Audience reviews
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cunoung
GJ Club takes place in a single room and follows the antics of 5 eccentric girls and 1 basic dude in a high school club that has no specific focus. It is pure slice of life with exaggerated characters and has no overall story besides the conclusion to the high school experience. While it's listed as a comedy, outside of the unrealistic character traits & absurd activities, the jokes & gags lack quality & are close to non-existent.
There was no fan service and while there are small threads of romance similar to Student Council's Discretion & other titles in the genre, it never gets expanded and remains simple implications. At the end of the day, GJ Club fails to excel in any department and yet it offers a comfy & simple depiction of hanging out with friends. It is one of those shows you ca…
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Recommendation: A must watch for fans of slice of life cute girls. It's exactly what it advertises. The characters and comedy are both great. Not recommended if you're bored by slice of life or shows with no plot.
There's not much to really say about GJ Club overall, it takes a familiar formula (high school students in a club that does nothing but goof off all day long) and just executes it to perfection. The main cast is full of interesting and lively characters, the different situations they get into are creative and fun, and there are some funny ongoing bits like Ore Man and Shinomiya being incredible at hair brushing. Side characters like the maid and Shinomiya's little sister are fun when they pop up and add something new into the formula. Shion is best girl, but there are a lot of g…
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*Spoilers ahead.*
What brought me here? Lots of internet clips, and always wanting to watch it even before that. What did i expect? Club/student council/normal school slice of life, hopefully with a lot of moe and possibly some story and/or humor to go with it, like Azumanga, seitokai yakuindomo, school rumble... Or at least yuyushiki, Boku wa Tomodachi, even the somehow lower ranked Seitokai no Ichizon or Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!, which where at least entertaining to watch. What did i get? A bit of moe, absolutely no story, nearly no humor. Need i explain further why i found this to be a disappointment?
Let's go over stuff one by one. Story. There is NOTHING here beyond the mc getting to know the other girls, which he already somewhat knows at the start. And then they goof o…
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GJ Club is a show that if you come in uninitiated you will likely be bewildered by the concept and left confused after the pilot.
The best way to think about this show is that of a Saturday morning cartoon show rather than a plot driven anime series as episodes act more like a series of events only related by chronology often not having larger impact on the characters outside of running gags or callbacks.
The plot is simple Kyouya "Kyolo" Shinomiya is forced to join the GJ Club after an unfortunate run in with the clubs members. While this isn't shown it is how it is described. The show then centers on Kyolo being teased and entertained on a day to day basis by a colorful cast of likable female characters.
Mao Amatsuka: President of the GJ Club and oldest of the Amatsuka family (despite…
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Slade's Quick Review
So I guess I watched this thing thinking it was a harem, cause yes I watched those, cause I was young and horny. However this is a cutesy slice of life nothing happens anime. At least this thing looks pretty, but I have to say for a slice of life if you don't have an interesting plot, I want to see interesting characters. The characters were all "cute" static boring things. Though to be fair you cant do much with a short series except i feel like you can but I'm sure someone will make that excuse for it. The show gives you a few characters with traits and shows you what would happen if the characters did this or that, nothing truly exceptional...
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This show pulled me in with the art. Its light and pretty and all the reviews seem to be surprisingly high. So i thought I'd give it a shot. The first episode didn't land for me so I kept watching and watching until I had finished the entire series.
I felt like I had wasted my time with this one. Its like a dumbed down version of every Slice Of Life anime out there. Nothing really happens, there's no conflict, character development,obstacles or anything. This in itself is fine. but paired with the fact that these characters are so boring it just makes for 12 episodes of the same story told other ways. like every other Slice Of Life, its a pseudo harem with the brown haired inexperienced boy in an after school club filled with girls who have no reason to be drooling over categorized as a lo…
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This will probably be the shortest review I’ll have ever written.
GJ-bu, or Good Job Club, is a plotless no-aim slice of life comedy about a guy and his harem in a highschool club where they don’t really do anything. It’s kind of like Shitposting: The Anime.
To be the honest, there’s really no reason to watch this anime. It’s your basic slice of life but the jokes aren’t really funny. I only chuckled at like 3 gags and I’m not even exaggerating.
