Genius setter Kimichika Haijima moves back to Fukui from Tokyo after an incident within his school's volleyball team forces him out. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, Yuni Kuroba, a member of the Monshiro Middle School Boys' Volleyball Team, who is unaware of his own talents. Haijima notices Kuroba's abilities and is determined to form a new volleyball team with Kuroba as the team's ace. At the prefectural tournament, Kuroba crumbles under the pressure, which causes the Monshiro team to fall apart after losing. The loss also creates a rift between Haijima and Kuroba, leading the former to quit the team.
Now, as students at Seiin High School, Haijima and Kuroba find themselves on the same volleyball team once again. Having learned from his past mistakes, Haijima helps Kuroba overcome his performance anxiety to become the ace and carry the team to the prefectural championship. With support from team captain Shinichirou Oda and vice captain Misao Aoki, Seiin aim to win the prefecturals and become Fukui's representatives at the Spring Tournament. To do this, they will need to beat Fukuho Technical High School, the reigning champions of Fukui. Will Haijima's team defeat the odds, or are they doomed to repeat his history of losing?
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blueleo
This review is spoiler free :D 2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu is quite standard. It doesn’t make you feel much watching it. The direction is...okay? The animation is pretty bad, except for the insane spikes that David Production will occasionally pour the whole budget into. The show just lacks substance. It lacks that “oomph” that propels it over being ordinary. It feels flat. It doesn’t come to life on your screen like a good anime should. That’s not to say the show itself is bad. There are some good plot points, some likeable characters, and some interesting dynamics. I enjoyed the dual perspective of thetwo main teams, Seiin and Fukuho, as I constantly flip-flopped on who I was rooting for. Like I mentioned earlier, there are times where the animation IS great, feeling more like David Production’s other amazingly animated shows. There are times where the rivalry feels real, and there are times where I care about what happens to the characters. The thing that brings Seiin down though is that all of these times where I actually feel something are short lived. They feel like glances to a better show. It feels like the show is struggling to wedge itself out of the hole of mediocrity, but is only able to peak its head out. It feels frustrating going from that back to the usual bad animation and poor writing. Seeing the glimmers of satisfaction in a show is not very satisfying when they simmer out.
This show is ambitious in the fact that it has a background narrative behind the volleyball. At least, at the beginning it does. I couldn’t even tell you what it was now. Maybe that’s another reason this show feels half-baked. Somewhere along the line, it transferred from being a show about flawed characters who happen to play volleyball, to just volleyball. Don’t get me wrong, I like watching dudes hit balls as much as the next guy, but the show can’t expect to make that switch when the volleyball isn’t even that good. The narratives of the first few episodes are what drew me and many others to this show, and it just feels like a huge disappointment to somewhat abandon it.
If you asked me if you should watch this show, I’d say “how much free time do you have?” There are definitely better anime out there, better sports anime, and obviously better volleyball anime. But at the end of the day, I don’t regret watching this one. At its higher points, it was good. At its lower points, it wasn’t necessarily unwatchable. So, if you have some free time and are just yearning to watch a sports anime, sure, this one’s alright.
Overall, I think this show is the epitome of average. It's not good, but I wouldn’t say it's bad either. There are times where you laugh about how shitty the writing in that episode was, but there are times where that Demon Bazooka is just so damn cool. Give it a watch if you want. I probably wouldn’t redo it again, but I don’t regret watching it either.
Miyushiki
To begin, I want to say before watching Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu, I was not a very big fan of sports anime at all. I love sports in real life but have not found myself very interested in sports animated. HOWEVER, I fell in love this this show very quickly. I feel like it focuses a lot on the characters, instead of simply the sport. The show really got even better with every new episode. So, if you are not content with the first couple of episodes, I promise it gets better if you keep watching, and I will tell you why you should below. Itdoes start a little slow, and the main characters seemed a bit aggravating at first, but it really paid off later with the development the characters showed. I found myself very impressed with how some of the characters changed over the course of the season. Everything just felt very realistic, it shows the immature and selfish side of a high schooler, and how sometimes being on a team and working together can change you for the better.
The art and animation are of course very nice, David Pro back at it again. Obviously, there is no need for crazy animation or sound, but it all looked very clean. The sound effects and the animation during the volleyball matches were amazing and consistent throughout the season.
