High School Fleet

Haifuri, one of the WORST promoted anime of all time. Okay that might be exaggerating, but not a lot of promotion is of this anime I have to say this season and to be absolutely frank (not Dave, we don’t talk about Dave), it was infuriating. Why? Because it’s completely the opposite to what people think it is and it was in my opinion absolutely fantastic.
Okay, short rant over, let’s get down to it since I’ve been itching to write a review but I wanted to finish the anime first and now that’s happened let’s get going with the review.

Story: 8
Unlike some people’s first ... impression of “this anime is a slice of life, loli anime with no plot (in both senses) at all”, Haifuri actually has an over arcing plot and story and it is introduced to the audience in the most dramatic way possible in the first episode. Now what is interesting about the story is the fact that it’s a semi-mysterious-esque plot line which is fairly fresh compared to say Girls und Panzer (I recommend that anime as well) which was a tournament based anime or KanColle, which has the generic story of “fight the bad guys because the narrator said so at the beginning”. Now there’s obviously the ideas of friendship power and team work in this anime as well which isn’t surprising but it’s not intrusive to the plot but rather helps the characters to overcome certain problems, which most of the time they can't overcome regardless of the friendship power and it’s these plot twists and subtle differences that make the story unique and interesting. However, I have to mention the fact that there are a two “filler” episodes in that there’s not really too much naval action and breaks the tension generated by the other episodes but they weren’t intrusive and helped to develop the characters so can’t complain too much.

Art and Animation: 9
The ships are really well animated and they do feel like the girls are on board a real ship with all of its related equipment and weapons. Explosions are also eye candy and pairs well with the sound effects. The ships move realistically, shakes and rides the waves like a ship would. The water animation is of note as well and makes you feel like they are at sea. If you just came for the battles and fights, you’ll be pleased as the weapons are also fairly well animated (torpedoes especially). If you came for the cute girls then you won’t be disappointed either. 31 cuties each with a different style to match their persona and all of them will leave at least some impressionable image in your mind. Although for some reason, it might just be me, but the ships seems to be in a higher resolution than the characters sometimes. However, it’s nothing too significant that can affect the enjoyment of the show.

Sounds: 9
OP is catchy and gets stuck in your head, ED is soft and calming. Both fits the theme of the sea very well. The sound track during the anime isn’t used to fill the silence but rather used to great effect adding lots of tension to the scenes. Those sound tracks can really get your heart racing during the fight scenes and your heart throbbing in some of the more emotional scenes, and trust me, the feels will hit you like a truck. Other sounds worth mentioning is the sound effects which are pretty good. You can hear the whistle of the shell getting louder as it get nearer to the ship, the heavy explosion during impact, the creaking of the ship under stress, the echo of detonations of torpedoes in the water and the list just goes on. All these sound effect adds more excitement, tension and action to the scenes and boy they feel satisfying.

Characters: 7
Now you might be asking why the low score with characters after the praises I’ve sung for in previous categories? Well it’s simple, the problem with casting 31 girls is the fact that there is definitely no way every single one will get developed to a significant degree that you can remember their names and their personas in a 12 episode season (hence this needs a second season please!). So some the supporting cast had very little to say and aren’t presented to us fully which is a downer. However it’s understandable and unavoidable with such a huge cast, but credit to where credit’s due, they did at least try to make every member of the crew memorable in the second to last episode. Now the positives is the fact that those characters that we do see often and remember more are developed very well. The MC, Mike-chan, goes through a series of transformations from slightly clumsy airhead at the start to full blown determined captain by the end, whilst the also uncovering some of the back stories behind her which was “interesting” (used “interesting” to avoid spoiling the feeling, go watch to find out). Shiro-chan, the deputy-captain, started off strict and harsh, but we all knew she was a soft person inside and eventually she shows it as the relationships between the characters grew. To name but a few more; Tama-chan, Rin-chan, Maron-chan, Mei-chan, all these had much differing personalities and each developed and grew in their own way as the story progressed and it really made the series lovable. Also there are two cats. (Personal favourite: Tama-chan)

Enjoyment: 10
The entire series was enjoyable to me. Each episode made me yearn for more. The tension was brilliant and the story flowed nicely. The action scenes and battles were the highlights for me and was full of excitement and a joy to watch. The characters are definitely lovable and undoubtedly cute. The series was definitely the highlight of the season for me and I want a second season so bad!

Overall: 9
If you like cute girls, this anime will be your piece of cake whilst also be surprising.
If you like military and battles, this anime will still be your cup of tea since that is the anime’s focus which is different from say GirlPan.
If you like moe, give it a shot, but it won’t be the main focus, but I think you’ll enjoy some parts of it at least.
If you like suspense, well I wouldn’t say it’s very suspenseful but there are elements of it.
If you don’t like cute girls, then turn around and leave via the door behind you because there’s no way I can convince you.
If you are looking for FANSERVICE, this anime WILL DISAPPOINT you to no end! So follow the cute girl haters out as well and go watch Strike Witches instead.

Full speed ahead! Steady as she goes!

