baka to test to shokanju 1
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Pikachu, I choose you!
Baka to Test to Shokanju is one ridiculous premise: a school is divided into many different class levels based on one’s test scores. And then the pampering (or lack of) one gets at the school is determined by this caste system. It’s pretty much Special A, only instead of using the perspective of the A class, we’re looking at the rock bottom. Basically, the delinquents: KKK members, jocks, special needs, the cast of Sora no Otoshimono, anime bloggers, etc etc etc. The twist is that these classes can then declare war on each other, via summoned beings representing their intelligence level.
Yoshii felt like the second coming of Sunohara. I always wondered what an anime with Sunohara as the star would be like. I don’t anymore. With a toilet seat cover.
(Yoshii’s seiyuu, Hiro Shimono, also did the voice of one of the Special A students in Special A. Why the hell couldn’t they just get Sunohara’s seiyuu and complete the circle with Tomoya as Yuji?)
Himeji, obviously, reminds me of Nagisa crossed with Mikuru with a dash of Shia and Louise. Obviously. Get ready for her sick girl trope to cause many, many deus ex moments, like fainting before a key match.
I actually kinda like this whole concept of having a summon creature based on one’s test taking abilities. I think this should be extended to other anime as well. For instance, K-On!. Can you imagine Mugi’s Bahamut to Yui’s Chocobo?
Never heard of Silver Link before. But don’t feel bad. They probably never heard of blog好ã before. Anyway, I hated how they adapted Baka to Test to Shokanju. They glossed over the two best parts of the series to squeeze in about half the first light novel into the first episode. (Brings back bad memories of how rushed Toradora 24 was.) Best part? The quizzes! There were no quizzes. I’m sorely disappointed. This is like taking Senjougahara out of Bakemonogatari. The second? The hilarious supporting class got red shirt ensign status in favor of Yoshii’s Bones, Yuji’s Kirk, and Himeji’s Spock. Kouta’s supposed to be the successor to Tomoki! Hideyoshi’s supposed to be the successor to Mako-cakes! What happened?
(I also hate how there’s dots everywhere. No, seriously, I get it. You like dots… just they don’t need to be everywhere.)
(But their animation’s pretty slick.)
Note to Silver Link: the constantly changing blackboard has been done before. Hint: it didn’t work that well for Shaft.
This show just seems weak to me. The premise is a one pony gimmick, the characters aren’t memorable except how much they resemble better characters, and it’s not funny, moe, or dramatic. What else is left?
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What’s left? Fanservice of course. Assuming they have it.
I’ve heard that Silver Link has a lot of ex-Shaft folks, which explains the affinity for the dots and blackboards.
The sheer ridiculousness of this show keeps me watching, and it’s the director of EF, so I feel obligated to watch it.
I laughed when I read this. But doesn’t Yui have a penchant for test-related hax?
Sounds like the complaints for Seitokai no Ichizon, and you saw how well that turned out.
…Well, animation quality aside, but let’s face it, it is DEEN at their usual state.
DO NOT MOCK THE CHOCOBO
…But yeah, I’d think since Bahamut is an MP hog, Yui could just spam summon Chocobo Rushes, Fat Chocobo Splashes, etc., before Mugi could get one Mega Flare off. And with Mugi’s penchant for getting “distracted”… Yui just might have a lucky break.
Decent enough, and was still better than, say, Ookamikakushi. This season’s lacking in worthwhile stuff which way well keep me watching this. Unless the one-trick pony is ridden to death. (So far the only real contender for my #1 spot seems to be Horo- I mean Durararararararara.)
I’m not worried since it’s early in the season; but I see there’s no mention of K-On 2.
I am of course, talking about Sora no Woto.
Which, after the first episode, isn’t so much as K-On in WW1 as I first thought it would be.
“and it’s not funny, moe, or dramatic. What else is left?”
transformation scenes where clothes come off, the same clothes come back on. this only happened to the guy who looks like a trap, but the twin sister clears everything.
Not having seen the source material, I thought this was a pretty good first episode and am curious where they’re going to go with it. Seems like it has the potential to run out of steam pretty quickly, but I said the same thing about Sora no Otoshimono and it ended up surprising me.
Wouldn’t a better match for Yui’s test summon be a nekomimi’d Gilgamesh (VIII style)? Excalipoor after Excalipoor (if it even appears at all), when suddenly BAM! Masamune from out of nowhere! …and then it’s back to the Excalipoors.
Works well in fact, given the 1 in 16 chance to summon fat chocobo. Idiot Savant!
I’ve not read the source material, but this episode seemed fun enough.
Silver Link is pretty much the majority of EF’s staff.
The art was pretty much the only thing I liked about this. The jokes were flat, the story stupid, the characters rather uninteresting. I usually give shows at least a couple of episodes to show what they’re worth, but I don’t see myself bothering about the next episode of this.