Introduction
Sawako Machida—or "Miss Bernard," as she prefers to be called—can frequently be found in the school library with a book in hand. Whether or not she has read it, however, is another matter entirely. In her own words, Sawako finds it too much work to actually read, and would rather just make others believe she spends a lot of time reading. But in the same library where she constantly hangs out, there are other students who love books and are quite upset with her disdainful approach to reading their favorite titles.
As she pretends to read and discuss great literary works amid eccentric book lovers, Sawako finds herself learning something after all, as well as making new friends along the way.
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Audience reviews
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OJC
It's a great show and I'm surprised how unknown it is. Apparently it is possible to watch this and try to rate individual categories of art/characters/plot/political intrigue/philosophical depth/inclusion of esoteric Sufist knowledge or.. whatever categories that category enjoyers like breaking shows down into, but I think it's much simpler:
Bernard-jou Iwaku intends to be a funny conversational escapade that provide countless unusual snippets about literature, the people that read it, and the things they experience in life, and it essentially succeeds spectacularly in doing this. Ironically for an anime featuring a character lecturing others on books she hasn't read, I didn't feel at all like the writers were doing this to the viewer. They were very conscientious and genuine in curating w…
Read at the sourceSgtSalamander
Miss Bernard Said is a fun, engaging little anime, filled to the brim with fast-paced comedy and literary references. Beginning with the story, it's a simple format, centered around a bunch of friends in a library, and their relationships with the books they read. Being so short, the jokes come at a lightning-fast pace, and that only adds to the upbeat, energetic vibe this anime exudes throughout. I also learned a surprising deal, either through the dialogue itself or through the dense walls of text. In short, it is everything it should be.
The art is rather simple, and lacking in places, but still managing to pull off a pleasing aesthetic. Though, I did have to pause frequently to read the walls of text they often put on screen to explain about authors and their work.
The sound is sim…
Read at the sourcedelta5
Bernard-jou Iwaku has no right to be as good as it is. It's just a set of very quick gag shorts that proceed at lightning pace, shoving a ton of book references and witty book-nerd rants into just a few seconds of decent, but ultimately uninspired, animation. So...blah, right?
Well, no. I admit that I was drawn to this short because I love books and I couldn't resist the premise. I kept watching because the antics of Machida Sawako, the laziest reader of all time, were hilarious. And I just couldn't get enough of her hilarious trolling that inevitably led to regular meltdowns on the part of Kanbayashi Shiori, the overly serious tsukkomi to Machida Sawako's boke.
But then things changed. We got to see this lovely little friendship develop between Sawako and Shiori. It was genuinely sweet…
Read at the sourceTrashier
Bernard-jou Iwaku is a 5 minute anime about a wannabe reader that doesn't like to read, she just likes the look of a person that is talking about a book and she want to have that kind of aura that says, "Yeah, i read books i'm very smart".
Story: 6 out of 10
It is a 5 min anime, the objective isn't to have a great and deep story but have a little, funny and enjoyable story. This kind of story isn't an engaging, but is a very enjoyable story from the first until the last moment,
Art: 7 out of 10
The story isn't a work of art, it is very simple but i like this kind of story in animes like this one because this style fits genre.
Sound: 6 out of 10
The music is nice but it didn't bring anything new to this kind of anime.
Characters: 7 out of 10
They didn't develop the characters much b…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
Fall 2016 opened the floodgates to smorgasbord of anime shorts, from Chinese co-produced anime shorts to just a plethora of anime shorts, one of LA's more interested anime shorts was Bernard-jou Iwaku and by god did LA make a right pick with this one.
You know that ONE person who wants to be in on the conversation but has utterly no material to start, so then that person starts talking about something else but using your conversation material as a jumping board...this is Sawako Machida.
Really LA just summed up Bernard-jou Iwaku and that's not a bad thing AT ALL, simplistic and great in execution and really it has it's comical moments for a 5 minute anime short.
Bernard-jou Iwaku's strengths comes from Sawako Machida voiced by Eri Kitamura, as she really is the major catalyst in causing…
Read at the sourceZergneedsfood
If you browse /lit/, you should watch this anime. If not, you can still watch it and have fun. Most of the comedy and cute moments are pretty accessible. As a bonus, at least the yuri ship is still alive after the last episode. Take that Euphonium.
Bernard-jou Iwaku is a short comedy series featuring essentially a memetastic representation of the average reader on /lit/, the kind of person constantly asking for what books to read, how to read, what lists to consult, and whether completing the holy trinity will ever allow her to amount to anything, all while never summoning the motivation to finish the vast repository of literature that the show manages to fit into tiny three minute segments.
In many ways, it's quite likely that the mangaka for this show is a frequent visitor to /lit/. So…
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