History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi - Reviews

Funny, funny, funny. It was perverted humor, sarcastic humor, and every other kind of humor you can think of thrown together. There are fight scenes, unrequited love scenes, straight up comedy and plenty of bada** characters. Almost all the supporting characters are martial arts masters, with a gardening chick thrown in for romantic dramatic interest. They are intense, terrifying, and completely awesome. The characters are the main draw of this anime. Everything else is good but even if it had less plot their everyday interactions still make a hilarious anime. It does get serious when Kenichi (the main character) is in his fights with the multitude of bad guys that come out of the woodwork but other than that be prepared to laugh because even his training by the masters causes you to get a good chuckle. watch this when looking for comedy with some action mixed in.

After watching D-Grayman and being rather dissappointed and bored with it, I picked up Kenichi.  To my pleasant suprise this anime was pretty good.  To put it simply, it was the anime that you hoped Tenjou Tenge was.  Now Tenjou Tenge was more brutal and I really liked that aspect, but it terms of the general direction of the anime, Kenichi was perfect.

complaints:

On of my biggest complaints about the anime is that there were parts where the main character could have had more character building but instead he just bypassed the character building.  Also I would have liked more info and episodes about the masters.  I feel like they had stories that were not explored enough.  Every once in a while a fight that was supposed to be epic kind of sucked.  He became a one punch hero every now and then and with a single punch ended the match.  Kind of lame, but for the most part the fights were good.  Lastly, a little more closure on Kenichi's relationship with Miu, but there is an OAV so hopefully that gets resolved in a more sturdy fashion.

edit: after watching the OVA season I realized that they focused too much on the humor in the anime and not enough on the action and various/important characters.  It spent too much time with high school friends and other crap to develope the story as well as it could have.  This took away from the overall experience, and so I cannot say that this is a 10/10.

Story:  Basic, but extremely solid.  Easy to follow and enjoy.  Strong base for growth and sturdy progression.  Could do with a little less idealistic stuff, that draws from the core of a good fighter anime.

Animation:  9.5 so pretty good, every once in a while it was a little derpy, but for the most part it was good, and fight scenes were solid too.

Sound: loved the voice actors (for the most part), music had the right mood at the right time.  Op and end were the good.

Characters:  This anime had some of the most colorful and hilarious characters Ive ever seen.  Angel Beats is up there too, but wow, I was impressed.  I loved most of the characters here.  They made this anime super fun to watch

Overall:  I highly recommend watching this, They could have focused more on the story and less on the humor, but it still did a great job.

I've never seen a series in which the main character starts at level "0" and works his way up to the top. Most anime characters from series like Naruto, Bleach, Yu Yu Hakusho, Samurai Champloo could already fight. Kenichi is a wimpy shrimp, lol! He's always being bullied at school everyday, until he comes across a secret dojo. He learns different techniques from different masters and ends up becoming a destructive fighting force. This series has so many elements that makes it great. 1)The comedy is on point each and every time. I must say it's a lot funnier than most series I've seen. Kenichi has a high strung personality. If you think Naruto is hyperactive then Kenichi is going to be out of this world, lol. Even the masters pick and tease Kenichi as well. 2)The story develops very well throughout the series. He meets new rivals and also gains friends along the way (that have his back). 3)The action is on point as well. Of course his masters are on a different fighting level altogether. Anyway, I've seen all 50 episodes! This is must see for all anime lovers. It has something for everyone in it! (P.S. Check out my list for the best of Anime-Action)

The voice acting is amazing for the anime. I like this anime and so did my little brother. Kenichi is a shounen anime about martial arts with comedy mixed it for flavor. If you like dbz, yu yu hakusho you should definitly watched this! 

Honestly, were should I start? My brother first introduced me to this Manga and I intantly became engrossed with it. I love the Manga but the Anime itself is a little disappointing because it lack its sense of humour but otherwise the comedy rates average.

The plot of the story is hilarious and very exciting when the battles starts with Kenichi and his opponents. I recommend the Manga rather than the Anime because its lacks in humour and the action scenes. My thoughts on the dubbing is poor 'only for the English though' (sorry guys ^-^') and for the Japanese dub its really good because it really portrays their personality. Mui and Kenichi's pairing is really kawaii [I don't know about you guys ;)].

So please read the Manga instead of the Anime guys because its the orginal thing (duh) and I hope I helped you to choose this recommendation. Sorry if this review is a little amateur because this is my first time so don't judge! >_< :) x