Ryman's Club

"To Succeed In Life You Must Learn From Failure"

why is this quote used in my review? Well it relates to the theme of this anime which I'm going to make an opinion on so that answers your question hopefully.

This review is going to be divided into 4 sections that correlates to the Story, Art, Sound, Character and Conclusion:

PLOT

When it comes to the conventional idea of sports anime there is always that one main idea of reaching for your goal or to become the best in the world. Well the plot in this case is somewhat in that line but let's just say it's a bit ... more... unique per say. This is a badminton anime which of course is rare to the sports genre as it has been a very very long time since we ever got one. The plot is overall really compelling because the main character, otherwise known as Mikoto Shiratori want to learn from his past incidents and turn it into a great success for him both mentally and physically.

ART

No question that when it always comes to sports anime they always have this raw essence of great 2D/3D transitional movement in their characters and overall animation. This anime here, Ryman's Club is another one of them. It clicks every time I see a shuttle being hit by the backside of a racket which oozes my hearing aids oh so well. Trust me this anime is something else...

SOUND

The music in this show is pretty good, otherwise great. I have nothing else to say other than that really because this anime is already too good in terms of the plot perspective.

CHARACTER

SOOOO RELATABLE

Mikoto Shiratori was fired from his previous acadmy called Mitsuhoshi Bank. Despite being mentally broken down another academy called Sunlight Beverage wanted to recruit him.

MENTAL HEALTH is a big factor when it comes to main protagonists and how they challenge or learn from dire situations. This MC is no different because he has to go through a transition. Not only does he do that but also he has to work in the sales department of the company by day. This is really a stressful thing to do in terms of focusing on two things in your life but... Mikoto is built different. Wanna know why Sherlock Holmes?

Reason 1:MIKOTO OVERALL LOOKS BACK TO HIS PAST
Reason 2:HE LEARNS FROM HIS MISTAKES WITHIN THAT PAST AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM NEXT TIME
Reason 3:HE LEARNS FROM FAILURE FROM THAT PAST TO TURN IT INTO A SUCCESS FOR THE PRESENT
Reason 4:HE LEARNS TO VIEW LIFE IN A DIFFERENT WAY REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CHALLENGES MAY BE
Reason 5: HE'S BADASS

And that my fellow anime fans is what I love about Ryman's Club

"Mental Health is not a destination, it's a process. it's not about how you drive but most importantly where you are going overall"

CONCLUSION

I love this anime. It hits different than any other sports anime that I have ever seen thus far. It taught me a lot about how to learn from mistakes in life even when you want to become a professional at the one thing you love: BADMINTON

I think I might do some badminton in the future you know HAHA


THANKS FOR READING MY REVIEW EVERYONE

Salaryman's Club is simple but it does so much with it's story, characters, and art. Combine that with a sport like badminton and the determination and conviction Mikito, Tatsuru, and the other characters have, it makes the show all the more enjoyable.

Is this the most accurate rep of badminton? No, not by a longshot. (the same can be said with other sports anime) Is it enjoyable? Yeah, I would say so if you throw your suspense of disbelief out the window and enjoy it for what it is.

When I first heard about it, what intrigued me the most was that it's a sports anime with ... a cast of adults. And not just adults, but salarymen. And both Mikito and Tatsuru gave me good impressions at first glance so I stuck around and I'm glad I did.

What makes Salaryman's Club stand out to me was the combination of corporate work and badminton. I like when sports anime has lots of slice-of-life aspects mixed in with the competitive scene of sports because it gives the characters more time to be themselves and live out their lives. It's a nice break in pace as well as letting us see more of the character's personal lives outside of sports. I was invested in how Mikito, Tatsuru, and the rest of the gang worked to make beverages and the shenanigans that ensued. And when they were playing badminton, I was hooked on how competitive it was.

Speaking of, I never thought I would get so into a sport like badminton but I did. Each match, whether it was a practice match or a competition, I loved how each time, our boys were so determined to not only win but try their best and improve on their weaknesses. Seeing them rise and fall felt so believable and how they reacted to certain events or insecurities felt all the more real. This is what makes Salaryman's club so great.

