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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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…
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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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…
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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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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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Slice of life is always a very interesting genre, that can be portrayed in a majority of ways, considering the fact that life can be swayed into various situations and lifestyles. We have the wonderful Anohana that depicts a more serious and tragic story on one hand, and we have Lucky Star one of the most well known slice of life's to date, featuring the daily live of 4 girls. And, we have Gj-bu, an anime, that is, what I refer to as, a little ball of fun.
Story (7/10): Speaking of Lucky Star, this anime Gj-bu, has an immense similarity to it. The story of Gj-bu is nothing special or new in the anime world. To put it simply, it's about the daily "club activities" of the Gj club, a club that apparently, everyone in the school avoids for some odd reason. The characters generally spend most…
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There is one word I hate to use to describe stuff, and that is boring. I mean, that's such a generic word. When something is boring, that just means that you couldn't get into it, as even bad shows aren't boring, they're just, well, bad. All bad shows aren't boring, but all shows that someone says are boring, they typically see that as a bad show. And no matter how much I hate to use that word, I cannot deny the word boring is a perfect word that sums up GJ-bu.
GJ-bu is based off of a “4-panel light novel” (aka, a collection of short 4 page stories) written by Araki Shin, who has done nothing else of note. It tells the story of a certain boy (Kyoya) who was apparently forced to join the Good Job Club, or the GJ-bu. This is a club who's purpose they never tell us, as most of the times they…
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This anime is not my type, really. It has absolutely no plot line or development. It is purely a slice of life anime. However, in spite of myself, I enjoyed the anime quite a bit. It proved to be entertaining and had some good laughs in it. All in all, if you aren't obsessed with any other anime right now, and don't have any you REAAALLY want to start, this is a great anime to kill some time with.
Story:
I gave it a 5, because, well, there was none really. Just the base: A high schooler gets forced to join an all-girl club that really has no honest purpose. The club is just a hangout, really.
Art:
The art in this anime is very unique. The wide, bright color palette keeps a cheery "background mood" throughout.
Sound:
There wasn't really anything in the sound that stood out to me. But it…
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GJ-bu is part of a sub-genre of slice of life which encompasses K-On, Yuru Yuri and others. These shows spend most of their times showing characters on a club usually doing absolutely nothing, whether because they skip club activities or because the club activities have no real purpose. They are usually hard to review due to few complexity in plot and characters, but it's not like it's non-existent. GJ-bu, however, takes this to extreme measures.
Now, before you argue that the quality of the story is irrelevant, consider the following. If GJ-bu wants to show cute girls (and a boy, though on the verge of being considered a girl as well) doing nothing but random stuff, then first it must get the viewer to actually care about the girls, otherwise it's just irritating rather than endearing. T…
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I really really REALLY loved this anime. I looked forward to it every week because I knew that the new episode would brighten up my week and make it 10x better. It's such a cute and funny anime that I don't think i've seen one as good. I honestly do hope that they make a new series even if it's completely done off the novel. Yes Mao, Kirara, and Shion have graduated, but that leaves their little sisters to fill in their spots. Of course they could never take their places, but it would diffidently add alot of humor. I give this a 10/10 hands down.
Read at the sourceTragicRomance
"Slice of life anime have always interested me.Watching some random anime characters doing their everyday chores and spending their life carelessly reminds me of my own life.The life which is spent in search of those small moments of happiness.It remind me of me having fun with my friends and family.There are sad times too but there are other happy moments as well.After all,life is not completely about joy and pleasure.We have to bear sadness as
well"....So,before u get bored by my life lecture(which u are sure being,T.T),I better start my review which is about an hidden gem i.e. Gj-bu or in other words "Good Job"
Gj-bu huh,...where to begin..When I first started watching,I didn't pay much attention to it.I didn't expect it to become THIS awesome as I was like"Yeah,it is good..but there a…
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GJ-bu is a very cute and funny anime about friends who hang out in a club room.
Genres: Comedy, Harem, School Life, Slice of Life
Story: 9
It takes place in a club room in a high school. Mostly what they do is hang out there and for a few minutes and then the fun starts. They mostly do random things every episode and try to mess with the only male character in the club. Each one has a little crush for the male character who is know as Kyouya.
Characters: 10
There you will meet 6 characters, Mao Amatsuka (the short and egotistical president), Megumi Amatsuka (Mao's sister who's as generous as an angel), Kirara Bernstein (who is perpetually hungry), Shion Sumeragi ( a genius lacking in common sense), Kyouya Shinomiya (the only male character who is very nice and shy), Tamaki Kannadzuki (s…
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Being as frank as possible, I found the Winter 2013 season to be quite weak, despite having a lot of bright and colourful ideas. The majority of them only proved to be average, slightly above even, and they definitely won't be memorable for long. Now, this talk may portray to be a little irrelevant and bias (and apologies if it is), but the point I want to get across is that I was hoping that 'at least' one show in the season would be in a state without having to be stalled, being both enjoyable and interesting every episode and with no actual problems dragging it down. In other words, a hidden gem.
Thankfully there was one, and funny enough it's about a school club with absolutely no purpose or theme whatsoever. Wait, what?
The anime is about... as stated earlier, nothing. Kyouya is in…
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This story was adorable, which is fine for me but not for others. I found myself loving the characters without realizing it, so much so that when it ending i was crying not because of a really sad ending or anything, just because it was ending. If you watch this expect nothing but comedy really, and not even great jokes but something that could put a smile on your face.
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