Aggretsuko - Reviews

Alt title: Aggressive Retsuko

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RoseCandle16's avatar
Jul 11, 2018

Me and my 10 year old sister enjoyed this a lot! I liked the cute animation for the characters and it was funny. This can be a relatable anime for some who have to deal with annoying people at school or at work who really tick you off. I liked how how it was good without fanservice. Overall, this was a good one for me!

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
DYNASTIA's avatar
Mar 1, 2022

Honestly, I watched this out of pure recommendation, just because I heard it was about death metal, a musical genre that relaxes me, and frankly, I laughed. I found myself laughing many times. And also headbanging, and dancing in my panties all over my room.
If I understand this well, it's created for the Japanese branch of Netflix, I have no idea if it had any kind of occidental influence (or money) because the series has a sort of Nintendo style to it. It looks like a long-lost rhythm game for the DS if anything. A time when videogames were art.

The graphical style got me hooked on the series, these critters are cute, the facial expressions they pull, even just how they move by going from the foreground to the background (reminding me of Paper Mario, at times). The soundtrack to this series is pure bliss to my ears, be it at the karaoke when they yell a lot of METAL, or even just the ambient music that plays throughout the show.
Not displeasing to my senses at all. Even more, if one gets hooked to the esthetic of cuteness meeting its aggressive side.

The episodes are really short and no plot really gets developed. This makes the show easy to enjoy, never really a time to get bored or fill the series up with filler and bad animation. One punchline follows another, and the whole thing is coherent. The Hippopotamus was a highlight, talking some fast bullshit and moving wildly. Also, they didn't spare themselves from screaming a lot of metal, so it's all good.
Honestly, I don't know if this could ever be displeasing, it was all very stupid but never really felt heavy to me.

This show isn't deep or that intelligent, but there was some nice common sense in mockingly depicting Japanese work culture (even if the characters are very broad caricatures).

7/10 story
7/10 animation
8/10 sound
7/10 characters
7/10 overall
kittybits's avatar
Dec 28, 2019

This was a very sweet and salty cartoon.  The struggles of the main protagonist hit quite close to home for anyone in a business or retail environment, which give it a niche, but resonating humour.  The side characters have surprising depth, and the writing does a good job of portraying the type of maturity someone has at 25 as well as the selfishness that is still possessed.  The story is the best part, with characters that develop throughout, from small epiphanies to loud and proud declarations.  

I would highly recommend it.  I found this series excellent for decompressing after working holidays in retail.

Sorry for the late review, this was a secret santa 2019 rec.  I really enjoyed it!

8/10 story
8/10 animation
8/10 sound
9/10 characters
8/10 overall
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Animeweeb200's avatar
Dec 8, 2020

I loved this anime so much i think it's cute and holds a message ABOUT SEXIST PEOPLE🤢. I got this recommended by my friend when I was having a hard time with school. But honestly this anime made me smile and laugh with the characters. I love how it showed family problems, stressful work, what's behind a fake smile, depression, anxiety, and how strong people can really be. If you're having a hard time or just wanna get closer to reality this would definitely be the anime i would recommend for you <3

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
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teddylovesme's avatar
Jun 23, 2018

This Anime is released on Netflix having to be bored out of youtube and Hulu. I decided to watch Aggressive Retsuko. BOIIIIIIIIIIIII I Highly recommend it to everyone who is having a busy work life or are wanting to relate and get many laughs. (SPOILERS) This Anime is very much addictive and gets you on you on the point of having to sing with her the hate into metal rock songs. I can definitely relate to many of her struggles but I would like another season, I would be very pleased to find out what has been going on in her love life and if there is a promotion for her hard work. 

Overall it makes you without doubt be singing along to the main character.

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
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