Mikito and Tatsuru were by far the best part of the anime. They're complete opposites in every way but its their differences that makes them a pretty great team, both on and off the field. Tatsuru is more relaxed and carefree and Mikito is more reserved and somewhat aloof but what they have in common is getting the job done and doing their best. Mikoto does have the tropes of being a skilled player held back by trauma, but as the series goes on, he does grow in trusting himself and Tatsuru. As for Tatsuru, he really was my favorite. He may seem carefree but underneath that exterior is a man who cares for the team.

As for the art and animation, it was done exceptionally well during the matches. The fast movement of the players, their swings, and the shuttlecock, all of it was sublime. Aside from the animation, I did like the art style of how the characters looked, making them distinct and pleasant to look at. (Looking at you, Tatsuru)

I only had one qualm with the anime.

The other characters of the Sunlight Beverage team are good characters and they have good enough screentime. The issue is that when they have their time in the spotlight, they become somewhat one-note after. Even some of their rival teams can be categorized as having one distinct personality and nothing else. I think the worst would have to be Usuyama. He reminds me of those characters in an RPG that joins the party last and doesn't get that much development before they fight the final boss or an optional party member. Weird analogy, I know, but that's what he felt like to me. I didn't find him all that interesting and even though we do get a brief backstory with him, it was short and almost forgettable. There were some stand-out rivals but for the most part, some don't have much going for them.


Overall, Salaryman's Club is simple yet effective. It does what it sets out to be, a sports anime with corporate life. It's easy to watch and very much enjoyable. Definitely recommend it.

What do you think of when you put badminton and animation together? Do you get bad-ass badminton with fast-paced action and pristine quality at its best? If this is what you're thinking, then welcome onboard, because studio Liden Films is back at the badminton animation game once again with Ryman's Club a.k.a Salaryman's Club, a portmanteau of the corporate work life and the actual sports club that actually exists in Japanese culture. Combined with the impressive work of Liden Films that badminton is the ONLY sport that this studio does produce right.

But in order to understand Ryman's Club, you have to first understand how it ... works. The Island of the Rising Sun is no short of unique things like these, and this is integrated in Japanese culture as the so-called "Club Badminton" that is in the same way, most of the club players are also employees (or salarymen in Japan's context) at the company they represent, so they'll be guaranteed lifetime employment after they retire from badminton. They would still be able to work for the club's sponsor company which is usually major companies (NTT East, Tonami, Nihon Unisys to name a few), they receive monthly salary just like all other employees in the company, which makes it different from pros in other parts of the world who mostly earn from prize money, sponsorship deals, endorsement, commercials, national caps salary etc. while Japanese players have stable income (salary from club company) on top of sponsorship deals, endorsements, national caps salary, commercials and prize money (while players from other countries could get most of their prize winning, Japanese players will receive theirs after a cut from the national badminton association). Some interesting tidbits worth sharing since the idea behind Ryman's Club is from one that has been existing for quite a long time in Japan.

In Ryman's Club, we get 4 teams which are fictional portmanteaus of the real-life companies:
- Sunlight Beverage (Suntory Beverage & Food);
- Tomari Transport (Yamato Transport, only replace the two cats logo with a lion);
- Unisics (Universal Music with their logo being inspired from Asics); and
- Mitsuhoshi Bank (Mizuho Bank with their logo being inspired from both Mizuho and Mitsubishi).

But the story itself is bog-standard that's conceptualized out of someone's performance boot and dark history that got him out of his former company, and right into a fresh new company whom recruited this same person to play on their team. This person is Mikoto Shiratori, a badminton prodigy with the ability of foresight, and someone whom went through his own dark episode from young times of playing doubles and causing his teammate to get injured, to playing for one of the top-ranked companies (Mitsuhoshi Bank) and only to get the boot because "failure is not an option". His next venture into Sunlight Beverage is a means for a re-start at getting his life together, but not before he'd meet his future partner: Tatsuru "the Badaryman" Miyazumi, his boss and doubles partner, whom had been drunk the day before his first official day at work, only to resurface his PTSD of his young badminton days when he was about to let go of his past behind. Being a relentless request from Tatsuru himself, Mikoto is introduced to the SunBev team of Coach Yasuomi Ono, Koki Takeda, the Saeki brothers Toya and Sota, and their formerly team ace Toru Usuyama of the East, and therein sets the journey to overcome past traumas and be a better team through teamwork. Believe me, it sounds simple, but it does the entry-level job application enough.