Oh boy the opening, what an amazing song. The beat and vocals by Yama on the Opening song are what honestly got me hooked on the show first. I found myself excited for the new episode just to hear the song. The ending song by Soushi Sakayama is also a very nice song that I like a lot. As far as OSTs go, they were very fitting. They do not necessarily need to stand out if they are nice and fit the theme, which they did.
I think the characters and how they progressed was my favorite part of the whole show. Towards the later part of the season, I found myself being torn between who to cheer for because I loved both teams and did not want to see either lose. Kuroba and Haijima are both wonderful characters. They start of as very immature and selfish boys, but through volleyball they learn to deal with past discrepancies and do what is best for the team and each other.
At first, I thought Subaru would step in and be a bland villain type character who the Seiin boys would have to overcome, but that was dead wrong. Subaru really made the show so much better. Though dealing with his own past and very uncertain future, he put all that behind him for the time being so he could take his team all the way. He had lots of pressure on him as the best player on the best team, but he took not only his own dreams and aspirations, but those of this teammates, fans, and best friend with him as far as he could. Subaru had me cheering my heart out for Fukuhou even though I loved the Seiin team as well. What a wonderful cast.
I think it is safe to say I really enjoyed this show. What started out as me being interested simply because of David Productions, turned into me loving the opening song, and eventually turned into one of, if not my favorite seasonal this winter. Such an incredibly consistent show that got better each week. If you are a fan of sports anime, or even if you are not, you should give this show a chance because it is so much more than that. Thank you, David Productions, and everyone involved for making 2.43 Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu such a good experience. It has really opened my eyes towards sports anime. I really hope David Pro does a second season so we can see these boys grow even further as athletes and men.
Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu gets 10 spike serves out of 10 from me.
Thank you for reading. <3
ren0080
I had high hopes for this ever since the first episode, but that quickly diminished as the series goes on. The story became a pile of rubbish, ruined by rushed pacing. The story itself is decent, but paired with bad pacing, then it'd be much much worst than it actually is. The characters are non-existent. Basically, anyone other than the two main characters and the two rival characters, aren't developed to make them "characters". There are the captain and the other guy (forgot his name cause that's all they are, forgettable) that got little development. But all their interaction and development are so stiff and unnatural thatwhen it comes to their friendship, it doesn't feel like friendship but as bromance.
Animation is average. But considering the studio behind it, David Production, I expected too much. Same thing happened with Hataraku Saibou season 2, but it doesn't seem like they are focusing on either anime since they don't have any fantastic animation.
Music is the only saving grace of this anime. And even then, it's just the opening and ending that are exceptional. The OST is average, and the timing is decent. The opening and ending are some of the best in this winter season.
Overall, it's a disappointing mess of a series that with a longer run, could have fix a lot of problems that I have.
(4.4/10)
KANLen09
Whenever shows that tend to be setting up on the wavelengths of superior ones before it, the most apt case of comparison will be the most unsightly one...and in this case, 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team will get the most flack for looking like the "superiorally" inferior rip-off to one of the most prominent volleyball shows ever made: Production I.G's Haikyuu!. But yet, I implore you to hold off that comparison. Also, 2.43 is the height of the net for male volleyball: 2.43m, and the same could be said for the level of ambition for the show: too high, and when it drops, ithits the floor like a ticking time bomb.
Backtracking to when this show got its first PV, not gonna lie, despite the marketing that tries to show what 2.43 is at the hinds of its legs, some of us had the inkling that 2.43 is inherently similar to said show (at the time when Haikyuu! was all but wrapping up soon), especially with the volleyball setting. But while the show is heavily skewed in that direction, you could say that it was in actual fact a mix of that with some character drama, akin to Akane Kazuki's Hoshiai no Sora a.k.a Stars Align, but with the entire recluse of the original novel's setting that's similar to Summer 2016's Battery (similar settings, but a different sport of baseball).
