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May 21, 2025
Ueno-san wa Bukiyou truly stands as a testament to how much you can achieve while having so little.
It is a rather simple anime when compared to other series, we could even go as far call it "primitive" in some aspects, if we really wished to do so; Its artstyle is not the nicest, its quite plain and maybe even somewhat bland. Its animation is not the smoothest, it looks like it was made by amateurs on some episodes. Its runtime is as low as it could get and its plot development is simply not existent; we left the show in the same place we found
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it to begin with.
And yet, I liked it.
You wanna know why? Well, it is rather simple (as the show itself this review is about, lol); For while Ueno-san might be somewhat basic on its premise and contents, it has two major positive aspects who managed to keep me hooked to it to the end and give it such a high score as I ended-up doign in the end. I will list them below.
Firstly, it's no doubt the sort of "experimental" vibes the show has, and I mean it; it truly seems like the kind of project a group of beginners who just graduated from animation school would come with when tasked to do so. Now, if you were to be following my review closely up to this point, you might be confused, didn't I just describe the animation here present as "plain" and "bland" on its introduction parragraph? Well, that is indeed true, but I never specified whatever I tought of that aspect as a positive or a negative, however, didn't I? Truth is, we live in an era were everything has to be perfect: clean, polished, sanitized over the point were any human essence the producers might have left on its product is snuffed out of existence and replaced, instead, by the commercial sameness companies oh so much love these days. Considering it's the tried and tested method they know will generate the most revenue on the market and excempt them from any potential backlash or controversy they might find themselves from doign otherwise.
No, Ueno-san wa Bukiyou is the anthitesis to all of that: Its indie, its experimental, and more importantly still: its personal. It is far from beign one of those mass-produced series we see today and has personality smeared all through it. And, you know what? Should that mean the series looks kinda off in some aspects or doesn't look as good as it could should it be more traditionally animated, then I am willing to take it. Since, for someone like me, at least, it's always better to have a low-quality anime with its own character and personality than a masterfully done one who has no identity at all whatsoever, trying to appeal to everyone in the market and appealing to no-one instead.
The second aspect, is something to be expected considering the nature of this show; this is a comedy anime, after all, and the quality of its jokes are in large part what determines the enjoyment the viewers extract from it at the end of its run, whatsoever. And I'm happy to say, Ueno-san hits the right spot on all the critical points who might have turned my opinion against it should it have done otherwise: It presents ourselves with a very simple albeit entertaining formulaic structure where each episode is divided between two chapters of very similar concepts to one another; Ueno-san, beign the needy tsundere she always has been, utilizes some sort of prodigious machinery that pretty much curbs in half the limit of what should be humanly possible to do (seriously, how has this girl not gotten a government contract yet, or at least moved to a more prestigious institution, lol) but not as a way to furthen humanity's scientific pursuits, no no no, we got none of that stuff, but as an excuse to get physically close to her forever crush: Tanaka. To mixed results, I might add.
Because, despite Ueno's undeniable intelligence, she's terribly shy when it comes to her love interest and can't help herself but to craft the most elaborate of plans in order to perv up to him a bit. From peeping up to her skirt, to eating her own panties, this anime gets really creative when it comes to Ueno-san's desires towards her male counterpart.
Sadly, despite how well crafted her plans are, they never seem to work accounting mostly to out titular protagonist's destructive nervousness when it comes to actually carrying them out, Tanaka's clumsyness to realizing her club president's has feelings for him and is actively making advances on them, or simply, due to to their experimental nature, her machines malfunctioning causing what otherwise would have been an (arguably) well-tought plan into degenerating into what can only be descrived as fanservice gallore with sprinkles of chaos thrown here and there. Random humor is the order of the day and this anime does that pretty alright. Fanservice is also employed extensibly and most of the gags this shows sets-up derive from sexually ankward situations who, while I might not mind too much, and even enjoy, to some extent, I know some aren't as comfortable as I am with that type of comedy, so be aware of what you are getting into before deciding to pick this up or not.
Now that we are speaking about sexually splicit themes, let me give you a fair warning before I go to the more technical aspects of the anime and the closing of the review; You see, Ueno-san wa Bukiyou's humor somethimes gets a bit too creative and maybe a bit too out of line... and when I mean "too creative" and "too out of line" I mean that the author has very clearly a bodily fluid fetish and he doesn't hesitate to include it on his work; All through the episodes of this anime, we see inventions, gags, and even portion of the trama that spin around substances such as sweat and similar. Again, I don't really get too bogged down by this type of humor, I even think it is fun to explore other people's fetished in media (as long as they aren't super gross or straight-up illegal, you know). But I know more than one of you will find that particularly uncomfortable to witness, so I am telling you this beforehand so you don't get yucked out by the contents of this series, you know.
