Good concept but could have been better

Written by Mooneh on April 11, 2012 at 1:42 PM

"Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai" sounded like a great anime and I thought it would be one of the best of last season but I must say I'm a bit disappointed by the execution.

This anime's plot should be hilarious: a bunch of weirdos who can't make friends form a club, and the background story of the two main characters is one of its strongest selling points but the plot of each separate episode was often not that interesting. This happens more often in the comedy genre but "tomodachi ga sukunai" had more than one episode in which the characters just played a couple of games and to me, that kind of got a bit repetitive.

There was some good dialogue in this show but when some side characters were involved it got annoying more than once. The characters I'm referring to are the perverted scientist, the cross dressing boy, the annoying little nun and the anime obsessed little sister. The sister is probably the most normal of all these but even she clung to her brother completely naked twice!
These characters lacked any depth or background story and were only there to have a cast of more than three.

The art style and animation were good. The only thing that was a bit distracting a couple of times was the focus on Sena's breasts but I can't really blame them for that.

Contrarily to what I had hoped "Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai" was only an above average comedy. The concept showed a lot of promise and I enjoyed watching it but personally I liked, for example, "Mayo chiki" better.

What I liked:
- The theme of reuniting old friends
- There was almost as much focus on friendship between two girls as on romance
- The main character's resemblance to a delinquent

What I didn't like:
- Most side characters
- The ending wasn't completely satisfying
- Sena's body could be a bit distracting though some might see this as good.