Bunny Girl Senpai - 97/100

when i look at bunny girl senpai as the first anime ive ever watched on a complete whim cuz tomoe and mai were hot enough to say fuck it ima do some weeb shit the show will always have a lot of personal bias. Originally i was offput by the name of the show it makes it sound... weird but really the show has nothing to do with a bunny girl although it is a fun gimmick, i actually kinda love how the show decieves you before youve actually watched it, really a pleasant surprise.

one of the strongest parts on bunny girl sepai are the characters and their interactions the voice acting the animation and the writing in the show is just breathtaking even as my first anime id ever watched i could tell how much i enjoyed the art style of BGS i think one of the strongest parts of the character design is the hair, when i look at the cast of charactres they all have very interesting shades and colorings in their hair sakuta he has really light and dark shades but overall his brown hair is still pretty distingushing from alot of the other characters ive seen in anime. characters like tomoe do a great job of showing a very light brown/dirty blonde color that reminds me of serena from pokemon x & y. Mai's hair is almost certainly my favorite in the show, she has black hair but i would almost describe the color as a dark gray with shades of purple/violet quietly added in.

continuing on with the characters, every single character in the show to some degree is extremely interesting and hard not to get attached too after their own arc
the only character i can even feasibly seeing someone say they dont care for too much is nodoka as alot of her arc is focused on mai but she still shines alot and i still like her. the character interaction is fantastic in BGS sakuta rolls off of all the other characters perfectly and really holds down the fort for a MC who never really gets a full arc to himself but is rather the 2nd character in all of them, hes extremely likable one of best written characters ive seen in anime thus far. I think what is really impressive in that regard is how realistically and yet funny his comedy is througout the show the occansioal dirty joke the occasional missed joke.

the show goes in a order of arcs where the first three episodes are about Mai's adolencense syndrome and then moving on to Tomoe for the next three Futaba has 2 episodes 2 for nodoka and 3 for kaede for the total 13 epsidoes sakuta is almost always the 2nd most relavent character at any given point and arguably only the focus of an episode in the last 2 and even then thats pushing it

quick summary and thoughts for each arc

the mai arc 1-3

mai sakurajima had by far my favorite arc in the show and is such a powerful opener for the show when i watched it the very first time i was upset that they put one of the most important characters arc so early in the show but after thinking and reviewing it it was perfect for them to do it that was and actually ends up maximizing her screen time which is a win-win for everyone its hard to smoothly implement a chracter who is a celebrety into basic ass sakutas life but because of her adolencense syndrome it works in seemlessly their romance doesnt feel forced at all and everything makes enough sense even for someone as overly critical and analytical as me. this arc had the most personal meaning behind it more me and is what really really hooked me on the show and i dont know if without it i would be still watching anime today. in this arc in particular i could relate an absolute ass ton with sakuta and ugh its just so good bro.

tomoe arc 4-6

the tomoe arc is a big step down from the mai arc in terms of intensity and severity but plot wise is still really powerful tomoe is one of the main reasons i watched the show but honestly by the end she was one of my least favorite characters STILL LOVED HER THO ITS TOMOE TUESDAY RN AS IM WRITING THIS DONT GET IT MIXED BITCH but yeah her arc is powerful in its own way and one of the most universally relatable plots and the show i think for the average viewer i believe right at the end of episode 6 is when shoko gets introduced as well who ends up as a very important character

futaba arc 7-8

this is easily my personal least favorite arc in the show it feels like mai takes a real back seat and futaba was just never that interesting of a chracter for me personally and shes not even that hot tbh worst girl tbh shoko gets a stronger presence and explanation in here too

nodoka arc 9-10

this arc was overall very strong but the first time i watched it i specifically remember getting upset because i wanted actual mai back and felt like the body swap shit lasted a little too long BUT by the end of ep 10 it had such a strong conclusion that it made up for every single moment also the beach scene started out really fire with sakuta talking about thick thighs but nadoka's suicide attempt feels really rushed and out of nowhere and quickly resolved idk that one just didnt sit right with me YO BUT when mai is ddoing the preformance for nodoka that is one of the most fire scenes in the show WHEN SHE CATCHES THAT MFN MIC i lost my shit real time watching the show, this is a strong arc for mai, but i dont feel like nodoka gets to shine too much until the movie and we get her actual character

