Audience reviews
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PixelB
Love Lab is a surprisingly decent comedy that tries to incorporate melodrama when it really doesn't need to. In fact, it only muddies the waters and it makes you wonder what the identity of the show is going for.
Love Lab is built on a comedic premise about girls dreaming about their ideal guy and fantasizing about them in unrealistic scenarios: the childish fantasies fuel the show and characters, and it's what makes the comedy charming. Yet, on the other hand, you have a decent amount of conflict and drama in a comedically themed show.
I never really expected this show to be realistic or anything beyond comedic since it's not really what it was aiming for in the first few episodes, and it doesn't fit the theme of the show at all. It makes sense, considering that despite the girls in the s…
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An overall wholesome anime, in the same vein as K-On! and other slice of life animes.
The plot is something fresh and interesting, instead of doing something run-of-the-mill like a normal school club the writers came up with something unique. I give them points for originality.
The characters are generally well fleshed-out and interesting.
My biggest complaint would be that the drama arc between Riko and Maki is kind of lame, but i guess one could argue that it fits perfectly for teenage girl drama.
Art and sound is fine enough.
Not a bad anime, but also not exceptionally noteworthy in any category, in my opinion.
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I finish this series right before I start to write this review. To sum it up, I would say this daily-style anime exceeds my expectation. The main reason behind this statement is its story is much better than others’. Anyway, I recommend this anime to everyone who enjoys in this kind of anime, such as “Is the order a rabbit?”, “New Game”, and etc.
Many factors in Anime are satisfied by high quality.
Art, the overall quality of Art is stable. Many details are handled well. The quality can be compared with “New Game. “
Music plays an important role in a number of plots. It does its duty that is to bring the audiences into the show. Although, in my opinion, the opening and ending theme are not outstanding.
Characters, from my point of views, are build extraordinarily. Maybe the reason t…
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This is a feel good anime and a good one at that. It starts out pretty dull and generic but then turns really emotionall and funny throughout the entire thing. The characters have flaws and can make misstakes and will do misstakes, this is something that i like and that Love Lab does extremly well. I would recommend this to anyone as it's extremly fun and weird but can still be emotionall when it needs to be. This quickly became one of my favorites. Some might not like the artstyle but this is something that you'll quickly look past if you start to watch it. If you like anime in generall this is a anime which you mustn't miss out on.
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[Spoiler Free Review!]
Love Lab. Whilst the name may be somewhat off-putting, this anime deserves a solid 8/10. It's not overwhelmingly unique or captivating but it does what a slice of life comedy is meant to do and in all honesty, it does it pretty well.
Story: 7
The story is good. There is a main plot line that's easy to follow with some side stories thrown in here and there. That being said, there are very few moments where one feels engaged in the story line. It's predictable, to say the least. There are, however, some decent tensions regarding Riko's lies. They kind of make you want to pause the video to relieve yourself of the awkwardness but that's a sign of good writing. This show has a lot of funny moments and with a satisfactory ending, it deserves a good 7/10 in terms of sto…
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(This has been adapted from my reddit thread)
In many ways, love is a skill. It takes practice, determination, and a little bit of luck in order to fully master its ways. Love is used with romance; it can take on many different forms, and can be applied to many different situations. So, how can one deal with the vast amount of possibilities? Love Lab aims to tackle this problem, and what we are left with is one of the best comedy shows that I have ever seen.
STORY
Love Lab starts off quite simply. "Wild Kid" Riko one day stumbles upon "Princess Fuji" Maki doing something quite out of character. And from that encounter, the rest of the show follows.
The point of the show is literally in the title. The student council conducts "love labs" in order to train themselves to become better lov…
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Love Lab,as seen in the preview,is about a group of middle school girls as they try to prepare themselves to eventually fall in love.
Story:
The series has a very good start,it is very neatly paced.Nowhere will we feel that it is progressing at a fast or a slow rate.Riko is mistaken to be an expert in matters of love and she has to maintain that facade due to her rather proud nature.This seemed interesting,but the later episodes brought this up too much for the shows good.After some point,it all does not ring true,and we are not that interested anymore as to how this issue will be resolved.Many characters are not given much screen time and they seem underdeveloped.If there is a season 2 planned,this may be rectified in it,but as this series stands now,it is quite weak.
