Seitokai Yakuindomo

What comes to mind when you think about high school girls? No, I’m not talking about perverted stuff, but rather how they act. Most of us think that high school girls are shy, oversensitive and keep to themselves and that’s pretty much how they’re depicted in a lot of media these days, especially in anime. Seitokai Yakuindomo shows us a different side of modern teenagers and brings lots of humour and parody with it.

Basically, Seitokai Yakuindomo is about a teenager named Tsuda Takatoshi who decides to attend Ousai Academy due to the fact that it’s close to his home, even though this particular high school ... used to be a former all-girls’ academy up until recently. During his very first day at school, Tsuda meets a couple of girls who turn out to be members of the student council. Some of them are actually quite perverted and often spurt out the dirtiest jokes, but what’s worse is that they recruit Tsuda into the student council and even go as far as to make him vice-president. This all happens in a matter of minutes and our unfortunate hero has little say in any of it.

During the thirteen episodes of Seitokai Yakuindomo you’ll be constantly bombarded with dirty sex jokes, perverted talk and unwanted information about the female body and their period cycle. There are little to no serious scenes in the entire anime and most of it comprises of convenient situations to score another sex joke or a dirty conversation, with Tsuda often used as a serious retort or an enraged response.

There aren’t too many characters in the anime, though most of them are put to good use and no of them feel forced or useless. You’ve got the protagonist, Tsuda Takatoshi who just wants to lead a normal life and high school but is constantly attacked by his fellow female students with dirty jokes and unwarranted accusations. Then there are the three other members of the student council, all female, obviously. Shino Amakusa is the president of the council and maybe the most perverted of all characters, always available when you need a quick dirty joke. Aria Shichijou is the mature rich girl, though her mind is just about as perverted as that of Shino’s. Last but not least, yet definitely the shortest, is Suzu Hagimura, the intelligent and silent girl. She is about the same age as Tsuda, but has the body of an elementary school student. You won’t get any dirty comments from her, but her short height will often be used as comic relief and target of several jokes.

Seitokai certainly works well as a comedy and its non-stop approach at humour and constant verbal gags keeps every episode fun and entertaining. What the anime lacks in proficiency it makes up for with its engaging plot and easy-going nature. It’s definitely not a great series and apart from an episode that takes place on the beach or another one where our heroes celebrate Christmas, Seitokai Yakuindomo lacks diversity. Most of the anime takes place at the academy, namely inside a couple of rooms and on a corridor. Whenever our characters are taken in a different location, it’s often only so as to set up a joke or make a funny remark at something in that particular environment. Another weak point is that every episode seems to be cut down in short scenes, each about one minute, that feature some random dialogue between a couple of our characters followed by one or two dirty jokes. Every scene starts with a build-up to the future joke or gag and usually ends directly after its purpose has been complete and the laughs and giggles have taken place.

It’s rather hard to predict if you’ll like Seitokai Yakuindomo or not. Some will be drawn to it by its simple premise and fast pacing while others are going to be turned off by the overwhelming amount of sex jokes and weird character interactions. I really didn’t know what to make this series during the first few episodes and I simply couldn’t connect with certain scenes, which in the ended left an awkward impression on me. I got used to it eventually and after a while each episode turned out to be even funnier than the last one. It’s not an anime that I’ll remember for too long, though. It all comes down to what you’re looking for: there are enough laughs to be had in Seitokai Yakuindomo and it’s rarely boring or changing pace, so you can hardly go wrong with it. If you’re looking for a little more substance, on the other hand, then I advise you to keep on searching.

If something came to me after watching Setokai Yakuindomo (SYD) it was that I never figured out if the male lead is gay or not. That, and the fact society sure is changing fast these days. Maybe GoHands was better off restoring their mistake and making Princess Lover into a H series again.

Summarizing this series, let's take B Gata H Kei as example. Remove the shyness about adult subjects and instead make it the most common subject to talk about in the world. Replace the cast, add in a very mediocre soundtrack, reduce the art a bit and you're done. Welcome to SYD.

The plot. ... Pure and innocent guy Tsuda transfers to an all-girl school to find out sex jokes do not get a 'what are you talking about o0..' reaction but rather 'I think it feels better there while doing ***' with serious face-- you get the idea. During the 13 episodes this series spans you will get coverage of all possible adult jokes you're going to hear on the short term. If you hear them that is, between all censoring and *bleep* words. And no, there will be no pantsu on the DVD either according to the anime.

