The tennis comedy centers around the members of a female middle school soft tennis team and the twists and turns that their lives take as they aim for the nationals. (Source: MU)
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If you are curious soft tennis is a modified version of normal tennis using rubber balls, and was created after being introduced to the east in the early 1900's. Thus, five airheads entertain us with their insane antics and personalities as they play it. Softenni is one of the most hit or miss comedies I have recently watched. With a comedy it comes down to the characters and how they interact. The captain Chitose who is unable to hit a single ball, enjoys eating, and is basically the most annoying and least important. Compared to her we have Asuna, who is the instigator of allthat is ecchi with her delusions, and her partner Kotone whom has fallen in love with their coach and is aiming for Wimbledon. We have the foreigner Eli who is the rival in love, and Kurusu who is a hardcore cosplayer. Typically Asuna and Kotone are the ones training and playing while Kurusu and Eli do random things in the background. Unfortunately, there are only a few occasions where there is an actual match. There are two different teams we meet throughout the season, and while kotone his hard headed and competitive they act more as friends than rivals. The matches in general don't matter, as they turn into a giant joke within the first few seconds. Despite the huge focus on comedy, there is a general plot as they aim towards the nationals, but no huge progress. On a whole I would like to think I enjoyed this series a lot. However there was two occasions I gave the episode a 1/5 and the rest of the scores are all either 2's, 4's, or 5's for the most part. This is a issue with a lot of comedies that are do not split the episode into mini sub stories. With the focus on something, let's say a windy day on the tennis court, for a whole episode it can get old fast if it doesn't provide any laughs in the first place. As a tennis coach I was able to enjoy the insanity that was softenni. A combination of ecchi, tsukkomi, as well as situational humor there is no doubt that it can be entertaining. I wouldn't strongly recommend this show as there are slightly stronger comedies out there, but there wouldn't be any harm in trying it out. Well, one of the 1's was episode one as well so maybe try two.
Softenni is primarily a slice of life comedy with ecchi. There is soft tennis in it, but that is more a reason to bring the characters together than a genuine focus in the actual series. I should make it clear that this is NOT a show for someone looking for a sports anime. Being slice of life there is little substance in ways of the story. The basic setting is the Soft Tennis Club want to win nationals and then go onto Wimbledon. A rival tennis club is introduced part way through the series as are more girls and so on. The heart of theshow are the characters. Each of them manages to bring something different to the court in terms of appeal. Each has their own little gimmick, for instance, Asuna tends to think a lot of things are sexual innuendos (when they are not), to hilarious results. How much you enjoy each gimmick is probably how much you'll like each character. Like any show in the genre, it has to make you laugh. Softenni does not offer as many huge moments some other over the top shows (like say Sora no Otoshimono) offer, but the running gags and overall quality of the humor are a lot higher. Visually, the show is kind of middling. Pretty average detail, etc. However, it's not really a problem. Voice acting is fine. Elizabeth's voice is probably the least bearable, but it's passable due to the characters background. I suggest watching this show if you like to laugh. If you enjoy things like Otoshimono and K On, Softenni is sure to be an ace.
