Anime: Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun

Ninomiya is your typical two girls after one guy plus lots of accidental ecchi moments. It's about a not-so ordinary high school guy and his meetings with two not-so ordinary girls.

To emphasize, this series is extremely ecchi. There is a LOT of suggestive material and younger (I'd say <14) viewers should avoid this.

The actual show is pleasantly enjoyable if you can tolerate the overflow of fan service and the inconceivableness of the entire situation.

The majority of the show just introduces the characters as they go on mini-adventures before culminating in a substantial climax near the end.

Overall, this is a decent watch for those who can live with some fan service. It isn't the best harem out there but definitely not bad.

Animation:
The animation is fairly crisp and modern. Colors are nicely toned and the characters are well proportioned (and I don't mean that in an ecchi sense), and still quite cute.

Sound:
The sound of the series is pretty average. The OP isn't bad but not that memorable. The ED is actually better though there is a bit of ecchi-ness in the visuals. The BGM fits the mood nicely but isn't anything outstanding. As for voice actors, Mayu has a very high pitched voice (which some might find cute but others annoying). Overall, the VAs did a very good job, especially Miyuki Sawashiro for giving a pompous, arrogant attitude for Reika.

Story:
Ninomiya is yet another show about a somewhat timid guy with a girl literally falling onto him. It focuses on the relationship between Ninomiya kun and the two girls Reika and Mayu. As with many other shows, it involves the main character's long lost childhood memories.

For the most part, the series consists of mostly stand-alone episodes where viewers learn a little about Ninomiya and the girls, who end up living in Ninomiya's house. Mayu is afraid of men and so Ninomiya is used as the "tool" for her to get used to guys. This often involves unusually ecchi situations that may offend some viewers. Near the end of the series, a great deal is revealed about Ninomiya's past and how the girls play a part in it, culminating in a fairly intensive climax in the last episode.

Overall, the story could have built up to the last few episodes a little better and the ending leaves an inconclusive feeling.

Character:
First of all, I will note that nearly all of the characters in this series are irregular (including unusual martial arts abilities, succubi powers, or an oddly aggressive personality (sexually) etc.).

Ninomiya is a popular high school boy who lives with his elder sister. Both are apparently highly skilled martial artists and essentially super-soldiers. However, he tends to be weak/timid around girls and the school girls often harass him due to his lack of resistance. He has known Reika and Mayu from his distant past though his memories are foggy at best.

Mayu is a succubus who lives with her brother. Both join the Ninomiya family once it is determined that Ninomiya will help familiarize Mayu with guys. Mayu is a succubus and thus looks extremely attractive. She has a clumsy personality and naive nature. She is often seen in suggestive positions/acts with Ninomiya as part of their "training".

Reika comes from a very affluent family (which also happens to be succubi) and, in a weird series of twists, ends up as Ninomiya's maid. She also harbors feelings for Ninomiya though her proud attitude would never allow her to admit it.

The cast in general is fairly diverse and developments are fairly good for the main characters (the secondary characters are static for the most part).

Value:
The overall show had a lot of humorous occurrences as well as some decent dramatic moments. The show also tries to throw in some action which is well played out as well.

Due to its short length, it is easily re-watchable. The overall storyline isn't that great and so the value is average.

Isn’t it strange when a character behaves out of… character? Imagine when a whole series feels out of… series. Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun (GN) is such a series and the reason it is so frakking bad in its own way.

This anime is of course a harem and one should expect nothing but substitute for porn and, if possible, some jokes. The joke part is how most of the times the male lead is a weak-useless-unreliable-undecided-scared-waste of mankind who for fan catering reasons all the girls in the show dig him for that. This show tried to have a twist in this formula by making the lead male very powerful and self-aware, which in theory means a far more likable character. Unfortunately the formula of such shows is so damn fixed in a mentality where anything that tries to change only makes everything even lamer than what it already are.

In this show, all the girls in the school constantly sexually abuse Ninomiya because his self-control and acrobatic skits when trying to escape them is considered super sexy. I guess playing it hard to get has its charm too and if you are raised to behave politely means automatically that any girl who does foreplay with you and begs for your cock to enter her is considered a reason to jump out of the window with a triple flip and landing on your feet, before needing to dodge a hundred death traps set by the jealous male population of the school.

This was actually fun the first couple of times. I mean, I haven’t seen that a lot in harems and so it felt refreshing… for a couple of times. Because after that it became repetitive and annoying, on top of being completely unrealistic and impossible to identify or sympathize with any character or situation. Because let’s face it, successful series are those you can find a part of yourself projected on one of the characters, even if it is just wishful thinking. Ninomiya is impossible to like for any given reason. A typical spineless harem lead would appeal to all the spineless wimps out there, but to what kind of people would this one appeal to? If ALL THE CHICKS IN YOUR SCHOOL have the hots for you and you are SUPER STRONG AND CAPABLE TO DEFEND YOURSELF then I see no reason why you shouldn’t just HAVE THE FUN OF YOUR LIFE! In a typical harem, you can kinda excuse the lead to be incapable to go for it because he is a waste of usable space but Ninomiya is not like that. He is clearly sexually active and from time to time even tries to do a few naughty things himself. He is otherwise not a saint, his own sister is a slut who does her best to have her brother do orgies so she can film the whole thing and the teachers in the school simply don’t give a rat’s ass about all that. Oh, and as always parents don’t exist.