The only thing I remembered about art and soundtrack is that some scenes were straight default H game rips, with the classroom at sunset with dramatic music to the school grounds and everything.
Characters are there, but predictable. After two eps you can already tell in what state of mind corruption everyone is, not a bad thing since that's all what matters here.

In a nutshell, watch SYD for the following reasons:

1.) Test if your mindset is past the point of no return yet.
You pass when you can guess how a joke is going to play out with a small hint.
You fail when..well, you actually can't fail. 13 eps full of dirty jokes boast a pretty high success rate. If you are among the group that still has a pure mind after watching this, drop a line on my profile. I'll be waiting for you, my Savior.

2.) You have spare time and need a good laugh. With BSDM Teddybears, no pantsu and vibrators from Santa pretty much everything passes by.

P.S. I took a long break from writing reviews. Does it show?

The characters were one-dimensional and the sexual insinuations proved to be funny up to a certain point. There was no concrete plot. Seitokai Yakuidomo happened to be a collection of events mainly from the view of a guy who's in an awkward situation. Still, the series has its funny moments and does not fail to entertain.

I had high expectations for this anime ever since I watched the Suzu speaking English video which by the way was really funny.

Seitokai Yakuindomo was ruined by excessive sex jokes that became totally redundant after episode 2-3 but I stuck with the show as I was a little bit hopeful that I might see more like the Suzu video in terms of humour but no.

It was funny at first but after that only the occassional laughs were left here and there just by the reactions of characters. You know the anime lost its charm whenever the laughs are from the rarely funny reactions instead of ... the actual jokes.

The characters were basically copy and paste for those who made sex jokes as that was somewhat their main focus: to make sex jokes every single scene. And the show is basically made up of these sex-crazed characters except for Suzu and Tsuda who are the best characters (if at all) because they don't just think of something dirty to say all the time.

Since this is a slice of life show (a crappy one on that front too) there really isn't much of a story here. For these kind of shows its the characters that are the stories themselves; how they evolve throughout the anime and how they interact after a while of knowing each other. There was none of that here, you could literally watch the anime back to front and it really wouldn't make much of a difference. No one became memorable enough that I could remember their names, hence the lack of names in this review.

This really would have been a 4 if not for the likeable art style and great soundtrack. I managed to put up with this show because of these factors and as I mentioned before, the occasional laughs. It was almost a pain to watch this show so I won't be watching the sequels.

Of course this is just my opinion and I am into sex jokes, done right, considering Gintama is my favourite anime. In conclusion, I wouldn't recommend this show to anyone who hates excessive jokes of the same type and poor character development.

What's that? Your a guy sitting at your computer, in your room alone? Suddenly you hear foot steps though, and your little sister barges in. You are caught off guard and slightly started, she didn't knock." HA! Caught you masturbating huh?", she asks. But no...you weren't...

Aaaaaand that is what this show is pretty much like. Personally I think the anime is a little bit overrated so below I will give my personal thoughts.

Hopefully you won't go into Seitokai Yakuindomo thinking it's a slice of life/comedy/ romance/school like me. And you might be disappointed.

Story-6- Tsuda, is a male student who enrolls into a previously all-girls ... school. (*GASP* OMG have we heard this before?). He joins the student council on the first day of school and we follow his adventures with his sempais from there.

Aaaaaaaand, that's pretty much the whole plot of the story. Because yeah, this anime...no plot. The story is your old "boy goes to previously all-girls school" type. You might think that the anime has plunged straight toward a pitfall trap, but it doesn't. LUCKILY Tsuda is not the only guy at the all girls school, otherwise it'd be a perfect harem. And the other guys (BARELY even mentioned in the anime) are the only reason keeping the story above a 5.

Art-7- I watched in 1280, the art was OK. Like I like to say a lot. It wasn't OMG MIND BLOWING. At times it was slightly lacking though. Oh! I forget to mention, the one problem I had with the art. Tsuda (the main character) has a little sister, THEY LOOK ****ING IDENTICAL *** IS THIS?

Now now, calm down all of you. You might justify it with "well they are related they will look alike". HOWEVER, if you look closely.. Tsuda's little sister has the EXACT same face and hair as Tsuda EXCEPT for 2 pigtails added on. This is not "related, so they look alike this is: copy, past, add pigtails and hope viewers don't notice.

