On their first day of high school shy Ayumi Nonomura and taciturn Tatsuki Iizuka become lost on the immense campus of Kamizono Academy. An irresistible force of nature named Torako Kageyama accompanied by her best friend Suzume Saotome appears in front of them. Led, sometimes pushed, by Torako, the girls and their classmates work through problems of school, home and adolescence.
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Ladholyman
This show completely blew me away. Usually when Maceart suggests something to watch, it's some harem melodramatic crap or moe moe crap. But Hyakko is a different beast altogether. Hyakko is about the lives of students in Kamizono Academy. The cast numbers around 20 well-fleshed out students, mostly high school students and two elementary school students. The series is fairly episodic, and goes into each of the characters one by one. The characters make Hyakko golden. No other show in recent memory was this funny. The plot synopsis, a group of girls and guys hanging out in this high school, may sound like the most boring thingever. But it is not. You get the classic hyper girl, the quiet girl, the glasses girl, the scary girl, the tall airheaded girl, the girl who never opens her eyes, the bisexual girl, and many others. To make the show even better, Hyakko introduces a few key guy characters at just the right moments. You get the angry homeroom teacher, the lovesick guy, the bully, and the photographer dude. By the end of 13 episodes, all the characters will be etched inside your head like jam on toast. That analogy was pretty bad, but you get my point. What I mean is that everyone will find at least one character that they like. For me, I loved the lovesick guy and Tatsuki. They are amazingly awesome.
Hyakko has situational comedy defined down to the atomic level. For example, when Torako and the gang visits the cafeteria, you get such classics as COMBO CARDS and BIG SERVINGS. Hyakko can create comedy out of the most mundane things. Thought dodgeball isn't funny? Well you haven't watched Hyakko. How about art class? Well, Hyakko has got that covered too. Hyakko also does not resort to tired conventions such as fanservice to get its comedy across. In that aspect, Hyakko rises above Toradora and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Looking for beach episode? Hot springs episode? Not in Hyakko, nope.
As if the characters and situational comedy aren't enough, Hyakko's music is also awesome, to boot. I'm a classical music buff, and when I heard Vivaldi's 4th Season used as effective background music, I couldn't help but stand up in shock. Shocked in a good way, I mean. All of Vivaldi's work is presented in Hyakko, from Spring to Winter, and it is used so perfectly.
People have asked what kind of animation you should expect in this show. Well, the show airs in HD. Expect orgasmic clouds and super sharp trees in the background. The character designs need some time to get used to, but I love them. Sometimes Hyakko uses the technique of speed lines to animate scenes very well that usually don't require awesome animation. For example, in episode 1, the scene when Ayumi chases Tatsuki and Tatsuki turns around. That must have cost bundles of yen to animate. Like all anime, the animation quality dips during the middle but not to the point of pure QUALITY. It got fine in the end though.
As for the voice acting, Hyakko is littered with an all star cast. Aya Hirano is here. So is Yui Horie. So is Keiji Fujiwara. All the voices were superb. Even the two existential brats were awesome.
Are there any bad things about this show? Well, only episode 2 was kind of on the weak side, as they stretched 18 pages of manga across 24 minutes. But even a weak episode had its golden parts. DREAM TEAM, anyone?
Don't miss this show, please. I implore you not to. If you are looking for references and parodies, there are plenty. Hyakko covers Tetsujin 28, the Ring, Slam Dunk, and the Stonehenge, all within 13 episodes. Looking for lesbian tendencies? Hyakko has also got that base covered. If you are a fan of comedy, watch this show. If you like to watch pretty girls do surrealistic things, watch this show. If you have siblings, watch this show with them. My sister loved this show too.
Hyakko is so good, that I spent the last two days translating the last three episodes. (Sorry Mayu-subs) That's six hours of my life right there, and rightfully spent.
PS: This is more of a final impression/rant/giddiness rather than an objective review. The very long review by tehnominator is more level headed. I hope you still enjoyed reading it, though.
chinaboat
You could call this series "The Melancholy of Torako Kageyama" and not be far off. If you like Kyon, Mikuru, Yuki and Haruhi you'll probably enjoy Tatsuki, Ayumi, Suzume and Torako almost equally. Normally, Torako would be the the character in charge of slapstick comedy - loud, boisterous, and embarassing like Tomo, Himeko or Kana but here she shines. But Hyakko revolves around Torako no less than MoHS is centered on Haruhi, as a matter of fact if Haruhi were a "normal" human she'd probably be Torako Kageyama. In Torako's world there's too much to do and too many chances for fun and entertainment tospend your time worrying about the sadder aspects of your life. Torako hates sitting still, grasping both life and her classmates with both hands she pulls both along in her wake blithely ignoring complaints and criticisms. There are other "slice of life" school girl comedies that are "funnier", Azumanga for instance, but I doubt if you'll find one with more fully developed characters in both the lead and supporting roles; particularly Torako Kageyama.
