Reviews

Baka and Test was my very first anime, the anime that got me into the medium, so I have a lot of gratitude towards it. I watched it again recently just to see if it really was as great as I remembered. To be blunt, it isn't. After watching a lot more anime, re watching Baka and Test revealed that it wasn't really anything special. So, a seven is what I believe it deserves. I would say that it was certainly good, but nothing beyond that. The story is original as far as I can tell, but it plays very little role in the anime, even for a comedy. I believe that the jokes and humor should have revolved more around the entertaining situation with the plot, and a little less around teenage drama. The show could have had more potential if the humor was a little bit more original in this way, and the plot felt more significant than the skeleton to hold all of the characters together. On the note of characters, they may be one of the downfalls of the anime. I only found Yuuji to be interesting or unique, seeming to have a less predictable character compared to other anime. Other than him, the whole cast is just bland, Th lead is the classic idiot with good heart, the love interest with pink hair who is very sweet, the tsundere tom-boyish foreign girl, the pervert, and so on. Overall the anime was, without a doubt, very funny and VERY entertaining. What I am getting at here is that you shouldn't expect anything particularly revolutionary from this anime. Good and funny, but not exactly something that stands out..