Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku

This show is some creepy, grimey, fetishy shit, and I’m not gonna lie. I’m a big fan.

Nowhere else will you find such lovingly crafted artwork and animation of a cute moe girl clipping her toenails and smelling the clippers like a complete fucking degenerate. I think it would be grievously disrespectful to the artistic merit this series has to offer to simply say the whole point of it is to show hebe lolis striking extremely suggestive poses while zooming in on them in a blatantly sexualized fashion, but if someone watched it and walked away with that impression, I couldn’t really blame them. If something ... like Non Non Biyori was an appreciation of countryside middle school girls’ innocent ways of life, then Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku is an appreciation of countryside middle school girls’ innocent…umm…bodies? I honestly don’t really know what to make of it sometimes. It feels like it was made by that one guy from Night Is Short, Walk on Girl. That old sleazeball from the beginning who was in crippling debt with Rihaku. I always thought it was such a hilarious gag to have him desperately trying to convince everyone his collection of old erotic paintings was more than just masturbatory fetish-fuel, because everyone was just like, “Yeah, sure. Whatever, man. You’re totally not just a perverted old geezer. Totally.” And his pathetic grandstanding was actually kinda compelling. I mean, yes, that guy was obviously just a pervert, but defending his collection of erotica as some from of “high-art” actually had a layer of credibility when they were all genuinely old and preserved paintings from past eras. If his argument was simply that a certain level of discipline and culture is required to collect and preserve historical, hand-painted erotica that isn’t required to download hentai off gelbooru, then he honestly wasn’t wrong.

I have similar feelings regarding this show. By no means am I oblivious to the sexual pandering on such flagrant display, but there’s a genuine elegance and artistry to it, I feel like there’s something more going on here. Or, hey, maybe there isn’t, and all cute girl shows are made exclusively to promote pedophilia, am I right? Either way, what you walk away with is a charming, endearing, gorgeously animated slice of life show which just happens to have an extreme foot fetish, tons of armpit shots, lipservice, and a cast of cute girls whose clothing hugs their bodies as tightly as it possibly can whenever they stretch or move even slightly. Our angelic protagonist, Akebi, is an adorable middle school freshman who studied as hard as she could to get into the prestigious academy her Mother went to when she was a girl, not because she had any particular academic aspirations, but simply because she fell in love with her Mother’s old sailor uniform and wanted to wear one herself. However, went she arrives, she learns the school has since changed their uniforms to more modern blazer jackets and black skirts. She’s devastated, but luckily, the nostalgic principal empathizes with her feelings and decides Akebi should be allowed to wear the sailor uniform if she so wishes. And thus we have our gimmick: Akebi is an eccentric, lovable, headstrong young girl who stands out, who is usually the center of attention, and who everyone becomes inspired by and/or enamored with. As her best friend, Kizaki, so aptly puts it, “It’s fun just watching her.” And the show capitalizes on this appeal 100%. It’s no coincidence, if you ask me, that Akebi enjoys doing yoga, dance, and gymnastics wearing short-shorts and skirts for all to see.

If there’s anything I have to really complain about, it’s that the show doesn’t go far enough. For example, in episode two, there’s a scene where Akebi bends over backwards and flips over in front of the class. There’s no pantyshot or anything—or at least not as far as you can see—but all her classmates are freaking out and blushing, and later in the episode they poke fun at her for showing her panties to the class. This obviously confused me, so I went to investigate the same scene in the manga, and I shouldn’t have been surprised by what I found. In the manga, you do, indeed, see a pantyshot, but it was censored from the anime by having her skirt not hike up as far. This is why I brought up that old sleazeball from Night is Short, Walk on Girl. I feel like the normal reaction people would have to reading a review which complains about an anime adaptation toning down more sexualized imagery from the manga would be to say, “Aren’t you just saying that because you want to see more perverted fanservice?” And the answer is no, not really. I mean, from a utilitarian perspective, what is even the point in bitching out like that as a studio? Anyone who was going to be mad about the show for including things like that would've already been mad about it regardless. It shows hebe lolis in the bath, and a myriad other things which had probably already pissed off communities like Twitter whether there was a pantyshot or not. Either cut it all to garner the acceptance of general audiences who hate anime and lose viewers who care, or include it all for the sake of viewers who care and lose the acceptance of general audiences who hate anime. Taking a middle ground which pleases nobody makes no sense to me.

