Mayo Chiki

                                                                                  

         




             Mayo Chiki, a story about a guy who discovers the secret the butler of his school idol, Suzutsuki. the secret was, the butler, konoe is actually a girl. not a pretty-boy like everyone imagined. the reason i watched this anime was because the manga(up to chapter 15) was really good and funny. i planned on reading the manga for a second time but i found out its anime just finished airing so i watched it instead, only to be disappointed by its quality. 

Story: 5/10
             the story starts off quite well, to prevent Kinjirou from spreading the secret of konoe, Suzutsuki made a solution where she will help Kinjirou get rid of his gynephobia(fear of women) in return for him to shut his mouth about the secret. the characters later on become closer to each other because each of them have their own secret.

              like i said, i watched this anime because the manga was good. it turns out the final chapter i read(15) was episode 7 of the anime and also the final episode where i can say it's good. after that, i'll give this anime just a pitiful 4/10 for its story. theres not much to say. all the episodes are like stand alone episodes that has nothing to do with the anime. even if you skipped the whole thing and got to episode 11&12, i doubt i'll affect your understanding towards the the story because all the other episodes has no plot or whatsoever.

               for your info, the final episode is the 13th episode is the final episode, and again, this really is just ridiculous. this is the episode on the 'taned-megane' girl. what i'm saying is, episode 11&12 is the real ending. from my point of view, why can't they just make episode 13 into episode 11 and make the ending episode 12&13 instead? or they could even just make it into an ova instead? 

                 saying all that, the comedy isn't that bad. the ending was alright. i just hate to see 12/13 episode animes having ridiculous episodes that could have been replaced with something related to the story line. 

Art/Sound: 6/10
                 nothing special. op was enough to get my attention for two episodes, so i guess it's mediocre.

Character: 8/10
                 if it weren't for the characters, i wouldv'e given mayo chiki a 5/10. the protagonist wasn't that great. it's your usual rom-com protagonist who's a natural playboy. the character i liked the most is Konoe. when you first watch her, your impression of Konoe will definitely be a tsundere as she was really mad when Kinjirou discovered her secret. it turns out she was just a lonely fellow with no friends. Kinjirou becomes her first friend and crush so she tries to protect their friendship at all costs but at the same time wanting her relationship with him to go beyond friends. 

                 Konoe greatly resembles Koaru(Ladies Versus Butlers) and Chalotte(Infinite Stratos). these kind of character tend to have a double personality due to the fact being forced to cross dress. they show a poised,cool figure to the people other than the one who knows their secret.

                  Another interesting character is Kanade, a yandere character is a perfect contrast for a gynephobic person. She  uses Kinjirou to return her relationship with Konoe to what it originally was. 

Overall: 6/10
                   i'd only give it a 6/10. it's disappointing to see such a good story that could've been way better gone to waste. it's like good coffee with no sugar in it. -.-

Mayo Chiki OP

IS(infinite stratos)

 
   this is one of those animes where i think its quite good but others say its not. this is my review of it in myanimelist .





 " i don't know why the score for this anime is so low. personally, i think its actually quite good if you see this anime as a harem.

STORY:
        theres nothing special about the story in this anime. its just a typical harem with 1 male lead going to an all girls school for IS pilots. obviously, it has a sci-fi feeling to it all the technologies and stuff.
        theres no real use for the IS, at first, i imagined this anime would have a theme of war, but its only used for sports. furthermore, only girls can use the IS, theres no other guy for the lead to fight against with his IS.  boy fighting with girls just doesnt feel right. it just doesnt give you that thrilling feeling. thats why i said you need to watch this as a harem, not an action anime.
          another thing i was dissappointed in is the ending. this anime is lacking an antagonist. yes, there will be a fight at the ending but they don't even know who or wht theyre fighting against. i just don't get it. theres actually some holes in the story that leaves you wondering. for example, why did people kidnapped orimura when her sister was in the competition. this kind of question with an open answer allows the anime to have a second season. i really think it should have one.
       

ART:

         arts not bad. but i hate it when they fight using the IS. its in 3d. man that just ruins the mood. they only use 2d when theres a close-up on the character. when i said the art was good, im probably saying it because of the design of the art in the anime. it gives off a very modern but not too sci-fi feeling to it. from the rooms to clothing

SOUND:

          i should actuallygive a 6for sound but charlotte's sound track urges me to click 7, i feel like im in france -,-



CHARACTERS:

          all the cliche characters of a harem anime is here, blondes, childhood friends, tsundere.. u name it. but my personal favourite has got to be charlotte. shes just so cute.

          nothing special in the male lead, he's just your everage boy whos dense to the core, talented, kind and so on.

ENJOYMENT:

           pretty much enjoyed the show but this seriously needs a second season to make up the mistakes of the first one.
favourite scene: towards the end of episode 8, funny :)"

     
             people say IS is a bad anime. not worth the time. i have to agree that it sucked in a way, especially the graphic. after rewatching it, i found out at bakatsuki its from a light novel and already had 7 volumes.
the novels where quite good. even better than zero no tsukaima i guess. zero no tsukaima gives you a novel feeling but IS realy gives you an anime feeling. probably because of all the sci-fi and harem. but the cons of the novel is that it's really hard to know whats going on during the fight scenes. sometimes, i just read it briefly to get the picture of whos winning/losing. the novel is also 2x more detailed than the anime. some scenes of the anime that took 2minutes could be as long as 20 minutes to read. an example is when ichika visit Ran's house. some lines are repeated, "maybe im just imagining things" i dont know if its a joke or anything but it gets old.

            owh yeah, the number of girls in the anime is 5, like in the image above. the number of girls in the novel is 8(for now). besides that, theres slight differences between the novel and anime example:charlotte and laura transfered on the same day in the novel but on different days in the anime.

            sorry for my nubish post. XD