For centuries, Heaven has required its young angels to live and study among humans in order to become full-fledged angels. This is no different for top-of-her-class Gabriel White Tenma, who believes it is her mission to be a great angel who will bring happiness to mankind. However, Gabriel grows addicted to video games on Earth and eventually becomes a hikikomori. Proclaiming herself a "Fallen Angel," she is apathetic to everything else—much to the annoyance of Vignette April Tsukinose, a demon whom Gabriel befriended in her angelic early days on Earth.
Vignette's attempts to revert Gabriel back to her previous self are in vain, as Gabriel shoots down any attempt to change her precious lifestyle. As they spend their time on Earth, they meet two eccentric personalities: the angel Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha, Gabriel's classmate with a penchant for sadism, and the demon Satanichia McDowell Kurumizawa, a clumsy self-proclaimed future ruler of the Underworld.
Gabriel DropOut follows these four friends' comedic lives as they utterly fail to understand what it truly means to be a demon or an angel.
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MetaThPr4h
If I learned something from watching Gabriel DropOut, is that going to hell is definitely the superior option. Get ready for this hilarious comedy that reverses the roles of angels and demons! The story is simple but interesting due to the comedic setting it creates: our protagonist, Gabriel, was a kind, top tier angel who always helped others. However, after coming to Earth she developed an addiction to online videogames and became incredibly lazy. From there we meet other angels and demon with personalities that don't fit the standards we give to them, creating lots of great comedic situations playing around that. Going back to Gabriel,I love how much of an asshole she can be to the others, it's a fun twist to the happy and kind main protagonist we usually have in these type of stories.
Playing that role instead, we have Vignette, an “angelic demon” if that makes sense. Being completely different to Gabriel, she is a very responsible and kind-hearted girl who is always there to help and bring happiness to everyone around her. How can a demon be this pure? No idea, but I can already tell you that she has some of the most heart-melting smiles that anime can provide. Next we have Satania, the cutest, most “evil” demon that exists. In order to conquer the Earth, she will do things as terrifying as refusing to do her homework or recycling a water bottle with the cap still on. I'm genuinely scared, I swear! As scary and powerful as she wants to be, she still miserably fails at everything and is the constant subject of bullying from Gabriel, and especially from Raphiel, that completes the main cast. Don't let her angelical looks fool you, she's a sadist that has teasing Satania as her favorite pastime. I have no idea what's going on in heaven to have girls like this as the most promising angels.
Gabriel DropOut has the biggest concentration of best girls I have seen in quite a good time, all of them are great and likeable, and the interactions between them are so fun to watch. It doesn’t matter who you choose as your favorite, secondary characters like Tapris, an adorable angel that surprisingly behaves like an angel included, you are picking a great and lovable character.
The character design, backgrounds, and overall art style of this anime is well executed but nothing mindblowing. I felt that compared to other Doga Kobo works it didn't have as many impressively animated scenes as usual, however, the story itself doesn't really have that many moments for them to happen, and when there is the chance, they are done and look great, so I have no objections. In the sound department is mostly what I expected from a comedy anime, with songs that fit well with the tone, but aren't really that memorable. The same can't be said for both the opening (Gabriel Drop Kick) and the ending (Hallelujah☆Essaim) two great songs sung by the voice actors of our four main characters that are two personal favorites of this season. From the opening I especially love the part where the tone of the music adapts to whichever character is singing, using a calmer tone for the angels and a more intense one for the demons. The ending theme is mostly made by nice looking still shots together with the really catchy song.
In conclusion, Gabriel DropOut is a very entertaining comedy anime that plays with the interesting idea of angels and demons and subverts your expectations of what their personalities should be like. I personally had a blast watching it, really enjoying each episode and getting so attached to the characters over the course of the series. I can't see how an anime that made me look forward for the Mondays doesn't deserve to be a favorite of mine heh, I highly recommend this anime to anyone looking for a nice comedy series to watch!
Stark700
Every now and then, I often go through a bucket list of things when deciding to pick up a new anime. Make no mistake, Gabriel Dropout’s list consists of some of the most generic tropes you’ll discover in anime. Does that automatically make the show unwatchable? Absolutely not. I mean, the show is like a soup with all sort of generic ingredients in it to bring out the flavor. However, it’s a show that can also be a delight for fans who wants to see some colorful entertainment. On the surface, the series doesn’t really stand out much. It’s essentially about angels and demons who havedescended to Earth to learn about humans and their life style. Main female protagonist Gabriel “Gab” graduated at the top of her class but upon landing on Earth, she becomes a lazy hikikomori who is more interested in video games than anything else. It doesn’t take long for viewers to understand what her character is like as the first episode establishes her role as pretty straightforward. The other characters also take little time to make their way into the story as well.
As a slice of life story, there’s not much linear storyline or complex plot going on. Every episode consists of segments that makes up for its storytelling. In fact, most episodes can consist of multiple storytelling segments with little relations to another. However, what makes this show special is the character cast. It’s a small yet effective character cast that consists of Gab, Vigne, Satania, and Raphiel. Gab and Raphiel are the angels while Satania and Vigne are the demons. Contrary to what viewers may expect, these characters are more like antithesis of their archetype. Gab hardly has an angelic personality but is instead portrayed with a lazy and spoiled attitude. Satania is pretty much a harmless villain as her devious behavior is often overshadowed by her own idiocy. The idea is that these characters all came to Earth to adapt with society. Yet, they have their own motives that is satirized by comedy.
Speaking of which, the humor of this show plays a big role to fulfill enjoyment. Like most comedy/slice of life stories, it tries to sell its humor and does it quite well. The most effective way it does so is with the character chemistry. With such a small cast of characters, we can easily see how their relationships are without overthinking it. Take Satania and Raphiel for instance. Raphiel often teases Satania while the latter tries to cause mischief with hilarious results. On the other hand, Satania always tries to “compete” with Gab but somehow falls short for whatever reason that comes up. Vigne stands at the middle ground as she a more mature character yet also has her own outrageous moments. That being said, the show also introduces some lesser impactful characters that spice up the character chemistry. One of the more noticeable characters though is Tap, an angel that adds her own bits of magic into this show. In retrospect, the key success to these characters isn’t how their roles are portrayed but rather how they bring the show’s humor to life.
As a manga reader, the adaptation is faithful but doesn’t follow every chapter in a linear order. I can also say with disappointment that there were some chapters that should have been adapted. As a standard 1-cour show of 12 episodes, it’s not all too surprising. In the meantime, the humor can be a hit or miss for some fans. Its attempt to sell comedy will not meet everyone’s standards and from the first episode, it can be the deciding factor of keep or drop. Finally, I have to admit that Gabriel Dropout lacks character development. There’s not much change to any of the main characters while we don’t learn much background story about them either. While some could say that slice of life stories like this doesn’t need them, it can still be disheartening for fans who are more interested in those elements.
Adapted by Doga Kobo, the show is quite colorful. Literally, every character stands out in some way from their different hair colors and their extra accessories. (Gab’s halo, Satania’s devil-like hair piece, Raphiel’s crosses, etc) Production quality is also simple yet effective to bring out the gimmicks. There’s not much fan service (although there’s a beach episode) so expect more or less comedy as the series’ main way of servicing the fans. The character expressions also works quite well to supplement with the show’s humor.