This is a fetishy show. Much of its intended appeal is looking at twelve year old anime girls and indulging in the culture of extreme fetishization surrounding them and their iconography, like sailor uniforms, school swimsuits, and so on. Bastardizing the manga’s fanservice for the adaptation defiles the artistic integrity of the work, and I’m not just saying this because I’m particularly desperate to see up some two-dimensional cartoon character’s skirt. Indeed, if that old pervert from Night is Short, Walk on Girl was as much of a degenerate as the other characters made him out to be, he wouldn’t have wasted years of his life collecting and preserving high-class paintings. He would’ve just stayed home, watched porn, and not have given a single shit about the creative longevity of a classic medium. This, of course, leads into my thesis: if a studio as unreliable as Cloverworks could produce something this beautiful, clearly more was on their minds than tossing out some cynical fanservice for a quick paycheck. Seriously, I expected all their effort to go toward Sono Kisekaeningyō wa Koi wo suru, but in some episodes that show is a Powerpoint presentation with almost no actual animation and endless panning shots, and meanwhile this show looks fantastic almost consistently. At its best, the art direction looks quite nice, but unfortunately some of the outdoor backgrounds can sometimes look really, really, really bad. But, again, I expected a great deal of inconsistency from Cloverworks anyway, and while this show doesn’t have the jaw-dropping highlights of something like Wonder Egg Priority, it’s honestly their soundest production since they spearheaded the second half of Darling in the FranXX nearly four years ago.

Aside from its excellent visuals and striking presentation, Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku is a solid, if fairly unexceptional CGDCT show. The unique character designs and their odd moe qualities are certainly memorable, but the characters are less so. Akebi is an absolute delight, but is she a terribly interesting character? No, not really. Everyone and everything are just kind of “what they need to be,” for lack of a better phrase, but even then there are still undoubtedly some unexpectedly touching moments of characterization. For example, there was an amazing side story in episode seven where the character Hebimori is caught listening to rock music and decides to make the excuse that she’s actually a rocker herself. This is obviously untrue, so she then spends the rest of the episode desperately trying to become proficient with a guitar to reify her excuse, all the while undergoing a cathartic character arc and learning healthy lessons about the importance of humility and dedication. Personally, this is so something I would do: lie about having something done or being able to do something well, only to then task myself with quickly and secretly making that lie become true before the time comes to actually deliver results with the readiness and skill I originally purported to have before the person I lied to ever learns I was a total hack all along? If that doesn’t scream SingleH, I don’t know what does. It was just a nice, relatable moment of empathetic character writing that confirmed—while generic—this show is by no means incompetently written. It doesn’t really break any molds or innovate any genres, but it looks splendid, its characters are lovable, its themes are sweet, and of course, its fetishization is quite singular.

Thank you for reading.

There is no plot its a slice of life CGDCT moe-ish anime, not the entire tolkien lore, it just needs to be enjoyable, and this anime is enjoyable

First of all, the art doesn't dissapoint from it's source material, its just beautiful, from the PV alone it's easy to say that the animation is top quality, it doesn't overdo it and does it right, no additional quirky special effects shit to make it look unique, just pure raw quality

The characters do a great job of not being just side-characters that lets Komichi have all the spotlight, instead the anime gives focus to these characters and how ... they interact with akebi. And just like every SoL anime, the characters have contrasting personalities which make them interesting to say the least

The MC, Akebi Komichi, is a cute angel and she's fucking perfect. Godbless the fanservice. Nothing else

Watching Akebi's Sailor Uniform gave me a nostalgic feeling, for it embraces the school life style in the simplest of ways. During my elementary years, I felt like life was about as simple as it gets. There was no need for me to look for a job, manage finances, pay taxes, or dealing with all the responsibilities of adult life. All that awaited me during my elementary years was making friends and enjoying life as a kid. That same can be said for Komichi Akebi, who starts her middle school years.

Just as the English title is worded, the show is about Akebi who puts on ... a sailor uniform. That uniform represents youth as she attends middle school. Coming from a country background, she didn't have many friends but that doesn't mean she's an introvert. In fact, she is a very outgoing person who despite lacking social experiences, easily opens up to others. This attracts her to new friends and allowing her to experience life in a positive way. From the very first episodes, it's shown that Akebi seeks not attention but friendship with other students. She's an eager person to prove herself to others while also being a role model student.

Taking place in a school setting, the show depicts a coming of age story filled with realism. It jumps back to my reference to a nostalgic feeling when you see how our characters interact everyday. Akebi's experiences at school reminds me of the joy of being a kid. She makes friends with many students regardless of her background. The setting has a very blissful feeling because it takes place in the countryside. It's away from the dense cities or noisy streets of industrial revolutions. The middle school years is also a time for kids to be themselves and not worry so much about their futures. And finally, Akebi attends an all-girl school so this isn't a show about romantic relationships either. This show really doesn't take much risks when it comes to storytelling.

