One of the best parts about this show is that you can quite literally start watching the series from any episode, and it will not hinder your viewing experience noticeably in any way. DLoHSB accomplishes this in the amazing execution of its characters and story. One might be quick to try to criticize this show for not having a traditional unidirectional developed plotline as well as uncoordinated or minimal significant character development, but this really isn't a fair way to grade the purpose of this show. DLoHSB isn't a story about someone's continuing quest for greatness, adventures in a fantasy world, or anything grand. As the title suggests, it is about the daily lives of high school boys (and to a lesser extent, girls and other related people as well), and it plays like a sit-com in format, with each episode dedicated to mini-plots that revolve around various themes. While there are a few main characters with defining characteristics, you do not need to watch the series in order to immediately understand everyone's purpose as each mini-plot unfolds. 98% of the humor is extremely self contained in each mini-plot, and the series manages to make fun of almost everything in daily life imaginable from girls, RPGs, food, hormones, fantasies, school festivals, summer vacation, part time jobs, and many more topics. DLoHSB has an exceptional story for a comedy due to its incredible flexibility.
While you wouldn't necessarily expect it from an episodic comedic series, the character development is actually a strong point for this series. While this format does not permit so much of the typical growth over time in relation to a struggle against an opposing common force, the development that does occur in each mini plot of the series is both concise and effective. Characters, both male and female, run into a variety of problems typical of adolecents, many that may or may not involve interacting with the opposite sex. While interactions are generally exaggerated a bit for comedic purposes, events that transpire still leave the impression of being reasonably realistic and down to earth, as characters come to new realizations about various things ranging from how to maintain friendships, quirks that may or may not exist between sexes, and overcoming inconveniences that plague daily life.
DLoHSB also features great voice acting and soundtrack to boot. The most commonly recurring of the characters, Hidenori, is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, who is probably better known as Kyon. While he does not sound like an adolescent, his voice and Kenichi Suzumura's (voice of Yoshitake in this show) prove to be very versatile as Hidenori, Yoshitake, Tadakuni, and others get into shenanigans, many of which often parody tropes from the popular Dragon Quest series created by Square Enix. In general, all the voice actors of the series execute a variety of motions very effectively as the situation calls for it, and never does the voice acting sound unnecessarily bland. Combined with what seems to be deliberately cliche background music always ready to accompany the right situation, as well as a catchy and easy to follow ending theme, DLoHSB makes for a very enjoyable listening experience.
Probably the weakest point of this series is the art. The backgrounds in this show are a bit on the bland side most of the time, and as a slice of life type show, the series does not have a particularly huge animation budget, outside of a few comedic action scenes. This does not really detract from the viewing experience, because the purpose of this show is situational comedy. The fact that for instance several of the side characters are drawn without eyes is an excellent example of how this series executes itself brilliantly in a way that doesn't require a focus on high quality animation. As a whole however, character models are generally pleasing to look at, and while relatively simple special effects are used throughout the series, their execution for comedic purpose more than makes up for any lack of raw quality.
Probably the only remotely plausible reason I could think of for not enjoying this series is if you happened to be a pre-adolescent that actually has litte knowledge and ability to relate to common real life situations, but the vast majority of people should definitely live past adolescence at some point. DLoHSB suceeds in every possible way as a comedy in providing humor that is very accessible and easy to relate to. There are no real restrictions as to who can pick up this show and find something enjoyable from it. Even if you are a person that naturally searches for serious material, this show still can succeed to entertain you because of how effectively it can allow viewers to relate to all types of life experiences, serious ones included. And if you want something funny, look no further because often times, nothing is funnier than real life itself.
