Audience reviews
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Excellent for fans of military/navy themes, this anime is great, with good depth to the main characters and all the other crew members have a good amount of screen time, so you won't be unfamiliar with any of them.
The soundtrack didn't disappoint, with good music during crucial moments/battles and during more fun or relaxed moments between the crew members.
The story is very interesting and well-paced; the plot starts out seemingly simple, but quickly builds an atmosphere of mystery. When you least expect it, the plot takes a turn and puts the girls face to face with the true threat that will serve as the central "villain" of the entire series.
A very good anime that will surely stay with me for many months, and I'll definitely be consuming more from the fandoms!
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I watched High School Fleet, also known as Haifuri. I watched the TV anime, OVAs, and the movie. Here are my thoughts:
This is basically the maritime clone of Girls und Panzer, which I didn't enjoy enough to watch more than the first season of. It's been years since then, but I think one of the main reasons I dropped GuP was because of the crappy characters. I remember also thinking that the battles were very drawn-out and often boring. Anyway, enough about GuP — I only bring it up because the comparison is so common.
High School Fleet involves battleships which are operated by crews of cute girls. This is a winning combination, in my view. Watching the girls working together in their various naval roles is entertaining. The girls are enrolled in a naval academy for training to join a mi…
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This is a good anime. If you like anime with an ocean atmosphere like listening to the waves, seagulls, storms and the scenery. And also ship knowledge such as its operation and giving the captain's orders to the crew. I think you should watch this.
This anime is approximately 85% of the scene in this season is in the middle of the sea. Not only the sea and shipping, but also the daily lives of girls who struggle to survive because they are considered school rebels because there is an unknown cause of chaos that is happening in this story. Don't forget their cuteness is a part of this anime. When asked which part is more dominant between serious and having fun. I think the fun part is a bit more. But I enjoyed it, seeing their daily cuteness and the way they steered the boat.
A little disa…
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When it comes to naval animes there's generally 2 takes. On one side, you have animes like Kancolle and Azur Lane, who take the Anthropomorphize approach and give human girls ship-like qualities, and on the other side, you have Haifuri, which seeks to faithfully recreate what naval action truly is about.
Haifuri is one of the biggest baits in anime history. You watch its trailers and think its just more "cute anime girls doing cute things", but just like its land-based counterpart Girls Und Panzer AKA Garupan, it is so much more than that.
Haifuri, in my opinion, is closer in similarity to Girls Und Panzer than it is to Azur Lane. It doesn't give their ships a face and tells us why they fight, they give their crews a face and tell us why they live. Haifuri, like Garupan, successfully and f…
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[This is for season 1, the OVA, and the movie]
Okay, I'll admit I'm a sucker for these kinds of shows. But by god, not only does Haifuri earn its place in the Land-Air-Sea trio (That's GuP, Strike Witches, and this), it surpassed my expectations entirely. I swear, it's not the most ambitious project ever, but Haifuri is damn near perfect in my eyes.
Like GuP and Strike Witches, Haifuri takes place in a very different world from our own, one which gives prominence to cute girls doing military things. In this case it's about boats, so it's Waterworld out there, and the men are stuck with submarines.
Every single thing about Haifuri is good, but I'll try to be orderly. The plot of the series is very unique for the setting,giving a sense of mystery where things only gradually becoming clear. T…
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first for the story i'll give 9/10
I really like the story, but but unfortunately i really dissapointed with the ending of the anime. the ending of this anime in my opinion is a little hanging. i don't want to give a spoiler here so just watch the anime and you will know what i mean. after all i really love this story
and for the art i'll give 8/10
the graphics of this anime are quite good and the movement of the characters is also quite smooth, but for some reason I feel unsatisfied with the graphics of this anime. but after all i still give 8/10
for the sound i'll give 8/10
I don't know much about the sound arrangement in an anime, but as far as I can see, the sound effects of this anime are quite good and the placement of the sound effects is quite neat.
for the character i'll give 1…
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Aight, Haifuri has been an anime I enjoyed watching over and over again. The Anime had all my interests in one, Military (WWII/Mordern) School Uniforms pog and cute girls doing cute things. The story was odd but still funny in my opinion, I enjoyed all the battle scenes cause you rarely see good Naval Battle animes, in fact I really doubt there's multiple animes that is Naval Focused. At most it is there is Aerial Warfare or (Gate) which only includes the JASDF and the JGSDF [Aerial and Ground Forces of Japan Self Defence Force]. In Summary, I would love to see another season or watch it over and over and over again.
