This week's Anime Calamity looks at last year's series "Sekirei."
Minato has failed his college exams…twice. He has no real talents, is unemployed, and feels extremely awkward around women. However, Minato is extremely intelligent, but for some reason is never given a break due to constant pressure. One day, a woman named Musubi falls from the sky, literally on top of Minato. She soon learns that Minato is what is called an “Ashikabi,” a human with special genes that allow them to partner up with people called “Sekirei.” The Sekirei are either extremely cute girls or very androgynous men who must fight one another in a battle known as the Sekirei Plan; with Tokyo being the battleground. Musubi becomes Minato’s Sekirei, but the real trouble comes when it’s revealed that Musubi can have more than one Sekirei.
Is this yet another men’s fantasy turned nightmare? Yes it is. The animation is well-done, and the story is somewhat original. However, these anime series where the one nerd gets all the hot ladies has grown tiresome. Sure it gives hope to people watching that such sweet girls exist, but it doesn’t help when there are already ten series out there like this currently on TV. And why do all the girls have to be so well-endowed? Can’t they learn from the likes of “Special A,” “NANA” and other series that beautiful women don’t need to have giant bean bags chairs on their chests? Also, wouldn’t they hinder the fighting skills of the women? I mean, bigger makes it heavier. Stop messing with Isaac Newton’s theories! But anyways, speaking of the fighting sequences, they are really cool; but after seeing the more creative paths taken with “Soul Eater” and “Witchblade” it pales in comparison. The characters are fun to view, and the chemistry between them is what really keeps the show watchable. It has a lot of good humorous moments, and the dialogue between the characters is filled with some good puns and jabs here and there. Still, there's nothing in this show that pushes it away from every other harem anime that has come out since.
"Sekirei" gets a B-. Good fight sequences, animation, and humor; but nothing quite original.
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