Of course, how can you have protagonists without antagonists, and there are a fair few bit of players within the same reign of issues that they face. The only few people whom have a backstory to them are the doubles team of Mikoto and Tatsuru, along with Usuyama, and they exist from the strongest adversary team ever: Mitsuhoshi Bank. Mikoto's history with the team with the Bakugo-like character of Takuma Kirishima; Tatsuru's history of playing with Izumo Naohiro as a doubles team (before Mikoto made his entrance); and Usuyama of the East and Ibuki Sentaro of the West, the team singles aces which have an extensive history behind them to face off for years before the former would quit and sacrifice his badminton to focus on his work and family. Mikoto also has Tomari Transport's Azuma Tachibana as a former player of his young badminton team, whom is there to check up on Mikoto when he got back in the groove of playing badminton for another company's team. Other than that, the requirement of 6 players per company team creates the same derivative that you would expect of any sport that needs a minimum amount of players just to play ball. Again, simple story, backed by simple characters and intended motives, nothing to really complain if the execution is done decently.

You know the drill: when it comes to sports shows, studios like Production I.G. and MAPPA have made a name for themselves adapting high-profile shows like Haikyuu! and Yuri!!! On Ice respectively. And Liden Films have also made a name for themselves when the studio produced Hanebado! back in Summer 2018, proving that they ARE the go-to studio for badminton anime adaptations turned into beautiful and striking sakuga animation. And 3.5 years later, we're seeing the same with Tokyo Revengers episode director Ami Yamauchi and Sarazanmai series composer Teruko Utsumi's work, which thankfully other than the missteps of Hanebado! in the story department, this works great and hand-in-hand with the overall package. If there's a strong department in this show, Liden Films has done it once again to deliver good performance.

And what's a good series if it doesn't have good music, and this bumps the extra atmosphere with the show to good effect. Given Mafumafu's musical calibre, I don't really need to mention if you've heard a good 2 or 3 songs that this Vocaloid producer has produced, but it's Novelbright's OP that really slaps. A double thumbs up.

Ryman's Club is what I like to call: simplicity at its finest. In every predictable twist and turn, there's the direction from Ami Yamauchi with the skills learnt from Tokyo Revengers to twist things on its own shuttlecock and racket, so going into this series being her debut directorial show, I'd say she accomplished a work well done to keep it simple, working and executed properly.

This is a well-rounded show, all things considered.

This anime is good and I love the sport of this anime.

Story: simple story and he want to become the best team ever by training his skill and working together as a team.

Art: simple art and colorful and nice.

Sound: It had the perfect sound for this anime.

Character: Each character is different and every character has a story of themself.

... Enjoyment: I enjoy this anime and I will finish it all episode because it is good anime.

Overall: It gets 8 of 10 and it is good anime, I recommend this anime to everyone who enjoy the sport and everything about this anime.

Thank you for reading my comment :)

If you liked Hanebado or Run with the Wind, you will like Salaryman's Club.

All the main characters are likeable and have something memorable about them.

In Japan, corporations ofttimes have sports-arms, and this anime covers a Badminton team at a beverage company.

The dual role of being a Salaryman and a badminton player is very exciting to see, since this is the first anime I've seen that covers this dynamic.

In one episode, they're in an intense badminton match, and in the next episode, they are doing a SWOT analysis for a business proposal.

The pacing is perfect. The episode will be over before you know it, and have ... you craving for more.

Subs, especially typesetting is god-tier for CR subs. Whoever is in charge for TS this anime is a G. If only more typesetters followed his example.

Soundtrack slaps and sets the mood well.

10/10 on all counts from me.

Minimal spoilers here! (I think) Also, sorry for the bad English, It's not my native language!

My first ever review, oh boy here we go. After the mess that was Hanebado, it looks like LIDENFILMS is going for a more relaxed approach to this Original anime which is also based on badminton.

There are only 3 episodes so far so I can't say much but so far, this anime is FAR, FAR better from Hanebado. Now, bear in mind this is my own opinion, you might like it, you might not, personally for me, I love it so far! I'll edit it once more once the anime ... ends.

Now let's start!