NeverKnowsBest26
High school slice-of-life comedies are possibly the most common of anime. Dozens of them come out every year, and with a frequency that has only increased over time. Sometimes one of these school life shows does something special that makes them memorable and standout from their ilk, but usually they fade into obscurity, lost among a sea of similar shows. Such is the case with Hyakko, a generally enjoyable high school romp from 2008, that ultimately provides nothing outside the usual anime high school shenanigans. The shenanigans are those of teenage trouble-child Torako Kageyama and the many odd friends she makes at Kamizono Academy. And whata eclectic group of friends she has; including the cute and shy Ayumi, snobbish Tatsuki, physically fit and gluttonous Suzume, yankee Ushio, Sadako look-a-like Inori, bisexual class president Nene, and so many other peculiar personalities. With such a wide variety quirky characters bouncing off each, the show is undoubtedly fun. The show has dozens of character gags from Torako and Tatsuki's conflicting personalities, to Suzume's oddly nonchalant personality and excessive eating, to Nene's drooling over the rest of the female cast. The gags and jokes are quite simple but the animated personalities of the girls make them work enough. Of course this is essentially just another 'cute girls doing cute things' anime, as evident by the fact most of the characters are girls even though Kamizono is a co-ed school; there are only 4 reoccurring male characters, one of them being a teacher.
The overall tone of the show is largely zany. This is unmistakably a comedy show, and it rarely takes itself seriously. Most of the show's run time is spent on Torako's hair-brained antics and slowly introducing more characters into Torako's ever expanding group of friends. The usual episode is light and breezy, easy to watch and completely comfortable; devoid of any actual tension. While this makes the show enjoyable, it is also why the show ultimately doesn't accomplish anything of consequence, it is a good time but there is nothing more grasp onto. With no real plot and minimal conflict, the events of every episode blend together into a fuzzy glob of jokes. The comedy itself isn't particularly original or exceedingly crafty, it is more or less the usual anime humor of silly situations and overreactions, albeit done fairly well.
What makes this particularly frustrating is that Hyakko does have the potential to be more than the average school life comedy, the show just never capitalizes on it. The potential lies in two characters, Tatsuki and our lead, Torako. Tatsuki is a rich heiress with a complicated family life, she's used to being alone and despite attending Kamizono Academy since elementary she hasn't made any real long lasting friendships. In one of the show's rare slightly more serious episodes, Tatsuki ponders the solidarity of her school life til high school and the value of her new friends, only to realize she actually treasures them when they drop by her house in a surprise visit. This is a nice bit of development, which makes it too bad that it is confined to a single episode; pushed aside for high goofy shenanigans.
Likewise, Torako also has a complicated relationship with her family, probably even more so. She doesn't get alone well with the other members of her family, and often runs away from home. This could have been the foundation for some potent, maybe even mature family drama; perhaps even delving into why Torako behaves the way she does. However, this is only elaborated in a single admittedly good episode near the end of the series. There isn't really anything wrong with a show focusing on comedy, but Hyakko has clear potential for meaningful drama that it passes up, content with showing cute girls doing cute things. As a consequence, the show feels like a real under-achiever.
On a technical standpoint, Hyakko isn't all that impressive either. It is by no means a bad looking show; the character designs are quite adequate, certainly cute enough. They are more or less what is expected from an anime with a high school setting, and that is kind of the problem with them. Kamizono Academy is laid out well enough to feel like an actual place, but the backgrounds settle for passable; adequate enough to properly establish the setting, but never exceedingly well detailed. The animation is full of shortcuts and fully animated movement is rare. Such shortcuts are commonplace in slice-of-life comedies such as Hyakko, however this is a show that was made after The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Clannad, and other much better animated slice-of-life series, so it is hardly the best looking show of its kind or of its time. The music is largely light and wacky, adhering to the show's dominantly comedic tone. However, there are times when it achieves more emotional richness, which works well when the show aims to be slightly more serious or melancholy.