You know, if there’s one title from the top of my head with a misleading promo poster, then High Fleet Girls would be the first title this year to be named. Initially, the series was promoted under the title ‘Hai-furi’ before the revelation that it’s more than just about “cute girls doing cute things”. Much, much more.

Before starting the show, I think it’s also important to understand the background and setting of the story. It takes place in an alternate modern world although events from 100 years ago (shift in tectonic plates) has changed much of Japan. The country attempts to preserve territories and establish ... costal colonies and cities. The primary focus of the story is about the Blue Mermaids, a group that is tasked to keep the sea safe and is also apparently every female student’s dream job.

The series starts off quickly and reveals that a girl named Akeno Misaki (nicknamed “Mike”) with a big dream. She enrolls at an academy known as “Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School” with the goal to join the Blue Mermaids. For the first episode, the show establishes that Akeno and her crew faces unexpected circumstances as they are accused of mutiny. Furthermore, Akeno becomes the captain of the destroyer ship Harekaze. Make no mistake though, the show has a rather serious vibe despite the misleading atmosphere. The crew faces against battleships armed with real firepower capable of destroying them. Furthermore, Akeno is a newbie with lack of experience and tries hard to earn the respect of her crew. In essence, the show makes it clear that it’s no joke and pushes the idea of naval warfare to a level that you may not be prepared for.

Among the crew, there is a variety of characters. One thought that crossed my mind is how the show can fit characterization with so many. After all, introducing all the girls at once seems like a mistake because there’s nothing in particular that makes them stand out individually besides the main protagonists. Most of them seems to have generic characteristics as well ranging from being stubborn, class clown, nervousness, etc. It’s also hard to ignore the similarities between this and Girls und Panzer especially with how talent is developed from both series. In some ways, the show does a neat job at making each episode relevant with its premise. In other ways, I have to say that the character cast is perhaps just too big for its own good.

Either way, you’ll probably find some characters from the series to be more noticeable than others. Besides Akeno, we have Mashiro Munetani, the deputy captain of Harekaze. Unlike Akeno, she seems more like the serious type that takes everything a bit too straightforward and even has a case of allurophobia. Then, there’s quiet girls like Shima Tateishi with elite gunning skills, Mei Irizaki with her passion to fight, Kouka Nosa with a theoretical mind, and timid Rin Shiretoko with decent steering abilities. They make up the bulk of the characters’ screen time so keep in mind while watching their roles. What I also find insightful about the show is that it divides the Blue Mermaid crew well with division to make each of them unique. For instance, there’s the Bridge of the crew with their central command objectives, the combat unit with their fighting talents, navigation division with their abilities to navigate under any circumstance, engineering department for construct and repair, and Logistics for aid in operations. The point is that the show doesn’t neglect any part of the Blue Mermaid crew and makes each role important to ensure the team’s success. On the downside, there isn’t much concrete characterization. The sheer amount of characters for this one cour show just seems a bit too much and perhaps the most characterization we’ll get is between Akeno’s childhood with her friend.

Between the story and the slice of life feeling, High School Fleet feels more like a marine school/military hybrid adventure. The show makes it clear that Blue Mermaid is in danger at times especially when combating other ships (the most prominent one being the infamous Musashi). At other times, it feels like a school floating on water. This is because of the inner storytelling that goes inside the ship with the girls living their dream job. They want to have fun while working so on occasions, there will emerge “breather” episodes to show their lifestyle. At other times, they must be prepared for what’s ahead. That is, one particular part of the story baffles me with the way it’s executed when it involves peculiar experimentations. I’m all in for surprises but that took me by storm, almost like the way that Akeno is taken by her unexpected role. For some, this could drive away viewers from further pursuing the series but for others, it may also spark more interest. In retrospect, High School Fleet is one of those shows that you’ll have to expect the unexpected.

It’s an anime original first and produced by TMS Entertainment. For artwork standards, it’s fairly well done in terms of ship designs. This is important because it gives more viewers interest to see how they work. I’m also impressed by the way Harekaze is designed with its 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun turrets and MK 16 naval guns. The 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 and Mark 37 also looks surprisingly realistic. In terms of character designs, it’s generally moderate with a decent effort and budget poured towards making the girls look adorable and professional. Remember, there are at least 30 girls on just one ship alone! Like most shows that takes almost exclusively at sea, expect fan service with an even inevitable “beach episode”. However, the show itself excels the most at combat choreography. Even the night battles gives a strong impression of what naval warfare about. And in essence, the series knows how to expand its limits to make the fights believable.

On the subject of soundtrack, the show is crisp and knows what it’s doing most of the time. This is especially true for the intense battle orchestrated OST that really gets the adrenaline pumping. Character voices are also accurately portrayed to reflect their personalities and expressions. Remember, these girls are practically part of the military so it’s interesting to see how they react under extreme circumstances. The voice mannerism does just that. OP and ED theme songs are catchy as well that gives the marine vibes and cool atmospheric feeling.