(Story - 7)

Nothing special, a former prodigy with a traumatic past that hinders his skills in baseball is laid off from one of the top badminton work teams (did I use the correct term?). He comes back to his hometown and was hired by Sunrise Beverage Co. as a salaryman and badminton player, there's nothing much separating it from other sports animes that I know, but generic isn't always bad especially when done right, as a matter of fact, I'm really happy that it's a sort-of cliched anime. I don't know much about badminton so I can't comment much on that part of the story but the slice of life part is wonderfully paced for an Original anime, the quirky everyday lives of the characters are so contrasting to the serious setting in the matches but is still very much enjoyable and I'm all in for it. Can't wait for the story to progress more and more!

(Art - 8)

It's LIDENFILMS, usually a hit or miss for me, but this one's a hit. The animation looks clean and fluid (but that's probably because they also did Hanebado) and I love it, the art style looks so good as well, not much to say about it except that it's simple, but it's good!

(Sound - 9)

Congratulations to Novelbright for getting their first anime op performance ever, and they delivered! The opening perfectly encapsulates the feeling of the anime, and Novelbright just never misses, I just love Yudai Takenaka's vocals. As for the ed, how can I NOT love this, it's made by mafumafu, who I am a HUGE fanboy of, and hearing him sing the ed just made me fall off my chair in happiness haha. As for the OST and SFX, they're all good! They fit the scenes they're part of and elevate that scene as well, whether it's a drunk roasting session, or a serious badminton match, the ost just sets the mood! It's not the best by all means, but for this type of anime, it's really good. (how many times have I already said this?)

Oh and don't forget the VA's, they really bring their characters alive here!

(Character - 8)

Each of these characters is very different, A traumatized prodigy, a strong drunkard, A high-school friend, A gamer, and a very reliable co-worker, the main characters are all loveable and the support characters are cool too! Hope to see these characters flesh out more.

(Enjoyment - 10)

I love this, do I need to say more?

(Overall & final remarks - 8)

Now, I'm usually wary of Original animes because they can be a bit... iffy. But honestly, I'm loving it so far, like I said earlier, the pacing is good and everything else just fits like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, that's all! I honestly never expected to write a review since I'm always anxious about what other people may think of me but honestly, I enjoyed this anime enough to give it my first review. S1 hasn't finished yet but I'm already wanting s2. I love this and I think you should give it a shot as well!

This anime has good bones and there is potential for it to be really good. I get Run with the Wind vibes from this. We have a corporate badminton team that's settling in with each other after the addition of our main lead, Shiratori Mikoto, a "prodigy" newbie with a "foresight" ability but highschool trauma which holds him back from playing his heart out. Each character already has their unique "thing" and I hope they get fleshed out beyond those roles as we go along.

The voice acting is great. (There are some notable Haikyuu! VAs here which is enjoyable). And the music is good as ... well. Since the corporation is a beverage company, there's a lot of food and drink shots which are done really well. But I could do with better art, especially for action shots. I hope they're just holding back the budget for when we finally get to the intense tournament matches.

I'm most intrigued because this is sports but with adults. And adults with jobs. They aren't just recruited athletes, too. They're actually in sales and they do market research and product development. I don't think I've seen that angle explored before. This one is flying under the radar but if they play it well, I can see this being a new addition to my favorite sports anime.

Maybe i'm too lenient with my anime ratings lately, maybe not, if I am, maybe that's a good thing. Or maybe there's just too many good anime lately. I've been trying to be less stingy with my ratings and more personalised so that's probably why. If I adored an anime, there's no need to be *so overly critical that I give it a 9/10 instead of a 10/10". No I adored and loved this anime, it was incredibly made. I should just give it a 10/10. The music choice and a lot of the scenes and personalities and so many things were just so good.

This ... anime made me cry, this anime made me laugh, this anime made me smile. Not many shows can do that. I love the characters, I love the story, I love the art, and I love how much of an emotional rollercoaster this show is to watch. Loved Ryman's Club :D

I've got it at a 10. A personal 10. Do I know much about Badminton? Not really. Not at all in fact. Do I agree with others that the animation could use some work? You betcha. For me though, it's still a 10. Why? Well... simply put, it feels like corporate life.

I feel like what this anime captures so perfectly is corporate life, especially in a way that doesn't alienate western corporate employees. A lot of younger fans or fans in different industries might not get, but it feels genuine. Enough preamble, this show really gets down to the nuts and bolts of what ... it is like to be an adult who works a full time job, has outside of work commitments but still for one reason or another want to play sport. In a post-haikyuu age where everything is highschoolers (granted this was long before haikyuu but y'know what I mean) it feels fantastic to have an anime about people just having no time to go to training, or letting work distract them from what they love. If you look at it from this lens, it will surely feel a lot more like a drama about employees rather than purely sports.

