Story progresses nowhere aside from romanticizing bullying throughout roughly a natural year in the japanese school system. It goes on and on and on, edging the viewer on Nishikata ever getting back at Takagi, but it never happens. The most interesting storyline is the three side-character girls'.
If you feel like spending 12 standard 23min. episodes watching a schoolboy be bullied by a classmate schoolgirl with zero consequence, or even remorse on her part, with absolutely no change in the dynamic, then by all means enjoy. If you want to see some progression Nagatoro has the same "getting his attention by throwing rocks at him" basic
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Dec 16, 2015
Guys 'n gals. While Excel Saga as far as I'm concerned could be short for Excellency Comedy Anime Saga, IT DOES have a plot, you just have to look at what 'the Excel' is doing... more accurately for whom is she doing it.
It's been a long time since I last saw the anime, but there is a scene... [SPOILER ALERT] In the middle of the apocalyptic future, Excel finds IlPalazzo's hideout. She's banging the door, and I'm not sure of why I'm so sure. But something about past events and her reaction and expressions state(at least quite clearly to me) that she's fully aware in that moment ... |