High School Fleet is like the love child of Girls und Panzer and Kantai Collection. If you’ve seen either series, then you may find yourself quite familiar with this show. Still, as an anime original, the show has its own merits with the storytelling, characters, and overall style. For the majority, the show is perhaps a refreshing idea by taking cute girls and put them on a warship for their adventure. For others, it may be more of a forgettable attempt to revolutionize the female gender role. Still, I’d give this show a try because it’ll be an experience that sails with high spirit.

All hands on deck!!!

High School Fleet or Haifuri (which will be what LA will be calling it from now on) is another "girls doing cute things" this Spring 2016 however it's not focusing on misfortune, bread or motorbikes, but naval warfare a la Girls und Panzer.

In terms of characters, considering the huge cast, you'd think that the development to these girls are minimal at best and sure that is true as the majority of the characters gets something of a "running gag trait" however considering the screentime and teamwork needed in naval warfare, their screentime is plentiful. The majority of the character focus goes to ... the captain, Akeno Misaki voiced by Shiina Natsukawa, the vice captain with bad luck Mashiro Munetani voiced by Lynn, the German stowaway Wilhelmina Friedeburg voiced by Hiromi Igarashi and Misaki's best friend Moeka China voiced by Sora Amamiya. However where the character development goes to are the entire Harukaze's teamwork thus the relational teamwork helps with the naval warfare of this anime. AAAnd if your wandering, LA's favourite characters were a tie between Akeno and Wilhelmina.

Now why the naval warfare instead of just naval fair?, this anime actually has a Cerberus syndrome early on as this anime has a mystery element to it making this "girls doing cute things" rather dark and intense but still having the atmosphere of a moe anime.

The battles?...is actually the best thing about this anime and reminds LA of Girls und Panzer in this sense, sure the battles that the Harekaze cast isn't off the rails like Girls und Panzer did, but to be honest they were on the borderline of doing utterly insane naval moves, not insane, more "innovative".

The animation by Production IMS, is overall above average, from the character designs being "moe" and bright typical of the girls doing cute things anime genre but the battles are pulse pounding and gorgeously animated (sure it has CGI on the naval ships, but the CGI hardly ever irked LA).

The voice acting range, well we have mostly "moe" voice actors, ironic due to the contrasting naval warfare, however there are some notable voice actors LA needs to point out, those being Hiromi Igarashi as Wilhelmina, not only because of her shy tsundereness, but her German accenting was rather outstanding, on the other hand we have the impressionist bridgehand navigator Kouko Nosa voiced by Yuuko Kurose as well as the ever-genki Maron Yanagiwara voiced by Natsumi Takamori the chief of the engine room came out as a standout and Natsumi Takamori took out as LA's favourite voice actor in Haifuri because of that.

The ending gave a bittersweet yet impactful ending, the final battle was awesome with all regards with a small plot twist making that final battle even better, the yuri undertones helped immensely too. The bittersweet moment of the ending felt like a salute to the Harekaze as a character though. Overall the ending was just great.

LA will be quick about the conclusion of Haifuri, if your a fan of Girls und Panzer and want something VERY similar, then watch Haifuri as that is the naval warfare equivalent of Girls und Panzer just with a mystery element to it. If that statement interests you, Haifuri is set to sail for ya!

I love this anime, I love it.

This is definitely one of my favorite anime of all time. I have rarely found such kind of enjoyment in anime, I enjoy anime, but this kind is very different.

The story is very engaging, looks like the girls mutinied and are being designated as a rogue ship and is being preyed on by multiple ships attempting to neutralize the "threat" they possess, this was some real hype stuff, dunno, I just felt it. It was really fun with the story, but while I found the infection part pretty corny, I still did enjoy it a lot, being a ... turning point for the story, it was very fun!

Art, ok, I get it. The artstyle of these girls are very, very cute. I know that's the point of the anime but it's really adorable. The animation is also top tier, CG girls were used in the anime, but only if you look close enough to notice.

For the soundtrack... I can't believe I would have a song stuck in my mind for months!!!
Haifuri OP introduced me to TrySail, easily became my favorite girl group or band or whatever you call that. High Free Spirits is very, very, very, catchy. It is too catchy it should be a crime. One of the best openings I've seen and heard.

I love Akeno's character, it's so cute, and then when she and her Deputy Officer chilled down, they easily had the best partner feels, and also that torpedo officer and the fire direction officer (sorry I forget names), also that secretary girl, all of them have really fun personalities, I love it.

Enjoyment? 10/10 Of course, I really enjoyed this.

Overall, if you love military things with cute anime girls, you will definitely love this. If you're in for the plot, you might enjoy this, if you're here for fanservice, or ecchi in a way, there aren't any, but if you're just looking for some lighthearted cute show? I don't think this is the right one, it does have some really hype up scenes and tense moments. But if you're just generally looking for anything to watch, I highly recommend. 10/10

I swear 2 days ago the rating of this anime was 7.66 and I know it because I was comparing it to Girls & Panzer's rating which was 7.63 so I was thinking something like "ooh this anime is slightly better than Girls & Panzer huh". The next day I checked it again and it was 7.33. Anyways, since this anime is now underrated, I will need to release my feelings that are about to burst here as this is the most thrilling and intense anime I've ever seen in my life.

