GR Anime Review: Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai
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You all remember that time when you thought the show was over but it's still episode 3
On the 3rd week, I was sobbing like a bitch with dem feels train crashing in my balls cause when he remembered Mai during his test, that shit hurt.
WAIT SO I DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SEASON 2,3,4 AND 5???
The first 3 episodes were so well directed and well paced that they could easily be released as a movie and it would be great
Powerful stuff Bunny Girls are. Most Powerful.
Yes yes I do
Alternate title:
*That time I got clickbaited,but actually decided to stay because I found the story and the characters wonderful and interesting*
Very Accurate
Kazuma would be the kind who’d get tricked into watching this show...
Such a shame it got worse over time
BeThomsen You probably didn’t see the film.
@@ADTillion true, i didnt because i was so dissaointed how it tutned out and that the movie is about a character we have Seen once...for 5 Seconds
The "generic guy" actually can read the mood but chooses to do the opposite of what the "mood" wants.
And he's insufferable for it. I can't stand it lol.
@@alisw81 whch kinda makes sense since most characters in the show dont like him either xD Nodoka barely stand him, Futaba even tho is his best friend is constantly fed up wth his shit and Kamisato simply hates him. Even Kaede after recovering dont seems to like him that much either.
Rialtoir I don’t know where you get that. Don’t you have a friend like him? I have quite a few. We tease each other, but know it’s in good fun. It’s the sarcasm and wry humor that lets us have a good time. The characters in this show are the same. They know it’s smarter not to get caught in his verbal traps, but that doesn’t mean they don’t like him. What they don’t like is his stubbornness to follow his ethics at the cost of his own well-being. They act like normal friends.
@@ADTillion well with Futaba at least yeah I totally see your point and thinking about it. It makes their friendship feel closer to a real relationship than most other series but the point stands with Nodoka and Kamisato, him being purpousfully unlikeable to the later which yeah I think she kinda deserves it but I can see through that how some people wouldnt like the character. Also he himself admits a lot of times that he isnt the nicest person to be around and that only Kunimi, Futaba and Mai like him xD
And Koga I nearly forgot about Koga
Rialtoir Nodoka is more of a rival. She trusts him, but they have clashing personalities. It’s not a case of outright dislike. More like, they are friends by association, unlike the rest. It makes sense though, considering the many differences in their lives. It was Mai that was more involved in fixing the adolescent syndrome in her case, than with the other girls. Makes sense. Sakuta would prefer if siblings reconciled and wouldn’t mind being “the boyfriend” that annoys a future sister-in-law. Nodoka would always defend Mai before defending Sakuta. The film elaborates on this, and the exact dynamic the three have in the quasi-family situation.
Kamisato probably doesn’t like people who disregard atmosphere in general. But she has added reason to get in his face rather than avoid him like the rest of the school, because her BF is his BFF. It’s kinda cliche, but not unrealistic. You don’t want your significant other to be criticised for associating with a guy like Sakuta. But again, she’s not a friend. The other characters hang out with him cause they are friends. My personality isn’t as hardy as Sakuta’s, but my place in school social order was similar, so I get where he comes from and how one gets friends in that situation.
First episode: *Ah time to entertain my eyes with girls in bunny suit*
Last episode: *Trying my best not to cry but managed to cry anw*
Movie: Why do I even fight it.
Movie: Becoming a bunny girl
I feel ya..
Last episode? hahaha. Yeah okay the last episode really got me at times but the movie?
@@marblol859 I cried
To be honest I never once thought of the show as a harem or ever really leaning into being a harem. Sakuta's relationships with females barring Mai never felt sexual in nature and always came off as strictly platonic.
I see how you could very easily make a very much romance based VN about it that has romance with all the girls in different routes in it. But in the anime, i didn't think he had any romantic interest in any of the other girls
The only other girl that's into him is Tomoe. *Maybe* Kaede, but A. she's obviously not treated as a real love interest nor does Sakuta take her comments seriously and B. due to her...predicament, some confused feelings regarding her brother would be understandable. And Sakuta is only interested in Mai.
But really, I don't think you can call this a harem.
I agree 100%, and its one of the elements that I liked most about the show. Sakuta and Mai's relationship felt surprisingly mature for anime of this genre, and I never felt Sakuta had ulterior motives for helping other female members of the cast because he knew he was in love with Mai. It was a very refreshing change of pace from what I was bracing myself for.
Just my personal opinion - there's two entirely different things... There's harem anime and anime with harems that aren't actually harem anime. The first is typically ecchi trash, the latter is usually absolutely amazing because it takes intelligent and well thought out characters/writing to toe the lie between having this large harem, but not allowing it to devolve in ecchi trash. Bunny Girl Senpai, Monogatari, TWGOK, and even to a lesser extent Interview with Monster Girls are all anime that (imo) fall under this category (and are all some of my personal favorites because of it).
