Yuuki Akamatsu lives a normal high school life... that is until his cousin, Ayaka Nikaidou, convinces him to join the Journalism Club as a life consultant! His new job is to manage the advice column for the school's weekly newspaper to help him become more social. Soon, Yuuki is joined by three girls: the smart and shy Rino Endou, the athletic and outgoing Ikumi Suzuki, and the cultured and sweet Fumi Kujou. Together, they solve the personal problems of those who anonymously ask for advice.
Although each of the new life consultants has their own unique perspective, they are able to reach solutions together by holding debates and social experiments throughout the week. However, as time goes on, the four slowly come to realize that they have not only been guiding other students through their troubles, but also working through problems of their own as well.
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Hime-In-A-Box
I don't know exactly how I feel about this series. I like it, but then again, there are some things I don't. I'll just have to tell you something important before you watch this show; It is not a harem. Yes, the main character, Akamatsu, does hang around several girls at all times. But, there's only one girl in which the show romantically develops. This is a good thing, and although it's not a huge change, it feels different from the norm when it comes to romantic comedies involving several girls. I'll make this a quick first impression, for people who are curious. I'll justsay right now, this show isn't anything special. There's a lot of cliche involved here, mainly having to do with the sort of accidents where the main character ends up grabbing a girl's breast when falling over, and then getting hurt for it.
Thankfully, he's not necessarily dense. He notices and takes opportunities to get closer to Rino, the girl whom the show romantically develops. Although these aren't anything major, they're refreshing.
Other than that small difference, the show is an ordinary romantic comedy in terms of plot. For some odd reason, this show stands out for me this season, when compared to the other romantic comedies that are airing. I think it may be the atmosphere, which feels... I don't know. It just feels comforting, I suppose is a good word for it. It's silly and it's really not that serious at all.
I'd say give it a shot if you're looking for a relaxing romantic comedy to watch. The characters aren't too crazy or loud and neither is the execution or pacing. There are some scenes that made me laugh, but only a bit.
Don't come into this series expecting anything serious or unique. It's not. That's really all I should say.
Another thing I noticed that makes this show feel different than the other romcoms is it's type of comedy and it's lack of fanservice. Both I see as a good thing. There's fanservice involved but, it's not nearly as much as you'd think. It leaves more room for dialogue and actual character interactions in which both are fun to see in this show.
In the end, the show is average. It has its cute moments, and I'm glad the main character Akamatsu retains some sense of self in the end by doing what he wants, unlike a lot of dense main characters in romcoms. It's a good show, but nothing worth recommending or buying. It's relaxing, and it's good if you just want something to pass the time.
lilithtnight
Was boring here and there, but I suppose that varies among people. The characters were adorable, the ecchi was well welcomed. I hate harem and this for a change isn't harem, a very unique ending. Typically in these comedies and especially ecchis, a bunch of girls hang around one loser boy and end up all falling for him, and he can't choose between them all. this guy was a loser, and nothing special as well. 'Cept for the fact that he can actually make a decision after all. and the rest of the girls actually supported them, i found that very cute. the ending was enjoyable of course, howeverthroughout the anime i fell asleep a few times. But since the ending wasn't a huge disappointment as usual for me, it's an 8! been a while since i didn't hate an anime's ending, it's refreshing.
DJNOSTYLE
"Everyone knows that handles are the weak point of any closet" The quote above properly depicts the deepest moments of the slightly glorious anime that is Jinsei. Jinsei, directed by Keiichirou Kawaguchi (Hayate no Gotoku/SKET Dance), immediately throws its audience into the world of Yuuki Akamatsu, the newest member of the Kyuumon High School Second Newspaper Club (One newspaper club was just not enough). Akamatsu was placed in charge of the club's "Life advice" column and was assigned three girls with extremely differentiating social standpoints to help address the concerns of Kyuumon students looking for help of some sort. That's it. There really isn't much more story toit. It's just a day-in, day-out look into the second newspaper club and the outrageous tasks they must undertake in order to help a specific student get over their fears/problems/anything else that burdens high-schoolers nowadays. But that alone doesn't stop the anime from being loads of fun.
