Bucchigiri?!

OK kids, listen up. I don't know, nor care, what fucking slop you may be enjoying at the moment, but drop whatever you are watching right now and just GIVE IT A TRY.

I'm here to spread the message.
I won't even attempt to properly review this - shit's only 3 episodes at the time of writing, and it could easily slip into oblivion at any moment. For now, however, it delivers.
Yes, neither the setup nor the premise are particularly enthralling. Yes, the presentation can be rather tacky with the artistic choices they made. YES, IT ISN'T ANYTHING EXTRAORDINARY, but it's something...
IT IS SOMETHING, PEOPLE!
Something new ... and somewhat, somehow... charming.
It really tells you how fucked up MAPPA's working conditions must be if a show with THIS amount of care put behind it gets literally buried under the mountain of seasonal shows which do not even come close to its level.

"Bucchigiri" is an unapologetic innuendo fiesta. It is fucking DENSE, and it does NOT fuck around. The directing is astonishingly great, elevating the rather non-exploratory comedy to the heights I did not believe it could achieve. World building is absolutely top-notch. Not a single word of exposition has been spoken in the first episode, and yet, so much has happened - a trend which the series seems to carry on with. This is partially thanks to the absolutely break-neck pacing - a beast of its own. Unrelenting and savage. It's got a job to do. It's not going to waste your time.
The artstyle, despite its stark resemblance to a rainbow vomit, is undoubtedly one of the show's selling points. It is refreshingly cartoon-ish with thick outlines and powerful emotions brimming from every frame.

In short, almost every aspect of this show is surprisingly... good. Better than you would expect from a show nobody is talking about and with absolutely NO marketing power put behind it. I admit, I do have a soft spot for shows that do not excel, yet they somehow defy the fate of a B-grade show they were destined to become. Don't get me wrong, this show will not become a classic, nor will it gather any praise for not being ass.
It is nowhere near greatness. It's not much, but it's honest work. It is gonna deliver what it can. Enjoy the fucking food.

Yup, this might very well be the best show of the season. Sure, "Dungeon Meshi" may be technically 'better' but it doesn't grab me by the c0ck nearly as firmly as "Bucchigiri" does.

This anime looked good at the start. Nice music, nice scenarios, nice style, etc... But the main character is so annoying, transformed a potentially good anime in just something annoying to watch.

At first this anime was aiming very high, and after watching several boring cliches in the first and second episodes, (The thing about him being so simp, that he only thinks about fucking, that he shits literally every time he gets nervous), i thought that maybe it would improve for the rest but no. All the episodes are the same, the protagonist continues to contribute absolutely nothing, apart from throwing a punch at ... the end of each episode to maintain the hook, and putting another 22 minutes of unsmokable anime into you.

It's basically trash and a loose of time. I dont even know how mappa decided to work in this shit.

I've watched a lot of trash isekai animes, but i never had the need to post a review due to the immense disappointment I have had.

I can't believe how low the ratings for this are. Sure, there a lot of dumb aspects to this. A lot of the plot, the MC being such a simp in its most stupid way, the importance given to a lot of things are ridiculous. But that adds up to the charm of the show. It brilliantly fuses these things that are dumb at first sight into a very compelling show to a very satisfying ending too. The animation is also one of the best of the season. This style is so much better than a lot of others even big budget ones recently. The ... music, the comedy, everything worked greatly even with its designed flaws. This was such a great time.

I really wanted to like Bucchigiri but I can't. After the third episode Ireally watched just because the animation was good and hoped it would become better but nope. The good thing about this anime is production quality. Sounds animations drawing colors made really well which is a shame because they are wasted on this awful show. Let's talk about the bad thing. Its the characters and the story telling.

First of all MC is one of the most braindead characters I've ever saw. Whole show is he simping on a girl and it is obvious that the moment some other girl show interest he would ... switch immedietly. This makes his reasoning for fighting really empty. Everytime he gets nervous he has to go to the toilet so with that excuse he can come back just in time to save the day with one blow.