It pains me to say this, but looking back at Battery and inferingly comparing to 2.43, there are indeed comparisons to be made: both are based off a novel, the synopsis of 2 guys (one strong and one weak, mentally) trying to recognize each other's radar of presence and support one another until they reach their objective and aim high for whatever they do. Yeah, you read that right: "grappling to find the true joy of the sport", and that's as much indicative for poorly mentally character-induced "drama" that just had a resolution with the many poutings and jealousies of the central duo that kinda rubs people the wrong way. You could argue that it's realistic, but I'd try to quote as much on the story and character fronts:
While Battery is not the standard hype-inducing kind of sports show that focuses most of its matter into the game being played, 2.43 inherently wants us viewers to see that the sport (which in this case, volleyball) is but only a medium platform to the plot...maybe too much, because it easily overshadowes the sport for a sacrifice for character development when hype-induced levels of animation like David Production's prove that it's effective to tell a story with great animation and visuals. And that right there is where 2.43 loses its hidden character drama plot, and I have an inkling that the production committee behind this show also knows it as well, and all they had to do was the get the best studio for animation effects, and it's DavidPro they've chosen to hide all these erroneously seemingly related-but-unrelated stuff to cover their tracks. Bad move.
Back to the whole character drama farce, it focuses heavily on the interaction between its characters, but also makes it glaringly rather difficult to say if it really even has much of a ‘story’ per se. Characters ARE a good source of material, and is one of, if not the most important agenda when it comes to character drama shows because of investment values for growth and development in the right stance. That being said, it's a disappointment that the characters doesn’t manage to carry themselves all that well, especially with the main Seiin duo Yuni Kuroba and Komichika Haijima. Both are physically efficient at what they do (and that's a good sign), but generically suck so bad at trying to relate with one another about their whims and getting along together (blame it mostly on the naive Kuroba) that unfortunately, isn't soakingly easy and is heavy to churn down on a one-way street. It’s like a never-ending struggle that feels like it could’ve been told better, but with the drama feeling so empty and everything feeling so bland (that is except the volleyball moments), it’s hard to really care much about anything that goes after the point of no return.
It’s quite obvious that a bigger topic is trying to be discussed behind the innocent front of sports shows but it’s just too bad that the message doesn’t properly come across unless you genuinely make an effort to really reach out for it. If I'd have to take a wager, replace the entire Seiin team for the opposing team, Fukuho Technical High School (which is Subaru Mimura and his team), because their circumstances are much more relatable and doesn't feel all that forced than what's found at Seiin. Take my word that when the focus is skewed in the main characters' direction, the side characters will try to make their mark as relevant as possible, and while 2.43 certainly did that, it's more so for progressing the "victory" plot than actually addressing the hidden core problem that is character motivation that development-wise, falls flat on its face with little to no stronghold. I know that Stars Align definitely did a better job than 2.43 overall, that's for sure, even if the character demographic is vastly different (young teens vs. young adults).
The bad times are over, and onto the good ones:
For anyone who has ever watched an inkling of shows made by David Productions, you know that the studio has the animation power to excel, and I'm nonchantantly sounding like a broken record, but it absolutely delivers in the similar veins to Haikyuu! on a production level. Also, its presentation is made to look like Stars Align in the watercolour space, so at least you'd have a better reference than always going for the juggernaut.
The soundtrack is supposed to help in the downtimes of moments like these, but somehow I find that to be particularly lacking, not because I don't remember what happened in those scenes where charater alleviation is supposed to be mattered most, but...it's just lacking, there's that. In other case, the OP slaps volleyballs to a T. It's definitely the right song for the right moment, and that is easily a plus for me. The same could not be said for the ED, much less its watercolour and creative visuals. It just sounds so generic and repetitive.
In conclusion, to be maligned into such a time as this to deliver on what is already the strong backdrop of similar shows of yesteryears past, I can't say that I can't recommend 2.43 for what it is, because as much as the anime has shown, hype for one aspect cannot uplift the others. It's like a weighing counter that has feathers on one side that are counteracted by the weight of solid objects on the other, and that's no good of a balance. If you like it, then I'm OK with it, no hatred for such lengths, but personally, I gear towards Stars Align more than 2.43 for a better experience.
Waifu_Saber
This anime is what we call "Peak-Mid". Its story is mid, characters are mid, animation is mid, direction is mid, artstyle is mid, voicing is mid, music is mid. The anime seemed less into Sports Action but more into Sports Drama/ SoL. However, the issue with this is that the viewers aren't here to see tons of characters just talking to each other for 90% of the episodes 90% of the time UNLESS you got an incredible story/ character writing which ofcourse was not there and ended up being MID. The characters kept on talking and talking and talking and trying to make viewers understand theiremotions, and here I'm like Bro I can't connect with you.
