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Jul 28, 2020
Do you like trashy fantasy shows with mediocre/poor plot, and cliche characters? I mean, I don't think anyone does but The God of High School is averaging an 8. So, why else would you watch this?
Because you're bored, you want to turn off your brain and enjoy an arrogant prick of an OP MC go around and assert his dominance as the Demon King. I mean, when you can literally destroy your opponent with just your heartbeat, and taunt them about it, I'd say he has cause for his arrogance. Once in a while, he'll throw out a joke and it's pretty amusing.
The two
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girls in the show so far are pretty generic trope character, one is a bit of a tsundere while the other is a kudere, also sisters (kind of?). There are backstories to them but they still feel one dimensional and just serve as fan service to our insert OP MC.
The art and animation is nice, the music is nothing to write home about but it's not like a 12 year old with a bucket did it in their back yard either.
There seems to be a plot, at least more so than something like the very similar The Irregular at Magic High School. But, this has about 100% less incest and 100% more flair, so it's a lot more enjoyable. Our Demon King is trying to find out who changed the past and more or less rewrote history, all the while showing off his overwhelming might to anyone who stands in his way.
As of episode 4, the side characters introduced so far are relatively generic and boring, but the MC is different enough to keep you watching. There is some kind of plot going on so I'm keeping my eye out on this to see where it develops. I don't have high hopes for this show but sometimes, you just want to turn off your brain and see some explosions or magical stuff. If that's not your cup of tea, skip this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 25, 2020
What kind of person would like this show? If you like slice of life, high school, and themes of identity, insecurity, self acceptance and waifus, then this is for you. If you don't care for any of the other themes but still want to see some waifu material, then watch it anyways, otherwise, it's probably not for you. Mild spoilers ahead.
So Bunny Girl Senpai is quite a misleading title because you'd think it'd have more bunny girl scenes but nope, you'll get about all 5 minutes of screen time of a bunny girl (Mai) and then the rest is just about dealing with high school
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drama and personal struggles.
So, the premise behind the show is that there's something called puberty syndrome. It is a supernatural event that manifests inner thoughts into external problems, and that is the driving force behind the conflicts in this Anime. Think of it like a monkey's paw that twists your wishes. Mai (our bunny girl), wants to be left alone because she's famous, so people start to actually not see her at all and she even starts disappearing from people's memories. Mai's younger sister looks up to her, is envious of her life, and wants to be like Mai, so they swap bodies.
The concept is not unique as we've seen it before in other animes, but what differentiates between this and the others is that these supernatural events are a direct result of each character's inner struggles as they go through puberty. As adults, many of us just dismiss high school angst as "just a phase" and we'll "get over it" and that none of it really matters in the long run, and I wouldn't disagree with that. The problem is that we trivialize the past because we have experience worse, but that doesn't mean these problems were trivial when we experienced it. Because we dismiss these problems as insignificant, the it's difficult to show how impactful these struggles are without making it look like "just high school drama". By making these internal struggles manifest into external issues, the author can create scenarios where, if these issues aren't worked through, can have a major impact on these character's lives. After all, while our high school struggles were relatively minor compared to our adult lives, they form part of the building block of who we are as adults.
Sakuta, our main character, is a sarcastic dead pan prick kind of person, but he's like this because he doesn't care about going with the atmosphere. In Japan, you don't want to stand out or be different. You want to fit in and be like everyone else, you want to "read the atmosphere" and go with it. Sakuta doesn't do this because he knows the effect of this kind of bandwagon mentality. His little sister is a victim of cyber bullying and as a result, got cuts and bruises all over her body, to the extent that she no longer goes to school. His attitude is a result of his experiences, not because he was given this personality just to be different. What I like about him is that he's not afraid to say what's on his mind, some of which can be inappropriate at times. He also doesn't shy away from girls nor is the typical fedora tipping, white knighting, MC you tend to see in harems.
Each of our main girls gets their own mini arc, and you learn about their past, who they are, and why they act the way that they do. You learn about their struggle with their identity (acting a certain way so you can fit in and make friends), insecurity (body image), envy (wanting to be like someone else), and social pressure and etc. You learn to sympathize with them because maybe you struggled with their issues at one point in your life too.
It's well written, well animated, as CloverWorks is an offshoot of A-1 pictures, the studio behind SAO, Your Lie in April, and Fate G/O to list a few, and the waifus are absolutely precious.
The only 2 things I dislike about this anime is that they tried hard to explain the puberty syndrome phenomenon through physics but it's all BS. It's a plot device, and nothing more. If you just accept that it exists, in the way that gravity exists, and just deal with the fallout of it, then you'll enjoy this show more. Just don't think about it too much.
My second gripe with this anime is Mai. She's too perfect. Her character is less realistic than the puberty syndrome. Personality wise, she's smart, witty, sarcastic, a bit of a tsundere but not too much, yet she's still kind, compassionate, and can be really understanding. She's a good cook, and has a successful career in acting, yet still wants to pursue education. She's mature, emotionally, much more than any 17 year old has any right to be. Rather than being jealous and insecure, she's understanding and supportive when Sakuta has screen time with other girls. Between the banter, the teases and heartfelt moments between Mai and Sakuta, you can't help but to also fall in love with her as well.