I can see where you’re coming from but the purpose of having all the cute girls to attract male viewers is the same?
Bunny girl senpai animw: *the toga arc begins*
Every veteran anime watcher: *endless eight flasbacks*
Toga arc?
@@MatterfiedV2 the girl who keeps on repeating the days to make the MC love her
@@nazru-l5209 oh, you meant Tomoe Koga. Got confused by the 'T'. Koga is my favorite so I definitely would have remembered her if you said Tomoe or Koga lmao.
Or... Did you just mix the two on purpose? Like, Tomoe + Koga, for Toga?
The difference is that there is progression in the Story.
@@melonlord1414 also true. While the day repeated, the story progresses.
VERY UNLIKE the Endless Eight lol
Episode 1: Wow this anime looks fun and enjoyable it might cure my depression
Episodes 11-13: *Imma end this man's whole career*
Thanks, now I'm ugly crying in the corner of my room... jerk
What about eps 2-10?
Movie: kicks in door and proceeds to gut punch you
Then the movie became a thing and ended both our careers and the 11-13 episode's 😂
And then the movie came out...
I'm still not the same after that
Arkada: Im comparing this series to-
Me: Bakemonogatari
Arkada: World God Only Knows
Me: thats a pro gamer moment there
This was rage inducing
Did you just...
@@TunesByAI2024 XD?
tbh it really is frustrating to compare two series that had some similarities with one another but its something that cant be helped. nothing is original, every work is inspired by or a complete ripoff of previous works. heck when i watched few episodes of TWOK i immediately compared it to amagami ss. doesnt mean its bad i love all these shows as each individual series
I watched world god only knows after watching this and instantly loved it because of the similarity, but bunny girl senpai has a more better story and storytelling
A classic "Don't Judge an Anime by its Title"
Madoka magica and evangelion anyone!?
I’m not sure what you can judge about eva by its title
Slight critique Arkada:
You describe Sakuta as socially awkward, so the atmosphere doesn't affect him that's not accurate.
He himself describes himself as able to read the atmosphere, but chooses willingly to ignore it (which is probably how he is able to solve the girls problems as if he was just unable to read the air then he probably wouldn't be able to figure it out)
I know he says that, but I don't take him at his word. If it was something he willingly choose to ignore, then he wouldn't have ended up following the atmosphere at the end of ep3, when he very much DID NOT want to do.
I may not have described it best, and maybe I'm wrong, but the show left some ambiguity there.
@@GlassReflection That's a fair point, I didn't really catch that on my th....I mean second watch through!
Glass Reflection I think you kind of missed the explanation at the start of episode 3, Arkada. Mai’s problem with everyone forgetting about her existence is done when everyone fall asleep and subconsciously looses their perception. That’s why Sakuta tried desperately to stay awake for several days straight to keep his perception on Mai, and only “go with the atmosphere” subconsciously when he was pilled to sleep by Mai. He did not chose to follow the atmosphere at that moment, but rather he was unwillingly forced into it. So the point of Sakuta actively act not according to the atmosphere still stand
@@GlassReflection The way I see it, Sakuta is someone who had given up on trying to push against the flow. He had figured it was impossible to change it so he made no real attempt to, which is why he never bothered to correct the misunderstanding about his scars. In a sense, he was taking the easy way out by doing nothing. But when Mai's existence eventually hinges on that very same atmosphere, he realizes that he shouldn't let his cynical attitude stop him from at least trying to fight against an atmosphere that is clearly wrong. Until then, he had only fought in small, insignificant ways, like making out of place comments and turning the mood awkward. His public embarrassment in episode 3 was more large scale than he's used to, so being slightly hesitant is understandable, although it it meant saving Mai he ultimately didn't care.
@@GlassReflection I appreciate this discussion, but I still agree with SleightCreative on this one.
I think your point about Episode 3 isn't evidence against him seeing and rejecting the negative elements of the atmosphere, but a testament to the power of the puberty symdrome. He can't stop Koga's time rewinds, but he is the one who notices time is repeating. Similarly, even him first meeting Mai hinges on the fact that he was the only one who was able to see her. Maybe he isn't able to fully stop these supernatural consequences, but by actively critically examining his atmosphere for cases where it could be causing harm, he's at least resilient to the effects through that rejection. Sort of a resistance, rather than immunity.
I think his character makes more sense and is stronger/more sympathetic if you view him as rejecting the atmosphere rather than just unaware. Maybe I just want him to be a good character so I'm projecting, but part of me thinks that the story is stronger with that interpretation, and there's enough evidence for it that it's not too much of a stretch to see things that way.
Appreciate the feedback GR.
Me: (A rascal)
Also me: (Legitimately dreamed of a bunny girl)
Why are u in every comment section ever lmao. Just saw you in Ian’s video 😂
"He is not worthy "
Arkada:"Who talks about God Only Knows anymore?"
