Servant x Service

Story: so i mean this kinda has or maybe does have a story its basically that the 5 main characters of the anime work as civil servants at a business and i mean that's really it honestly well maybe that one of the main character's is there because she got a weird name as a kid that someone actually gave the go for the name so Lucy is pretty much working there so she can find out who gave the go for the name otherwise this is purely a comedy workplace anime.

Art: the art is really good here bad about i actually kinda or actually ... really liked the Op and Ed art at the start and end of it they dud a good job with that.

Sound: ok so the Op and the Ed are pretty good (but honestly nothing id download though) there good but i wouldn't say that good as of the Voices for the characters they were actually really good nothing wrong with them at all.

Character: Lucy is one of the main characters of the anime and well to describe her can get flustered pretty easy and is somewhat clueless to some stuff but she does have a good and nice personality otherwise a pretty good and fun character. Yutaka is another main in the anime well to describe him he is pretty much good at anything like the smart one (if that makes any sense) like he can do ventriloquism and sign language so he can pretty much do every thing and he has a happy go lucky attitude so he's pretty up and going again another good character. Taishi is another main character and to describe him he is pretty he's kinda happy go lucky but can also get flustered with the new ones (who are 3 of the main characters) coming in and how to direct them he can also get at you when he needs to id say he's decent at best though. Megumi is another main lead and well to describe her she doesn't really show really emotion at all unless someone talks about cosplay or anime in general she can also get at you when see needs to as well but in a more rude kind of way id say she's a alright character i didn't mind her. Saya is the last main lead of the anime and to describe her i mean she is shy and also passive she is really shy to start the anime but does kinda come out more later on (but not really) also being passive she sometimes doesn't really speak up for her self as well but id say like another person here she is a character that i didn't mind.

Enjoyment: What i liked: the comedy in this is really well done here and the characters really bring out that comedy as well the comedy and the characters didn't disappoint here and the Voices for the anime did really well here as well and the art wasn't that bad either here. What i didn't like: i guess if there was something i didn't care for about this anime it would be the Op and Ed weren't the greatest and like the 3 characters i said were meh were decent but not to the point where i liked them or loved them.

Overall: id give this a 8 the comedy was actually really good here (didn't get a 9 out of me cause even though it really funny it wasn't like laugh out funny the whole way through) also the fact that i didn't mind all the characters and the Op and the Ed and also the art wasn't half bad either gave me this rating please check this out it was worth the watch.

Well, got kinda confused after this anime. I wholeheartedly enjoyed quite simple, yet very good story, but... There was something that annoyed me. Or, should I say, SOMEONE. Chihaya and this Tanaka-guy often were soooo damn irritating. Especially Tanaka about this whole "challenging" Hasebe. The way this blockhead sees things and goes for them is something I hate personally. So self-concerned and going with lines such as "The only thing I can do for Hasebe is to get girlfriend before him", man what the hell, just give up already. Do you even think what you're saying?! Even Toko wasn't that obnoxious. She didn't leave an ... unpleasant feeling like those 2. Though I can't say that I understand why people would let this kid order and lecture them all the time. Besides that, all 13 episodes went by quickly for me, so I can recommend it with a smile. We've got a good look at normal people's lives, how do they interact, react and think. It's just a very good anime for an evening, that you'd like to spend enjoyable after all.

From the creator of the wonderful Working!! series (a series I adore as well) comes yet another well done adult working life anime named Servant x Service. Much like it's other sibling, Servant x Service marks itself as an underrated (popularity sense) piece of art

Story: 7/10

First off, you don't see many adult life stories in anime in general, so Servant x Service is one of a kind in many senses as well. Even from a romance fan's perspective, I felt it moved from Slice of Life to Romance a little to hastily in the second half of the anime, although the last two episodes were ... brilliant, I still felt that it should have been more Slice of Life focused, but then again this means that a proper plot can't be established. Nevertheless Servant x Service did well in it's tricky situation and came out on top in the end.

Art: 7/10

The art was nicely done. It has that rare appeal I love that it made every character cute in their own way. Character design was a little but repetitive in my opinion as there wasn't much difference in a few of the characters (a downfall of the aforementioned feature). Other than that it was decent. Another thing I liked was the background design. It really made it look like the cast was in a busy office, and though I don't usually pay attention o backgrounds even I noticed them this time.