Ueno-san also features a pretty solid music repertoire who I am surprised was this good for an anime like this; the OPs and EDs where all pretty good and the backround music, surprisingly enough, has stuck with me even so many months after I watched it originally. Not a really relevant or important aspect to talk about, but I wanted to mention it none the less, since it struck me in a possitive way and haven't seen anyone talking about it also.
Do you know what I also love? The broken english sentences sprinked here and there through the episodes when something happens, "I am smelly girl" and "I am justice" (when speaking about if girls grow hair in their legs naturally or not) beign the ones that inmediatly come to mind. A very minor aspect of the show that never failed to make me laugh and added a bit more personality to such funny moments, lol.
So, in conclusion, what is Ueno-san wa Bukiyou? A very nice albeit simple anime you watch when you have some spare time to burn and want to turn your brain off for a bit. No complex themes here, no overarching plot to follow, no complicated characters to hyper-analyse and draw conclusions over. Just pure and unadulterated silly horniness that no doubt will get a chucke or two out of you.
Go on, give it a chance, I can personally recommend it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 14, 2025
Believe it or not, I originally looked down on Aho Girl. I read its premise, watched some clips of it on YouTube, and told myself: "Yeah, this seems like a very dumb comedy with very little tought put into it and, worse still, an infuriatingly stupid protagonist who will make this whole experience insufferable and unfulfilling to watch". And proceeded to avoid this anime like the plague for a few years afterwards.
That was until one day where, for one reason or another, I found myself bored in my room with nothing to do. When suddently, across my mind, the mental image of what I then
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believed to be that "dumb, stupid" anime appeared for no reason in particular, and I said: "Hey, why don't I give it a chance. After all, it can't be as bad as I originally said it to be, right? And I don't really have anything better to do anyways, so I might aswell do". So I went out of my way, checked the MAL entry for this anime, saw each episode only lasted 12 minutes each and decided to go for a watch.
And well, what did I saw?
Surprisingly enough a show who, despite its overall simplicity, manages to play right in such a masterfull way that it might even get a chuckle or two out of even some the more stern-faced anime fans that lie out there. Sure, Aho Girl might be a "dumb and stupid" anime in the eyes of many, but honestly, after finishing its 12 episodes I wouldn't say there was "no tought put behind it" is exactly the fairest of statements; otherwise, how would the creators of this gem know how to engineer it in such a way it becomes possible one of the best gag humor anime there might be out there? Hiroyuki (the author of the manga who later down the line would be adapted into Aho Girl) very clearly knowns what is good when it comes to comedy in anime, and it shows.
For starters, the fact that each episode of this series last so little and, as if that weren't enough already, is divided exactly in half between two sections who present two different stories completely unrelated to one another, allows Aho Girl to cram itself with joke after joke after joke after joke for the simple fact it has as many of them it can adapt so many from the manga as it could want and so little time to do so, that it can allow itself the privilege of not having any uninteresting "dead screentime" where nothing interesting happens, be it for lack of base material to adapt or any other issue in production it might arise regarding such.
To put it simple, there's always something going on in Aho Girl and those such ocurrences that plague this anime are simply hilarious; punches, blows, fights, braws and constant disagreements throwed around pretty much everywhere, which a healty dose of panty-shots and other fanservice sprinkled here and there also to complement the whole ecuation, also. Oh, and let's not forget about Yoshiko beign thrown into the air by the sheer power of A-kun's punches for trying to do something stupid with him; more than less often involving her trying to sexually harass him in one way or another. Yoshiko simply will never learn to keep her hands to herself and stop bothering A-kun, wouldn't she?
The fact that the anime puts together a wide array of diverse and dare I say it: eccentric, personalities is what allows those gags to exist in the first place and for Aho Girl to be as funny as it is. Because if there's something that Aho girls does, and it does it well, are its characters: Sure, sure, they might be same old and rehersed anime tropes we have seen one million times until this point walking on two legs; the cold, distant, main character with a passion for studies. The energetic albeit clumsy (altough saying that would be wildly an understatement considering this particular case, lol) female character who serves as a sort of co-protagonist. The absolute angel of a school classmate that's always sweet and nice with everybody (Sayaka best girl, by the way). The stalker, and the imouto (younger sister), sure, but honestly? This are so funny on this anime you end-up completely ignoring the fact you already saw these characters on other IPs and simply relax, shut down your brain, and enjoy the chaos that's unfolding before you on the screen.
In other words, so you all can understand better what I am going for: Aho girl easily is one of those series one can confidently say you could spend its entire duration, from beginning to end, laughing non-stop, and don't be exagerating or making things-up. I can attest to this personally since that was pretty much my experience watching it.
Yes, Aho Girl is just that good, what can I say about it?
