Seitokai no Ichizon

First off, we’ll start with the characters. Sugisaki is our main character, and his personality is easily described as a pervert with a heart of gold. Unlike many other ecchi or harem series, it’s quite explicit that he’s a pervert. He constantly thinks of situations in terms of hentai games and his goal in life is to achieve the “harem ending.” That said, he is fiercely loyal and protective to the girls in the student council and is a generally kind and unselfish person. The quartet of girls, for the most part, fit into stereotypes of the genre. Kurimu is the student council president, but she is also the most childlike out of the quartet. Minatsu is literally made of hot blood, shonen action, and a booming voice. Mafuyu is a borderline hikikomori yet has a surprising amount of inner strength. Finally, Chizuru is the aloof big sister type character, and can at times be downright dangerous. Most of this series rests on the comedy aspect. Parodies of various anime series and aspects of Japanese culture abound, and if you’ve been watching anime for the past few years, you should be able to keep up. The one that really sticks out in my mind is a very long salute to the Sentai genre where they all try to figure out what color ranger they would be and what kind of plot their supposed series would have. They also poke fun at genre archetypes. In one episode, they all attempt to write a novel of their lives in the student council, which all vary wildly based on their interests. There’s also a two-minute segment where the cast manages to make a joke about almost every drama archetype in existence. Since tropes are my thing, I really enjoyed how the writers played with them. The writers make sure nothing is safe here, and stretch out enough that everyone will have something to laugh at. The series is not entirely episodic though, there is a bit of a plot involved, but it’s quite nonstandard. You see, all the character development that would usually take place in an anime series has already happened. You get the characters as they exist in the present. The story aspects, which usually take place in the first and last few minutes of each episode, trace back the characters and their pasts. Every girl gets a small piece of the story, and all four have suffered some kind of trauma. Sugisaki serves as the focal point that connects all the girls together. Once you finally get to the end of the series, the individual threads converge on him as they play what would have been the opening seconds of the series as the ending. What we would laugh off at the start is actually kind of a touching moment at the end. This is no deep plot, but it’s enough to nicely tie the series together as one collective work. From an animation standpoint, the series is executed very well. I honestly have to say that I have never seen a locker portray so much emotion before, just wait for episode 5 to understand that. Given that the vast majority of the series takes place in one little room, the artists put a lot of detail into the design, but that doesn’t leave the few scene changes in the lurch. Also, since this is a parody series, there’s a lot of call for style shifts and costume changes, in addition to the change in uniform as the seasons pass. The voice acting is one of the areas where this series shines the most. All four women in the student council have rookie seiyus, and they nail their roles to the wall. Takahashi Kondo voices Sugisaki, and he really conveys the pervert quality to his speech and tone. The OP is your standard Jpop fare, while the ED is somewhat nonstandard. A lot of series like this have different EDs for each episode, and while Ichizon does that, it always uses the same tune, just different lyrics or inflection. Unfortunately, one or two of the rookie team can’t quite stand up to the task. All things considered, Seitokai no Ichizon is a fairly standard series. The series doesn't manage to break any new ground within its genres, but it does everything well enough that I feel it warrants a look. It also manages to do it in such a way that it doesn’t grate on people who traditionally avoid its core genre, such as myself. It might be worth a look for you.

A simple anime that offers nothing more than student council members having fun with each other. Despite its plain and uncomplicated story, the comedy inside this show was so top-notch it'll probably cleanse the every last of depression you have left inside of you. In fact, it might cleanse you so hard you might have a higher possibility of dying from this rather than from that one disease we're all aware of. Seitokai no Ichizon has a slow-paced harem which depressingly blossoms 14 episodes into the series ( Season 2 Episode 2 ). Those who’ve come to this series expecting to increase their stimulation scale because they’re a degenerate might find Seitokai no Ichizon an utter disappointment. However, just because of the fact that the harem is a lackluster compared to many other shows categorized as harem doesn’t mean that the show is right up bad. As said somewhere above, the comedy is gold. Pure gold. 99.9% gold. In fact, you’d probably wouldn’t be able to see it because this yellow precious thing shines even brighter than the sun. I haven’t laughed this hard ever since a long time now. It’s so comical and entertaining. It’s even better if you understand a few references provided that you’ve seen the referenced shows and understand the references ( Fate, Suzumiya, Jojo, etc. ). The comedy outweighs the harem. Filling the holes left by the lack of harem. Seitokai no Ichizon was awesome. One of the greatest comedies I’ve ever seen and probably one of the best harem ever as it's not exaggerated. I recommend this to everybody who’s interested in comedy. I do also recommend this to people looking for a harem anime. However, here’s a warning for the harem people. Harem is not the main focus of this show thus it’s very lacking. At least for the entire first season. Though this may actually be good for some people if you're looking for a good harem that isn't exaggerated.