Soundtrack isn’t all too impressive although it gets down the idea right for its OP and ED theme songs. What should feel impressive is the character voice mannerisms. They fit them so well. Gab’s voice really makes her sound like a lazy sloth while Satania’s devilish laughs gives her the impressions of a devil. By the time I finished watching Gabriel Dropout, I felt like the character voices really outdid themselves.
Should you watch Gabriel Dropout? It sounds like a tough question but really has a simple answer. If you fancy comedy without relevancy with its storytelling, then this is the show for you. It has humorous gags and characters shine with their personalities. However, if you’re more into something serious or development in storytelling, then look elsewhere. For me, this series has the virtue of being funnier than what it looks like. Now that’s a certain kind of fun.
Fircoal
There are two ways I look at Gabriel DropOut. One is as a CGDCT anime and the other is as a comedy. While the two usually go very well together I separate the two of them for a reason. As a CGDCT anime Gabriel DropOut is alright. Vinge and Satania are cute, and at least Gabriel has a cute design, even if her personality is annoying. However, as a comedy anime it is painful. The biggest issue I have with Gabriel DropOut is that it's not funny. Many of the jokes all boil down to the same thing: "The angels act like demons and the demonsact like angels." That's actually an interesting idea but the problem is it's not very funny. And it's certainly not funny enough to fill up 12 episodes. However, still the show likes to repeat this joke over and over and over and over again. That and Satania bullying (having funny mean things happen to Satania) is the bread and butter that this show has. Both of which got boring pretty quickly. They do sometimes mix in other jokes but even those jokes fall flat most of the time because it's predictable how they end up. Some of them are jokes I've seen from other shows in the past. The execution of these shows as well tends to be lackluster. There isn't enough variation in the setup or the punchline of the joke so it only adds to that samey feeling. Comedy is subjective but I have a hard time understanding what's so funny about this show. Rather it's attempts at humor usually annoy me more than anything.
The characters range from good to incredibly grating. As it turns out the demons fall into the former camp while the angels fall into the latter camp. Satania is dumb but can be pleasant to watch due to her attitude and the life she brings to the show. Vigne is basically a normal girl as a demon so like a normal girl, she's cute as well. I wouldn't consider either of the characters very well developed as the show never really pulls them apart from their normal behaviour or gets them into situations where they have to grow. There was a moment with Vigne where she showed some more depth but for the most part, the show lacks in that department. That said the two demons are fine characters and at least are likeable. The issue with these two is that it depends on who they're paired up with for how enjoyable each segment is. They're usually paired with the angels which sadly doesn't help them out.
Gabriel is a whole mess of issues. First off she's basically an okatu character played straight. She's never more interesting than that, and her cynicism and her lack of caring get really annoying to watch. It's even more so annoying when they make up this backstory of her being a perfect little angel before getting tainted by the modern world and video games. That actually could have been an interesting story if Gabriel cared about retaining her angelic nature and if it happened slowly through time. Instead, it takes one night, throwing out all illusion of having character development or depth in exchange for a cheap laugh that isn't even funny. What's worse than her bland and uninteresting personality is that there's nothing that makes her likeable. She usually ends up acting pretty mean to her friends, which only serves to make her character less likeable. Thusly. I have no reason to want to see her on the screen nor care about her well-being. It even hurts her cuteness because she has a great design yet it's hard to really adorable or enjoy the looks of someone who I don't like. The ruins part of the magic that could be there.
Raphael is a sadist, and if she had any redeemable traits that'd be ok. But she doesn't. Rather she's pretty much a sadist and nothing else. Her target of prey is poor Satania. Sometimes this works well and is funny but most of the time it doesn't. Satania bullying only really works when Satania is being played due to her own faults. Otherwise, it's cruel and seems unfair for poor Satania. What did she do to deserve being bullied? She has her flaws but not enough to justify the amount of bullying she receives in the show. I personally have a problem with characters getting mistreated whether by the world or by other characters and since it ends up happening so often it only adds to the annoyance that this show can provide. But going back to Raphael, that is the main point of interest with her, and probably the only notable one. And like Gabriel, she gives no reason to like her, and thusly she's annoying to have to watch, as well as again being a bland character.
Unlikeable characters are fine when there is a purpose behind them. Say if they are villains, or if they're used well for comedy. However, the comedy gotten from these characters are stale and not worth while. Furthermore, they clash against the notion of caring about the girls which hurts the CGDCT aspect of the show. The show doesn't work that well all together, and the root of the cause is its failed comedy. Thusly, I imagine how one feels about Gabriel DropOut depends on how funny one finds it. If one finds it funny then it's some of these problems feel like less of an issue. But personally I didn't, and thusly I relied on the characters to win me over. While Vinge and Satania worked, the angels did not, at least for me.
Despite Gabriel DropOut's poor attempts at humor there were a couple of episodes that did shine. These episodes proved that the show can throw in some good material when it wants to. There is a later character that appears named Tapris who is proof of this. However, the show spends more time mulling around the same jokes to really go anywhere and that's it's loss.
The art and animation were solid throughout but never seemed notable enough to give it praise. The music was ok, although I don't really care for the OP very much.
Overall the show is inconsistent and has issues with its humor and its characters, however, it is pretty cute and does have some merits. This is a show that you can probably tell whether you'll like it or not from the first couple of episodes. They never really move on from that type of material. Personally, I don't recommend it but there are worse shows to watch.
An unimportant note: The CR subs for this show were absolute trash. They kept on inserting random jokes instead of translating the actual line. Although that's CR's fault not Gabriel DropOut's fault.
HaXXspetten
Doga Kobo might not be the absolute biggest name in the anime industry but if there is one thing they have truly made a name for themselves for, then it is their aptitude at making moe comedies. With an repertoire including the likes of Himouto Umaru-chan, New Game and of course the legendary Yuru Yuri among others, this is truly the studio's specialty. Adding to this lineup, this season we now have Gabriel DropOut, which once again showcases just how to make this genre shine at its very brightest. Gabriel DropOut can briefly be described as role-reversed angels and demons turned moe. The story mainly followstwo angels and two demons, who all end up moving from Heaven and Hell respectively to the human world upon starting high school. The catch is that the angels in question are a lot less admirable than you might expect, whereas the demons are not particularly evil. It is a simple twist on paper, but it ends up working to great comedic effect more often than not in this rather mean-spirited comedy show.
Given the nature of the anime, it is unsurprisingly largely character-driven. First of all there is the show's supposed main character Gabriel, named after the archangel. She is someone who used to be a picture-perfect angel with the most pristine, beautiful smile whose sole intention was to spread as much happiness as possible in the human world. That is until she one day randomly ends up playing an MMO as a healer in order to help the other players (how the game ended up on her laptop in the first place is never explained but whatever), only to find that people were dying when she ran out of mana, causing her to purchase an exclusive premium healing staff for real money in desperation. And this turns to be the starting point of Gabriel quickly going down a slippery slope until she eventually becomes a self-centered game addict and a hikikomori. In other words, basically a lost cause and in this case a fallen angel. She is rather reminiscent of Doma Umaru from Himouto Umaru-chan in this sense, but Gabriel is even more hopeless since unlike Umaru she 1) does not put in any effort in school or try to keep up appearances either, and 2) fully embraces the NEET lifestyle and does not even try to improve herself whatsoever, much to the dismay of her friends.