Softenni is a series full of nudity and comedy and finds a way to use them both in a masterful way. Softennis is pretty much about a female tennis team trying to overcome al thel challenges that come their way, whether it's team-work or playing against another team with an extreme mixture of comedy. The two main female protagonists (Asuna and Kotone) are a soft tennis pair that drives the plot forward every step. If you start watching this show, it will seem weird that it starts out on a farm, but you'll understand why later on. Characters 8/10 Although the characters are not unique, they show a uniqueelement to an already dysfunctional tennis team. A lazy-drunk coach, a pervert, a stubborn athlete, a clumsy-gluttonous leader, a foreign adventurer, a medium and a mysterious costume-wearing girl. They all play a role in making a weird concept/plot into a very funny story. Art 9/10 Although the art isn't genre defining, I must compliment the use of backgrounds. In many shows I see that the borders are often uncolored or the backgrounds are often undetailed, and I was pleased that some detail was used in Softenni. Sound 8/10 The dialogue was the main focus of the show, and the characters' true personalities were brought out very well. There were a few notable moments where there was great music being played, and I even got the OST (Sound Track). Enjoyment 9/10 Softenni is something I have been looking for. It has a great dose of nudity (unfortunately in my case, censorship) as well as a good dose of comedy. Although I do not know a lot of the Japanese refrences, I was still able to laugh my ass off most of the time. I hope others enjoy this show too. Subs used: Ayako-Nishishi
I'll get this issue out of the way first: When an anime is an adaption of a manga, simulator, et al; there's a guaranteed chance that only a small number of people had seen the story outside of the recently-created anime. So sometimes, there's a need for said anime to be its own monster. Hence this title. "Softenni" is basically what KyotoAnimu, and their boot-licker otaku-base, didn't want K-on to be: an animu about cute girls doing anything other than cute things. Like wearing either their undies or thin air, having the skirts get robbed of their "magical" properties, allowing (God-Forbid) actually useful and skillful shounenswithin the same spotlights and time-frames. Now comes my tried-and-true litmus test: "The Shounen's Survival Rate In A Brutal Pink Bishoujo Ghetto." I have no qualms against Mishimagi. But I do have some issues against Leo, manager of the rival girls' soft tennis club. He's an expert masseuse; but (because it's a PBG) he still gets treated harshly, he's voiced by a female voice actress, AND he even crossdresses as a girl. I nearly threw this animu into the for-otaku garbage can if it wasn't so colorful, so funny, written with an ounce of actual consistency, and filled with upskirt panchira. (Actually showing an ounce of heart and restraint, because of the recent natural disasters that affected Japan, was a major plus IMMHO. But hey. :P )
An underdog tennis anime comedy with it's fanservice being *ahem* notorious... Softenni is a comedy anime centreing around a ragtag bunch of an all girls soft tennis club aiming for nationals. With the captain of the club Chitose Akiyama voiced by Shizuka Ito who can't hit the ball and cares more about food, Kurusu Fuyukawa voiced by Satomi Akesaka as the strange mysterious girl who is strangely proficient in soft tennis but does some weird cosplays, Kotone Sawanatsu voiced by Eri Kitamura as the athletic-centered type but can't control her power and has a crush on her coach You Mishimagi voiced by Shinobu Matsumoto and AsunaHarukaze voiced by Kanae Ito, the ditz of the group but has wild fantasies whenever, WHENEVER there is a hint of an sexual innuendo and latter on Elizabeth Warren voiced by Sayuri Yahagi, the foreigner of the group who ALSO has a crush on the coach and like Kurusu is an airhead most of the time and the last member Yayoi Hiragishi voiced by Haruka Tomatsu with a tragic backstory about her sister and her anting to join the club with uhhh "splitting" results. With this we have a typical slapstick, comedy driven anime focusing on soft tennis with varying degrees of success in terms of plot and comedy. Softenni relies on the soft tennis as more of a backdrop for the characters and quirky antics to flourish in the comedy with the fanservice also having a HEAVY hand in it but that a bit later. The character interactions and the hijinks is the usual driving force of the anime's comedy and how sometimes one certain action from the core cast leads them down an almost rabbit hole of craziness and this being anime, it goes crazy funny, sometimes falls flat, sometimes both and for an anime in 2011...it's alright in all circumstances. As comedy is subjective and how this is an anime centred around soft tennis and comedy, it has it's flaws but some strengths and in it's strengths LA will at least say is that Softenni if anything KNOWS how to make a running gag going and sometimes makes a callback in the weirdest and sometimes funniest ways and in a ways, even though the two most focused characters in this anime are Kotone and Asuna, they are the most developed even for a comedy screwball ecchi anime from 2011. So the fanservice, well to say that this is Xebec is an obvious hint to what's to come but Xebec took some hints from TNK in which they panty shots and nudity ABUNDANT and LA watched the uncensored version and the fanservice is HEAVY to say the least. No the fanservice is at least serviceable and not in your nose about it, they unlike TNK does it stealthily, it's the nudity count that will make your drinking game make you SOBER by the end of it all. So take what LA said about