There are times where I come across an anime and I really don't know what to think of it...Seitokai no Ichizon is certainly one of those animes. For the most part, it is an anime that parodies many other popular animes, such as Haruhi, Death Note, Bleach, Majutsu no Index, and many, MANY more, so it's natural to assume not to take this anime very seriously. It is, after all, a lighthearted comedy series revolving around a student council. The biggest strength of this anime was it's characters and comedy writing. There's no doubt this is one of the funniest animes I've ever seen. I found myself rolling in laughter at all the characters' fantasies and obscure anime references (the Death Note reference always got some good chuckles out of me). I also loved the characters in this anime very much. First of all, you have Ken, the lighthearted harem junkie that tries to do all the work to make the girls happy, Kurimu, the adorable president that acts more like a child than a high schooler, Chizuru, the calm and dark council member with an ominous presence, Mafuyu, a cute, mild-mannered video game junkie that also has an obsession over Yuri (or Boys' Love) games, manga, and the like, and finally, her older sister Minatsu, a strong, athletic personality that loves her action games and manga. Overall, I found this to be an interesting mix of characters that made for some great dialogue. The biggest weakness of this anime, which I'm not really sure if I can consider it a weakness considering that they never really tried, is that there is no plot to this thing. It really is just an episodic anime of these five council members doing next to nothing during their meetings, or more specifically, how they get sidetracked from doing actual work. It just doesn't make for an interesting story. Even part of this anime's running gag were the characters commenting on how there is no story to their own anime. The artwork was also fairly sub-par...not terrible but nothing really that unique other than the anime's OP and ED. However, despite this anime's weak plot/story, there was a sub-plot discovered later in the series that actually made it kind of interesting. I can't really say a whole lot about it without revealing it but I can honestly tell you that it revolves around Ken before he was in the student council and how he knows each of the girls. There were some fairly touching moments in the last three episodes that made me wonder, why didn't they try this sooner? Then again, perhaps it might not have worked if they tried it sooner. Overall, it's a very nice comedy series if you're not looking for anything too complex and want to get some cheap laughs. There isn't really any fan service or ecchi moments, even though Ken's (and Mafuyu's) fantasies get a little revealing, so I find that to be a plus. If you're looking for a romance with some semblance of a plot, you won't find it in this anime. There really isn't anything in this anime to take that seriously. It's just a nice, simple anime to watch if you want to get a good hard laugh.

I like to think of myself as a comedy fan, being a fan of series like Milky Holmes, Nichijou and Arakawa Under the Bridge. I had heard a lot about Ichizon and had seen a few Youtube clips, and it looked like decent comedy. On the recommendation of a few trusted recommendations, I decided to take the plunge and was quite surprised at how absolutely hilarious this series is. I normally am a fan of the skit-based slapstick style comedy like in Arakawa, Nichijou and the recent Daily Lives of High School Boys, so Ichizon's slice of life-style presentation was a nice change of pace from my usual favorites. For a comedy, it actually does a really good job at developing the characters thanks to this format. Speaking of which, the characters in this series are amazing. They have some of the best voice acting I've heard in anime, especially Ken's seiyu. I can't help but crack up whenever Ken starts into one of his heated rants about his dream harem ending. The sense of comedic timing in the voice acting is out of this world, they know just when to change tone with the current situation. The girls surrounding Ken may seem to be typical anime personalities and to an extent they are parodies of stereotypes but I found them all to be very well written, as they know just when to through the view off into an unexpected fit of laughter. There are also lots of guest appearances throughout the series, which I will not spoil for you. I will say that Fumihiko Tachiki's cameo had me absolutely rolling, as I'm a huge Eva and Kaiji fan. My only real issue with the series that it's very short and some of the backgrounds are a bit drab (probably budget constraints, and they are in one one for most of the series). But I think the quality of the voice acting and writing make the series well worth a watch, it's been one of the funniest things I've watched recently.

