Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi

Tomboy Ryouko Ookami is a fierce boxer and the assigned bruiser of her club. Of course, no normal high school club needs a bruiser, but the Otogi Bank operates more akin to an actual bank. Here, the students can ask for favors from the club as long as they promise to return the favor in the future. Sixteen-year-old Ryoushi Morino is a shy boy, a far cry from the Otogi Bank members. To his biggest surprise, after unsuccessfully confessing to Ryouko, he inadvertently finds himself joining the club!

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi follows the everyday lives of the Otogi Bank members as they tackle favors that range from the mundane to the dangerous. However, since Ryoushi's sole motivation is to win Ryouko over, she doubts he will be able to have her back in a fight, especially when he can't even stand having people look at him—much less fight anyone!

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Ookami, Ryouko Main

Itou, Shizuka Japanese

Morino, Ryoushi Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Akai, Ringo Main

Itou, Kanae Japanese

Ryuuguu, Otohime Supporting

Toyosaki, Aki Japanese

le Fay, Majolica Supporting

Koyama, Kimiko Japanese

Narrator Supporting

Arai, Satomi Japanese

Nekomiya, Saburou Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Urashima, Tarou Supporting

Asanuma, Shintaro Japanese

Kiriki, Liszt Supporting

Nojima, Hirofumi Japanese

Kiriki, Alice Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oosawa, Nobuhiro Producer

Iwasaki, Yoshiaki Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

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Nov 29, 2020

grr_mal

Recommended

I guess I'd still call it "good" overall, if you approach it with the right expectations - the focus is on the comedy/parody/romcom mix, not on the little bit of action/story that will utterly disappoint.

I didn't know what to expect getting into it, not having seen any previews/reviews and even the reference in the title flew over my head. So the first episode turned out very misleading for me - I got hooked by the idea of great action fights with a cute railguny FMC and lowkey awesome MC, interesting and unique weapons, etc. Even the "side quest" characters in its second part could dish ... out/receive some serious kick, so my hype was still real - a 10/10 start.

The fairy tale mix was a nice surprise, but hinted at my mistaken first impression, and I was quickly brought back to reality as I watched further. The badass MC that started with an ultimate move before he was even introduced in the first episode got demoted to an all-talk no-action extra the more he kept repeating "I'll get strong" and "I'll protect you". What initially seemed to be the main plot point/conflict only progressed a bit every 3 episodes, the rest of the time given to annoying filler side quests. Even with adjusted expectations it still felt like it kept getting worse every episode. I was about to drop it at the middle of episode 8, when a quick cameo of Toradora and Railgun chars saved the day and I was able to pull through. The following episodes picked up the pace and ended it on a good note.

One very annoying part is that the narrator and character voices constantly overlap so you'll not be able to hear a lot of the dialogue, or you'll have to read double subtitles so often that it may drive you mad.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 20, 2023

_DOLOS_

Mixed Feelings

There's nothing more misleading than this animes synopsis and profile image
To summarise,
The club is C-rated version of Oregairu's humanitarian club where they helped other people and got back favours (Here favours are mandatory, oregairu had a 'with the flow' kinda thing)

The personalities are original as in completely different from oregairu MC's but too much used in the anime world

Plotlines; I haven't read the light novel but In the anime it sure was forced. eg. The arcs are completely 19th century typical shounen manga ones but they had to force some dark themes(nsfw) and it's not that they added it to give a wider view on ... things, They just added it and left it to the viewers imagination.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 31, 2017

Nocturnia

Not Recommended

Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi is an anime that had some potential, but ended up going nowhere after being dragged down by a variety of factors.

First up is the narration aspect. Clearly intended to be a comedic device, the narration was funny, I guess, in a forced way. However, it clashes with the fact that this anime was supposed to be a RomCom, dragging down some of the show's few potentially impactful serious scenes with random comedy that falls flat. Also, the narration comes in randomly over top of the regular lines, making it so that they can't be heard. While the lines that ... get blocked out are never all that important, it still detracts from the experience. This sort of comedy narration might work in a pure comedy, but it just annoys here.

Second, the story ends up going nowhere. While watching the final episode, I felt like I must have missed an episode and skipped to an extra. Major plot points are left completely unresolved. Throughout the show, sometimes the episodes progress the plot, and other times they don't, making pacing rather erratic. The romance aspect never really went anywhere either.

Third, the characters had some potential, but never really coalesced into anything. They felt vague - like faceless ghosts that are in a human shape, but have no clear identity. For example, Ookami is actually a half-decent character concept, if not entirely original. She's the reason I wanted to watch this show in the first place. But the show can't seem solidify her character. There's nothing wrong with having a character who appears strong but hides some weaknesses, but it never really felt believable. Sometimes she'd be the strong Ookami, and then other times she would be the damsel in distress. Somehow, those two aspects were never really pulled together to create a believable character who has both strengths and weaknesses. The same could be said for Ryoushi. Most of the time, he's a weakling, but then he becomes a powerhouse out of the blue, and those two aspects never feel justified.

There were some moments I really enjoyed, but they were few and far between. Those moments are why I feel that this could have been a good show, especially romance-wise, but in the end it just came across as a total mess with a bunch of corny 'hero saves the damsel in the distress' scenes, among other overused tropes. A greater focus on the primary plot points, some better character development, and balancing the serious plot and romance aspects with the comedy more tactfully are what this show really needed to shine.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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