Overall, great anime about emotional struggles during puberty. If you're the kind of person to dismiss these issues as insignificant and say stuff like "you don't know what struggle is until you've experienced the real world", then this show probably isn't for you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 24, 2020
So, when I heard there was a season 2, I gave this a rewatch as I don't remember much about this show since I first watched it as it was airing. All I remembered was OP MC and incest. After watching it again, I now know why those are the only two things I remembered. SPOILERS AHEAD.
If the "self insert main character" trope had a full 26 episode anime, this would be it. So, lets start with characters. Tatsuya is perfect in every imaginable way. He's a perfectly engineered soldier, created in the labs with fighting capabilities that only about 50 in the entire world
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can match, but he has to hide that fact because he's a 15 year old high school student. He's also a magical genius as he can engineer and program magical devices like no one else in the world can, and also cast spells from memory faster than people can even blink. Personality wise, he's cold and wrathful to those who dares harm his sister, and will kill them without hesitation. Yet, he's considerate and kind enough to let go of spies and terrorists, so long as they're a girl at his school. Oh, speaking of girls, every girl at his school wants to bang him. Especially his sister.
So, his sister, Miyuki, is basically your ideal little sister if you had a sister complex. Smart, soft spoken, well mannered, and also very magically powerful, she's pretty much a Mary Sue. She's very protective of her "onii-sama", but will turn docile the moment he pays any attention to her. Despite having a huge brother complex, she's rather tamed in her actions. Minus the one time she was going to kiss him while he was dozing off, but it didn't happen so it's all good. She also gets the most fan service too, so that's cool.
The rest of the characters in this show are pretty unremarkable despite having "unique" skill sets and their own personalities. It's just that the characters are so one dimensional, it's difficult to see them any more than just tropes to elevate the OPness of our MC.
There's just a huge cast and you'll lose track of names pretty quickly as they all sound so similar, but by episode 26, I got an idea who some of the characters and what their special abilities are, of of which are unimpressive when compared to the great Tatsuya. Some of the characters could be interesting if the show explored their backgrounds more but alas, no air time could be spared because we needed the 3 minutes for people to explain the genius behind some of Godtsuya's magical engineering as if they're at a DBZ tournament. Per episode. Minimum.
I might be exaggerating a bit but the technobabble gets pretty convoluted and really distracts from the pacing of the show. This is excusable in a light novel but does not translate well in an anime, which is why the pacing feels so off. Which leads to the next part, the plot. There's no overarching plot, really. It's just 3 different self contained arcs that just further explains how amazing Tatsuya is. Every villain is easily dispatched and at no point in the show did I ever feel like anything was at stake nor any "good" guys were ever in real danger. After all, if a couple high school kids could take on a notorious underground super soldier whose made a name for himself as "The Man Eating Tiger", then I'm not sure how villains can even do anything in this universe.
All of the arcs will follow this format: Terrorists interfere with school related activity/event, terrorists' plans are foiled, Godtsuya blesses us with his presence and absolutely destroys the terrorist with his amazing skills. Wet panties.
So, all in all, 8/10 if you're a degenerate like me who likes to watch a dude be awesome for 26 episodes. 4/10 for most other people. Art is decent. If you pretend that this is a satire and turn off your brain, it's enjoyable sometimes. Let's hope it gets better in Season 2.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jul 20, 2020
Cowboy Bebop is an anime that seems to feel different depending on what period of your life you're watching it in.
I remember watching this when I was barely in high school, and thought it was just "meh, 6/10". I didn't resonate with the characters, the art style and music wasn't my cup of tea, the plot was near nonexistent, but I loved spaceships and the action was pretty decent.
Fast forward to my mid/early 20's and I gave it a rewatch. At this point in my life, I'm still trying to figure myself out as a person, who I am, what I want to
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do with my life, and so forth. Now, I understand Mai a bit more. She's trying to figure out who she is, what she wants out of life, and just winging it as she goes. I care less about art style now and learned to appreciate the amazing upbeat and jazzy soundtrack that the anime gets its name from.
As an adult, going out to the real world after college, I began to be more aware of my surroundings. It's here that I noticed the world building, each episode giving a glimpse into what the Bebop universe is like. I started to appreciate the slow character development of the 4 main characters as well. I burned through each episode, wanting to know more about their past, their motivations, and how they got to where they currently are.
In my early 30's, I felt vulnerable after a breakup, but learning to accept my emotions and who I am as a person. I gave Cowboy Bebop another watch, something to take me away from this world, something to remind me of better times.
I never really like episodic type shows, but for Cowboy Bebop, I don't mind it. I didn't have to commit to watching more than one episode per sitting so I can take my time, yet there's enough story and character development to pull me into the next episode if I want. Every character is nuanced and has a past that you want to know more and more as each episode melts into the next. The world building really stood out now as the show completely pulls me into their universe, making me regret being born too early to be a space cowboy.
The character development is more impactful as well. Rather than having young characters that grow and change into better versions of themselves, we have characters who have already experienced the weariness of life. You see glimpses of their past through flashbacks, but not too much as to obstruct the main story. This didn't appeal to my younger self, but now I completely feel for them and their experiences. Whether it's Mai, who's trying to find her way through life, Spike, who's got a dark past he's trying to escape, or Jet, the father figure with a broken heart, they all have some sort of past that defines who they are, yet not hold them stagnant. Life moves on, and they know it. They have to face their past, sooner or later. The way the show builds up to these moments are very well done.
Every time I watch Cowboy Bebop, I notice something new, I appreciate something different about it, and I gain a little bit more perspective on myself and life. Maybe in 10 years, when I watch it again, I'll appreciate something different about this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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