Now, I do want to make it clear that the show has a somewhat evolving cast. What you see on the promotional poster features the most prominent characters. However, every episode introduces more as the show progresses. Some of the more featured characters such as Tomono and Erika get more screen time than others. However, the show doesn't necessarily put them into every spotlight. The character that gets the most prominence is Akebi because the show is about her. During these times, she learns the very nature of school life whether it's in the classroom or outdoors. Activities such as physical education, cultural festival events, or exploring various art mediums are just a few examples. The key to enjoying the show is to put your shoes into the main character and feel like you're there with them. It's the best way to experience school life just as they do.

With a simple setting on the countryside, the show takes us across some breathtaking landmarks. The countryside invokes a feeling of nostalgia of a simple yet lush background of life. Cloverworks captures every moment of the outdoor nature and the countryside feeling at very chance possible. In essence, the setting takes on a life of its own because it's so realistic yet also simple to understand. Watch and see for yourself, and I promise that you won't doubt their talent again.

Akebi's Sailor Uniform is a shining example of what a slice of life should be. It's so simple and nostalgic yet delivers in every aspect of a slice of life. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Tell your dog. This anime is what we need more in our lives.

This may be an actual good K ON! successor.

Akebi chan does not hide from the fact that it is a cute girl doing cute things show, but it does not try to sacrifice animation or art quality just because it's a slice of life show, this is pretty much why K ON, which was probably the best-looking show of 2010 really took off and still holds its crown. Yuru camp stopped being a competitor since there is a bit of camping sub-theme involved not just pure CGDCT.

Before I began, please let me make it clear, how you may perceive things may lead akebi chan seem ... like Ecchi. I simply cannot perceive it as fanservice I just see it as the girls being precious, adorable, and more protectable UwU. Certainly, there is a different type of audience that may perceive it in a different way. But at no point has clover works made the show a clear fanservice thing, if you have a feet fetish or a belly button fetish or whatever you may morph and call it fanservice but it is clearly not shoved in your face and most would not be taken as being fanservice. PLEASE DO NOT MISTAKE IT AS A FANSERVICE BAIT ANIME.

Akebi has no overblown first episode with a big twist or yadda. Just beautiful art cute girls being cute and fantastic OST in the mix.IT is still able to engage you even with a relatively boring plot due to the Art and animation quality in that first episode and the awesome OST and hook you for giving the next episode which is where the actual show begins.


From episode 2 onwards it turns into a character-driven show, with every one or two episodes focusing on a different classmate or dorm mate which does help in providing a variety of lovely and precious girls and their own quirks and worries. It keeps the show fresh, while the interaction of these girls with our MC akebi is always precious.

Art and animation (10/10)
Movie level background art, it is amazing and all done by hand, minimal photographic backgrounds, the animations mix really well with this beautiful world making the whole package all the more interesting, the ARt in OP is great but the ED follows more standard picturesque Artstyle which isn't too bad in all right since it feats all our favorite girls in sailor uniform! The character design while unique, may not be to everyone's liking but after a few eps you get used to it and appreciate it even.

Plot (7/10)
Slice of life which is character-driven, there is enough to fill a good chunk after a busy day but binge-watching it in anything lesser than 1080p may not lead to a pleasant experience. The main title I.e Sailor uniform Is sorted after about 2 episodes. After this, it's a cute girl doing cute things.

Characters(8/10)
It is a Character driven show and hence does not disappoint in the character department. Each girl is unique, well-written, and easily distinguishable. Their interactions with akebi are always a fun watch, Akebi herself is rather fun, energetic and carefree, and very proteccc worthy.

Sound and VA (9/10)
Kao, akebi’s sister, and the country Japanese-speaking girl are the highlight for me in terms of VA, the rest are rather simple Cute girl VA s and a couple of notable ones who do a great job as always.OP is really good with nice visuals. ED has geat music but unexpectedly mediocre art.

There is no plot so don't go looking into that and try not to binge the whole thing treat it as a healing anime that you watch in between whatever you may be watching (just my suggestion). The stunning art (Best this season) and animation which is quite good for an SOL, and the well-written and down-to-earth and cute and precious girls make akebi chan a good enough 12 episode ride.

Akebi Komichi is thrilled that she’s been accepted into the prestigious middle school her mother also attended, even though it will mean leaving the familiarity of her small country town behind and throwing herself into a cohort of rich kids. More than anything, she’s excited to wear the school’s sailor uniform. She and her mother embark on a quest to craft the suit from scratch… only to realize at the entrance ceremony that there’s been a terrible mix-up regarding the uniform policy.

