Charlotte

If not for his ability to take over people's mind and body, Yuu Otosaka would be an ordinary high school student. Though it only lasts for five seconds at a time, Yuu's mysterious power allowed him to cheat his way to the top of his class and enter a prestigious high school, where he continues his dishonest acts.

His shenanigans are eventually stopped by Nao Tomori—the headstrong student council president from Hoshinoumi Academy—who sees through his deceit. Through coercion, Nao convinces Yuu to transfer to Hoshinoumi and join the student council. Hoshinoumi Academy is secretly an institution created for adolescents who possess supernatural abilities—with the student council serving as a means of locating those who abuse their powers.

With Yuu begrudgingly assisting in council affairs, the group sets out to find and protect new ability users from harm. However, as they further investigate the abilities, their findings entangle them in far more complicated matters than they could ever imagine.

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Tomori, Nao Main

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Otosaka, Yuu Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Otosaka, Ayumi Main

Asakura, Momo Japanese

Takajou, Joujirou Main

Mizushima, Daichuu Japanese

Kurobane, Yusa Main

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Otosaka, Shunsuke Supporting

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Kurobane, Misa Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Shane, Sara Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Kumagami, Takehito Supporting

Takemoto, Eiji Japanese

Maedomari Supporting

Hanae, Natsuki Japanese

Horikawa, Kenji Producer

Toba, Yousuke Producer

Maruyama, Hiroo Producer

Tsuji, Mitsuhito Producer

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Mar 11, 2025

akabacc

Recommended

Charlotte is a classic, it made part of my life, watched it when i was a kid, watched it now, it brings back so many memories of me listening to zhiend beacuse damn it is good. The story is incredible, Ayumi part is amazing, Tomori part is incredible.
The anime has a very steep rise in quality and in the number of things happening. It starts with a guy taking advantage of his powers that can possess someone for 5 seconds. Soon, he is discovered by two people with powers, one can turn invisible, but only to one person, and the other can teleport, but not ... to a specific place, so he always ends up getting hurt. So he is taken to a school that protects these people from being exploited by scientists, they are looking for more people like this, and the story develops very quickly from there, and I prefer to leave it up to you to watch it yourself. The problem with the story developing so quickly is that you may have enjoyed one part of it, and end up not being able to have more of it because of the short number of episodes. For me, it was Tomori's feelings.

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Quick review:
Story: 8/10, Rushed in some parts, you may feel that some parts are only half made.
Art: 7/10, Modern, characters expressions are good. The art adds a good comic touch, but nothing especial.
Sound: 10/10, Zhiend.
Characters: 10/10, Everyone has its own personality, unique features, and problems.
Overall Rating: 8/10 A very close 9, but it lacks depth, sadly. Its one of the only anime that i really feel that i want more of it.
Its post-rock, not rock.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Feb 8, 2025

Darkfoxzvz_101

Mixed Feelings

I want to start this review with I can not simply turn my brain off when i watch a show. I understand if you can but i can't so that's gonna set the tone for this review. This isn't a bad show but yes i gave it a 5 because one half of the show is great and the other half makes you wanna pull you hair out with the amount of bullshit you have to accept. A good chunk of this show is accepting what is told to you. Unfortunately if you do any of that this show will just make no sense to ... you. A lot of the conflict seems pointless when you pay attention to the show. Episode 4 and 5 serves no purpose besides character bonding which i found to be a bore fest. You wanna know why you should stick around and watch the show it's because the main character is kind of a real ass guy. I mean a lot times within the initial episodes you might say "yeah i would have done that too". The show makes his character come off as narcissistic and witty but honestly he's just a normal dude who decides to cheat the system by using his powers and just unfortunately got caught. That being said what makes this show unbearable during certain parts is how they try to mold him to be a certain way. This show will break your neck with how it 180's the MC's personality and the plot. You get 1 scene where he's being a badass and in the next episode he's legit being a bitch when it doesn't even make sense. His morals will flip where he has no reason to flip them. The romance between the MC and obvious love interest is kind of shoehorned in. There's parts to the story where your supposed to feel bad but it's hard to do so when it just catches you off guard and not like a "OMG THAT JUST HAPPENED :(" more like a "wow that just happened". It feels like there is zero build up to the point where you can't even try to feel bad because it feels so forced. Things just happen and your supposed to accept them and unfortunately That is exactly why i can't stand this show. I like MC, I like the premise but it isn't being done right. It feels like a waste of potential and that sucks cuz this show looks good and while i don't like the music i can tell it was done well. I left out other characters because none of them really matter even significant ones just kind of show up and we get maybe 1 or 2 things about them before they fade into the background. Overall if your bored you can throw this one on but don't expect to be wowed or anything.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Feb 22, 2025

Remster20

Not Recommended

Has a neat premise at first, and although it was clearly never going to be anything too special (in my opinion at least), I found the beginning to be entertaining enough. Some slightly silly characters, mid romance bits, etc etc. But around halfway through the anime we get a major plot development that made me double check if there was a second season I didn't know about or something (there wasn't). It's like Charlotte kicks what it has going for it in favor of trying to do wayyy too much in the like 6 episodes they had left (especially the final episode like what a ... mess lolol).

I don't know what the story is on the manga front, if there is a manga, or if this was a case of "was supposed to have x amount of seasons but-"; all I know is that it's not very good overall, but if your in the mood for a mid potato-chip anime it's not too bad. I really like the logo, that font is cool. This isn't really a spoiler, but it's hilarious that Nao really only ends up in a pickle like one time and they make damn sure to have her only in her undies in a full body shot for like 10 seconds and never again. We almost went a full season without fan service lol classic anime nonsense.

Theme song review: yeah the track is lame and I don't even care for the visuals all that much. booo.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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