Sound: 6/10

Once again, much like my previous anime Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, I preferred the ending more than the opening, although both are in my opinion. The Opening clearly showed the anime's message but I liked the lyrics and the best of the ending much more than the OP. The BGM was surprisingly funny as well, now this is something I notice very rarely in anime that the music is funny in a dominant way rather as an assisting point to the plot humor. The synth was hilariously done and at times I laughed at it instead of the humor in the anime (which was also good btw).

Character: 7/10

I would've rated it higher if it wasn't too focused on Hasebe and Lucy in the latter half of the anime. Like I said, the first half was excellent since all characters got a chance to shine, Lucy, Hasebe, Megumi, everyone. But sadly it suddenly turned into a romance and focused on the mentioned characters more. This was a problem since the others didn't get as much screentime but the benefit was that Lucy and Hasebe developed very well, another thing I liked in Working!! which if you forgot was written by the same author. The whole cast was very unique. They had their own unique tasted and I'm happy to see that they were quite relatable to real life as well (although not to that extent obviously, this IS an anime you know) like how workers dealt with stress, how they dealt with personal life, how civil servants really feel when they work, all that. Ironically, this had more working segments and plot focus than Working!!. Which is quite ironic and funny too.

Enjoyment: 7/10

Much like Working!!, it was a blast watching Servant x Service. It was funny, showed the adult work life in a hilarious manner and even showed us how office romances go about. I've already been watching many Slice of Life anime in a row and this was just as fun as the others were (namely Tanaka-kun and Gekkan Shoujo), which could be an indirect praise as it shows that to me they were all at equal footing, including the unfortunately less popular Servant x Service (really, it deserves more popularity).

Overall: 6.8 (Averaged)

At a 6.8, Servant x Service shows us the work life of adults, how they dealt with their daily lives at work, and a whole lot in between. It was a lot of fun watching this and it's comedy was also very good. All these show that overall, Servant x Service is a must watch anime to all Slice of Life lovers, especially you're a fan of working segments and the anime Working!! itself. The author once again proves he is one if the best at adult life working anime!

P.S: Why is it that all the Megumis in all the animes are the best characters? Ja na, Megumi best girl here as well <3 And also, don't forget Saya-chan! She is one of the funniest characters in the anime and severly underrated, Saya 2nd best girl as well <3

I picked up Servant x Service after watching and really enjoying Working!! which was by the same studio. I found Working!! to be charming and really entertaining as a slice of life show about a rather ordinary type of routine and I saw that they had made a show that was related to office work, and figured that I would really enjoy it quite a bit as well.

I was disappointed that wasn't the case.

Servant x Service is a slice of life comedy show with a little bit of absurdity similar to Working!! The biggest problem is that the characters in Servant x Service ... seem to miss the mark and fall flat quite a bit of the time compared to the far more interesting and entertaining cast from Working!! and frankly, other shows as well.

There isn't much that this show has going for it that makes it stand out. Most of the technical aspects are average. There aren't many risks or interesting lines of character development. It feels like it goes through the motions of a manga or light novel adaptation, serving as an advertisement to try to drum up some interest in the source material.

It's not that a show about working in a government office has to be rather uninteresting. Given decent writing and some more interesting characters and this may have worked. The television show The Office was quite funny and even relateable to anyone who has worked in a cubicle, even if it was a bit exaggerated at points. However, the characters in Servant x Service aren't really that deep and their development never really went in any kind of interesting or unpredictable direction. The main twist at the end was easy to see coming a mile away and was pretty cliched.

It's sort of easy to fall into a trap with shows like this where you end up pushed along watching episodes through sheer inertia to get through the series to see if it's going to be interesting after you've seen how they're going to play things out, only to be disappointed that they take the safe road and keep the characters as punchlines and archetypes instead of developing them. Just as things start taking an interesting direction, the show ends and you're left trying to figure out if it's worth getting into the source material. In this case, most likely not.

While Servant x Service isn't a bad show, even if this review comes off rather negative, there are better shows in the genre to spend your time on. I would watch Working!! from the same studio instead as it does just about everything this show does with better characters, actual character development, and story lines that are interesting.

