Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ShyNinjaGirl
It's like if someone thought to take the most unfunny cartoons from The Far Side and turned them into unvoiced animated shorts and hoped people would still get the same giggles out of it. This is just a thing that absolutely misses the point as to why these comics are funny- you don't have to wait for the punchline. You read the four panels, you get the joke, you have a chuckle, and then you shoot it to your friends or retweet it.
It just doesn't really work in this format, at all. They're three minutes a pop and even that's just kind of too long.
Save yourself the half-hour and go look them up. It was a nice experience, but.... not really worth paying off, I think.
Read at the sourcekiner_shah
This anime could have been a bit better if they had not added some unnecessary ecchi episodes. There's also that salaryman that appears in few episodes (ecchi ones mostly), which was not needed.
This anime is almost silent comedy. It was a bit unusual for me, but not a bad idea. Although, I feel that adding voices would have been better. Each episode is very short, so doesn't take long to watch all of them. The art style was good. Characters, environment, etc. was drawn quite well. Since each episode is very short, it doesn't have any opening song, it has a very short ending song though. About girls personalities, Momoko seem like a very active, fun, child-like girl who finds fun in little things. Mayumi seems like a gentle and caring friend. Shibumi seems to be a tsukkomi (I can be wrong…
Read at the sourceKimuraTheHatoru
Well... This show certainly exists. The manga is also with no dialogue. But that would work far better in manga format. And since in anime format they couldn't really make it silent they added caveman grunts and some other unindentified calls and bellows. A honestlly uninspired decision. They could've just made some dialogue to fit the context really.
Of course, this is also a three minutes per episode show... So much can't be expected. Except there's plenty of other anime that come to mind that actually are very watchable even with their very limited time. One such example would be Okusama ga seitokaichou,who actually has two seasons,and it's a very enjoyable watch regardless. Then there's the random bullying episode where they are literally ripping her hair out for a crazy reason. Somet…
Read at the sourceReturnality
This little slice of life gem seems to be quite overhated based on the score and reviews. The anime has a simple slice of life premise of 3 high school girls getting into various awkward or amusing situations. The gimmick is that there is no dialogue. Each episode is 3 minutes long and doesn't waste any of that short time.
Joshikausei is lewd, but it isn't super raunchy and is often mixed with slice of life wholesomeness. A common criticism is that it could use some dialogue, but dialogue would take away from the chill vibe that this anime provides and would make some of its awkward scenes significantly more awkward. It doesn't need dialogue and if anything is much better for not having it.
While not being any sort of masterpiece, Joshikausei is a great way to kill time and just chill ou…
Read at the sourceAlkimia
There’s not much to see here. That’s a pretty good way to sum up this show.
This is a show about three high school girls going about their lives, but with zero dialogue. Just sound effects, music, and any sounds the girls might make.
Instead of using dialogue to tell each episode’s story, their actions, expressions, and sounds tell the story. It’s an interesting concept, but pretty strange too.
If you’re in the mood for cute scenes with high school girls, this show has a couple episodes of just that, but there are also episodes filled with fanservice, which was a real surprise when I picked it up, but I'm not complaining. Don’t expect anything super lewd though, just some close up’s of a character's thighs and butt. It never goes pass that, but at least you get a great view in multiple…
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You know some of my favorite anime characters don't even have voice actors. The student council girl from Yuru Yuri, the older brother in Non Non Biyori. You can say so much more in this medium without words than you can with them. This show is a perfect example of show don't tell. It does end up being a little simplistic, and there's not a whole lot to it. Episodes are short and to the point, and you can watch the whole show in the time it would take to watch a single episode of anything else. It wasn't boring, but for it's lack of a whole lot of real substance I give it an average 7/10
Read at the sourceLeonoreora
Do you have 40 minutes to spare? Go watch something else.
I was hesitant to continue after the first episode and I should've stopped then but part of me was hoping it really couldn't be that bad. I usually don't dislike what I set out to watch but man this show was incredibly boring.
A little sad to say but don't waste your time, you'll just be disappointed. There isn't really any story, the art is decent but the characters are very bland -maybe it's because they don't speak, you dont really get an impression of their type of character. Would've probably disliked it less if the characters actually spoke. Can't say it made me want to read the manga.
