Haruki Bandou was born into a family of Judo marital artists and expected to continue the family
legacy. But he’s about to trade Judo for... cheerleading?! When his childhood friend Kazuma Hashimoto
invites him to join the BREAKERS, a male cheerleading club, Haru finds himself amongst a quirky group
of boys. Can this squad of slightly odd and cute members make a breakthrough in college
athletics?
(Source: Funimation)
# ~~~If what you are looking for is an anime with an interesting cast and you don't mind a somewhat predictable development for its genre, this is for you.~~~ # ~~~–~~~ __1. Originality: 8__ _Personally, I consider that any sports anime that moves away from the overexploited baseball, basketball and soccer already acquires a higher level of originality._ However, the idea that the show tries to capture (to recognize cheerleading as a current sport) is something that I consider quite new. That, and the fact that cheerleading is not really a sport for men normally. That's why, although the story is inspired by a team of cheerleaders of real life, I can't help feeling that Cheer Danshi!! is a sports anime with one of the most original plots that I have seen in this genre in a while. However, of course some things in its development look somewhat generic, so I can't allow a 10. __2. Story Development: 8__ _Although it seems impossible to develop a good sports anime in 12 episodes, Cheer Danshi!! is the exception._ Fortunately, this is an anime that could be said to have almost no filler. Each episode, although it may seem a filler episode at the beginning, ends up showing how important it is in the main plot and in the development of its characters. In addition, I have to rescue how all sixteen members of Breakers receive development or, at least, a background story that allows us to empathize with them and keeps them away from being simple extras. __3. Characters: 9__ _Its diverse cast, and the different points of view on why to be in the group, makes you get interested in the characters both inside and outside the training for the routines._ If there is something that managed to get my attention as the episodes progressed, it's how the new personalities that were adhered to the team affected it as a whole both positively and negatively. Although at the beginning our seven original members may seem a bit simple, we can recognize their peculiarities later when we meet the other nine members and their varied personalities. __4. Enjoyment: 10__ _Although it's a little obvious at this point, I think it's worth emphasizing again that I really enjoyed this show in its entirety._ If there is something to highlight about this show as the "most enjoyable thing" that it has, it has to be the characters and their development not only as a team but as people. Obviously, watching them strive to follow their new dream is exciting, but it's even more so to see them strive to improve in their personal lives. ~!Even more with that final episode, in which each of them define themselves while talking about that task that the coach had commissioned them at the beginning of the season. It really works like the end of a trip.!~ # ~~~–~~~ # ~~~I decided to watch Cheer Danshi!! thinking it would be bad, and that I could laugh at it. Obviously, I didn't expected to come across a catching story and interesting characters who you want to know more about after every episode.~~~
~~~_Disheartened with judo, college student Haruki “Haru” Bando was invited by his childhood friend
Kazuma Hashimoto to create “BREAKERS”, an unprecedented boys’ cheerleading team. Can their motley
group of amateurs pull it off?_~~~
Sometimes I pick up a show because I’m hoping for something mild to only pay half attention to, and
sometimes that backfires because it turns out the show is really good. That’s what happened here.
Loosely based on the real-life Waseda University all-male cheer team _Shockers_, (and how loosely I
don’t know, maybe just that _Cheer Boys!!_ is also about an all-male university team) this was a sweet
and colorful story about, in the timeless tradition of sports stories, a group of people coming
together to Do a Sport With Friendship.