First off, I encourage you to ignore the numeric rating. I only used it because it's a mandatory field. I had low expectations coming into this show. I first heard about it on [GG]'s blog, which talked about how terrible it was, and later how glad they were to dump the project onto Eclipse. They were further lowered when I watched a stream of the first few episodes. They weren't as bad as the blog and general chatter implied, but I still wasn't impressed. After downloaded it on a whim and started watching episodes over lunch it started growing on me though. Episodes grew progressively more enjoyable, as the show threw off its ecchi comedy disguise to reveal its true form, slice of life. This little anime that could, with no plot and a cast of purely archetypal characters, left me feeling satisfied that I had invested my time well, and disappointed that it was over so soon. Is the show good? I choose to skirt this question entirely and say it's enjoyable. If conversation and character development appeal to you, and you have a decent understanding of Japanese culture (terms like eroge and yandere are tossed around quite a bit) then you will probably enjoy it as much as I did. This is certainly a niche series though, and many viewers won't be able to get into it.

Seitokai no Ichizon is a anime that will make you laugh and make you feel all warm inside. Seitokai no Ichizon is more like a parody anime, like Hayate no Gotoku, but in this case they will use a lot of devices that may confuse those who are still young in the anime world. But for those who understand the basics of these devices (such as death note, Dragon Ball Z, Monster Hunter, etc.), this show might turn out to be very enjoyable. For those who just want an anime where they can lay back from the serious stuff and just want to get a good laugh, this is the anime for you

I'll just cover the main points that I enjoyed/disliked about this anime. 1. The characters are all unique and awesome. 2. For ME personally, I got bored watching the anime around episode 5. I realized that I cannot stand animes that doesn't have continuous stories between episodes. 3. The anime got interesting again around episode 7-8 where they start to show the male leads past and his connection to each members of the club. It was touching and overall a nice story. I recommend this to anyone who are okay with watching anime without a big "story line". Also do not watch this if you are expecting traditional "harem" since throughout the anime, the male lead doesn't get any!