This is one of the boldest premises I have ever seen for a hentai story and if it weren’t for Ninomiya’s impossible to understand personality, this show would be a porn feature with non-stop sex and violence. Of course so could any other harem but then again, the typical males there are simply lacking balls so it is less unrealistic for all them than for this one.

What is even harder to accept is how this anime could be a parody of harems. I mean, it is making fun of the archetypical lead male so in a way it counts. But then again, ain’t all harems as a genre nothing but a parody of school romances and hentais? So does that make GN the parody of a parody? Perhaps. Whatever it is, it still feels bad and even less unrealistic and after a few times you see it, becomes boring as any other run-of-the-mill harem out there.

The weirdness does not stop with Ninomiya, as the lead pink haired girl in the series is equally weird. She has androphobia and Ninomiya is chosen for his modesty to help her open up to men, while with his inhuman power he is also to protect her from other men. Because you see, she is a succubus who by nature makes men attracted to her as means to feed on their life. Again, this whole deal plays as a parody, as she is more than willing to do any perverted thing with him as means to open up (her legs lol) to other men(’s cocks). And as you can imagine she does a lot of things, all of which offer zero development to her and the plot in general.

The weirdness goes even further than that by having the lead blue haired girl in the series acting all weird as well. She acts like a snotty queen in front of everyone but doesn’t think twice before turning to a love-slave to Ninomiya and dressing/behaving in the most degrading to women ways. So yeah, she is clearly a parody of feminists acting all tough to men but go all pets to their favorite guy.

You know what? Maybe GN really is a parody of a parody after all. And maybe if it had done more than just a vague premise in its execution, it would be an interesting anime. I mean, if the plot was going somewhere or if 90% of the durations wasn’t tired-to-death ecchi jokes that don’t help the show escape its original formula. Well too bad because it didn’t; it is otherwise a same-old harem premise with lots of openings for romance and orgies where NOTHING HAPPENS and ends almost as it began. Let’s just say the idea was right but the execution lacked balls… hm, how ironic in a show where the protagonist has a pair for a change.

Beyond all that, the visuals are nothing great or spectacular; this is clearly a B to C grade production in terms of budget. The character figures look simplistic and there is a general lack in complicating animation or lightening effects. As usual, only the ecchi scenes are given more attention, which again makes the whole deal feel like a typical show even if it isn’t. Music themes and voice acting are again nothing major to remember but at least there are no overly ridiculous pinches in voice (not even pink-hair has annoyingly enough voice compared to others I have heard over the years) and the songs are relaxed pop pieces you hear twice without problem and then skip and forget entirely for the rest of your life.

Will I ever watch this again? No, but I will probably remember the parody of a parody part. It is an interesting concept to try to make a show to feel like that and then becoming all serious and dramatic, thus subverting the formula, deconstructing the genre and leading to new or evolved genres, to progress and freshness. HEAR THAN ANIME INDUSTRY? Stop frakking around with the same old shitz and try to mess with the formulas more.

And now for some excused scorings.
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Oh.....Mah........Gawd.
This is soooooooo great!
Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun or Good Luck Ninomiya-Kun is awesome.

Animation
Well,i have to say the animation is goregous.
AIC Spirits made a gooooooood job with the animation so its kinda perfect to me.
And about the art........KAAAAAAAWAIIIIIIIII!

Sound
The music is nice,OP and ED song is nice too BUT.....the voice acting in other hand is well made to be honest.XD

Story
Okay,okay..the story is simple,its about of a young guy named Shungo Ninomiya who for some reason is good at martial arts has to take care of a girl named Mayu Tsukimura who is afraid of men and Shungo has to get rid of Mayu's fear of men before her powers vanishes that causes Mayu to die.
But in the end it gets great for them.

Characters
So far as i can say about the characters in the anime are kinda beutifully made.
BTW they are amazing.

Value
Well,well..its a perfect anime so far as for the animation,sound,story and characters.........ITS THE BEST ROMANTIC ANIME EVER!

But the downside is....theres only 12 episodes that makes me wanna say:I WANT MORE!

In conclusion,its a amazing anime that you should watch now,i mean it, its a masterpiece.

GO AND WATCH IT NOW!

My condolences ninomiya-kun, your light novel to anime transition came out terrible.

Animation
Animation of GSNK was actually one of its strong points. This, though, does not say much at all since the animation was only decent and sometimes lacking in consistency and fluency. Character models were fine for the most part. The anime characters matched their light novel counterparts pretty well.

