Seitokai no Ichizon

Imagine living life as the vice president of the student council, passing the days eating snacks, playing games, and bonding with a harem of beautiful girls. This is exactly the kind of life that high school student Ken Sugisaki leads, or so he thinks!

Usually, the officers of Hekiyou Academy's student council are elected by popular vote, but an additional position is granted to the student who scores the highest on the exams. Ken, who historically has had below average grades, worked hard to improve them to be accepted into the student council, with the ultimate goal of surrounding himself with girls who fawn over him.

Unfortunately for the vice president, things do not go quite as planned. Not only do the ladies of the council continually rebuff his advances, they also prefer to focus on more important and "boring" activities, such as organizing school events and managing the other clubs. But a few minor hurdles like these won't stop Ken from chasing after his dreams, even if they seem a bit ridiculous.

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Sugisaki, Ken Main

Kondo, Takashi Japanese

Shiina, Mafuyu Main

Horinaka, Yuki Japanese

Akaba, Chizuru Main

Saitou, Yuka Japanese

Sakurano, Kurimu Main

Honda, Mariko Japanese

Shiina, Minatsu Main

Togashi, Misuzu Japanese

Toudou, Elise Supporting

Shimizu, Ai Japanese

Toudou, Lilicia Supporting

Noto, Mamiko Japanese

Magiru, Satori Supporting

Kosuge, Mami Japanese

Echo of Death Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Nakameguro, Yoshiki Supporting

Yamamoto, Kazutomi Japanese

Takechi, Tsuneo Producer

Iijima, Kouji Producer

Suzuki, Tomoko Producer

Oomura, Keiichi Producer

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Apr 3, 2025

The_Blue_Lotus

Recommended

Despite all the shit the girls give Sugisaki through the series, he's the only one in the Student Council who actually does the work THEY were supposed to be doing in the first place. And stays late until the evening most days doing so without even a tought of complaining about the situation he finds himself in by the irresponsability of the rest of the Student Council's member.

And obviously, bar one or two occasions, he doesn't see even a glimpse of what could be even considered gratitude for his hard afforts by not even one of the girls he calls his fellow SC members.

I find ... it funny how Sakurano Kurimu, the titular president of the Student Council (altough it's never explained if she got that title legitimaly through school meritocracy or simply she self-apointed as such and everyone kinda went along with it afterwards) loves to complain about how everyone on the council loves to slack-off and do nothing all day when she is arguably one of the highest culprits of the activites (or lack thereof) she describes. And poor Sugisaki, the only one in the room who could be considered "acceptable" according to Sakurano's own standards is consistenly berated by her and her words, beign relegated to nothing more than being a "perv", a "perv" who does nothing but do "perv" things, as she herself describes it. Opinion who sadly, is shared by the majority of the girls in the council and treated as such for even the lightest of infranction he dares to commit.

As you can see, Sugisaki lives kind of a miserable experience, one who no-one who isn't unreasonable about it or a straight-up masochistic would accept to put in: stuck in a council full of irresponsable people who don't work and held no love for you, quite the contrary: held you in high contempt and yet force you to do all the work they weren't able to do without expecting even a "thanks" for your efforts on their part. Sugisaki is stuck on a situation many would only describe as "hell" put through it, as you can see.

And yet, he never does such as even complain about it and put it through it with a smile on his smile from beginning to end. The question arises: why does he does so? Why does does he put through what most people would accurately describe as "hell on Earth" and be seemingly satisfied about it? Well, very simple, and that is an aspect of Sugisaki's personality one must know before knowing how his entire worldview and tought process beforehand: that despite the low opinion the girls hold about him for beign able to contain his manly impulses at certain times and becomming maybe a bit too "honest" and "enthusiastic" about he oughts to obtain from his female companions at times, he genuinly holds deep, pure and honest love for each and every one on them and desires for them nothing but to be happy and to provide for them as much as he can in order to accomplish said goal.

Sugisaki is such an interesting character; a pervert? For sure, he behaves in less than stellar ways around the girls at times, which earns him their disdain, justified, at times. But at the same time he represents a type of men who was hard to find around the time this anime came out and has only grow scarcer since, as well as a type of men who the girls would no doubt have trouble finding in modern Japanese society and Sugisaki might aswell be the only chance they get at someone like him: A man who holds such a pure and passionate love for someone he would be willing to not only put through whatever they desire who pull him through but also someone who would be willing to forgive them for everything provided they have a smile plastered in their face at the end of the day for his efforts.

