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School Days

Jan 8, 2011

'School Days’ is often mistakenly categorized under different genres that it does not really belong to. While the series contains some elements of certain genres such as harem and romance, it doesn’t really belong to either one. It is a harem in the sense that more than one girl likes the male lead and it is a romance because there are romantic encounters and confessions throughout the series. However, in my view, ‘School Days’ can only be categorized as a psychological drama.

The story revolves around the male lead character Itou, Makoto. In the beginning of the series... See full review

8/10 story
9/10 animation
9/10 sound
9/10 characters
9/10 overall

Welcome to the NHK!

Jan 8, 2011

Welcome to the N.H.K. is the story of a 22-year-old hikikomori/NEET named Satou Tatsuhiro.

More than half of you are probably wondering what a hikikomori is; So that explanation should probably come now before getting into the review of the series. The dictionary definition of hikikomori is "a state or condition of acute social withdrawal". The number of people living the hikikomori or NEET (Not pursuing Employment, Education or Training) lifestyle are increasing everyday worldwide but they are predominantly concentrated in Japan among the adolescent male population. The hikikomori are... See full review

9/10 story
7/10 animation
7/10 sound
9/10 characters
9/10 overall

School Rumble

Jan 8, 2011

This review is for the entire School Rumble series.That includes both seasons and all of the OVAs. I don’t believe in dividing up series by seasons and I firmly believe series should be treated as a whole and therefore rated and reviewed, and judged in the same manner.

School Rumble is basically the story of a love triangle. The hyper, slow-witted, dense and yet extremely nice and lovable character Tsukamoto Tenma is in love with her strange and seemingly dull classmate Karasuma Oji and at the same time the misunderstood delinquent Harima Kenji is madly in love with Tsukamoto Tenma to the... See full review

9/10 story
8/10 animation
9/10 sound
10/10 characters
9/10 overall

Genshiken

Jan 8, 2011

NOTE: This is a review of the entire Genshiken anime series including both seasons and the three-episode OVA.

The first question on your mind might be the same one that was on mine when I first heard about Genshiken; so I think it might be appropriate to answer it right away. What exactly is a genshiken? Genshiken is an abbreviation. This anime revolves around a university club called [GEN]dai [SHI]kaku Bunka [KEN]kyūkai which translates to “The society for the study of modern visual culture”. The club was, as it is explained in the anime, originally formed ten years prior in... See full review

7/10 story
7/10 animation
8/10 sound
10/10 characters
8/10 overall

Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu

Jan 9, 2011

    Ah! Yet another exuberant example of a great concept that has been demolished by poor execution. The story of Nagizoka Haruka no Himitsu starts out with the main character Ayase Yuuto who is of course your "average high school student" stumbling upon a secret that his rich, smart, beautiful, and popular classmate Nogizaka Haruka had been concealing from the world for years. This seemingly perfect girl admired by her peers and the rest is in fact a closet otaku. Due to the treatment she received from her peers in middle school when the secret was accidentally revealed she is... See full review

5/10 story
8/10 animation
5/10 sound
3/10 characters
5/10 overall