The characters are just an ensemble of cliches and stereotypes that somewhat click well together, I guess.
This anime is a 4/10 for me. There are many moe-blob slice of life shows out there that are much better than GJ-bu. Prime examples are Lucky Star, Nichijou, Kill Me Baby, and Yuru Yuri. Go for GJ-bu only when you’re bored out of your tits…
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(my review got taken down by MAL its the reason why i gotta post another one up)
Story: not much of a story too it honestly just a bunch of students that are in a club in school (it honestly would have been a bit better if they actually went somewhere and not stayed in one room the whole time).
Art: the art in this from what i remember it was really good from the characters to the background art it was all pretty good and or decent not bad at all
Sound: the Op and Ed in the anime were decent at best but nothing id download or anything also that the VA's and everything else were really good and spot on nothing to bad about them.
Characters: Kyouya is the only male lead of the anime and is a pretty kind and nice person but also sometimes the girls take out there angry out on him but a…
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GJ-bu is a show I will watch again and again. What makes it so special? For me, watching GJ-bu feels like falling in love. The characters are all acted extraordinarily, and their interactions and scripting is top-notch. They have become part of me.
When I watch this show, I clear a little place in my heart for all the characters, and it's like everything they do is orchestrated just for me, to give me what I crave: sweet, kind, funny interaction between people who really care about each other. This was a show that was made with love. The restaurant scene shows this perhaps the best, but there are dozens, and maybe hundreds of little moments that are acted out and drawn with such care and attention. Not so much attention to detail, but attention to emotional impact. I have never been so em…
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I first Saw this anime on my Youtube recommendations which at the time i thought was going to be a boring short anime. So i decided to actually watch the short small video of GJ-BU then judge it. But i came to realize that the art was JUST SOOOO good and the voice and the characters overall are soo "lively" i felt the URGE to actually watch a few more then i told myself "know what i mind as well watch this". So i ended up watching it and actually finishing it. And based on the anime my personal opinions are different from other but first off the Story itself really doesn't have a "plot" the scenes are always from a different time of the day and one scene doesn't last as long too. I FELL in love with the art it's SOOo good and beautiful it's innocent which matches along with the story and c…
Read at the sourceShinShinHakuchou
Pros:
- Great cheerful lovable characters
- Beautiful colors and art - Good pacing for slice of life
Cons:
- Nothing new or exciting to the genre
- Rely heavily on well known tropes
- Slightly repetitive
For: Someone who wants to watch a comforting and funny anime, doesn't mind tropes too much and wants relaxing down to earth comedy.
This anime is a great slice of life show with vivid characters among many other similar anime. The story is like many others focusing on a club and its members which purpose is nothing really. We follow the characters in their daily club activities and watch what they are doing as the days go by and how they interact with each other. The story has only 1 male character (which is a quite weak one) and multiple female characters so be prepared for some har…
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This is a review of the entire GJ-bu franchise. This includes: GJ-bu, GJ-bu@.
1) STORY (6/10)
GJ-bu is an adaptation of a 4-panel comic strip. These gag strips rarely have a self-contained story, given that it simply does not need a plotline to begin with. The way the anime portrays the 4-koma is wholly faithful, and therefore lacks substance as a result. It isn't that the story is poor enough that it is only given a "fair" rating, it is simply that there isn't a story because it was not necessary. Nevertheless, the show attempts to guide us through the lifespan of this GJ-bu, and does so amicably.
2) ART (6/10)
Given the thematic direction of the anime, it may come across as slightly unsettling when viewers lay eyes on the first episode of GJ-bu. The beautifully striking palate of colou…
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There is nothing particularly wrong with GJ-bu in terms of its general comedy, but what convinced me to give it a rating that I usually do not give out very often stems from the Kyolo torture porn. Also, lots of spoilers here, so read a different review if you just want a general thesis on the nature of the anime. This review is more along the lines of something you read after you have seen it and just want to read someone else's opinion.