His childhoog friend is stupid and trusting way too much for some guy who abandons him over and over at every tight moment. But still he still talks about some honki human shit and friendship. Hello wake up he doesn't care.

The girl he loves(questionable) is simping for his own brother. Uses MC easly for her benefir almost in every episode of the anime. Any human being with 2 braincells would understood this but our MC is sadly too dumb.

Lastly it is BORING. There is no reason for me to watch the next episode as the last one simply do not give me any reason to. I dont care if the MC is fighting with some new character that pops up every other episode. No build up no tension no reasoning. Oh also MC gets his power by sheer luck so no training or anything like that just get mad and hit hard thats all.

TL;DR: Great visuals combined with story telling and character depth thats written by a 5 year old

The MC is terrible. One of the worst I've ever seen. The show, for some reason, is incredible dedicated to making him the most unlikable MC possible; it really is astounding. The rest of the side cast is decent enough, nothing too offensive, except for the really annoying bro-con love interest the MC is crushing on. Extremely baffling choice to have the MC simp over someone that is literally more interested in her brother and pays the MC no intention, even up until the end of the show. There's moments where the love interest even recognizes how easy it is to manipulate our shitty MC.
It's ... a Mappa show so it's worth watching for the animation, but be ready to grit your teeth thru all the awful MC interactions. The show shares series creator with Sk8 the infinity so the character designs are really fun and colorful. The studio being Mappa and the character designs are the main things that drew me to the show.
Animation is a 10 but MC and the writing actually brings it down to a 4, it's that bad.

Bucchigiri is a classic example of starting strong but ending poorly. Ep.1 was the most exciting - the rich and exotic artistic style, the Aladdin reference with a new twist, the lively action sequences...they all led me to believe that Bucchigiri would be an imaginative anime.

More questions arose as the story progressed, and none of them were resolved even reaching the very final episode. What exactly is a "Honkibito" and why Matakara wanted to become one so badly? What was the deal with Senya and Yichiya and why did they hae to settle this through possessing high schoolers? Why was Matakara so fixated on Arajin? ... What was the use of the subplot involving Cat Café and Miss Jasmine?

Moreover, this anime unquestionably failed in character development. The MC, Arajin, was such a simp and hardly outgrew himself; in the first 10 episodes, all of his actions were motivated by a desire for Mahoro's attention (or "losing his virginity", as he would proudly shout before every battle). Amidst the repeated fights among furyō (delinquent) groups, there was no opportunity for him to grow, making the Arajin in the final episode totally out of character. As for the other characters, I can only say that they each have their own craziness; the creators didn't seem to bother treating them as real "characters" with stories and motivations, but rather as a collection of symbols. Frankly I find it more annoying than some simply clichéd plot.

Currently, this is my number anime because I can see great potential in it. Hopefully, With the next coming episodes, shit hits the fan and the plot will get interesting. As of now, it's just a pure comedy with some interesting action scenes.

I don't know how to write a review, but I'm telling you right now that this anime is absolutely great, and I don't why it has a low rating (7.5 as of Jan 29)

Believe it or not, I'm actually counting the hours for the next episode. This is how excited I am for this anime.

Highly recommend it. Don't listen to others ... telling you it's bad, just see it for yourself. There's a reason why the first episode was on YouTube (not sure if it still on YouTube coz it was there only for a limited time)

Again, try it for yourself.

The plot of this anime is intriguing, yet my initial concern lies with the main character's introduction, which comes off as somewhat irritating. However, I acknowledge that character development often unfolds over at least six episodes, so there's potential for improvement. The narrative seems reminiscent of 90s or early 2000s anime, though the main character's current nature is a drawback. The storyline, revolving around a person gaining random powers and using them carelessly, feels somewhat generic, with the character's motivation centered on an unconventional goal. While I don't inherently dislike this plot, it appears underutilized in the first three episodes. Some critics label the main ... character as brainless and a pushover, but I believe there's room for improvement. If the character undergoes meaningful development, the anime could be worth watching. Personally, my interest is fueled by MAPPA's involvement and I heard this is a anime original. For those who appreciate 90s or early 2000s anime, this might resonate well. On the downside, the attempted comedy, conveyed through diverse facial expressions, The humor doesn't quite make me laugh. It depends on personal taste, so you might find it funny or not, Totally depends on you.

