Hundred

"They call it Hundred because you've seen this show hundreds of times already." I don't remember the name of the original user who said this but I do like that part in your review.

If I had to say what Hundred's weakness is, its that the show lacks any uniqueness to help it stand out more from the rest of the magic school battle anime out there. It appears as if there is a really bad cycle in Japan right now where so many.. school/harem/sci-fi anime are taking over and in my opinion not too many of them are doing so well. I mean we've had asterisk wars, chivalry of a failed knight and many more similar every season and each title just leaves me with mixed feelings. Now the story is simple, straight-forward yet lacks uniqueness which I believe is something that is absolutely vital in every anime & manga. Hundred is literally copy & pasted meaning if you have watched at least 2 or three titles similar to this then you can already predict the upcoming events and the relationships between characters. In addition to that, prediction the plot along with the events that are going to take place for certain episodes is sort of like a walk in the park. Now I'm not really trying to criticize Jun Misaki because other authors obviously have this idea too. They want use the re-occurring themes found in other authors work and make their own unique novel based upon those theme. That's perfectly fine however it hurts both the story and the plot in many ways because it is all too common. This is exactly why I brought up the "bad cycle" theory. If I didn't watch shows like these when they aired for a while and just got into hundred then perhaps I could've felt that the story was refreshing however, this simply was not the case. There were no exciting story developments and plot development felt weak. Most importantly though it was pretty hard for me to get excited and engaged with such meritocracy. Overall I just was not impressed with the stories presentation nor plot because it's been done too many times to the point where I really wanted to drop it.

The art & animation is actually really great. The flow of the fighting and action scenes were amazing to me. Although I could've done without the talking through most of the battles, I was, for the most part impressed seeing the duels between characters like Claire, Hayato, Emile etc. The character designs were pretty good however I still prefer the illustrations done in the light novel by Nekosuke Ōkuma over designs made by the producers at Production IMS.

Sound was pretty decent for the most part. I didn't care for the soundtracks background music nor the opening and intro songs. I did like the sound effects I think those were pretty good. The singing done in the show , sort of like pre-game musical performances were annoying. It's like they tried to add Idols to the already unnecessarily convoluted show. I don't really have too much to say about the seiyuu's involved in the show. I think their performances were pretty good. They each delivered some pretty solid lines. Overall I was okay with the sound department not too many complaints nor praise to give it.

Characters are so forgettable that I'll probably never even remember them. Hayato Kisaragi is literally copy and pasted from every other show liked this. the childhood friend romance is overplayed. The girls start to fall for generic MC kun. Fan service, fan service, Production IMS should have at least taken the time to make the fan service look good. I would love to delve more into the characters department however, because I've finished my review, I probably don't want to go back watch the show again and then edit my review again to add more details. This is simply because I feel like my review based on the characters would be more like a rant rather than an actual review. My impressions of the characters overall is that they simply needed more work to distinguish themselves from others.

My enjoyment for the series pretty low. I felt like this was a title I really should have dropped however, my goal is to see every show through regardless of how "bad" or "Awful" it is. Personally I do feel like if this show didn't rely mostly on overused plot, story and characters found in similar titles then it really could have been better. compared to chivalry of a failed knight I liked it better because even though the titles shared somewhat similar stories, failed knight, even asterisk wars, remained unique, had likable characters, and a better story introduction along with finishes. I felt like there was a lack of effort put into the creation of the Hundred anime. It was sort of like the director said "alright team, we are producing a new show, go watch every show with similar story, plot, and characters and copy it asap." However! However, they forgot about crucial part "making hundred unique." If I asked anyone whose scene this show "Hey do you remember hundred" I am roughly 92.5% sure they wouldn't remember it. Hundred fails to leave me with a memorable impression of it. Overall I wouldn't recommend hundred to anyone. I feel like there is too many imperfections to this series. Hundred is about 70% avoidable, I'd say there is a one in a "Hundred" chance of me watching this again.. I wanted to walk a Hundred miles away from my computer while watching this... okay, that last one didn't work but you get the point.. I didn't like hundred..

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The last time I made a “review” of this, it was more like a first impressions… but this time, I’m going to make a full, spoiler free review of the show!
This show is another one of those battle action harem shows that we see every season at this point. It’s been touted as an “Infinite Stratos” clone. I personally haven’t seen Infinite Stratos so I won’t hold that against this show. Let’s see what this show has to offer.