Oh, and I will bring this up right now just to get it out of the way. How the hell did Doga Kobo, being as little of a production company as it is, manage to acquire the rights to show the characters eating legitimate McDonalds onscreen, right down to the logo and bag being exactly the same? It is introduced right off the bat when you watch it and I foun…
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I have referred to GJ-bu as a great deal many things - a far better show than it had any right to be, the most solidly 7.5/10 show ever created, the anime equivalent of listening to a Matchbox Twenty song five times in a row on repeat - but what's most important to know going in is that this is not just a generic harem anime. It is THE generic harem anime. If you have ever watched a harem slice-of-life and thought, "Wow, I want more of that show," then you're in luck because this show is basically just a single serving of 'more of that.'
Do you want to know the plot of GJ-bu? There is no plot to GJ-bu. A boy is in a club that does nothing with a bunch of cute girls, and together, they have wacky shenanigans. That is all the plot there is. The very first scene is a silly skit, before you e…
Read at the sourceNineNTG
Oh GJ-bu..lets start by saying its a cute,amusing anime(for some..for some it isnt).I personally enjoyed it.
The story is that a boy gets kidnapped by 4 girls who all aparently like him(?) and he is forced to join their club.Follow the MC and the 4(later in series 5 and ocasionally 8) girls doing funny things.On a more serious part of the review its mostly making fun of the feminine-like MC,bitting and punching him for the amusement.
The sounds were ok...not too great not too poor.The music was good and catchy just like in th most comedy-type school animes. The characters were a bit plain in my opinion.Why is that you think?Well this is why: they do the same things countlesly in one episode,getting boring and thus they are plain.They all have some kinds of unique traits but still.
I enj…
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GJ-bu is a very unique take on Slice of Life in which the majority of the story takes place inside of a club room of the characters' high school. In this room the characters share many hilarious times with one another and I simply could not stop watching once I started. This show is definitely something to be admired for; from the amazing characters that are the sole focus of the show to the setting which is used to even further develop the occasion of the episode. Never before has a SoL so strongly grabbed and held my attention and excitement throughout the entire show, even though it is placed in such a simple setting. This show is, in my opinion of course, most excellent for anyone who loves to watch anime for its characters and the simplicity of their lives together. Now for the little…
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This shows score is very representative of how i feel about this anime. I found decent enjoyment when watching this show, but it was lacking much momentum throughout the series. The story, so to speak, follows the club activities of of the GJ-BU club. I feel that the two most representative genre for this show are, without a question, slice of life and comedy. I went into the show expecting for an element of romance, but that was not found in this show. If you have the spare time, i feel this show is worth watching, but i wouldn't go out of my way to watch it.
Overall Score: 7.4
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This anime is very moe. If you like moe anime this one is absolutely perfect for you. It's the classic slice of life anime that has several adorable girls, each with their own unique little quirks, and a single guy that gets caught up in a lot of things they do. There's a lot of classic stereotypes in here like the tsundere or little sister in love with her brother stuff in here as well. Basically, if you're looking for something refreshing and different, this anime is probably not for you. But if you just want something classic, cute, and enjoyable at a leisurely pace, then watch this anime.
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Story: I got into this anime because of my friend in college, Neeraj. He's one of the only guys I know who is interested in shojo type manga/anime, and when he found out that was my favorite genre, he recommended me this. My other friends and I actually watched a few episodes together, and while they were watching Fate, I was in my room finishing this. There's not much story to this. It's basically about four girls and a guy in some made up club at their high school, and they do random shit. It's one of those. Normally, I wouldn't be up to something like this unless it's super funny. This show is very funny, but there are some moments where I'm just, "What the fuck is this shit?" Something kept me from stop watching this whole in general, but I can't put my finger on what it is. It's not t…
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First off, let me say that I am very light on anime, as I generally really like anime that others don't like so much (Basically, if I watched it I really liked it, with few exceptions) , so this review should be taken with a grain of salt
Characters: GJ-Bu was overall pretty good, but it had so much potential, especially the characters (Like Kasumi), which the never-progressing style of the show did nothing for (Kasumi needed more air time!).
It has a lot of good characters (Kasumi) and several of them more than deserved true development beyond forming their personalities and quirks. In short, the only thing this show is missing is true story development (Well, and more Kasumi), which is kind of what this type of show does, so I forgive that. Even the characters you don't particularly lik…
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