Me: *"ALRIGHT, COME OVER HERE YOU-"*
@Aung Zeya My favorites harem anime are Monogatari Series, Rascal Does Not Dream Of Bunny Girl Senpai, and... The World God Only Knows. It may not be the hottest talking show in the world, but there are a lot of people who still loves it. The fact that its protagonist actually had a personality and a great one at that was the key factor for me.
As someone who's not really into harem, I found The World God Only Knows highly entertaining. The way that show works with those tropes is so nice. Too bad it didn't get finished. Despite its shortcomings, I liked the last arc of the manga and even how they decided to finish the story.
I dropped TWGOK in 3 episodes, but loved TWGOK season 3 (yes, I skipped to it), ended up speed-reading the manga all the way to the conclusion, I'm happy with that time spent. Also it has some nice songs.
Pretty sure I erase it from my mind after that terrible ending choice. Ending was just too big disappointment for me but I guess also just unmemorable for most people.
the fifth arc is one of the few moments in anime alongside Erased's breakfast scene that managed to make me cry
Whose arc?
Ya wanna cry watch Violet Evergarden
Irfan this anime put me in a roller coaster of emotions so I made an amv about it go check it out and lmk what u think about it!czcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
4: 35 Actually Sakuta says himself he can read the atmosphere but chooses not to interact with it or affect it because it's too tedious.
I've seen a lot of stuff that Bunny Girl Senpai reminds me of, but I'll never forget the latter show because of the deep emotions the show made me feel
Your comment made me think of this quote. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
So so true
Wayneisboss 💯u was in a riller coaster of emotions watching this anime but I also made an amv about it go check it out and lmk what u thinkczcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
I love bunny girl senpai, that was such a clickbait tho, the constant back and forth between Mai and Sakuta is like a dance, and god damn is it hilarious and amazing to watch
Noe Hernandez I’m a little addicted to this anime I think it’s because the roller coaster of emotions I was on when I watched it but go check out the amv I made about it and lmk what u thinkczcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
I've read a number of Monogatari light novels, and watched this, and absolutely love both! Personally, while even I call it "Bunnygatari" or "Monogatari light," I wouldn't say that it's anything other than super enjoyable and fun, and is definitely worth watching, ESPECIALLY when someone's not full on weeb enough for Monogatari.
That said, Sakuta is an insanely relatable character. He only seems boring because he's realistic, imo.
CPD0123a I love this anime I felt a lot of emotions watching but I also made an amv about it go check it out and lmk what u thinkczcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
Finally found someone who can enjoy both the shows.
I have not watched monogatari, but I have watched bunny girl senpai, and I love it.
I dont even think he's boring, he's very refreshing as a MC for an anime
It made me think of monogatari as well but i think in terms of quality Bunny Girl is way better because it doesn't use these really really weird things in the story to come to a conclusion and actually uses normal story progression instead of build up build up build up build up build up - more dialogue to finish it off and...... we're done.
The best part of Bunny Girl Senpai:
KIMI NO SEI, KIMI NO SEI, KIMI NO SEI DE WATASHI, UwU!!!
No best part is the end theme
Tyler Hoop that is the end bruh
James Harden No it ain't
You touched on it briefly, but I would've liked it if you expanded more on how this show deconstructs and shows how flawed the concept of "reading the air/atmosphere" can be, and how harmful it is in our social interactions.
This show very much acts like a warning tale and shows that sometimes, not approaching someone and acting in parallel to the mood can leave you with lasting regrets. It's a flawed social idealogy which permeates a lot of Japan's social interactions, specifically with younger students who feel a pressing need to "fit in" with society.
No other anime has had me in tears in the space of just three episodes. The love and commitment between the two main characters is so pure and precious!
That funny moment when anime does the clickbait titles.....
And it worked.....!
Lol i literally just finished watching this masterpiece for the first time an hour ago
It is not that good, masterpiece, come on..
@@kostajovanovic3711 beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you dont like it then dont ruin it for me.
Time to watch the movie!
@@andanjv still Not a masterpiece. No Matter how you Turn it (If you are new,you are excused)
As a veteran Anime watcher i find this anime plot is too cliche(after consuming too much Monogatari and Suzumiya Haruhi)
yeah, Cannot do Clannad again. My heart isn't strong enough.
Do it again anyway. But this time in the Visual Novel form...!~ it is very much a different experience, but also just as wonderful.
Well actually he can "read the room" but he chooses not to as stated in one of koga's arc episodes
Aye he knows what he "should" do per society, he just does not care.
@@enderfal Isn't that how many of us weebs are? Life is easier that way.
Can't believe the anime is a year old now. Time sure flies by fast.
xxdarkslayer lord i mad an amv about it go check it outczcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
And two years old now.