I’m sure it’s not an aspect that everyone will notice, and it’s not an aspect that will detract from everyone’s experience with the show. ... And it’s a fraught topic to discuss because it’s not “fan service” in the traditional use of the word, not explicitly sexual imagery or framing or placing the female characters in compromising positions. There’s a scene of Komichi and her little sister in the bath together that manages to be very frank and un-leery about their nudity, which I was impressed by until I started noticing other things that the storyboarding did focus on with an adoring intensity: an extra-shiny pair of lips here, an extra-crinkly piece of fabric against a girl’s body there.

Anime characters, anime girls, no matter their handling in their individual properties, are imaginary constructs designed for audience consumption. It may seem a circular, handwringing discussion to worry about this when it’s part and parcel of all creative industries, particularly this one. Yet I just can’t shake how the invited, implied method of consumption for Akebi feels odd as though it has extra eyes and teeth. I just can’t shake my discomfort with the intimacy of some of these shots. The way this sweet-natured girl is placed so deliberately before us.

I also want to talk about the sweet relationship between Komichi and her mother. I want to talk about the plot, which is cute but relies on a breakdown of communication that could have been avoided pretty easily. Komichi gets her dream of wearing a sailor uniform, only to turn up on her first day of school and discover that the uniform has been changed since her mother attended. Determined to honor her wish and her mother’s hard sewing work, Komichi resolves to attend in her sailor suit even if she won’t match the rest of the student body.

Editing my review after some time has passed:

Wow. This show is creepy. You are shown a lot of long legs and thin thighs of children, and the cinematography of most shots is highlighting this. There are a lot of closeups of shoes and detailed bare feet as they flex out, grip, and rub each other between their toes. A few times there were closeups of adults near parts of a child's torso to give contrast and show how skinny and undeveloped the kid's frame is.

This studio usually does great animation, but I can't even comment on that.

This show creeped me out so bad I ... just dropped anime. Its a shame this is what non-anime watchers think anime is all about.

Let's start with the simple, Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku is about a girl who wants to go to class in a sailor uniform. That's practically the story, but the question is... What makes this anime so special? So simple:

It tells the fun and happy story of a schoolgirl, typical of a slice of life, but in a very beautiful way, with splendid animation and brightness.
Everything in this anime is beautiful, the characters are easily endeared. Counting on comedy (thank God) without jokes, very good due to the chill atmosphere of the anime.

Without a doubt, Akebi is the jewel of relaxation this season. She unfortunately competes with ... Sono Bisque Doll on broadcast, that's the because of the opacity of this anime, but don't let her hold you back.
Definitely something you need to see yes or yes.

Akebi-san had a brief explanation in her announcement, the girl likes a sailor uniform and wants to have friends. The polished graphics immediately caught my eye, so I decided to go for them.

And yes, the graphics and music in the series were of a very high level. The graphics stay on a consistent level from start to finish. Details of single drops, falling leaves or the movements of figures and the arrangement of fabrics are reflected in the high quality and accuracy. It is a great joy to observe such a detailed image along with well-chosen music.
Character building also adds value. Each of the girls ... in Akebi-san's class has her own unique character, each is different in her own way and we have a chance to enjoy their diversity.

Unfortunately, as the supporting characters are interesting, the heroine is the mary sue of the series. Despite a few shortcomings, she is presented in the series as special and is the centrepiece of everything, and what other classmates thoughts. She’s the force that pushes them to action, but the time allocated to make it unique in the series is too large and clear. The series would benefit if the time only for the side heroes were increased. One gets the impression that the entire class has created a harem and a cult around her. It rejected me and irritated me, the heroine herself didn’t show many emotions apart from the first episode, playing the 'angel' 'goddess' ‘the special one’ in the whole class.

Ultimately, I didn't get much pleasure from the screening being bored with the slow story and the main character. The series may appeal to people who prefer to calmly watch the school life of the heroes and won’t be disturbed by yuri themes.

Akebi's Sailor Uniform is off-putting.
This review is based on the first few episodes. As such, this isn’t a review of the whole series, but I’ll be discussing the overall directorial choices that I found uncomfortable.
The best term I’ve heard used to describe Akebi's Sailor Uniform is “voyeuristic.” It feels oddly intimate, frequently utilising point-of-view and close-up shots. These shots tend to be focused on the bodies of the underage characters: lips, ears, torsos, and especially feet. This isn’t unheard of—after all, Naoko Yamada would often aim the camera down at characters’ feet in K-On! However, unlike Yamada’s framing that felt meaningful, here it comes across ... as uncomfortable, primarily due to the show’s eroticism. Any review denying the eroticism in this series would either be ignorant or intellectually dishonest. While the anime adaptation has toned down the eroticism present in the manga, it persists nonetheless. If the characters depicted were adults, there’d be no problem, but as it stands, it’s unsurprising that viewers would be turned off by this aspect of Akebi's Sailor Uniform.