Speaking of which, her best friend is Vigne (who I think is supposed to represent the demon Vine but I am not sure), a very diligent and kind-hearted demon who only wants to help people. Her devotion manages to get Gabriel to at least get out of her room and attend school sometimes, but unfortunately that is not the way demons are supposed to behave, and thus she sometimes finds herself in just as much trouble as Gabriel regarding lack of financial support from back home. The poor girl just cannot find it in herself to be evil as much as it is expected from someone in her position.
Someone who most definitely wants to be as evil as possible though is the so-called "future queen of hell" Satanichia—more commonly known as Satania—which is quite obviously a feminized version of Satan. She is perhaps the real star of this show as most of its funniest gags revolve around her... or rather her misfortune. Put simply, Satania is an idiot, and her attempts at being evil always end in complete failure. Also, the other girls are generally pretty mean to her in return for all the nuisances she creates. This is undoubtedly the most mean-spirited part of the show as Satania is most often treated as the butt of everyone else's jokes, but it works out surprisingly well because of the light-hearted nature of it all (and let us be honest here, quite a lot of the abuse she is given is well deserved).
Although pretty much everyone has a piece of Satania every now and then, the main culprit behind Satania's torment however is the fourth and final of our main characters: Raphiel (named after the archangel Raphael). She is a former classmate of Gabriel's from their days up in Heaven, and whilst she may look like a model honor student at a glance, she is actually both a sadist and a huge troll whose favorite pastime is manipulating and toying with Satania in various ways. As she already proved in Prison School, HanaKana is surprisingly adept at voice acting sadistic girls, and the case with Raphiel's character is no different.
There is not much in the way of actual plot progression throughout the show. There are a couple backstory segments showcasing how Gabriel and Vigne first met, and in some of the latter episodes we also get to see some more glimpses of what Heaven and Hell look like when the girls temporarily go back home on vacation, which also lets us meet their families. Beyond that though, the show mostly consists of standalone skits (usually like four segments per episode or so), however that is totally fine because this is purely a comedy show at heart, and quite a lot of the time it is actually legitimately hilarious. I cannot actually label it as the comedy of the season for the simple reason that KonoSuba 2 happened to be airing simultaneously, but during any normal circumstances it certainly would be. Granted, humour is very subjective so I cannot promise anything, but at the very least I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed every single episode of the series.
Gabriel DropOut is not a complicated series, but it executes its own premise excellently and delivers a consistently enjoyable and momentarily hilarious experience. Combined with Doga Kobo's typical clean and shiny moe art style (and a fantastic ED I might add), it all amounts to one of the best moe comedies I have seen in quite some time.
PS: For whatever reason, Crunchyroll's subtitles for this anime are absolutely cringeworthy. In what universe does "Itadakimasu~" translate to "Through the Dark Lord Amen" if I may ask? Keep your 4chan memes away from my subs please, because if you think you are being funny I am sorry to disappoint you. Hopefully some fansub group will pick this show up and retranslate it from scratch sometime in the near future so that it might actually be bearable to read.
LIQfilms
Gabriel Dropout was genuninly a nice surprise for me. Coming into this show with hardly any expectations whatsoever, I left feeling satisfied with a fun show with good comedy and a cast of characters that I actually liked by the end. This show doesn't do anything remarkable in terms of its narrative or characters but it remains a fun ride throughout, and the characters are both enjoyable enough, and their chemistry between each other feels natural enough to carry the weight of the show. Gabriel Dropout is about a fallen angel named Gabriel, who visits Earth originally as a means of learning more about Earth culture(but only visits Japan to achieve this, ignoring all of the other hundreds of cultures but, hey whatever), but, as she becomes addicted to the world of online gaming, she falls into depravity, changing from a sweet, kind "butter wouldn't melt" type character to the lazy, self-centred lie about. During the duration of the show, she meets new demons and reunites with old angel friends who have yet fallen and have come to Earth to learn more about its culture and customs. And that's pretty much it for the narrative. The rest of the show involves the characters in random situations and scenarios, that gets funnier as the show goes along. It took a little while for me to warm up to the show, I think the first three episodes, while still being fine, were not as interesting overall as the latter. When the characters had all been introduced, I was having much more fun with the show overall, mainly due to how fun all of the characters are in this series. While the individual archetypes for the characters had been done before, each one bounces off of each other rather effectively and there is a good enough variety in jokes (for the most part that is) to carry the comedy. There were a few moments in which the comedy was a little TOO stupid for my taste, such as when Satania takes the dog and travels all the way to a far off land; my main problem is that the joke went on for too long. Similarly, there were also some jokes that I felt were either unfunny or kind of fell flat on their face, but these moments didn't take too much away from the show to the point where it ruined it for me and these moments were few and far between.
What is also interesting as a dynamic is that two of the character's archetypes, that being an angel and a demon, are switched around, and while I wouldn't go as far as to call this a subversion of themes or anything, this addition still adds another layer onto the comedy of the show. In terms of characters, there are four central ones; two demons and two angels. Gabriel, as previously mentioned, is the fallen angel who spends the majority of her time playing games and just generally being a worthless member of society. She has her share of funny lines and personality traits, but most jokes with her are just about her lifestyle. Granted, as the series went on, the comedy with her became more funnier, as a result of the more expressive reactions the voice actress and the animators could muster. Vignette, was also a fun character who plays the straight man, or straight woman in this case and despite being a demon, she is perhaps one of the kindest and sweetest people ever. We have Raphiel, another angel who spends most of the time laughing at the expense of the other characters or laughing at Satania, who, in my eyes is the best character in the show.
Satania is essentially a wannabe arch demon who thinks she is evil as all hell, but her attempts at being evil come down to her announcing that she hasn't done her homework boldly in class or starting a fight over a dog who keeps stealing her melon bread. She is delightful and fun to watch, as she attempts all of these various "evil" plots and schemes which always amount to her getting the short end of the stick in the end. There are other characters, such as Gabriel's older sister who makes an appearance in the final episode and is charming in her own way but for the main crust of the show, it focuses on these four, which isn't so bad considering how fun they all are. The show just needed a little more variety in order to bump the score up a little more higher. In terms of animation, the show has a very bright colour pallet and the animation, particularly in the final episode is great. It was produced by the same people who made New Game last year, which also had very attractive looking character designs and animation. The soundtrack was also pretty good, and held together pretty well, but is pretty forgettable aside from the opening and ending tracks which are fun and fit the theme of the show.
In conclusion, Gabriel Dropout is a fun show with fun characters and I do recommend it to anyone looking for something easy and fun to each whilst delivering entertainment.
RPWPA
This anime is a waste of time . it is pretty much a rip-off of Himouto! Umaru-chan but with more annoying characters with bad personalities and cringy jokes. I won't lie, first it was enjoyable but then the repeated jokes every episode whether it's about the bullying satania joke, the dog stealing the bread, vigne acting like an angel or gab doing nothing other than playing video games. it got boring after a while. Even good characters (like vigne) turn into really annoying characters half-way through the series and I would say that Satania and Tapris were the only reasons I watched this series till theend. the interactions between characters aren't well-written and the side characters are pretty much useless and forgettable.