@@firox9757 3 years now
am i too early for 4 years
"Will people still talk about this show or even remember it in the future"
Anytime its mentioned or anytime mai comes up in a waifu war it's still remembered and beloved by basically everyone that's seen it. Hell this review got in my reccomend and videos about bunnygirl senpai were in my reccomend still after the years. Although I doubt it will stay highly relevant but I believe that when looked back upon it will definitely be remembered, just like mai, fondly by all that have watched and it will continue to be reccomend to people. I've gotten 3 or 4 of my friends who absolutely never watch anime to watch it and they loved it and the movie. Hell one of my friends who never sheds tears over shows, movies, books, games or any media texted me at 3 am telling me he loved it and was crying after binge watching every episode and then the movie
"I was delighted when I had the chance to watch the film, but I was sad when it was all over." Probably the best statement out of this review to describe my feelings about this show and the film itself.
Arkada's found the solution to all life's problems: watch more anime.
I am a rascal, I also dream of bunny girls aswell as dreaming girls but I dont have an anime of my life story yet :'(
and you will never have it cz you didn't get transported to another world
@@s1mplet0n94 :'(
I am a failure and a neet but I am still not an isekai character. This is bullshit
@@anurgaprasad123 all it takes is a visit from Truck-kun
@@assistant2361 be careful don't give him that idea. He might try it.
Is it even the correct translation, or should it be "doesn't dream the bunny girl's dream?" Because I feel like there was a line like that in the show about him not dreaming her dream, and thus reference to that like would make much more sense as the title.
Sakuta's scar just took "You took my heart" to a whole new level.
Damn, how to believe it’s been almost a whole year since this came out
Look, man, when that one scene happened in the movie (YOU KNOW WHICH SCENE) I literally screamed and bawled my eyes out.
That shit doesn't happen to me often.
The show pretty much feels like Oregairu Does not Dream of Monogatari Senpai...which makes for a very enjoyable show.
I loved that show - I still like the atmosphere of the monogatari series more than Bunny girl senpai, it seems more generic than the monogatari series and failing to immerse you as much into it. But I still gave it a 9 out of 10. Now, you obviously seem to not like Araragi, but in fact the great thing about him (and that maybe could happen to Rascal) is that he grows, you see him change - not fast mind you, but it's not only the female characters that change in the monogatari series. Around the second season you see him change. Especially in Hanekawa's last arc.
The character interactions are perfect, the sound track is amazing and the movie was definitely worth the trip to NYC
Triton Demius I love this anime it literally puts u on a roller coaster of emotions I made an amv about it go check it out and lmk what u thinkczcams.com/video/5NbWgdx6CEM/video.html
This is one of the few anime I have watched more than once. I think I love it more than I thought and I'm glad I came around to watching it.
Like many Japanese anime, "Rascal does not...." is drawn after an actual part of Japan. The various scenes and places can be found on Google street view. Most of the action occurs within or near Enoshima, a tourist area on the ocean about 50 miles south of Tokyo. The school they attend is located on the ocean about 3/4 miles east of Enoshima. The town that that Sakuta and Mai live in is Fujisawa, about 2 or 3 miles north by northwest of Enoshima. Their apartment is about 1/2 mile northeast of the Fujisawa train station. They walk to the train station and take the "Enoshima Electric Railway" to the station by their school. Besides the beach, a popular attraction in Enoshima is the mushroom Cauliflower shaped peninsula that juts southward into the ocean at enoshima. That is where Sakuta and Koga visit the temple and hand the love contract. There is a lookout there were Koga blurts out that she loves Sakuta. Futaba gets off at a train station off of a different train line. i was unable to find her expensive house and presume that the anime deliberately keeps something as personal like that a secret. But I was able to find the train station. The zoo with the Pandas is right in Tokyo, the popular Ueno area. The aquarium is right there in Enoshima right on the beach, just to the west of the peninsula. In the last episode, Sakuta take the bullet train to Kawasawa, which is located on the north coast of Japan, probably a 5 tp 6 hour train ride by the bullet train.
Season 2 has been announced and it should adapt two novels: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out and Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid. The two novels can be seen as the 8th and 9th volumes of the series
Great! Now if Arkada actually reviews Sakurasou No Pet Na Kanojo, it would be perfect. ^_^
The scar on sakuta chest is explain in the movie
I guess people can pinpoint where the scar come from
Everyone when they see Koga arc: Oh just like Endless Ei- -
Me: *BITEZ DA DUSTO*
i was the same lol
Ep 1: “seems interesting”
Ep 13: *Crying in a sad boi ball”
This was easily one of the greatest anime of 2018 - which was saying something given how super stacked that year was throughout the entire year. I remember avoiding it for the first few episodes because I thought to myself "Ugh, this is probably going to be ecchi trash or something with a title like that." I know I wasn't alone in this because the MyAnimeList score on Episode one was like 6.8, and it quickly shot up to 8.0+ after many people (myself included) realized - "Oh wait, this anime is actually so friggin good."
You know an anime is S tier when the first arc consist of only the first 3 episodes, and despite only being 3 episodes has a story so good and so beautiful it could have ended right then and there and still been fantastic.