the fanservice as you will... But yes from what LA said about the strengths of this anime, the two out of the five of the core cast are the most developed and with Asuna being the narrative focus whilst Kotone goes through some romance arc as well as one involving her and Asuna later, they are the most developed, while the rest of the cast more or less develops their running gags if anything and doesn't really develop beyond that unfortunately, which is sad as someone like Chitose, a character who can't HIT A BALL could've been interesting but instead left as comedy fodder for majority of the anime and LA actually liked Chitose (and because she was voiced by Shizuka Ito) to us finding out snippets of Kurusu but never pinpointing "who she is". Yeah to put into contrast to Kotone and Asuna, Chitose and Kurusu were probably the least developed characters, plot wise in Softenni (sans Yayoi as she only had like ONE episode and that was her introductory episode and she barely have any screentime afterwards) The animation aforementioned was done by Xebec and for the most part, the animation done by them was actually pretty decent even for an ecchi anime, with decent character designs, ok background work and typical chibi-fied comedy reactions. There's not much beyond that for animation, it's just alright even with the heavy amount of fanservice it has. The voice cast is kinda what drew LA into this anime and namely Shizuka Ito and Kanae Ito and LA will say at least Kanae Ito and Eri Kitamura were probably MVP's in this anime considering their screentime, whilst Shizuka Ito ended up as the shy type role. But the rest of cast from Sayuri Yahagi as Elizabeth, Satomi Akesaka as Kurusu to some minor voice actors like Minako Kotobuki as Misaki to Haruka Tomatsu as Yayoi. There are some very good voice actors in this anime and yeah due to the rather skewed character hijinks focus, some voice actors got to shine, some were typecast but all in all...decent to GREAT voice cast. Softenni is pretty much what you get to the exact mark when LA says "a comedy screwball ecchifest anime about soft tennis and the club's crazy antics". Was it good?, in LA's experience in watching it...it was alright, just typical from what you expect from LA's aforementioned statement about Softenni. What you get...is what you get and it EXACTLY what gave us. Ohhh and the entire Kotone x Mishimagi x Elizabeth love triangle goes nowhere...
Do you think random cosplaying, riding naked on a wild animal, flashing panties and blatantly breaking the laws of physics doesn't belong in an anime like this? Well you'd better like it as of right now, cuz ready or not that's what we've got! If this had been far more realistic it would have been some sort of slice-of-lifeish sports drama with shower scenes, that could have appealed to some viewers but as a general rule any show that dishes out loads of fan service has a much better chance of getting a warm welcome if it's silly comedy. Softenni succeeds really well in doing whatit sets out to do, it aims low and hits. As weird and dumb as this show manages to be it isn't cutting any corners, except with the script that must have turned circular in shape. The art and sound are nothing fancy but fits like a glove, just like the over-the-top characters with their quirks. If this anime doesn't make you laugh you probably need a beer or something to loosen up, as long as you don't take it seriously it's often quite hilarious.
The first words that comes to mind when I think of this series is: Warmth and fun. Story: 10 The story is simple, but very enjoyable. This show knows what kind of story it wants to tell and sticks to it. It is about a tight knit middle school soft tennis team. This is first and foremost a story about friendship. It is a story packed with character interactions, camaraderie, humor, misadventures, antics, and some playful ecchi. You can also expect a focus on the passion and heart of the players as they chase their dreams. A major theme of the story is what itmeans to chase a dream with your friends. This anime explores how friends can make up for your weaknesses. Overall the story of this show made me laugh and warmed my heart. The happiness this show radiates is contagious. Art: 10 The art fits the story being told very well. The bright colors and cute character designs were perfect. Characters all look distinct and have extremely expressive faces. Even the background and sky is drawn in a cute and inviting way. The art just gives off this sense of warmth. It made me wish I could walk right into these happy scenes. Sound: 10 The voice acting in this show is phenomenal. Each voice actress/actor captured the heart of who their character is. You could tell emotion was put into every line. This really breathed life into the characters. The excellent voice acting adds a lot to the humor as well. The music always plays up the fun and silliness of the scenes. Music backs up the heartfelt moments as well. Characters: 10 This is one of my favorite aspects of the series. Every character is very likeable. They are all so odd, quirky, and fun! These characters are very unorthodox, but they are extremely endearing. I felt a sense of care for the whole cast. You just want to see them happy and grow together. When they interact their friendship feels very real. The way they care about each other and share good times together made me smile. Enjoyment: I loved the show! I felt so happy while watching it. I am sure to re-watch this show in the future. It really was medicine for the spirit for me and I felt uplifted. The world can be full of cynicism and worries, but this show offers a break from all that. You can just sit back and get pulled into a world of fun and kindness. That is why this show will remain special to me.