In the 2nd last episode our genius MC said "I don't want this match to end", and here I'm like, Bro I need to watch the next anime, please end! I came to see something like Haikyuu! and you're not even giving something like Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru. Neither action nor drama/ SoL.
The MC...the genius guy whatever his name was...looked like we got Kageyama's personality and Tsukki's height and face in one character (both are characters from another volleyball anime Haikyuu!). And we got another tall guy, our other MC called Kuroba who again looked MID in all aspects. His height was pretty exaggerated to be tall but didn't felt like he was tall as most of the teammates were themselves tall LoL.
Its made by David Production, the studio behind works like JJBA and Fire Force, both being incredible with their sound designs but here's where this anime lacks. It had only one good sound design, i.e., "The Devil Bazooka". Now, from the name one may think it sounds like a...BAZOOKA?...no it sounds like a bullet. Ok......can't be helped. The studio had so many things they could've done to sell this anime besides making 4 different MINI ANIME that no one will watch. Some good sound design or atleast hype animation nowadays works, but they went for everything MID. Looks like they just wanted to remind people that they do make anime besides JJBA and Fire Force.
Overall, skip this anime. If you want to watch some good sports anime, just watch Haikyuu!, Hajime no Ippo, Ashita no Joe, Slam Dunk, One Outs, etc. there's lots there. PEACE ✌.
CBMiura
2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu it's not a sport anime. It's a drama anime that have as a background the sport called volley. There's nothing good in this anime. The characters are mid and underdevelped, the story doesn't go anywhere. I genuinely think that anime it's a waste of resource, time and everything you can possibly think of. Maybe the novel it's better, I don't know, but watching this anime I don't have even a little interest of reading the material that made possible this catastrophic "thing". I've watched some sports anime that also have drama in it, but this isn't good. Don't watch it.
kingryosama
1. Story (1) Unoriginal plot, cringey dialogue, unrealistic goals, neverending cliches, confusing story line and structure 2. Art (6) Yuni looked pretty good in some scenes, I would've rooted for him more if he wasn't such an asshole MC 3. Sound (9) Amazing OP, never skipped it at all, decent ED except for the out-of-tune verse, amazing chorus, emotional OST that the anime didn't deserve, not a 10 bc exaggerated volleyball SFX, the volleyball hitting the ground sounded like a gunshot is this a sports anime or a mafia thriller 4. Character (1) disgusting character design, superficial motivations, shallow personalities, redundant dialogue, contrived interactions, unmemorable/irrevelant extras, nonexistent character development, whereis my redemption arc??
5. Enjoyment (5)
stuck with this anime for 12 episodes for 12 weeks, which says something
6. Overall (3)
decent music barely balances out the terribly executed plot and bland characters, OP is honestly the highlight of each episode
Read on for more dissing and hate :c
*** sorry, not spoiler free ***
1. Story (1) PATHETIC
why is this story pathetic? one, their team barely qualifies for the prefectural tournament in past years, but the anime follows their delusional goal of defeating the top contender aka the red team (theyre so irrevelant that i cannot remember their HS name for my life) but what are their skills? NOTHING, they have a so called "a c e" yuni who has limited/nonexistent volleyball skills and absolutely zero passion for the sport
follows their lame, undeep, one dimensional school drama instead of focusing on training and developing experience is this a homoerotic slice of life or a SHOUNEN SPORTS ANIME MY GOD
time line structure - in the first part of the anime, their ages were super unclear, I could not understand if they were in middle or school high school, first year??? second year???