Hyakko certainly isn't an unpleasant show, quite the contrary. It has likeable characters and plenty of funny moments. The zany antics and personalities are easy enough to enjoy; the show is an easy and comfortable watch. In fact, it is probably too easy of a watch. There is essentially no plot, little tension or conflict, and sparse character development. The potential for such things is there, but the show is so preoccupied with being cute and funny that it neglects to be anything more. Fun though the show might be, it is ultimately unremarkable and unmemorable.
Sheepdude
FOR YOUR SAKE, watch in this order: Episode 13 then Episodes 1-12. Why? Because Episode 13 occurs chronologically before all the other episodes, and is a whole lot more enlightening if viewed first, and, I'm sure, will make your viewing experience much more enjoyable. It's a waste of time to see the "first" episode at the very end, because, by that point, you can pretty much fill in all the blanks yourself. As for the show on the whole, it elicited a lukewarm response from me. At first, it deceivingly markets itself as a comedy, when it truly follows more of the drama/slice-of-life genre, although the dramais mild and far-between.
The only thing driving this show is the characters, comprised of a diverse cast of different personalities. Hyakko's characters are certainly the only thing that saves it from its less-than-lackluster plot.
On the whole, Hyakko is decent. It wasn't for me, but if you're into this kind of genre (and the characters especially), it's certainly worth a run-through.
psygremlin
I wish I could write good things about all the shows I review, but I suppose there must be an exception to the rule, and Hyakko would appear to be it. I think the problem with Hyakko is that its underlying concept is not original. Having a bunch of disparate personalities come together as friends within the school environment has been done countless times (although none come close to the brilliance of Azumanga Daioh). Even the class full of dysfunctional (or maybe just odd, in this case) has been beaten to death in Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. That said, it doesn’t start badly. Our four protagonists – thetimid and shy Ayumi; haughty and abrasive Tatsuki; impulsive Torako and the quiet Suzume actually form a pretty decent team. Then again, it’s the kind of pairing (or quadrupling if you like) that’s been seen in everything from Manabi Straight to Hidamari Sketch to Sketchbook and so forth. It’s a formula that works, so it gets trundled out again and for the first four episodes it works well and there are some genuinely funny moments, most of which involve Tatsuki having to deal with the human typhoon that is Torako. Foremost amongst these has to be and the antics of the openly bi and predatory class president – who has her eye on the student council presidency, as well as Torako. Suzume’s complete unawareness of the havoc her performing an Y-balance pose (with one leg in the air) would cause on her co-ed art class is also worth a mention.
Sadly, the class president doesn’t get the screen time, or the development, her character needed to add some serious comedy to the whole affair. Likewise, the long-suffering homeroom teacher, Sengoku-sensei, has a couple of classic on-screen moments, usually involving Torako but these are, sadly, too few and far between. However, his portrayal of a world-weary teacher, who’s just realised his karma has caught up with him in the form of this flaxen-haired demon, is nicely done.
After the first four episodes, however, it all starts to fall apart. We are introduced to more of the oddball classmates, which is all well and fine, if you left them to do oddball things. The problem is, they all have issues, which Torako & Co try to resolve. It’s a bit like Clannad’s “introduce-a-broken-chick-and-then-fix-her” motif, but at least Clannad has the decency to put some flesh on the character’s bones, so we know who they are and what makes them tick, before breaking them. In Hyakko, the viewer just isn’t made to care enough about the superficial characters to introduce that kind of drama and make it work. It gets even worse, when additional characters are suddenly out of the blue, in order to resolve Torako’s arc. It ends up messy and feeling very contrived.
The soundtrack is also forgettable with a poor OP and an even worse ED. Aya Hirano, who I like as a seiyuu and who voices Ayumi, would appear have a pretty good deal, as she sings at least one song on whatever series she’s in. The problem is she obviously can’t choose what she sings and they tend to be generally bad and not at all suited for her voice. Maybe she should just stick to voice acting.
On the whole, Hyakko was a disappointment. It never really set out to do anything that hadn’t been done before. It suffers from what I call “not knowing what to do” syndrome – if it wanted to be a comedy, then it shouldn’t have introduced drama and if it wanted to be a drama then it needed to flesh out the characters far more than they were. There are far better comedies in this genre out there and you won’t really have missed anything if you don’t watch Hyakko.
johnbradshaw
Let me get this straight, i find it one of the most enjoyable anime i've ever watched in a long long time. Hyakko first seems like a typical school life anime and of course i cant deny it but this anime has so much more to offer, not in the story line but in the characters and the comedy it has to offer. Hyakko has a large range of character including the 4 seemingly main characters and their classmates. And every characters have their own personalities and it's great to see such a simple show can do that. And it's very rare that i love all thecharacters, dont hate anyone.