Okay but real talk? I personally hold Endless 8 as one of my favorite anime arcs of all time and have watched every episode at least three or four times. The differences between each episode provide a subtle nuance and I have to applaud the efforts of the animators and voice actors for giving us fresh takes each episode. (It was really annoying when it was still airing week to week though)
The show was nonetheless amazing and made every ep an absolute treat to watch as every character were interesting and complex. I loved how mature Sakuta was, even when he was joking around with both males and females. Ma boi deadass flirted while joking and it made me such much more interested in his character.
I feel like Sakuta has no problem in reading the room. He just doesn't want to go with the flow or disturb the flow. So I feel the insight about him being able to see Mai due to that is a bit off.
No protagonist from these supernatural slice of Life animes can ever beat Kyon. Kyon is the ultimate protagonist that can never be replicated
I always thought that its not that Sakuta 'Can't' read the atmosphere, its that he can read it but chooses not to go along with it, likely because of what happened to his sister
So the reason I feel that the anime of The World God Only Knows fell out of consciousness is because it dropped the ball due to issues out of their control - had they repeatedly been able to do the full show with the quality of the first two parts and cover the whole series I have no doubt the anime would be more known.
Also yeah, the manga absolutely hooked me and I wind up rereading it often - especially while listening to the anime's superb soundtrack and insert songs. Still holds a special place in my heart.
Also: never forget that it's the series that saved Tamiki Wakaki's career / life by writing what he knew after his shut-in slump and struggles to build a place for himself again; he deserves this success~!
I guess i'm the only one that still LOVES 'The world that god only knows'... I already read the manga and watched the anime 2x each ;/
Gilney N. Mathias Nope. I’m the same way, brother.
But that ending(I’m referring to the plot, not the end girl) though. And the incomplete and rushed anime. ☹️ Still love rewatching it though. Quality entertainment.
Helps that it was my first harem show.
Is the ending conclusive?
Cause it ain't gonna get more seasons and I don't want to watch it if it doesn't have a proper end
Master Pirate The manga is conclusive. The anime basically skipped a portion of the middle to get to the Goddess arc, and then stopped before the final arc. I usually recommend reading the manga to completion and then watching the anime for the highlights especially the beautiful animation and soundtracks. The anime is somewhat censored too, at least in the Goddess arc. The manga is more violent and bit more sexual. Has a few more details too, since the chapters are paced in a certain way.
Nonetheless, the overarching plot is only introduced in the Goddess arc(the third season). And that arc has a banger of a conclusion. To some people, it’s good enough, but if you want proper closure and not heartache from crying at the emotional climax, you’d need the manga.
I mean, it’s still one of the best romcom manga.
@@ADTillion thanks for the reply man
I'm getting a bit confused here: The anime and manga have different endings?
Master Pirate The anime stopped before the final arc. Basically, it’s like Bleach. Bleach continued beyond the point that the anime ended. Similar deal with Hunter X Hunter. It’s what happens to majority of anime. The arc they end on, is usually solid enough to not warrant another season, even though canonically, it continues.
As a rule, romcom manga never get full anime adaptations. It’s actually a miracle TWGOK got as much as it did.
And oh, I just remembered. They technically did 3 and a half seasons. The Tenri OVA was basically the prequel to the Third season. Since they didn’t do a proper season to cover the events between the seasons 2 & 3, they had to bridge it somehow. Tenri OVA introduces the plot that is explored in the Goddess Arc. You kinda have to watch that OVA before starting the last season.
But it’s still better to just read the manga.
*Bunny Girl* was wonderfully weird... it’s definitely worth a watch !!
Christmas that is
Is there still no name for the genre of the main character episodically going around and solving peoples' social problems in a way that the main character is uniquely positioned to solve? I would have though it had become so common by now that someone would have coined a term for it.
There is, -gatari
Thank you, Arkada, for doing this every year. It's like a digital present. :)
Personally, I like to treat/consider characters as I would my friends. Some shows with terrible characterisation make that incredibly hard or nigh impossible, but I still try.
The reason why shows like this, imo, don’t remind you of other things while watching, is because the characters feel close to you. Think about it. No matter how much we laude individuality and uniqueness, we tend to group our friends and family under certain definitions and generally have to hear identical backgrounds, complaints, aspirations, from a multitude of people. But, what makes us forget the similarity of one person’s story to another, is the degree to which we bond with the person. Once you bond, all of a sudden, a problem you’ve seen as a cliche before, becomes something at the forefront of your mind as you try to solve it and help your friend, and you may try to employ a tactic you used with a similar friend, but you want to acknowledge the unique bond you have, so you are try to come up with a different solution.