I cannot read the current 'Most helpful' review without making a counter review. It's seems filled with the inaccessible ramblings of somebody only talking to themselves, who never understood what the anime offers.

I've read the entire manga and I will be using that knowledge to urge people to try watching Akebi-san despite the negative review. I want people to watch this anime, because it has so life and fun to offer.

Akebi-Chan No Sailor-Fuku is one of the most enjoyable, joyful, and heartfelt stories out there. The heart of the manga lies in its focus on Akebi and her classmates. Watch it expecting to fall ... in love with how earnest and charming Akebi is, and how wonderful each classmate is, because the story just glows with sheer optimism while Akebi shines like the sun at the center of it all.

Akebi! Akebi is not shallow. Oh my goodness shallow is about as far as Akebi is. God this girl is a golden retriever and she's in love with life and the what other people can bring into her own life. Each classmates get the attention and charming time they deserve. The story is so good at bringing taking the time to focus on each classmate and what makes them special. They aren't just "high school girls," they're people in this story. (And yes! Even the mother and the father and the little sisters are fully developed characters! The dad especially.)

It's true that the anime is ecchi. Expect that especially at first, but it reduces incredibly hard as we move forward. To be honest, I wasn't in love with Akebi-chan as much as I am until we moved past the overly cringe ecchi stuff (the accidental sexy shot Akebi's classmate sends her I did not enjoy). Beware! But stick around, I swear it gets great.

As for the idea that Akebi-Chan No Sailor-Fuku is sexist. God it's not. Sexism in writing erases the character and the individuality of women. They box women into stifling roles where they often become eye-candy while having little impact on the plot. I hope that what I've written about the character building above can convince you to give the anime the benefit of the doubt about the story being sexist. (Is ecchi and fanservice inherently sexist? I'd argue not, but even if you think so, there's a lot more the story offers than just ecchi. So much more. Of course, at some point the camera and lens we view characters through can be much too sexualized and that IS sexist, but this story didn't cross that line for me.)

In fact, I'd argue that the story has so many complex female characters and just girls doing sports and academics and whatever hobby they want succeeding and being ALLOWED to do so while also dealing with their internal issues but ultimately overcoming them,,, that the story is the kind of story a girl could read and feel liberated and seen.

That's all! I love this story. I hope I can convince you to love it too. Give it a shot. If you don't like it, too bad :(. But I hope don't want people to be discouraged from watching it because they think the story is shallow or sexist.

Cute-Girls-Doing-Cute-Things slice-of-life anime usually comes in two flavours. The first one focuses on the Cute-Girls-Doing-Cute-Things bit, smothering the viewer in moe candy floss that offers little nutritional value beyond the saccharine. I call these the K-On Klones. The second type actually gets what the slice-of-life genre is all about. These anime use the Cute-Girls-Doing-Cute-Things merely as a premise as they go about bringing into focus the sublime facets of life through the lens of the mundane.

The question is, which category does Akebi's Sailor Uniform fall into?

The show follows Akebi Komichi as she enters the all-girls middle school Roubai Academy. Growing up in the countryside, Akebi ... graduated from her elementary school in a class of one, so she's looking forward to attending a school where it will actually be possible to make friends.

The first three episodes of Akebi's Sailor Uniform is not that great. The characters designs may not be particularly off-putting, and the girl's voices may not be on helium, but I found the shenanigans between girls at the school to be rather inane. Worse thing is, the creator seems to be someone with a leg/foot fetish. And it's not as though this only results in the odd foot shot: you get bizarre scenes like a girl sniffing her own toe nail clippers and a whole storyline about Akebi admiring someone's legs and harassing her victim about sending her a selfie of them. When you consider the target of all this fetishisation is a bunch of middle school girls, the whole thing honestly becomes a little creepy.

However, after that the show markedly improved, with the foot fetish mostly relegated to a few shots here and there. But by then the damage was done, as I found myself viewing all the foot-related scenes with all the suspicion of a parent who's spotted a convicted pedo lurking near a playground. Perhaps in a different anime, a scene about an embarrassing hole in a sock wouldn't raise an eyebrow from me, but in this anime it reeks of yet another excuse to satisfy someone's foot cravings.

But like I said, the show does get better, and I should mention that even though the first three episodes weren't great, they were terrible either. A few moments of magic caught my attention: a dramatic reading of a book; an often absent father's struggles with connecting with his eldest daughter … these scenes hinted that Akebi's Sailor Uniform belongs in the second type of anime I mentioned at the start.