SoundPersonally, i thought this was the best part of GSNK. Both the op and ed were pretty good. I especially liked the ED since it featured an enthralling duet between the two main succubi. Voice acting was only sub par, Reika was probably the best though.

Story
So in anime history we have vampires, werewolves, and all these other mythical creatures. Now we get succubi who also tend to consolidate in Japan; around Shungo especially. Shungo is also chased by girls all the time since he is so innocent. This is over used though and is most of the time used for forced fanservice. The main part of the story was for mayu to get over her androphobia through constant contact with men. The producers didn't really portray it as androphobia though. She wasn't scared of men, she's scared of killing them and in the end, nothing is resolved; she just lives on.

Character
I'll admit, i didn't really hate the characters. Even though i didn't hate them, they still weren't the greatest characters. Each one had their own personality that complimented the story in at least a minor way at least. Unfortunately though, each character is basically just the same thing we see in other animes. This is another reason why reika is my favorite character out of this whole series. She is the sole character that is a bit different than the standard flat chested rich girl succubus.

Value
As i said, i did not hate this series but quite frankly it has basically no value. Nothing was resolved, nothing really developed. The series was just plain fanservice. If they wanted to do fanservice, they should have done a hentai, maybe then it'd be a bit more interesting and rewatchable.

Enjoyment
I enjoyed certain episodes of this series. Those were the episodes that actually focused on the characters rather than fanservice. There was some drama here and there but nothing that the viewer couldn't predict. I admit, i only finished this series because my favorite seiyuu did a voice of a main character. If your favorite seiyuu is not in this, you will probably enjoy this far less than i did.

In closing...
GSNK was a bold step for a 12 episode series of a light novel to tv but it was just a bold step, it wasn't even good. I would suggest reading the light novel over this. If you want mindless fanservice with a side order of loose plot and generic characters then be my guest and watch it. Otherwise, save your time for better anime.

Tasteless. Shameless. Lewd. Crude. Flat. And Boring.
Mainly boring.

Yet another example of production companies trying to pawn of their vapid wares. Attempting to employ fanservice and cheap thrills to lure people into a colourful trance. However, I delight in writing invective reviews of poor anime.

And Poor indeed. As one would glean from the scores.

Animation & Sound
They fair well; they are not what truly faults this anime. There are a few ludicrously odd-looking faces, as if the animator or quality-checker suffered a stroke during production. The opening song bored me to tears, but the ending song was better, if only for the characters dancing around and singing.

Characters
All the characters are two-dimensional (in both senses of the expression); they have personalities, just not in sufficient quantity.

Ninomiya Shungo: Our hero. He is a man-apart. Tormented by his beastly (and busty) elder sister, the entire female population of the school, and several dozen envious males of said school; his skill in martial arts comes in handy. To quote from Wikipedia He also seems to show little interest in women, as the girls in his school are frequently trying to get him to have intercourse with them; this summarily tells us of his grim fate. Yet, like any good man would, he flees from these amatory maidens.

Tsukimura Mayu: Unsurprisingly, the heroine of the story.
She is a succubus, which attracts members of the opposite sex (men) to do unscrupulous and erogenous deeds to her. She is also a bit of a coward, which is not overly fantastic when you are a soul-sucking demon spawn. For some reason, Shungo is sometimes immune to her charms; when his willpower fails, though, and he attempts to kiss her, he is reminded that performing such an act will have dire consequences. Namely death.

Ninomiya Ryoko: Shungo's elder sister. She seems to be a member of Delta Force. Seen fighting in the Middle East for Democracy and coercing her brother into risqué situations so she can tape them, presumably, for her own personal enjoyment; but, hey, I'm not judging her.

Hōjō Reika: Obligatory Love Rival. As is custom, she acts reticent towards Shungo, but secretly desires him. As is also custom, she despises that Tsukimura Mayu with all her might. It turns out she knows Shungo when she was young (yawn childhood friend yawn), but because Shungo has a fractured memory he does not realise this. Oh, Reika also has a secret; which, to my utter vexation, only leads to more fanservice. What a Deal!

There is one other character, but he's just a fop. Ignore his existence.

Story
The story goes that one day, Shungo was busy escaping the concupiscence of his female classmates when a helicopter lands, and out comes a succubus. She winds up in the infirmary, and is later groped by Shungo's classmates. This demonstrates the potency of an attractive supernatural entity, as the molesters collapse enervated.

Obvious romantic development ensue, glossed over with a thick coating of banality and clichés.

I honestly only watched up until episode ten; I could not stand it any more. Even if the story was pure gold for the last two episodes, I cannot justify watching ten episodes of tiresome, bromidic content.

Not Recommended

Addendum: I finally convinced myself to watch the last two episodes, as recommended by someone, and as of now, my opinion of this show remains the same: