This is a series of comedic shorts primarily about a group of boys attending an all boys high school. It’s very heavily comedy focused without anything else to it at all. There’s no plot at all, not even minor plot threads. There’s no character or relationship development, though there is a character who clearly has a crush that shows up from time to time. There’s no overarching themes or morals or anything like that. It’s purely just a series of gags.
The gags are pretty interesting too in that they’re basically just high school boys screwing around in an exaggerated fashion. High school comedy certainly isn’t rare when it comes to anime, but this was pretty unique. I wouldn’t exactly say it’s more realistic but it has more of a real world vibe to it. It feels less like a story but more so just a series of clips of a bunch of dumbasses when they’re being especially dumb as teenage boys can be. There are clear cultural differences between where I went to high school and Japan, but it seems there’s also quite a bit that’s similar because it still had the feel of when I was a teen and just goofing around as far as I remember it. So it’s kind of relatable.
The reason this tomfoolery manages to remain funny is due to the variety to the cast. There’s no one all that interesting or likable, but there are a lot of characters so in combination it just works. There are some interesting elements to how handles characters that stood out. For example, the ‘protagonist’ isn’t really the protagonist at all and eventually the anime breaks the fourth wall to make fun of how he doesn’t appear much at all. Also, there seems to be a rule that none of the main character’s sisters are allowed to have eyes. How it handles girls in general is also pretty interesting. Far from the moe that has become the standard, the way girls are generally portrayed here is in a way that is more in line with the perspective of boys that have no experience with them who find them impossible to understand and somewhat terrifying.
As is often the case with humor, your milage may vary. How funny I found it varied quite a lot, sometimes I found it hilarious, sometimes I found it somewhat funny, and sometimes it wasn’t funny at all. I think how much you like the first episode will be a pretty good gauge of how much you’ll like the series overall, as it doesn’t seem to change much. Things get a bit more interesting due to the increase of characters, but at the same time the jokes start getting somewhat repetitive so it balances out.
The art, animation, and designs, are incredibly dull but I suppose they fit what the anime is going for. The OP and ED are pretty solid in terms of the song and visuals and fit the anime well. The soundtrack also worked well enough but there’s nothing particularly worth mentioning about it beyond that. The specials are just more shorts not really different at all from the main series.
A comedy anime purely about high school boys messing around.
7/10
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