Character development wise, Akebi's Sailor Uniform manages to introduce quite a few different characters while focusing its efforts on a Akebi and a few of her closest friends. I'd say the show fleshes out most of the characters to the point where they feel like real people and not just objects with feet attached. Even the characters who only got a single episode of focus time mostly feels real, and in fact my favourite episode is about one of them. The episode in question involves this slacker student wanting to learn the guitar. This kind of episode is like a litmus test for the pedigree of a slice of life show, most notably one that K-On spectacularly failed on. Well, Akebi's Sailor Uniform not only passed the test, it knocked it out of the park, producing a believable story with the kind of attention to detail that an anime about music would have been proud of. Having briefly messed around on the guitar myself, I found the anime pinpointed the exact pain points that I discovered as a complete beginner, and the progress of slacker student strikes me as realistic. And all this is just a framework for a character study of a slacker who's learning the joy of throwing herself into something for the first time!

This kind of attention to detail is a strength of the series. Akebi's Sailor Uniform understands the value of subtlety. For example, details like the peeling window panes and leaky roof of Akebi's house suggests that her family isn't very well off, even if the anime never explicitly states this. In fact the whole premise of Akebi's attachment to the sailor uniform of Roubai seems silly until you consider the likelihood that a large part of her appreciation for clothing comes from the fact that her mother makes them herself. Likewise, the anime never tells you why Akebi's elementary school only contains Akebi and her sister, but you can make that connection if you know about the hollowing out of Japanese rural communities due to urbanisation and low birth rate. When you join up the dots, the slow demise of Akebi's old school isn't just sad, it's tragic, and the sight of the Akebi's classmates briefly breathing life back into the old gym becomes all the more bittersweet.

Despite Akebi's Sailor Uniform's eye for the provocative details of every day life, it sometimes struggles with finding enough meaningful material to fill entire an episode. When it fails those episodes can be quite dull for large stretches. The guitar episode is interesting throughout but for me the series only hits that kind of height once. Another episode about a girl learning to get comfortable with her body through its growth phase only really gets good towards its conclusion. The last episode is also surprisingly weak. Interestingly, the penultimate episode is much better and contains all the elements normally reserved for a slice-of-life finale: an re-iteration of one of the anime's main themes of friendship, the encore for all the characters etc. Unfortunately the story hasn't wrapped up by that point, so instead we're left with a montage-laden, overly sentimental last episode which rehashed the revisited themes from the penultimate episode.

Another element that drags Akebi's Sailor Uniform down is that, in addition to the foot fetish elements, the yuri baiting and the presence of tired tropes like one girl falling into the breasts of another signals to me that the show is primarily aimed at a male audience rather than one that resembles the main characters. This adds to creepiness although, to be fair, the show also had scenes which could have turned more fanservicey in a seedier series but didn't in this one.

Overall, I did rather enjoy this anime. While parts of it's a bit cringey, Akebi's Sailor Uniform does enough of the important things right for me to say for certain: this show really does get it.

Personal rating: +0.5 (decent)

Akebi-chan’s only flaw is that it aired on Saturdays during Winter 2022. Because of that, it was often overshadowed by other shows that aired that day, including fellow CloverWorks production Sono Bisque. What Akebi lacked in hype, it made up for in quality. This was one of the most enjoyable anime I’ve seen in a long time and I wish more people got to watch it.

The story is extremely simple here, Akebi goes to a new school sporting a new uniform, hence the title, and connects with other girls at the school. What makes the show special, though, is how these connections are depicted. Some ... border on romantic, some are clearly platonic and others are literally just Akebi helping other girls become more confident in themselves. What they all have in common is the positive impact that Akebi brings to their lives. Again, not much story here, but the casual episodes depicting every day events are more than enough for me. I’ve never been more excited to watch a 23 minute episode of girls just going shopping before this. As with any show featuring a predominately female cast, you do have your usual yuri bait moments, but they’re playful enough to not take away from the overall themes of the episodes. I really just loved every single bonding moment the girls shared, genuine and wholesome experience.

What really caught my attention about this show was just how nice it looks. It’s honestly crazy how Cloverworks managed to make this and Sono Bisque in the same season, the quality in both shows would be hard enough to pull off in the same year, nonetheless same season, but it really just shows how talented the people at CW are. There’s so many key animation moments in this show that just make you stop and go “wow”.

Akebi isn’t a groundbreaking story or terribly original, but it is a really enjoyable and wholesome anime that will provide a nice boost to you after a long week. While it may not be a masterpiece, I enjoyed it tremendously and would not change anything about it. Cute girls, nice art, life lessons, what more could you really ask for out of a slice of life adaptation? Personally, nothing.

Akebi-chan gets 10 sailor uniforms out of 10.