I love this anime just wish Aniplex wasn't so... Aniplex with there pricing 😱, or it be an instant purchase.😭😭😭
Aniplex are terrible for their pricing.
one of my favorites from last year
As my man Oshino Meme used to say, Only YOU can save YOURSELF.
im really glad i watched this show, clicked on it seeing it as another chill brain off moe ecchi anime, turns out everything about it is amazing. and thus pushed me into watching my best anime of all time, monogatari series... that has been sitting in my to watch list for decades
Before you brought up the World God Only Knows, it was constantly in my mind as I really, really like that show.
I guess I understand the comparison to other anime protagonists, but to me Sakuta is so unique because he's not an edgelord, a cynic, or excessively creepy. He's honest, in a society that holds huge value in saving face and conformity, which makes him a social misfit. and there's a flashback to something Shoko tells him in one of the last episodes that helps explain why he goes out of his way to help the characters in this series - he might come across as a dick, but he's deeply kind where it counts, in no small part due to his having to take care of Kaede.
I've always been interested in the tension between the words "nice" and "kind", and I've always much preferred the latter. it's very easy to be nice, but not kind, and be perceived as a good person, and from what I've seen from anime and a few films, that seems to be an endemic problem in Japanese culture (as it is also especially in the American Midwest). Someone who doesn't "read the room", who does not conform to niceties, who is inconvenient to society, they get treated as if they're bad, inconsiderate, the villain at times even. And some people who aren't nice are all that, BUT there are people that are not nice, but are deeply kind, people who might have a prickly exterior or a disinterest in social niceties, but would lay everything on the line for someone they barely know. the kind of person who in a normal social situation would be endlessly frustrating, but who you would call first in a crisis. and that's Sakuta.
also Sakuta, once he realizes his feelings for Mai, never really takes much of an interest in any other girl beyond an inappropriate comment (and that time when he's talking to Nodoka, she looks like Mai, sooooo). so it's not really a harem at all. by the end of the second arc they're an item and they stay that way. and he starts the series platonic friends with one girl and then befriends another! name me another protagonist like this that can just have healthy friendships with girls his age! and god, the way he helps Futaba resolve her problem is so beautiful, because he doesn't treat her like a problem to solve, but as a friend in crisis. and he helps her see that the guy she's pining over may never see her the way she wishes he did, but he does love her as a friend, and would bike over in the middle of the night if he heard she was in trouble.
well i never forgot "the world god only knows". hah!
Nice to see a mention of twgok as it was my first major anime and the anime that brought me to this channel. It's my favourite anime/manga with one of the best planned character development of the mc throughout the entire series
bunny girl senpai is one of my 10/10s
Same
Did not realise how popular this anime was until I posted some of the real locations during visit to Japan on instagram. And yes that park were Sakuta meets Tomoe exists.
"That he can be a bit of a dick" is very untrue. Just because you are not going with the atmosphere doesn't mean you are a 'bit of a dick'. Bullying is commonplace in japan because of "atmosphere". People turn a blind eye to it and rather not get involved. Some student can get isolated / ignored. Sometimes people whispering unfounded rumors and bad mouthing others, but you don't call it out because "social norms".
It's a far more positive thing than you are putting it. People are not "going along" with "kuuki" because it's right, but rather it's just easier.
I might say, I never forgot TWGOK. The story was very entertaining at the time I watched it and still feels the sting when Chihiro cried during a live. In defense to TWGOK, it wasn't boredom to the show that lead its fate to be forgotten but rather the studio who animated the show. If I can remember it correctly, the studio got bankrupt for whatever reason and the rights to animate TWGOK remains to them.
TWGOK manga was full of twist and revelations that you'll fully dive into. The ending was still the most logical and best ending we could ever get from the story.
Its not that Sakuta cant read the room, its that he chooses not to go with the flow which is what lets him deal with the Adolescence Syndrome so well
The problem is that with so much anime coming out every anime gets forgotten no matter how good or hyped it was at first. Even attack on titan, which got insane hype at first got forgotten. I remember when the second season finally came out people were like I'll watch it eventually. For an anime like the world god only know to get forgotten is all too normal especially since the story already ended.
The other thing in Bunny Girl's favour is that is kept the arcs short. Just like Arkada says "watch the first 3 and decide is you want more", it reminds me of currently airing Oresuki, which you could say the same about, even though it's a completely different genre. Basically no individual arc overstays it's welcome, and when the characters and their banter is as entertaining as it is in Bunny Girl, it keeps it fresh and watchable.
I still actively recommend The World God Only Knows to people. The manga's ending was kinda meh but the arcs shown in the anime are great and definitely worth checking out. A shame the anime community doesn't give it more justice while still parading around the likes of SAO as "good" despite the numerous obvious flaws.
Dude... It's not SAO fault TWGOK didn't get attention it deserve. Btw, I like the manga ending, I think it's good enough to be one of my favorite manga.
Well duh it's not SAO's fault TWGOK didn't get the attention it deserves, I just just using it as an example of an average at best anime that got way more attention and praise than it deserved.
