Senryu Girl

Alt title: Senryuu Shoujo

TV (12 eps x 12 min)
3.771 out of 5 from 3,074 votes
Rank #2,467

At first glance Yukishiro Nanako seems like a normal high school girl, but she has a notable eccentricity: instead of speaking, she communicates only through written senryu poetry! This means she expresses herself only in 5-7-5 syllables. To most this might seem like an inconvenience, but for Nanako and her ex-delinquent bestie, Busujima Eiji, it adds to the experience of their high school lives as they run the Literature Club.

Source: Sentai Filmworks

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The 5-7-5 Girl

Episode 1

The 5-7-5 Girl

Nanako's Diet

Episode 2

Nanako's Diet

Let's Go to the Amusement Park

Episode 3

Let's Go to the Amusement Park

The Canvas Girl

Episode 4

The Canvas Girl

The Fortune Teller Girl

Episode 5

The Fortune Teller Girl

Nanako's Rebellious Phase

Episode 6

Nanako's Rebellious Phase

Nanako and the Seven Wonders of the Rain

Episode 7

Nanako and the Seven Wonders of the Rain

If Nanako Wore a Swimsuit

Episode 8

If Nanako Wore a Swimsuit

Eiji and Nanako's Dad

Episode 9

Eiji and Nanako's Dad

Nanako, Fireflies, and a Test of Courage

Episode 10

Nanako, Fireflies, and a Test of Courage

Watching the Fireworks with You

Episode 11

Watching the Fireworks with You

Nanako and Eiji

Episode 12

Nanako and Eiji

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krofire
7

There is some degree of novelty to Studio Connect’s 2019 afterschool club romcom – principal character Nanako Yukishiro seems unable to speak so can only communicate by writing a form of Japanese short poetry called “senryu”. (The format is three lines consisting of roughly 17 syllables very similar to haiku yet intended to be more humorous.)  Yet a story featuring a very shy girl who can’t communicate properly seems common currency in anime these days. The actual novelty is not Nanako’s character at all, it is in the boy she loves Eiji Busujima. He has reputation as a delinquent but turns up one day at a senryu workshop having decided to turn over a new leaf. His clumsy attempts at writing senryu and his obvious soft heart endears him to the girl. The fact that Eiji so very quickly “gets” Nanako is why she loves him. Their obvious chemistry appeals to a girl who has so struggled to communicate with her peers. Together they join their school’s Literature Club and fall under the tutelage of Club President Amane Katagiri. Her attempts to develop their poetry writing skills and promote their budding romance is a major driving force in the story. The romantic elements are somewhat generic but still fun. Nanako can barely disguise her feelings for Eiji yet the boy seems too stupid to comprehend the next step despite the fact that he clearly likes her as well. The show is helped along by its colourful side characters including Kino Yakobe (a girl who can only communicate by drawing pictures), Koto Ohtsuki (an older girl who acts as Eiji’s older sister and endlessly teases him), and Tao Hanakai (high school fortune teller). The show is pretty slim with only twelve 12-minute episodes yet it is quite a lot of fun. Of course, the audience is left wondering exactly how Nanako can really communicate through written poetry. The anime portrays it as if she is speaking – neatly skipping past the fact that she has to physically write it down first for others to read it. In reality this would make actual communications quite stilted and difficult for the audience. There is no compromising with this difficulty yet we are all cognitive of the fact that this would be pretty hard in reality. How would her peers really behave under these circumstances? This anime, adapted from the manga series written and illustrated by Masakuni Igarashi, is a quick and easy watch. We enjoyed its romcom elements although the poetry seems to be lacking. There seems to be no art in it. It merely acts as form of constraint upon one of the characters who then seems unconstrained by it. If we didn’t know the story setup we would assume this was just normal conversation. In essence, this story element (which is pretty core to the tale) seems to barely feature as a plot fixture. This renders the show as just a funny romcom about an uncouth delinquent and the shy girl who loves him. As such it actually works really well, if unintentionally so. It may not have been what its creator intended but it is still enjoyable. A recommended short romantic comedy.

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