Story (3/10)

It’s hard to talk about the story of this show. Not because it’s a difficult story to wrap your head around, but because it takes a back seat to literally everything else in this show. Beach episode? More important! Idol performance? 3 times more important! We got 3 of them! Harem ecchi scenes? Again, more important.

Here’s what little plot there is. Hayato transfers to a new school where he apparently scored the highest score on the school’s entrance exam in the history of that school. Because he tries to prevent a couple of students from getting expelled, he gets stuck battling the student council president of this school.

She’s the most experienced fighter at this school there’s no way she can los- Oh she lost. The main character is that mc that is overpowered mc that we see in so many shows nowadays, but at least in this show, there are formidable foes and there seems to be a little tension. It just gets stuck so far behind the fanservice of this show that it loses its purpose.

Speaking of the fanservice, it’s bland and overused. There are only a couple things this show does differently in terms of fanservice, and even then it’s just kind of me. The only thing enjoyed with the fanservice was in episode 10. I’m not going to say what happened, but I will give this show the fact that it was a little creative.

Moving on from there, the show doesn’t have a clear antagonist. Every time there’s a conflict, it ends within one or 2 episodes. The only reason it takes more time is because of the slice of life fanservice. The main “conflict” is between the school’s fighters and Savages. Savages are these mechanized robots that came from who knows where and just cause havoc.

These high school students are the ones who fight these monsters instead of adults. This show makes me question a few things. How do they have the money to fight these savages? Where did savages come from? How are there more always coming? Who’s making these savages? Why are they allowing high schoolers to fight?

It doesn’t answer a lot of questions and that leads to wondering if they thought anything through. The show also presents a lot of ideas about its premise. Great! Possible themes that could be made for some semblance of a message to come out of this show. Too bad those ideas don’t really go anywhere. They just get thrown at you and then sit there and rot.

The ending actually DOESN'T leave me wanting more and left me feeling like this was ACTUALLY A COMPLETE STORY! This is something I can't say about many of the other shows like this. The one problem with the ending is that it ends a little TOO well with no consequences. That being said, it's better than a lot of other shows of the light novel genre.

The one way I can describe this show, from how I experienced it is that it’s so bad it’s good. It’s one of those sit back and turn your brain off kind of shows. If it tried to do more differently, I could go back and enjoy turning my brain off when watching this show, but I can’t. I laugh at this show’s attempts at being serious because it can’t keep a mood or tension.

It goes from serious to fanservice to comedic all within 2 minutes of an episode. It’s poorly executed and there’s nothing more to say about the story.

Characters (2/10)

The characters in this show are bland and forgettable. Most of them fall into archetypes and others just don’t have any purpose. The main character is the dense mc self-insert. The scientist is the loli of the series.

The only character to have any actual development is the student council president. This was actually surprising because she started off as the tsundere of the series, then turned into not a tsundere and a member of Hayato’s harem.

The character interactions range from forgettable to cringy. That’s because there’s so much bad writing in this series. Characters state the obvious, there are info dumps even though characters should know what’s going on, and the villains are one dimensional.

The show tries to show off the how the villains are the product of their environment, but it’s so poorly executed and only meant to redeem them that I just don’t care.

These characters are meant for this kind of series and this kind of series alone. You aren’t supposed to take them seriously and you’re just supposed to watch. This show clearly has a target audience, and I’m not part of it.

Music, Art, and Animation (2/10)

For an anime, I expect animation. For this anime, I got scenes of up to 3 minutes in an episode with just still frames and nothing more. How am I supposed to say this show has good animation when it uses an excess amount of still frames, establishing shots, and reuses animation? There are scenes from the show used in the OP and they don’t look impressive.

The art style is also generic and bland with nothing of note. The transformation segments are, just like any other show with transformation segments, reused. There’s little to movement a lot of the times and the lips don’t even get close to syncing up with the animation.

Production IMS must have saw the light novel, threw it in the animation room, and said “you have 2 months to make this even though it should take longer! Go!” This was the result.

Character designs are lazy and forgettable. They look so similar to characters from other shows that I can’t tell them apart at points. I sometimes wonder if this is a bad knockoff anime to some other anime. The amount of fanservice with the character designs alone is annoying.

