Handa-kun

Hated by everyone around him, Sei Handa goes about his high school life regarded as an outcast—or at least that is what he believes. In reality, Handa is the most popular student on campus, revered by all for his incomparable calligraphy skills, good looks, and cool personality. However, due to an endless series of misunderstandings, Handa perceives the worship he receives from his legions of fans as bullying, leading the school's idol to shut himself off from the rest of his classmates.

But distancing himself from his peers does not deter them from adoring him; in fact, his attempts at drawing attention away from himself often end up unintentionally converting even the most skeptical of students into believers. Fashion models, shut-in delinquents, obsessive fangirls, and more—none can stand against the brilliance that is Sei Handa.

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Handa, Sei Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Kondou, Yukio Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Nikaidou, Reo Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Tsutsui, Akane Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Aizawa, Junichi Main

Hirose, Yuuya Japanese

Handa, Emi Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko Japanese

Kinjou, Miyoko Supporting

Hondo, Kaede Japanese

Kawafuji, Takao Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki Japanese

Hirayama, Kasumi Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Mori, Maiko Supporting

Itou, Miku Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Suzuki, Megumi Producer

Eriguchi, Takeshi Producer

Aitani, Atsushi Producer

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Jul 14, 2024

Doumaa

Recommended

This may not be a cup of tea for everyone but for people like me who enjoys anime which isn't stressful and just brings pure joy and relaxation then this is the one for you.I am someone who enjoys this type of genre alot esp any anime with gag humor yes they may not have any plot or whatsoever which is exactly what I seek on a stressful day where I can just sit back and watch an anime which won't stress me out more or build up this tension aboir what's gonna happen next.Its just very random which is makes it funny and enjoyful ... so anyone who doesn't like this anime clearly wants smth intriguing which u won't find here.

Overall I want just say that this easily is one of my top10.I love the setting ,the vibes and evething it gives a very relaxing feeling.Lovd handa kun .

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 8, 2020

mushi_Jyou

Mixed Feelings

Reason for watching: Barakamon was really good, I had hopes for this "prequel"

TL;DR: Forget about Barakamon, the only thing here that is connecting them is the main character. Even with that said, this is a comedy that is difficult to appreciate with its awkward and over the top "jokes" storylines (at least for me, 80% of the comedy moments are forced and cringey)

Story
I don't know what story there is in this anime, true to the heavens. This is a show that is definitely not in alignment with Barakamon in terms of story concept, story execution, and morals/meanings. Is basically a whole different genre. This is ... a Comedy show, using the main character in Barakamon as its axis. Honestly, I am more of a "feel good, slice of life, meaningful etc" story person than I am of a comedy jock (Not to say I have not enjoyed much comedies, just not as much as a Slice of Life). But still, I went in expecting it to be comedy after reading the reviews, hoping it would be good comedy. The show just dashed all hope away with its first episode. I almost dropped it in the middle of the first episode, actually. After braving through all 12 episodes, I can write this review in all honesty. The show starts off with some sort of breaking the fourth wall gag storyline, which in my opinion is the worst part of the whole show. But the main story plot isn't exactly enjoyable either, there is very little story-telling going on in fact. The plot just consists of one bad joke after another, there is nothing that pushes the story forward other than the forced comedy that are thrown in. Everything that happens in the show happens just for those moments of "comedy".

Art and Sound is just as good as any other average anime out there can achieve, nothing bad that is noteworthy, but nothing stellar anyway. (Or maybe the story was too overwhelming for me to detect anything.)

Characters
The characters are alright. Actually, pretty decent personas and backstories for the semi main characters. The main character is, well, average in a way. Handa's character portrayal isn't a far cry from the Barakamon series, but it doesn't engages with the story at all. The main character is just a tool for the story to develop, nothing more. As for the other characters that engages with the "Comedy" story plot, they could have shine if not for the story itself. There were no character developments, not much emphasis on the characters themselves either. The many actions of the characters just seem to be FOR the comedic moments, and not more naturally from the characters themselves. I really can see the potential in these character designs, they probably will be well expanded, in a better comedy story plot, or even some other genres, than in this story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 12, 2019

berserkersoul

Not Recommended

in my opinion, the worst thing a comedy can be isnt being "unfunny", its being boring. thats exact what handa-kun is.

i should start off by saying that i only watched handa-kun because i wanted to watch something akin to sakamoto desu-ka and danshi koukousei no nichijou, which are two animes that are really good at not only executing the jokes/visual gags, but also being generally entertaining and engaging. so coming into handa-kun, i came in pretty unbiased but from what ive heard about barakamon, i had high hopes.

story (3/10): there really is no story. every episode revolves around the main premise of the anime ... which is that handa thinks that everyone hates him, but in reality, hes the coolest and most popular person. hijinks ensue when handa interacts with his peers because theres usually some huge misunderstanding. however, its a gag that really runs its course over the span of 12 episodes. it was cute and funny for the first two or three episodes, but the trope gets pretty tired and i wanted to see something new; but i dont think thats the main problem here. comedy is subjective and its totally fine for me to think this anime isnt funny. the issue comes from the fact that the episodes are just boring. i alraedy know what the gag is before the episode even starts so i have nothing to look forward to. the episodes are generally wacky and outlandish, which is fine, but because i have no interest in any of the characters and i can predict whats going to happen in every episode, it really leaves me disengaged.

art (6/10): the visuals were fine. animation wise it was standard quality. to give credit where its due, there were some visual gags that did make me chuckle and the characters were designed pretty distinctly which i can commend. often animes that are this short dont really care to put in the time to design auxiliary characters.

sound (6/10): the sound design was fine. i quite liked the OP and the voice acting was decent. to be honest i was having a hard time concentrating on the episodes to really note anything too egregious

characters (4/10): they are very tropey and i felt like nothing new and creative where done with them. everyone was too typecast and ive seen all of the jokes about those tropes before. defying the expectations of the viewers would have been a good starting point because if they arent able to mix things up in a funny way, it would at least captivated the audience.

enjoyment (4/10): like ive said before this anime wouldnt have been so horrible if the intention wasnt to make me laugh. if it were a regular slice of life high school anime i could have been able to forgive some of the things the anime did. however, it was meant to be funny and entertaining and did neither. it felt like it should have been a one episode ONA or something and not its own anime series. it reminded me a lot of the second season of osomatsu-san; the second season had a lot to live up to, made itself be a full fledged comedy anime but ended up flopping because it reused the same jokes and overplayed the same tropes :(

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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