Do It Yourself!!

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has led to the development of cutting-edge technologies that have rapidly evolved the world. As a result, schools have begun incorporating these technologies into their curriculum, leaving behind the ways of the old. One such institution is the elite Yuyu Girls' Vocational High School, where both Serufu Yua and her childhood friend, Miku "Purin" Suride, have applied. Although the tech-savvy Purin is accepted to Yuyu High, the accident-prone Serufu is rejected and enters the traditional Gatagata Girls' High School instead, driving a wedge into their friendship.

On her way to class one day, Serufu gets into a bike accident, and Rei Yasaku, a passerby who attends the same school, fixes her damaged bicycle. Serufu later finds out that Rei has a passion for old-fashioned crafts and is the head of the school's Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Club—which is in danger of closing due to a lack of members.

Realizing that this may be her chance to repair her relationship with Purin, Serufu joins the club in hopes of creating projects that could bring them together once more. As the DIY Club welcomes new faces, Serufu learns to build not only handicrafts but also new friendships along the way!

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Yua, Serufu Main

Inagaki, Konomi Japanese

Juliet Queen Elizabeth VIII Main

Oomori, Nichika Japanese

Kouki, Kokoro Main

Takahashi, Karin Japanese

Suride, Miku Main

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Yasaku, Rei Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Hikage, Takumi Main

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Serufu's Mother Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko Japanese

Hoketsu, Haruko Supporting

Kakazu, Yumi Japanese

Purin's Mother Supporting

Mizuno, Risa Japanese

Shii's Mother Supporting

Akesaka, Satomi Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Watase, Shouta Producer

Hirahara, Yuito Producer

Mukaitouge, Kazuki Producer, Planning

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Jan 21, 2025

MewsicMagic

Recommended

Do It Yourself!!, a original anime from Pine Jam that took itself in a rather simple but unique direction. It's a show that's extremely simple yet so well made that it brings a very simple story and premise to it's fullest. I'm not getting heavy into detail with this review as this show is quite simple, so the recommendation is this show would appeal to those who enjoy calming slice of life style shows, or educational/hobby type shows.


Do It Yourself is pretty much everything you see in the picture and read in the premise, it's about a club at a girls school that focuses on ... DIY projects, like building a bookshelf, table or any other DIY project, at least one that's usually done with mostly wood and power tools. The characters learn how to build things, they have some depth to them and aren't just shallow personalities but it doesn't go too deep and keeps the show at it's DIY focus. There is story is here, it's simple but well refined for a DIY show and works well at not taking the spotlight from this show's main focus. The DIY parts are generally done well, they're quite realistic for the most part and anyone who's used power tools for a project can easily tell that. They don't go too far into depth with it and that's totally fine as this shows main focus isn't teaching it's viewers how to use power tools to build stuff but rather have it's characters learn DIY.


The production here is excellent the art is very simple with it's styling but it looks excellent, animation is good, it's a DIY school show so there isn't any fast action to show off or impress you with but they do a fine job and nothing looks cheap or badly done in the least. Music is nothing over the top either but it's very good on the whole also, voice acting is very good and up to standard, Do It Yourself has a very solid production overall that doesn't try and blow you away but is very well made and easily does it's job.


On the whole it's exactly as it seems, it's really simple but very well done, it's entertaining, enjoyable, possibly educational, and will probably leave you having enjoyed the experience of watching it without blowing your mind, surprising you, or amazing you. It's very good on the whole and has very few to no flaws but is a bit too simple to be a masterpiece or anything. 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 3, 2023

SteffChris

Mixed Feelings

I REALLY wanted to like this one. The art style feels very special, the world is interesting to some extend and watching some DIY sounded fun.

The art style is 10/10. Obviously it does not look like Violet Evergarden or any other series that is so clean. But the palette and the way it’s made is gorgeous. Just feels completely different.
I am in Love with the ED song. Man, it feels so heavy and relaxing at the same time. While the cat and the dog (forget it’s names) are building the guitar…

That’s about it unfortunately. I enjoyed the first 3-4 episodes. After that i had to ... drag myself through every episode and even paused for a longer period. The running gags are just not my cup of tea. Whenever Jobko speaks „English“ (she just uses phrases) I cringe out of existence. Not because the accent is bad or anything like that. It just doesn’t work and is not necessary. Why?
Because the characters all got a problem. They are shallow at best. Even the main characters. And giving a character more… character (?) doesn’t work if the American girl just „has to“ speak some English every now and then. I never ever want to hear the words „good job“ again in my life.
All the other characters? They not even have a feature like that. Shy-girl, leader-girl, scruffy-boy-girl and the bitter one. That’s it. Main girl is just the pathological clumsy one.