What makes Jinsei great (Kind of) is that it is spontaneous, hilarious, and self-aware. It knows that it is an anime, and you just don't get to see that often. The characters aren't complex, the situations are outrageous, and the dialogue is so fast-paced that there is never a dull moment on screen. With a few tweaks, this show could have gone somewhere. And so I will break it down into a few key components to better detail what went right and what went wrong.
Music: 6/10
There really isn't much to expect as far as music goes in a slice-of-life school comedy. And I'm not saying that background music doesn't matter for the genre, I'm saying that it doesn't make much of an impact. It was fitting, but it wasn't memorable. The opening was as fast-paced as the dialogue contained within the shows, and the ending songs were fun and filled with dry-humor for viewers to chuckle at as they dragged their cursors to the X on their media players.
Characters: 8/10
Don't misinterpret this -- the characters in Jinsei are not particularly unique. They can even be viewed as carbon copies of characters from other shows to a certain extent. Each one fulfills an anime stereotype of some sort. There is the rambunctiously sporty girl (Who is also the best), the quiet, yet extremely smart girl with glasses, and the girl with huge boobs whose only character trait is that she has huge boobs. And so I'm not directly handing each character a score card with the number 8 on it, I'm handing them a giant 8 to share based on their interactions with each other. The conversations exchanged between Ikumi (Sporty girl), Rino (Smart girl), and Fumi (Boobs) easily craft an enjoyable experience for anyone that doesn't feel uncomfortable engaging in young-adult humor.
Art: 7/10
I have no complaints about the art of this show. I also have no good things to say about it. It's all just normal. Considering a good 90% of it took place in a high school, I can not commend the artists for painting a memorable landscape. I can also not commend them for character design considering the characters were limited to school uniforms and looked essentially like characters from any other slice-of-life anime you can find out there. The art was nothing above or below average, and because of this it does not deserve to be demeaned or praised in any manner.
Story: 6/10
The main problem I had with Jinsei is that there just wasn't a story. And without a story, character development ultimately becomes extinct. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed almost every episode of this show, but I never felt the drive to watch another one. Problems were announced on a piece of paper in the beginning of the show (Like, for real. Akamatsu held up the paper and read it to the girls), and were then resolved in the last scene. It wasn't until the last four episodes where there was an actual problem the second newspaper club faced. Even then it wasn't a problem big enough for viewers to care about.
I feel like Jinsei forgot what it was supposed to be somewhere down the line. If it had stuck to just quirky dialogue and irrational high school problems, it would have most likely been received a lot better than it was. It isn't often that I actually find myself laughing at anime, but Jinsei succeeded so many times that I would need to grow around three more hands to be able to count those times.
Jinsei is an anime with minimal plot and maximum comedy. And because of that, if you go into it with expectations higher than the arm on a "You must be this tall to ride" sign, you are going to be let down. But just because it lacks in plot doesn't mean that you can't pick it up and have yourself a damn good 24 minutes.
Overall score: 7/10
AnimeFan48
Story: so Yuuki gets put into the newspaper club but he gets asked to become a consular to the club by Ayaka and she puts him with 3 other girls and there job is to basically help people with there problems in the school that be trying to juggle clubs and studying or trying to be a forward with stuff so they basically give there best answers to the problem and the best why to try and fix the problem but honestly that's really about it actually. Art: art is really good nothing really to complain about or anything art is done really well. Sound: same withart nothing really here to complain about the OP and the ED are both decent in there own right and the some back music that plays when the anime is going on is good as well.