Art:
I won't dwell…
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Well ... that was a freaking surprise. If someone told me, based on that synopsis, that Love Lab is a hilarious and heartwarming journey all through, I'd have him jump off a cliff into my love lab of death. Glad no one did. Regrets would be far too many.
So, where do I even begin? It's quite hard seeing as I'm still kind of thinking about the anime. I'll just begin by saying this: do not let title or the synopsis drive you off. If you think that this anime is filled with cute girls (it kind of is) doing cutesy things (it kind of is) and that's all it is, then you're wrong. Not blaming you though, I only decided to watch this after seeing a short, hilarious clip on YouTube. So yeah ...
The story is surprisingly good. Where majority of anime comedies fail, Love Lab managed to go up a notch…
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Much to my dissatisfaction let me start off saying despite a few other reviews I saw this show is not shoujo ai. The opening also points to this possibility however don't get your hopes up. It's not there so if you're looking for a cutesy yuri don't go for this, but that doesn't mean you should drop it either.
If you like moe shows you'll like this and if you like comedy this is also a winner. At its core Love Lab is a comedy and no matter how serious the tone it always delivers a joke and never misses the punch line. It delivers plenty of fun moments and does a good job of not deviating too much from the main goal of keeping you laughing.
The plot itself is not going to blow your mind or set new lines for what a comedy should be so just expect the common place cute girls doing cute thin…
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Since this was recommended to by a girl, I already knew it would be good. Then, I found out it involves relationship issues... Talking about romance, without featuring it at all is trully original...
{STORY - 6/10}
A small group of girls giving love advices? Eventhough they don't know a thing about it? Pretty original! Love Lab is about "how to be romantic", as it literally gives out lessons to help young girls on getting that special guy's attention.
Finding Maki on a embarassing situation with her own "kissing" dakimakura (body pillow) suddenly turna Riko into the student council's assistant. Her first task: teaching our princess how to get closer to a boy and make him interested on her.
Problem is that Riko has no experience and her extremelly tomboyish behavior triggered many rejec…
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Of all the things that exist in the world, perhaps one of the most debated for centuries is the concept of 'love'. Like seriously, what exactly is love? Is it a feeling towards someone you hold dearly for? Or is it perhaps something we humans are born to be part of? Or whatever the case, I'm not a scientist here to discuss the concept of love. However, what I am here to discuss is this cute little series known as Love Lab that debuted during the summer of 2013.
Love Lab (also known as Renai Lab) is an anime series based off of the 4-koma of the same name. The series is written by the author Ruri Miyahara whom has little presence in the manga industry. Her other work known as Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou also has similar themes involving love in a slice of life story with awkward comedy, drama…
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Let's get one thing out of the way first: the show's not yuri. It definitely isn't! I was surprised that it was seeing that it was. Prejudice aside, Love Lab was a fun-ride for me after it's 13 episodes.
The show's protagonist is Riko Kurahashi, a tomboy who attends Fuji Academy - a prestigious school known for its well-behaved female students - who is greatly admired by the female students, entitling her as "The Wild One". One day she accidentally discovers Maki Natsuo - the academy's student council president and model student - kissing a hug pillow ("dakki") and claims to be learning romance. Consequently, Rika became Maki's aid for love research and is followed by several other female student council members.
The story was classic comedy. It always end with Riko punishing or repriman…
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I picked up Love Lab while looking for a new shoujo ai-themed show to watch. I was pleasantly surprised by it, despite the lack of actual shoujo ai. There is some borderline subtext if you squint, but the show largely encompasses friendship, everyday life and some basic lessons of life (i.e. don't lie).
Story: 7/10
There's not much of a plot in Love Lab, as you might expect, following the day-to-day lives of a bunch of highschool girls. But there is a point to the story, even if it's something as simple as having good morals. Of course I've seen more done in 13 episodes than was done with LL but I enjoyed it for the fact that it was short, to the point, and not one moment of it was boring. In fact I can't remember the last time I finished a series faster.
Art: 6/10
I'm usually not a fan…
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Before I start officially start this review, let me make one thing clear. Love Lab is a full-time comedy anime. Those who don't like comedy, please stay away from this anime. Don't go around giving Love Lab a low score. It will stop those comedy lovers out there from watching Love Lab. On with the review.