Read at the sourceNextUniverse
I forgot that I had watched this some time ago, but I still want to make a review on it so I will do so.
The girls don't speak. But their stories have a lot to say.
More or less the entire anime is just a trio of human girls going on with their day to day lives. Sometimes silly. Sometimes nostalgic. They just don't speak. Maybe making this review completely empty would be a good idea. But such is not possible (I've tried, MAL is surprisingly good at this stuff).
Something I will add on as well is that this anime is very human, simply because of how simple it is. Though I suppose the same is true for others, like Aiura for example. But it is a nice touch to it if nothing else.
The key visual should give you a good idea of the production values. Not necessarily the highest valued thing i…
Read at the sourceVendy13
Well, this certainly is an anime.
To be fair, there's nothing offensively wrong or bad about Joshikausei. It's more the lack of much at all that I take issue with.
I'd say my biggest gripe about the anime is that it is supposedly centered almost entirely around the premise of being a "silent" (i.e. no dialogue) anime. Despite this singular feature being the show's only significant defining characteristic, it doesn't really hold true to the concept. Much of the intent of the characters and surrounding situations relies on words and sentences written out visually, merely acting as pseudo-speech as opposed to a proper substitute for the words just being spoken. The occasional little speech/thought bubbles depicting what would otherwise be spoken are a much more effective execution of this i…
Read at the sourceBarusamikosu
[Short review gang]
tl;dr - Good idea, poor execution. Perhaps 2/12 episodes were entertaining. Mayumi is cute.
Rationale:
No audio means visuals should tell the story. In this show, the visuals are often confusing and the animation and pacing of each scene don't help clarifying it. The studio seems comfortable with anime basics, but not with universal storytelling fundamentals.
Them having voices (giggles, screaming, etc.) also made it weird to hear no words whatsoever, I would have prefered more silent characters.
Conclusion:
If you're looking for mute skits, Nichijou has a few but good ones.
Or watch this if you want to, it's not a big time investment.
Read at the sourceGroenboys
Three girls live their daily lives. You have the cute one, the smart but goofy one and the cocky one. The whole concept of the anime is that nobody talks, so all the anime comes from the visuals. The run time of each episode is three minutes and you can finish this series in half an hour.
Here is where most people would say that this anime does a mediocre job and just move on with their lives. But for me, I just want to take the time to tell you why I like this anime.
We live in an anime landscape that is tougher then ever before. Anime try to one up eachother in quality, popularity of certain anime has boiled down to which has the most stupid title and/or premise, japanese animators get barely paid for their hard work, and with all of this happening time moves on with new series coming…
Read at the sourceABPAEAE
A decent concept with a poor execution. I gotta commend the creators for doing something unique and original in an industry flooded with a lack of creativity, but it really just doesn't work. There isn't a terribly lot to say about this anime; everyone unanimously agrees that this show was just the definition of "meh", and one of the weakest releases of the season. I stuck with it for the whole 12 episodes just to see if there's any hidden gems in there, but there really isn't.
In the end, I would not recommend watching this anime, but the synopsis is worth a read as a concept. Maybe someone can do it better in the future, or maybe it was just meant to remain as a manga.
Read at the sourceRobbyRob
Mmm...not really a good show. It is episodic for the most part, but otherwise nonsensical. Animation is bland, non-inspiring. Honestly, there is nothing much to it. The action feels stiff.
Sound wise, there is nothing. Because voicework is nonexistent, the sounds should make up for it. Sadly, it is also uninspiring. Characters...again, because of the lack of anything to work with, they are forgettable. They have quirks, but because of the lack of substance, they don't have anything endearing behind them. You really can't feel anything for them.
Eh...overall, not a good show. Won't lie when saying that I wasn't bored by it.
Read at the sourcerenyrells
I am not sure what other reviewers were expecting from this show and I don't know why everyone decided this was the show to shit on for the season. It's a 3 min ep. 12 ep. series based around the gimmick that no one speaks. At 3 min. a pop the time investment is incredibly small. You can watch the whole series in less than an hour and each episode is charming to some degree.
Would i recommend it? IDK It's a pretty pointless show, but it was a good little snack to have every week. And that's all it was ever meant to be. If you have a short road trip or flight or train ride, you could kill time with this show.
