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Really not much to say about this.

An extra, self-contained episode focusing on Kasumi and tanpopo. It's nothing amazing, but it's enjoyable. It has all the quality of the main series, except it had a bit more humour and action(which makes sense considering it's a standalone episode) I disagree with the reviewer who said it's better than the main series. I'd say this episode was nice, but a bit lower quality than the main series ones. On that note, I was sort of disappointed it didn't tie into the story at all or add much characterisation.

Anyways, if you liked WCW, I'd recommend watching this.

GJ-BU@ is essentially two episodes packaged together.

The first episode deals with them in new york. I enjoyed it, but it sort of felt like a waste considering they contained themselves to the classroom. I know it's not like this is the first time it's happened (remember the school festival they didn't actually show?), but I still sort of wish it showed them going out and sightseeing.

The second is both funny and a bit more serious. It showed the potential GJ-BU had as a non-comedy series. This makes me wonder something; why didn't they expand the story or characters more in the parent series? They've ... shown they are capable of making a series which can seamlessly transition from funny to serious. Keeping it all contained to a single room feels like a waste of potential. Perhaps they just wanted to play it safe. Ah well. The ending wraps up the series nicely enough.

Anyways, GJ-Bu@ is an enjoyable addition to its parent series. It gives you one more chance to see the characters you love and provides a reasonable amount of closure to the series while also making you want more. It's a shame this series didn't get a season 2. Between the junior GJ club and the original one, there's a lot that could go on.

I'd recommend this to anyone who liked GJ-BU.

This is a comedic series about a trap.

Not too much to say about it. It's sort of one dimensional in that most episodes are basically about hime being exposed or embarassed about being a trap. Still, they are pulled off well enough to be enjoyable. There are other jokes as well, but they're not the main focus; they're more witty one-liner type ones. Also, there's a decent amount of trap fanservice if you're into that. First time I've ever seen panty shots of guy's bulges. I think this anime would get a lower score, but I haven't seen much stuff about traps, so that gives ... it some uniqueness. That said, it's not the type of anime you can marathon. Most I've done is 4 episodes.

The series also had hidden potential. Over time, hime goes from being very against the idea of crossdressing to being ambivalent to clearly enjoying it. That could've been explored indepth. 18+ is interested in him so there was romantic potential as well. Almost all of the characters had a lot of potential for being fleshed out. It's a very big shame that it was only 3.5 minutes long and not made into less of a comedic series.

Being 3.5 minutes per episode, it's not a massive investment to try it. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes traps or wants to check out something different.

First episode is very solid, 10/10. This is exactly what I had hoped to see in the main series. Shiki would've been so much better if it was like this throughout the anime. It focuses on the characterisation of Nao. The second episode is not as good, I feel like it would've been much better if everything was fleshed out over 2 episodes. There were some holes in the story because things happened too fast. Still, it does explain things that happened in the main series. Also fleshes out a character(well, 2 I guess). I'd say 7/10 for that. As a whole, ... I'd say this is an 8.5.

Beyond this, not much needs to be said. If you're a fan of shiki, you'll want to watch this.

S2's focus is not on running around collecting the remains, but rather what comes after that. S2 sets up the conclusion very nicely. It's a nice change of pace. For the most part, the plot was told well. It also focuses on more than just Chaika and friends.

As for it's issues, there are too many underdeveloped characters. This is a very big, glaring problem. It feels like some characters got ignored or even screwed over. Akari, for example,pretty much got no characterisation. Character are tied to the plot to an extent, so this hurts that in turn. Particularly in the last 2 or 3 episodes. ... It's very disappointing if you like more than just chaika and toru. This was a big reason why I couldn't give S2 a 8. I even considered giving it a 6.

Speaking of which, if I had to summarise the last episode in a word, it'd be "abrupt." No explanations are given for much of what happens in the epilogue. Not much indication of what everyone is doing now or what happened immediately after the conclusion.

Don't get me wrong, despite this, I enjoyed this anime a lot. I had high hopes for this show which were not met. Season 2 really would have benefited from more episodes. I'd say another 4-6 would've been enough to show great improvement. If there was more characterisation and the ending was better, this easily could've gotten an 8. Anyways, as for the entire series, I'd recommend it.

This is a chibi style series of comedy specials for Akame ga kill. The series generally follows the main story. For example, episode 14 in the main series is about esdeath and tatsumi. Episode 14 in this series is also about esdeath and tatsumi.

It does it's job sufficiently. Not hilarious, but they were amusing enough. If you liked the main series and want to see more akame ga kill, I'd recommend watching it. The last 2 episodes aren't funny, but touching. In fact, I was going to give this a 6, but the last 2 episodes bumped this to a 7.

I only have two ... criticisms (which aren't really criticisms); I would've liked more jaegers/esdeath episodes, and it would've been nice if the last 2 episodes were one normal style ONA/short, even if it was a comedy one.