To keep it short , I think watching this anime is a waste of time.
Csiposfosas
Gabriel Dropout at first caught my attention due to me delving deeper into comedy and CGDCT (Cute girls doing cute things) animes. Having seen New Game! which is another offspring of the studio Doga Kobo, gave me the feeling that this anime might also be promising, so I gave it a try. I am sorry to say I felt utterly let down even while not having many expectations. Art & Sound: The peculiar and noticable art of Doga Kobo is something I personally like due to the cutesy characters, its vividity and it doing a good job at conveying the emotions it wishes, soartwise I can't really complain.
Concerning the sound, the OP and ED were fitting, but I can't physically strain my brain enough to remember a moment where BGM would have been all that impactful, then again, this is a comedy so its not about impactfulness.
Characters:
This is where I felt like the anime was most lacking. In an anime where there is not much drama as driving force, or any particular action or event to further the story, the main source of laughs will usually be the interactions in between characters. We would be hoping that then at least the characters are made well, right? Well, normally ...
In the case of Gabriel Dropout the characters felt very mundane, oft times annoying and worst of all, they all just assume a trope from the very beginning which won't change at all in the 12 episode run time of this season. Character development is not necessarily all that important, especially if we are talking about an episodical comedy such as this, but this is mainly true in case the characters are at least somewhat bearable. The MC, the eponymous Gabriel is just plain... annoying. Being given a glimpse of how she was not annoying before she turned into an otaku gave me a semblence of hope that there might be some development later, but I was just left blandly staring at an empty screen after the 12th episode. The only character I personally liked was Satania and she was just left as the punching bag for Gabriel and other characters of this series. I understand the whole "manzai"-ish relationship in between Gabriel and Satania but this fact doesn't mean it's executed well, as it is just too over the top, to a limit where its painful to watch (unlike for example in Joshikousei no Mudazukai). The other characters are pretty bland honestly so I won't really dig into them.
Enjoyment:
The first few episodes felt somewhat funny as I haven't gotten used to how reused the jokes are and I was personally hoping for some deviation in the character interactions. Hope dies last, or so the saying goes and that's essentially the only reason I finished this anime and so that it doesn't embellish my "Dropped" list further.
Overall:
I like the genres this anime works with, I just feel like this one wasn't executed well, thus leaving me with a bad taste in my mouth and a feeling of disappointment. However this just my opinion, I do encourage people to watch this to find it out for themselves, you might just enjoy it big time and well if you don't... at least it is a good kill time.
Anyhow if you have gotten this far I thank you for reading my first review! Wish you a good day.
DMZMarshall
Gabriel DropOut has an interesting premise and does an ok job to compete on the moe comedy genre. However the noteworth good observations stops there. Story 4/10 The peak of the comedic value is around ep.4, while the first 3 will either infuriate you or just be boring, and the rest of the series continues in a spiral of increasing levels of boring. Characters 3/10 Opening plot introduces Gabriel, a once righteous angel who turns into a lazy slob after discovering video games on Earth where she is attending high school. Then we are slowly introduced to the rest of the cast. Oh the rest of the cast... probablythe most stereotypical characters (except for 1, which has a few more interesting qualities)
To sum up, we have an angel bully who picks on a thickhead demon loner, a demon who is more angelic than all the other angels combined, an angel that does absolutely nothing useful, and a bunch of side characters that are not really developed.
Art 7/10
You can't really go wrong with the moe art style, especially with an experienced studio
Sound 6/10
OP and ED songs were good, arguably better than the contents in-between
Enjoyment 3/10
Peaked around the 4th episode, then it was just boring, boring, boring.
Overall 4/10
The premise was good, the execution was terrible and the comedy was tolerable at best.
moe_sama
Gabriel DropOut is a series you will hear praises sung for due to its take on comedy and unabashedly moe characters as the angels and demons enter the human world and interact with each other with their role reversed personalities. It starts out fun but once it settles into a rhythm it refuses to let up to show even the slightest development in either story nor character. Story: 5/10 Gabriel is an angel that graduated at the top of her class in heaven and she and her classmates enter the human world to learn more about humans, while there she discovers MMO games and quickly becomes a lazyshut in that refuses to do her duties as an angel. She's accompanied by the role reversed cast of angels and demons and the series follows them around in their exploits.
Art: 8/10
I really love Doga Kobo's work, and in terms of moe character designs it seems as if KyoAni and Doga Kobo will always pop up in the same sentence. They use bright distinct colors throughout giving the series its light tone, animation is always on point but not quite to the level of LoveLab despite airing several years after it, and the backgrounds are all nicely done. If you like anime simply for the art, Gabriel DropOut will never disappoint in that regard.
Sound: 7/10
The VAs in Gabriel DropOut all do fine jobs delivering their lines to fit the moods and personalities of the characters, it never feels off and works throughout the series. The OP and ED are both well done and similarly entertaining.
Character: 4/10
The characters are the largest problem I have with Gabriel DropOut and are what make it suffer the most. The main cast consist of Gabriel, the game obsessed, lazy protagonist. She's accompanied by her polar opposite Vingette, a demon who's defining character traits are her upstanding morality and kindness. Raphiel, an angel that has become so bored with the human world that she's developed a craving for sadism. And Satanichia, best described as the devil may care punching bag of the series.
Once you're introduced to these characters most of what you'll have to look forward to is Gabriel being lazy, Vingette being responsible, Raphiel finding ways to beat up on Satanichia, and Satanichia being cocky and being the punchline for most of the slapstick humor. The characters never develop or move beyond these defining traits so each episode will repeatedly play out these scenes. This gets tiresome and even though the characters are likable, they're entirely one dimensional and their interactions aren't enough to carry the series.
Enjoyment: 6/10
Overall: 5/10
As someone who loved Doga Kobo's work on Yuru Yuri and LoveLab, Gabriel DropOut comes off feeling as if the effort and care put into the latter two titles was missing from it. While it was mildly entertaining, I had a hard time enjoying it due to how stagnant it started to feel even before the halfway point of the series.
Valenthyne
What happens when you mix Himouto! Umaru-chan with angels and demons? Tenshi! Gabriel-chan. Witness main character Gabriel Tenma White’s fall from grace towards the clutches of one of humanity’s greatest evils: massively multiplayer online games! Gabriel DropOut is a fun, charming Slice of Life that follows the lives of two angels and two demons as they engage themselves in the bizarre world of mortal delights. Will you like it? You may enjoy series title if you… -- generally enjoy Slice of Life anime with a medium sized group of main characters -- consider yourself interested by the implementation of “angels” and “demons” -- enjoyed the concept and progression of itscousin in Himouto! Umaru-chan
You may not enjoy series title if you…
-- often stray from the particular genres with which the series is assocaited
-- seek a plot with deeper thematic substance
Story
All of Heaven’s upcoming angels must take a period of study on Earth to live and learn among their mortal inferiors as requirement for advancement. Gabriel Tenma White, valedictorian of her graduating class, proves one of the most promising angels of the time, that is, until she became corrupted by human living. Thanks to the addicting nature of MMOs, she found herself drawn to lifestyle of a hikikomori, becoming what she proudly refers to as a ‘faillen angel’. Her friend, kindly demon Vignette Tsukinose April, does what she can to help Gabriel get on the right track, yet to no avail. With the sadistic Raphiel and delusional Satania along for the journey, these four supernatural teens come to learn the lines that separates angel, demon, and human are easily blurred.