This show could have surely benefitted from being a 2 part series or 24 episodes, giving time to explore the main characters or other teams more, but in what little time it has we get a sense of how all of these young men see the sport and how they try to make room for it in their lives.

I think you will really enjoy this anime, no matter if you are a fan of sports and badminton or no.

Personally I first started this anime because I'm a fan of badminton and I never saw any good anime about it before, honestly I didn't expect much just wanted to watch my underrated fav sport being animated lol.

But little by little the artstyle, the characters, the animaton (specially on game scenes which I think would stop me from enjoying any other badminton anime that will ever come up in future. I don't think they could image a badminton game better than that), and vibe will ... prevent you from stop watching. (Also the ending, man I really like the colors)
The story is simple yet enjoyable, and it is not like other sport anime which is all about practices and matches, since they are salarymans and play for the company and work at the same time and still have their own concerns and life.

I just wished they could show more of their matches (I'm even hopeful for a second season) but since it was a 12-ep series I understand that.

Overall, I will really recommend this show. (man I really hoped for a second season.)

This is a grown up sport anime! That's what I like to say.. Not 100% true, but isn't wrong either.

First of all, this is the first badminton anime I have ever watched. Being a huge fan of badminton sport (I used to play it when I was in elementary and middle school, but growing up I kinda stopped playing since I had to focused on something else) that I follow any badminton tournaments on TV. So, when I found out they finally made a badminton anime (I know this isn't the first, but this is the first I'm interested in), I have to watch it.

To ... my delight, this anime also set up in workplace instead of school, unlike most sport animes. I mean, I like sport animes so much but most of them are setting up in school (which I could relate to 10 years ago), but now I'm a working adult so I feel kinda disconnected whenever I watch sport anime (guess I envy the character's youth, ha!). Hence, I was super excited when I knew about this anime!

Anyway.. On to the review~

I was expecting the anime would focus on technical aspects of badminton sport, but it is not. As a fan of badminton, I'm not a stanger to the game and its terms.. But I can say that those who aren't fans of badminton will follow the game and its terms easily. Since this anime is setting up in workplace, there will be conflicts and issues related to the workplace that the characters have to solve. This is something I'm looking forward actually.

The characters are adults in early 20s to early 30s, so they have responsibilities outside their "hobbies". Yep! Some people think just because they're working adults now, their interests in sport is just meaningless hobbies which is wasting their time. Must I remind you this badminton team is part of corporate team so they're workers on the corporate they are represented. That is why I said what I said at the top--this is a grown up sport anime.

So far, the anime is only focused on 4 corporates teams.. And for some reasons, all characters from those different workplaces are linked one way or another. This is also the caused of some conflicts.

With only 12 episodes, I feel the anime is lacking on the depth of relationships between each characters (I mean it's there, but I feel like they're just grazing the surface). I think they can be explored more if the anime got at least 16 episodes. I would love to watch it if they had 25 episodes! Isn't it saying enough how I like this anime?

In my opinion..
The story is very good (can be explored more),
The art is good (can be improved here and there, but I like the variety of art style on this anime!),
The sound is very good (both Seiyuu and sound effect are very good--especially the sound of shuttle being hit! -- it's therapeutic),
The character is good (should be developed and explored more for the emotional depth),
The enjoyment is GREAT! I will totally re-watch this!
So, it's totally very good overall~~ I highly recommend it!

Based on the last episode, the possibility of season 2 is high. But who knows? If so, hopefully it will be soon.

Its actually wayyyy better than Haikyuu!
The characters and their development are realistic and games are not boring at all.
In haikyuu it felt like im watching same episode over and over while they were playing.
Authors and animators did a great work. You can see the animation of speed has improved and the sound is amazing.

not to mention - hot athlete bodies ;)) Real grown up men.