Anime is full of grand adventures, epic tales and profound stories. It has the ability to take you to a completely different world. Yet, sometimes I just can’t be bothered with that. Sometimes all I want is to turn my brain off and laugh at some goofy people goofing off and being stupid. Seitokai no Ichizon is the perfect anime to lay back, relax and chill out to—it’s cosy, silly and light-hearted, and, honestly, I just can’t get enough of it. In the very first scene of the first episode, “Understanding the differences in media” is written on the whiteboard. The characters joke about how they can make the anime more appealing than the light novel, with some self-deprecating jokes along with it. Out of curiosity, I decided to actually investigate the differences in media by reading the first volume of the light novel. While the light novel definitely has its appeal—one that’s slightly different from the anime—I think the anime’s funnier. The ‘difference in media’ I observed was the sheer power of visual comedy, voice acting and comedic timing. The anime breathes life into the interactions by adding so much energy and liveliness that’s only really possible in an audiovisual medium. On top of that, I noticed how the plot was shifted around a bit. Rather than adapting the story one-to-one, they took bits and pieces and mixed them with others, with different contexts, to make it flow a little better. So, I have to say, the anime and light novel did help me understand the differences in media. Thanks for bringing it up, President! One of the big reasons I decided to watch this was that it’s a 2000s anime. I realised that I hadn’t watched many older anime and wanted to broaden my horizons by branching in that direction. Now, it’s very clear from the art-style that it’s an older anime, but I don’t mean that in a bad way. Older anime have a certain appeal to them that’s hard to describe. Although I’d say animation quality has improved over the years—especially in action scenes—I might prefer the character designs and style of 2000s anime. For the record, that’s not nostalgia speaking. I was a little poopy baby boy when the anime came out so I can’t say “those were the good ol’ days”. Well, peeing all around the house probably was the good old days, but that’s not the point. Despite not having experienced anime in the 2000s, there’s a particular charm to them, similar to that of a childhood summer. With the art-style and general ‘vibes’, the anime radiates that feeling and makes it so incredibly endearing. The anime revolves around the main character, Sugisaki, and four other girls that he wants in his harem. Every episode consists of them sitting in the student council room talking, chatting, goofing off, wasting time, erm… that’s about it…? It’s as close to a sit-com you’ll get in anime (I think? I’ve never actually watched a sit-com). Slice of Life is one of my favourite genres, so I love this kind of dynamic, but I’d imagine a lot of people would be put off by this. Moreover, there really isn’t much conflict at all. Stories normally centre around conflict, so without it you’d think it would just be boring. But, slice of life seems to be the exception, for some reason. This anime is stress-free and never takes itself seriously, which is nice every now and then. One of the funniest things about it is how self-conscious it is. It might even be the most self-conscious anime I’ve ever watched. I mean, even in the very first scene that I mentioned before, one of the characters read a review that says ‘the story’s the same and nothing goes on’, taking a dig at itself. Not only that but it’s pretty much a parody of harems. It realises how silly the idea of a harem is, so it doesn’t take it seriously at all. It’s so goofy and ridiculous that it sometimes feels like a parody of anime itself. It knows exactly what it is and doesn’t try to be anything it isn’t. Something I noticed around half-way through was that they change the lyrics to the ending each time. And each time, it’s complete gibberish. Utterly random and super silly. In episode 11, the ending is the President mouthing off about how great she is and how you must vote for her for the whole ending. Sometimes the ending has the voice actors laughing at themselves, forgetting the lyrics or singing out of sync, and they kept all of that in. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think the voice actors had a lot of fun with this anime. Something that stands out is the references. I know Gintama is supposed to have a bunch, but I haven’t seen it yet, so this anime probably has the most I’ve seen in an anime. It mentions Naruto, Gurren Lagann (even kind of spoils it), Haruhi, Index, Fullmetal Alchemist and even freaking Metal Gear Solid. I can’t remember if it was in the anime or light novel, but one of the lines is, “Don’t speak until Hunter x Hunter is finished!”. If Sugisaki took a vow of silence and became a monk to obey that, he still wouldn’t be able to speak (please finish HxH, Togashi, I’m begging). Also, they reference the light novel’s publishing company a bunch. They go so off the rails with the references that they often have to censor themselves to avoid copyright, which, in itself, is pretty funny. What’s more, the anime breaks the 4th wall more than any anime I’ve seen too. The first scene I described is one example of that. But throughout they constantly say how Mafuyu’s characterization is being ruined by her BL love, or how Minatsu being good at math doesn’t fit her character, or how having a meeting about what to do with student absences is too basic and wouldn’t be fun for the viewers to watch. It takes all the rules about immersion and throws them out the window for the hell of it. Now, in terms of the actual comedy, it is hilarious. The skits and gags are utterly absurd and it never takes itself seriously. It’s fast-paced with ridiculous situations, great one-liners and goofy slapstick. It’s not necessarily adult comedy, but definitely not pee poo childish humour either. The lack of emphasis on immersion and realism allows them to do the most nonsensical and stupid things. The bread and butter of the comedy is the straight man, funny man act, where one character will say something stupid and the other will retort, addressing how little sense it made. But the characters aren’t type casted into either role—it usually changes to fit the situation. Anime usually has a ‘comfy’ type of comedy as opposed to other media, for me at least. Though Seitokai no Ichizon made me laugh out loud time and time again. The characters themselves are quirky and hilarious. Each with their own unique qualities and flaws, such that you can simply put them in a room together and it’ll be hilarious no matter what they do. Despite lightly fitting into certain character archetypes, they each have plenty of aspects that distinguish themselves from that and make them lovable by their own merit. The anime drops us in with them already being friends, so they’re close to each other from the beginning. This lends to the comedy involving each character teasing or making fun of the others a lot of the time, which is possible because of how quirky and goofy they inherently are. It reminds me of a bunch of teenagers messing around and mouthing off to each other, which is what they actually are. But it really does capture that youthful dynamic of being so rude and horrible to each other, in a loving way. They can only do that because of how close they are. Despite how much they tease and poke fun at each other, the anime makes it clear how much they genuinely value their friendship. They truly cherish the time they have together and the safe space they’ve created in the student council. And whenever necessary, they stand up for each other and have each other’s backs. As cheesy as it is, that’s a true friendship being portrayed. Comedy is such a powerful tool, especially with how it can contrast seriousness. Don’t get me wron…

Most animes leave the fourth wall intact, presumably because 9 of 10 times it's broken the show quality plummets and the 10th time it neither adds or detracts. The only exception in the history of everything forever that has managed to make breaking it a fun thing that adds to the enjoyment is... NOT Seitokai no Ichizon, it's Deadpool. When a plot can be summed up with 4 girls and one guy in the same room 95% of each episode, a big temptation for the writer is to throw in references to other things and start breaking the wall that shall not be defiled with breaking, except by Deadpool since he defiles everything anyway. In this anime there are loads of very forced pokes at numerous other animes, maybe a slight bit fun for those who've watched those animes but for everyone else it's mostly a waste of screen time since the segments often don't even come with a good punchline. (I didn't like most references even though I've seen the other animes) The art and sound are only just good enough to be called "good" by 2017 standards, the characters however are sort of difficult to rate. The delusional guy constantly calling the girls his harem is on one hand refreshing compared to most other harem protagonists, but on the other hand he gets stale when compared to himself since the originality ended at just defining him as a guy seriously aiming for a harem. The girls also stick to their roles really hard but it works a lot better for them. Way back forever ago this anime was probably one of the better but by modern standards it isn't impressive. The comedy is endless hit and miss, with more missing than hitting, however if you're bored and have watched most other stuff out there you may as well watch this too.