Another nice aspect about this series I would light to highligt, who I haven't really seen people talk about for more than a couple sentences, sadly, it's it animation. When one thinks about studio Diomedéa (the ones in charge of this anime), the words "good animation" don't exactly come to mind (nor do anything, really, Diomedéa is somewhat obscure studio, considering what it is worth, lol). But I believe that bad fame (or lack of thereof) is undeserved; Aho Girl looked pretty nice. It artstyle was pretty cute, overall. The characters were nice to look at, and their movements are fluid and natural. The backrounds also are well-drawed and make its world feel more "alive" and "homely" as well as apporting to the overall enjoyment of the series as a whole. Aho Girl is a very well made and put-together anime and the fact that almost no-one is speaking about it is honestly such a tragedy.
Its intros were also pretty good: They had a very fun gimmick were the characters would do something different each episode depending on what would happen on that chapter or what had already occured on past segments that made them honestly very fun to watch and never did the tought of skipping them cross my mind.
The song that accompanied them was also very nice: one of the few examples of a modern Pop song who I didn't actually dislike; a very catchy melody that didn't feel either too robotic, bland, generic, manufactured or sanitized who also managed to included some more traditional Enka elements who, contrary to beign out of place, added to it and felt almost natural on their inclusion. I don't know who the Angela girl who made it is, but she for sure has talent on the craft she professes.
Well, by this point of the review I have already said what I had to say and am more than sure that you, the reader, must also be familiar with the concept of this anime aswell from the general themes surrounding it, be it from reading its summary, the review of other people, and maybe even mine itself. You must be more than aware that Aho Girl is not an "intelligent" show about "profound themes" of our modern society, nonetheless. Its a dumb comedy to enjoy when you are feeling down or simply bored, and its a very good one at that. Proceed forward expecting from Aho Girl exactly what it promised to deliver and not anything else. You will enjoy the show more that way, I can guarantee you that.
Come on, go ahead, you will enjoy it, and I would be surprised if you didn't, lol.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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May 6, 2025
Did you left School Rumble wanting to see a tad bit more about some secondary characters? A little glimpse into their personalities, what they do on their free time perhabs? Or maybe you just wanted to see the same old main cast members we already know and love getting into new and exciting adventures?
Be it whatever it might be, let me assure you: School Rumble: Ichi Gakki Hoshuu has you covered for what it is worth.
From Lala, the brown-skinned and somewhat temperamental Mexican girl, working in a burger restaurant alongside his long-term rival (altough that relationship might be more one-sided than anything) Ichijou Karen to
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Yoshidayama Jirou, that broom-headed brat explaining via flashbacks his "tragic" backstory and raison d'être that leads to him to challenge Harima Kenji for the top spot of meanest criminal on the school (to various degrees of sucess, I might add) and even a little segment taking place some 10.000 years before the main events of School Rumble back in the Prehistoric Era, how cool is that?
Now, apart from some mild fanservice on episode 1 we don't really get to see anything that wasn't present on the main School Rumble series, so I would denote as Ichi Gakki Hoshuu as a "non-essential to watch" to any new fans that might stumple upon this because, as I already stated before, unless you are particularly interested in some extra content regarding secondary characters, fanservice or caveman shenanigans, you won't really will find anything here that might catch your interest.
But still, don't let the fact I nominated this OVA as "not particularly interesting" disuade you completely from watching it; the fanservice on the first episode was pretty nice and we got to see some pretty funny moments between Harima and Sawachika, and those are always nice to see, aren't they? And the little prehistoric segment on the second chapter was also very cool with the alternative interpretation of what School Rumble could be about as well the way the directors ended-up tying the whole thing-up back to the main series. Also, the narrator at the beginning of the whole thing was none other than Kobayashi Jin himself, believe it or not, so if you wanna know how the creator of this beautifull franchise sounds IRL then this is your chance, lol.
Overall: not essential to watch but still nice enough to give it a chance. Go ahead, give it a shot, it isn't the worst idea one could come with, no?
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 6, 2025
Before I start this review, let me give you and everybody else interested in watching this show in general a fair warning, because there's a bit of confusion around it and clearing things up could help you a bit when deciding what to expect from this series: School Rumble is NOT a romance anime, and you shouldn't treat it like so.
Sure, there might be some more "spicy" moments between Harima, Tenma, Karasuma or Eri and vice-versa, but School Rumble is first and foremost a comedic series and that takes precedence over any and all romantic development that might present itself. Not to say there are
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any, of course, but don't go expecting to see Harima ending with Tenma, Yakumo or Eri and Tenma herself with Karasuma because it won't happen; I would go even further and say that for the show to do so it would be completely and utterly antithetical to School Rumble's storytelling structure since many of the gags it depends upon to go forward revolve around the characters not beign able to express their feeligns with one another and ending that would suddently and abrutly put an end to that.
In short: School Rumble depends on an stagnated romantic development to exist, and putting an end to that would certainly mean putting an end to show rather sooner than latter. Remember, this is only the first season of its titular franchise, right? and should we get what you (potentially) came looking for beginning to watch inmediatly we wouldn't have gotten not their side OVA nor its subsequent season, and neither you or I would like that as outcome, don't you think?