I’m so disappointed. This anime would be 100 times better without Arajin but alas, he’s the main character. He’s not funny, he’s one of those annoying screechy characters that overreacts to everything, and as far as I can tell he’s just a coward and a simp. Not sure who wrote this drivel or how the hell it has such a high rating (I’m guessing 12 year old boys?) but it’s hot garbage. He’s always clutching his ass about to shit himself, he’s down bad for any girl that even glances in his direction, and he won’t talk to his friend because apparently apologizing is too ... hard so he’s decided being a dick is the way to go. The dude has literally zero positives. I don’t need my anime characters to be perfect, but just one redeeming quality helps. I’m sure they’ll eventually slip one in there and he’ll make up with his buddy and yada yada, but I don’t care enough about the guy to want to wait for that. In fact I think from what I’ve already said that it’s pretty obvious I’m repelled by him.

I’ve continued watching hoping for some major character development but Arajin hasn’t changed one iota and I can’t say I’m interested in investing any more time into this. On a positive note, the other characters are actually pretty cool, I like the animation, and I like the fights except for the ones involving the wannabe One Punch Man, but all the stuff I’ve detailed above ruins it for me. I’d rather rewatch something that’s actually good than watch something new that’s this cringe inducing hoping it’ll get better.

From the director of Free!, Banana Fish, and Sk8 the Infinity, comes Bucchigiri?!, an anime about a pathetic shrimp of a man who is mean to his loving and supportive mother and is so obsessed with getting in a girl's pants that he keeps crudely ignoring his hot childhood friend who not only is so blatantly dtf, but also clearly cares about him and wants to reconnect with him.

Like this director's previous shows, this one has no shortage of yaoibait, but it falls entirely flat because the main character is such an unlikable snotnosed worm. His kind childhood friend who clearly still loves him and ... wants to be his friend again is right there, and instead he ignores him to go chase after a two-faced snake of a girl whose only personality trait is having a brother complex. Yeah, the only two women in this show are mom and one dimensional bad archetype. A+ Female character writing.

Wanting to have sex with a girl isn't even an inherently bad character motivation, I would totally be down to watch some guy's trials in dating and girls, but I cannot bring myself to care about it because he's such a selfish idiot about it.

...oh yeah, what was the plot again?

Bucchigiri doesn't have much of a plot. It's literally about this guy joining a gang because the leader of the gang is the older brother of the (terrible) girl he likes and he wants to have sex with her sooooooo badly. And this works out because the older brother has a no-personal-space type homoerotic fixation on him because he got lucked out with genie magic that gave him super strength. And his kind, caring, all-around-great-guy osananajimi is sad about it. That is the entire show.

Still, I'm being a bit mean. This show is very fast paced and full of high-energy action scenes, with awesome character design and artwork to boot. If low-stakes delinquent fun is your jam, you'll probably get a kick out of this.

This anime doesn't really deserve these scores I think. I assume most of the low scoring comes from people who quit the show early due the the annoying mc. But for me, considering the current situation of industry where most anime are formula based, all same character designs, copy paste animations, etc., this show offers a nostalgic authenticity in terms of characters, graphics, sound and animations. I really enjoyed the art and art direction, a creative and quality production in summary. The story is not that of a masterpiece, but still a worth watch for a short anime. (I'll definitely watch if it continues, though). ... If you like bromance themes, delinquent boys fighting good, with a sense of humor and male body fan service, (which I did like), give it a chance and just bare with the mc. First of all it is THE point, but also there is something called character development, you know.

