Story: 7/10
Well for starters, there isn't much of a plot. If anything, the story is all about high school boys living out their regular high school life, hence the title. But gosh, these boys are hilarious! They decide to do some very random things with their friends: impersonations, pretending to be cool to girls, wierd themed games, escaping crazy sisters and planning "how to be the best bro" strategies. Each episode is a collection of around 3-4 mini stories about the boys (in a group or individually) going through some boy-ish dilemma or the other, and each of them, whilst being totally random and unrelated, is really fun to watch! I will admit, after a while (by the time you get to episode 7 or so) you can start to see a pattern with the jokes and it can be pretty predictable, but still worth watching. There are also high-school girl dilemmas tacked on the end of each episode, but to be honest, I'm not really loving those as much as the high-school boy dilemmas.
In a way it is slightly annoying that there isn't much of a development in terms of the story throughout the anime. But the collection of jokes is quite easy to watch episode after episode, and there's no need to remember any important details because of the random construction of the story. And whilst you may be thinking "So is that it, I'm watching a collection of boy jokes??": well, yes and no. On a slightly deeper level, you do get an insight into the theme of brotherhood throughout the series. There's a distinct ways boys act when they're together as bros, which keeps the overall story together in one piece.
Character: 8/10
The three main characters that recur in the show are Tadakuni (possibly the most normal boy out of the three), Hidenori (is ostensibly cool, but really the strangest bro in the group and comes up with the craziest plans) and Yoshitake (equally as silly as Hidenori, but on the slightly dumb side). These boys spend a lot of time together as friends, and they get up to some crazy things as high-school boys. Throw in a host of classmates, the boys' school council, some sisters and a random girl reading by the river side, and there you have the ingredients for a good mix of stories: from sibling wars, to culture festival competitions and, of course, the random "romantic" exchange of conversations at the river side! I love the eccentricity of the characters, mainly because half the humour of the show comes from their stupidity! However, don't expect to see too much character development or romance from this show, it's purely focused on giving us snippets of the boys' lives.
Art: 7/10
Pretty average considering I'm normally the type for cutesy/pretty shouju style art, but I guess simple art works for this type of anime. Gotta love the crazy facial expressions on the boys faces when they're in the middle of an important scheme, does crack me up!!
Sound: 7/10
Same as the art, it works, so it's good I guess.
Overall Enjoyment: 8/10
Normally I do like watching a series with depth and development, but Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou is a refreshing change if you just want something to laugh about. It is simply humour, and yes the jokes get random sometimes, but overall I found it was a fun little break from my normal routine, particularly because the episodes are so short!