As we follow the daily lives of the four, the main attention point is how contrary they act to how you’d expect. Gabriel, an angel formerly top of her class, has devolved into an unreliable, lazy shut-in. Vignette, a demon straight from Hell, manages to be a responsible, caring, and otherwise altruistic friend. Raphiel is devilish in her own right, developing all sorts of pranks and such for Satania, self-proclaimed “future archdemon” and the one character who at least tries to act like she should, though usually to her own dismay (and our enjoyment). Scenes generally concern themselves with character interactions, and with the great characters that we receive, most of them are fun and generally humorous.
Genre & Characteristics
While there’s a set lore in place, most of the series concerns itself with the daily events in the lives of the girls, effectively branding the anime a Slice of Life. Unfortunately, an issue that seems to place most in this genre is the very predictable episodic structure. As usual, yes there are holiday episodes, along with a beach journey earlier on. How badly (or positively?) the formulaic approach affects your experience will differ from person to person, and it’s not too big of a deal for me. There’s also a few fanservice-y scenes, though nothing too prevalent. Enough to please those who enjoy it and respect those that don’t.
It’s a comedy anime, and I actually found it to be pretty hilarious at times. Comedy in Slice of Lives, particularly, are subjective, so not everyone is going to get the same enjoyment out of it. I can tell you that if you don’t think it’s funny, I wouldn’t bother watching, as that’s its primary selling point aside from character relationships. There are a few recurring gags that are generally funny and mostly revolve Satania getting screwed over, though at times they can get a bit repetitive.
Fortunately, it would have been very easy for the creators to just add the fact there are “angels” and “demons” as a selling point, but I have to say the fact they weren’t humans really did help give the series more substance. A lot of the actions and dialogue relied on the interrelationships between angels and demons or those beings and humans, which in turn also helped support the comedy. In the latter half of the series, there were a couple episodes that involved the four returning to their respective realms in Heaven or Hell, presenting some really fun scenes from both zones.
Worth mentioning too is that, perhaps as a complement to the rising trend of hikikomori in Japan, the main character exhibits many traits usually absent from a protagonist in her laziness, social withdrawal, and general apathy. With other protagonists similar to this in Kazuma Satou of Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! and Umaru Doma of Himouto! Umaru-chan, it’s becoming more prevalent that Japan is attracting this particular audience in their future creative works. If this is a sort of archetype you enjoy, you’ll find yourself pleased with Gabriel overall, but take note that she does take it a bit further and act like a bit of an asshole at times, explained better later on.
Animation
If you’re familiar with Himouto! Umaru-chan, you’ll come to find out the animation is strikingly similar, especially in terms of facial representation, background animation, and scenery. Both were animated by studio Doga Kobo, which I can say does a satisfactory job overall. Slice of Life anime rarely go above and beyond in terms of visual technique, but Gabriel DropOut performs well by enacting bright, exciting visuals with lively characters, however there are often cases of “resting same face” that don’t detract too heavily from its overall aesthetic. That being said, I always have a soft spot for when characters have striking color palettes, and each of the four girls have one, so good job.
Sound
Unfortunately, I can’t say I was too impressed with the music. This is by no means saying it wasn’t acceptable, rather it’s that standard, generic Slice of Life soundtrack you’d expect to hear on almost any series within the genre. A few episodes had some good moments, notably those involving the coffee shop, but otherwise you won’t be looking to buy the discs.
The seiyuu performed their roles very well, with no complaints with any performance. Two VAs did stand out well, particularly with Miyu Tomita nailing Gabriel’s monotone, even bored attitude and Naomi Oozora really seeming to understand the character of Satania, with her air of self-importance captured in detail.
Despite the otherwise underwhelming soundtrack, I did enjoy both the opening and ending themes, both of which were performed by the characters themselves (always a welcome benefit).
Characters
As any good Slice of Life anime will require, the characters within Gabriel DropOut are unique, entertaining, and otherwise lovable. While Gabriel serves as the primary character, Vignette, Satania, and Raphiel receive ample amounts of attention, allowing fans of either or all to be pleased.
Gabriel Tenma White, our titular “faillen angel”, has made radical changes since her visit to the human world. Thanks to the intoxicating nature of video games, she has forsaken any sort of altruistic goals her previous self may have set, focusing only on living her life as a hikikomori. Due to her apathetic nature, she often comes off as a bit of an asshole, though she does have her moments where she lets her true feelings for her friends pour out.
Vignette Tsukinose April is perhaps the strongest character in her stability and attitude. She functions quite strongly as Gabriel’s foil, always trying to help her friend get focused back on her duties as an angel, though she herself seems to act the most angelic of the four. Despite this, she tries her hardest to prove she can be a true demon, but no one is really convinced.
Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell is easily the most enjoyable character of the series, and the one from whom much of the comedy originates. Though dim-witted and unintimidating, she has delusions of grandeur in that she will become the future archdemon of Hell. Originally the self-proclaimed rival of Gabriel, she comes to befriend the angel as she had no friends otherwise. There’s also a little doggo that comes and steals her melon bread at every opportunity, what a dick!
Raphiel Ainsworth Shiraha is a sneaky little devil, no pun intended, and thrives in the misfortune of her companion, Satania. Large-busted and sadistic, a lot of the comedy also comes from Raphiel, as her pranks, not only on Satania but Vignette too.
There are a few other characters introduced, including Tapris (Gabriel’s easily fooled kohai), Machiko (class president), and the unnamed coffee shop owner (Gabriel’s boss and coffee lover), though none of them have particularly large roles outside of being relevant to a given episode’s plot (or subplot).
Conclusion
Gabriel DropOut is best described as one of those series that doesn’t quite earn the sticking power of a great one but leaves you feeling satisfied and content with your time spent following its conclusion. Much of this is attributed to the fact that it felt very formulaic in its Slice of Life plot progression, though it performs well in offering four lovable characters whose interactions entertain you from episode to episode. These types of anime are not for everyone, and you can pretty much tell whether or not you’d enjoy it from a quick glance, but those that do will find themselves pleased with what’s offered.