Story: 9/10:

The story overall is very thrilling and exciting, I was overwhelmed by every ... episode including the filler episodes as well, the backstory behind the anime is also well explained and I like how they chose to use a realistic method to infect the crew in the ship instead of using supernatural method also makes the show feel more real although the action and strategies parts are the parts I enjoyed most in the show.

Art: 10/10

The art is also very good, there may be some tiny minor CGs that I spotted but I did not care anyways. The environment, the sea, the ship, the characters and most importantly, the battle were so beautiful and perfectly done. The sea's animation is stable, the ship moves realistically, the characters' visual are good and the camera angles during the battle switches between both side's perspective so clearly that it makes me feel that I'm in the battle with them.

Sound: 10/10

Tbh, I actually started watching this anime because I thought the op is the Kantai Collection's one and I liked it very much but when I heard high school fleet's op for the first time in 2nd episode I was blown away as I had low expectation for it since it wasn't the op I was expecting to hear but somehow it is even better than the Kantai Collection's op ( the climax is so gooooood). The soundtracks are also very suitable during the fight and the last episode's sound was indescribable.

Character: 10/10

I did not find any waifu here but I just want to say that there are so many characters in the show with each one having different unique personalities which seems quite hard to control all those character so perfectly. The characters all have a reasonable amount of screen time and their strong relationship and bonds makes the filler episodes are fun to watch.

Enjoyment: 10/10

I really enjoyed the anime and it was a thrilling ride for me and my kokoro was beating fast, I was completely into the show.

Overall: 10/10

This is the best action anime I've ever watched so far and everything about it is very good, it even makes me want to read the Haifuri manga to know what happens next but I can't seem to find a manga website that has this manga in it. If you do know a website please tell me. Thank you for reading my review.

Haifuri remind me a little of Kancole in more realistic setting. And this one is surprisingly good in many ways. If you expect this one will be shallow happy go lucky high school girls show, you'll got slap on your face when you watch it. And without too much BS or fan service, the story will progress immediately starting from episode 1 and 2.

The plot itself is quite good, the conflicts are intriguing enough too keep me interested. The gap between the cuteness and dire situations feels just right. You'll find quite amusing ship crews here, and each with their unique characteristics. For me, all ... of them are likeable, and the entire crew get their screen time, some even showing character development, though it is not much. Of course some people will complain about how useless the adults here, or not so fond with loli solving everything, my advice is: look at the trailer or synopsis before watching, there are absolutely no reason to watch anime like this if you are allergic to cute girls.

The best part of Haifuri is, the ocean battle! yes, this show is about battleship voyage after all (though it's supposed to be peaceful class training). Without spoil too much, the girls ship will face various type of enemies. And it's not about which one has the best weapon or bigger ship, various tactics will be involved, that's because our protagonist ship is not the best here. There are also other problems presented that might happen on the voyage (I'm not expert in this part, as people of the land), like lack of supply, etc. which bring more variety other than battle, and there also relaxing moment for you to feast at moe and cuteness.

To summarize, this is quality anime which might be underrated. It's recommended for anyone who like action but bored of shonen anime, because this one will be cuter. Of course if I want to nitpick at some plot hole or weird situations it might lower the fun while watching this, but why would I? 10/10 for the enjoyment

After trying to find a military themed anime that I want to enjoy, I can vouch that Haifuri is my one and only prefrence. Sure the plot has flaws here and there but no matter how flaw it was, I still loved it for various reasons.

Story:

Remember folks! This is not a story about girls having naval tournament like senshadou in Girls und Panzer, nor its a Kancolle "bizzarre" animation sequence anime like one person thought it was. This is a story of students aiming to become Blue Mermaid, maintaining the safety of the nation's territory from invasion and other unwanted incidents. A certain dialogue ... in an episode hinted they were trained since middle school, or perhaps even before that.

So it means that what the girls are doing are for their future professional occupation and not for playing around. So believing that this is a funny-happy-go-lucky story especially like Girls und Panzer will leave you disappointed. Also this is not about saving a school, so don't get your hopes on that kind of thing.

However there are flaws just like every other stories or animes. But I don't want to mention it here to avoid unintentional spoiler. But if you don't really mind it surely you can just brush it off. The story alternate between serious and casual. So if you want a hardcore stuff where everyone are arguing against one another in a ship, you might stop watching this kind of anime and start watching movie like Crimson Tide, The Yamato Men or perhaps real historical warfare.

Characters:

The reason I like Haifuri the most and put it in my lifetime favourite is the variety of characters; from the timid to annoying one. Surely there are a lot of anime that has this kind of variety. But having around 32 characters in a single place (ship) is a point for me because it showed how each of them compromised one another; they argue, agree, obey within the chain of command. It indirectly created the "comrades of the sea is a family" vision; they slowly become close to one another and become a "family". Almost all of them are being developed as the series went on. Only few had little development which is a little bit of flaw.