training arc is a slideshow of the calender pages turning or the clock ticking instead of, yknow, ACTUAL TRAINING
so hard to follow the plot when there is no clear time structure, no deep motivations/goals of the characters except "to win" yeah wow everyone wants to win youre not special captain (i can't even remember his name)
2. Art (6) FAIR
The visuals in the OP were beautiful - amazing lightning and nice color scheme
the backgrounds in the anime were decently detailed, if only they could be like that the entire anime but no budget
Character designs are sketchy and it's painfully obvious that they are a ripoff of another popular sports anime
for a volleyball anime, their budget should go to the games/matches but those scenes were the sketchiest Ex) the blocks in this anime were so lame, the hands moved up robotically like a slideshow instead of the characters actually jumping
there was also a painfully obvious lack of muscles on these "athletes" but that is personal peference
instead of explaining specific volleyball techniques and their distinctive features, the characters force themselves to drop the title 2.43 every other line as if it is something deep but it's literally just a measurement of the volleyball net like why is that profound exactly its not
3. Sound (9)
OP is great, ED is great, emotional OST that regretfully doesn't fit the cringe dialogue
4. Character (1) PATHETIC
1) Yuni, our "MC" he heard first his buddy haijima went through a tough time with his "buddies" in middle school, but guess what he does at their first match together?? HE DITCHES HAIJIMA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATCH WHILE THEY WERE LOSING BC HE COULD NOT GET HIS SHIT TOGETHER DESPITE BEING THE "ACE" even though he consistently received support/encouragement from haijima
furthermore, instead of apologizing for sabataging their team, he shits on the poor dude to the rest of his teammates like a snake, wow were they really childhood friends he DID HAIJIMA SO DIRTY
btw, this asshole never apologizes to him ever trust me i watched the whole anime
then in the second half of the anime, he became a background character with one line per episode talk about inconsistent
2) Hajima(the most decent character in the whole series), our boy deserves better but for the whole anime he carries his shitty ass team in middle school and high school
his ahole BFF Yuni the snake rats out on his "mistake" to the rest of the team, so now everybody hates him, but guess what his mistake was - it was just strongly telling his ex-teammate to get his shit together, and that dude "tried to commit suicide" which was LATER REVEALED TO BE FAKED so yuni just made haijima look bad for no reason
hajima also has an unhealthy dependency on yuni and overestimates him too much, saying that yuni is his "limbs" and dreaming about them going international when he needs to open his eyes and see and that yuni has zero (0) passion and laughable talent for the sport
3) the captain of seiin
he wants to win and has the passion, but so little skill that he isn't even a regular...how is this man the captain if his team can't even consistently depend on him?? (yes, he got booted off the team and became a bench warmer/floor sweeper who doesnt even join the team huddles because hes BUSY MOPPING THE FRICKING FLOOR LIKE A PEASANT), but bc haijima and yuni helped him realize his dream of winning the prefectural finals, he suddenly thinks he can go to nationals
His "character development" is making the match point against that subaru dude which doesn't even get fully shown bc the animators also think hes irrelevant
He's also a pushover by letting hajima dictate the team strategies and position, like is he the captain or not, grow a spine, dude
4) Subaru and his BFF manager kun
he was refreshing at first but became annoying as they milked his tragic past injury and relationship with manager kun
subaru's goal is to get his bff to nationals and constantly forces his goal onto his teammates like bruh do his teammates really care abt their captain's bf's tragic backstory to make it their high school goal
Manager kun's Incident In The Snow - pathetic, embarrasingly overprotective of subaru to the point where he would try to save him from falling on the frickn snow and breaking his neck seriously what a waste of club funds to compensate for his injury, they didnt spend enough club funds on strengthening the team to go to nationals, which is why they had enough to pay for the ambulance to take him to the ER PATHETIC
childish behavior - endorses a first year stalking their "rival" and disturbing practice - poor sportsmanship
5. Enjoyment (5) Mediocre
Honestly I only got through this by watching one episode per week but it was pretty entertaining seeing how the plot deteriorated exponentially each week, roasting the poor execution of plot quickly became a comedic pastime in this household
6. Overall (3) Poor
Never watching this shit again.
Clauxsanchex
--------- I DIDNT EXPECT ANYTHING BUT, WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE: It is difficult not to compare both series but beyond volleyball and all that has to do with the game itself: teamwork, effort, responsibilities, overcome difficulties, happiness, bitterness/sadness, etc. These series are very different; I think 2.43 has a bit more “dramatic punch line” especially with the background of Haijima (the setter) and all that surrounds him. Another thing is that even if I am a haikyuu die fan, I think this series is more “realistic” with the game itself, please don't get me wrong I love the action and tension thathaikyuu have, but 2.43 feels a little more natural guess.
The art: in some points, it feels flat 7/10
The sound: the opening and the ending are 10/10 loved it.