Bottom line is that this is a very average show, and isn't as memorable as other better entries in the genre. I'd only recommend it if you really like slice of life shows and want something in an office environment.

The anime is a stories of life, comic, with a romance. Personally, I would have liked it to be much more focused on romance. But anyway, the anime works well, it's very interesting. The animation is acceptable, the soundtrack too, the opening is great. The development of the characters is good although in the main character, I don't understand very well how she thinks. What bothers me the most is that the protagonist from minute 0 tells the protagonist what he feels and she rejects him over and over again. In short, the anime continues with that relationship and well from that we see many ... funny things. But I don't feel that in real life it doesn't work that easy. I'm going to get a little bitter because trying to impose your feelings on another person who doesn't love you in the same way, nor is going to love you, is like trying to fill a bathtub without a stopper, you will never be able to do it. But I became somewhat reflective with the latter due to my own experience, I'm going to cry. The anime is very good, entertaining is nothing to write home about but it delivers.
En español:
El anime es una historias de la vida, comico, con un de romance. En lo personal me hubiera gustado que sea mucho mas centrado en el romance. Pero bueno igualmente el anime funciona bien es muy interesante. La animacion es aceptable, la banda sonora tambien, el opening es buenisimo. El desarrollo de los personajes esta bueno aunque en la protagonista principal, no entiendo muy bien como piensa. Lo que mas me molesta que el protagonista desde el minuto 0 le dice lo que siente a la protagonista y esta lo rechaza una y otra vez. En sintesis el anime sigue con esa relacion y bueno apartir de eso vemos muchas cosas graciosas. Pero no se siento que en la vida real no funciona tan facil. Me voy a poner un poco amargado porque tratar de imponer tus sentimientos a otra persona que no te quiere de la misam forma, ni te va a queres es como tratar de llenar una bañera sin tapon, nunca lo vas a poder hacer. Pero me puse medio reflesivo con lo ultimo por un aexperiencia propia, me voy a llorar. El anime es muy bueno, enetretenido no es nada del otro mundo pero cumple.

To make it clear, Servant x Service series basically is slice-of-life genre, like other slice-of-life themes, its also contains comedy genre. It's quite hard to imagine how the story goes on Servant x Service ward office when what you have watched only around school life mixing with slice-of-life genres. There's no school as background in the series, sometimes the characters also going out to a restaurant, shopping district and even other characters places. The background itself isn't the boring place to begin with because it's so freaking funny. No doubt the series will cheer your day even if you're not in ... the good mood to start with.


The characters are what makes the whole series so lively even if it takes place in the ward office. Find the innocent main heroine is arguing with her hard-work co-worker~in the other side, her co-worker is a costume maker and cosplayer too. The lovey-dovey scenes also filled with comedy contents, damn heart-warming! You can find how easily the characters and storyline distract yourself. It's not a harem genre, so the characters of male and female almost even. The simple yet appealing art will please your eyes along with the jokes.

For the soundtrack themes, subjectively I like both of em. Not liking it 'til I play it all day and everyday, but it's good to hear. The beating for opening and a bit mellow for the ending theme. For me, I wish they will make a sequel for Servant x Service, I miss all of the characters (ಥಿ∀ಥ ；)


And talk about the rate, it's pleasure to me to give it 9. Yeah, really. tehee!
Pros:
Lovable characters, unique setting, jokes
Nice visual, the colouring is soft yet straight
Romantic x comedy series? Choose this!

Cons:
Some ecchi-ness (related to jokes) (*I put it into cons because there's ecchi when it will be freaking good even without any ecchi)

At a glance, this seems like your typical no-story slice of life comedy. While this is mostly true, this series boasts an exceptional trait that you won't see anywhere else in the genre :

No high school.

It can't be overstated how important this is. This alone makes the series very refreshing. But on top of that, it is generally very low on your typical tropes. You sometimes forget you're watching anime.

Since the show is mostly plot-less, a good humor level is required to keep the viewer entertained. It usually delivers. The not-so-funny parts normally feel comfy and ... relaxing, rather than boring.

Characters in SxS aren't too archetypal and are generally lovable. There is no fan services, but the girls are cute and consistently well-drawn, so no issues there.

