Japanese comedy isn’t for everyone. A lot of times it simply doesn’t hit, but on rare occasions, like 4-uso it’s genuinely hilarious. The whole story revolves around 4 girls at a school who have massive secrets they’re hiding from each other. While on the surface they’re having normal middle school girl interactions, on the inside they’re having these hilarious monologues and working out how to keep their true identities from one another. The show is really easy to digest, knows what it is, is confident in that identity and does a great job of presenting Japanese comedy in a digestible manner for western audiences. I found the show to be a nice de-stresser after a long week and absolutely loved the girls’ chemistry and antics. Seeing them gradually building up the confidence to be honest with each other was really nice.
The plot is pretty non-existent in the show, it’s a flavour of the week type of anime with some generally consistent themes, but no deep story or anything. But, the gags and skits are more than enough to keep you satisfied.
I think this is a perfect show for people who typically don’t think anime is funny, but still want to give comedy a try. It’s got a bit of magic to it that’s really hard to describe and needs to be watched to be believed. Do yourself a favour and check it out.
4-uso gets 8 UFOs out of 10.