I say this because I see here on the reviews people getting frustrated at Harima's inavibility to tell Tenma he loves her and venting their frustration on this section. So I believe it is important for you to understand what you are getting into before becoming frustrated like them and leave a negative review and/or a low score on the webpage of this series.
Now that we are done with the basics I believe we can proceed to talk about the show itself: School Rumble; its a comedy anime, there's no doubt in that. Kobayashi Jin has a very particular brand of randomness-derived humor were the fantastic and otherwordly collide with the mundane on seemingly overy occasion it is allowed to and fuses with it in such a way that one would not think it out of place at the end of the whole ordeal. That type of comedy is the speciality of Kobayashi Jin and it shows. Are you a fan of random and chaotic series where something is always going on in screen at all times such as Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan, or more recently, Shikanokonoko Koshitantan? Then go for School Rumble as well, it lacks the gore and sexualization of Dokuro-Chan or the meta commentary of Shikanoko, but the constant randomness that's always going on will more than surely be enough to carry you through the 26 episodes this series has.
But if you asked me, I would say the jokes are sort of a hit or miss at times and get old and repetitive rather quickly, and I believe that's an opinion many people just like me share for the simple fact that random humor doesn't really satisfy everyone when it comes to a series of 26 chapters like this, and can get dull at times. No, rather, what I found mesmerizing about School Rumble are two main aspects who I will list and explain further below, going from general to the specific when it comes to its contents.
1: The way the series builds and develops the wide array of characters here present, and the way it makes them interact with one another in such a natural and well done way the School Rumble universe becomes 100 times more believable to its viewers and adds a sort of "charm" to it.
2: The personal and emotional journey Harima Kenji goes through from beginning to end of the anime, how he, despite of his self-admitted stupidness, manages to overcome serious depressive episodes on many of the chapters and works on himself and the things he loves in order to become a better man Tenma can call his "partner".
On the first point, I would like to ask you a question: have you ever seen people online (or anywhere, really) complaining about how animes that introduce too many characters often struggle to differentiate them enough from one another and find the time to develop them into their into personality that isn't just a walking-talking trope? Well, let me tell you that despite the fact School Rumble must have around 10 or so main and secondary cast members we follow during its run (an absurdly high number of characters for what one would expect from a light-hearted comedy like this!), it not only manages to avoid the troubles similar animes would suffer on such scenarios, but to excel at the way it executes its cast members and interaction with one another. Every single one of them is different, visually and personality wise, I don't want to go into much detail of the gimmicks that set them apart from one another, I want to let you discover that for yourself when you start watching (or not, up to what you decide to do once done reading this review) but let me say, there's an abundance of special and memorable characters one would not expect come from such a low-profile and relatively "unknown" anime such as this one for sure. Sawachika Eri, Tsukamoto Yakumo, Harima Kenji, all very special and unique characters in their own way that will stick with me even long time after I have concluded with this franchise...
I don't know if I would go as far calling "worldbuilding" this following point I am gonna make, but seriously, the naturality all of the characters interect with one another and their stories end-up interwining at the end make this world feel kind of... alive. No doubt one of the more overlooked features of School Rumble who no doubt deserves its own set of praises, especially since comedy animes even back then struggled to feel like something other than "a TV series you merely consuming for your own amusent" and more like its own thing, you know what I mean? Anyway, I don't want to spend too much time on this parragraph since we are nearing the most commendable aspect of this anime and I can't wait to jump right into it; I am speaking of course of the development of Harima Kenji, his extensive struggles with negative feelings and his self-supperation journey.
Have you ever encountered an anime who, after finished watching, said: "this show was made with this one specific character in mind"? Well, don't know about you, but would say that precisely that about School Rumble with Harima Kenji, his character arc is by far the best constructed on the entirety of the series and that I enjoyed the most, going as far as finding it sort of "inspiring" in certain sections of it. And not for the less; Kenji went from beign a low-life juvenile delinquent, wandering the streets of Japan without any particular goal or purpose in mind to a well-adjusted mind with a bright future on the manga-publishing industry, all so that he could appear as worthy of Tsukamoto Tenma, his love interest since even before episode 1 hence forward. A man who used to run from his problems to one mature enough to know confronting them face-to-face by the conclusion of the series, altough he knows how hurtfull (albeit necessary) it is to do so when they arise, not to mention he is simply hilarious, lol. Harima Kenji is one of those anime characters who knows what beign a man truly means and is not affraid to embrace that title and its subsequent resposabilities, the best part about the whole of School Rumble, no doubt. Kinda wish he got more screentime, tho.
Should School Rumble have been a show primarily closelly following Harima and his endeavours it would have easily gotten a 10 out 10 from me. But oh well, I suppose what kinda makes School Rumble special are all its other characters and its excentricities, so it's kinda egotistical for me to be complaining about them getting as much screentime as they did knowing without them the series would probably have turned far worse than it ended-up beign...