My second review that will never get to the top four reviews. Read until the end... I logged in my dormant account since ages, just for this... Okay fck it! Personally, I loved and enjoyed watching this anime since I like an Anime with at least a good humor, has a messy, crazy, fun lifestyle and not boring! After almost having no good anime to watch as of late, I finally found this! Never heard of it before and if I did, I had probably forgotten since it has almost the same name as that ecchi anime that I find boring aka Seitokai Yakuindomo. But yeah, this is really good and too bad it doesn't have much recognition. If you have a popular YouTube Channel, Facebook Page, Blog or any sh!t that would share this anime's greatness and give it more recognition than it deserves, please do so... I want more seasons of this because it's fun to watch and it's better than those waste of money ecchi, cliche and boring anime out there! I don't have other things to say other than this being a great anime and these other sh!ts I've written! I mean who the fck cares about numbers! People who visit this page just probably wants to know if this is any good, worth watching or not, and not other people's "as if" detailed rating! Unless you're paid online to do so ;) I mean you're not a judge for fck sakes! Just a random person watching Anime! I gave it 10 because I can, and well... most MAL Ratings are so fcking underrated in my fcking opinion! A rating of 10 should counter that a little bit, I don't want to see this on 6 and below ratings because that affects great Animes a bit in not having more seasons! 8-10 ratings are what I consider to be awesome, enjoyable, great, fun and worth watching. 7 rating is like saying "it's okay, but could've been better".From 1-6, ratings are the descending worst types of how you can describe the word "boring" or "sh!t".

Before writing a review, most people write some sort of catchy thing that gets a person's interest, but I can not think of anything other than to say that I can not think of anything. Now then, lets get started with the review. Story: Seitokai no Ichizon is about a male student, Sugisaki Ken, who is the only male student on the Student Council which consists of four girls and a female teacher who is their advisor. The rest of the plot revolves around the days of student council members and on how Ken wants to make all the girls on the council, his harem. That is all there is to say about the main story. At first it sounds really lame and boring but it slowly grows and at the end, explains the rather honest and sincere reason for why he wants to have all the girls be in his harem (yes, the reason is good, even if the word harem is used to describe it lol). Although that is the main story, what makes this anime different than a regular comedy anime, is that it is a parody comedy. Throughout the show, especially the first half, there are countless references to shows such as Higurashi, The Mel. of Haruhi, Strike Witch, Death Note, K On!, and possibly others. However, instead of limiting the comedy to just parody, there were many moments where the characters would practically break the fourth wall in and say things like "So why is it that the main character in the anime talked this episode?" or on episode 1 "We need a opening theme for the show, but what should we do?" Art: Nothing too special about the art style. It does have a similar style that reminded me of Higurashi (especially with the main male character from both anime), and School Days. When doing the parody parts, the art style would briefly change to fit the theme, but overall stayed true. Sound/music: Nothing special here either. The OP was fine, the ED was cute, the sound effects used were fitting. Character: I thought they were great at fitting their own little niche, like the girl who is too innocent to realize what others mean when they say certain things (even though she likes BL novels), or the girl who was the more busty n lusty yet deadly and scary. The main male, Ken, did a great job at being awkwardly perverted and still be enjoyable when he was honest and serious. Enjoyment: Well, I enjoyed it, so hows that? Ok, I liked this anime quite a lot, but it was getting dry near the end, but once you make it to the final episode, you learn about the true reason why Ken is doing what he is doing, which was a really sweet and touching moment that made it all worth it. The fact that the show was a parody type, made various references to the viewers watching the show, and other things, made me enjoy this. I don't think this is the anime that everyone will enjoy , but for those who want a comedy that uses parody, then this is a good find.

Story (10): Seitokai no Ichizon is one of the best anime ever done. Unlike classic Harems which focuses on single route ending, Seitokai no Ichizon makes everybody smiling, I mean viewers in first place. So, Seitokai no Ichizon is more moral and feeling, comedy-oriented series. If you want to see the real feeling, you have to deduce them because they're not told clearly Seitokai no Ichizon also features one of the best parodies that circle around 2000~2008 animes. If you want parodying this is your best chance to get understandable parody without having to watching 50 episodes or 200 ones. Although, only the first episodes are parodying. Art (9): Good animation and suitable for 2009/2010 anime-era. GC are good, not great but it does what it has to be done: getting idea Sound (8): The sound may not be great deal. They're standard Seiyuu are good but not great Characters (10): Nicely picked characters. Each has its own taste and each is different. Also, each was picked (not by random like others) by several specifications making them accurate and highly respectable. As for Ken and his personality, I made him top of my fav characters :) Enjoyment (9): I really enjoyed Seitokai no Ichizon. I guess Season 2 (the ONA) won't be as the first season. I've actually enjoyed Seitokai no Ichizon in a way that kept watching it for days repeating it over and over again and each time I understand something new! Overall (9): so for now I'll leave the first season as one of my top favorite always referencing its ideas since they're more like mirror to real society and have even deeper analysis than just mere 4 characters + our main character. RECOMMENDED! Even may not be your genre but I guess I recommend it as an ICON of anime

