opportunity for cancel: Yes, because the production team did a good job with the episode count that they had. There simply wasn't enough time to focus on what the manga focused on. I don't mean that there weren't enough scenes for monologue - there were. --but monologues wouldn't have cut it here. What I mean is that you'd need enough scenes that demonstrate the characters' views in order to properly cement those views in the story, but there just weren't enough minutes to show all those scenes without unacceptably rushing. So, the team focused on all the right things for a brief anime series.

Medaka Box is an anime I stumbled upon while just browsing around on YouTube at some parodies and abridged series. Little did I know I was in for a great experience. I have seen both this and the Abnormal Sequel Series and yes my score is based around both as with this review. I won't spoil anything so go ahead and read the rest of this worry free.

Story 9/10
The first series was all about what the anime was titled about: Medaka's Student Council Suggestion Box and her quest to reform the school and everyone around her. It is somewhat more light-hearted than the second ... seasons immense amounts of violence and blood because it revolves around most of the school life and Medaka's Student Council. This may not sound all too exciting for the first season but Medaka herself is an abnormal person being physically able to do anything presented to her. After first season, second season picks up and presents a conflict, The Flask Plan which I find relieving since it doesn't remain somewhat of mostly filler. Although, I did not personally enjoy the ending as it really didn't have any relation to the rest of the series except for back story of a character we didn't know about until the second to last episode. But its one of those you may have to read the manga so I somewhat understand the reasoning behind that.

Art 8/10
The art style presents a lot of fan-service but does it in a way you'll still like the way everything is drawn. Its not the most beautiful anime but the way it presents itself is quite nice.

Sound 8/10
I liked all of the tracks except for the first season OP. It just didn't appeal to me and just felt generic. However every other theme in both seasons were very moving and I feel they fit the style and tone very well. I did watch in dub and I was very happy most of the voice actors cast consisted of Clannad actors.

Character 10/10
I loved every character presented in this anime, especially Medaka. She may be abnormal but its a good light hearted abnormal with one goal, help everyone around her be happy. She herself goes through major development mostly occurring in the second season but you can see the seeds of it being planted at the end of this series. As I said above, I really enjoyed the Clannad party here in the dub, it makes them more recognizable to me. I also enjoyed the wide variety of troubled people in the anime.

Overall 10/10
This is not a perfect anime by any means though through it all, I really enjoyed what saw. Every bit was enjoyable to watch and if you are into school with some added effects, give this a watch. You may not feel like I do but I assure you, you will not be disappointed by this anime, except maybe for the ending. But hey, if you can put up with, it still makes an enjoyable experience.

The setup of this anime is not original one, it is of a high school prefect body taking care of the school issues which in here mostly involve odd requests from some students. How are they solved and more than that how wackily they are solved by an eccentric genius forms the plot of the story. The author has tried to marry wackiness and the usual theme of high school comedy, and I feel it hasn't worked out very fine in that regard. However I had fun just watching the possibilities pop up and surprise me though the surprise didn't always quiet meet up with ... my expectations. The story is very fast moving and the author doesn't wait for much story to build. The action and comedy starts pretty soon which works fine for this kind of setup though you are left with astonishment which you wont find hard to let go. What stands out in this anime is some original characters and setups and the comedy elements. In the end the anime is a mix up of whole lot of things which don't quiet added up that well but you'd love to stick to it for memorable characters and some things that you can find only in this series..

Hunter X Hunter.
Dragon Ball Z.
One Piece.
Bleach.
Attack On Titan.
Naruto: Shippuden.
These were the anime that everyone was talking about, and for a while, I bought into the hype.

Around last year, I had never heard of this series, up until I was browsing around a YouTube playlist on KaggyVA's channel, and saw the abridged series to this show, Medaka MENT. Ever the curious one, I decided to watch this anime, so I looked it up, and I instantly got hooked.

... Story - 7
The series stars Medaka Kurokami, as she is the 99th Student Council President at Haikoniwa Academy, and she instantly becomes a staple of the school, with her abnormal superhuman feats, and abilities to 'show the right path' to other students in order to make them better people. Accompanying her is her childhood friend, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi, who is basically, Medaka's very own errand boy. Among the others are Mogana Kikaijima, a member of the swim club obsessed with money, and Kouki Akune, who is a judo prodigy.

