Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Specials

Since the total runtime for this entry is about half an hour, let's make this a quick one!

Story (6) - These are just cute skits spinning off of situations and characters in the original series (whether it be the anime or manga). Nothing significant is really added, but just for fun!

Art (8) - Looks as good as the original anime. Nothing to add.

Sound (8) - Same thing as the Art. The music's stellar as per the norm.

Character (6) - Like the comments for the Story here, nothing substantial is added here. Just silly situations based off of established character traits

Enjoyment/Overall (7) - These specials were ... fun! I recommend these if you either want more of Tanaka-kun's adventures or want something laidback.

It's nice to have specials that genuinely feel like more episodes of the anime. Biggest disappointments with them are that some of the plots here would have made for some nice, full-length episodes. Most notably, the siblings of Tanaka and Oota, Rino and Saya. They really did not get very much screen time at all in the anime, so seeing them have a dedicated special felt sad due to how short these are. The special with the WacDonald's worker, Saionji, felt like it fit the short length of the specials the most.

I enjoyed my time with all of these, and at the end of the ... day, we should always be grateful to see any manga adapt into an anime, as well as those that are raw anime. It just makes you wish the anime standard was twenty-four episodes instead of twelve. The moment you fall in love with these shows, they are over.

You can watch all of these in less than half an hour, especially if you skip the credits at the end of each episode, so I'll try not to waste a lot of time here.

Story: 5, There wasn't really a story in the original anime, but these were extra disappointing simply because the reason that it didn't have a story was because Slice of Life + Comedy can carry themselves with just character interactions, the problem is that these specials have no comedy to speak of.

Art: 8, Nothing different here from the original series, so I can't really change this from the score that ... I gave when reviewing it.

Sound: 8, Not sure what the name of the song actually is, but it sounds like the lyrics say "Lucky Song", and they played that at the end of at least half of these specials, it's a shame since the original show had a much more varied song selection. Luckily I do at least like that song, but if I wanted to hear it on repeat, I'd look it up on youtube.

Character: 6, Still the characters you know and love from the original show, but the problem is that the comedy is what made many of them so lovable, which is completely dead in these specials.

Enjoyment: 5, I had a hard time not falling asleep during these, and that's only partially because I'm sick. It's mainly due to the fact that they were incredibly boring in contrast to the original show.

Overall: 6, Not completely awful, but as someone who was excited to get a bit more of this show after the final episode, I'm quite disappointed that this is all it was. Unless you're simply absolutely desperate for more of this show, I wouldn't waste your time, but it's not like these are long enough to waste any substantial amount of time, so do whatever.