Also overall I absolutely love TWGOK, manga and anime, I just felt the manga ending was rushed and a bit muddled. That whole story beat about Elsie at the end came from basically nowhere and was super interesting but was wrapped up just as quickly so it didn't feel as rewarding or satisfying as previous arcs.
At least best girl won in the end. Honestly sad I won't be getting more content from that universe though, I can always use more Keima in my life.
I needed this, I just finished the show for the first time, and now I'm craving more
I think you may have misjudged or mischaracterized Sakuta in this review. Sakuta chooses not to read the room. He is very aware of his actions, but acts as if he isn’t, hence his crude and sometimes rude remarks. His actions are considered, but he does not care about its repercussions. He does this because of what happened to Kaede. He shows emotion. He cries and gets angry when most people would be embarrassed to show emotion, especially for a male character. (Standing up for Koga, crying for Kaede, screaming his love in public for Mai.) Sakuta is a much deeper character than you might think; the moments he has with Shoko (whether in his memories or in the present) really show where he comes from. They are less about Shoko and actually, *his* adolescent syndrome arc. His arc climaxes in the movie, which follows Kaede’s arc.
I almost got a heart attack when "Kyon-kun denwa" popped up on the screen
Holy hell, I just got done watching the movie today and was hoping there would be more people who’d review both it and the series and here you come and surprise. Truly a wonderful coincidence indeed.
I still remember the world God only Knows.
I also remember another series called the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
This series is almost taking examples of what has come before.
I hope the young otaku of today latch onto the Rascal series like how I did back when Haruhi Suzumiya was first released during the mid 2000s 15 years ago.
Everyone talks about how the show is all about the "atmosphere", but I didn't see anything like that in in. Maybe I failed to read the atmosphere of the show?
Like, you say that it's not the girl who turned invisible, but the society made it a taboo to interact with her? But that certainly didn't feel that way in the show. And that scene where her mom comes to the beach... my memory might serve me wrong, but didn't she directly ask like "where the hell is my daughter", like she wasn't just avoiding interacting with her, she quite wanted to interact with her, but just didn't see her?
Or even if in that case my memory is indeed mistaken, how can that "atmosphere" explain the other cases, like with the time loop or a doppelganger? What, it became a new social norm among the people to expect time to loop and expect people to spawn doppelgangers? That makes no sense.
The show does drop the word "atmosphere" like a couple of times, but also doesn't bother to explain how it's supposed to tie up with what's happening.
And you say "who even talks about world god only knows anymore", well, can't say for everyone, but I've just as successfully forgotten about this show as well.
Spot on
I haven't even seen Bunny Girl Senpai yet and I already have a couple of Mai figures and a doll coming.
Did The World God Only Knows really fade away? I still love it, and I see people recommended it pretty often when others ask for recommendations, and even see it on peoples favorites list fairly often on AniList. I know it's not really talked about actively all the time, but how many good shows are 6 years after they're done airing, the anime community is very seasonal after all.
I introduced this anime to a friend by calling it "a simpler Monogatari"
I'd say in many ways it's more complex.
This is a great review.
I've already seen it myself, but I enjoy watching reviews about this anime.
4:45 nop he can if fact read the mood perfectly, he just chooses to not do it. Hes a badass for it.
Kaede's syndrome hit me the most. Her trauma created a persona that's child like in nature, her entire being has been reverted back to infancy. Her mind created that persona to hide herself from the trauma. Everyone was talking to her like she's not who she is, it's like waking up on another person's body, she felt like a stranger to her own body. After getting a life lesson from Shoko, Sakuta finally understood how Kaede felt like and was first to recognize that she's no longer Kaede that everyone knows and he accepted it. For two years, Sakuta basically raised Kaede, he was the one there for her when their parents abandoned them. You just grow to love and accept the new Kaede throughout this entire show.
"Kaede wants to come here many times and get our money's worth" - a comment she makes upon getting the annual pass for the zoo knowing that it's her last day.
The old Kaede coming back, knowing full well that the one that Sakuta has been raising over the last two years is gone, hurt to watch and him running in the rain crying was so painful, I don't think there's any other way to go through that rather than be sad about it. I'll just leave this with this line that I'll take wherever I go:
"That sadness is another previous thing that Kaede has given you. That shows exactly how big Kaede's existence was."
I watched other vids but you nailed it - straight to the point and I think you explained it in the best way
Bunny-girl Sempai is a less-intelligent version of Bakemonogatari. I'd call Bunny-girl Sempai the baby show, the gateway anime to ease new viewers into much more intelligent titles, like Steins Gate or Haruhi
This anime is one of the few which had a really good season ending.
The big difference in the on going romance between Mai and the main character. Maybe you considered that a spoiler, but to me that is the main selling point. that and not putting shiny red spots on her boobs.