Harem! Taken a little further in Seitokai no Ichizon, as our hero aims to have the entire student council (all composed of cute girls) his own personal harem! ..... That made it sound soooooo weird. But in many ways, this anime is also weird. In the outer part, Seitokai may look like it's just a conventional harem. But once one looks deeper, one may find that the fun part about Seitokai, is not in its "Harem" part, but it's story. Now, usually a story in a Harem is pretty much shallow. The girls fight over one guy that is usually hated, something happens, and poof! they're all in-love with him. But in Seitokai's place, almost none of that happens. I have seen a lot of Harem anime before, but Seitokai has my vote when it comes to originality of story. Now as for the art, it's a little bit off for me. I find the 2D face-style a bit old, yet attractive and cute at the same time. It comes with an array of colorful sceneries that need no more explanation. The sound on the other hand, I'm not too satisfied with. I was not that impressed or taken by its OP and ED, so I can't really say much about it. All in all, Seitokai no Ichizon was a great watch. It's one of the anime that made me think and recover myself, so to speak. I suggest you watch the entire season, so that you can get the most out of it.

Seitokai no ichizon is probably the anime equivalent of Seinfeld. This is mainly due in part to the fact that it holds the same main idea. It is mainly a show about... nothing. Basically, the story follows 5 high school teenagers through their "Student Council Meetings". However, the "meetings", if that, are just the characters' rambles ranging from BL, harems, sports, action, masochism, and loli. To top it all off, most of the anime is contained to one room, the Student Council Room. While this idea may seem like a horrible setting and a recipe for disaster, the setting is the perfect fit for their meetings. The anime's comedy is essentially what holds the entire series together, and it would certainly hold anyone's attention for the duration of each and every episode. Personally, I love each and every episode of Seitokai no ichizon. Each character has their own moment, and no one is left out. The entire series, both first and second season, hold a special place in my heart. Now, I might be a little biased, being that this was the first anime that I had ever watched, but I stand by my position nonetheless. This anime's plot of complete and utter nothingness is pure gold. The freedom that it gave itself was infinite, and the creators certainly put it to good use. I found myself laughing each and every episode, and I couldn't help but watch the next episode. In conclusion, the anime set the standard for what I feel every harem comedy should be. The anime isn't full of action, drama, or suspense. However, if anyone out there is looking to laugh, I feel that they should give this title a chance to make them do just that.

This is the most authentical "high school" genre anime I've watched so far and fact is it was really good! Seitokai no Ichizon focuses completely on Hekyiou's Student Council and then... BOOM! It finishes unpredictably well! Nice choice! It also parodies many famous works, including even TTGL! {STORY - 7/10} As its name says, it's about Hekyiou's Student Council reunions. No darker plots, no twists, no enemies, just the story of Ken Sugisaki, a guy who struggled a lot to enter the council, with the sole dream of having his own harem. Like any other pervert, he's a total douche, but with a kind, sweet side, that the other four girls take some time to see and understand. His efforts on getting closer to all this girls have a deep meaning, later revealled. His intentions are above having a bunch of pretty girls surrounding him... He wanted to make them happy... Helping with all the main activities and calling enough attention during reunions with his dumb jokes and shameless actions are some of his ways to show affection... Would this end as expected? Strong feelings may disturb the council's peace, but who knows? {ART - 6/10} Overally pleasant, but with no distinctive characteristics. Actually, it reminds me of an anime I've watched two weeks ago, with the same oversized eyes, despite not being based on a VN this time... Protagonists have mostly the same basic visual aspects, with small changes on their appearance and, obviously, different personalities. {SOUND - 7/10} The song featured on its OP theme is stuck in my head... It's not that special or amazing and, still, is kind of addicting... However, I was most impressed by songs used on endings... I mean, there's more than one, every one of them performed by the voice actresses, but they don't differ too much and on some themes, singers become desynchronized and their voices, out of tune... That's way too funny and, actually, pretty nice, despite being terribly awful... Don't try to understand me... {CHARACTERS - 4/10} Like on any other harem, we have a male protagonist with this ambition in mind. Ken is totally shameless, but he hides a sweet side and can be really affective at some moments. Council's president, Kurimu, entitled as the "kawaii/moe" female protagonist is a typical childish girl, whose attitude is able to attract anyone. We also have the mysterious and mature Chizuru. Her strong and sadist personality reminds me Makiko from Sora no Otoshimono. Maybe she was based on her, since this anime parodies SnO as well. Mafuyu, addicted to both games and yaoi manga, is the shyest and her gentle and calm behaviour compares to Asia, from High School DxD. Minatsu is the one chosen to take the tsundere role and acts like a boy on many different ways. One of those is reading many shounen mangas. {ENJOYMENT - 8/10} This was also the first parody anime I've ever watched. Seeing "Haruhi Suzumiya" and "Death Note" references, besides many others was awesome! Despite all that, it was so unique, original... {OVERALL - 7/10} From the beginning, it may seem weird... Expecting 12 episodes about school stuff? It's a parody, with a few romance and tons of comedy. Close to the end, it gets more serious and gives us the opportunity to comprehend Ken's true intentions on joining the council... It's really touching...