I can't dispute the fact that this looks great, fantastic even. The background is almost a character in and of itself in how detailed it is and even the background characters are well-drawn.
The opening and ending themes are real bangers you can bop to as well.
Unfortunately, the plot is not doing it for me. The main character Arajin is so cringe at how he interacts with Senya. He talks, no yells, at him in public and people are like huh? I get it's done for laughs, but I hate the trope. Because of this the jokes are kind of falling flat.
But my biggest problem is ... that Arajin is leaning on burrowed power. He thinks with his dick and hasn't done anything to deserve this power that has been handed to him.
I'd rate this higher for the music and animation, but the plot really drags the score down.

It starting to feel like Mappa is adopting a Disney-like approach in Japan. Why? Well, take a look at this anime. It's like they've meticulously checked all the boxes of what typically makes a shonen show popular: there are intense fights, a school setting to appeal to teenagers, and generic supernatural elements. Plus, they've thrown in clones and derivative personalities from popular manga like JJK and Bleach, assuming that what worked there will work here too.

But despite checking off all these boxes, they've somehow missed the mark entirely.

This is easily one of the most forgettable anime I've seen in years. AND Let's be real ... here: this feels like a filler anime, created solely to attract streaming services and rake in the licensing money.

My advice? Skip this one. It's not going to gather a fan base. It's just a one-off to pay the bills.

This is easily the worst anime I've watched this season and probably the worst in the past year. This show is really abysmal to say the least.

The protagonist, an annoying virgin (yes, the term is plot-relevant) who refuses to be a decent person, and love interest, brother-syndrome trash, are nearly unbearable. I tried to hold out hope for any type of character development, but this is where I drop it. The only real saving grace is the animation (thanks to MAPPA), the side characters and story itself. It's a bit simple story-wise but the overarching plot of "honki people" had me intrigued, it could ... have very well scored a 6 or so if it weren't for other factors.

Other than that, this is nearly impossible to get through, only watch if you like suffering through such things.

I wanted to like this show and the start that it had with the first episode was nice. But the more I watched it just got more and more annoying how dumb the mc is and I don't like it at all. Bro just simps so hard for someone who doesn't even like him at all. All he wants to do is lose his v-card which is just so stupid. I was hoping for it to improve but it hasn't at all. He doesn't contribute to anything in this show at all. This is just predictable in almost every episode and some of the jokes ... are getting repetitive.

This series can only be described as the epitome of wasted budget and potential, it has an interesting enough premise and an animation other anime could only dream of, just enough to have you watch the first couple episodes only to be an immediate turn off with what is probably one of the most pathetic attempts at an MC I've seen in my almost 20 years of watching anime. Not even the show itself knows who the target for their gross 'fan-service' is, using some of the worst tropes of anime and trying to use them as plot devices. The cougar mom that's all over ... her teenage son's friends? check, The crazy girl who would drop to her knees to suck her onii-chan's dick in an instant? check, The useless protagonist whose only goal in life is to get someone to fuck him out of pity? check.

And you know what the worst part is? That buried under all that hot garbage is an actual story that I believe was the original intent of this series until some creep took over the production side, a story that is actually good and deserved a fighting chance. You could quite easily only watch the first episode and skip the next 6 and you legitimately would have barely missed anything even remotely relevant to the plot so if for some reason you're interested in watching this I recommend you do just that.

Other than the MC all the other characters have an actual personality and the fighting animation is top notch so if you're willing to bear with the worst writting MAPPA has ever put out just to see a bunch of cute guys beat the shit out of each other, I won't stop you.