How they were assigned to their post which seems unfit may be due to their exam scores (this is just a theory). Just like Akeno who are unfit to become a captain and she herself believe that. But she had to abide the position assigned to her due to being unable to decline and change her position directly in short amount of time. So rather than thinking the problem with the characters' position you ought to see how they tried to developed their self-esteem and personality.

I started watching this series for the fine ladies

I ended up watching it for the plot after a few episodes


Story: 8/10
To be honest, I thought that Haifuri is an anime similar to Gochiusa or K-on (CGDCT), but i was heavily mistaken. I never expected a very good plot for the anime at all.

Art: 9/10
The art is good in general (especially well done on character design, but i'm putting these points to characters), but even if it's cute and fluffy, it doesn't exactly fit so well with the intense battles and it makes the fighting a bit less exciting (don't get distracted by the lolis)
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Sound: 7/10
The opening is very catchy (HIBIKE!) as well as a good ending.- not much to be said here

Character: 10/10
.....
There're a lot of lo- characters in Haifuri. All the characters have their unique points (similar to Assassination Classroom) and they are all adorable.

Enjoyment: 7/10
As much as i would love to give a higher score for enjoyment, I believe that the comedy is a bit shallow and hard to understand sometimes. There are some parts where i burst out in laughter but that's bout it


Overall: 10/10
Why 10/10 even though the average would be nowhere near it?
It's definitely not because of the lolis, totally not.... totally :D

The main reason why I gave this series a high score is because of my personal preference, mostly. I really love the cgdct things but if you add a great plot to it then for me, it's just like icing on a cake.

Conclusion: Watch it, and if you don't like it,
still watch it (jk, don't in that case)

Maybe this is late. But, i want start reviewing when my entry up to 150 animes. And this is one of my masterpiece scored anime in my list

Intro :
Haifuri a.k.a High School Fleet... A School, Military, Action. FYI, this anime is my first military anime that makes me hyped about military. And of course, Moe material !.... Seems like Kancolle ? You can say it... But this is 10x greater than Kancolle.

Misaki Akeno (Favorites Character, and waifu !! >_<) enrolled to Yokosuka High School. One of naval school that makes their students to be a Blue Mermaid. And of course her osananajimi (Chilhood Friend) China ... Moeka enrolled too. But, they are in the different warship. This because their test score. Akeno is going to Harekaze. A Destroyer Type warship. And Moeka in to Musashi. Battleship Type Yamato Class. Then, they start their naval training in the ocean.

Just like that ? A normal CGDCT ?........ Of course not ! Remember Gakkou Gurashi (Scholl Life!) anime ? You will know how it feel if you had watched that.

Story : 8/10
I think... the story doesnt have any special things.... Normal plot, many minor twist, and filler are in there. The only things that makes this anime great is the unpredictable 1st episode. Firstly, i think i want to pick a millitary to my friend. But, when i got attached to the artworks. It can't flee from my mind. I enjoyed the story very much... And those CGDCT filler relaxed my eyes when the atmosphere is so serious. But many people maybe think... In which world, in the middle of big problem you lost all your tissue and then go shopping to get the tissue ?... Well, actually i dont care because i'm a moe holic... Many plot holes is filling it... But i too enjoyed with those great naval battle so i never mind it

Art : 10/10
I think, Production IMS caught me off... Same Illustrator as Non Non Biyori... i can't deny that the art is so great ! Full of Loli ! I GOT MOEBETES ! Not only that... The detail of the warship... Interior, Hull, Canon, and those special effect... The best of all time... The colour very good, full moe chara, perfect brightness, and those goddamned good naval effect made this anime one of masterpiece artworks. 4 Thumbs for IMS

Sound : 9/10
OP High Free Spirit sung by Trysail succesed attach my ears. Make me listen it every time. ED ? I seldom listen it... But i dont hate it. OST ? Success makes me download it 90mb and played everytime i play World of Warship... And Sound Effect of course good. Maybe, nothing special. Many anime have same quality.

Character : 8/10
I could torture the illustrator about f*cking great artworks. But, 30 girls in a cour anime ? Of course the chara development doesnt good enough. You can see the development in Akeno, Mashiro, and Rin-chan. But, the director put many potential chara which can makes some people curious. Example, Kuro-chan. I see her as an antagonist because her sharp eyes everytime she look Akeno. But until the end of the show, it has nothing to do with the show...

Enjoyment : 9/10
This is my #1 airing anime spring... Im really hyped waiting it... The naval and the Moe... I like it... maybe if you are the same type with me, a moe holic person... you will enjoy it eventhough you didnt enjoy the naval

Overall : 9/10 but my animelist 10/10
Moe, naval battle, great music, beautiful art... I'm not naive but i appreciate the people in anime industry... some perfect score maybe not helped it but every things that makes me happy im highly salute it... Disagree ? Just make an animation doodle walking for 10 second. Review it by yourself...