OK.this anime is mostly on the MOE factor and every episode is mostly just a day in their life as hekiou academy's student council ,though it also has refrences from other animes,actually a lot of animes.this is an anime that a lot of people would like,its like lucky star that will get famous in about a few more months or maybe i'll give it a year.A lot of it is mostly parodies from other animes such as deathnote,fullmetal alchemist and other more,there is even a parody of monster hunter.This is an anime for people who like to see references in anime and fo course comedy is always needed

Seitokai no Ichizon and the follow up series Seitokai no Ichizon lvl 2 is a little different from the usual harem series where the innocent protagonist accidentally attracts a lot of attention. This series is almost a parody of this generic plot and instead, on day 1 of joining the council ken sugisak the protagonisti openly admits he will make the council made up of 4 women fall in love with him. This series is a light hearted, good feeling anime with little drama but many jokes and lots of references to other anime series. This anime is similar to seitokai yakuindomo but not as funny or as lewd. This anime has no real plot or drama, most of the series takes part in the council room itself and nothing really every happens, its mainly just talking which can bore some viewers but I thoroughly enjoyed this anime nonetheless. In summary, this anime is quite funny, good to see references to other animes, almost parody like of the standard harem settings. The main reason I enjoyed this anime is because it is a happy and relaxing anime that avoids any depressing scenes, ecchi scenes etc and is just fun to watch.

5 sentence review: A fun (but morally incorrect) protagonist, my favourite. Funny, even though it's technically a harem of sorts. I enjoyed alot of the characters despite them one nate. Has loads of references and 4th wall breaks, I can imagine rewashing this later and enjoying it when I can understand more of em. Based VN lover as the protagonist. Favourite character was Mafuyu. Random thoughts: Season 1 was a masterpiece imo. Funny and had a protagonist that I liked. Can't think of a weak link in the cast tbh, you don't need compelling characters to have fun ones. Hopefully season 2 keeps up the momentum (I haven't watched it at the time of writing this). I also liked the artstyle alot.