Sugisaki is not only one of the most interesting anime protagonists I have seen out there (which I admit, my judgament about those might be warped considering the low quantity of IPs of this medium I have consumed), but very well might be one of the most patient there are aswell.

Seitokai no Ichizon is, as I suppose you could entail from everything I wrote above, not my favorite anime series, far from it, in fact. A character I actually simpatized with was presented in front of me on a situation he was clearly in disadvantege of and the show played it off as gags and as an acceptable status-quo who didn't really warrant to do anything about, wich kinda frustrated and made me feel bad for him at times, I'll admit.

So... why exactly did I give it an 8 in the scoreboard and left a "recommended" review for it? You might ask, and you would be completely in your right do so...

Well, very simple, actually. You see, I'm a very particular person with very admitedly very particular tastes, my life experiences and my personal conditions have shaped me in such a way I believe differs from most persons and I cannot really judge a show such as this one negatively based on my own perspectives considering they are in the absolute minority. In other words, few people like but many more like you (someone I assume resembles more what an "average" person looks like for society as in tastes, perspectives, and anything else, really) will stumble upon this show and watch it to begin with so I craft a review specifically tailored for them: who, beign in the absolute majority, could find it usefull and correct.

So... let's go straight to the point: Seitokai no Ichizon is a comedic series that mainly deals with gags regarding meta commentary about anime/otaku culture at the time of its release and 4th-wall breaking dialogues between the characters themselves and the us, the espectators, and that, it does quite well, let me say. Sure it might not be the "best" comedy anime out there not be completely "out the table" on what it has to offer towards its audience, but it has some pretty funny moments most of which are almost always summoned by Sugisaki thirsting on one of the girls of his self-designated "personal harem" and the more-often-than-not violent response the girls (espacially Akaba Chizuru, that chick is brutal on what he does) device in order to put him "back in his place", of which almost always ends on a cartoonishly stupid situation for all sides involved who no doubt will get a laugh or two out of members of the audience who enjoy these type of humour.

There's also the topic of Toudou Elise; a relatively minor chacter who we only get to see on episode 8 but, at least in opinion, results the most memorable of the series with her genuinly unhinged shenanigans and am genuinly sad we got to see so little of her through the series. You see: Elise is the younger sister of Toudou Lilicia, president of the Journalism Club of Hekiyou Academy who is dedicated flesh and soul to get as many dirt as she can on the members of the Student Council, who she sees as her rivals. She (Elise), is still a child, she can't be older than 10 years old and yet, you wouldn't think so hearing her speak of all the messed-up things she comes up with during a casual conversation as if they were the most natural things to speak about during those. None the less, her sister, the aforementioned sensationalistic journalist has teached her about so many questionable and controversial things her "job" deals with her mind has become completely inundated of innapropiate concepts for a child to known which, more often than not, result in some pretty hilarious situations that top anything else the show might try to pull out with the rest of its gags.

I won't go into much detail of what she does, as I'll leave that for yourself to discover should you decide to watch Seitokai no Ichizon in the end, but let me say that a clip on Youtube of Elise doign her shenannigans is what got me into this series to begin with and should there come the day (which I doubt) on which a spin-off series centered completely around Elise be announced I would completely throw my full support behind it as that shit would be absolutely hilarious, let me tell you.

Another minor aspect of this anime I would like to briefly talk about is the relationship behind Minatsu and Mafuyu: the Shiina sisters. I have always had something for sisters, I'll admit, I find the way they are so close to eachother and especially how Minatsu is so protective of her little sister unfathomably CUTE. Mafuyu is a very cute character in general, . I love the way she talks about herself in the third person and everything she does in general (altough she also acts like a bitch towards Sugisaki in some moments, but well, that's what is to be expected about this series in general, isn't it?), no wonder she is one of the more favorited characters of this anime, and for good reason!.

