Tadakuni, Hidenori, and Yoshitake are students at the all-boys academy, Sanada North High School. This
is a tale about just that—their daily lives as students. Winning the basketball tournament? Finding
true love? You won't find any of that here. Whether it's sparking random arguments while hanging out
with friends, meeting that one weird co-worker at a part-time job, or even letting imaginations run
wild on a windy afternoon, we've all experienced the show's ordinary but true-to-life themes at one
point or another.
(Source: NIS America)
~~~img220(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a3/25/f7/a325f773ae4639fcf79698f133d80783.jpg)~~~ Bonjour à tous, on se retrouve aujourd'hui pour faire le point sur cette anime : Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou. Alors pour commencer, c'est un anime à mourir de rire, c'est-à-dire que la comédie est poussée jusqu'au bout. Très clairement, j'avais un peu peur vu que l'anime date un peu (2012) mais, franchement, j'ai été très surpris par la qualité des blagues et des situations, qui sont très drôles peu importe quand est ce qu'on regarde l'anime. De plus, je m'attendais à quelques vannes graveleuses, mais finalement, il y en a un peu, mais au point que ça ne tourne que sur ce point. Ce que j'ai vraiment adoré, c'est le fait que des situations que l'on a déjà rencontré dans notre vie se déroule et l'on voit comment la vrai vie quotidienne d'un lycéen peu être tournée en ridicule d'une façon simple mais qui reste toujours drôle, et également sans se moquer d'un personne ou d'une autre. Il y a aussi le format de cette anime qui permet de faire rire, car les épisodes font 20~25min, mais sont en fait, des composé de 4~5 sketchs qui sont très rythmés, pour moi cela a favorisé mon visionnage, car on ne voit pas le temps passer. Cependant, du fait que les épisodes soit des sketchs, des fois on retrouve la même situation plusieurs fois. J'avais pensé que ça allait être ennuyeux de revoir la même chose, mais avec des blagues différentes, mais pas du tout. Le changement de situation fait tout. ~! Surtout avec la fille qui aime la lecture et Hidenori qui à des répliques plus claqués les unes que les autres et qui ont l'air cool quand il les dit.!~ J'avais aussi quelques appréhensions comme le faite que le titre de l'anime comporte "Danshi", je me suis dit que ça allait être allé un anime exclusivement centrée sur les garçons et que l'on n'allais jamais voir une fille dans un autre sens que pour dire que les garçons sont pervers, mais **heureusement**, je me suis trompé. On peut trouver dans l'anime, pas mal de fille (même si la plupart n'ont pas d'yeux) qui apporte un gros coup de peps dans cette comédie déjà bien déjanté. La première, et plus, présente d'elle, est la sœur de Tadakuni qui est surtout utilisé pour remettre les trois lycéens (Tadakuni,Hidenori,Yoshitake) à leur place et vraiment faire une chute et provoqué le rire. ~! Mais il y a également, la scène du verglas qui n'utilise pas la sœur comme un moyen de se moquer des lycéens. !~ De même, vu que le lycée est un lycée exclusivement de garçon, je pensais que les vannes seraient un peu répétitives, mais non ! Il y a toujours du rythme avec soit le groupe de 3 ou soit avec le BDE et Ringo qui est marrante. Il y a aussi, à la fin de quelques épisodes, le même genre de scènes drôle, mais cette fois-ci avec des lycéennes ce qui nous donne un autre point de vu même si les situations sont toujours aussi drôles même si des fois exagéré au possible, mais c'est ça qui est drôle. Il y a aussi le fait que l'anime utilise les code d'un shonen, mais qu'il les tourne en dérision, cela devient marrant, car on a déjà vu des scènes un bon nombre de fois, mais là avec la comédie en plus c'est vraiment drôle. Bon, bon l'instant, je n'en dis que du bien, mais ce n'est pas extraordinaire non plus. Premièrement, je trouve que l'opening ne colle pas du tout à ce type et genre d'anime alors que l'ending est mieux pour un anime de ce style. Après, il y a le fait que pour les personnages secondaires, les yeux ne soient pas dessinés. Je pense que ça bloque un peu. J'ai aussi trouvé que la disparition de Tadakuni dans les derniers épisodes est un peu bizarre, car au départ, on s'identifie à lui comme étant le personnage principal mais bon, il est un peu remplacé par Hidenori au fur des épisodes. Des fois, ça m'a fait un peu penser à [aho girl](https://anilist.co/anime/98251/AhoGirl/). ~~~img220(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81sCAjyVwLL.jpg)~~~ Sinon ce que j'ai adoré, c'est que la fin soit la même chose que le début de l'anime, Finir sur une épanadiplose m'a tué. ~~~img220(https://www.nautiljon.com/images/galerie/13/99/danshi_koukousei_no_nichijou_1070899.jpg)~~~