As you might already know by this point, I like to dedicate a little parragraph at the end of my reviews dedicated to the more technical aspects of the show, so let me do that exactly right now; the intros and outros were amazing and pristine, the animation could not have been better (the animation throught this whole show was really good, all things considered) and the choice of music could not have been better; Ogura Yūko has really a magnificent voice and her songs really did add to charming atmosphere of this show. The music in general was pretty good, at times the producers decided to utilize conventional pop-ballads, popular at the time, and at other more traditional tunes who really go hand in hand with the theme of some arcs of the show. Its backrounds were drawn in really pretty watercolor style who, altough dissimilar to the style the characters were drawn in, strangely fuses pretty well with them and, in my opinion, looks better to how the series would probably had looked like with a more uniform artistic direction.
I have heard from people who watched School Rumble back on its hayday that the mere sounds of the first notes of its intro instantly brings joy to them; I was someone who didn't enjoy School Rumble that much, but it you keept reading my review until this point it's probably because you saw something that interested you or at least peeked your curiosity. Should that be the case, then School Rumble might very well what you are looking for and your interest in my review the only proof you needed of that. Why don't you go, separate some time out of your day and start watching it aswell, maybe, one day, you will be one of those people who can only bring back positive members whenever mentions this show somewhere? Who knows, only by giving it a chance will you discover that...
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 29, 2025
A year or so has gone by since the main events of Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, and Minamikokubaru Daigo is desperately looking for a girlfriend as to not spend alone an incoming local festival the townsfolk is preparing to celebrate. Will he manage to do it? Will he accomplish his goals? Well, certainly no if he keeps constantly pestering the girls and even Ayumu like he does for the duration of this whole special, lol.
On this little extra episode we will get to see Minamikokubaru Daigo trying to hook with pretty much all of the girls of the main series (with the notable exception of
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the two littlest Toudou sisters) and even beyond! To do so, he will try everything to catch their atention, going from faking a sudden interest in photography to (altough unwillingly) becoming a target practice for Ibuki on her archery club and getting a pretty bad forehead injury while doing so. All the while fantasazing about hypotetical scenarios with his female counterparts that somehow grow even more and more deranged as the special goes by.
A pretty funny piece of media I would 100% recommend to viewers coming from the main franchise, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi: Kakaru ka? Gakuensai ni Koi no Hashi could very well pase from a regular episode of its parent series with the notable exception perhabs of getting to see up-close more love-dovey moments between the now paired one-another Hoshino Kazuma and Nakatsugawa Ui, a duo people who were fond of the dynamics between them beforehand will no doubt find sweet. We also get to see a little more fanservice we see on the avarage episode of the main series, which is always nice to see...
Overall, you liked Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi? You will no doubt also like Gakuensai ni Koi no Hashi aswell! Go for it and give it a chance! Me, who enjoyed the main series wildly liked this one as well, and I can guarantee to you; should you a viewer with priorities as similar as mine then you will enjoy Gakuensai ni Koi no Hashi aswell.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 28, 2025
Every once in a while, you stumble upon some anime that, while not bringing anything new to the table, makes-up for it by executing its already tried and tested elements in such a flawlessly manner that lefts you feeling like it did. Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi was one of those such animes for me, and has left me with such a good impression I genuinly doubt many series, even those more "innovative" with its concepts will manage to live-up to.
A visual novel adaptation at its core, Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi displays many story elements, character tropes and general vibes many other visual novel adaptations feature.
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To me, at least, the similarities between this show of those IPs of the ToHeart series striked me as deeply surprising; that overall sameness going as far down as characters that be it not for their different backround and unlike design one might as well mistake them from carbon copies of each other. I guess the fact Japanese visual novels at their core are all similar to one another at their core means when they get adapted into anime these sort of things are bound to happen for their nature.
That would really be the only warning I would give to you should you start watching Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi beforehand: Should you be wanting to see something most likely you haven't seen before or are not a fan of animes that could be summarized (altough I would be a bit mean to do so) as "the same story but told with different characters" then Hoshizora might not be for you. You better look elsewhere for what you are seeking for because this series neither is even trying to deliver something new to the anime industry nor should you threat it as if it did.
But wanting something new is the not the reason one should start watching this to begin with; Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi is a very calm and gentle anime with a nice countryside athmosphere that soothes your sould one you start watching it. Its the type of series one puts on play, lays back, relaxes, and don't think too much about what you are seeign. And that, as I stated in the beginning of my review, it does magnamously.
