This is one of my favourite short Animes ( 12 Episodes ) And yeah , this Review is a Copy-and-Paste from one of my reviews on another site :P ( Though I did add something here and there )
Story Introduction :
The story is centered around a Student Council of Hekiyou Academy. Inside the Student Council , 4 of the members were chosen by popularity and a single member is chosen by his or her grades. Sugisaki Ken , the sole male member of the Council , is the blue chip member of the Council. Day by day , the Council had extremely ordinary days and lives...
Student Council Character Intro : ( Main Character Introduction ) ( Family Name is placed in the front )
Sugisaki Ken - The sole male member of the Student Council and he got into the Council by his grades. Apparently , on the very first day of his days in the Council , he proclaimed his love for the girls in the Council and intends to build a "Harem" where everyone can live on happily. Despite his...delusions , Ken have a humorous and laid-back personality , but behind the backs of the Council Members , he is really taking all the load of the work of the Student Council onto himself.
Personality :
He may be laid-back and tends to tease the girls all day long , he is actually really determined to bring them happiness and he secretly does all the difficult work of the Student Council by himself when everyone had gone home. In short , his not your typical playboy.
Note :
- Ken likes to play H-Visual Novels... ( 'Kay , don't think badly of him...there's a specific reason how this came to be. )
- Despite his cheerful appearance , he have a fairly depressing past.
Sakurano Kurimu - The President of the Student Council. Kurimu is small in stature ( Thus , she was often made fun of by Ken ) and she is actually quite a child despite her protests. Kurimu also likes to act mature , even though she fails horribly most of the time. Kurimu , though she may be weak-willed at times , tends to look forward to what's ahead.
Personality :
Loli. One word describes it all. She's practically a child one way or the other , but she can be fairly mature in other fields.
Note :
- Her nickname is "Aka-Chan". ( Which means baby , or similar terms )
- She is a sweet tooth.
- Her grades are...pretty poor to be honest.
Akaba Chizuru - The Secretary of the Student Council. Chizuru can be considered one of the most mature Council members but she also tends to get pretty sinister at times. In fact , the students , even the Council Members themselves , shiver in fear at times when they are in her presence. Chizuru , however , also have a cute-side of her , she also likes to tease Kurimu such as pinching her cheeks etc. etc.
Personality :
She's relatively charismatic and cool but she can also be gentle and kind. Of course...she can get pretty sinister at times as well.
Note :
- Despite her cool ( and sinister ) personality , she have a gentle side to her as well
Shiina Minatsu - The Vice President of the Student Council. She is a bit of the tomboyish type who enjoys reading Manga and playing sports but she is also good in her studies. She can also get fairly passionate about Mangas and Animes as well. She also tends to have a more optimistic view on things.
Personality :
She is fairly hot blooded and passionate about things and tends to get pretty aggressive , probably what you call a Tsundere?
Note :
- She likes action-related type of Manga.
Shiina Mafuyu - The Treasurer of the Student Council . Unlike her older sister , Shiina Minatsu , Mafuyu is much less of an athelic and she's more or less an Otaku. She spends her days playing video games but surprisingly enough , she have pretty good grades as well. She also have a strong phobia of males other than Ken.
Personality :
She's probably what you call the shy and slightly withdrawn types , but she will speak up when she really wants to.
Note :
- Gah...She's interested in Yaoi Mangas and Doujinshis , despite the fear she have of men.
Overall :
For like...3/4 of the Anime , there isn't actually any sense of a storyline , it's just about the ordinary school lives of 5 Student Council Members. But this is exactly the strong point of this Anime , nothing's exaggerated. The characters live a perfectly normal life , day by day , joking around , planning activities for the school and overcoming some of their difficulties in life.
For the remaining 1/4 of the Anime , we get to understand the past of the characters , Character Development if that's what you call it. We come to understand why Ken joined the Student Council and how he developed that personality of his. In fact , it's kinda ironic. The backgrounds of some of the characters were explained as well and it makes the plot some what heart warming around the end , again , I have to point out that nothing's exaggerated in this Anime ( As in the plot ) and yet , they can manage to catch the attention of the viewer.
Basically , it's about ordinary lives , ordinary people , an ordinary plot and a heartwarming tale about Ken's reason and determination to keep the girls in the Student Council happy , which was resulted from the tiny actions a certain some one ( Alright , it's not one..but , for spoiler reasons , just watch the Anime ) did sometime ago , that gave Ken a chance to turn over a new leaf in his life.
Overall :
I dare say this is one of the best short Animes I seen so far. It's simple , ordinary , but surprisingly heart warming.
Sure , for the majority of the Episodes , it's mainly a Joke Anime , but around the ending , we get to know more about the characters.
One way or the other , this is still mainly a Parody Anime , I recommend watching plenty of well-known Animes before watching this otherwise , more than 1/2 of the jokes in this Anime would have gone to waste.
Oh yeah , note that when I said ordinary , I do not mean it as a typical Anime of some sort , it's REALLY ordinary , there's no fantasy involved what-so-ever. ( Though the jokes are exaggerated )
The Humor content , was great ...
At first.
The jokes start to wear off after a while but fortunately , it's near the ending where we get more engrossed on the plot rather than the jokes.
Overall : (Others)
Humor : This is mainly a parody Anime. You would see oddly familiar scenes , objects or similar terms used in this Anime , extremely frequently as well. This Anime gave me a few good laughs though , to be honest , it starts to wear off a bit after a while. Like I said , by then , you would get more engrossed on the plot rather than the jokes.
Fan-Service : To be honest...there are actually some of them here and there but their for comical purposes.
Romance (?) : Err...well , like I said in the Story Section , Ken intends to build a Harem in the Student Council. But of course , the girls said... "Hell no!! " ( Okay , they didn't actually say it but their not keen on it ) , HOWEVER , the girls did get...fairly jealous in one of the Episodes... One way or the other , the Romance involved here isn't actually very strong but after you had seen the Ending ...well , you just have to admire Ken's determination :P
Age Recommendation : 13 +
Genres :
Shounen
Bishoujo (I finally managed to memorise the meaning of these terms :P )
Comedy / Parody
Trivia :
- Seitokai no Ichizon originates from a series of Light Novels.
- There is a Manga Adaptation of it.
- There is a total of 12 Episodes for the Anime.
After reading the huge chunk of text , I think I should provide a picture of the main characters :p ( Sorry , I'm a bit on a rush so I can't find a picture of Ken along with the rest of the girls )
In terms of distance ( From closest ) Kurimu , Chizuru , Minatsu ( brown hair ) , Mafuyu ( Blonde )
Strong points of this Anime :
- Unbearably Kawaii girls
- Hilarious sequences
- Simplicity of storyline and setting
- Unexpectedly simple but decent ending
Weaker points of this Anime :
- Jokes get dull after some time
- Lack of serious character development for some characters
- Might be too plain for some audiences
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