The art is beautiful, the music is touching at some point, the ed is great. I think this is a must watch for any anime fan.
edwardyyu9f
well hyakko is one of the wierdest anime series i seen in my life... the beginning is far too slow and doesnt make any sense until you get to episode 5 or 6. well when i started this series which was when it first aired, it was put on hold for months because the first two episodes didnt really make sense. the beginning feels somewhat like azumanga daioh but less interesting and the story is very slow in the beginning and rushed in the end. the last two episodes is where all the action takes place. this anime is a school, slice of life, andcomedy series, but there is quite alot of drama nearing the end. the characters in this anime doesnt play out that well. some of the support has nothing to do with the main story or the main character in the anime, not sure about the manga though.
to summarize the beginning of this anime is horrible, please dont judge until you are on the 5 or 6 episode, it get really interesting then.
xdzzz
Overall, this is a very laid back, slice-of-life type anime. However, don't let that stop you from watching this because this is an amazing anime. It surprised me just exactly how deep this anime is, and it really made for a good watch. Characters and character development is probably the strongest point in this anime - you will see a change in their personalities overtime, and personally that's my favorite part. The cast is great. If you can compare this, it's similar to lucky-star but less humor and a tad-bit of drama. Great mix. Story. Not too much happens but its 13 episodes, and we get tosee the life of a group of high school girls who slowly become inseparable. Its touching, it has humor, and its a great watch. Not much depth to the story but it is a deep (emotionally) anime. Too short for my liking tho...
Art.
Nice art, beautiful colors. Kinda has this orange-y feel to it. Fits the theme and main character perfectly. Drawn with this, distinct lines and good color contrast. Overall its above average :)
Sound.
Not that great but good enough to the point where it doesn't hurt nor make better the anime. Above average.
Character.
This receives a 10. I dont want to give anything away, watch the anime, you'll find out why this part receives a 10.
Enjoyment.
Awesome watch, a bit too short tho... can't complain though because there wasn't that much of a story. For example, I felt like lucky-star dragged on too long, but this felt too short. 9.
Overall.
Great anime, good watch. It's not perfect but it's definitely a good watch. Not a waste of time at all.
The_Ruise
This is a character-driven anime so I'm just gonna give my impressions of the characters here ok. All of them. Torako: Starts off really brash and annoying but you get used to her soon enough. She doesn't change at all, you just get Stockholm'd into liking her. Ayumi: I honestly don't remember if she had a personality, she was kind of just there. Suzume: She's cool, goes with the flow and likes to eat a lot. Nothing not to like. Tatsuki: She's cool, kind of a tsundere, acts a bit like an ojou which is one of my favorite character types. Amagasa-sensei: I wish the school disciplinary policy was lesslenient and less realistic so he could sock Torako and give her one or more of those big ol' anime head-lumps every episode.
Nene: A NATIONAL TREASURE AND A GIFT TO HUMANITY
Minato: A NATIONAL TREASURE AND A GIFT TO HUMANITY
Ushio: SO GOOD?????!!!!
Inori: SO GOOD?????!!!!
Touma: Deeply regrets befriending Torako. Tsundere and relatable.
Kobayashi: She was pretty funny in that art class scene.
Chie: The robot jokes were funny.
Kitsune: If anyone deserves to get beaten up, it's him.
Oniyuri: Eh.
Hitsugi: Really cute.
Yuki: I love her voice and I love her.
Shishimaru: His crush on Torako is pretty good comedy.
Photoshop: I forgot he existed, but I liked the whole photography club selling pictures of attractive students plot well enough.
The cat: Really small, looks like a tiger, decent mascot character.
Zaku88
To be completely blunt, I didn't really get this show. I thought it wasn't very funny, and didn't feel any compulsion to watch the next episode other than to finish it to merit a review. Hyakko follows the daily school life of a group of girls lead by the overly enthusiastic Torako. The basic synopsis is that Torako becomes friends with all of her classmates through various wild adventures and strange happenings. Overall, if you're looking for a situational, comedic slice-of-life character then this might be your series. I'd relate this to Lucky Star but it lacks all the fun otaku feeling, and I'd relate this toMinami-ke except that I don't think it caries the same degree of hilarity that that series brings.
My impression is that it was pretty much an episodic show with a 4-koma feel. Sadly, other series that are based around the same concept have distinctive points that I found interesting. The strongly contrasting personalities of this series and occasional humor were not enough to satisfy me.
