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I finally decided to watch this show, after years of seeing it get highly praised by the community, and i am pretty disappointed.

-Plot: Angel Beats is a show that in 13 episodes tried to do what not even a longer anime would be able to. Watching the series felt like getting bombarded with new plot points and plot twists almost every episode, just to then resolve them quickly and never talk about them again; this anime had so many chances of getting more interesting, but it seemed to just have an adversion against going deeper into world-building and actually explaining things that otherwise just make ... no sense.
-Characters: the characters were hit or miss, I don't think they were all unlikeable, but most of them just had absolutely no personality, including part of the main cast. The problem with characters like Hinata or Naoi is that even if they were given a backstory, they didn't really stand out much more than the side characters did; some of the better written characters were probably Yuri and Otonashi, because other than having a backstory, they also seemed to have their own resolve and goals contrary to the other characters which seemed to just change their way of thinking based on the way the story was progressing, instead of acting based on their peronalities.
-Comedy: I'm aware of the fact that comedy is subjective, but I really didn't find this show funny, the supposedly comedic moments felt out of place and forced, seeming more like a weird attempt to make the series be percieved as more lighthearted, which just makes no sense in the context of the anime's premise. Also the presence of useless comedic relief characters was incredibly annoying.
-Art: there's really nothing bad to say about the ar, the style is consistent and the color palette is pleasing to the eyes; the animation is also discrete.
-Music: Angel Beats puts quite a bit of emphasis on its muisc, sometimes seeming even out of place in a non-music-focused anime; there's pretty long concert scenes in a couple of episodes that honestly could have been avoided.

In conclusion, Angel Beats can be considered the definition of wasted potential, with a premise that could have been something much better, and some really interesting plot points that were just tossed aside for the sake of adding more and more, until it became a big mess that somehow managed to end in the most boring and predictable way.

Story:
The show doesn't really have a story, which is ok for an episodic comedy anime, if you manage to make the episodes funny, which this anime didn't really do. A lot of the skits just felt boring and repetitive, with a couple of exceptions. If you're into multiple really short skits than this is the anime for you.
Characters:
The main characters felt bland, lacking in personality, which definitely doesn't help the viewer in getting invested in wathever is happening. The side characters were the saving grace of the show: they had some funny recurring jokes like literature girl, and were probably the only reason why i ... kept watching.
Art:
There's not a lot to say about the art, it's fine, not amazing but also definitely not bad.

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou is not a notable show, it tries distancing itself from common comedy anime tropes while still falling into some of them, it has its good moments but they sadly get completely overshadowed by the overall boringness.