Jul 30, 2017
Nana Maru San Batsu or Fastest Finger First is an cliche anime similar to many school-based, guy joins a club'esque type of anime. It's about quiz bowl which is basically a competitive Jeopardy, with the main focus of answering the questions quickly and correctly.
Initially, I was expecting like an average 6 rated show, archetype characters, cliche story and so forth. Well, it turned out to be a lot worse.
Story (3). Basically, a nerd joins junior high, during the club ceremonies he is picked to join the "Quiz Bowl" team for a display game. "Now even though he is new to the game, he is extremely
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talented and smart because of his lack of friends, he spent all his time in the library". Also playing with him is his love interest which is passionate to the game, so you can guess who convinced him to join. The rest of the story can be guessed as any competitive club focused story.
Art (7). The art is well done, I only put a 7 since Toei Animation has a thing where they will drop the quality overtime. But for the first 4 episodes, it's consistent so no problems there.
Sound (5). The OST is barely heard throughout the episodes, which isn't bad but it could have improved the general tone and feeling. OP and ED are good enough, however I'm not counting them towards the score. The voice acting is decent enough, so no major complaints, but there are moments when there is lack of passion.
Characters (4). Every single character can be described in 2 sentences or less. They all can be put into a certain sub-group of a major archetype except the minor characters, in which case they don't have more than 1 emotion. Basically, its 1 or 2 levels above the average harem series, but still down there.
Enjoyment (1). One of my mains points for a non-action oriented show is dialogue, which is complete trash. Characters describing things in the least original way possible. "cough" Toei style "cough". In later episodes, there is a ton repetition, same thing is said within 2 minutes of each other, then repeated every time something similar is mentioned. If Toei could fix that, then this show would have entered at least a 6 on my scale.
Overall (3).
Story: Cliche
Art: Good
Sound: Not noticeable
Characters: Basic
Enjoyment: Dialogue completely destroyed it for me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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