The music also ranges from forgettable to annoying. Much of the OST gets on my nerves at times because it doesn’t fit the mood or it ruins the mood of the moment. One track of note is the OP, but there are still better OP’s from this season alone. I’m personally just a sucker for shows having 2 singers singing back and forth.

The audio design also doesn’t sound good as, sometimes, I heard the echo from the recording room that the voice actors were performing in. It doesn’t sound good and got on my nerves. One performance was hilarious and annoying at the same time, and once you see it, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

There are 4 ED’s in this show and none of them really stand out. When they switch, I’m just like “Ok” and skip it. Some voices don’t fit the design of the character and others do. The action scenes don’t look very good, for the most part and I don’t get hyped up when one starts.

Final Verdict (2/10)

This show is a mess. It really is. It’s a hodgepodge of every cliché story line ever and it doesn’t do anything new. There are ideas presented that don’t go anywhere and conflicts that don’t have buildup. It’s a show out there for people who like this kind of show and that’s it. That’s why I give this show a 2/10 on a critical level.

It does a couple things right, but it’s so shrouded under the bad that I had to really dig to get the positives out of this show. On an enjoyment level, I give this a 1/10 from the show itself and a 5/10 from how much fun I had making fun of it while watching. If you want a so bad it’s good show, this is your show.

If you want a better harem show, just watch Monster Musume!

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Story: 3/10
There's not much of a story. It's basically about the characters protecting the ship.
Art: 5/10
The art was okay, but I couldn't help but notice the glaring errors in the animation. Sometimes it was stilted and lazy. For example, there are times when someone is in 1 position in 1 frame, then they cut to someone right next to them, and then they cut to the person next to them in another position entirely. It's as if sometimes, they didn't want to put in the work of the character doing fluid animation or doing something in one frame. This is especially noticeable in the last few episodes.
Sound: 6/10
The music was good, especially the opening, but I didn't really like how they changed the ending song almost every episode. I think they should've just stuck to 1 song, especially since the series is only 12 episodes long.
Character: 6/10
The characters are okay. Yes, most of them are cliché, but I didn't hate them. My favorite character was definitely Hayato. He wasn't your average harem anime character whose a pussy, afraid of girls, and dense. Most of the time when he was alone with a girl, he was confident and knew what to do or say. And my favorite thing about him was that he actually chose a girl.
Enjoyment: 6/10
I enjoyed the action and romantic scenes and there was a lot of kissing, but I can't ignore the times where they used harem/ecchi clichés that made me go *facepalm*.
Final score: 6/10
It's not good, but it's not bad either. The thing that kept this series from being good was the clichés. Otherwise, when the series did things that were good, it was GOOD. I mean REALLY GOOD. I'm giving them a pass on the lack of character backstory since the ending gave an indication that there might be a season 2. I think it'll be a hit or miss for people on whether or not they like the series. I would like for it to have a season 2 because the potential is there; It's just a matter of whether or not they capitalize on it.

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This is my second actual review so I am still new to this, so bare with me.

Honestly the only reason I am writing this is because I was checking to make sure the series was only 12 episodes then saw that everyone apparently hates this show (which I laughed at because I thought it would have a really good rating).

So Hundred has 3 main genre to it: Ecchi, Romance, and Action. These will be assessed at the end. For now, the usual garbage:
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Overview:

I was not expecting much when I cam into this anime. I saw the first episode and thought "oh joy is me, another freakin harem anime." DAGA SHIKAAASHI, this was not the case. The anime was not like...Rakudai Kishi levels of good, but it also was not Kodomo no Jikan levels of bad.

Story (7/10):
I know what you are thinking, "for someone trying to tell me this anime is not bad, a C for story is not a good start." Well you know what they say, C's get degrees. But seriously, if you are looking for the next Clannad or DBZ in terms of original, great story, then move on buddy.

The story is not amazing, your typical shounen protagonist gets into typical shounen situations and exhibits typical shounen badassery. He is part of an academy of warriors which...honestly now that I really think about it is comprised of like 98% females...like even the staff...but anyway he fights the bad monsters. Yay! Shounen!

I for one like to unwind with a good shounen anime every now and then and just watch the protagonist go through his hard life of being TOO awesome and TOO attractive and grope TOO MANY boobs by accident. It is hilarious and just...so excessive in the best way possible. But yeah the story is pretty basic, 7/10.