By all means, if you're looking for something plot-based, stay far away from this. If your looking for a slice of life comedy, this is a hit or miss.
Animation:
I really can't say anything bad about the animation here. The quality is very high and colors are well balanced. The only thing that annoyed me a bit was the somewhat original character drawing style. For me, it was enough to detract. Also, there is some fan service, though not really anything much.
Sound:
The OP/ED were skip-able (and I'm not one to skip them usually) and the BGM was fairly plain. I guess there isn't too much to expect cause there are very few moments of plot tension given the filler nature of the series as a whole. VAs were fine, Torako's voice definitely fits her personality.
Story:
I've pretty much already summed up the story line... There is no real plot. Each episode is actually broken into two or three parts similar to School Rumble but lacking any plot progression whatsoever. Basically Torako slowly wins over her classmates and eventually all is well. I will admit to almost falling asleep to this (it's a great substitute sleeping aid, especially with the BGM).
Very little of Torako's background is known until the last few episodes of the series. The tone in these eps. is a bit more dark than the uplifting over-joyfulness that the other episodes show. The last episode is actually a prequel to what happens in the first episode, a strange order but nothing compared to Touka Gettan.
Character:
The characters in Hyakko are very distinct in their personality, leading to some fairly interesting situations. However, I didn't feel any consistent development except everyone slowly warming up to Torako one after another. The parallel developments for all of the class was painfully linear and detracted from the enjoyment of the series as a whole.
Torako, as a person, is very clumsy and outgoing, despite what one later finds about her past. Her antics usually make up the majority of the series but for the most part, she is a static character.
Value:
This was recommended to me by a friend who found this a hilarious series. So it may be that this is a good fit for you. For me, this was slow, barely entertaining, and as stated before, quite pointless.
Rasly2
Well you may think is is just a cheap version of azumanga but this anime is is actually even cheaper. Very lame jokes that just kids without much experience in anime would enjoy. Its is your usual comedy stereotype anime, i feel like i have seen so many such clones. Cheap drawing, cheap story, characters are okey but jokes are cheap and cringy, and as usual some cheap drama as reward. So basicaly i checked it becuase i wanted to see cheap les serious azumanga ver. but its not even good enough to be called a cheap ver. So no, i would not recommend it even to unexperiencedviewers.
HDTurtle
Hyakko is a comedy show that is meant to be funny, in such a show there is no plot or character development, its main selling point is the interactions between characters and the funny situations it leads to. Because of the nature of this show, then, there is only one question that needs to be asked, is this show funny? Is it satisfying what it set out to do? Is it making the viewer laugh? Such questions are hard to answer, each persons taste of humor is different, all I can hope to do is try and explain how the comedy in this particular show works,hopefully from that you can understand if you would find it funny or not.
The comedy in this show uses one formula, events happen, the characters react to this events, they interact with each other while doing so and at the end comedic moments appear. Does it succeed in doing that? In my honest opinion it doesn't.
This show seems to try too hard in being funny, it is like they tried being overly funny but because they went too far with the "overly" part it ends up falling flat, they try to introduce random elements and make fun out of these situations but once again these random elements fall flat, when a show tries to be random all the time can it be called random anymore?
The characters themselves fit to their own stereotypical images and are boring, perhaps this is one of the main reasons this show fails. All of the characters can be explained in few words at most. The "energetic" one that is always cheerful and causes problems, the straight man that sets the "energetic" one straight, the naive and innocent one that wishes for both straight man and "energetic" girl to get along, and then there is one called Suzume, which is basically empty, it can be hardly said that she even has any personality.
This show tries to be funny all the time and at the end, that is what brings it down. That doesn't mean the show itself was bad, it just means that it didn't suit my own taste. If you are a fan of shows that are always up-beat, trying random stuff, cracking jokes right and left - although sometimes low on quality - then you may enjoy it.
MisakiOji
Okay okay Nice Anime Spectacles That Can Be Said Simple but Attractive. Simple what I can say Anime Yang tells a group of girls at a school that can be spelled Elite But Every-Every Student Personality Has Its Own Unique Traits, Not Just Groups That Just Prominent. honest on the First episode rather Ordinary Ya like anime Genre Slice of life and Comedy Generally (a little boring). And what I say Anime is interesting that is: On Moving From episode 1 to Next episode and so onwhich is not the only group that stands out
From episode to episode The Hidden Properties of Other Students Also Disclosed
Plus There's a Dramatic Element Approaching the End episode.
The problem lies in the last episode
I want to give a value of 8 on this Anime But Down slightly because of the last episode That is a bit skip
