Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Roaming the halls of the all-boys Sanada North High School are three close comrades: the eccentric ringleader with a hyperactive imagination Hidenori, the passionate Yoshitake, and the rational and prudent Tadakuni. Their lives are filled with giant robots, true love, and intense drama... in their colorful imaginations, at least. In reality, they are just an everyday trio of ordinary guys trying to pass the time, but who said everyday life couldn't be interesting? Whether it's an intricate RPG reenactment or an unexpected romantic encounter on the riverbank at sunset, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou is rife with bizarre yet hilariously relatable situations that are anything but mundane.

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Tabata, Hidenori Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Tanaka, Yoshitake Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Tadakuni Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Yassan Supporting

Hikasa, Youko Japanese

Ringo Supporting

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Karasawa, Toshiyuki Supporting

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Motoharu Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

President Supporting

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Vice President Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Tadakuni's Little Sister Supporting

Takagaki, Ayahi Japanese

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Takamatsu, Shinji Director, Sound Director, Script, Storyboard

Yoshimura, Ai Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

Kawamura, Tomoyuki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Mar 27, 2012

kurosaki_kabuto

Recommended

"Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness." F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Oh youth and the epic journey called growing up. Most people tend to, in a way or another, be deeply defined by their teenage years. High school is a fond memory to some and a painful one to others, but I think everyone can agree that it is a unique and special period of our lives, one that has no equal. Most people quickly relate the words High School with friendship, as the friends you make in that period of time seem to leave a permanent mark in your memories and so ... does the time you spend with them, most of which is filled talking about something random or even stupid, laughing at simple and normal things, sharing mutual interests and hobbies, talking about the opposite gender in a playful or perverted way and worrying about the weirdest things. Yes, those years you spend in High School are special in a simple and silly way and it is that way that Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (DKN) tries and successfully manages to recreate in a hilarious manner.

[Story] - 8 - Daily Lives of High School Boys. That's basically it. It is a standard slice of life type of story, but one that works amazingly well. The episodes are divided into segments and focus on a big number of characters, each of them with his own peculiarities, as he endures daily tasks. To portray something so simple in an amusing way is not easy at all and I think most animes that actually try this end up filled up with dull boring moments that just kill the mood. DKN avoids that in almost every single scene which is quite amazing and even in its worse episode you'll still laugh out loud quite some times. Most segments are short which gives the comedic tone light, random and fast paced giving it a tremendous enjoyability. To sum things up, it isn't an amazing and complex storyline since it is a slice of life, but the setting and the execution of the comedy match and fit each other so well that you just can't care about how simple the story is.

[Art] - 8 - Not much to point out here. The art was acceptably good. It didn't need to be better anyway. The character design was adequate with a pretty good worn on some characters' expressions.
The animation was good enough for it. It didn't particularly shine, but I never felt like it needed to be better, so I guess they did a good job with it.

[Sound] - 9 - Alright, so I had to give the 9 here for two specific reasons. First of all the soundtrack was very fitting and comedic. The Literature Girl Song cracked me up every single time, it was absolutely perfect for those moments and just hearing the song alone will make you laugh so that's a great job there. Then the second reason lies in the voice actors. Since I'm not an experiences anime reviewer I wasn't sure about where I should talk about this, so I'm just including it within the sound for obvious reasons. Yeah I have to admit I'm a Gintama Fan, so having Sugita (probably my favorite voice actor) and Suzumura playing two of the main characters made the anime that much better. Sugita's voice fit Hidenori too well and his natural ability of making everything he says funny was perfect here. Other than them I also have to positively mention other very fitting voices like Motoharu's (Daisuke Namikawa), Ringo's (Aoi Yuuki) and Yanagi's (Yuu Kobayashi). Indeed a great selection of voice actors.

[Characters] - 9 - Probably one of its strongest points, since most times the punchlines rely completely on the characters as the humor is very character-driven on most scenes. Something very good about this series is the fact that the main character doesn't monopolize every scene, in fact it's just the opposite - he doesn't even show up in two or three episodes at all. The secondary characters are hilarious, each of them playing right into a character stereotype but adding a sort of twist to it. Motoharu, the delinquent who's supposedly badass and mature, but still get's manipulated by older girls and is strangely deep and introspective, also having an above the average sensitivity and fragile spirit. Literature Girl, the mysterious silent girl who stands by the riverside staring into the horizon lost in thought, but she's actually just a naive wannabe novel author looking for an ideal encounter with a guy by the riverside. Among many others.