I feel like this should be way more popular. It's also fun to see how you can combine work strategies with sport. I feel like many sport animes are more school - kids related.
Here you can see how adults deal ... with it.

as an Indonesian, we support badminton expecially the mansdouble the 1 ranks world Kevin Sanjaya & Marcus Gideon the longest 1 ranks in the world.
story: 6
art: 8.9
sound 7
character 7
enjjoyment 7
overall 7.4
about the anime knowledge i give a 7 point that's a good lesson for a common people, and i shoock for the exchange player it's like the reallife i give a 8,5 point. about allure story it's normal like the drama of story in main character just like normal people, that's different for the star in realife, but still good to watch.
the middle story it's give me little shoock for the duo brodther and ... little brother was in the duo like not in real life professional, but for show it's maybe normal to do that duo,
about entering the ending its the incident senior, miyazumi and staff and that 1 girl for the drama for miyazuma to pending the miyazuma duo to not face the number 2 world it's a wise choice, i give 8 point for not make them face to face, but the brother duo winning againts the number 2 world is like nonsense mind blowing.

This was a rather silly sports anime, especially because it involved a less popular sport (at least in the where I'm from). I thought it mixed the actual playing of the sport with regular life of a salaryman/badaryman really well. The character design is not my favorite, I'm still trying to figure out why and what I actually like lol. Oddly, the studio that made this, Liden Films, also animated Tokyo Revengers, a style I also didn't like but which looked different from Salaryman Club. Go figure. The depiction of movement, however was very good. There were, obviously, times when they took some liberties in ... less crucial moments, but overall the animation of action I thought looked really smooth. I wasn't even bothered by the super digital looking slow-motion close-ups of the birdie striking the racquet.

The protagonist, Shiratori, was a mix of Takeru from Run with the Wind and Haru from Free! Stubborn and obstinate, out for revenge on those who presumably wronged him, then swooped under the wing of an outgoing, gregarious senpai who shows him the real meaning of badminton and friendship!

I did reeeeeeallly like that this was a show about adults, however young, with jobs. I feel like so many sports animes focus on school-aged and college kids (not unlike the two other shows I mentioned above). So it was refreshing to be shown a relatively new slice of life. I LOVED the main storyline of salaryman part of the show. Shiratori, a complete novice in the world of business, much less the beverage business, wins a pitch to create a new soda. Hilarity ensues. I frickin' lost it when the badminton team used SWOT analysis on Shiratori's idea. XD Also really laughed whenever the team went out drinking and Shiratori made a fool of himself. Also also really loved that everyone thinks Shiratori's favorite soda is the worst the company makes.

The badminton itself I think is pretty good. I am familiar with the sport, having played it in gym class, but I didn't think the show was either too esoteric or too simple. As a said before the action was illustrated very well. They matches were generally pretty predictably but I have long since stopped expecting the unexpected when it comes to sports anime. That being said, there's an all-time, code geass-level twist in the last match. idc if you don't think it is, but it left my jaw on the floor lol.

Overall not the best but def worth a watch for an fan of sports or salarymen.

Ryman's Club was just the right amount of episodes and the perfect mix of sport and.. well, lessons. I'll admit, it's your typical sport anime, with life lessons and character development and tense moments. You'll find the same character tropes and the same kind of drama.

But, it still does it well. In just 12 episodes you'll find that you actually like pretty much every single character. They speed run some things and at times it'll feel rushed, but the attachment was still there. There were some moments I wouldn't have been able to predict even if I tried, so it kept me guessing until ... the end.

Watch enough sports anime and you'll pretty much have watched all of them. But that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of good, well-developed ones. Ryman's Club feels like it's targeted at an older audience. Just slightly. The work-play balance is a pretty clear theme. Although understandably, the anime does teeter towards play a lot more. But you might find that you're watching this at just the right time, when you think you've moved past things you had a passion for and "grown up". You'll find characters at totally different life stages and totally different situations, that it does make it slightly different to other sports anime.

It's a solid 8, maybe just shy of a 9. Highly recommend, and hopefully there's a season 2. The ending definitely hinted at one.

Overall: 8
I can see there was quite some investment to make this anime, the quality is quite good.

Story: 7
Good for an original anime, with a blend of sports and SoL elements.

Art: 9
I really don't have any complaints about the animations; maybe I'm a bit lenient in this aspect. At least it suits my personal taste and I can't point out what's unpleasing.

Characters: 8
... Likable ones. Good.