Despite all the shit the girls give Sugisaki through the series, he's the only one in the Student Council who actually does the work THEY were supposed to be doing in the first place. And stays late until the evening most days doing so without even a tought of complaining about the situation he finds himself in by the irresponsability of the rest of the Student Council's member. And obviously, bar one or two occasions, he doesn't see even a glimpse of what could be even considered gratitude for his hard afforts by not even one of the girls he calls his fellow SC members. I find it funny how Sakurano Kurimu, the titular president of the Student Council (altough it's never explained if she got that title legitimaly through school meritocracy or simply she self-apointed as such and everyone kinda went along with it afterwards) loves to complain about how everyone on the council loves to slack-off and do nothing all day when she is arguably one of the highest culprits of the activites (or lack thereof) she describes. And poor Sugisaki, the only one in the room who could be considered "acceptable" according to Sakurano's own standards is consistenly berated by her and her words, beign relegated to nothing more than being a "perv", a "perv" who does nothing but do "perv" things, as she herself describes it. Opinion who sadly, is shared by the majority of the girls in the council and treated as such for even the lightest of infranction he dares to commit. As you can see, Sugisaki lives kind of a miserable experience, one who no-one who isn't unreasonable about it or a straight-up masochistic would accept to put in: stuck in a council full of irresponsable people who don't work and held no love for you, quite the contrary: held you in high contempt and yet force you to do all the work they weren't able to do without expecting even a "thanks" for your efforts on their part. Sugisaki is stuck on a situation many would only describe as "hell" put through it, as you can see. And yet, he never does such as even complain about it and put it through it with a smile on his smile from beginning to end. The question arises: why does he does so? Why does does he put through what most people would accurately describe as "hell on Earth" and be seemingly satisfied about it? Well, very simple, and that is an aspect of Sugisaki's personality one must know before knowing how his entire worldview and tought process beforehand: that despite the low opinion the girls hold about him for beign able to contain his manly impulses at certain times and becomming maybe a bit too "honest" and "enthusiastic" about he oughts to obtain from his female companions at times, he genuinly holds deep, pure and honest love for each and every one on them and desires for them nothing but to be happy and to provide for them as much as he can in order to accomplish said goal. Sugisaki is such an interesting character; a pervert? For sure, he behaves in less than stellar ways around the girls at times, which earns him their disdain, justified, at times. But at the same time he represents a type of men who was hard to find around the time this anime came out and has only grow scarcer since, as well as a type of men who the girls would no doubt have trouble finding in modern Japanese society and Sugisaki might aswell be the only chance they get at someone like him: A man who holds such a pure and passionate love for someone he would be willing to not only put through whatever they desire who pull him through but also someone who would be willing to forgive them for everything provided they have a smile plastered in their face at the end of the day for his efforts. Sugisaki is not only one of the most interesting anime protagonists I have seen out there (which I admit, my judgament about those might be warped considering the low quantity of IPs of this medium I have consumed), but very well might be one of the most patient there are aswell. Seitokai no Ichizon is, as I suppose you could entail from everything I wrote above, not my favorite anime series, far from it, in fact. A character I actually simpatized with was presented in front of me on a situation he was clearly in disadvantege of and the show played it off as gags and as an acceptable status-quo who didn't really warrant to do anything about, wich kinda frustrated and made me feel bad for him at times, I'll admit. So... why exactly did I give it an 8 in the scoreboard and left a "recommended" review for it? You might ask, and you would be completely in your right do so... Well, very simple, actually. You see, I'm a very particular person with very admitedly very particular tastes, my life experiences and my personal conditions have shaped me in such a way I believe differs from most persons and I cannot really judge a show such as this one negatively based on my own perspectives considering they are in the absolute minority. In other words, few people like but many more like you (someone I assume resembles more what an "average" person looks like for society as in tastes, perspectives, and anything else, really) will stumble upon this show and watch it to begin with so I craft a review specifically tailored for them: who, beign in the absolute majority, could find it usefull and correct. So... let's go straight to the point: Seitokai no Ichizon is a comedic series that mainly deals with gags regarding meta commentary about anime/otaku culture at the time of its release and 4th-wall breaking dialogues between the characters themselves and the us, the espectators, and that, it does quite well, let me say. Sure it might not be the "best" comedy anime out there not be completely "out the table" on what it has to offer towards its audience, but it has some pretty funny moments most of which are almost always summoned by Sugisaki thirsting on one of the girls of his self-designated "personal harem" and the more-often-than-not violent response the girls (espacially Akaba Chizuru, that chick is brutal on what he does) device in order to put him "back in his place", of which almost always ends on a cartoonishly stupid situation for all sides involved who no doubt will get a laugh or two out of members of the audience who enjoy these type of humour. There's also the topic of Toudou Elise; a relatively minor chacter who we only get to see on episode 8 but, at least in opinion, results the most memorable of the series with her genuinly unhinged shenanigans and am genuinly sad we got to see so little of her through the series. You see: Elise is the younger sister of Toudou Lilicia, president of the Journalism Club of Hekiyou Academy who is dedicated flesh and soul to get as many dirt as she can on the members of the Student Council, who she sees as her rivals. She (Elise), is still a child, she can't be older than 10 years old and yet, you wouldn't think so hearing her speak of all the messed-up things she comes up with during a casual conversation as if they were the most natural things to speak about during those. None the less, her sister, the aforementioned sensationalistic journalist has teached her about so many questionable and controversial things her "job" deals with her mind has become completely inundated of innapropiate concepts for a child to known which, more often than not, result in some pretty hilarious situations that top anything else the show might try to pull out with the rest of its gags. I won't go into much detail of what she does, as I'll leave that for yourself to discover should you decide to watch Seitokai no Ichizon in the end, but let me say that a clip on Youtube of Elise doign her shenannigans is what got me into this series to begin with and should there come the day (which I doubt) on which a spin-off series centered completely around Elise be announced I would completely throw my full support behind it as that shit would be absolutely hilarious, let me tell you. Another minor aspect of this anime I would li…