[Enjoyment] - 9.5 - Maybe I'm exaggerating here but I feel that the 10 is appropriate. Most episodes went by extremely fast and I laughed like a mad man at most scenes from beginning to end. If a comedy that achieves that doesn't deserve the 10 in enjoyment then few animes do. I really enjoyed this very much and agree with people that relate its sense of humor to Gintama and Nichijou - which I also liked quite a lot. It really surprised me, since I didn't watch any trailers. I just saw a new anime called Daily Lives of High School Boys and thought "well I have 20 minutes free so why not? It'll probably be filled with female-targetted fanservice though...". Then the first episode blew me away. It's actually very easy to tell if you'll like this series or not - just watch the first episode. If you dislike the first episode you don't need to see more as you most likely won't like it at all.

[Overall] - 9 - Overall a solid comedy anime that any comedy fan should check out. Get some friends together one afternoon and watch a couple of episodes, it'll probably feel even better!

I hope you decide to give it a shot and thank you for reading!

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Feb 27, 2013

Snakeskins

Mixed Feelings

M'kay, this kinda bored the crap outta me, now I know that there are those of you out there who totally love this type of genre but I wasnt feeling this at all.
Imagine some camera crew following you around all day filming everything you do, now maybe that would be awesome; but if your life isnt any more exciting than mine, it would be a pretty shitty show. So this is supposed to be daily lives, but as a highschool boy (or near enough) I know that my experience was waaay different from this and I wasnt able to relate to anything going on.
The ... story, thinner than anorexia; the characthers, pretty boring; the overall enjoyment, I didnt really feel any.
Well, right now Im being a big downer, so lets get to something positive. The ending was actually really good (perhaps because I was just so happy to be done with this) it was surprisingly touching, the only problem is that you have to sit through six hours of boredom before you get there.
As an ending note: I might have been a dick and offended some people in this review, if I did, it was not my intent.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 18, 2016

Hibbington

Not Recommended

We are all aware about how first impressions are a very important factor if you’re going to enjoy a show.
My first impression of Danshi was it was a more annoying version of Kimi to Boku.
The comedy style seems to be the same as Drifters comedy at times. That immediately turned me off from that show.

What also doesn’t help is this is indeed another episodic show that I continue to have issues with.
I was basically checked out by episode 8. I knew what was going on. I knew nothing was going to get better. I didn’t care for the rest of the ... show.
There was a scene in episode 2 where Tibata told to ignore Tanaka. I was wondering if I should just ignore this entire show.

That is another issue with this show that Tanaka and Tibata are one of the most annoying duo I’ve seen in a long time.
There were some other male side characters that were watchable. But it is hard to get attached to any when you despise the main characters.
There were scenes that could have been funny but I didn’t laugh because I was so checked out by then to care.
I could also see they were trying to be snarky with references and taking jab at tropes. That doesn’t tickle my fancy either.
I also am not interesting in seeing sisters continue to beat up on the brothers again and again and again. Not my thing.

I really couldn’t understand the main concept of the show at the end either.
At least with Non Non Biyori you understand the main concept of it is okay to live in the sticks.
Did they want to get girlfriends? Is it a boy vs. girl competition? Or is it just pure nothingness?
I felt like it was voided of any main focus I could take away from the show.

If there was something I did appreciate about the show was the role reversal the show did after the completion of the ending song.
It allowed me to see if it was because it was a group of boys that made it harder for me to care.
What I found out is that when it is boys my impression is, well I wouldn’t want to be friends with these guys.
But when it is girls my impression is I wouldn’t want to date these gals. Which ended up being worse.

I do believe there is a fine line between funny and obnoxious faces and Danshi would fall under obnoxious.
I’ll have to hit the art rating hard because that was mainly the only artistically thing I can talk about.
Story? Was there even a story? There was a few recurring segments but no progression in them. It was pretty terrible.
Then characters are terrible. My enjoyment was terrible.
The show had a good opening song but a below average ending song.
This show failed to bring any sort of happiness to me unfortunately.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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