Anime Review: K-On!

As an everyday anime watcher, there has been only a few shows that have caught my attention. And one of them, would be K-On!

Story: 8

K-On! is about a group of girls who come to together and form a band called Houkago Tea Time. K-On! itself is to what most people refer to as a slice of life anime, meaning it has no plot which makes every episode just another random event happening one after another. Some people enjoy this while others prefer an actual story to play out while they watch. While that may be the case, K-On! does the slice of life industry justice. K-On!'s mix of comedy, music, and romance/friendship (don't worry, there's no yuri) makes even a storyless anime an enjoyable one.

Art and Sound: 10

This is always a matter of opinion, but between the great openings and endings and occasional concerts these girls had, I would say their taste of music is great. The animation is also not something to joke around about either. For being a 2009 anime, K-On! sure knew how to make the animations cute and fluid. With a combination of their cute and sweet music with the cute and sweet animations, it just goes to show how great an anime it can be. Moe Moe Kyun~!

Characters: 9

This is what usually makes or breaks a slice of life anime, and luckily for K-On!, the cast was amazing. From the over energetic Ritsu playing drums to the clumsy guitarist Yui who can only focus on one thing at a time, the characters were basically made for each other. With a great amount of cuteness from each character and a great role they had being in the band, I can't think of any other characters to fit more perfectly for the roles.

Overall: 9
K-On! is a cute and relaxing 13 episode anime that I believe anyone can enjoy. With many of the episodes not even focusing on their band, you can expect that most of time the girls will just be slacking off and having a good time. Slice of life animes can take some time to get a little adjusting to, but if you do enjoy just watching an anime for laughs and enjoyment, then you should give K-On! a shot.

My Favorite Houkago Tea Time Song :D

How "Dere" You?

As most anime viewers know, there are many different types of anime girls. Everyone already knows about the clumsy, oblivious main guy character that for some weird reason every girl falls for, but there is always a variety of girls who do so. Today I’m going to go over the different types and feel free share which type of “dere” is your favorite.

Tsundere

The typical girl that you will find in almost every single anime and if it doesn’t have one, then I don’t know what anime you’re watching. A tsundere is a girl who’s conflicted with her love towards the main guy. On the inside, she loves him, but on the outside, she too embarrassed to show it. The most common way she hides her love is through violence and very shaky statements such as “I-I-I  d-don’t like you or anything!”

Kuudere

Kuudere is a combination of “cool” and “dere.” As you can probably tell, this means that the girl will probably stay quiet and act unemotional most of the time.  These girls sound pretty, well, cool and all but unfortunately, they never win the guy over. Sad ending for such a chill girl.

Yandere

Last but not least, I’ll be going over yanderes. These are your crazy will do anything for your love girls. And by anything, I mean ANYTHING. This would sound like any guy’s dream, to have a girl be madly in love with him, but if the girl would kill your whole family to just be alone with you, I don’t think that’d be enjoyable.

Well throughout the hundreds of thousands of animes, these three types would and should be the most common. So next time you watch an anime (if you do) don’t forget to lookout for these three archetypes.