“Like, humanity can just go to Hell and die for all I care.” – Gabriel
LegendAqua
Angels and Demons living together...MASS HYSTERIA!...hysteria indeed. For a concept of angels being utter hellion demons to demons being the most angelic (or chunni) beings, put both of them together and see how they interact is a great premise and sure this comedy anime has it's share of problems but what makes this comedy anime stand out is it's characters...especially one that makes this anime all worth while. With Gabriel DropOut characters, we have...Gabriel Tenma White the titular character voiced by Miyu Tomita who was the best angel in heaven until MMORPG's corrupted her and she became a lazy NEET angel. Next is Vignette Tsukinose April voicedby Saori Oonishi, a strict yet orderly demon and is the tsukommi to Gabriel's boke, but mostly tries to keep everyone in line. Raphiel Shiraha Ainsworth voiced by Kana Hanazawa is a caring angel but deep down is a masochist BUT towards Satania, she's an absolute sadist towards her, teasing to even putting Satania into paranoia levels whenever she's around. Lastly we have the aforementioned Sataniachia Kurumizawa McDowell voiced by Naomi Oozora...she's the BEST character in the series, not only for the aforementioned stuff she gets with Raphiel, but that she's one, a chunni demon who thinks she's a great demon by doing evil and horrible things...only for those acts she does to be absolutely petty and extremely minor cases of her chunni personality (as well as Raphiel misguidance) to make her an absolute riot the majority of the time.
LA will say the obvious that this kind of setup is subjected to a huge case of running gag syndrome and yes LA will admit it does have it at times, Gabriel DropOut still uses it's running gags to it's advantage at times and thinks outside the box a la playing against the type even under different settings (with certain characters being put together alone etc.) A brilliant example is when Vignette tries to be more demonic, as a result she ends up like Satania instead. Other minor characters does come into the mix like Tapris voiced by Inori Minase and her being new to anything in the human world, Master voiced by Hideyui Umezu who misunderstands things from the main cast and Machiko the class president voiced by Mai Fuchigami being used by Gabriel for Gabriel's own benefits all used sparingly just to spice things up, mostly from Master and Iinchou who gets the most screentime, minor character wise. But even with it's running gags in place as well as playing against the type and adding characters here and there to spice things up, there is one unpredictability factor to Gabriel DropOut that makes this anime's comedy golden and that is Satania without a doubt, sure her running gag of always being the butt monkey of the group is a fact but it's her zany personality coupled with reactants of Gabriel, Vignette and Raphiel and her own misguidance makes the comedy unpredictable at times.
If there were flaws LA would state to Gabriel DropOut is that for an anime called GABRIEL dropout, Gabriel herself isn't the driving factor to all this as Satania essentially stole the show from her and coupled with Gabriel lazy demeanor makes her more of an active spectator than a catalyst, though to LA's defence against this flaw, she does inadvertently gets into the action of certain skits as long as it benefits her like wanting food or money or wanting to see Satania suffer to the final arc concerning Gabriel's older sister Zelel voiced by MIYUKI SAWASHIRO with some varying degrees of success comedy wise. For LA, Gabriel's involvement with Satania's suffering to the final arc were decently to hilariously handled well albeit some few running gags that didn't annoy LA too much.
In terms of animation by Doga Kobo, who is by now known for making cute moe comedies, makes another one expected of their moe prowess and the animation is overall decent and moe as usual. Best yet is how well they do their character expressions and isn't limited to make some outrageously funny expressions (be it evil lazy intent or chunni hubris). Backgrounding isn't the most notable thing in this anime as it is a character-centered comedy and all. Overall expected Doga Kobo animation, not that that's a bad thing.
In terms of voice acting, the voice acting is excellent with some varying. Saori Oonishi is above average to say the least and she does have great timing and all, Miyu Tomita is great as well even if she is voicing a lazy character though with this role, LA can say that Miyu HAS RANGE, but on speaking of range, Naomi Oozora is LA's favourite voice actor in Gabriel DropOut, all due to her chunni vocal range and the fact that Naomi Oozora could be as hammy as she wanted to, likely allowing Naomi to have LOTS of fun with this character and in a ways Naomi Oozora's role as Satania kinda brought Naomi into LA's radar all because of Satania because of this. Now, as much as this isn't Kana Hanazawa's fault but LA thought that Kana Hanazawa wasn't just doing enough, she didn't do horrible or anything as she was just voicing another Kana Hanazawa character with a sadist streak. LA is merely saying this because Miyu Tomita, Saori Oonishi and Naomi Oozora seemed to do much better and put in more effort than Kana Hanazawa did and it's Kana Hanazawa!!!.
Gabriel DropOut may have the same problems of having the running gags syndrome as well as main titular character who's less a catalyst to the comedy and more a reactant all due to her personality and everything, but Gabriel DropOut does have a silver demonic lining to all this, that being that Satania is such a saving grace (HA HA HA) and that the comedy has lots of unpredictability factors from it's settings to mixing characters together or just playing against the type from their running gags. Gabriel DropOut does have varying degrees of success but for LA, LA found the anime fun throughout and the comedy does tend to dip at times due to getting to cozy with it's running gags but with Satania REALLY being the saving grace and some genuinely unpredictability makes this anime's comedy great.
Gabriel DropOut is a great comedy anime with angels and demons who are quite the opposite to say the least. Gabriel DropOut is probably LA's 3rd favourite anime comedy for Winter 2017 and with such great comedies coming out from Winter 2017, Gabriel DropOut had a strong competition to contend with, but nonetheless Gabriel DropOut DIDN'T "DROP" away from one of LA's favourite comedies for Winter 2017, that's for sure.
shirahane
While I was looking for anime to binge watch for my summer break, I stumbled upon this show. When I first read the synopsis, I didn't expect much at all. It only looked like a comedy anime that revolved around cute girls doing cute things. However, I ended up watching Gabriel Dropout anyway since I had nothing else to do. That was a decision I don't regret making. Story - 6 Well, the thing is, there is no actual story. In the first episode, we are to introduced to the main character, Gabriel, who is graduating to become a full-fledged angel, and is apparently the top angelin their class. As a final test for all the future angels, they are to attend high school in the human world to closely observe humans. Many people placed their hopes and trust in Gabriel, telling her that they knew that she was going to go far and achieve a lot of heavenly things.
Eventually, Gabriel arrives at Earth as an angel in disguise, but when she gets exposed to the human entertainment that is video games, her personality does a full 180° turn. Instead of helping people out, she now spends her time locked up in her apartment playing video games. Instead of calling herself an angel, she now calls herself a "faillen" angel.
The anime tells the story of the wacky things that happens to Gabriel and her just as wacky companions in their everyday lives.
Art - 7
There's nothing special or unique about the art and animation in this anime, in my opinion. I mean, I haven't really seen anything amazing from Doga Kobo, the animation studio for this, yet. We've seen something like this before, so there really isn't anything to gush about. Although, it does successfully manage to set the tone for the show and deliver the message, "this is a comedy anime!" to the viewers loud and clear. The art and animation does its job, and that's most important.
Sound - 8
To be honest with you all, the only music I really paid attention to was the OP. I thought it was extremely charming in its own way. Go on and give the OP song a listen. What do you think about it? Yes, it's energetic. Yes, it's loud. But more importantly than that, it sounds like everyone singing is just having tons of fun. Heck, the lyrics make it seem like they aren't even singing at all! Read the English translation, it sounds like the four main characters are just having a normal conversation with each other. Honestly, I think this is genius and amazing. Sure, this may not be the first anime song to do this, but I really liked how did it in this OP.
The voice acting is great, really. A huge part of why the comedy works is the excellent voice acting. If it weren't for that, then I think that the comedy wouldn't have such a strong effect.
Characters - 9
The four main characters: Gabriel,Vigne, Raphiel, and Satania, are extremely lovable and really naturally funny.