Sure, the characters might be all tired tropes for other animes, but they are executed in such a way you kinda forget about it and simply enjoy seeign them go about their daily lives, interact with one-another, and the chemistry that begins to form along the different members of the group as the "story" goes by. I put "story" between quotations mark mainly because this series takes a very episodic Slice-of-Life style towards its chapters that make it so a consistent plot is only followed during its first and last episodes the middle section of the show consisting mainly of the main cast goofing around Yamabiko and its surroundings, altough there are glimpses of a more complex story here and there scattered across the episodes, be aware of that. Rather than beign a disadvantage, I would say, that approach plays perfectly into the style of anime Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi tries going a for; an easy to diggest, heartwarming story you watch when you are feeling down or simply want to relax at the same time you don't think too much of what you are seeing at the moment.
The artsyle is cute and moe, its music is superb (the intros and outros beign particularly good at what they are doing, altough the BGMs don't stay too far behind either), and the athmospheric sounds of birds, wind and waterfalls in the backround will make you feel like you truly are in a quiet village at the foot of the Japanese Alps, or wherever in the aforementioned archipelago the series is supposed to take place, for that matter. Other than its obvious plot weaknesses (which aren't really relevant for viewers such as me) ) can't really say anything else negative about Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi. I guess this is the point of the review where I ask you to consider the series should you be liking what I have wrote until this parragraph, you should seriously consider it since it makes for a nice experience you can complete in as little of a timeframe as week depending on how many episodes you watch per day. Consider it.
Lastly but nonetheless still important to talk about; this series is quite heavy on its fanservice, and when I mean heavy I mean we get to see fully naked girls with their tits out in the open for more than one episodes. Such things for me, all the better, but I know there are some viewers out there who might feel uncomfortable when seeign those on screen, so be weary on that should you be one of those viewers and deciding if to watch this yes or no.
Also, Sakai Hina best girl, I don't care what anybody says. You should watch this just for her, haha.
Man, it's a shame the visual novel this comes from got translated from Japanese or anything, this series made me want to play it so badly... lol.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 14, 2025
A very nice and decent Valentine's Day special who takes place early on the second season of Seitokai no Ichizon and who very easily could pass as a regular episode from the main series.
Yep, that's about it. The summary the synopsis of this entry provides is pretty much accurate; It's Valentine Day and the girls all get chocalate pieces to give to Sugisaki on such a special day, some of them even take the time to prepare the sweet themselves! And yet, for all their efforts into getting a worthy present for their kouhai, the task of actually giving it to him proves to be
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more difficult than originally tought, their feelings and shyness getting in the way of delivering their present.
And so, we follow the Student Council Girls and Sugisaki-senpai as they try to overcome their shortcomings and demostrate Sugisaki that they, at least care *somewhat* for him, and everything that might entail, be it for the better or be it for the worse.
There's really not much else I can say about this special; nothing wich really sets it appart from a regular episode from the base IP, as I already stated, neither in an artistic nor storytelling perspective. We, however, get to see an otherwise completely unknown shy and nervous side of Chizuru, the Student Council member one would expect less to have such a personality aspect. I found that element quite funny and well executed when show on screen, no doubt the most memorable thing from this special and the reason I would recommend it to viewers of the main series without a doubt.
Not really anything else I can say about this; you liked Seitokai no Ichizon? Most likely you'll enjoy also Watasu Seitokai. Go ahead, give it a watch, if you specially like Chizuru you'll find it quite enjoyable.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 14, 2025
Seitokai no Ichizon Lv.2 turned out to be an overally more enjoyable experience for me on the grounds that the girls from the School's Student Council didn't behave nearly as hostile or demearing towards Sugisaki as they did on the first season of the aforementioned show.
I guess it could only make sense by that point; after spending such a (relatively) long time working and getting to know him plus seeign just how far he would be willing to go just to make them happy despite not getting (or even expecting) any remuneration for doing so, the girls have finally reached the conclusion Sugisaki genuinly loves
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them despite all of his flaws that more often than not involving some sort of pervertness on his part.
This precisely is the first major difference you will notice set appart Seitokai no Ichizon Lv.2 from its prior season once starting watching (the other one beign of course, the significantly better animation when it comes to its characters and the way they move): If the first season derived most of its humor from the abuse inflicted on Sugisaki by the members of his self-proclaimed "harem" this second part pivots more towards meta commentary on anime tropes and the Otaku culture that has formed around them. A type of humor that, while present on the first season, took largely a backstage role as the aforementioned abuse and hilarity of the of the setting were the element the show derived most of its gags from (this is not to say, however, that Sugisaki ends-up completely scott-free of abuse this season; quite the contrary, he quite deservedly gets beaten-up after perving on a girl or two a couple of times. It's just that this type of violence-derived comedy goes into the backstage as the aforementioned meta commentary becomes the drive that moves the series from here forwards, just like the meta commentary did in the first. A sort of a switch when pertaining to this topic, if you will).
