Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Anime Complete Review : Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (Daily Lives of High School Boys)

OVERVIEW
Daily Lives of High School Boys (男子高校生の日常 Danshi Kōkōsei no Nichijō?) is a Japanese manga series written by Yasunobu Yamauchi. The manga was serialized in the online magazine Gangan Online between May 21, 2009 and September 27, 2012, and was adapted into an anime television series in 2012. The production of a live action movie, based on the manga series was announced in 2013.  

PLOT It is about three high school boys and what they do in their everyday lives. It also shows the daily lives of other high schoolers.  

CHARACTERS

Main characters 

Tadakuni (タダクニ Tadakuni) Voiced by: Miyu Irino Actor: Masaki Suda A student in Sanada North Boys High who acts as the straight man of the group. He is usually involved in Hidenori and Yoshitake's wild ideas despite his disapproval. He is good at telling "ghost" stories, though most of the time he makes them up. He has a younger sister whom he hardly talks to and is stronger than him and his friends. He also works part-time at a pizza restaurant. Despite being introduced like a main protagonist, he gets the least roles in the trio. In the anime, it is explained that he was there for most of the trio's adventures, but even though the show is about the daily lives of high school students, the editors only want the 'interesting' lives of high school students. He is thus cut to save time.

Hidenori Tabata (田畑 ヒデノリ Tabata Hidenori) Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita Actor: Ryo Yoshizawa The glasses-wearing character of the main trio and also a student of Sanada North Boys High, he is the one that usually gets the group involved in his crazy schemes. He used to be bullied in the past until he was saved by Rubber Shooter. His older brother, Yūsuke used to be the ringleader of the group until he went off to college.

Yoshitake Tanaka (田中 ヨシタケ Tanaka Yoshitake) Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura Live actor: Shuhei Nomura The dyed hair character of the main trio, he usually goes along with Hidenori's scheme much to Tadakuni's disapproval. He was Rubber Shooter in the past and had fought with Habara along with Yanagin and Karasawa in that identity. Back in elementary school, he had many embarrassing moments that his friends had mistaken to be for Mitsuo. He has a violent sister who is a year older than him.

Sanada North High School Toshiyuki Karasawa (唐沢 としゆき Karasawa Toshiyuki) Voiced by: Yūki Ono A member of Sanada North High student council, he is stiff and kind but can act lecherously at times. He is also Habara's neighbour and is a target of Yanagin and Ikushima's harassments during the Funky High School Girls meetings, but he always has ways to deal with them. He also has a facial scar between his eyes that he got from the Archdemon when he was in elementary school, which he covers with a cap. Since then he has been fearful of

Habara. Motoharu (モトハル Motoharu) Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa A member of Sanada North High student council. He has an intimidating look that is often mistaken as a delinquent, although he is actually gentle and shy. He was bullied by his older sister since he was young, however he gives in and maintains a good relationship with her. Although his older sister usually cooks dinner for him, he can actually cook better than her.

President (会長 Kaichō) Voiced by: Akira Ishida Student Council President of Sanada North High. He lets the vice-president handle most of the student council tasks. Despite his good looks and charisma, he is a bit of an idiot and is usually ended up being pushed aside.

Vice-President (副会長 Fukukaichō) Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto Student Council Vice-President of Sanada North High. His dyed hair, tanned skin and old appearance are often mistaken for an old-time delinquent, but in reality he is kind and gentle. He did however used to be wild as his appearance suggests, but this changed after he was invited into the student council by the current president.

Mitsuo (ミツオくん Mitsuo-kun) Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto Classmate of the main cast and is an idiot yet innocent most of the time. He once trains with Hidenori to get into the soccer team but ends up playing rugby as a regular. His classmates always talks about his embarrassing moments in school even though they are not always actually his. Funky High School Girls An alternative female version of the High School Boys, which is usually featured near the end of the episode. Some of them often appear in the regular show but without eyes like Tadakuni and Yoshitake's sister.

Yanagin (ヤナギン Yanagin) Voiced by: Yū Kobayashi The bespectacled and tomboyish girl of the group. She is good academically and proficient in karate. Full of crazy ideas and prone to violent outbursts. She was once part of the elementary school's strongest warriors to fight against Archdemon. After the battle, she was selected to monitor Habara and ended being friends with her until now. She attends Sanada Central High.