If you are looking for an entertaining sport-anime without falling into so much comedy and exaggerated cliches tricks in the game matches, this one is the one and has only 12 chapters.
I'm looking forward to the second season and see the guys in the orange court Tokyo National Championship.
Give it a chance
i-am-boss
This anime was at least a 7. I think this anime got compared to you-know-what instead of people watching it for what it was actually worth. The story was fine and even set up for another season if they wanted one, but was fine with just the one as well. The characters had growth, although there was a little drama at the beginning that did not get a decent enough explanation, which i docked points for. But overall, the story did what it needed to do fort he plot points they used. The art and sounds were great! They did that little click-power up sound effectthat i like a lot and that definitely added to the effects during the climax of the show. They didn't execute It the cut scenes as well as I'd have liked to see, but they did a decent enough job with the time they had considering it was only one season, so i don't feel like it was really lacking as opposed to wishing it was a little longer.
I think they did what they set out to do for the character development in this story and did it well enough. They explored facets of two particular character tropes and i didn't feel like they were missing anything. They did do a lot of BL baiting though (if you know you know). I'm not really mad at that as a queer person, but some ppl take offense when characters are set up to have some kind of ambiguous more-than-friends feelings and the audience is left hanging with ambiguity.
As a lover of sports anime, this was enjoyable overall for what it was meant to do and convey, and i think it earned its 7 fair and square.
Mitsumi_
I wanted to write this review earlier but I thought it'd be better if I left a review after the show finished airing and, boy howdy, am I glad that I did because if you'd have asked me what I thought of this show like three weeks ago, my opinion would be so different to what it is now... Story: 7/10 Although a little rushed in places (probably to fit into the 12 episode season) I personally thought that the story of 2.43 was pretty strong. Although cliché for a sports anime, newbie weak team dreams of going to nationals and has to go up against thelocal powerhouse to get there, it made me feel as if it was completely new to me and that I'd never seen a story like this before. I won't go into the story too much, for spoiler reasons, but there were moments that absolutely blew me out of the park. It does get dark at times though, handling topics like suicide, so I recommend you go into this show feeling ready to handle stuff like that.
Art: 7/10
The art style of this show was, I'll admit, a little basic. It looks pretty much exactly like some of the other shows I've seen. However, that's not necessarily a bad thing. You shouldn't fix what isn't broken and, personally, I think that the not-so-flashy art style suits this show. I like it. The animation is patchy at times but, overall, it's pretty good to!
Sound: 7/10
I don't really pay much attention to sound when watching a show. Like the name implies, it's background music. However, thinking about it, I do think that the sound complimented the show well. It was good.
Character: 8/10
I've seen a lot of people rag on the characters in this show. While their opinions are totally valid, I beg to differ. The characters in this show are surprisingly complex and interesting. There's Kuroba, who may come off as just your average himbo who gives up easily but is actually a little insecure (from what I can tell) and has trouble believing in himself which is why he struggles to persevere, and Haijima, who originally comes off as your average full-of-himself talented jerk but is actually riddled with anxiety and struggles in social situations. I'll admit, there are members of the supporting cast who are forgettable and it's hard to even pinpoint a single aspect of their personality, but those of the supporting cast who do get development are really strong and likeable characters.
Enjoyment: 9/10
I'll be honest, there were times towards the beginning of the series when I considered dropping the show but I am so glad I persevered through it. This show is my newest hyper fixation and it's safe to say that it's my new guilty pleasure anime as well. There were a few episodes (*cough* episode five *cough*) that stopped me from rating enjoyment as a 10/10 but just persevere through the bad episodes because, man, that ending is so worth it.
Overall: 9/10
I'm not entirely sure what to put here other than I recommend giving this show a watch. Even if you don't like it as much as I did, it'll keep you entertained for at least a couple of days.
YunaKun
So, this is an anime that exists. When I first saw we were getting another volleyball anime I was almost expecting it to be just as amazing as Haikyuu. However the first episode made me realize that would likely not be the case for me and I'll admit I was being really unfair to 2.43 for expecting such things. Now, to break this down a bit: Story: 2.43 has essentially the same overall story you've seen in just about every other sports anime ever. It has a few details that stand out but the smaller ones are not really touched upon and the biggest one byfar is resolved in what I find to be a rather unsatisfying manner. Part of the reason for that might be the pacing which I find to be too fast. Things happen but there is barely any time to get to know the characters so whatever happens falls flat thanks to lack of emotional investment.
