Thread:Seitokai Yakuindomo/Reviews/Slice Of Life Cringe Comedy at it's finest

I've only seen the anime (and very little of the original 4-koma), but the anime itself is unbelievably hilarious, for the most part.

The show mostly revolves around an Only Sane Man and his reactions to most of the other girls on the student council and his school being incredibly perverse, and while that's about 80% of the humor, the jokes and reactions to this are varied enough I found myself gagging on my own laughter numerous times.

The other 20% focuses on deconstructing stereotypes and mocking the crap out of its own cliches, especially with the delinquent who merely looks the part but subverts the hell out of all the standard delinquent character cliches, much like Osaka was a subversion of Osakans in Azumanga Daioh. The show also pokes fun at its own cliched characters, with Ranko Hata (the chief student newspaper editor and resident rumor monger) being really bad at hiding the fact she's the one who keeps the rumor mill going, and the show also mocks the crap out of the resident uber-horny Sensei-chan that is Yokoshima and plays her sexual desperation for as much comedy as possible.

The show does have the problem of milking a few jokes a little too much, and I found the character Aria to be somewhat annoying and overly cliched at times, and there are only so many "Hagimura is a 17 year old who is really short and looks really young" jokes that can be done before it gets stale.

Those missteps aside, I found Seitokai Yakuindomo to be very amusing, and while the show does toy with the harem idea in that most of the girls (save Aria) seem to be attracted to Tsuda to varying degrees, it doesn't overly favor any of them, mostly only playing up any romantic tension scenes in the name of comedy. I have to admit I'm something of a Tsuda/Shino fan, but the show is subtle enough that it doesn't overly favor any particular character shipping scenario.

In conclusion, if you want to want to see a hilarious slice of life high school show with tons of sex humor, this show is bound to amuse you, especially if you are a fan of Cringe Comedy.