Finished Seitokai no Ichizon! (Review)

Sakurano Kurimu, otherwise, the "Pres"

Last Sunday , I decided to take a brief look at the first episode of "Seitokai no Ichizon", and the result was: Finishing the series in just 2 days (started late Sunday night, finished it Monday morning). I surprisingly enjoyed the anime a lot, despite its negative reviews.


K-on! anyone?

Storyline

The series started out a bit weak, but it got better and better after each episode, with more commedy and character development later on. It has various parodies (I founnd/got 80 of them), including Suzumiya, Dragonball Z, Higurashi, K-on!, etc. The storyline itself is weak, as it mainly focuses on the meetings of the "生徒会" (Seitokai), which translates to "Student Counsil", which basically means: It has no plot. However, it also focuses on the devolpment of the characters, and of course, the commedy, which makes up for the no-plot.


The 4 main female characters

Art

I personally liked the character designs (especially the "Pres" and Minatsu), although some characters look like they came from other animes (eg. Chizuru looks like Kotohana from School days). Each of the 4 female characters reflect on a season, and the color were decently chosen. The room wasn't drawn to perfection, but it was still well done, not affecting the visuals. The OP was clean and smooth, but it didn't explain/reflect much about/on the characters. The Ed was lazily made, with just Chibi characters runnning around some pictures, from their meeting room to some fanservice pictures. (But hey, its still better than watching Saber's outfit moving around!......F/SN)


Cover of its first sountrack album

Sound

The seiyuu's(They're "newbies" by the way) did a great job with the voice acting, especially Honda Mariko (Plays Sakurano Kurimu). The Op was a bit catchy, but its still just so-so. The ED however, was simply bad. Overall, the soundtrack is medicore.


Cast wearing cosplay!

Enjoyment

To be honest, this is an anime which I could re-watch many times and not get tired of. It has great jokes and characters. Of course, only Otakus will get some (or most) of the jokes. Plus, there are some flashbacks which tend to appear at the wrong time (eg. A very serious flashback appears in the middle of a funny conversation) which might baffle some viewers.However, the commedy (Its selling point) is sure to make the viewers forget about most of its negative parts.


Minatsu Shiina

Final Thought

Overall, I enjoyed Seitokai no Ichizon, mostly the commedy and the characters, which work together very well. I had a pleasent time watching this anime, and I hope you will too. Recommended, and a Must Watch for Otakus who like commedy animes.

Summary

+Great Cast/Characters (with character devolpment)
+Superb Character Designs
+Decent Animation
+Wonderful Voice Acting
+Lots of Commedy
+Re-watchable
-Somewhat medicore soundtrack
-Misplaced Flashbacks
-No Plot
-Not-so-great Opening and Ending
-Appropiate but somewhat boring BGMs




Yui-San's review score: 7.9/10







~Finito