But don't get me wrong; the fact Sugisaki's relationship with the girls get elaborated on DOES NOt mean Seitokai no Ichizon shifts towards beign a romance anime. No, Lv.2 is more than anything a direct continuation (or even extension) of the Seitokai no Ichizon we all know and love, and Seitokai no Ichizon has always been a comedy over a romance, Lv.2 staying true to that formula from its beginning to end.
Sure, we might have a moment or two of sentimentalism between the characters, we even got a whole episode about it and few new characters who do nothing but complicate things on that aspect, but let's be serious, everyone watches Seitokai no Ichizon for the comedy, not for the romance. Don't expect to much advance or development on that topic because beyond superficial level there will not be, be aware of what you are getting into.
We also got a few more moments with everyone's favorite perverted-for-her-age loli; Toudou Elise, which is quite epic if I say so. And as always, some of the funniest moments on the whole series happen from just her beign around. A nice adition to this new season overall, if you ask me.
In conclusion: Seitokai no Ichizon Lv.2 delivers us with quite more of the same we got on its first season besides some notable differences with the overall plot formula of the show and few artistic decision than differ from those of the base IP. Tons of meta humor and comendary intertwined to create a very strong and decent comedy that is Seitokai no Ichizon in general. It might not be for everydoby, that is true, but fans of this type of entertainment (who I know are not few) will no doubt find it enjoyable. Go and give it a chance, its far from the worst thing the anime industry has produced and it has its moments, I can guarantee you that.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 6, 2025
I really don't understand the hostility towards this special.
For some reason, Full Moon wo Sagashite: Kawaii Kawaii Daibouken seems to have brought together every hater the base Full Moon anime seems to have as the quality of this special emision isn't actually that different to that of the aforementioned series. From looking a the reviews, one would assume it to be vastly inferior, however. Which is the thing I already mentioned don't understand at the opening of my parragraphs.
And sure, the plot of this episode might not make much sense, all things considered. Should Takuto and Meroko utilized their powers to turn themselves from their
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stuffed animal to proper Shinigami form the whole travesty that was special could have been avoided. But otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten our "Cute Cute Adventure", wouldn't be?
People somethimes forget this anime as a whole was made with a rather juvenile audience in mind, and these type of audience will generally prioritize having fun with what they are watching rather than those IPs making perfect sense as determined by the mind of their adults counterparts (who I suppose are the ones writting the reviews, to begin with).
What I am trying to get at is that people should chill out somethimes, lay back and just have fun! Seriously, just how better the world would become if everyone wasn't affraid to do that at least every once in a while?
Now, speaking of the special itself: if you look through my profile you'll realize I generally rate other specials or any IP who derivers from the main series really lower that is base property; this wasn't the with Kawaii Kawaii Daibouken, however. For its short duration Full Moon wo Sagashite: Kawaii Kawaii Daibouken proved to be exceptionally entertaining on what it tries to achieve. Its story is quite straigh-forward: Mitsuki awokens late for a photoshoot she had scheduled with the VillagePro people and on her hurry she forgets both Takuto and Meroko back at home, beign unable to transform into Full Moon without them that way. Afterwards we see the Shinigami due desperately try to reach their human companion while in their stuffed animal form. On their journey, they have to deal with angry dogs who try to attack them, hungry birds who take them away to who-knows-where and even at some point end-up washed away in some drain wich ends with the real footage of a waterfall beign shown! (Which I believe was included because it would be too costly to animate otherwise, but is a nice addition, none the less, lol).
Strangely enough, the part I most enjoyed about this special might have been its ending credits, believe it or not. And not because I was "anxious for it to end", but rather because it featured a very nice vocal-performance song that reminds me of older pieces from the '60s and '70s. Reminds us really that "old" music such as that one that coexist with "newer" compositions such as the ones featured on this show.
My only regret when watching this episode, however, was assuming it took place after the ending of its base anime and as such saved it for the end; spoiler: it doesn't. This special takes place around 10-ish episodes into the series or so, so take that into consideration when beginning to watch it and don't commit the same mistake I commited when watching it.
Overall: a very nice addition to the Full Moon series and, altough a non-obligatory watch for those interested in the IP, it sure as hell makes for a nice experience and it only takes 12 minutes of your time to complete it. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and watch Full Moon wo Sagashite: Kawaii Kawaii Daibouken, you won't regret it afterwards!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 5, 2025
Hands down, Full Moon wo Sagashite might be one of the best Shoujo anime I might have seen out there. Maybe even could go as far as nominating it one of the better titles I have ever seen in the whole of the anime medium.
Because seriously, if I had to point at a flaw this series have it would be no doubt how its first episodes feel kinda "rushed" and "badly done" for how a generally complex and emotionally charged story such as this one is (not to say they are necessarly bad, just "less enjoyable", let's say, to overall how good the later half
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of the series's episodes feel), other than that, its pretty much flawless on whatever it proposes to do.