Enjoyment: 9
Pretty nice, I enjoyed it, the animation was good, especially the matches, they’re entertaining. It’s like a typical sports show, but not boring. Well, and like many sports shows, somehow the last boss opponents would conveniently have a mental issue and not perform their best. Personally I don’t really a fan of that type, it decreases the fulfilment a lil bit. It reminds me of how Hanesaki in Hanebado beat Mashiko, who also coincidentally has some flashback over surpassing their brother. Or how Joe in Megalobox beat a Yuri who just underwent a torturous operation. Just to say, because I also think it’s inevitable setting for the underdogs to win. Overall 7 out of 10, but I add 1 point cuz, yeah, my soft spot for SoL of growing teens/adults coming out if their shells in life and, of course, Badminton matches (damn I love seeing my fav sports in the spot light). If you expect something groundbreaking, or profound, deep stuff, maybe set your expectations lower. Expect it to be more of a Slice of Life, there’re heartwarming moments between the characters, and not a complex plot. If you can dig this kind light-hearted and “friendship” type of anime, then you can reserve it for a chill weekend.

I have watched many sports anime, and played many too, especially badminton. Although, I absolutely adore the sport, when another badminton anime gets announced aside from hanebado, I was excited. But to my point of view, ryman's club is just like your typical sports anime, but they added the workplace system to makes it more unique. Aside that, they really have nothing much going beside, but somehow it is more enjoying to watch than hanebado because most of the characters here are more mature. However the animation is mediocre, they animated the movement very strange in some parts and to my eyes, some even look ... identical moves and they somehow bluffed the whole dynamic movements thing a little overboard I'd say. At the end of the day, the skills and movements are not the huge things portraying most sports anime, because they are just a fiction, but it would be nice to make them more accurate. 7/10, an enjoyable anime to relaxing and watch during the weekend, I'd recommend but don't look out for this anime as a serious one, it wouldn't serve you enough.

Ryman's Club is an interesting sports anime, both because it isn't common to see professionals playing their sport instead of high schoolers, but also because these are Badaryman, badminton + salaryman who play in leagues and are on contracts attached to corporations, and work their day job with the company. The team is a point of corporate pride and there are some contract bonuses for the employees who do it. I guess badminton is the right mix of skill but relative low impact on the body for players who are at least 22 and not getting pro-league contracts. Seeing that balance play out for Tatsuru ... and Mikoto is fun to see, as while the sport has more focus that the work-related episodes, their job does define the context for everything else, as well as where they talk with each other.

There aren't long rallies and writing doesn't do anything surprising for the characters. I don't know how to describe it well, but it felt like Haikyuu did better for its team. Those are the main issues, but it's still fun to get into and Tatsuru and Mikoto have the kind of relationship that makes it all work. It's got a fun OP, and for the kind of ending that wraps up everything nicely with a bow, it has a nice, light second season hook, nothing crazy, but leaves something interesting in the future if a second season comes around. Badminton is a fun sport and getting to see this is nice.

this show remind me of a show i wacthed a year ago called Shakunetsu Kabaddi, (keep in mind this anime was not badminton) it does better in the bad aspects, worse in the good, i liked the the fact that this show looks possable in real life, that people who work normal jobs, play a sport at a high level, it shows all the good and bad about the story's setting, work drama, and issues that would come with working a mornal sales job while playing a sport. the reason i gave this show a bad score, is the main charter is not the best ... as well as at parts its the mornal sports anime drama, and fights and hardship at points you are wacthing a sports anime and at points you want, there to be more happening, on the positive side there little worng with this show and the bad is me trying to find flauts, this show is just good at what it does and thats why to me its a 7/10

I am going to be honest. I know nothing about badminton and care even less. But I am mesmerized by the depiction of corporate life and adult slice of life. I mean, it is the first time in which I ever saw anime characters do a SWOT analysis on green onion ginger ale, discuss what QA actually does, struggle with proposals and company politics. It is not even exaggerated or amped up. It is almost dull. And, for some reasons, it feels more surreal than giant robots and magical girls transformation. I am loving the dissonance.

The story is pretty simple for now, and ... the main character is a bit of a downer, but I am looking forward some good character development on his part. He is also very young (he turns 20 soon into the series). On that note, I really like how the cast includes character of different ages, spanning from teenage years to mid 30s, and explore the diversity of adult friendship and camaraderie.

At the moment I am not sure the series is my thing, exactly, but for sure it is an experience. An experience which I am enjoying, I have to say. I would like to see more? Is corporate anime a genre now? If that is the case, where I can find more?