Audience reviews
9 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
benzo277
At the animation studio:
"Higher-ups are saying we have 3 minutes for soft tennis related activities, 15 minutes for pointless upskirts and erotic fantasy sequences and 5 minutes for character development"
End of review.
Superfluous details because the website is telling me to make it longer:
This show is a waste of time. I was naive in thinking that it would actually be about soft tennis with some cute moe moments sprinkled in. Instead I got a show that was dull moe moments with some soft tennis sprinkled in. Not only that but for being a more grounded in reality show tennis wise (compared to something like Prince of Tennis), they do this stupid thing where they think hitting a can is one of the easiest things in tennis. Not only that but hitting it again in midair. For context, this…
Read at the sourceOniChanImOnly12
Fun anime, with a great and simple art, excellent fanservice and believe it or not with a good potential for a Shonen-sports anime.
Some of the jokes are local jokes so is probable you won't find them funny but the rest of the anime delves into silly stuff that is easy to follow so you will usually get a laugh out of it.
The antics of High School professor and student were good too, it really makes you wonder "things"...
Kotone and Asuna were the best characters, really good stuff. They showed how chicks can be really crazy sometimes.
The matches that they had were really interesting despite the efforts of making a joke/parody out of them, honestly I was wondering if they would have more matches or not, or if we'll see some of the tournament matches. I think there's material there.
Th…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
An underdog tennis anime comedy with it's fanservice being *ahem* notorious...
Softenni is a comedy anime centreing around a ragtag bunch of an all girls soft tennis club aiming for nationals. With the captain of the club Chitose Akiyama voiced by Shizuka Ito who can't hit the ball and cares more about food, Kurusu Fuyukawa voiced by Satomi Akesaka as the strange mysterious girl who is strangely proficient in soft tennis but does some weird cosplays, Kotone Sawanatsu voiced by Eri Kitamura as the athletic-centered type but can't control her power and has a crush on her coach You Mishimagi voiced by Shinobu Matsumoto and Asuna Harukaze voiced by Kanae Ito, the ditz of the group but has wild fantasies whenever, WHENEVER there is a hint of an sexual innuendo and latter on Elizabeth Warren vo…
Read at the sourceBriefEd
Do you think random cosplaying, riding naked on a wild animal, flashing panties and blatantly breaking the laws of physics doesn't belong in an anime like this?
Well you'd better like it as of right now, cuz ready or not that's what we've got! If this had been far more realistic it would have been some sort of slice-of-lifeish sports drama with shower scenes, that could have appealed to some viewers but as a general rule any show that dishes out loads of fan service has a much better chance of getting a warm welcome if it's silly comedy. Softenni succeeds really well in doing what it sets out to do, it aims low and hits.
As weird and dumb as this show manages to be it isn't cutting any corners, except with the script that must have turned circular in shape. The art and sound are nothing…
Read at the sourceOtaku-Hermit
The first words that comes to mind when I think of this series is: Warmth and fun.
Story: 10
The story is simple, but very enjoyable. This show knows what kind of story it wants to tell and sticks to it. It is about a tight knit middle school soft tennis team. This is first and foremost a story about friendship. It is a story packed with character interactions, camaraderie, humor, misadventures, antics, and some playful ecchi. You can also expect a focus on the passion and heart of the players as they chase their dreams. A major theme of the story is what it means to chase a dream with your friends. This anime explores how friends can make up for your weaknesses. Overall the story of this show made me laugh and warmed my heart. The happiness this show radiates is contagious.
Art: 10
The…
Read at the sourceRomie-chan
Softenni is a series full of nudity and comedy and finds a way to use them both in a masterful way.
Softennis is pretty much about a female tennis team trying to overcome al thel challenges that come their way, whether it's team-work or playing against another team with an extreme mixture of comedy. The two main female protagonists (Asuna and Kotone) are a soft tennis pair that drives the plot forward every step.
If you start watching this show, it will seem weird that it starts out on a farm, but you'll understand why later on.
Characters 8/10
Although the characters are not unique, they show a unique element to an already dysfunctional tennis team. A lazy-drunk coach, a pervert, a stubborn athlete, a clumsy-gluttonous leader, a foreign adventurer, a medium and a mysterious costume-wea…
Read at the sourcehelur
If you are curious soft tennis is a modified version of normal tennis using rubber balls, and was created after being introduced to the east in the early 1900's. Thus, five airheads entertain us with their insane antics and personalities as they play it. Softenni is one of the most hit or miss comedies I have recently watched.
With a comedy it comes down to the characters and how they interact. The captain Chitose who is unable to hit a single ball, enjoys eating, and is basically the most annoying and least important. Compared to her we have Asuna, who is the instigator of all that is ecchi with her delusions, and her partner Kotone whom has fallen in love with their coach and is aiming for Wimbledon. We have the foreigner Eli who is the rival in love, and Kurusu who is a hardcore cospla…
Read at the sourceWildNeptune
Softenni is primarily a slice of life comedy with ecchi. There is soft tennis in it, but that is more a reason to bring the characters together than a genuine focus in the actual series. I should make it clear that this is NOT a show for someone looking for a sports anime.
Being slice of life there is little substance in ways of the story. The basic setting is the Soft Tennis Club want to win nationals and then go onto Wimbledon. A rival tennis club is introduced part way through the series as are more girls and so on.
The heart of the show are the characters. Each of them manages to bring something different to the court in terms of appeal. Each has their own little gimmick, for instance, Asuna tends to think a lot of things are sexual innuendos (when they are not), to hilarious resul…
Read at the sourceHectotane
I'll get this issue out of the way first:
When an anime is an adaption of a manga, simulator, et al; there's a guaranteed chance that only a small number of people had seen the story outside of the recently-created anime. So sometimes, there's a need for said anime to be its own monster.
Hence this title.
"Softenni" is basically what KyotoAnimu, and their boot-licker otaku-base, didn't want K-on to be: an animu about cute girls doing anything other than cute things. Like wearing either their undies or thin air, having the skirts get robbed of their "magical" properties, allowing (God-Forbid) actually useful and skillful shounens within the same spotlights and time-frames.
Now comes my tried-and-true litmus test: "The Shounen's Survival Rate In A Brutal Pink Bishoujo Ghetto."
I have no…
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