Story 9.5
At first glance you think that this is just going to be like any other martial arts based anime, but you later find out it is much more. The series starts with are protagonist who is tried of being picked on deciding to do something about it by learning Karate and we get to see him progress though his training From Wimp to Warrior, This series has the perfect balance of action to keep you interested and comedy to keep you laughing. Now I'm not saying you will be rolling on the ground laughing, but some parts are pretty funny. I really don't want to say anymore cause I might give something away.
Art 10
I give the art a 10 because everything was really well drawn and the fight scene where really well done.
Sound 9
I felt that the opening and closing songs really fit the mood of the anime, personally I liked the first opening the best, but the second one was good too. The Characters voices all fit their personalty really well and the sound effects where really good.
Character 9
The characters where really well done and they all added to the story line. I think Kenichi is one of the best main characters of all time, because I think a lot of people can relate to him, Cause I fell we have all got picked on and want to do something about it. Also a lot of these kinds of series seem to have this over powering main character that seems to win ever fight with ease, where as in this story we get to see Kenichi at the Start of his training and progress though his wins and loses as a martial artist.
Enjoyment 10
Like I said up above this is one of my favorite anime series of all time, I liked this series so much cause I could really relate to the characters and it had a lot of good life lessons in it. I loved this anime series I couldn't find really anything wrong. Other than the fact that I wish their was a 3rd season rather than a few OVA's.
Overall 9
If you are in to martial art type anime I would defiantly recommend you give this one a try, or if you just like action or comedy genre anime, despite what you might think this show isn't just about fighting and martial arts it is much more than that.