Sound-6-The music for this anime was a big of a drag. The opening was annoying so I skipped it after the first time. The background sounds were simplistic but did their job. Voice acting at times was bland.

Character-6- For Seitokai Yakuindomo, another one of its weak-spots is its characters. The characters, are not developed....like AT ALL past episode 1

What do feel toward Seitokai Yakuindomo with its "sex jokes" is already stated in one quote from Cromartie High School character, Yamaquchi Noboru. As i recall, in the 4th eps, when Ishikawa told a sex joke, Yamaguchi hit him while saying "Why did i hit Ishiwaka? It's because he choose to tell sex jokes without thinking. This is typical pattern that someone with no sense of humor quickly falls into."

Seitokai Yakuindomo is what Yamaguchi has told before. Sex joke without thinking and quite repetitive. I'm not saying that those who loves Seitokai Yakuindomo jokes are those who don't have sense of humor, but personally i ... do think the same way as the previous quote. I don't like this kind of humor. I know that adult jokes have sex joke in it and it can be really funny. However, if it is repetitive and said/done in wrong moment, the mood would be ruined. That's what Seitokai Yakuindomo did.

I would say that the art and sound is good, considering this anime is aired in 2010. The plot which is a story about some highschool students daily life, is a good component for comedy type anime. Some notable titles like GTO, Saiki, SKET Dance, Gin no Saji, and maybe currently airing Kaguya-sama show us that comedy and school are good combination. However, what Seitokai Yakuindomo did is a mistake. Completely ruin what could be a proper comedy school anime.

I know that i've only watched 2 eps of it, so i'm quite sure the reader might think that my opinion isn't valid at all. However, it really takes so much to watch those two episode in which i barely laugh at all, then why would you continue to watch thing that doesn't entertain you at all? The only option is dropping it.

Last, everyone has different sense of humor. So, if you like those kind of humor which i have stated before, go ahead watch this anime since that Seitokai Yakuindomo is. This could be warning sign for you who don't have that kind of taste.

5/10

The anime is pretty good at its job of being funny, but it has one problem. There is really no strong plot that drives us to keep on watching. Each episode may have one individual plot, and elements of other episodes do carry through, but in general, each episode is comprised of like 3-6 short "specials" that have the similarity of the main girls in the anime making sex jokes. It was funny at the beginning but became tedious to finish.

The art was pretty good, the sound was meh, the characters were pretty good with their own personalities, the enjoyment was fair, and the ... story was pretty mediocre. I feel like this would be more tolerable as 5-minute segments.

Story :

30%-68% jokes in this movie was funny (maybe for other people 75%-?%),

what i hate in this movie is : re-explain (repeated explanation) situation again and again about what happening makes no fun (in that movie) ... it makes me looks like sooo stupid

Also : this contain porn jokes ? since when porn turn to jokes ?

Character :
so far so good. (good ? yeah, have custom dress/uniform)
...
Environment :
Its only little place where movie goes.
STUCK in room.
Little amount of people (less character design).
shhhhh ...!!! shut up were in library. i mean ... have a little background sound

too many censored -> i call it soo much censored :P,
more worst -> full screen mosaic censoring -> its tooooo bad, what can we watch ? what was that ?
my friend brought the BD, in that movies ... still censored even its only food ... bah ... i still wonder that chapter ... what is that thing ? a food ? or bad/junk food ? so i decide to download that chapter, what ...?! fansub version are censored too even they say 'this is BD version'.

sign, sub, dub is censored too.

Sex jokes are often done tastelessly in comedy, and that's a given considering how childish they often are. Still, I've got to give credit to Seitokai Yakuindomo, or SYD, for being just that in a nutshell while being mildly entertaining.

I've actually been reading the 4-koma for a while now, so I knew what I was expecting. For those who aren't familiar with this anime being thrown around for what it's known for, SYD is fundamentally what you would imagine if adult humor had its own consciousness and manifested into a TV series. Double entendres and deadpan humor come from all sides of this show, and ... you will barely get a break. Of course, this means that this is definitely not suitable for kids. Don't let them watch this show.

So how does SYD fare in comparison to the sea of lewd that is ecchi and hentai lurking from Japan's questionable fetishes? Well, it's a surprise because this anime is not ecchi AT ALL. What SYD pulls off uniquely is its ability to be a innuendo-filled show without relying too much on visual, gratuitous display of female body parts. Heck, even the fanservice scenes are barely anything of service.

