plot and characters
looking at the list of the anime Yoshimasa-san took part in (I mean the director of 'Working!!') I see good things are not apart from each other. like father like son, so as to say
he trained well as scenario writer in 'Aria', became an episode director there as well, and directed great things like Solty Rei, Kaleido Star OVAs and Sketchbook Full Color's (though I personally watched none of these, I just know they are good. they ought to be!)
direction of 'Working!!' is also very good and it can be quite a good example of a modern comedy. I still recognize funny elements so peculiar to 'elderly' ones like DGC, but they are not overemphasized, and the general story does not yield to fanservice - even when girls jump, or the 'camera' shows them from the floor, we see no PANTSU, so the comedy is not spoiled by anything like this
a bad point there is - unlike what I could expect from the anime description, the characters are not THAT diverse. the manager, Kyoko, who was named an apathetic person IS apathetic, but not unnoticeable, and 'tis she who turns out to be the most 'violent' in terms of using her vitality with full understanding of what she does. vice versa, Yachiyo who wears a katana and Inami who punches every boy are not very apt to using their strength when 'tis necessary - better to say, the plot evolves so that they have no need to. so, Yachiyo never really protects anyone with her katana, and even more - she is the one protected. and while I waited for Inami to be a boy-hater, she is quite opposite. not that they are worse because of this, but I am slightly disappointed
a good point - Poplar, Takanashi and Souma only proved what they promised to be judging by the description. another good point - Satou proved to be even better. and another good point - I recognized Aoi's seiyuu!
seiyuus
well, at first I though I was mistaken because there ARE seiyuus whose voices sound alike and the type of heroine Yamada is could simply make me feel the same as Alice Caroll did in 'Aria'. BUT my feeling was right - their seiyuu IS one person, Hirohashi Ryou. I feel kind of happy
others' seiyuus were completely right in their place. no one seemed to be odd, no one made any visible mistakes. well, except for the fact that people like Souma, no - like most of them - sound as if I have heard them one trillion times. not that this is bad, I already accept the fact that there are only a few REALLY recognizable seiyuus. I mean, I could never mistake the voice of Ogata-sama, or Suzukaze-sama... well, ok, this is a bad example, such 'otokoyaku seiyuu' are just the only ones in the world... ok. BUT. I haven't forgotten all of the main 'Rurouni Kenshin' seiyuus, or 'Sakura Taisen', or the voices of DUP or PKO from DGC, or that of BSSM's Peach Hips, etc. - nope, we have no more seiyuus like that. give up
the only thing which distressed me greatly is that Ono Daisuke-san who is such a perfect 'dark type', so suitable for introverted logic guys, is actually famous not only for his characters like Satou, but also a hentai seiyuu. T____T
oh, well, then there is another disappointing thing...
music
while a good anime is still possible to find, good music seems to be extinct. the more recent works I watch, the more sad I become. none of the seiyuus are good in singing (REALLY good, I mean. singing good for karaoke does not count), and none of the OPED composers can create something really unique and memorable. same goes for characters' theme songs. boring
well, in this case we have at least nice OSTs, though none of them went to my Walkman playlist
conclusion
some say there might be a third season. I would be glad if so. and I agree there are still many things to resolve. and the potential is great, the plot, the characters, the comedy and the serious part are not exhausted, and are not exhausting yet. I would be really, really glad to watch the third season. even with all its bad points, this is still one of the best animes we can have in the new decade of the 21st century
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