  Ikushima (生島 Ikushima) Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō The twin tails of the group and also a student of Sanada East Girls High. She usually goes along with Yanagin and her wild ideas.

 Habara (羽原 Habara) Voiced by: Yukana The most normal high school girl of the group but not quite so in the past. Back in elementary school she had a fearsome look and was a huge bully in the neighborhood, earning her the moniker Archdemon. She was also responsible for Karasawa's facial scar and seeks to make it up to him even though he despises her. Even now, despite usually acting normal, she still thinks fighting needs no rules and should be to the death. She attends Sanada West High and is acquainted with Yassan.

Other characters 

 Literature Girl (文学少女 Bungaku Shōjo) Yassan (やっさん Yassan) Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa A beautiful and soft-spoken long haired girl from Sanada West High which is a novel writer who is usually seen at the river bank looking for people who might fit into the role of her novel. She seems to be interested in the trio, particularly Hidenori, who has the most encounters with her and amuses her with novelly lines the most (or at least, tries to). She's also extremely clumsy, over imaginative, and often making a fool of herself. Although her real name was never truly revealed, those who know her addressed her as Yassan.

Ringo (りんごちゃん Ringo chan) Voiced by: Aoi Yūki The Student Council President of Sanada East High. She is full of pride and has a short temper. But she is a bit of an airhead, which leads her to getting tricked very easily, like mistaking Karasawa's snoring for a cat's meow and standing on a step ladder in the Sanada North High Student Council Room to connect an internet cable to an intentionally misplaced router just so the Council could look at her panties from underneath. The Sanada North High Student Council has given her the nickname "Ringo-chan." She's actually popular and is usually hit on, much to her ignorance.

Tadakuni's younger sister (タダクニの妹 Tadakuni no Imōto) Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki Addressed by Yoshitake's older sister as "Mei-chan". A girl who always appears faceless and loathes Tadakuni and his male friends, but is often caught eavesdropping their conversations. She acts violently towards her brother and his friends, though she favors Karasawa. She attends Sanada Central High.

Yoshitake's older sister (ヨシタケの姉 Yoshitake no Ane) Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu The faceless, short-haired sister of Yoshitake who does not get along with her brother. Strong and violent, she is the ringleader of the girls who shave off Motoharu's beard. She is also highly concerned about not getting a boyfriend. She has a crush on Hidenori's older brother, Yūsuke, who calls her "Tanaka".

Mino (ミノ Mino) Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu Motoharu's older sister. She is always seen asking Motoharu what to have for dinner and usually cooks for her brother since their parents are not at home. She gets along well with Motoharu unlike most of the other siblings (even though she also loves to bully Motoharu in the past).

Takahiro Matsumoto (松本 たかひろ Matsumoto Takahiro) Voiced by: Showtaro Morikubo He is the classmate of Literature Girl. He also lives close to Habara's home and was bullied by Habara in elementary school.

Nago (奈古 Nago) Voiced by: Junko Minagawa Fellow part-timer at the same pizza place that Tadakuni works for, she has a complex for her looks. When she takes off her glasses and opens her eyes wide, she is unrecognisable. She goes to the same school as Yanagin and holds the position of number one grade-wise, while Yanagin is number two.

Yūsuke Tabata (田畑 ユウスケ Tabata Yūsuke) Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai The older brother of Hidenori and former leader of the main cast. Yoshitaka's older sister has a crush on him, but he prefers not to get close to her. He always calls her "Tanaka".

Yukana (由香奈 Yukana) Voiced by: Madoka Yonezawa A rich young lady that appears for a short sketch after the ED song of Episode 2. She has a crown tooth that her butlers are afraid will fall out.

 Emi (絵美 Emi) Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi A girl with tanned skin who met Hidenori during a summer when he went to visit his grandparents. She spent the summer hanging out with Hidenori and Kiyohiko and developed feelings for Hidenori. Just before she was going to confess her feelings, Hidenori revealed that, unbeknownst to her, they are actually cousins.

 Kiyohiko (清彦 Kiyohiko) Voiced by: Yūichi Iguchi Emi's childhood friend who lives next door to her.

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