Characters: Yuuki is the main male lead of the anime and well hes the one the ends up getting stuck with the 3 girls (well one more you comes later on) basically he says the stuff to the girls and than the write down what they should do he honestly has a pretty straight forward personality to the answer of the person and the girls but he his a pretty nice and chill person overall. Ayaka is one of the many female leads and she is also the club president she honestly really isn't around a whole lot of the anime until really the end of the anime but for her she is pretty determined person in the sense of trying to find the student council president corrupt otherwise she is a pretty straightforward and determined person. Rino is another female lead and she is the sciencey person of the anime she also goes have a crush on Yuuki otherwise a pretty nice and good character. Ikumi is another female lead and she is well she has A LOT of things going for her from kinda being perverted in a sense to eating candy almost all the time to being somewhat a air head she also is the athletic of the others otherwise she is a decent and also cute character. Fumi is yet another female lead and shes from the lit department honestly to describe her she usually tends to bring samurai stuff into the questions but also she is pretty has here head straight (well most of the time) otherwise again another sweet and charming girl. Emi is the last female lead and well is part of the art department she also really doesn't appear until like episode 8 im pretty sure but rather than that she is a total nut about art almost to the point of stripping naked cause of art and her viewing of people and such otherwise a pretty cute and likeable girl.
Enjoyment: Things that i liked: the comedy in this to me at least is really well done and also that i personally liked all the characters in the anime i just found them to me to be all likeable which is good for me and aside from the comedy it was just really enjoyable for me also the ecchi isn't a bad touch either . Things that i didn't like: the comedy can be hit and miss even though what i said about it honestly that's really my only complaint otherwise though this anime does have ecchi but on the slight side of not being a lot i love ecchi but this is for people who might watch it i love ecchi just a warning to people.
Overall: im giving this a 8 i watch debating on giving this a 7 but in the end i came out with a 8 cause the ecchi is pretty good but also the fact that i loved all the characters in this anime and also the comedy was really well done as well id recommend watch this anime whenever you can.
ninjaguy2511
Hold up before you think this is a troll hear me out. So I watched this when it was ongoing and since than it has been majorly update but some backstory on this series was that it was a test series with all new voice actors. These new voice actors have never done an anime before and were not bad at all, but the focus was on them learning not the anime itself. Two enormous problems that cannot be overlooked in the slightest 1. NO constancy with episodes. I watched this while it was ongoing and on I think the summer 2014 list and it finished I believelate 2014 or 2015 while being 12 episodes. Episodes would come out on a random day once a week until I believe episode 4 but than became more sporadic being once a month or twice a week even. It was halfway done when that list was over putting it barely halfway through its airing time while other 12 episode animes have finished.You cannot miss deadlines I have never seen this in an anime before.
2.Subitles and I do not mean it was badly translated, I mean that the jokes were so bad that the authors had to put up separate text explaining the joke which is just sad.
3. The rest of the series was boring as hell or clishe and takes the place of the second worst anime I have ever watched. Might deserve a 2 or 3 but since I watched it ongoing with those problems I cannot rate it higher it barely even animated and a disgrace to anime more like an experiment or test run anime for new voice actors or others in the field.
BriefEd
I hereby rename the guy Eyebrows, because that's the only feature that gives him a shred of personality. Also his eyebrows look slightly disgusting. The anime revolves around a handful girls giving advice to troubled students, in the form of Eyebrows presenting messages from students and the girls give mostly amusingly terrible advice until someone says something useful and that becomes the official reply. Since this (and small sidetracks) is all there is to the story you should watch with your focus entirely on the comedy that is thankfully sort of goodish. Eyebrows is the only character without real personality, I'm guessing pathetically hollow guys whonever get anywhere with girls are meant to be able to relate to him easily.
The art and sound certainly won't disappoint, even if nothing particularly stands out the quality is high. Overall this anime is a mildly amusing way to kill some time if you're not in the mood to watch anything with story.
HidamariSeashore
At some point in their lives, everyone has needed to ask for advice from someone they find trustworthy, but it's questionable as to whether or not their advice is actually credible. I'm not sure how credible MY advice is, per se, but here's some that I'll give to you right now; you're probably better off watching something other than the anime I'm reviewing today. It was an anime from the Summer 2014 season that caught my attention for rather odd reasons; despite its license from Funimation and the fact that the final episode aired in Japan on schedule, subtitled versions of each episode were takingtheir sweet time being released, especially for the last few episodes. I ended up watching the first episode and putting it on hold for years, but now that I've finally finished it, I have to ask myself this question.