Normally i don't care much for audio, but here there is no doubt that it adds clear value to the experience. The goofy songs, the hilarious bunny squeaking sounds increase the humor value considerably. Not to mention SxS boasts probably the greatest opening song i have ever heard. I'll end you if you skip it.

I can't give it more than 7 because it is, well, plot-less. It serves as good casual entertainment, but it won't surprise, it won't amaze, it won't trigger emotional responses, it won't be memorable. There is also an over-abundance of "internal tsukkomis" which we could really do without.

If you enjoyed minami-ke, non non biyori, strawberry marshmallow, give this a listen; it's basically the same concept but with adult characters.

I could easily say for sure that this is really one of the best Slice-Of-Life out there. Most people might have clearly forgotten about the true means of "Slice-of-Life" or most basically about the elements of life.

Anyway, I love the Opening and Ending, I also love the characters.
The interaction between workers and clients are also really fun.
The mini love story and development inside the Service center is also ideal.
I'd give it 9/10 without a doubt.

MAL tells me to write something longer tho..

Well, there are a lot of Slice-of-Life anime out there, but I could say that at least, this one really got me watching even ... though exams are currently on the way. I'd say that it was nicely developed with consideration of the characters in the story.

I watched this when i was high school, thinking that this anime is just one sarcastic expression of the author that hate how goverment being run. I, myself still believe that goverment is somehow run by competent peoples.

HOW WRONG I WAS.

2024, as an goverment employee myself, witnessed that this anime is 100% realistic.
Higher ups that is just brainless doll, peoples come everyday to rant non related topics, romantic scene inside archive room, geniuses pretended as fools, THERE IS SOME PUBLIC SERVANT THAT DO COSPLAY.

Also, hilarious names beiing approved / registered is a real thing.

Damn it, how could my life become a live action comedy.
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ps: if you need a real review just read others review or youtube, its 10+ years already

What could possibly be more boring than working at a government office? Not many, but this anime has its way of making it slightly fun and entertaining. The story takes place at a ward office in the fictional city of Mitsuba, where 3 employees are newly enrolled. Together with a more senior employee and a temp employee as main characters, they do about their job in the building and sometimes hang out together.

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Story
There are a few different plot in this series, the romance between Lucy/Hasebe, Chihaya/Ichimiya, the working situation, and their after-office activities. Each episode contains 2 chapters, which shows different subplots. Through this separation, ... this anime is able to tell the stories and interaction between the main characters in their office, but also tell the stories of each individual, giving the characters more depth.

Probably because they have quite a lot of subplots, nothing really stands out. I feel like the show is quite lackluster, from its portrayal of office comedy, relationship dynamic, and romance. It is entertaining and there are a few moments that made me smile but I don't feel quite a strong emotion as I feel watching other shows. Most of the fun comes from the characters' different personalities and the interaction between them.

The government office seems to be its main setting, and they made the characters deal with daily tasks usually done by government workers. But I don't really feel they have done enough to make it reach a certain height of story telling. Yes, the job involves a lot of paperwork, dealing with complaining citizens, and menial tasks but sometimes it is too repetitive without any additional spices.

In general, the entirety of the season is OK, but not great. But I love the climax in the season finale that concludes most of the subplots, but still leaving it hanging, making me anticipate for the season 2 (if there ever will be)

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Art
As a comedy, I think the art is OK. The main characters are quite normal with subtle unique points in their appearance. Since the story takes place in a government office, it seems to be an appropriate choice. I wish they made the character's reaction and expression a little bit more comical, but they went the subtler way.

I LOVE the anime's opening visuals, juxtaposing a more realistic background with the character's cute visual, the animation, plus the cheerful opening song.

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Character
I think most of the good points come from the personality of the characters. The main characters have different personalities (sometimes contrasting between real life projection and their internal monologue). For example Lucy likes to read books, hardworking, but is very obtuse to social cues; Miyoshi is very bashful and shy, but has keen observation and loves to blurt out truthful, yet harsh words (mostly unintentionally); Hasebe being a genius who succeeds in anything but has no direction in life and can barely conquer a girl's heart, etc.

The characters are also shown to have personal struggles, which is realistic, quite appropriate for its audience. The struggles later on have their own role in adding more depth and drama in the interaction between each characters.

The supporting characters also have their own unique personalities that adds the spice to the show, and to their interaction with other characters.