You have Gabriel, the shut-in angel turned into "faillen" angel. Vigne, the demon in training that is more angelic than demonic. Raphiel, the angel who makes questionable decisions when it comes to having fun (most of which involve a certain "archdemon"). And Satania, the archdemon who is just a total airhead.
There isn't a single dull moment when these 4 are at the same place at the same time. The way they interact with each other is really entertaining, and, of course, funny. Call me immature if you don't appreciate this kind of humor, but I found everything really funny. I would constantly just smile and laugh like an idiot during every single episode.
Personal enjoyment - 10
I absolutely loved every single second I spent watching this show. All the jokes had me laughing out loud at every moment. I wish the anime never ended, sigh.
Overall - 9
If you're looking for a chill comedy anime to watch, then I recommend this show. You might like it, or you might not like it. It depends if the humor in this show is the kind of humor you actually like. It's a hit or miss kind of situation, really. I know people who thought the humor was too immature for their tastes. I just so happened to be the type who likes this kind of comedy. So, if you're anything like me, then you're sure to love this show just as much or even more than I do.
Nandoveira
The anime shows the daily life of a group of girls, made up of two angels and two demons who do not act according to their characteristics; It's a fantasy and comedy story that's very simple to understand. It has implicit subthemes such as yuri and bullying; It does not have ecchi and explicit romance. I didn't find the characters forced, it was just a little confusing with the angels acting wrongly, while the domonias acted correctly; If you watch all the episodes at once it will seem a little repetitive; Finally, for those who want a no-strings-attached comedy, Gabriel DropOut is a recommended anime!
Hazamelis
First, let me say that this anime is not good. That’s right, it’s not good. Yes, it features one of the best characters in all anime, Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell, a genius archdemon who controls the show every time she’s on screen with her absolutely demonic deeds and nefarious exploits. But then you have the other characters. While Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell excels in every scene she’s in, you also have Raphiel, one of the absolute worst characters I have ever seen. What is her trait? That she’s a sadist? That’s it? Yes, that’s it. She likes to see others suffering, including Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell. She neverdoes anything amusing, heartwarming, or cute. She just disrespects Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell, forces her way into her home, or tries to trick her as if she were a plush toy. We all might want to be entertained by Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell, but we are on this side of the screen; she is not. If you are going to be in the show, try to earn your place and do something actually fun for once. For every scene where the genius Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell shines, there is a scene where Raphiel ruins the show. She is incredibly annoying, disgusting, and boring to watch. I hate her, hate her, hate, hate, hate. Sure, you might have characters you like and dislike in a show, but her presence serves absolutely no purpose other than being a passive watcher of Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell’s genius, which she always disrespects.
The other two characters, the most passive ones, barely have any effect on the show at all. Vignette is a good girl, so she doesn’t do bad things, cause any shenanigans, and is reliable. While she would be great to have as a friend, watching her life is dreadfully boring. Gabriel is the same but in the opposite direction. She is a slacker, so she doesn’t do good deeds. She is lazy and always stays at home. While she would be terrible to have as a friend, she could theoretically be a good protagonist in a comedy. You’ve seen other anime with listless characters that only want to be left alone, right? Saiki K, for example? These shows make great use of the listless protagonist since they are always met with energetic and cheerful people who want them to live life and do silly things. This can be great for comedy when the protagonist’s cynical perspective deconstructs the silly traditions and realities they live in. Here? They don’t do that. Gabriel is never really punished for anything, and even Vignette helps with her homework, albeit reluctantly. Gabriel might get bored by having her friends around, but no jokes ever come from it—nothing, zero.
There is barely any comedy here. The jokes are very scarce and might rely on some occasional slapstick or the fact that the angels act like demons and the demons like angels. Still, nobody ever suffers any consequences, leaving you with tasteless comedy without misery. Overall, despite having a character like Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell, who is sheer genius, the others don’t help the show at all. Vignette is the most blank slate for a good girl character, Gabriel is useless as a protagonist since she never makes anything happen, and Raphiel is one of the most despicable and awful characters in anime. She isn’t a horrifying villain that incarnates evil, an ambiguous scientist with a goal that sacrifices means for an end, an underdog, or anything interesting. She is just a spoiled brat bored with her life, only interested in schadenfreude. I still ask myself: How? How did this even happen? Having an anti-hero as a protagonist is a great idea. Making the feminine angel unfeminine, unkempt, and uncool—just a slacker like any other—can bring a lot of comedy with all the silly stuff you can do in animation. But she never ever does anything like that!
If you watch this as a comedy, it’s barren. If you watch this as a CGDCT anime, it’s still pretty bad, considering we only have one truly good character. One is as average as they come Vignette, one makes you bitter from how boring they are to watch, Gabriel, and one fills your soul with absolute hate, raising your anger to the max and making you wish you could punch her until all her teeth fall out, Raphael. Seriously, what a disgusting creature.
If one can hope, is that Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell one day gets her own spin off, away of all the mess her friends are, she was the true start of the show after all, and the only you should really pay attention too if you even decide to go through this mess. Megumin got her own spinoff, so why not her as well?
Syrene_Windsor
Pros - The story is simple, relatable, and fun - A lot of funny facial expression that will make you laugh - Each character is unique in their own way, but they can befriend each other, which is fun - Character's voice match their personality very well. U know, like how silly character got silly voice - Good to watch after long day of school or work to refresh your mind - Creative way of handling censorship - Funny Religion jokes that I really appreciate because it's hard to make a joke about Religion. This one is funny and inoffensive (In my opinion) Cons - Need more character explanation since I think it's goodto know more about their past so that we can understand each of them better
kids11111009
Im not a huge fan of this anime. All of the episodes are just repeat recycle. This anime just only about Angels are threats and Devils are peaceful. The only character i considered being the best is Vignette. Gabriel is basically Umaru without chibi transformation, Satania is honestly trying to be the intimidating one, but becomes boring if you look at her in a different perspective point of view, Raphiel is the same as Gabriel when it comes to making fun of Satania, but does better in academics than a lazy angel like Gabriel. I lonly like the anime’s art style, on-par with other animes. Itgets boring when you watch it further on. Again, the episodes are just the same with different visuals. Same kind of behaviour, and bullying. As much as I try to adore the sounds, the OP and ED is ok, the background is fine, but it felt like hearing holistic music doesn’t fit for a demonic angel or hearing demonic music that doesn’t fit for an angelic devil.
