vrijdag 18 juni 2021

(Average+) Sakamoto Desu Ga?

Series in one sentence:
A 15-year-old who looks like a 20+ man does childishly lame things with style.

Series in more sentences:

A seemingly perfect high school student catches the attention of everyone he meets, but while he has many fans, jealous male students constantly try to challenge or sabotage him as well.


Good premise and charming at times, but the anime could've benefited from Saiki K.'s speedy delivery. It wants to be a zany show, but it moves a tad too slowly for that. With some minor tweaking, it would've been a drama.

The jokes are alright, though none made me laugh out loud, and Sakamoto is described to be this awesomely cool guy, while many of his "solutions" made no sense or were generally pretty lame. But I guess that's part of the comedy.
I was more interested in the serious storylines, but these were just as often clumsy in their direction and not that much time was spent on them. The school delinquents got alot of screen time, while their storylines were the least interesting parts.

Comedy or drama, it's hard to say what genre I'd prefer if both need work. I'll likely not watch this series again, but if there ever comes a season 2, I will check it out. There's an interesting theory floating about on what Sakamoto's departure at the end entails, and it definitely makes his goodbye (more) saddening.
To me, the theory excuses Sakamoto's odd problem solving skills as well and makes it look like he was just trying to have fun.

But well, a theory is just a theory, and a show needs to be graded on what it actually is.


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