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Mar 23, 2020
Murenase! Seton Gakuen is a lighthearted school comedy, but in order to set it apart from the countless others of its genre, it needed a twist. So...the entire academy with the exception of the protagonist and his love interest are animals! Therefore I'm obligated to use awful animal puns. The show is simplistic but actually really howlarious, I'm not lion! It's a solid easygoing show and I ended up wolfing down each episode's classy comedy content.

I had initially thought that this anime would lack depth and that it would slowly trudge on like a sloth, but it's littered with cute episodic stories that highlight each of the characters. There's also some deeper meaty substance when it comes to the portrayal of the relationship between the animal hater Jin and the energetic wolf girl Ranka. I was surprised at how much I had fun with each episode and how they would even occasionally bring some depth to some of the characters. The show gets bonus points for actually bringing up some fun facts about animals from time to time. I have no idea if they're always valid, but I respect shows that can incorporate a bit of educational knowledge into their story without it being a hindrance to the actual narrative. And the way that the anime included some of the more humorous animal characteristics such as female hyenas having...*ahem*...BOTH privates really elevated the anime further. There's just a lot of koalaty to be found in Seton Academy!

The cast of characters are a colorful bunch that really breath life into the show. Now there are a lot of them for a single cour anime, and it's true that most of them fall to the background after getting their own dedicated episode. But don't worry, this isn't a cat-tastrophe by any means. This isn't a narrative driven story but a comedy based one, and I believe that keeping each episode fresh by shining the spotlight on different animals each week kept the show engaging and fun. Whether it was Miyubi's constant deaths or Meimei's masochistic tendencies, there was always something enjoyable to watch. This exotic group causes a lot of pandamonium for Jin, who just wants to spend some time with Hitomi, the epidomy of femininity. Of course we can't forget the ever present wolf girl Ranka, who's sheer positivity and energetic nature were incredibly endearing. And you gotta love her licking and barking. Despite Jin's tsundere nature and claims that he doesn't like her, Ranka almost never loses her upbeat nature, which I appreciate. Though I guess that means she's not much of an aware wolf. This is a comedy anime first and foremost, and I believe that the success of such a show hinges on the quality of the cast. And while these aren't the most developed characters or anything, I'm pleased to say that I was thoroughly entertained by their antics.

Now I know that I'm not a koalafied art critic or anything, but I found the animation to be the weakest part of the anime. In the beginning, it just looks low budget, which is unfortunate, because the visuals probably turned a lot of people away from the show who probably would have enjoyed the actual content of the anime. But this anime did something incredibly rare, which is improve vissually as it went on. Maybe it's just me, but I thought that later episodes featured much more detailed art and pretty aesthetics. We get an assortment of cute character designs and many of the characters are pretty expressive. I just feel like the animation lacked consistency. On the flip side, I absolutely loved the voice acting since the beginning. The high pitched animal noises that the seyiuu were making were both hilarious and adorable. Especially Ranka, whose loud, high pitched voice ALMOST ventured into the realm of annoying, but it was just too cute to not like. And the way that she sang the ending theme song, voice cracks and all, was just so howlsome and precious!

I'll conclude by addressing the elephant in the room, which is do I recommend Murenase! Seton Gakuen? I would say that it's quite the entertaining anime, and if you just want to watch something fun and don't mind some weird animal shenanigans, then I'd say go ahead and give this a shot. It's not purrfect by any means, but if you like a good school life comedy, animals, or a crazy combination of the two, then you should totally watch this anime and join the pack! Thanks for bearing with me to the end!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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