This anime is fantastic. I found myself tearing up about eight times while watching it. I could relate to many of the things that happened in my life, which made me feel incredibly emotional. This anime can make you appreciate your friends and your family, like I felt watching this show. Also the anime showcased incredible art and landscapes that allowed me to appreciate the simple things that an ordinary person can see every day.
Additionally, the main character is portrayed as almost perfect: social, funny, energetic, and exceptionally talented in many areas. Despite this perfection, it's impossible not to love her. The characters are ... well-developed and truly unique. I highly recommend this anime to anyone who enjoyed Non Non Biyori.

Before I even start this review, I have to start it off with one of the sections, because of how amazing and detailed it looks. You'll just appreciate it so much, because of the details of it all, and that is...

Art: 10/10
What can I say about the art that hasn't already been said? Like seriously? It's as if we're watching anime movie content, with super high level productions behind them. The grass, the water, the clothes. Everything just looks sooooo good. The colours, the detail. The animation style above all else. If one thing gets said about this show in it's positive points. Is that ... it looks so damn good.

Sound: 8
The sound is sweet too. It really captures so many moments in great details, and really matching well with what is on screen. You can really tell with this and the art, that there is so much care going into this product. Not only being pleasing on the eyes, pleasing on the ears. But overall just so good.

Now let's get into the other section.
Story and characters: 8
Like I said before, it feels like you are watching a movie with a high end production. While there are some weird incidents here or there, but as an overall product, it's fine and lovely. It takes a lot to nail down a school type of show. This does it and more so. It's wholesome, it's sweet, it feels like a breath of fresh air, compared to the big titles of the season in Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan. A show that yo
u look forward to when Saturdays come round. You'll be glad to have watched it.

To think too, this wholesome story was all about a girl in Akebi, just wanted to achieve a dream, of wearing a sailor uniform to school. It's precious and sweet, and it's done in both those ways. As we see her, realize her dream, but meet new friends along the way. Ain't nothing more sweet that then that. Truly lovely.

Akebi is a wholesome show, that is a delight to watch. This and my dress up, will make your Saturdays worth it.

Putting the obvious foot fetish on either the mangaka's or anime staffs' side, Akebi's Sailor Uniform is an unusual-feeling take on slice-of-life. The formula itself is extremely simple, just daily live of some middle schoolers in an all-girl school... But if I had to somehow describe the feel and aesthetic of it all, it would be "yuri without romance". Instead of your typical moe blob, you have a group of genuine-feeling young girls portrayed with an insanely-refined artstyle, including utterly beautiful vistas and obscenely-detailed stills of characters that are used for crucial scenes. It's this kind of highly-feminine, but not vulgar aestheticisation that immediately ... sets it apart from most "cute girls doing cute things" media.

The core content though is pure saccharine in the most glorious form. Akebi herself is basically the perfect idol material: cute, smart, friendly, driven and incredibly energetic. While having very little contact with kids her age in primary school, because of living in a somewhat remote location, she deeply wishes to make friends and basically the whole show is just her overwhelming positive energy consistently breaking the ice with anyone she meets and inspiring others to follow their passions. It's optimistic and pleasant to the extreme, with little to no drama or problems that can't be quickly overcome by the sheer power of will that Akebi inspires in others. This also means the actual "story" of the show is extremely limited – it's just vibes and the relatively slow rhythm of school life, presented to you for the very explicit goals of relaxation and eye candy. And if that's what you're looking for, and if you don't get spooked by the somewhat frequent feet closeups, you really can't go wrong with Akebi's Sailor Uniform.

so, i have a VERY strong opinion about something shown multiple times in this anime,

i felt like there was a little bit of sexualization going on, now that im thinking about it, there definitely was.

for example, when her and her LITTLE SISTER, were in the bath, we didn’t see anything, but i felt it was just it there not just to show us them having a good conversation with each other but also to…excite the people watching…

which, sexualizing MINORS IS NOT OKAY, anime or not it’s just fucking weird. as a lady, the sexualization completely ruined the show for me.

i mean, it was in ... every episode almost.

i would check the comments on the episodes and all i would read was creepy men commenting about how akebis little sister was so “fucking adorable”, get off the internet please, that’s a child. you’re weird.

like in the shot in episode 8 minute 12:02, there was a girls ass in the screen, mind you she’s a minor as well and grown men are watching this show.

(from what i’ve read on the comments, most of the men are openly admitting they are in their 20s-30s.)

other than the sexualization along with what could be considered some fetishizes, the show was fine.

the animation was very pretty,

though, the previous thing i listed caused my rating to drop to a 5.

I would take several bullets point blank to my chest for Kao

Akebi-chan mo Sailor-fuku hits like a syringe of straight serotonin. It doens't really have much in terms of plot, but what it lacks there, it makes up for in absolutely gorgeous animation & moe characters with personalities that only fit to be complimented by the MC, rather than outshined.