Closing :
Thank you for read my 'bad english' review. And actually, im an indonesian.

first for the story i'll give 9/10
I really like the story, but but unfortunately i really dissapointed with the ending of the anime. the ending of this anime in my opinion is a little hanging. i don't want to give a spoiler here so just watch the anime and you will know what i mean. after all i really love this story

and for the art i'll give 8/10
the graphics of this anime are quite good and the movement of the characters is also quite smooth, but for some reason I feel unsatisfied with the graphics of this anime. but after all i still give 8/10

for ... the sound i'll give 8/10
I don't know much about the sound arrangement in an anime, but as far as I can see, the sound effects of this anime are quite good and the placement of the sound effects is quite neat.

for the character i'll give 10/10
because, i really like loli character who ride a battleship, and this is also an added value from this anime because the characters in this anime are quite cute and kawaii, and the different nature of them also makes this anime more interesting. after all i really love the character of this anime.

for the enjoyment if i can give 20/10 i'll give 20/10.
because i really like the comedy in this anime, maybe for some people the comedy is not so funny, but for me this comedy is really really really really good, and this anime and this anime became my mood booster anime because i always laughing no matter how many time i watch it.

overall i love this anime so i'll give it 9/10
why i give 9/10 its because the ending is so make me dissapointed.

do i recommend this anime?
OF COURSE YESS!! I REALLY RECOMMEND THIS ANIME!!

but for some people who dont like military anime and loli character, i dont recommend this

I haven't had enjoyment out of a show like this for awhile.

I was first introduced to this anime by playing World of Warships when they partnered with this anime and released two ships into the game. I eventually went and bought the Harekaze ship in game ( I believe in October) This is were it piqued my interest.

It's kind of weird. You come into this expecting this to just be a silly cheerful show about anime school girls on ships. But within the first 2 episodes that expectation is completely destroyed.

There is some things that don't make sense. Such as why would anyone put ... High School kids in control of ships or why they would give a new student control of the Musashi the most powerful ship in the fleet.

Things like this you can easily overlook. The show is good at keeping your attention. Especially with the size of the cast of characters. One of the biggest cast of characters i'v seen. They are all fun and entertaining to have. There are some characters that go together really well. Hell, Sometimes it seems like there is some Yuri action happening. In fact for the show to be about ships there is a missing sense of Shipping happening ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Characters go together really well such ( Some of them i even ship)
ShiroxMike
Mii-chanxKoko

It's also kind of weird cause one of the the first characters we are introduced too is Mike's friend when they are little but we see so little of her.

Mike also has a sad past and i wish they would have done more with her. Such as one of her goals is to meet the Blue Mermaids that saved her as a child. Have the Principal set up the meetup as a surprise for Mike.

There are also things that are kind of hard to buy for history buffs or just in general. Such as how no one is killed in all of this ( I do like that no one does, Cause it would have started making the show very dark and kind of ruining my opinion of it) How no modern day ships are even able to take out the Musashi. Also how a small little DD is able to take on so many of these ships.

Also for some reason we see no Planes in this at all ( I think it might have been mentioned that planes don't exist in this world or something) But it seems weird when the reason why the Yamato (Musashi is a class of the Yamato ship) was sunk in real life was because of planes.

It's also never explained why there is electrical interference with electronics on modern ships and modern weapons.

The atmosphere the show makes with this being on one little boat is really nice and is probably why i like this so much.

The last two OVA's were also really nice and gives hope of a 2nd season. I don't know what it would even be about but i would watch it without hesitation.

In the final battle when the Principal was about to sail out on her ship to fight the Musashi i thought it would be a big reveal such as her ship being the Iowa ( USS Missouri) Something big and awesome like that happening i feel was missing from the ending.

They use CGI at times and it helps with the feel of the episode. So that was a nice touch it also helps make battles look all the more badass.

Overall a great show that i hope for a 2nd season

I really love this anime; why? because it's very unique, infact; I have never, ever seen a battleship based anime, props to them for making it unique!
Story: 8- Now I won't get on this one too hard, but it's kind of choppy, time stamps, dates, you know, but I like how *spoilers ahead* Sorry :/ They get into battles a lot, now they somehow just kind of regain their lost foods, weapons, and ya know; stuff that went missing on the ship before, but it's a good overall story, the mutiny, the battles, it's good, I like it!


Art: 9- I enjoyed the ships, the water, ... the characters, everything! very smooth animation and detail to small things, thats why I like it!

Sound: 10- I can't complain, really well done sound with explosions, characters; except they all sound alike basically!

Character; 9 Each character has their own personality which I do like in my animes I watch, and not the same old boring characters. Each character has a growing emotions to one another, and bond with them, rather teamwork, or in general!

Enjoyment: 10 I liked this anime so much, I put it in my favorites :3, really should get more attention, I loved this, it's very unique, satisfying, and builds teamwork

Objectitly, Haifuri is not worthy of a 9. In no way.
The animation is not especially good, so is the music and backstory is just plain stupid, it did feel like the dumbest excuse imaginable to put schoolgirls on warships, it felt like Girls und panzer but even more poorly executed.
However this anime is more than the sum of its parts, I really enjoyed it like I enjoy very few animes.
I won’t spoil the story but characters do face high stakes like death, some bits are kind dark, it is question of treason, mutiny.
Yet despite that the anime go from serious to plainly stupid. “We ... face serious charges for mutiny, we may die because people are after us, oh yeah and now we are out of toilet paper, so let’s risk our life to get some” (no kidding, seriously it is part of an episode)
However, despite this, it is surprisingly enjoyable, and the marine battle are just plain epic, it has been written by people who clearly know their subject no simple kancolle of World of warship fans but true warship otaku.
Character development and relationship building between the girls if also quite enjoyable, little bit unoriginal and predictable but I still managed to like it and did grow fond of all the differents girls.

