Daily Lives of High School Boys Review

Danshi Koukousei no Nichiju

created by Yasanobu Yomauchi

directed by Shinji Takamatsu

       This is wild! thumbs up for my favorite anime director Mr. Takamatsu. If you will first judge the story by its poster or cover well you will probably expect romance and friendship. But this slice of life anime is full of fun. Actually this is all comedy.

     I remember this style of humor first at School Rumble and then Gintama (my favorite series). All of them have this humor which is far from common american cartoon. In my own words, the jokes are actually nonsense but I can't stop watching it because it bring a lot of enjoyment (my sisters even tease me for laughing so loud). Eventually, all anime I have said was directed by Mr. Takamatsu.

PLOT

       The story centers around the life of Sanada North High School students particularly Tadakuni, Hidenori and Yoshitake. It portrays their indoor adventures, random gags, how they portray girls, how they think, how they handle girls, problems, funny stories from the past and more importantly their colorful friendship.

CHARACTERS

TADAKUNI - he is first introduced as the protagonist of the whole story but you will rarely see him on the next 6 to 11 episodes. He is a normal guy as he called himself with extraordinary friend and classmates particularly Hidenori and Yoshitake. He resembled Shimura Shinpachi from Gintama as well. He is often shown in the series because I think he is too normal and thus he does not have this extraordinary adventures.

HIDENORI TABATA - Obviously the one with the glasses which made him the one who has the wildest idea among the group. He is also the one who has a lot of personal encounters with other characters like the literary girl, the girl in the public transport and the girl who kicks him from behind. He has an older brother which used to be the leader of their group before it enters college. From the three he is my favorite for he resembles Sakata Gintoki from Gintama.

YOSHITAKE TANAKA - He always hang-out with Hidenori and the one who always approved the wildest idea. He is the strongest among the three for he saved Hidenori back from elementary. He also has this misfortunes including ripping his nipple off. Judging from their characters, I think he is the silliest among the three.

KARASAWA - The Student Council member of the Sanada North High and the close friend of the funky high school girls. He is always prepared and observant. Quiet at first but get a lot of appearance because of the funky high school girls. He has a scar on his forehead caused by Habara,

MOTOHARU - Another member of the student council. Appears tough but often bullied by his older sister and its friends. He gets along with the three main characters as well. Anyway he looks like the guy with shades from the school rumble.

PRESIDENT- of the student council. He is pretty but a lot of times act stupidly. He is rarely seen from the office and he feels they don't need him. He is often linked with Ringo and he is also my crush,

VICE-PRESIDENT - He always handle the student council affairs and always mistaken as a delinquent but still looks like one. He was mistaken by Tadakuni as Yoshitake because of their same hair,

MITSUO - I think he is their favorite classmate. He is often make fun of and his classmates often tell stories about his past because he has a lot of misfortunes.

YASSAN- The literary girl who always stay at the riverbank. She always encounters Hidenori at the riverbank and think of him as the protagonist of her novel. She develops feeling for Hidenori and became the talk of their school when se chased Hidenori. She is the fan favorite,

RINGO - Sanada East High Student Council President. She is proud of her school so much that she competes with Sanada North High. She is often make fun of because of her ignorance but she is addressed as the cutest girl in the few last episodes.

TADAKUNI'S LITTLE SISTER - She is always the victim of the trios gags including stolen underwear. But she always finishes them off because she is stronger than the three. She also ask for the Sanada North High Student council for love and other problems.

YOSHITAKE'S OLDER SISTER - Senior of the three and always make fun of because she is single. She is the leader of the seniors which bullied Motoharu and shaved off his beard, She has a crush on Hidenori's older brother,

MINO - Motoharu's older sister. She always get along with Motoharu but she used to bully Motoharu in the past, She cooks well but Motoharu can cook better, She teach the funky high school girls in one of the episodes.

NAGO - co-worker of Tadakuni in a pizza shop. She shows off her pretty appearance in a convex mirror. She also appears in the last episode as the pretty girl in Tadakuni's dream or nightmare.

YUSUKE- Hidenori's older brother. He used to be the leader of the group but he now enters college. Yoshitake's sister has a crush on him but he does not have any feeling toward her.

YANAGIN - The leader of the Funky High School Girls of Sanada East High. At first I thought she is Hidenori in cross dress. I just find out later she is a real character. She act like a boy and make battle a lot. She often shouts and make fun of Karasawa.

IKUSHIMA - Member of the funky group. She always approve of Yanagin's ideas. She is seen in the cultural fest as the receptionist with the vice president of Sanada East High.

HABARA - The most quiet in the funky girl group but an Archdemon back in elementary. She caused the scar in Karasawa's face and for that Karasawa despises her.


FAVORITE PARTS

This is on the first episode. The trio hangs out at Tadakuni's place. They make fun of Tdakuni's little sister' skirt and eventually tries them off. Tadakuni is then caught by her little sister.

Its part of the trios ghost stories. Yoshitake was taking a shower when he suddenly rips his nipple. It is really horrible seeing his reaction. The funny part is when he wonders if it will grow back.

The literary girl wants to get Hidenori so bad and waits for the perfect moment but everything turns out so bad, Her novel flew in the mid air, goof comes out her nose, she slid on Hidenori's back and worst she was knocked down when Hidenori stood up.

This part is when The Sanada North High has a cultural festival and they invited over the Sanaada East High. The President of the Student Council place a bet that Ringo must not scream when entering the horror booth. In the end Ringo shouts because she saw the President naked,

The unfortunate Mitsuo is getting rid of all his unlucky days. H suddenly jumped on the river when he saw a cat in a box, I laugh so hard when it turns out to be a stuffed animal.

This is one of the best in funky girls episodes. Mino challenges them by getting their skirts up to the maximum. They waited for one of the girls' brother to arrive to see his reaction. But unfortunately, he arrives together with his group of friends.


For me it is a 4.5 rating. I really hope there is a second season.