Read at the sourceDiscipleOfAzura
So everything is dependent on perspective. This is a 3-min/episode over 12 in total so if push came to shove, and you have an hour spare, could do worse!
3 JKs go about their daily lives together and it's actually pretty charming - as they don't talk at all. The art is surprisingly good for such little screen time, the music is also decent and seeing as there is no talking between the 3 girls it carries the load well enough.
Pretty interesting for a non-speaking show, worth investigating and seeing as it's short won't interfere with anything else.
EDIT - ironically the review is asking for me to write a longer review, so I'm going to try and pad it out in an extended opening and closing sequence. Look! Cute girls running and being happy! Enough words?
Read at the sourcePlk_Lesiak
Ugh, this show... Who thought this was a good idea? :/
One of my favourite short comedy anime is Morita-san wa Mukuchi, where the extremely shy protagonist doesn't speak a word during the whole two seasons and we can only hear her thoughts from time to time. It was a cute gimmick that fueled the lighthearted SoL comedy of that series and made me remember it despite the rather plain "cute girls doing cute things" formula - I'm sure many people would find it boring, but it was well-crafted and relaxing.
Here, the silent cast is not a gimmick. It's a pointless hindrance that adds nothing of value to the whole setup - there are obvious places where dialogue takes place, but we don't hear it. The gags are mostly piss-poor and don't utilize the lack of dialogue in any interesting way. Fanservi…
Read at the sourceLegendAqua
Joshikausei is about the daily lives of three girls and silent hijinks ensues...
An anime short having no dialogue can either be a waste of time, or like the early adopters of comedy can work...to a certain extent and Joshikausei was...
Well it was ok, it was ALMOST a time waster if not for the quick 3 minute length and much like how sometimes comedy doesn't need to explain the joke, well if characters never speak besides grunting or noises and you still get the visual joke, it's doing "something" right.
Well from what the characters do with their actions you know how the characters personality are, stereotypical sure, from Momoko Futo voiced by Rika Tachibana, the chaos factor and troublemaker of the group, Mayumi Furui voiced by Yurika Kubo as the shy type and Shibumi Shibusawa voiced…
Read at the sourceExemplarCayman
This is a collection of three-minutes long vignettes of a certain high school girl’s life. The gimmick is that there are no dialogues, so it’s basically pantomime. The gimmick works. That’s it. 9/10.
No, really. The situations presented are far from mundane, so the plot actually keeps you engaged. The characters express more personality than 90% of the anime casts. There are backstories, twists and deepest lore. The art and music are fine. Fun things are fun. Dixi.
Incidentally, the first episode is about anime thighs. It’s not representative of the content and exists solely as pleb filter (just kidding, it’s actually the opposite - an appeal to the degenerate demographic which is like the main group of people that actually buys the BDs in Japan). Anyway, the point is this is not a gravu…
Read at the sourceBlood_Diver_A
[The Quiet Girls]
From the studio that brought you Rance 01: Hikari wo Motomete The Animation, Koikishi Purely☆Kiss The Animation, Baku Ane: Otouto Shibocchau zo! The Animation, and Real Eroge Situation! The Animation, comes Studio Seven's latest series entitled Joshi Kausei.
STORY:
It's a story about three “silent” high school girls and the random events that happen to them. You'll watch the girls get involved in some strange skits, such as riding a skateboard, playing with each other's thighs, be concerned about fortunes, and create origami in a family restaurant. And to spice things up, the girls are also involved in some risque situations like wearing wet clothes after a rain shower, having a hand print near one's thigh, and planking over your sleeping daughter. Three-minutes of sil…
Read at the sourceStark700
Some anime this year impressed me. There are also some anime this year that made me wonder if the creators were high on something. Then, there’s Joshikausei.
There’s an old phrase that you’ve probably heard of before: silence is golden. As a short anime without any dialogue, that’s what Joshikausei represents. The manga itself is also silent without dialogues. So now the real question comes, how would this show work? Was the author high when they made this?
Not quite. It’s actually real simple. The show is about high school girls interacting with daily activities. An easy draw of the show is the character chemistry between the three main girls – Mayumi, Momoko, and Shibumi. The show explores their lifestyle that reminds what normal people would do. Sometimes, characters are represented w…
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