kaede arc 11-13

the kaede arc is a strong contender for the best in the show right up there with mais the show starts so strong and ends so strong like its just perfect

kaede doesnt feel like she needs an arc at first like we still didnt know alot about her backstory of cyberbullying and adolencense syndrome but the rest of the show was so good i wouldnt have needed this arc but oh my god is it so so good we get the multiple of the most emotional moments in the entire show back to back to back to back her whole journey from working her way to getting out of the house and almost going to school is so cute and the viewer is rooting for her the whole time through eps 10-11 and then in 12 we get her whole backstory and it clears so much up regarding kaede sakuta and shokos backstory and relavence to each other and then right at the end of ep 12 when kaede is almost ready to go back to school HER FUCKING MEMORIES COME BACK what an absolute stab in the balls by the show and ep 13 is a masterpiece this is the first time sakuta has cured someones adolencence syndrome but at a price it took so long that kaede became to diffrent people and one of them had to disapear eventually and overall this is the best option for her well-being but the new kaede was such a wholesome being and is who the viewer grew up with watching the show and it you just feel so betrayed that the show would fuck her up like that and THE FUCKING HOSPITAL PANDA SCENE IS SO FUCKING TOUGH and i cried ngl and then sakuta has his scene with adult shoko and its really emotionally powerful too, honestly though the show doesnt finish on a strong note it feels like theres more that has to happen to resolve the story especially regarding mai and shoko and BOOM THEN THERES A MOVIE AND IT DOES IT PERFECTLY but we just talking about the show so thats where the points come off the board unfortunatly.

i want to touch on the music of the show really quick as well the OP is really cute and jaden likes it alot you can see how it alludes to the order of each arc in the show and is unskippable imo and most importantly the outro song of every episode fukashari no carte IS A FUCKING MASTERPIECE AND IF YOU DISAGREE YOURE WRONG GO WASH THE POOP OUT OF UR HAIR KID such a goddamn banger. not to mention just like actual background music in the show is done very very well.

the only reason im docking points to a 97 is for -1 for the futaba arc really good just not a masterpiece like the rest of the show and -2 for not as satisfying finish until the movie

hey i kinda feel like i didnt talk about mai and sakuta enough so ima just shoehorn this here and idrc what u think noob - mai is such an amazing character and is the top waifu of all time in my book idc if ive only seen like 10 animes its litteraly unbeatable gg women u lose. what i love about her so much is her caring but savage personality and undying loyalty and she cute as fuck duh, sakuta is like the perfect dude too you live through his personality while watching the show dude does not give a FUCK like ever but when he does he fucking does sakuta cares about shit that matters he doesnt get involved in petty small shit but dude carries everyone in the show without taking any mfn credit sakuta is just a legend bruh. the goat brother and he pulls women like sokka, hes dragged into so much shit never complains once is extemly caring but still got the dont give a fuck personality and hes hot. mai and sakutas romance is so good too i mean i be screaming at the computer screen when anything goes wrong with them like when sakuta doesnt get to ask her out in ep 4 because of tomoes bullshit time travel i feel for a man cuz that lunch scene was so cute and i know it all works out for the guy but man am i rooting for them together so hard the whole ass show they have there constant cute at home shenanigans too which are amplyfied in the movie but are still super sick you see how much shit mai puts up with too sakuta be talking to mad women she helps with kaede but ultimatley fails to be there when sakuta needs her most in ep 13 and its really tragic cuz you feel she shoulda been the one but god the movie makes up for it.

in conclusion this shit fire and u really gotta watch it if u havent :) WATCH THE FUCKING MOVIE TOO THAT SHIT IS JUST THE 14TH EPISODE

97/100 mai best girl of all time

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