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"Spoilers alert"
Don't understand how this anime gets so many high rating reviews. That navigation girl's voice is one of the single most annoying thing going on. She's on a military training personal position for god's sake yet she squeaking like a mouse. While we are on the topic of mouse who would pick an unknown mouse and put it on their cheeks? Putting something on your face just because it's cute is a very bad example to present it to an anime that suppose to be kids friendly and might give them some bad ideas somewhere down the line.
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I love this anime, I love it.
This is definitely one of my favorite anime of all time. I have rarely found such kind of enjoyment in anime, I enjoy anime, but this kind is very different.
The story is very engaging, looks like the girls mutinied and are being designated as a rogue ship and is being preyed on by multiple ships attempting to neutralize the "threat" they possess, this was some real hype stuff, dunno, I just felt it. It was really fun with the story, but while I found the infection part pretty corny, I still did enjoy it a lot, being a turning point for the story, it was very fun!
Art, ok, I get it. The artstyle of these girls are very, very cute. I know that's the point of the anime but it's really adorable. The animation is also top tier, CG girls were used in the anime,…
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High school fleet is an anime about girls in high school duking it out with naval warships in 1 vs 1 battles. The main protagonists pilots a destroyer, and they will face enemies of larger ship classes as the series progresses, making one go wtf sometimes with the bravery of our main protags.
Story:
The story kicks off with much tension sucking one into the story with some interesting naval facts intertwined in it. Tidbits like supplies, naval armaments, the boilers as well as the observational language used will be most interesting to ww1 - ww2 naval warfare fans. Some notable warships would make their appearances, so famous that they also appear in World of Warships. More fanservice for naval historian fans. Yet the tension is lost halfway through the series in slice of life episodes w…
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I swear 2 days ago the rating of this anime was 7.66 and I know it because I was comparing it to Girls & Panzer's rating which was 7.63 so I was thinking something like "ooh this anime is slightly better than Girls & Panzer huh". The next day I checked it again and it was 7.33. Anyways, since this anime is now underrated, I will need to release my feelings that are about to burst here as this is the most thrilling and intense anime I've ever seen in my life.
Story: 9/10:
The story overall is very thrilling and exciting, I was overwhelmed by every episode including the filler episodes as well, the backstory behind the anime is also well explained and I like how they chose to use a realistic method to infect the crew in the ship instead of using supernatural method also makes the show feel…
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If you want to watch little girls doing stuff on WWII era ships and that's about it then this is the show for you. If you care about story or character development then stay away. I watched this when it came out so I'm going off memory and it didn't leave me with any good ones.
Overall: I gave it a 4, mainly because of a really bad plot and poor character development. This could have been a lot better if they went to another genre or cut down on the number of characters they used so they could develop them better.
Story: I said it was poor(3), things are explained away or not explained at all. Some of it makes no sense. It's kind of hard to talk about how bad the story is without adding in any spoilers. Think of it like the "Aliens" guy from History. Doesn't make a lot of sense but you j…
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Haifuri is criminally underrated for its take on a naval superpower version of Japan wherein young girls strive to become a part of the elite Blue Mermaids and attend marine high schools to achieve those dreams.
Based on that description alone, you may believe that Haifuri is just a cute girls doing cute things anime and nothing more. However, Haifuri is a very plot driven series that follows the protagonists onboard the Harekaze destroyer ship as they learn what it means to be a functioning unit through a flurry of dangerous engagements and unforeseen circumstances. There are elements of drama and tension which provide an experience outside of one you'd expect.
Story 7/10:
The story of Haifuri is unique in its approach, and because the synopsis barely gives any idea of just what happen…
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"Well, at least they're driving the tanks. They aren't the tanks [themselves]. Has anyone watched Kantai Collection? It's fun... but... REALLY??" (Paul "The Mighty Jingles" Charlton)
It's supposed to be a winning combination: Make a new anime, sort of like the hit series Girls und Panzer, only with warships. Surely it'll be better than KanColle because it's not flippin' ridiculous!