Up till now thousands of animes have been released and among these animes we have Love Lab. A small 13 episode comedy anime. Now, what is the plot in Love Lab? Well, it is about the members of the student council in an all girls middle school. The funny part of the plot is that these young girls are secretly doing some 'research' on how to make boys fall for them despite the fact that none of these girls has had any sort of love experience with any boy.
Let's talk about the story in Lo…
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To summarize this show quickly, it’s the story about the Student Council at Fujisaki Girls Academy who makes an effort to study love and romance to help themselves find love successfully, as well as advise their fellow student body. Maki the Student Council President is a bit naive and ropes in the edgy wild one, Riko, to advise the girls on what they should do to find love. Hesitant to accept, Riko gets pulled in while lying to all the girls that she has copious amount of boy suitors and her popularity outside of the high school. Luckily for her the girls don’t catch on, and antics ensue with the girls struggling to keep Love Lab a secret from the faculty while also aiding their fellow classmates. The dangers aren’t too serious though, as this show is mostly light and fun, with serious mo…
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This show is not yuri. I don't want to spend a lot of time on that fact, so I'll just throw it out there immediately and move on.
So, MAL review reader, if you're reading this line, you probably started your trek of this review by checking out the number I dropped in the "Overall Rating" section. Intrigued, perhaps you even clicked those words to bring up the breakdown of numbers I awarded the show for various aspects of its creation. You would then have noticed the number "10" in the story section and probably asked yourself, "What? A perfect 10 in story for a comedy? How does that make sense?"
Normally I would not so directly reference the scores I gave in my actual review; the review is for explaining them, not reiterating them. They're just numbers, anyway. But I feel this worth the…
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Love Lab was an anime I pretty much only started watching because it was newly airing and, honestly, I probably wouldn't have bothered with it otherwise, but boy am I glad I did. It's a sweet hidden gem that performed well (despite a few problems I'll address) and is something that everyone should at least give a try, especially fans of "cute girls doing cute things" anime, which is exactly what this is.
This anime starts off, and remains, pretty simple. It gave me some Oniisama e vibes in the first episode, from the intensely shoujo ai vibes of the female cast to the gentle worship and admiration of some of the students to the light cherry blossoms flowing between sweet girls at a prestigious school. However, this did not turn out to be the plot-filled twists of drama that Oniisama e was…
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Love Lab is one of those very deceptive shows where you look at the season preview and go "wow more girls doing club things in high school such original wow very unique". Under that stereotypical shell however, there's a great show. Hopefully you know what you're getting into by picking something from the SoL category and you'll treat this recommendation as such.
The comedic value mostly comes in the form of the Straight Man/Funny Man routine made famous by comedic duos like Abbot & Costello and Laurel & Hardy. A lot of SoL shows tend to have a pair like this but it's usually limited to one pair and they tend to ride one type of joke throughout the show. What sets this apart from others is that the characters aren't bound to each other: even characters that don't get much screentime with…
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The schoolgirl comedy genre is something which has just gotten increasingly ubiquitous in anime of late, but contrary to what one might expect, anime studios keep finding ways to make series from the formula which stand out. Studio Dogakobo--who previously produced the anime Yuru Yuri in the same genre--have with Love Lab found another anime that is case in point to that. Likable and refreshing, this is an anime worth watching for someone with even a passing interest in the genre.
Love Lab is well produced. The art looks great and I never noticed much in the way of bad animation. Sound is good too--background music is appropriate and the opening and ending theme are both really cute and fun. The voice acting is where it really shines on the production front though. The voice actresses hav…
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I almost didn't watch this show.
My friend was giving me the rundown on this season's lineup, and mentioned that he was disappointed that the Yuru Yuri crew were working on a show that was being described as being, "Yuru Yuri, but lewder." I was a bit sad, Yuru Yuri is one of my all time favorite shows, and seeing the talent behind it make, what I assumed to be, a show with the fan service dial cranked up to 11 was just a let-down. Fan service won't put me off a show altogether, but if its the central focus of the show, I tend to have a diminished interest.
Whoever came up with that description of Love Lab is a monster, and should feel bad. This show is nothing at all like it was described to me.
Content wise, it's not dirty at all, the subject matter of practicing for love is presented…
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