Art 8/10:
Not gonna lie I am not exactly an Art major. "It didn't suck," I guess would be my best analysis. Like what makes good art for anime? I did not get a headache watching it but I was not half chub every time a scenic landscape was shown. Didn't suck, 8/10.

Sound (8/10):
Again, not an artsy guy. I said that in my Rakudai Kishi review and I will say it in every other review. The soundrtrack was fine, not out of palce in fight scenes. The opening was not bad either, but I swear I have heard it somewhere else and I just could not put my finger on it. Ears still intact, 8/10.

Character (8/10):
Okay there are like 3 characters in this anime, and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Everyone else is meaningless. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE LOVE TRIANGLE BABY!!!

That's right, triangle. 2 chicks, one dude. Harem? I THINK NOT! Anyway, I am gonna assess the three characters separately:

Hayato (10/10):
Dude fulfills his role flawlessly. He protects his friends, like every other shounen protag, and looks good doin it. Not to mention he is dense as all hell, which is of course a shounen prerequisite. But...he ain't no indecisive lil bitch when is comes to his kokoro. My man knows what he wants! Plus he loves his lil sis. It's touching really.

Emilia/Emile (10/10):
Honestly I hated her in the first episode. My thoughts were basically "Here she coooomes, Ms. First to join the haaarreeeemm (to the Ms. America song)". But she was SO. MUCH. MORE! I am a man who likes his romance anime, and Emilia converts this would-be-harem anime into a purebred romance. She is funny, adorable, badass, and straightforward which is a lethal combination not seen since the almighty Stella of Rakudai Kishi.

Claire (6/10):
Fuckin...Claire...Harvwayey (Harvey, but nobody can pronounce the fuckin V because it's Engrish). Honestly she is a good addition to the love triangle. She is pretty much the opposite of Emilia in that she is shy about her feelings but really should not be because she is hot as fuuuuuuck. The only reason, and I mean the ONLY reason she has such a low rating is the fact that she calls everyone...EVERYONE...by their full name. Every. Time. Someone shows up, "ah, Kisaragi Hayato". Oh Emile is being close to Hayato, "What are you doing, Emile Crossfode, Kisaragi Hayato???" Seriously by the end of episode 1 I had everyone's name down fuckin pat. And the worst part is a lot of the names are European...not Japanese...SO SHE CANT SAY THEM PROPERLY. It is clearly a serious struggle on the part of the voice actress to pronounce the names that are not purely Japanese.

Overall, good stuff, 8/10.

Enjoyment (9/10):
Honestly I did not even enjoy this that much until the last few episodes. It was definitely good before that, but the last few episodes rounded the whole series out so beautifully. Not much else to say, I like my romance and this anime had it in spades. Boobs were nice too, 9/10.

Overall (8/10):

Breakdown time!

Romance:
The anime was surprisingly romance-based. Do not let the "Harem" tag on MAL confuse you, this dude has made up his mind by the end. The two main love interests (if you can even call one of them an interest) are both interesting and have their own advantages, and in the end Hayato chooses who he wants to be with, so the viewer gets closure, which is always great.

Score: (9/10)
Composition: 50% (meaning I thought the anime was 50% romance)

Action:
I mean it had action...so there is that. Honestly the action parts were not amazing. They had some really cool moments and Hayato started to be seriously BA by the end, but the fights were too short-lived for anything super badass to happen. The anime clearly wanted to focus on plot development which I was fine with. But if you are looking for a hardcore shootemup-killemup anime then go elsewhere.

Score: (6.5/10)
Composition: 40%

Ecchi:
Honestly the ecchi was not really too prevalent, but what was there was the stuff you wanted to see. None of that "Oh no I walked in on my classmate who looks like an 8-year-old girl while she was changing!" Man I do not want to be confused about whether or not I should be aroused. The main focus of the ecchi was the big-breasted Claire Harvwayieeii, which was just... the correct decision, plain and simple. Like I said, not too prevalent and you do not even see full nudity, but it is funny and entertaining, so it does its job in my mind.

Score: (9/10)
Composition: 10%

Final score:

(9)(.6)+(6.5)(.4)= 8.0
oh hey right on the dot, what a coincidence.

Hope this review helped. Helped me put off homework that's for sure.

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