This is a slice of life comedy anime about a bunch of high school students doing dumb, random and questionable things. I am not skilled enough to write a review without spoilers, but i will try to minimise it. Well, even if i spoiled anything it probably wouldn't make sense The plot is very simple and easily comprehensible, there is no plot. Its just the daily lives of high school boys and sometimes girls. If the viewer reading this is a male in high school they'd probably feel nostalgic when watching this anime. And after a good episode of laughter or sometimes tears, the good old nostalgic ending song plays and a bucket load of nostalgia just flows in, there is no song that can be sang so badly but sound so good, none other than the ending song of this anime Your friends going to the park to see if someone really sent you a love letter, destroying your friend's expensive figure because you bought him the same one for his birthday, going to school on a holiday because the teacher told you the wrong date, looking under a girl's skirt to experience whats it like seeing a girl's panties and wearing your little sister's underwear to feel what it feels like, memories, sometimes questionable, but undoubtedly precious and unique. This anime is the manifestation of such memories. Getting pissed at your friend for the smallest things, acting as the bad guys to help your friend from being embarrassed, making a girl feel bad because she made your friends feel bad, getting revenge on a girl because she messed with a guy, friendship. Many deprecate themselves by saying they have no such relationship with anyone, maybe some are telling the truth but it is as clear as the blue sky that humans by nature would want someone at least to have a conversation with, because humans are sociable, online or physical we seek some form of socialisation. This anime can feel up that gap too, although it may be fake, we'd at least enjoy it Overall, yes the animation isn't something out of studio WIT. Yes the soundtrack isn't top 10 and yes the voice actors aren't as good as kazuma having a conversation with aqua but this anime feels... familiar... comfortable because this is not the daily lives of immortal highschool boys, not the daily lives of highschool boys in another world nor the daily lives of highschool boys dxd. Its just the daily lives of highschool boys. Its the sense of equality or relatability with a show that makes a viewer relax and laugh to their heart's content, and theres no doubt this show can do that. If you're not a guy you'd probably won't relate as well to the reasoning behind the male character's actions, choices of vocabulary or reasoning of emotions, but i'd say give it a try. Plus theres a small segment at each episode on high school girls
When it comes to comedy, what carries the show are characters and humor. Those two components are correlated because the shticks/quirks of the cast interact with every given scenario and build internal jokes, funny misunderstandings, and colorful relationships. The Daily Life of High School Boys is comedy gold but fails in two fundamental aspects that I will refer to later. Without further ado, let's get started with the good and bad of the anime. As the title suggests, this is an episodic story about high school boys being high school boys. It was love at first sight! First, the choice of the voice cast was amazing. Tomokazu Sugita and Kenichi Suzumura, who also played Gintoki and Sougo from Gintama, are guaranteed success comedy-wise. Besides, it's not a secret that their characters single-handedly stole the show. Second, the breaking of the fourth wall was done splendidly, a difficult task to pull off and maintain humor simultaneously. Third, it was reminiscent of my own school years, and I believe many males will be nostalgic after watching this. Last but not least, the direction took the extra mile and boosted the comedic value. I won't elaborate on the last part because I want to keep the review short and not spoil the fun. Apart from the main cast, characters like Mitsuo, Ringo-chan, and the girls in the ending scenes were great additions. Unfortunately, my initial enthusiasm almost crashed and burnt. I was certain that it will be my next 9 or 10 since I adore comedies, and it's difficult to find quality ones. The first major downside was the faceless female cast. For some reason, many creators consider abusive girls funny. It can be funny depending on the circumstances, but rarely. They were straight-up bullies, beating and harassing the boys in EVERY episode. Due to its frequency and magnitude, it soon became old and extremely uncomfortable. Another downside is one of the MAIN protagonist's total neglect. Yes, I'm speaking of Tadakuni (who?). He happened to be my favorite character in the first episodes and then blended into the background. They tried, masterfully, to pass it off like a joke but, unluckily, I liked him. What hurts me the most is that they focused on some uninteresting characters instead, like the faceless girls and some student council members. Someone may call me irrational but, in my defense, it's normal to set some expectations since he was featured on every cover, poster, etc, and he was the first protagonist to be introduced. All in all, it's a show that I will recommend to comedy fans despite my disappointments. In my opinion, it has some of the best comedic moments out there. It just happened to have some elements that didn't click with me. Note: A huge shout-out to Yassan and Hidenori's poetry, they cracked me up every time. If I had to pick my favorite scene, it'd be every single one that includes them.
