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Alright lets do this! ^.^ but before I begin reviewing, this is my first ever review on MAL ^.^ on the anime that got me into this obsessive addiction >.< haha so already this is going to be a positive review :]


Story - 9 (Great)
The story of Onegai Teacher! revolves around 18 year old Kei Kusanagi who has the appearance of a 15 year old boy, this is due to a rare disease known as 'Standstill' which causes comatose (basically falling into a coma) whenever he is under severe emotional distress.

Before the story, Kei has been in a Standstill for 3 years due ... to a serious harsh event (which will be reveal in the story so don't worry), once he woke up he discovers its already been 3 years and a-lot has changed especially highschool, as most of his friends are already at university which causes a-lot of social awkwardness and difficulties. Failing to keep up with everyone, he decides to lead a new life and start highschool all over again and moves to live with his aunt and uncle who owns a medical clinic.

Kei slowly settles in with his aunt and uncle at the clinic while even making some new friends from school but scared of being outcasted again, he keeps his real age hidden. (At the start of the story) One night Kei is sat/laid near a lake thinking about something one of his friends was saying to him, due to this he starts getting emotionally distressed and slowly starts going into a standstill. BUT! suddenly gusts of winds! and whirlpools forms in the lake, then a mysterious beautiful woman slowly appears (teleport-like) in-front of him.

Not knowing what the hellokitty is going on, he runs for his life and while trying to escape Kei falls into a lake but the beautiful woman rescues him and even sends him back home in secret without him even knowing. Believing that all this was just a dream he goes to school as usual the next morning but all of a sudden Kei's new homeroom teacher and j moved in next-door neighbour is the same mysterious woman from his so-called dream ^.^

Okay, thats basically the first 5 minutes of the anime :] so i leave the rest for you to watch ^.^ but basically the theme of Onegai Teacher! will be revolving around the relationship between student (Kei - 18 years old so don't worry) and teacher (Mizuho - the mysterious beautiful woman), because of the taboo relationship we will see some comedic moments of Kei and Mizuho trying to keep their relationship a secret from Kei's friend as well as some heart-warming moments of their love for each other. There are also other themes of this anime, but not wanting to spoil anything, i leave them out for you to find this out by yourself ^.^


Art - 7.5 (Good)
The artstyle and animation is fairly good considering this came out in early 2002, the artstyle however isn't anything to be amazed by, but they are still pretty good to look at :] the characters are all fairly drawn realistically like normal hairstyles (nothing OTT) with ordinary hair colours (apart from Mizuho with red hair) like blonde, brunette, and even ginger! :] Since the anime focus on the relationship between Kei and Mizuho, you can expect some change in scenery from the highschool classroom, to hotels on the beach, and even space and beyond ;] haha


Sound - 8 (Very Good)
The soundtrack sets the atmosphere well from comedic moments to serious ones, for most part the soundtrack really makes Onegai Teacher! More vibrant but there will also be some dark tones during some moments in Onegai Teacher! but those aren't really what i wanted to talk about, but instead the opening theme as well as some of the insert songs because those or more specifically the opening theme was the selling point (personally) for me. The opening theme was "Shooting Star" by Kotoko has this upbeat trance and the first time i heard it, i loved it and had to watch the anime for it ^.^ she also does a few of the insert songs somewhere near the end of Onegai Teacher! and that was also very lovely and made a impact on the mood and atmosphere, the ending is performed by Mami Kawada which was very sweet and calm to every ending of each episode :]


Character - 8 (Very Good)
I don’t really want to go into depths of each and every of the characters because well that’s for you to find out for yourself :] and I’m sure you don’t want to read over 9000 paragraphs of in-depth character analysis, I mean seriously this isn’t a college essay :P but all I can say is that most of the characters are love-able apart from one that I guarantee you will dislike but she will redeem herself later on (well less annoying should I say) but overall most of the characters especially Kei’s friends you will love them :] oh and also Mr Yamada one of the teachers at the school who you will defiantly love too ^.^ most of them will be useful to the story while a few are just for comedic purposes :]

The voice acting (English dub, haven’t watched it in Japanese dub) for most of the characters were surprisingly well, they each suited the characters personality especially Mizuho and Kei… maybe a-bit too well for Kei, at times it sounded a little too whiney and did sometimes ruin the romantic moment a little when Kei and Mizuho are staring into each other eyes and saying their names out-loud “oh miss Mizuho” *cringe* >.< haha


Enjoyment – 9 (Great) and Overall – 8 (Very Good)
If you are a fan of romance anime, this is one you should not miss out on! This has been in the top five of recommended romance anime :] I greatly enjoyed the story as it showed the good points, bad points and the struggles of the character’s relationship (and I don’t just mean Kei and Mizuho but Kei’s friends too), and I even felt for the characters emotion how they felt, I really loved the music especially the opening theme ^.^ after all that’s what made me watch the anime in the first place :D Overall this is a fairly good anime :] but too me it’s an amazing anime that I will always remember :]