Or so I thought.
The characters are cliche, but mostly in a good way-- uber optimist airhead skipper, straight-laced XO (cue manzai combo), quiet gunner, scaredy-cat helmswoman, "kill 'em all" ("hot-blooded" as they say in Japanese) torpedo officer and chief engineer. Yeah, they kinda seem one-dimensional at first, but in a way that you could have fun with it and laugh at them. The Harekaze captain and XO's c…
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I largely knew what I was getting into when I watched this and I knew it wasn't going to be anything great, but a friend wanted to try it. It was pretty much exactly what I expected it to be, and it's probably exactly what you expect it to be as well. So lets get into this.
Story: Whatever, the plot is stupid, who cares, it just serves as a vehicle for having the ship and crew do things. There are many major plot conveniences that don't really make sense, a number of threads and implications that go nowhere and ultimately the plot is kinda silly and not well explained. But we know who's going to win from the start anyway. The plot does it's job just about, it's not so horrendous as to particularly offend me but it doesn't really stand up to much scrutiny and it's ultimately not that inter…
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I've seen the show known as High School Fleet, and I for one, found it fascinating on how it subverted from its normal genres that this type of anime is known for. High School Fleet is about a class of first year high school girls running a battleship to become "Blue Mermaids", kind of like the Navy. Already the concept is interesting. But as you go on into it, it reveals itself to be a moe, "cute girls doing cute things" type of show.
despite this, you must remember, this is an actual battleship. These girls are actively doing all the things that you must do to run a battleship. Maintenance, communication, even ship battles with real torpedoes and ammunition. What I find entertaining about this show, is that there is no semblance of symbolism anywhere. The ship isn't a metaphor for schoo…
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After trying to find a military themed anime that I want to enjoy, I can vouch that Haifuri is my one and only prefrence. Sure the plot has flaws here and there but no matter how flaw it was, I still loved it for various reasons.
Story:
Remember folks! This is not a story about girls having naval tournament like senshadou in Girls und Panzer, nor its a Kancolle "bizzarre" animation sequence anime like one person thought it was. This is a story of students aiming to become Blue Mermaid, maintaining the safety of the nation's territory from invasion and other unwanted incidents. A certain dialogue in an episode hinted they were trained since middle school, or perhaps even before that.
So it means that what the girls are doing are for their future professional occupation and not for play…
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(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
I’ve taken a cruise in the past. A couple of them.
The second time I was fine, but the first time I did get nauseous. I remember my family bringing with them those placebo accessories. A wristband that claimed to set my pulse or brain or some such nonsense at ease, thereby eliminating any feeling of sickness.
What helped instead was taking my mind off where I was: going to the pool, grabbing something quick from the food court, walking around the halls.
Of course, a cruise is nowhere near the same as a battleship. The former has fireworks at night and dance parties. The latter has missiles stockpiled and crew ready for warfare. Although, in High School Fleet, a blend of the two is certainly not out of the questi…
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Objectitly, Haifuri is not worthy of a 9. In no way.
The animation is not especially good, so is the music and backstory is just plain stupid, it did feel like the dumbest excuse imaginable to put schoolgirls on warships, it felt like Girls und panzer but even more poorly executed.
However this anime is more than the sum of its parts, I really enjoyed it like I enjoy very few animes.
I won’t spoil the story but characters do face high stakes like death, some bits are kind dark, it is question of treason, mutiny.
Yet despite that the anime go from serious to plainly stupid. “We face serious charges for mutiny, we may die because people are after us, oh yeah and now we are out of toilet paper, so let’s risk our life to get some” (no kidding, seriously it is part of an episode)
However, desp…
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I was surprised how enjoyable this series was to watch. I had somewhat low expectations, but I feel the show never dropped too far below being at least somewhat entertaining.
The story on the whole is interesting, though it seemed at first as though it was going to be far more interesting than it ended up being. In the interest of not spoiling anything, I'll just say the show develops a premise that ensures that none of the characters can be considered bad guys, and it leads to an almost too tidy ending for my taste. Though the explanation for this is made somewhat interesting and it's easy to understand thankfully, I don't know, just not what I was expecting. Themes of leadership and risk run throughout, and the tension is felt, but there could have most definitely been more.
I did enj…
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