This anime is worth watching for the final episode alone, the final is just plain epic. I mean, for me it was final episode of a original gainax anime in term of epicness, action and emotion. The final was so right. And that is part of why I rate this anime so high. I really enjoyed myself with Haifuri.

High School Fleet, or Haifuri, may be perceived as a cute moe anime at first glance. Although retaining some aspects of a CGDCT anime, such as when the girls have some down time, the show creates a serious, fast moving environment that is a lot more serious than, say, Kantai Collection, for example. Also having a much, much larger variety of crew compared to Arpeggio of Blue Steel, the cast in Haifuri really feels like a real ship's crew. With characters ranging from logistics to artillery officers to the captain herself, the characters manning the ship take their job seriously, as would anyone in a ... life or death situation. The art style is refreshing too, as the characters were designed by Atto, the creator of the Slice of Life Non Non Biyori. The OST is great, featuring an amazingly catchy OP by TrySail. The characters were extremely enjoyable too, but 1 cour to develop so many characters is hard to do, so it's understandable. Nevertheless, it was easy to remember each character, her role on the ship, and at least one defining trait. Personally, my favorite character was Irizaki, the ship's CTO. Overall, this show is great, and anyone who is looking for a serious Military show with some aspects of moe mixed in there, definitely give it a try.

Aight, Haifuri has been an anime I enjoyed watching over and over again. The Anime had all my interests in one, Military (WWII/Mordern) School Uniforms pog and cute girls doing cute things. The story was odd but still funny in my opinion, I enjoyed all the battle scenes cause you rarely see good Naval Battle animes, in fact I really doubt there's multiple animes that is Naval Focused. At most it is there is Aerial Warfare or (Gate) which only includes the JASDF and the JGSDF [Aerial and Ground Forces of Japan Self Defence Force]. In Summary, I would love to see another season or ... watch it over and over and over again.

I was surprised how enjoyable this series was to watch. I had somewhat low expectations, but I feel the show never dropped too far below being at least somewhat entertaining.

The story on the whole is interesting, though it seemed at first as though it was going to be far more interesting than it ended up being. In the interest of not spoiling anything, I'll just say the show develops a premise that ensures that none of the characters can be considered bad guys, and it leads to an almost too tidy ending for my taste. Though the explanation for this is made somewhat interesting ... and it's easy to understand thankfully, I don't know, just not what I was expecting. Themes of leadership and risk run throughout, and the tension is felt, but there could have most definitely been more.

I did enjoy the art in this one, and only found certain things bothered me when I specifically studied certain shots. On the whole though, the designs are enjoyable and nothing really struck me as looking out of place or particularly bad, so well done.

Being into military technology such as naval vessels and tanks, I wish the cannon fire in this had been a bit more punchy and booming. I get the main ship's cannons are meant to be comparatively like little pee shooters to most of the opposition, but the Musashi at the end still didn't sound quite as deafening as I would have liked. That's the only real gripe I have with it though, and if not for that sound would have had no real flaws at all for me.

The characters designs and personalities are all entertaining to watch, with the bridge crew getting better with each second they're on screen. Development was good on some characters, but I would have liked to have seen more for others definitely. Overall, the show is pretty unapologetic in the understanding of it's premise, and for every battle scene or rescue scene, you get shopping and swimsuit scenes to match. Say what you want for what it does to the tension and pacing, but for me personally, none of it detracted too much from the narrative, and the restraint was appreciated because I feel they most definitely could have gone over board with that kind of stuff if they had wanted.

Overall pretty enjoyable, with a satisfying ending. The show certainly had my attention, though I feel if it had dwelled on certain things a bit more and had more tension, I would have been far more engaged. Despite that it was never really a chore to start the next episode, and I'm glad I took the time to watch it. Not sure it'll have too big an impact on me or anything, but I can appreciate the message it had, and enjoyed it regardless.

Grab your captain's hat and set sail for High School Fleet, the nautical equivalent of Girls und Panzer.

What surprised me the most was the story. Summaries given for this series were vague and mostly explained the universe. I knew I was expecting cute girls in battleships, but not exactly in this way. Unlike Girls und Panzer, the battles here are real life-or-death situations. Of course, I should put out there that this is, by all means, not as dark as you may think. It just caught me off guard, that's all. The battles are pretty entertaining, and at times we get some down time where ... we see more natural interactions with the girls.

There is a large cast of characters, and that's to be expected of a fleet. Not only do we have the main fleet that we focus on more, but there are others shown as well. Obviously, we don't have much time to get to know everyone, so only the most important characters get any true development. As much as I understand it, I would have liked to see what type of personalities everyone else had. There's so many, that most of them I forget who they were and their positions.

