Student Review: Eiken

[Mermel]

Title: Eiken
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Company: J.C. Staff
Format: 2 OVA
Dates: 2003

Densuke just enrolled at the exclusive Zashono academy. He's eager to participate in extracurricular activities, but he never expected to join the mysterious Eiken Club. Strangely enough, every other member is a busty co-ed, and many of the clubs activities involve bikinis. But Densuke isn't interested in anyone but the shy and beautiful Chiharu.

Grade: 39%

Highs: Big, beautiful, bouncing, uhh..... tomatoes; sharp animation
Lows: Ludicrous circumstances; "What just happened?"; If this is ecchi, where is it?

Being the ecchi-loving person that I am, I wanted to give this title an honest try. I figured this would be a Love Hina (http://www.animeacademy.com/finalrevdisplay.php?id=293) clone, just at a school instead of a house, and on a "bigger" scale. Boy was I wrong.

On the surface, this anime seems like a good buy, but after you watch it, you'll wonder why you spent an hour on it. The story, if you can call it that, begins innocently enough with Densuke starting at a new school and being drafted into the Eiken club....and it goes downhill from there. The characters are one-dimentional and uninteresting because of the lack of character development or background. The members of the Eiken club compete in various school tournaments that would seem absurd to Belleview patients.

Now it IS possible to have an enjoyable anime without a plot (Di Gi Charat (http://www.animeacademy.com/finalrevdisplay.php?id=71)), especially if the story suggests some ecchi. One guy + many extremely well-endowed girls = huge ecchi potential. However, nothing is seen at all. Everything is only hinted to, talked about (briefly), or covered by clothing. Talk about false advertising.

Probably the best thing to come of this anime is an April Fool's prank on ANN, which can be found here (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature.php?id=208) (scroll to the bottom). The hype greatly outweighed the end result and I was left unfulfilled and empty. Unless you want to own every piece of ecchi out there, skip over this one.

[currywu]

If I may take the liberty to comment on your review (technical stuff first):
Ludacris circumstancesHeh. Was that intentional?

I figure this would be a Love Hina (http://www.animeacademy.com/finalrevdisplay.php?id=293) clone, just at a school instead of a house, and on a "bigger" scale."figure" --> "figured"

The story, if you can call it that, begins innocently enough with Densuke starting a new school..."starting" --> "starting at"

There is almost no character development or background given as the characters are one-dimentional and uninteresting.Sounds a little awkward and redundant. Maybe try splicing into two sentences.

One guy, many girls, and all the girls are extremely well-endowed.Huh? Needs rewording.

Unless you want to own every piece of ecchi out there, skip this one over.Try rewording as "skip over this one."

Haven't had the courage to see this one yet so I can't comment on how accurate your review is. I'm kinda surprised. You are one of the few female viewers I've seen who lists zeppelin-like boobs as a postive and complains about the LACK of fan-service. Way to buck the trend.

[animanic_critic]

Okay, to start off, I find the poll itself rather confusing because, by default, reviews are written basically to encourage/discourage readers whether to read it or give it a pass, NOT to agree or disagree (something I learned some time ago)...

... but I go with my gut and concur you underrated it based on your review itself (since I've yet to see it actually). Your commendation on the "tomatoes" (in fact, the entire review itself) is quite argumentative because this is purely subjective; yet you claim that it's lacking the ecchi factor. So does that mean it's a bad ecchi or a good drama? I don't know what's ecchi to you, but bewbs alone can be classified as ecchi in some cases.

It lacks detail on the pros and cons, but still readable. You need more practice. Next time, describe clearly the good and bad of an anime title for that readers can readily decide whether they believe it's a good or bad title to begin with.

[Erigion]

Discussion about the series, especially about the number of "videos," should be taken to the General Anime section.

And I this person hasn't been at AA in 5 months, in case anyone else wants to spend time critiquing the review.

[Shadowmage]

Since all of the minor errors have been corrected, I'll simply go to my largest qualm with this review: it's too short. Yes, I know it is hard to write about crappy harem/idiot boy meets girl anime considering that there is nothing to write about except how crappy the show is, but I'm sure you can squeeze a few more words out. (Although one must wonder if such an anime actually deserves a proper review.) Add a bit more spice and flair, and this will become a good review.