Can I really give solid advice to other anime fans about whether or not watching "Jinsei", or "Life" in English, is a good decision? Well, only one way to find out!
To start, Jinsei revolves around Yuuki Akamatsu, who is roped by his cousin, Ayaka Nikaidou, into the Second Newspaper Club. In this club, the members - at least, those in charge of the life advice section - read over the problems of the students of their school, discuss potential solutions to those problems, and then publish their answers in the school's newspaper. Through this club, Akamatsu ends up acquainted with three girls: Rino Endou, a smart girl with glasses and a disbelief in the occult, Fumi Kujou, a sweet, big-busted girl from a wealthy family, and Ikumi Suzuki, an energetic girl with sport smarts but not so much brain smarts. Get these four together with a question from a student seeking advice, and hilarity is abound....or maybe not.
Believe me when I say that I'm pretty sure you've seen all of this before; you may not believe me, but it's true. A guy joining a school club and finding himself in many awkward situations with the female members, who, by the way, are the only other members of the club? A plot like that has been recycled time and time again, and some further anime will succumb to that fate with that one thing to distinguish them apart from the others; Jinsei has the whole "life advice" thing, but that's pretty much all. It doesn't really try to do a lot of new things, and I found that aspect of the series rather boring.
The characters aren't much different, either; every last one of them are walking, talking cliches. In all honesty, Akamatsu is the worst of them all; he has his moments, but overall, he's just a generic copy-and-paste protagonist that you can find in many other anime. The girls aren't much better, as they're the kinds of girls you can find in any harem anime; I found Ikumi and Emi rather amusing, but I know that even they aren't particularly unique. However, I will give credit where credit is due; while I never really laughed or even giggled at these points, their chemistry is undeniable in their clashes over the advice to give. Their conflict with the Student Council President wasn't really as interesting, however; in fact, was it really needed?
The art and animation aren't anything too groundbreaking; I've seen better from Feel's other anime, such as Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru, which is also a slice-of-life anime. However, it goes to show you that they're capable of a better animation quality than that in Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete, which is sad considering the fact that it aired the season after this one and even had a better story! The voice acting isn't terrible, either; the voice actors for the main characters may not have had a lot of voice work at the time that this anime came out, but they did a good job. The opening and ending themes were rather catchy; however, they don't really stand out from other songs, and it's not like I want to listen to them on loops.
Hopefully, the question I asked earlier has been answered; after all, I've given my reasons why Jinsei isn't that great of an anime to the best of my ability. Now, I might as well give my advice to those interested in it; you're probably better off watching something else. I mean, no one's going to kill you for watching it, but if you decide not to take my advice and come out unsatisfied because of all of the cliches, don't say I didn't warn you.
Notshane
This anime definitely falls under a bit of mediocrity, but the overall plot and setting is not particularly bad. Firstly, and this may be a bit hard to describe, but well the characters do go about a lot in the anime exploring other locales, the way everything happens in this anime makes it feel like they are always in a single place, if that makes sense. I suppose it is because the theme really just stems down to the central focus of the anime, being to help other students with life problems. That is the premise and it kind of just throws that into your face assoon as you start watching. So, don't expect any character backstory. In fact, what I am about to write about them will not take that long, since they have little to no development. And since the significance of all the main characters is rather even, I will simply sort them out by favorites.
Ikumi is your typical energetic redhead, sporting some unique flavor to the tropes found in these characters, but not by a whole lot. I will say right now that she unarguably had the funniest parts in the anime and it rarely ever felt forced. This is how you write an energetic character. I always enjoyed her charisma.
Ayaka is the obnoxious president of the Second Newspaper Club and basically screws over her club members all of the time by provoking the student council president. I guess I really only enjoy her for her unique design, sporting light cyan hair, yellow eyes and skin tone that contrasts fairly well. She is just pleasant to look at overall. Really wish she had more personality. For some strange reason, I ship her with the male lead, despite their status as relatives. Though in Japan, cousins are basically no different from other women if memory serves me right.