Characters - 7
I've been browsing around the internet, and hearing things like 'Medaka a complete Mary Sue!' And 'She's too one-dimensional!' To that I say, NOT SO FAST! Medaka is actually a pretty well-rounded character (in more ways than one, you know what I mean?) She's level headed, but is also naive to the simplest things. But she always comes through in a pinch, even when it doesn't help. The rest of the cast is a (literal) colorful bunch. You have Akune, the judo prodigy who's hopelessly in love with Medaka, Kikaijima, who is tough, yet at the same time, shy, and the resident Big-Eater, Hasode Shiranui, who somehow knows everything about everybody, at anyplace or time. The supporting cast is pretty entertaining to watch, too, as they are the ones who get changed without realizing it.

Overall, Medaka Box is a fairly underrated anime, and should have more recognition that it already has.

Grade: A-

Medaka Box...

Just a small intro.. This is about a girl named Medaka Kurokami who is the newly elected student council president of her school Hakoniwa Academy.. As part of her platform/project she sets up a suggestion box wherein any request that will be placed will be put into motion.. That is the adventure of Medaka and her fellow student council recruits..

This is a kind of anime that will make you say "what the hell".. I mean it.. Why? It's because it presents a plot wherein you can't say if it is shonen anime or just an anime with an episodic format or those animes where ... each episodes differ from one another...

When I first saw the poster, I put it in my to be watch list because it has a good poster.. My rule in watching anime is like this; when the drawing in the poster is good, I'm going to watch it.. Then, the watching starts... And as I watch it, there are times that I was surprised with the flow events.. For me, the whole thing is unpredictable.. I don't know if the scenes are to be considered shonen with awesome action scenes are some normal scenes.. That's my feelings..

Well, to elaborate..

Story (10)
Well.. I said that I was bit mislead at first but the concept that this series presented was good and interesting... First, they showed a concept wherein a student council acts like bounty hunters, gun for hire individuals or individuals that will do anything.. Well.. that's an exaggeration.. What I mean is.. the student council will do anything to help.. If that's what happening in real life student council, I think all of the schools in the whole world will live the best of their school lives...

Second, the structure of the school concept... They have a very huge school grounds, very sophisticated swimming pools.. what else can you say.. It's an awesome school.. It's just like you are entered in a school that surpasses the most awesome school in the world.. HAHAHA.. just saying..

Third, you may not know it but this anime will go into the path of sci-fi/fantasy and pure shonen.. Why? Because the main characters, especially the villain, are monsters... They have supernatural like abilities.. Also, as the story mentioned, there are this special class that have monster like individuals... I don't know yet the exact details but you will definitely sense that the series will be a real shonen..

Art (9)
Uh.. I have no issues with the art... Medaka is beautiful... The other characters are OK.. Very shonen like art..

Sound (7)
I have no issues with the sound... I can say that I enjoyed listening to the Ending theme more compared to the opening..

Character (10)
I can say that the characters presented to us are the ones you can really call "abnormal".. Well their character traits are in the extremes.. Medaka is super good, like a saint.. Unzen is super justice bent, like an obsessed justiceman.. Mogana is super money obsessed... The good thing about this extreme characteristics is that you can clearly see that main conflict.. It is not hard to understand who is right and who is wrong.. The clash of ideas are clear..

I'm going to talk about the character of Zenkichi for a while.. This guy is special... I like the way wherein he is giving bluffs, threats or advice.. If you will watch it, I think you will smile with the message... It's like the message is so badass or the message is very funny.. Just watch..

Another character that caught my attention is Shiranui.. Shiranui is very funny.. Not to mention that she is very cute.. She is like a chibi drawing because she is too small.. But the thing that sparked my interest is her mannerism.. She is like a secret villain that is planning the dirty works in the shadows and then her very cute face is the poker face..

Enjoyment (10)
The first parts of the series shows the different task or request.. It is fun to watch that absolute goodness will prevail in each task that are finished.. It's like you are watching a values show wherein each episode teaches a moral lesson in the end..

Then, here come the other part wherein the series starts to live up in its action genre.. There are opponents and there are action scenes.. DAMN, all of them are awesome... The balance is good.. There is comedy, action sometimes a little bit of drama..