Thais anime was a game changer for me, the story, the characters, the arc it was all a work of art. I don’t see that much animes but a friend forced me to see the first episode and i got hooked. Now i write an email to clover works every now and then to know if they are going to adapt the other novels 😂
Bunny Girl Senpai remains... to this day my favorite anime of all time, as a man with a respectable 250 anime's watched on my belt it still remains my favorite (also the first show to make me cry)
It took great concious effort for me to finish even the first arc, but I am pretty sure had I watched BGS 5 years ago I probably would have been a huge fan.
It was the first story of this kind for me. It was a most enjoyable watch I had in a long time. A little dissapointing pacing of the movie made me look for other stories like it and I opened a new world of anime I never knew existed.
But Bunny Girl Senpai is forever the first in my heart
i dunno I did definitely saw the comparisons BUT I love that nervous little panda.
"- if finances are a little tight this Christmas season."
Ah, I see you are a man who is rolling for the blonde goddess as well.
A fellow degenerate who's spending money on fgo
According to his Twitter feed, it didn’t go so well
I miss The World God Only Knows. Since the last seasons didn't come out, I caved in and read the manga, that being the first manga I ever bothered to finish. Got me crying. Fucking hell the anime was so good, too...
Gives Bakemonogatari a Watch It, gives Poor Mans Monogatari a Buy It. You sir have lost all credibility.
He lost it, years ago where have you been?
I'm certainly not going to forget it since it was the best show of the season when i started watching seasonal anime, it leaves a mark.
The World God Only Knows is a masterpiece in my mind and that's all that matters.
I loved this series... except how the end of the Kaede arc was handled. My primary issuing being that (at least from how I understood it), the Kaede arc broke the "rules" of the series. At the end of the day each person suffering from Adolescence Syndrome had confront it one way or another. Sakuta at the expense of himself draws as much attention to Mai as possible. But it's through that act of love that she finds the confidence to face her self-consciousness, knowing that someone is willing to stand with her regardless. The same rules of facing the Adolescence Syndrome apply to all the other leads. Through that struggle they overcome their Adolescence Syndrome. But Kaede didn't. KAEDE did. KAEDE was the one who slowly broke free of her shell and began exploring the outside world. She was the one who confronted her fears of social interaction. The second personality was able to confront her version of Adolescence Syndrome, but ONLY she did.
Kaede never did anything. She overcame nothing. KAEDE grew and was able to find the courage to overcome her social problems. And in the end she died a death of personality. KAEDE was gone. Kaede came back. Having not changed, having not confronted her Adolescence Syndrome. It's not as though the two halves were reunited ala Futaba. KAEDE was gone, none of her memories of facing her issues imparted upon Kaede. So Kaede wakes up and apparently all is well. She'll just go to school miraculously. Her last memories before KAEDE took over were being in the hospital with cuts all over (to the best of my knowledge, please correct me if I'm wrong). What kind of thoughts would be swirling through your mind? But all's well now. Absent of KAEDE's memories and perfectly fine. It just doesn't sit right. It feels more like the story aimed for cheap emotional pain at the lost of the KAEDE we had all grown to love over the course of the series. Which is disappointing considering overall how excellent this series REALLY is.
This reminded me of Monogatari, but it was an anime that my wife also enjoyed.
Seeing you talk about KamiNomi is making me soooo happy !
💢Please I have 1 question💢
At the end when Sakuta and Mai slept at the hospital next to each other, then the flashback appears from Anime series (ep 1 to 13) then we see all those memories has been erased.
Does that mean everything we watched (from ep 1 to 13) will not happen after that?
In Anime TV series we saw
Sakuta helped Mai's Puberty syndrome (When no one can see her)
Sakuta didn't sleep to not forget Mai
Sakuta confesses to Mai in front of all students
I will really be upsad if Mai didn't remember all above moment in Anime TV series ...
Yes, it all start at the beggining with a good one. Sakuta and Mai wage to sacrifice all those precious memories from Episode 1 to 13 to save little shoko’s life. The good one is at this ending the present time was in a good phase like Both Mai and Sakuta see each other again at the library but this time adult shoko didn’t appear on Sakuta dream. Thanks for the Memory piece of Past and Future Sakuta and Mai save little shoko life Mai take the leading role of kid waiting for a heart donor. As being said little shoko has been save. While little shoko finish her homework so she didn’t get her adolescence syndrome. It was a good ending.
Take note only Shoko and Sakuta can back to the past and future that is why Sakuta save Mai from the incident. It was a Simulation of the future. Mai said you “choose a future for both of us” this phrase triggered the future sakuta adolescence syndrome it was all in the future that is why shoko help sakuta to save Mai in the Past.
Yea this is a series that definitely seems more interesting than what it seems in the surface. It seems like more of just a fanservice show at first, but I've been hearing a lot of good things about it and how so many were surprised with how much they enjoyed it. You giving it even more perspective will make me keep this one on my radar more. I might give it a shot eventually; along with the many other series I hope to one day get to. LOL.