Fumi is, um, different in a "we are trying something fresh" kind of way. She brings lots of Japanese history into her dialogue for life opinions and is surprisingly diligent for the character type she is representing, sporting the biggest breasts in the group and usually sorts out the chaos that occurs in the club. Her design is pretty adorable as well, as opposed to hot, due to the nature of her character. If anyone, Ayaka has the most advantage for being the "hottest" girl in the anime since you, well, see the most of her throughout. She has a little sister as well, but the anime does not use her.
Rino is the one I grew to dislike the most, as she also managed to shave points off my overall score due to her characteristics alone. She has the most generic personality among the group and has my least favorite trope in any romance anime ever, despite this anime not even aiming at that. She is the one who gets angry at the male lead for gawking at other women, so I expect others to not enjoy her presence either.
And I mean she gets angry whenever ANYTHING the viewer could consider remotely sexual is occurring. One instance, for example, one of the girls was harassing the other (despite not being in that genre, groping does happen a lot) and Rino was very quick to judge the male lead. Simple enough. Then there was a scene where Itsuki was hugging the male lead and she still had the audacity to judge him for something as basic as a warm embrace. Granted, Itsuki did kind of jump all over him, arms and legs wrapped around, but her character is so innocent that you know she did not mean anything with the inadvertent groping. And the way she was hugging him is kind of similar to how a child would hug an adult that they have not seen in a long time, albeit less wiggly.
I would forgive this, and just assume Rino is stringent by default, if it weren't for her also liking the male lead. And thus, it falls into the trope that I hate the most, being the tsundere that never admits her feelings throughout the whole anime, but it is very, very obvious to the viewer and everyone else in the anime. She accidentally confesses at one point during a comedy scene, but that is the most development the romance has. This whole garble alone made me have to write way longer about Rino than anyone else.
Emi is the last "main" character, so to speak. Though she is not a member of the club, she basically becomes a pseudo-member when she starts joining their activities after her late debut into the anime. And her presence is, um, tolerable I suppose. She tries to mix a lot of personality types, but they come out flat and unmemorable. Her sole purpose in the anime is to be the "outsider" that assists the club and also shifts the anime into Ecchi more than any other character did prior. She also goes nude at one point, alongside trying to strip a lot throughout, so I guess if you are into that kind of thing, look no further than Emi, president of the Art Club.
Oddly enough, she is in the opening and closing songs from the beginning, which only further raises the question of why she was introduced so late into the anime if she was going to appear in every subsequent episode following her debut. I do not mind it when an anime gets creative and adds in more main characters out of the blue, but her entry was so late that there was really not enough time to love her character, even if you tried to. She just missed out on a lot of the better moments the anime had during the first half and I feel she could have contributed better to those. I can not even imagine how misleading it must have been for viewers to see her in the opening and closing credits, but not be introduced to her for about a couple of months.
I would talk about the male character, but if I am too lazy to even remember his name, then I doubt I could write much about him. The only thing I enjoyed about him was that, well he still had a bit of the wimpy trait found in typical male leads of harems, he was not afraid to stand up for himself as well. He never came off as too submissive, though his role still felt a bit minor in contrast to the girls. Maybe if he actually dated Rino by the ending, alongside having adequate development with her, I would have been more optimistic about him.
Other recurring characters are rather boring and I do not remember any of their names. Not in a sense similar to the male lead, however, as I could at least think of his if I took the time to remember. But, doing that right now with these ones, I genuinely can't remember any of their names. They kind of dipped in and out of the anime at times, serving purely as comical relief or plot devices.
I consider Jinsei above average, simply because it managed to crack a laugh out of me quite a bit. I only judge it poorly based on certain conventions it has that make me dislike it a bit more than I expected to. However, this anime does kind of have a good enough vibe where I could suggest it to newcomers of anime. Well it may come off as mediocre to veterans due to some generic tropes and adequate writing, newcomers of anime may find something very enjoyable here since it spices things up just enough to feel fresh. But, if you have even a little bit of experience with anime, I would suggest something else. Jinsei is more of a fill-in anime for when you have nothing else to watch, for anyone that is a veteran or slightly below that.