~~~img220(https://i.imgur.com/WxYnUmj.png) Here it is, my all time favorite anime (next to Gintama). Take a good long look at it, because this is what peak performance looks like. I don’t just admire it for spearheading my love for the medium as a whole back when I first stumbled upon clips of it on youtube not long after it aired, but because this show (and its manga) are utterly timeless. I cannot fathom being as engrossed as I am, into anime without this show managing to throw me into hysterics upon my initial, and every subsequent, viewing. Despite having quite the history with this anime, what about it makes it crack my number one spot of all anime? Comedy is subjective, and I’m not here to tell you to laugh at something you don’t find funny. As with any show, I think it’s important that you watch the show, so you can experience it yourself and form your own opinion. And that these write ups are merely my personal reflections that may or may not influence your desire to subjugate yourself to a certain series. But this rings true for comedic anime in particular more than any other genre. Personally, it just so happens that this type of humor and the situations the characters find themselves in tick all my boxes. And it’s not just the humor the show nails, it’s everything else it does. It may be a weird place to start, but something that stuck out to me during a rewatch was the music/audio. It goes without saying that the OP and ED are killer, and they also rank as my favorite OP/ED combination of all time. But intros and outros aside, the background music is surprisingly well varied. If it’s a high paced silly gag, then the music encapsulates the vibe of the joke. In the case of the classic scene of the boys trying on Tadakuni’s sister’s panties, the music is upbeat, funky, and surprisingly catchy. If the joke is taking place by the riverbank or is a bit more subdued, then you can expect a smooth track. Not only are the songs used in the background of gags perfectly executed, but so are the tracks used for the transitions. I was just so surprised that the sound was as good as it was, since it could’ve just used stock background music and the punchlines still would’ve landed. But this comedy anime presents a surprisingly good soundtrack. Speaking of surprisingly good things about this show, the visuals. The animation itself is more than serviceable, there’s no choppy bits of animation or is there any case of animation being reused. Though there are moments, namely scenes involving action, that go beyond the usual quality of animation. For example, if a girl punches a boy then the show does a remarkable job communicating the weight of the girl’s punch to the viewer. But more impressive than the animation was the show’s visual style and character design. The characters themselves all look distinct from one another and it helps that their designs are rather cute. Not in the typical “moe” brand of cuteness, but rather if it weren’t for the school’s attire, it might be hard to distinguish a male from a female character on the face alone. All the characters, even if they’re eyeless, all appear impish as well. In short, the characters all look cute and I surprisingly prefer how they look in the anime over the manga which isn’t commonplace in my thoughts. img220(https://i.imgur.com/FyythY1.gif) Next up on the visuals are the backgrounds. The locations the scenes take place in are tried and true. The two main settings being the typical Japanese highschool and a nice and small, yet beautiful scenic town. This anime excels in making the backgrounds and setting pleasant to look at. The nice and calm weather creates a funny juxtaposition with the hijinks the characters usually find themselves in. It takes a setting that we see all the time in anime, and uses it to its comedic advantage. Usually to turn a cliche on its head, possibly most infamously in the gags with Yassan (aka the literary girl). Yassan is one of the biggest joys this anime brings to the table. Due in part to the amazing voice talent behind her, this also rings true for the rest of the cast. I think the voice acting is crucial in making a joke land. Because some jokes might not be able to reach their full potential with people outside Japan due to being lost in translation or because of cultural references we outside Japan aren’t familiar with. But I’m a strong believer in that the delivery of a line has the ability to break this barrier, and this goes beyond jokes. And I’m proud to say that every seiyuu for this show is having a blast and in turn, so am I. The voice acting in this show is so fun to listen to. You can hear just how much fun they were having while recording. Even characters with hardly any lines like Yassan emote so much, not only visually, but through the grunts and sounds she produces. With the voice actors having this much fun, it’s inevitable that there’d be not only improvisation by the seiyuu’s, but also anime original content as well. I’m not here to state my opinions on whether the manga or anime is the better way to experience this, but all the anime original content and additions make this experience much more complete and hilarious. Not only do these bits enhance the comedy (like the intro in episode one for example), but also help the flow of the show’s narrative. Not that it needed to have a concrete narrative structure being the type of show that it is. But it’s not a cut and dry episodic gag show in the vein of Azumanga or Lucky star. Each episode follows a sequence of events for the most part. But how are those events? Are they actually funny? Well if you’re still reading this then it’s abundantly clear that I find this anime to be the funniest one of all time. But in case you were looking for a slightly more nuanced answer than here it is. Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijou has a unique brand of comedy that teeters the line between not taking itself seriously in the slightest, but also having situations that are painfully relatable. Making the reactions the characters have in these situations feel all too familiar. The same probably goes for anyone who had a trusty group of dumb friends growing up where the only goal was to make each other laugh and make the most out of your time together. And though this is a spoiler free review, I will say that it’s with those memories in mind, the ending almost had me in tears because it felt like I was moving on from my childhood friends all over again. Though I’m glad that it was nothing more than a gag. But it just goes to show you that something as silly and innocent as this show can still manage to pull the ‘feels’ rug from right under you when you least expect it. Well there it is, my all time favorite anime (next to Gintama). I implore you to take a good long look at it, because this is what peak comedy looks like. My admiration towards it comes not only from my history with it, but because I can pull up any clip or chapter from the series and it can manage to brighten my day no matter how many times I’ve seen it. But what about it makes it my favorite anime? Simply put, it's funny and timeless. And it’s made with a burning love that can be felt throughout watching it. Hopefully I’ve convinced you to invest some time into watching this anime, or even read the manga for that matter as there’s nothing quite like it. img220(https://i.imgur.com/QoajJ73.jpg)~~~