The main cast of characters contains the Student Council that serve as archetypes of typical Japanese comedy, which shouldn't be a surprise as 4-komas generally have that setup. The role of straight-man or tsukkomi is often given to Takatoshi Tsuda, the main character and vice president, and Suzu Hagimura, the council's resident genius and shorty. Meanwhile, the role of the funny man or the boke is presented through Shino Amakusa, the president and Aria Shichijou, Shino's best friend, co-pervert and secretary. While nothing can be much said about their characters as they're only often devices to set up the jokes, their differences with each other and with the supporting cast help make the comedy of the show consistent all throughout. Also, there's a little bit of characterization for Shino, who is my favorite of the cast (because black haired girl bias).

Despite the comedy being consistent at most, it never reaches a level of being genuinely funny—a few jokes here and there will make you grin, but nothing more. This becomes a problem as the show goes on, as its starting ground was barely above average to begin with. Don't get me wrong, I find sex jokes hilarious, but SYD suffers from being commonly executed in the same manner but with a different punchline. The jokes being animated from the manga were a plus, but it seems to fare in an underwhelming way on both mediums. However, since comedy is subjective, some may find it funnier than I did.

One difference I did like from the anime was its inclusion of a subplot, and the show seems to hint more on Shino and Tsuda's relationship undertones farther than its source material. They also included several original content that made me remember the earlier chapters in a refreshing way. Though the studio could have stopped there, they felt the NEED to add in more scenes to fit the runtime, and that's where I was sorely disappointed. These segments that have nothing to do with the plot or the characters suddenly appear for an unnecessarily extended amount of time, and it waters down the excitement to keep watching.

The biggest let-down was the final episode, which works as a parody of the series itself and the fourth wall monster let hell loose and everyone became so self-aware that this was an anime. As a matter of fact, I love fourth wall humor, but not when it's overused to the point that it's just a copout to extend past the 20-minute mark.

There's so much more SYD's first season could have done, like build on the existing character relationships past the comedy vibe (if they were going to add in subplots, why not do it all the way?) or add in more content from the manga so as not to rely on half-assed segments that should belong in another anime. SYD's forte is sex jokes, and it still pulls it off much better than any anime similar to it. Even if it wasn't as good as a comedy, it was still enjoyable to some extent. I wouldn't recommend this show to anyone, though, and that's not just for its NSFW content.

But hey, maybe the OVAs and the second season is better. Just not for this one.

Seitokai Yakuindomo commits a cardinal sin, which is assuming that all dirty/sex jokes are funny.

Some funny jokes happen to be dirty/sex jokes, but not all dirty/sex jokes are funny.

Anime Feeling Package:
Laughter - Yes
Arousal - No
Unstoppable Push from Compelling Plot - No
Wholesomeness - No
Action Dopamine - No
...
The value package of Seitokai Yakuindomo is its comedic value.

For the first 3 episodes I watched, I laughed out loud once and I smiled numerous times. I dropped this series because even though I laughed and smiled, too many jokes in between the laughter-inducing ones didn't land for me.

In my opinion, the first 3 episodes are quite the same in it's value proposition, because of that, the 1st episode should be a great representation of the Anime Feeling Package you're getting for episode 2 and 3, as for the rest of the episodes, I unfortunately dropped it, so I don't know.

Basically, I think you should just watch the first episode and drop it if you don't like the humor.

Disclaimer: from what I've gathered from the first 3 episodes, this is a comedy show and nothing sad/serious happens as shown by the chart I made above.

i’m gonna be honest. this was probably one of my worst comedies i have seen. coming into the show i thought i’d love it because of the rated R and i knew that it would have sexual jokes and things like that so i really thought i’d enjoy it… but it was the complete opposite. It just wasn’t funny like the jokes were just plain and the same over and over, i’ll compare it to golden boy for a second. In golden boy the mc (forget how to spell his name) is a huge sexual joke guy but he never had the same jokes, was ... a pretty fun character, and actually was a helpful guy but the characters in this show just weren’t funny. I don’t really know what to say other than i was just really disappointed, i love comedies and love when sexual jokes get put into a show but just hearing the jokes over and over and over gets annoying pretty quick. honestly i don’t see how this show is even a 6 or up for people, it’s honestly just really bland. the only reason i give this a 5 rating show is only because of the intros when the prez is saying the rules