There really isn't much to say about the animation. For the most part, it was consistent with a few minor setbacks, but overall it was good. While we get the usual CG for the ships, I still enjoyed the battle sequences.

I would give High School Fleet a pass simply for that fact that it surpassed my expectations of what the show would be. I think I probably would have liked it more if story continued for another season, enough to where there's more plot development and getting to know everyone on the fleet. However, I am still content with what I got.

High School Fleet is an anime that when watch really makes me feel refresh. This is one of the first military anime I've ever watch and I'd say that it was a pretty good introduction to the genre. The anime has fair character development for the main ones at least (keep in mind that the cast is huge). But what this anime really exceeds at is giving the me the thrills. As far as I can remember, there was only one episode where things went kind of stale, the rest were well paced and will ensure you excitement. This anime is probably the epitome of ... what I called "an anime that is fun to watch." If you looking for a quick fun time (I ensure you that you will binge watch this) give this anime a shot.

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Characters / Development : 6.3
Its going to be very hard to explain this without contradicting myself over and over. Its a area that had so much more potential than was actually taken advantage of. They characters themselves were pretty strong, but only until you limited their spotlight for a few minutes ... or none at all for most. I feel like they could have concentrated more on the characters if they didn't have so many fan service episodes and scenes.

Animation / Art : 6
A mixed bag. The characters and armament art are both really good but I feel like what feel short was the actual ship and the water. In a anime about ships, you would expect great water right? Much to be desired. There was one scene that drove me insane. In the scene they said they only had one depth charge to use on the ship, and a few frames later there was literally two massive rows of them. All I can think is the script and art departments did not communicate on this one. People who know a little something about ships would notice.

Sound (Music/Voice/Effects) : 9.5
The strongest aspect to the show I think. High School Fleet has the same writer as Girls und Panzer and I will touch on this in the story more however I would have expected that the music would have the same person in charge, to my surprise, no. The music is fantastically timed to the action and pulls out feeling of excitement in the best cheesiest way.

Story / Writing : 4.5
Without spoils all I can say is the choices made for the core motivation for the show are pretty dumb... out of all the things they could have done. In the first few episodes you think "wow, my mind is blown, where can this go?" and only to epic fail in the next reveal episode. Not what I expected from the writer (Yoshida Reiko) from Girls und Panzer, I expected something more down to earth.

Enjoyment : 9
Out of all the bad things I have said about this show, all I can say is I feel like my time was worth it. When I found out about this anime and its ties to the writer who did Girls und Panzer I expected something cheesy but exciting, and I was not let down in that regard. Cute girls in doing battle will always get my blood pumping!

Final Score : 7.06


Final Recommendation : If you seen Girls und Panzer you will like this show and I recommend giving it a go. If you have not however I will give you a cautionary warning that its certainly not for everyone and unless you like cute girls doing battle or ship warfare you might want to give it a pass.

[This is for season 1, the OVA, and the movie]
Okay, I'll admit I'm a sucker for these kinds of shows. But by god, not only does Haifuri earn its place in the Land-Air-Sea trio (That's GuP, Strike Witches, and this), it surpassed my expectations entirely. I swear, it's not the most ambitious project ever, but Haifuri is damn near perfect in my eyes.
Like GuP and Strike Witches, Haifuri takes place in a very different world from our own, one which gives prominence to cute girls doing military things. In this case it's about boats, so it's Waterworld out there, and the men are stuck with ... submarines.
Every single thing about Haifuri is good, but I'll try to be orderly. The plot of the series is very unique for the setting,giving a sense of mystery where things only gradually becoming clear. The anime is careful about what it shows outside the Harekaze (the main ship), keeping you in the dark along with the characters. The movie plot is simpler, but in this way it's a perfect departure from the series that allows it to complement it perfectly.
I don't think I need to tell you that the characters are adorable, but I have more to say than that. Like both Strike Witches and GuP, you can tell that a very large cast of characters was thought out, but only one (albeit fairly large) group gets the focus. The crew of the Harekaze is an absolute joy to watch; there's never a dull moment with these girls, and as they get to know each other and their roles they change as well. This is especially true of our main duo Akeno and Mashiro, though my personal favorite is Mina~. I will note that Haifuri is somewhat lacking in the yuri department compared to the other two, but it more than makes up for it with the genuine, heartfelt friendships you see form. (If it interests you, it also doesn't have much fanservice, though that's not to say it has none)
The animation, music, and general quality are on point as well. If battleship sakuga is of interest to you, you'll find it in spades here.
What I found most relevant to my enjoyment of Haifuri, however, was just the way the show is structured. It keeps a perfect balance of slice-of-life to action, getting you impressively acquainted with the characters given the show's runtime. Not only that, but the way the action scales up leads to an immensely satisfying climax, in both the show and movie, made better by tying it off with a moment between the girls.
In conclusion, Haifuri is incredibly underrated and deserves the same level of attention as GuP and Strike Witches. I want to see these girls grown up as Blue Mermaids.