However, talking about the relationship between the Shiina sisters leads me to inevitably speak about another aspect of Seitokai no Ichizon I didn't also fancy that much: the more serious and down to Earth moments regarding Sugisaki's past. You see, this series tries to be serious, it really does, it wants to convey a message about bullying, mental isolation and purpose in life really really hard, but it simply doesn't work. You see, it's perfectly fine for a comedic anime like these to deal with these serious topics at hand, but for it to work and not feel "too rushed to be taken seriously" and/or "too out of place and offputing for a series like this show" the whole anime as an unit has to have a more slow and calm phase in order to feel more down to Earth and realistic and as such, appropiate to include topics of such magnitude, Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? is a series that does that perfectly, and if you have seen it you will understand what I am talking about perfectly. Seitokai no Ichizon is too rushed for something like so to happen, sure, it's nice seign scenes about Sugisaki's past and how does that correlate with him having an almost unwavering loyalty to the girls of the Student Council, but it almost felt like I was watching a different anime when watching those. Seitokai no Ichizon didn't manage to integrate its more serious scene with the more comedic nature of the overall show and it not only felt out-putting and out of place, but also like a wasted opportunite the show didn't manage to take advantage of, which is never nice to see.

But overally, despite all the shit I,ve talked about it, Seitokai no Ichizon is generally good series that, if true I myself didn't enjoy that much, features some pretty solid meta commentaries on anime genres and its unnemerable tropes aswell generally funny gag humor moments people of that persuation will no doubt found funny. The animation and character design are both very good and cute (sweet 2000s anime character design, with their big eyes and their crazy hairstyles) and the music is the superb, especially for the outro, who is a very good song.

Plus, the series features a platora of references to other media whose entire list is to extense to here describe, but the Fate Franchise, K-On, Haruhi Suzumiya and Death Note beign the ones that inmediatly come to mind, however. Seriously, who doesn't like references? If for whatever reason I haven't managed to convinced you to see it yet for whatever reason at this point then do it for the references, goddamit!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Oct 29, 2017

BriefEd

Mixed Feelings

Most animes leave the fourth wall intact, presumably because 9 of 10 times it's broken the show quality plummets and the 10th time it neither adds or detracts. The only exception in the history of everything forever that has managed to make breaking it a fun thing that adds to the enjoyment is... NOT Seitokai no Ichizon, it's Deadpool.

When a plot can be summed up with 4 girls and one guy in the same room 95% of each episode, a big temptation for the writer is to throw in references to other things and start breaking the wall that shall not be defiled with breaking, ... except by Deadpool since he defiles everything anyway. In this anime there are loads of very forced pokes at numerous other animes, maybe a slight bit fun for those who've watched those animes but for everyone else it's mostly a waste of screen time since the segments often don't even come with a good punchline. (I didn't like most references even though I've seen the other animes)

The art and sound are only just good enough to be called "good" by 2017 standards, the characters however are sort of difficult to rate. The delusional guy constantly calling the girls his harem is on one hand refreshing compared to most other harem protagonists, but on the other hand he gets stale when compared to himself since the originality ended at just defining him as a guy seriously aiming for a harem. The girls also stick to their roles really hard but it works a lot better for them.

Way back forever ago this anime was probably one of the better but by modern standards it isn't impressive. The comedy is endless hit and miss, with more missing than hitting, however if you're bored and have watched most other stuff out there you may as well watch this too.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 13, 2024

AnimeExplorer21

Not Recommended

Ugh, where do I even start with Seitokai no Ichizon? I'm still trying to figure out why I wasted 12 episodes of my life on this snooze fest. I mean, I thought the premise was cute - four adorable girls and a guy running a student council? Sounds like a fun, lighthearted watch, right? Wrong.

I remember seeing a Facebook post with a screenshot of the girls and thinking, "Aww, this looks like a sweet anime!" But oh man, was I misled. The entire series is just... nothing. No development, no plot twists, no character growth. Just a bunch of boring conversations in a student council ... room. I swear, I've seen paint dry faster than this anime's pace.

And don't even get me started on the "plot". It's literally just the five main characters sitting around talking nonsense for 24 minutes straight, episode after episode. I mean, what's the point of even having a student council if they're not going to do anything? It's like the creators thought, "Hey, let's just film some cute girls talking and call it a day!"

There's even a scene where one of the characters says, "We need to make something interesting happen in this anime so viewers can watch." Are you kidding me?! That's basically the creators admitting they have no idea what they're doing!

I'm giving Seitokai no Ichizon a solid 1/10. It's a complete waste of time, and I regret ever picking it up. If you want to know what boredom feels like, watch this anime. But honestly, don't. Go watch paint dry instead. At least that's free.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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