2 geniuses trying to feel superiority by making the other confess first! This has got to be one of the best scenarios ever!
Art/Sound:
Let's get this straight, I don't love the studio that makes this anime and feel as though their animation is solid but not great, however, holy shit! The visuals in this anime are so impressive, it reminds me of something Shaft would produce which I love, most people are going to be pleasantly surprised at how great the animation and the art in general is! Sound wise, I have 0 complaints! Voice acting is spot on with a very underrated funky OP and perfect ED for the anime. The sound gets an 8 and the art gets a 9!
Plot/Characters:
The show is episodic and within each episode, it's broken down into even smaller parts which makes for a non-stop funny entertaining anime that's consistently great throughout! My main concern with the plot is that it seems to start to get repetitive after a while but honestly I don't give a fuck due to how great EVERY episode is! Fucking hell... the best cast of characters this season easily! The main characters have amazing chemistry and juxtapose perfectly with the airhead secretary! This dynamic between the characters is perfect and sets up for a perfect balance of tense and hilarious sequences! The plot gets an 8 and the characters get a 10
Overall:
I don't have any major faults to talk about this anime! It's been a non-stop exciting, hilarious show fuelled by a fantastic cast and I hope that it's repetitiveness doesn't make it stale after it's completion! I'm honestly blown away at how there isn't a single episode where I don't feel as though the 25 mins we're actually 5 mins! Each episode is so entertaining that I lose track of time; because of this it gets an enjoyment rating of 10 and an overall rating of 9.
I despise A-1 Pictures. They either make average shows out of good source material or make absolute trash. You can imagine my disappointment when I saw that a manga with a score of about 8.65 was given to A-1. And judging by that 10 in the top right corner, you can imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I saw the first episode of this show.
Kaguya-sama is the funniest anime I have seen since Tanaka-kun, which says a lot since the latter is my favorite comedy anime. The sheer ridiculousness of the plot is hilarious. Death Note-level mind games are woven into a story about two high schoolers who are pretty much too ashamed to ask each other out, and to top it all off, everything is over-dramatized.
The one good thing about A-1 is that they get insane budgets for their anime. Every technical aspect without exception is wonderful. Perfect art, great OSTs, great VAs, one of the best OPs I've ever heard, and that Chika dance ED from episode 3.
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