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Oct 14 2009

Categories: episodic review, seitokai no ichizon
Tagged: seitokai no ichizon

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Tastes like happiness.

“Don’t touch it. And I wouldn’t write any names, either. Otherwise, you’ll be in trouble.”

I like how the gags are working into this series. They’re no wacky gags for the sake of having wacky gags, but more of a “Wait, did that just happen?” variety that actually flow with what’s happening. I didn’t think about the reference at first, even though ten minutes of the episode was dedicated to notebooks, but it made for a satisfying laugh when the gag came out.

(I like how they used the apple to drive the point home.)

Chizuru is awesome. Loved her brainwashing of Aka-chan. That was just fantastic. Aka-chan just played perfectly into her hands.

“I’m the only one allowed to violate your body.”

Chizuru is really awesome. Loved how she suggested that Aka-chan have some milk… not to drink, but to trip and fall such that she spills the milk all over herself. Maria-sama reference aside, what really pushed this scene over the top was Ken’s willingness to videotape it. That’s my boy!

(I think by the time Seitokai is done, Aka-chan and Chizuru would have surpassed Natsuki and Shizuru. There’s no doubt in my mind that Chizuru is already secretly having her way with Aka-chan. And we’re only at episode two.)

“There’s nothing in it for me, but this is a special favor, just for you.”

I think the only difference between a Chizuru and a Minami is the amount of sinister intent. There’s far more sinister intent in a Chizuru.

(And, really, can we get one slapstick comedy anime where the male lead doesn’t dress up in a meido fuku? It’s not original anymore. kthxbye.)

“Hahaha! You activated my trap card!”

Mafuya needs better lines. We get it. She likes games, but not eroge games. At least have her spout off BlazBlue references or say lines from Final Fantasy IV. Spoony bards 4tw!

“No, it’s ‘P’ not ‘O’. It’s front, not back.”

I liked how everyone’s solution for Aka-chan’s poor test-taking was that she wasn’t adult enough… and… obviously, for any young girl, the path to adulthood is through revealing, sexy clothing.

(See, this scene was where I thought Studio Deen failed. You had the perfect setup: Chizuru dragging Mafuya into the backroom to change. Like shouldn’t Mafuya protest a bit more and scream out things that make Ken nosebleed a bit? And Ken was already amped up and had his camcorder ready– wouldn’t the 4koma gaijin reference be mandatory when Mafuya walked out of the room? And, of course, Studio Deen failed the pinup shot by not giving us more or a longer glimpse of Mafuya’s new outfit. I’m 100% positive that if Kyoto, Shaft, or JC Staff worked on this show, we would be examining it like how Panties examines a cell phone.)

(We’re two episodes in, and I’m already demanding a remake. Unprecedented?)

“You’ll have to learn the adult world with your body.”

There’s more girl x girl action in Seitokai than in Sasameki Koto, that’s for sure. And there’s no better place for it than in the student council room…

I also blame Studio Deen for the uninspired OP/ED. I think this show could have used/done better. Really, Seitokai is about five people doing nothing but talk in a single room– you’d think they’d go hog wild with the OP/ED. But, no, instead they went low cost and boring.

(Also, this show features pretty much an all-rookie seiyuu cast. It worked for K-On!. It’s not working here. How is Rie Kugimiya not involved for Aka-chan?)

“But have you ever seen a scene where people go moe over a math lecture?”

No. But I suddenly feel like my life is 10% worse off because I never had.

*goes to corner to cry that I never had Becky-sensei teach me trig*

“You’re cute. That’s all that’s needed.”

And that’s how Aka-chan, for her performance for being student body president for a month, won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.