Characters:
Speaking of characters, they don't get fleshed out at all. I can barely name 3 to 4 characters out of 2 full teams worth simply because most of them don't seem to matter. There are 2 characters that get the most baseline character development while most of the others don't even get actual character traits. Now, I don't want to call the characters badly written, rather I feel like the writer forgot that the audience has no clue who any of them are and thus simply never established them in a way for the audience to get to know or relate to any of them. In a sense it might be more acurate to say a bunch of them aren't written at all but just thrown in there by gut feeling.
Art:
On to something better, the art. The art itself is fairly good for the most parts and the animation as well has moments that look great. That is until a) whatever is moving is further away from the camera or b) there's too many moving things at once. It's as if the quality is constantly swaying around sometimes being actually good, sometimes being all that isn't good and most the time just somewhere inbetween.
Sound:
I could not tell you anything about the sound. 2.43 has an opening, an ending and some soundtrack and regular sounds but they're not really noteworthy in any way.
Enjoyment:
In case you actually read up until this part and can't figure how my enjoyment of this anime was: it wasn't. I was constantly bored and didn't care about anything. At some point I genuinely did not want to continue watching it and only really finished it because I started it so I might as well see this through till the end. For all I care the best thing might have been the fact that most characters actually speak in a dialect that I'm just gonna assume is accurate to the region.
Should you watch 2.43 if you haven't yet? I wouldn't recommend it but if you want to feel free to do so and form your own opinion on it.
Happy_Tan
You like Haikyuu? You a teen or a youn gadult? You like edgy teenagers trying to talk to other edgy teenagers. Well you are in luck, this anime is just that. Seiin 2.43 is a volleyball anime which follows two main characters, one is a setter, and one is an attacker. If you have watched Haikyuu this will be easier to explain. Basically the setter is kageyama who is perfect in every way shape and form. Now in Haikyuu this is good everyone loves that kageyama can do everything, but in Seiin 2.43 everyone hates this. The opening and ending were total bops, could listento it for hours on end, especially the opening. The use of the soundtrack was extraordinary as well. The characters were very cliché. One of the characters is short and in volleyball that is not good, but because this is anime, he doesn't let this stop him from being a really good player. Overall I would say this anime isn't bad, but it isn't really good either. I would only recommend it to someone who either enjoys playing the actual sport volleyball, watched haikyuu and liked it, or both.
V_Low_Standards
I made an account to review this. At first watching it I was hopeful that it would be somewhat decent, but as the series progressed it felt like a chore to watch. At times it picked up the pace and was enjoyable, and then it was quickly dashed. The pacing was rushed in my opinion, at times I couldn't keep up with what was happening. The characters are forgettable, except the two main characters and the 'rival'. The first subplot introduced is Haijima's conflict with his middle school team, and its focused on for the first few episodes. This might be one of the ways ittries to differentiate itself from the other volleyball anime by setting up a darker theme, but then it gets pushed and focuses on the actual plot.
There's an enjoyable friendship between the team, but it's like it holds no merit. There aren't any major bonding scenes that ties them all together, and it seems more like a group of people on good terms with each other.
The art style is decent, at times its cringy, but other times, its excellent. The character designs are kinda plain, but a good change of pace. What really ties it together is the soundtrack. The opening is amazing and the ending isn't that far behind.
Overall, it was an ok show. Though it's more like a one time thing where you say 'yeah I watched it'. I don't regret watching it, but it's not my favorite.
zapp-
Fair to say this anime is pretty mid. Felt like the drama surrounding the characters as well as the development of the plot line was pretty weak. I know alot of people compare this to Haikyuu but I think a better comparison would be Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru in the sense that the director tried to take the drama-related path of a sports anime. Although much longer (which why my score may change for season 2, if there is one) I think if they could make the pacing more steady as well as improving the character development this could be a good show(6-7) but fornow I say it's a 4.5-5/10.