The animation level of this series is really something to be in awe at. Each episode is produced to the level of most films in the space, and I applaud CloverWorks for the level of effort that got put into this.

This is just a precious series ... about our MC, Komichi Akebi, being excited about going to an actual school unlike the small rural town school that she grew up in. Each character has their own unique spotlight, and doesn't just get drowned out/shoved into the backgroun. Akebi makes friends with everyone she comes across because of her bubbly personality that is both weird and endearing at the same time. Akebi is also there to cheer everyone on, make them work harder towards their goal, and support them the entire way through until they achieve what they were gunning for. She does a really fantastic job as an MC of drawing out the best in people, which I find very touching.

It's honestly hard not to love the characters here.

It's also hard to post a review without saying there are some very degenerate friendly scenes, like a girl taking scantily dressed pictures and realizing she might be a pervert, or a girl clipping her toenails and smelling the clippers, and not to mention the countless shots of feet that felt uncomfortably skillfully drawn. But as weird as the scenes are, it's difficult not to appreciate how well even they are done & animated.

This is simply a precious Slice of Life that is nothing complicated, nothing dramatic, just pure wholesomeness and loving.

Animation: 9/10
Art: 9/10
Characters: 9/10
Story: 7/10
Voice Acting: 8/10

Akebi-chan no Sera-fuku is an odd show, but odder still is its fanbase's insistence that it isn't what it is. On the one hand, it's an altogether too-precious series about a first year middle school student and her friends, whom she makes altogether too easily, having fun doing various things together - a nearly pure example of a cute girls doing cute things show. There's not really much conflict, everyone likes Akebi immediately... it's a bit reminiscent of something like Aria or Amanchu!

On the other hand, its source material is an ecchi seinen comic. The show tones this down, especially after the first four-ish episodes, ... but it is what it is, and its source material is its source material. I don't think it's at all unreasonable for people to find it off-putting on that basis, but gosh if the community here does!

Anyway, is it great? Nah, Non-non Biyori, Flying Witch, Yuru Camp, or even Kiniro Mosaic are better CGDCT shows. Is it bad? Nah, there's way, way worse out there. What it is is a bland-ish show that is carried by sort of amazing animation. I specify "sort of" because, while the actual quality of the animation is great, the blatant CG that doesn't really fit into the show is everywhere. Animated characters on hyper-detailed CG backgrounds is jarring. The character designs are controversial too. They don't bother me too much, in that I've seen worse, but there's kind of a melted candle look to most of them. There's not much to the characters, or the story, or the comedy, much of what we get is kinda safe, and same-y, and that's fine. This show is fine. It's not a masterpiece, it's not a disaster, it's just fine. And I'm fine dropping it here.

Of all the reviews that have been written so far, I might be one of the few reviews who didn't like Akebi (dropping after 4 episodes). Here's why.

Story: 2/10
Now, maybe I've watched too much slice of life and so have become more critical of the story events. But Akebi's plot feels boring when I compare it to other slice of lifes I like. The story feels slow and bland, and there's not much to like about it. (I'm ignoring the plothole of the uniform thing by the way, without it, the story can't function)

Art: 9/10
Probably where Akebi shines, with top tier animation, as expected of ... CloverWorks. However, Akebi has much more fanservice than other slice of lifes onscreen and offscreen (like say the nail clipper scene), which imo, makes it worse.

Sound: 7/10
Not much to say here, it was fine.

Character: 4/10
I literally forgot the names of every single character except Akebi in the one week between episodes, so there's that. Now, normally I do like the more energetic airheaded characters in slice of lifes (be it Yuru Camp's Nadeshiko or Slow Loop's Koharu), but Akebi's so positive to the point that she starts giving me second-hand embarrassment.

Enjoyment: 5/10
I normally complete most of the anime I watch. However, Akebi managed to bore me so much that I couldn't be bothered to watch episode 5, and so dropped it.

Overall: 5/10
Honestly, I would say watch maybe 1-2 episodes and decide if it's for you. But I wouldn't recommend it. Of the 2 CGDCTs I decided to watch this Winter 2022, Slow Loop outshines Akebi in almost every way, to be honest. Comparing to other slice of lifes, Akebi is just boring in my opinion.

Feet the Animation!!! Whoever is behind this show must be a relative of Quentin Tarantino. The characters are all gorgeous in their own ways. But seriously, the sheer amount of feet on display is slightly disturbing, but also highly sexy. The main character wants to be liked so badly, but she is also highly adored by her classmates. It's really endearing. I'm only 1/3 of the way through the show, but it's already screaming waifu of the decade. We'll have to see where it does go, but the cute girls doing cute things vibe is strong with this ... one. Anime quality budget with such a simple concept is really heartwarming to see.