Joshikousei no Mudazukai (Wasteful Days of High School Girls)

As she heads off to her entrance ceremony at Sainotama Girls' High School, Akane Kikuchi muses over her grade school dream of becoming a manga artist and the lack of progress that she has made. When she finally arrives at school, she is surprised to learn that she is once again in the same class as her two best friends: the deadpan and emotionless Shiori Saginomiya and the hyperactive and ridiculous Nozomu Tanaka. Tanaka then comes to the obvious realization that she can't achieve her grade school dream of being popular with the boys and getting a boyfriend by going to an all-girls high school.

In desperation, she begins asking the girls in her class to introduce her to their guy friends. Her classmates, however, are anything but ordinary. From a grandmother-loving loli to a reclusive chuunibyou to an overly analytical stalker, each one is given a fitting nickname by Tanaka to accentuate their weirdness. And so begin the wasteful days of these high school girls, each day kicked off with a simple question: "Hey, wanna hear something amazing?"

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Kikuchi, Akane

Main

Tomatsu, Haruka
Japanese

Tanaka, Nozomu

Main

Akasaki, Chinatsu
Japanese

Saginomiya, Shiori

Main

Toyosaki, Aki
Japanese

Yamamoto, Minami

Supporting

Tomita, Miyu
Japanese

Kujou, Hisui

Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao
Japanese

Momoi, Saku

Supporting

Naganawa, Maria
Japanese

Sawatari, Masataka

Supporting

Okitsu, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Ninomae, Kanade

Supporting

Takahashi, Rie
Japanese

Someya, Lily

Supporting

Satou, Satomi
Japanese

Piinattsu P

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Ochiai, Fukushi
Japanese

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Tanaka, Shou

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Iizuka, Aya

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Ogata, Mitsuhiro

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Takahashi, Takeo

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"Wa! Moon! dass! cry! (輪！Moon！dass！cry！)" by Nozomu Tanaka (Chinatsu Akasaki), Akane Kikuchi (Haruka Tomatsu), Shiori Saginomiya (Aki Toyosaki)

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"Seishun no Reverb (青春のリバーブ)" by Nozomu Tanaka (Chinatsu Akasaki), Akane Kikuchi (Haruka Tomatsu), Shiori Saginomiya (Aki Toyosaki)

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Jul 30, 2023

undamoth

Recommended

Among the genres the proliferate the world of Japanese animation, nothing's quite ubiquitous as the comedy department. Whatever one's preferred serving of humor, anime would have a handful or so to offer. I am unashamedly fall under the lowest of the low as even corny jokes would have a rub on my funny bone and thus I may or may not be an authority to properly discern comedy anime. After all, my friends have ostracized me for talking shit about Nichijou while absolutely adoring Hare+Guu. Nonetheless, here I am to talk about a surprisingly lovely slice of life that I just came upon by serendipitous ... coincidence.

Wasteful Days of High School Girls is what Nichijou wished it was. A simple peek into random events among a cast of characters which is injected with subjective humorous encounters and its coinciding aftermath. WDHSG may not have the dose of extreme hijinks of Asobi Asobe or Prison School but it delivered the funny as consistently within its runtime thru its wonderful cast, subdued characterization, and superb voice acting. High school setting has always been anime's topbill choice to tell their story and the show does not give a damn and instead done familiar things by mix-matching the dynamics between the characters.

Comedy works best when the jokes, characters, and most especially, dynamics all converge into a concoction of harmony. WDHSG's initial episodes were not that bombastic, yes, but stick with them and one will be rewarded with a final episode that is probably one of the best among comedy anime. The characters were tropetastic in a glance but their depth were shown as they interact with each other in various scenarios. Most shows would just indulge their main cast with one wacky character to the next with little fanfare but WDHSG actually mixes the cast often and by the end, the whole cast feels like a cohesive unit and that everyone feels like a main character which one can just follow on without waning interest. One of my problems with the acclaimed Nichijou was that there is only like two characters worth anticipating on their next scene. In this show, despite its limited cast, I can just expect how each one would react to an incoming situation however the show has tendency to play it off each other by showing a different side of a certain character. As I said, sticking to the quirks of each character is rewarded on its brilliant final episode.

As a show, it's ED is just ok but its OP was excellent. Wa-Moon-Dass-Cry has a unique, earwormy vibe and found myself unable to skip them because of its entertaining visuals which makes use of its high school setting really well. The VAs were excellent, most notably, on Wota's VA for delivering a strikingly unique, dynamic voice among her high-pitched colleagues. The visuals in the show were complementarily simplistic but pretty, the character designs are great, and definitely passed the vibe check all throughout. The structure of the show was well-done: Intro joke> OP> Main Narrative> ED> Crumbs/Extra Scenes and it was just just paced so well that I've watched it in one sitting. When the show is over, I definitely clamored for more dessert but overall, left satisfied.

As for issues, I would say that it did not have the best pilot episode and has not fully set what to expect for its wonderful continuation. Likewise even when I said that the cast were wonderful, I would say that Robo and Baka, two of its arguably main characters, are quite generic even if Baka's intro lines became one of the show's memorable characteristics. This however was very minor as they get to shine on the show's best moments. Also, jokes are pretty tame but remains to be funny because of how they were delivered, paced, voice-acted, and how left-field they can get.

Watch this binged. May not be the ultimate laugh-out-loud show but it is CONSISTENTLY FUNNY which comedy anime should strive for. Nichijou only has like two funny gags in its whole 20+ episode runtime and yet people love it. I say, please take this show instead. Short, fun, well-delivered, and should get a season 2 ASAP.

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Nov 23, 2021

rio_redd

Mixed Feelings

Just not funny enough for me, as a Japanese speaker who adores quirky humour.

I came across ‘Joshikousei no Mudazukai’ during a search for anime similar to ‘Nichijou’, ‘Asobi Asobase’ and ‘The Daily Lives of Highschool Boys’ - three anime that I’m fond of and think portray the Japanese surreal humour very well and all in all are extremely funny shows. The anime that most people recommended for these three was this anime, ‘Wasteful Days of Highschool Girls’.

Now this may be because I am Japanese, and maybe have a high standard of the Japanese humour that I want to see or if it’s because I understand ...

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Sep 21, 2019

That__Guy

Not Recommended

This show is aptly named "The Wasteful Days of High School Girls" because it was indeed a waste of my days watching it. All of the reviews so far are touting this as the best comedy of the year, but I just don't see it. Let's see why:

Story - 3

To be fair, there is no story. It's a collection of day-to-day activities following three girls and their class. In lieu of a story, I rate this based on character development, which I will elaborate on below.

Art - 6

Nothing great, nothing terrible.

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