If you just want to watch ANYTHING, like the art style and either understand Japanese or watch it dubbed… I guess you can watch it. I watched it subbed and my biggest problem was that I had to read everything… (and I also didn’t wanna switch midway through to dubbed).
4-5/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 19, 2022

Gween_Gween

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Do It Yourself is one of the most disappointing anime of this season. When you see the animation, you meet striking designs, relaxing compositions, lively and naturalistic gestures, and lovely lightning. The anime visually invites you to comfiness. However, the anime doesn’t live up to its technical ability. Do It Yourself is just a set of gimmicks and themes attached to an unoriginal setup that leaves no amazement whatsoever. It is like a viral Tik Tok recipe. Yes, it looks good, but they didn’t care about delivering the flavor, and you ended up eating a bunch of parmesan cheese.

The main shortcoming of the series is ... the awful character department. The main character, You Serufu (Yes, it is a dumb pun), is the typical careless girl who lives in her dreamlike universe. Cool, that character works, as most CGDCT uses a character that is either dense or clueless for a comedy effect. No biggie. However, You Serufu's actions lack any wonder or anticipation around them, her character is just an unstoppable wrecking ball of fluff, she is Yui Hirasawa after a bad trip of ayahuasca. She will obviously keep messing up and getting injured as a formulaic comedy act, while the rest of the cast will evidently start to mesh because of her outgoing and careless personality. The issue is that the remainder cast plainly lacks the necessary presence or tools to make her character shine and interact. Like, You Serufu didn't even stutter when her childhood friend said that her club activities were a waste of time and outdated, dude? How emotionally stunted one has to be to not show emotion after that? How can the series throw that and go business as usual after that?

The series desperately needs a character that brings her to earth or transforms her fantasies into something funnier or more reflective. We don’t have Rin Shima personally growing while teaching her, nor Konata to mess with her and create ingenious punchlines, nor Ritsu to be her partner in crime and create a memorable duo. The characters are just as artificial and cartoony-independent as her, so their chemistry is painfully absent. As the chemistry is lacking, the dialogue transforms into a muddy debate between low-quality representations of CGDCT tropes. The interactions are comically bland. Like, please, just give You Serufu a chainsaw and give me some high-quality injuries to get more of that nurse and stop the nonsense conversations.

The ultimate consequence of the generic characters is the absurd predictability of the series. When you watch the second episode you suddenly realize that this anime is ridiculously telegraphed. You can copium about the first episode and state that it was a bad start, maybe they copied the literal structure of any run-of-the-mill club CGDCT beginning because it is a reference to the medium or because they lost the original script. Sadly, the second and third episodes are the same. The second episode presents Takumin as a shy character that looks towards a group of friends with melancholy. Meanwhile, You Serufu and Rei Ayanami need people for their club since that is the plot of every club anime ever (Not a spoiler). If you do two-plus-two then you know exactly how the episode will progress frame-by-frame. Why? Because Takumin is not a girl that happens to be shy. No, she is an archetypal introverted girl that happens to exist to expand on the value of friendship (And because shyness is moe). Her character is predictable and dull, Queen Elizabeth (This is a real character, don't inhale glue kids) too.

Takumin representation of the value of being with others is not an isolated case either. Do It Yourself tries to naively attach themes to each character, and it massively fails. The anime is simply not creative in developing the topics, to the point that even integrating them is counterproductive. Example. When you witness a pseudo-futuristic setting in a DIY anime, the first thing that should cross your mind, just five seconds in after watching the third drone.obj, is:

They will clearly do a Handmade v/s Computer-made argument, right?

The flaw is not that it unmistakably does that. The shortcoming comes from the ridiculous soulless discourse of Miku to explain the topic to the people who didn't notice the theme after watching her practicing 3D printing in high school (So jealous, fuck 3rd world). The problem with this anime is that it thinks it is doing enough by mentioning stuff. The presence of a commentary doesn't replace the need for clever blending. The anime pretends that delivering these themes and designing quirky characters (Such as a girl that says meow? Sorry, I can't still wrap my head around her) is enough to capture the viewer.

The show doesn't develop out-of-the-box comedy, the dialogues are just inherently skeletal and dry, and the progression is traced from "CGDCT for Dummies: How To Make Your Own K-On". This anime is a pass. No, it is not unsalvageable, the animation is frankly alluring to watch, but that would be it. The development will not be deeper than doing some handcrafts, guided by rudimentary and uninspired motifs that will spoil the entire episode and leave no relevant impact. It is not charming, it is not humorous, it is not endearing. It is not a good CGDCT.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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