(L+CR) Akebi-chan no Sailor-fuku (Akebi's Sailor Uniform)

[Kazu-kun]

Damn, Komichi has game. There is no girl safe with her around. lol

[Ragashingo]

What is this show? It is well drawn. Well acted. Beautiful in its own way. But... with little hints of very minor yuri? Am I just reading a little too much into vignettes of friendship? Maybe...

Either way, this might be the low key feel good show of the season for me.

[nojay]

Originally Posted by Ragashingo

But... with little hints of very minor yuri? Am I just reading a little too much into vignettes of friendship? Maybe...

Spoiler for large image, safe for work:

Maybe not... ?

[Ragashingo]

Episode 4 was nicely delightful. The focus on trying to capture what Akebi is really like paid off nicely by the end. The animations in the cooking segment were hilarious! Her photos in the photobook were perfect. As was the cover and then the detail view they did of that photo at the very end.

Really enjoying this series so far. Just hoping Akebi doesn't eventually do something stupid like forcing a friend to climb out of a frozen stream after a bike crash.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

This is such a good anime, it is so much fun to watch.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep4:

*episode isn't really that perverted*

Nan... dato.......... *existential crisis*

Still was cute though. And beautiful.
But tame

[Kaoru Chujo]

Excellent show, up to ep3. A new kind of Marimite? Lovely images and lovely people. If you need external tension, this show is not for you, but it is for me. No boring nasty girls, just real people.

Akebi just becomes more and more charming and more and more popular. And her athleticism: that incredible, prolonged stretch and then the barefoot run. So glad she chose the drama club, too. The faces seemed odd until I got used to them. The ED and its animation are great.

Here's a pic of the director, Kuroki Miyuki 黒木美幸:



She's a key animator who has been assistant director on a couple of shows and directed Idolmaster Side M in 2017. Her earliest credit was as an animation checker on Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, in 2012. Not sure how old she is, or when this pic was taken.

Chara-des and animation direction is by Kouno Megumi 河野恵美 (Vivid Red, Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia):




The star is played by Murakami Manatsu 村上まなつ, who was the black cat in Odd Taxi and Yuzuha in Cue! Only started seiyuu work in 2019. She does a brilliant job with the ED. Idol seiyuu incoming:



Touko (who took pics of herself) is played by another rising seiyuu, Kitou Akari (Tsukasa in Tonikaku Kawaii). Erika (long yellow twintails) is played by Amamiya Sora (Kaori in Isshuukan Friends). Akebi's mother is played by Hanazawa Kana. Her sister by Kuno Misaki (Kate in Zvezda, and many children and small animals).



The matter of the sailor-fuku uniform works fine for me. Sure it's a trick, but it shows Akebi's combination of simplicity and determination. And her straightforward love of family.

[Kanon]

I wouldn't have thought the director was a woman. I doubt the author of the manga is one though.

[grecefar]

I can imagine akebi going home humming the pokemon theme, gotta catch them all.

[Kanon]

As expected of Komichi, she doesn't have one but two stalkers!

I really like what the show is doing, having Komichi befriend new classmates every week, learning more about them and influencing them in the process.

[BWTraveller]

Tired of monster of the week? Here we have loli *ahem* friend of the week

[nojay]

Originally Posted by BWTraveller

Tired of monster of the week? Here we have loli *ahem* friend of the week

That's the plot, basically -- hyper-genki girl (Akebi) encounters and befriends a different type of classmate or two each chapter/episode. She started with the oujo-sama (Erika) and now she's collected the class prez (Tanigawa), quiet bookworm (Kojou), extrovert (Usagihara), loli (Hiraiwa), the hick-from-the-sticks (Tougeguchi), chonky-girl (Shijou) and so on. Still more to come.

[Kanon]

I'm happy Erika was given the spotlight again, and is officially Komichi's closest friend... and maybe more in the future. That scene in the library? No yuri goggles needed there.

After seeing two fishing shows in the past year (including one this season), I could tell that Erika studied up a lot. She did a lot of the things they teach beginners to do in these shows.

I'm liking this show more and more, and Slow loop less and less. It was the opposite when they started.

[Decel]

In today's episode, we learn that Komichi's butt makes a great sound when you smack it...

The doujins write themselves...

Makes me want to see Kao more often ("It's not an umbrella?", lol!)

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Decel

In today's episode, we learn that Komichi's butt makes a great sound when you smack it...

The actual sound was meh though. And her butt didn't even jiggle when it was slapped. I'm disappointed, Cloverworks.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I'm liking this show more and more, and Slow loop less and less. It was the opposite when they started.

Who needs the real thing? This episode showed that this anime can just do Slow Loop in its place, but with higher quality (and derpier faces, I guess)

[Ragashingo]

Still really enjoying this one. I like that it's just sorta honest and wholesome. It's not super contrived. It's not really even overly cute. I like Akebi's successes and failures. She feels like a real girl outgoing enough to make friends but still nervous in the moment. And the art is surprisingly good. And I kinda like the faces. They set it apart from a K-On! or something similar.

For all the big flashy things there are to watch, I'm drawn to something like this that operates on a smaller scale but still tells nice stories.

[Ragashingo]

Episode 7
Another week, another touching short tale of friendship. This one had some interesting animation flourishes, but it was the emotion that made the episode great.

Spoiler:

Hebimori, one of Akebi's classmates who choose not to join a club, sorta accidentally promises to play her guitar for Akebi... even though she can't play the guitar she owns. She sets out to learn how but become discouraged only to see a few of her classmates struggling to get better and better in their own club activities.

Akebi and Hebimori go to an unused room so Hebimori can play but hide when Erika walks in to do some cleanup duty. When she is finished, Erika plays a lovely piece on the piano. It’s all Abeki can do to keep her cheers silent, which causes Hebimori to doubt her beginner level guitar skills. She tells Akebi that she lied but Akebi insists she play for her anyway.

Hebimori plays a decent little song and Akebi makes it a point to cheer for her just as strongly as she did for Erika. More strongly, even. In the end, Hebimori is encouraged and goes back to learn more guitar cords that she'd been ignoring.

I love little episodes like this. Doubt, fear, struggle, daring, joy. This was a great episode because it was so small and self contained.

[grecefar]

Guitar > Piano.

I'm glad akebi stopped her at the end, I was about to drop this immediately, that was going to be one of the most savage NTR I've ever seen, an instant drop.

That was close...

[Kanon]

This really was a great episode. This show is turning out to be quite the little gem.