Its history? Heavy and emotional, sprinked here and there with some moments of hapiness. I have heard people complaining about this anime having "too many unnecessary episodes" and suggesting "cutting some of them down the make the more thing more compact and thus, interesting" but I disagree with them on a fundamental level; while some surely don't have the patience to go throught the 52 episodes of Full Moon and would prefer a faster pace overall, I myself am very fond of the slower approach it goes for as a way to soothe us, the audience, of the more emotionally charged content with some "lighter" episodes in between that serve primordially to elaborate on the characters of Mitsuki, Yui and Takuto aswell of the occurences of their daily lives. Not to mention that it aligns more than anything with how these kind of things in real life work: there are some days where so many things happen one ends completely exhausted by the end of them, and many, many more days in between where nothing really happens and one is able to ooze off. Just like Full Moon wo Sagashite with its episodes!
Not really related to the plot of its history, however, but I would like to mention the producers of this anime planned beforehand to spread the duration of its series across an entire year to simulate Mitsuki's last year in the world of the living sort of in real time, which means the happenings of whatever episode of Full Moon was airing originally at the time were occuring cannonically at the same time in her own "universe". How cool is that?
Again, not really relevant or even related to the plot of Full Moon whatsoever, but I believe its a nice detail on the side of the show's producers and tought about mentioning it as a way to demostrate why it deserves such a high score as it does.
Its character development? Near perfect; Full Moon wo Sagashite is truly one of those animes who doesn't have an uninteresting charcter. Every cast member who gets introduced at some point of the anime feels organic and natural; just like one would expect from a real-life person. They are multi-dimensional characters with overlapping layers of complexity manifested in the form of their own (generally tragic) backstory that caused them to form a certain series of values and beliefs more often than not based on their insecurities and negative experiences who lead them to act in certain maners provided the different circumstances they find themselves througt the anime. That's precisely why it is such a pleasure watching them interact, evolve and mature as the story goes by: their chemistry is so intrincate and so well done you can do nothing but delight at the "realistic" portrayal of human relationships as well as everyone in the Full Moon team growing increasingly close together and forming such a strong bond not even time would be able to deal with it.
Even characters who initially seemed poised to be nothing but a way to thwart Mitsuki's journey into stardom, such as her grandmother, for example (and who I will admit, caused me nothing but frustration when dealed with during screentime), became fully fledged at some point of the journey and even turned to be sympathetic once their circustances where explained (which again, proved me wrong when judging a character beforehand). Situations like this are the mark of a very good anime series with a strong and believable writing, and do nothing but reinforce the fact Full Moon wo Sagashite is one of those.
Aesthetically, it is very pretty. All of its character's designs are very cute and nice to look at and its backrounds, altough nothing special or worthy to writte home about (as is to be expected from these types of animes from the early 2000s) are nice enough for me to not write a complaining about them. Its music, the very thing this show is about is also very sweet and nice to hear. You see; I am not really a fan of "contemporary" music (as "contemporary" as the music of this show could be considered, 20 years later...), but the tracks of Full Moon wo Sagashite proved to be an exemption; the real-life bands who provided the themes for this show really knew what they were doign. They are all very nicely-made slow pop ballads who manage to mix their sad and melancholic melodies with more modern electronic sounds that really add to the overall athmosphere of the series and define Full Moon's character as she sort of tells about her own story and the feelings surrounding it as she sings. A genre of sentimental music who, for whatever reason, is not really produced anymore; a fundamental part of the show's identity that adds to its magic overall.
I would also like to praise the voice acting from everyone involved on this anime: Myco, the singer in charge of voicing Mitsuki knew nothing about voice acting before taking this role and yet gave everything when making the character memorable sound like a real person through pretty much beginning to end of Full Moon. Not only does she really have a nice voice, but indeed, she sounds like she's genuinly happy whenever she meets Ooshige-san or Wakaouji-sensei or sad and shocked whenever something bad happens to her. Altough those praices could also go to pretty much everyone on the series aswell, if we are beign honest. Everyone took their role seriusly and made this anime one of the more convincing when it comes to voice acting for all what matters. Props to them for that.
Overall, Full Moon wo Sagashite can only be descrived as a magic experience: it is cute, it is sad, it is emotionally heavy and it is complex on its plot, it is one of those experiences you have to witness yourself to truly take it all in. It might not be for everyone, that's true, but for viewers with tastes like me it could possible the best type of anime it could be produced for. Mitsuki is a genuinly sweet and innocent character it is easy to fall in love with and you genuinly get to care about her and her quest for stardom and get to fell her pain whenever something bad ends-up happening to her (situations who, sadly, are far too frequent on this series). It has its own unique atmosphere modern series can't really replicate with only adds to the charming nature Full Moon already had beforehand, enticing it.
I hope one day my children will be able to see Full Moon or at least a similar anime, because I would love to experience something like this as a kid, and chances are, you will be able to enjoy it also at whatever state of life you find yourself in, dear reader. Give it a chance :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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