Good luck.

the anime start out good, the premise is unique but not uncommon... but then it keep showing how pathetic MC is, and the only girl appearing is so damn cringy, what a waste of potential

I myself stopped watching mid episode 4, I can stand the first 2 episodes but the latest 2 episodes are boring and I'm getting impatient that I mostly fast forward, so I decided to dropped it, but if you like this kind of anime troupe with annoying girl and pushover MC then go ahead

second ML and the girl's brother were much better in personality and aura

A good start, the aesthetics are incredible, it looks like Tokyo Arabic or something similar, but... the middle is so confusing that I don't understand the basics of the plot. What is... The Stone, The Fighters!?, The Gangans!? and most importantly....WHAT THE HELL IS A HONKI PERSON?????
Another thing I have to talk about is the protagonist, this anime had a certain potential about fighting criminals but the protagonist really ruined the anime with this personality, HE MAKES TAKEMICHI LOOK LIKE THORFINN!!! I can't put into words how bad he is, the only one who saves is MATAKARA but he is isolated in the plot....
NOTE: 3,5

While I was watching the series, I initially thought that it was doing way too much. It was trying to focus on SO many characters and subplots that seemingly don't connect at a first glance. What is Arajin's problem? What is Matakara's damage? Why is Mahoro so obsessed with Marito? It gives us hints and sprinkles but actual concrete conclusions are sparse.

It wasn't until the last episode where I finally understood wtf even the story was about. This whole time I thought it was leading up to Arajin getting over Mahoro in order to connect with his childhood friend again, making me really dislike the ... build up as on every single turn Arajin treated Matakara horribly or just ignored him.

Let me tell you, it is not a good sign when the one thing I am most looking forward to each episode is the gag with business man visiting the bar. Even though the conclusion was obvious, it was one of the few storylines that actually gets a goddamn conclusion of some sort.

There is so much build up with no pay off, I was dreading the last episode as I thought to myself "there is no way they will manage to end every conflict in one episode", and if they did it would be awfully executed and rushed likely. Instead, it seems to be setting up for a second season or perhaps an OVA...which I don't believe will happen any time soon. :/

I feel like a lot of my issues with the story wouldn't exist if the first episode was entirely about Arajin's and Matakara's childhood. As back then, Arajin wasn't such a constant, useless jackass who just goes with the flow and Matakara's relationship was just blossoming with Arajin.

We could've actually understood why Matakara seems to trust him so much and why ,after so many times of blowing him off, he still forgives Arajin so many times and believes they can hang out again.

Also what the fuck was up with Mahoro.

Seriously we get zero clues about why she loves Marito so much and why she sympathizes with Matakara the moment he brings up his own Onii-chan. There seems to be SOME reason but to me it wasn't executed well enough to understand...or maybe it's gonna be explained in the aformentioned second season they seem to be going for? Which...again, I don't see that happening anytime soon or....maybe even ever.

She was such a frustrating character as she was such a prominent character and even has the whole ED dedicated to her, yet she doesn't really do anything worth of note.

This show has a lot more negatives than positives so far, it wasn't god awful but it wasn't exactly pleasant. It had potential that it could've eventually achieved had they not juggled so many characters at once and kept the "serious drama" to a minimum. Seriously it was so much better when it was more comedy focused.

The MC ruins the show.

Every other character explodes with personality, the concept is fun, and the art direction is reminiscent of older anime. This anime was a sure fire win in all categories. And then you see more of the MC. He's like someone took a master level simp with no self respect or self awareness and tried to make Tokyo Revengers. This show truly had the potential to be one of the top anime of the season.

I'm tempted to drop this one due to the unlikable nature of the person whose story we are supposed to be following.
It wouldn't be ... as bad if he wasn't so unaware of everyone around him. It's like he's in his own world most of the time. The main character is only concerned with losing his virginity. Which is a funny plot and can be used correctly, as seen with shows like Chainsaw Man, but here it falls completely flat. The MC is just that unlikable in every aspect that even his comedic bits make you wish someone was just beating him senseless.

I highly recommend skipping this one. If you need to watch a show where a ghostly looking entity helps someone fight, then watch JoJo.
Watching this will only make you upset that you wasted so much time with utter trash.