Overall
Well.. watch this.. This is not you ordinary type of school anime or slice of life anime... It had it all... I don't think that I have things that I hate in this one.. It's like I enjoyed the whole series... Take note.. this is a manga series, so I expect more seasons to come..

That's it.. Thank you

LightningSnow...

The story is you're average slice of life it can be related to the God Harui Suzimia. At the beginning or any Student council slice of life anime. But the story does get stale as old bread [cough cough tournament arc] but PERSEVERE for those long episodes were meant to be only a few chapters but they decided to make them ARCS, for some reason! But Near the end it starts to get spicey :)

I even almost put it forever on the "ON HOLD" list, but i took a nap and continued. Now after watching I WANTED MORE! so I watched the second season. ... QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED! and its so nice, it may have a stale beginning but dont worry.now its by favorite anime of all time

So please watch this, Give it chance. Once you pass the stale episodes you already know the full cast so you just watch the "Cool" parts

From reading what many users mentioned in their rewiews i decided to be clever. Hear me out : Many users mentioned how the show is dissapointing after each episodes so here's what i did. I just watched the first episode and dropped it. If you do so, it's almost the best anime ever. The personality of the main character is from outter space. The art is my personal opinion fits well. The plot is great and you can learn some life's lesson from it. I enjoyed how as the episode progress bad guys turn into good guys, the energy and aura from ... Medaka, earned my respect and fits a bit my personality in terms of seeking control, perfection and helping everyone"s problems. The second main character (Medaka's friend since their were 2 years old) is caring, strong and obviously highly influenced by Medaka's personality. I will not watch the following episodes under no circumstances or okasan will be sad.

I personally loved the first 9 episodes. It was interesting to have a nearly 'perfect' character and refreshing. The dub made it out she wasn't perfect however and they let you deduce she has problems with animals. SHe isn't human or so you think after all of her self righteous acts. After awhile I will admit it gets boring. I feel that the battle arcs (sorry fans.) are yes unique maybe cool, but rather dull and uninteresting. I love the student council because it has a life to it and light-heartedness. There is a lot of cool things they could have used as the student ... council. I feel the author was running out of funding or something and then turned it into a battle manga when he was at first writing a romance, then changed to a average shounen, then changed again to a battle manga when he was desperate. After that the whole thing looses interest. I like the dub's personality and perfect humor. It's something which a lot of anime doesn't have. The jokes are actually funny. They have clever analogies but not over the top. They don't repeat awkward laughs...

Does anyone else see how this is somehow better?

Who thinks they should return to a normal student council arc? Should they seperate the mangas into two seperate ones?

WHY WHY? THE battle manga ruined the show. If I wanted to watch a battle manga I would watch a mecha or something interesting instead of a naruto/dragonball/death/Nagamai note parody.

The battle arc :( ruined it!

Whenever there is a series that has the main characters depicted as members of the student council or the student council itself, they are often made to be not so serious or comic relief and they tend to be even rowdier than the delinquents in the school that they're in. Well... Medaka Box did not fail with that.

To be honest, I only came to for the ecchi. But somehow, I was given much more than that and what I found in this series was Action and Superpowers. From those two genres, I can already feel that with those two combined, there is a genre ... that is commonly the result of those two... which is the widely popular genre.... Shounen. I was not really happy with that but since it's a genre that I used to watch, I don't really mind it at all. The story is somehow unique but my predictions don't come far from the actual things that would happen since it is a typical shounen plot style that has the main idea of the "Resolve after Conflict" situation.For the first season, it is a bit fast paced and it only highlights the important events but I can't really complain about that since I prefer that over series that drag it out too long. Since it's shounen, it would have cliche moments but the ones here are just so ridiculous since the main character is so ridiculously overpowered. The art is some kind of a failure and even if you're already watching at a high resolution, it just feels that the illustrations weren't given much effort and the animation is kind of cheesy. I'm going to say the same thing about the soundtrack and there isn't anything particularly good about it. The opening and ending themes are almost catchy but I just can't get a feel from it. For the characters... I just have one thing to say.... They are.. Dashing!! But... they only have the typical mindset for shounen characters. I only enjoyed this series because the main character is so overpowered so I can't imagine continuing this series if that wasn't one of the elements. Well.. one thing I can say is that if you love the crazy shenanigans that happen in the not-so-typical Student Council members' life, then this is another series for you to watch.