Animation was crisp but the volleyball sounds were quite off imo
random567
took ages to finally finish ep 12 it was ore alright nice slice of life anime but wouldn't really re watch as i found it a bit boring at times. liked the darker themes they explored near the start also enjoyed seeing osaka ben accents haha art was alright but most of all omg the ed and op SLAPPED like i really liked the op outta the 2. mainly started this anime and continued it cos seeing clips of the first half of the show looked pre good but ye towards the end ig i did get quite bored but it was still a wholesome finish and gladmost of the drama was sorted out and what not
PokerHeel
I love sport, it’s a huge part of my life. So obviously, any anime that talks about sports interests me. Volleyball is a really interesting sport, very fun to watch. Alas, 2.43 is not necessarily. It's not bad.. Just not very interesting. The pace is not inspiring and the relationship between the characters leaves something to be desired. The matches aren't very intriguing, even if they're still quite fun. The “rivalries” are fairly well run, but everything goes way too fast, which is a shame. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's bad, but it's forgettable. There was potential, like all sports anime, but it seemslike they wanted to move too fast, I wonder why.
algoPotaku
The anime is a good attempt at spokon but it remains that it tries to be a good anime. It never convinces you since the protagonists are repressed homosexuals, who do not let their feelings come out and this sincerely delays the whole series. Do not watch the anime is entertaining but having Haikyū do not spend to see this. En español: El anime es un buen intento de de spokon pero se queda en que trata de ser un buen anime. Nunca te llega a convencer ya que los protagonistas son homosexuales reprimidos, que no dejan salir sus sentimiento y esto sinceramente retrasa toda la serie.No vean el anime es entretenido pero teniendo a Haikyū no te gaste en ver esto.
kjmickey1
To put it simply: I didn't like this anime very much. Seiin had the potential to be something great, but on all fronts in ended up falling flat. The idea behind having a more serious toned volleyball anime really interested me, as it did many others, but what I got instead was a poorly animated, not well written drama instead. Now, not to say I hated all of it, because there were moments that kept me hooked, but still, overall it underwhelmed me. Now lets get to the nitty gritty. Story: 4/10 As I mentioned before, a more serious toned volleyball anime sounds like a great ideain theory, however most of the drama that comes from this is overly dramatic, and ultimately leads to nothing. Without spoiling anything, one of the bigger plot points in the first half ends being a false rumor, which made some of the character motivations and a good chunk of the plot feel worthless. It was all over the place plotwise, as if they weren't sure what aspects they should focus on.
Art: 3/10
Flat colors, unexciting and poor animation. At times it seemed all the budget would go into one scene where a character would spike the ball and that's it. For a volleyball anime you would think that the volleyball sections would be beautiful, but in all honesty they were quite boring.
Sound: 5/10
Honestly nothing to complain about, the soundtrack didn't really stick out to me all that much, but the OP slaps hard.
Character: 5/10
This is where Seiin's strong suit is for sure. While I didn't find a lot of the characters all that likeable, there were still clear and interesting character motivations for all the main characters. Seeing the backstories for both teams, Seiin and Fukoho, really added some depth to each character and you could cheer for both teams knowing what they were losing if they were to lose the match. I will say that there wasn't a whole lot of charcater development excpet for maybe Haijima who starts off as a rude, mean, and overly bossy, but by the end realizes how much he needs his team, and how much he cares for them.
Overall Enjoyment: 4/10
As I said before, everything about this anime was simply underwhelming. I wouldn't go as far as saying its bad because there were still some aspects that made it enjoyable to an extent, and some plot points definitely added an interest factor... However there really isn't anything special about it. It's pretty average and I wouldn't recommend it unless you like drama, or have some extra time on your hands.
TL;DR: This anime is flat and underwhelming in all aspects, while it isn't necessarily bad, I wouldn't suggest wasting your time on such an average and clichéd overly dramatic sports anime.
Salvatierra21
2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu is an anime with an identity of its own, this is not Haikyuu !!, showing that great sports anime can still be made from another Angle of sport here from the personal part of the athlete overcoming the slow pace of the Battery anime. and the over victimization of characters such as Hoshiai no sora, in the animation and character design it was very risky, it does not innovate at all, some will say that it is lazy but its care in the scenarios and plays shows all the feelings of the characters here you do not go to seedesign distortions and let's not forget the Op and Ed who do their job 100% in getting the viewer into the story. I hope the second season is given the green light, this anime deserves it, I catalog it in the TOG 5 OF THE SEASON.