This is just bland. Too bland that this is not an anime for children to learn. Sure, anime logic but if you’re gonna be doing that in reality, don’t even try
SovietWeeb
This is a Anime that i really do enjoy and might be one of my favorite new shows of the year. But there is one thing that holds it back for me at least. Story: isn't anything special or great. It lacks in the fact that there isn't any overall story. It's mostly just a bunch of stories that you would find in a filler episode. With nothing big happening besides maybe the the cast going back home fro a little and Gabriel's sister visiting. The no big story arc or anything similar is kind of a let down and holds it back from givingit a higher review. 7/10
Art: While not anything new it is still pleasing to the eye and fits along with the story being told 7/10
Sound: Is what i'd expect from a good show. The opening is fitting and funny and the music even if it can sound generic at time. It knows when the right time to play. 7/10
Characters: This is honestly the thing that holds it back for me the most. All the characters are good and funny. Not a single character that is annoying in all honesty. But when we come to the main character ( Gabriel ) It is kind of sad is a way i'd put it. She goes from an overachieving Angel wanting to only do good. To a slob who is constantly asking for money from friends, Lazy and barely actually goes to school without her friend telling her to. For me i was constantly wanting her to at least go back to being a nice Angel. There was one point at the end where it seemed like her sister was gonna start helping her with rehabilitation. But then she gets scared of a dog that is the only thing close to annoying. The entire Gabriel being a slob and her kind of throwing her life away took away from my enjoyment. If it wasn't for this thing the anime probably would have been one of my favorite animes of the year. I'm still kind of annoyed with that bait and switch at the end and still wish she becomes a good angel again. 7/10.
Enjoyment: Even with my gripes about the story and characters. I still had a good amount of enjoyment out of this. It is funny and knows when its time to pull a joke. There are some times parts where you are enjoying something happening and then it just cuts into another story. That is kind of annoying. 8/10
Overall: I recommend watching this. It is a funny show with characters being funny and surprisingly few complaints about this. Still wish that the Gabriel character arc could have been left on a better note but oh well. Hopefully the manga ends on a better one or if there is a second season. 8/10
Tringapore_98
I wish I watched Gabriel Dropout sooner, because it was basically a comedy show. Each episode was full of laughs and although it got a bit more serious in the last few episodes, there were still scenes that were worthy of laughing at. In terms of story there wasn't much in the way of story development the anime is more for the shits and giggles than the story IMO. In summary, the story revolves around Gabriel, Raphiel, Vignette and Satania and their interactions+struggles with the people around them and each other. Animation wise is nothing too special. It's decent especially the animation of heaven and the characterdesign of the angels and demons.
Music is also quite decent I like the ending sounds pretty groovy.
The core of the anime is about the characters and how they grow or in the case of Gabriel, fall further and further into the abyss. A huge chunk of the anime goes into character development of Gabriel, Raphiel, Vignette and Satania which makes the audience feel connected to the 4 characters. There's Gabriel who's lazy though she does help her friends, Vignette who's caring and friendly who should be more of an angel than a demon, Raphiel who's gentle and nice but has a sadistic streak in her and Satania, who proclaims that she's the most evil demon but always end up failing in her attempts to be one. My favorite character in the anime is Raphiel she's damm hilarious to watch and is voiced by Kana Hanazawa who has a voice of an angel.
Overall if I had to rate the anime based on the 4 factors it'd be as follows:
Story: 7.4/10
Animation: 7/10
Music/Sound: 7.6/10
Characters: 9.5/10
fussy_puckr
Gabriel Dropout is a hilarious anime that didn't disappoint my expectations at all. [Minor Spoilers] STORY: 8/10 The story follows Gabriel as she settles on Earth and each transforms in her own unique way. She becomes sentient to her own angelic kind and fully indulges in the guilty pleasures of human life (and laziness). Her friends aren't much better despite differing from each other. Their escapades are hilarious to watch and their interactions even more so. Their friendships click without the viewer even noticing and before they know it the characters are already heavily invested in each other. The comedy is golden with its fair share of runninggags and hilarious moments. Much of why these moments are hilarious I'll explain in the next section, but I can easily say that the show does a great job in keeping the each story consistently interesting and enjoyable. Even the climax at the end of the series was being slowly built up to showing a bit of structure in what should've been a Slice of Life anime.
CHARACTERS: 8/10
The 4 main characters all have their ups and downs that add to the utter nonsense that occurs in each episode. Their personalities intertwining with each other makes for funny scenarios and also allow the viewer to understand them better all the while. The characters are easy to relate to much of the time and funny to watch as they struggle with what they were created as.
Gabriel: The main character of the series. Almost immediately there is already irony in her story of how she changed from a pious angel to basically a demon. Her lifestyle on Earth differs greatly from how she acted prior to moving there, and her personality changes as much as the way she lives does, too. She doesn't care at all for her past self and easily invests her time in lazing around and basically becoming an otaku. Her motivations that rarely spark her interest in other things, such as her rivalry with Satania, allows us to see how capable she is using her talents (and even more clearly her choice not to use them). Her main struggle is living up to her same standards of her past self when she has to. This creates many fun situations such as her return home or when the end comes. Overall she's a great main character to watch and fun to watch as she tries to make a living with her flawed lifestyle.
Vignette: Vignette's role as a demon is quite unfortunate when compared to her personality. She's everything that Gabriel was before Gab turned into a shut-in, and she cares so much about doing good for everyone. This is ironic as she is supposed to be causing harm for humans rather than trying her best to care for everyone she meets, which she finds herself doing instead. Her payments from Hell are literally going down because of how kind she is. This alone is hilarious, and it becomes even more so when she has to take care of Gabriel. They've basically swapped roles as this introduces how the angels are truly demons and vice-versa. Many things challenge Vignette to become more of a demon (like the check for instance) and watching her fail to change her good ways is just too funny to watch.
Raphiel: Raphiel's angelic ways are as flawed as Gabriel's. The issue is that Raph has always been that way whereas Gab transformed into her current self. Raphiel is a bully who loves setting up situations that will bring herself pleasure. This sadist is an angel that basically ruins the life of a demon instead of the other way around. A lot of what she does is hilarious, especially when combined with Satania's personality. Just as Gabriel is basically a demon, Raphiel is a demon taking on the guise as an angel. What's even worse is how she acts the way she should do qualify as an angel in front of others, but when messing with her friends she's almost as bad as it gets.
Satania: The absolutely gullible and retarded demon in this series. She tries extremely hard to fit her role- harder than the rest of the cast does- and gets repaid with absolutely nothing. This is part in thanks to her naivety as she believes things too easily and ends up doing the most petty of things. She is the epitome of running gags in this series; the dog stealing her melon bread and her high and mighty personality are all victims of this gag setup. This is for the better, however, as it leads her to doing stupid things and creating funny situations that otherwise wouldn't happen. When combined with Raphiel's cunning, this is pushed even further as she falls right into every trap set out for her throughout the series.
ART: 8/10
The art for this series is very cute and straightforward. Doga Kobo is great with special effects (Plastic Memories is a great example of this) and they didn't fall short of this at all in this anime. The particle effects and scenery were highlighted in the Heaven and Hell scenes of the anime. Overall the art was really good and nothing bugs me in any way with the art.
SOUND: 7/10
The soundtrack is really basic highschool anime music. However, what carries this anime's sound would have to be the OP and ED. Both are extremely catchy and upbeat which is perfect for this series. These were really great to listen to and I found myself not skipping these while binging the series.
ENJOYMENT: 9/10
This anime was downright hilarious. Every episode I choked in laughter about all the events I found the characters in. It was a great comedy anime and definitely in my favorite comedies.
OVERALL: 8/10
This series did a great job as a comedy anime by entertaining me and making me laugh a lot. It also easily attracted me to the specials that I realized existed later on and has me waiting for more content. The characters are all lovable and are even more lovable when interacting with each other. I enjoyed this anime thoroughly and believe that it was a great comedy.
