Audience reviews
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MewsicMagic
Do It Yourself!!, a original anime from Pine Jam that took itself in a rather simple but unique direction. It's a show that's extremely simple yet so well made that it brings a very simple story and premise to it's fullest. I'm not getting heavy into detail with this review as this show is quite simple, so the recommendation is this show would appeal to those who enjoy calming slice of life style shows, or educational/hobby type shows.
Do It Yourself is pretty much everything you see in the picture and read in the premise, it's about a club at a girls school that focuses on DIY projects, like building a bookshelf, table or any other DIY project, at least one that's usually done with mostly wood and power tools. The characters learn how to build things, they have some depth to them and ar…
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Do it yourself is a unique, original anime and it has many side's that made it unique. I'm going to talk about 6 things that I noticed while watching.
Firstly, the building ideas' creativeness. The fact that the club house was once done by the early club members is interesting. Also anime explains how it works and processes it carefully. The final product of them has wonderful details and this makes it original itself, just as Serufu mentioned.
Secondly, the idea of team work's importance. The club gains it's members day-by-day, even members who cannot join this officially became interested and decided to be a part of it. Once they gathered, it can be seen that every work that has been done was done as a club, not individually. They organized the funds, get the items they need by a spec…
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Much like its protagonist, the show is wholesome, charming, silly and positive. The art is endearing, the characters are colorful (if a bit trope-y) and the message is a simple but effective one - You can do things yourself and you'll appreciate the effort and result if you keep at it.
It is a warm and engaging show that will fit you like a warm blanket during autumn. Not a masterpiece, not an instant classic, but plenty good enough to enjoy and lift your spirits. Often a show doesn't need to be more than this.
From a critical stand point, the writing isn't great.
The characters have enough depth to them, but are essentially all gifted. Each of the girls involved are geniuses in one or multiple way and even the protagonist who is ditzy and unreliable, is a top student. None of this is e…
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This anime really grows on you over time while teaching the value of not being caught up to times. The story takes place in a technologically evolved society. In the many shots were the girls' school is seen from above, it almost seems to be getting engulfed by the larger technical school around it, even the girls that go (or where supposed to go) there consider handwork useless ans outdated.
Throughout the anime they learn to realistically construct anything they wish through teamwork while having fun in the process. The bittersweet ending with one of their members having to leave perfectly wraps up this wonderful journey.
Read at the sourceSteffChris
I REALLY wanted to like this one. The art style feels very special, the world is interesting to some extend and watching some DIY sounded fun.
The art style is 10/10. Obviously it does not look like Violet Evergarden or any other series that is so clean. But the palette and the way it’s made is gorgeous. Just feels completely different.
I am in Love with the ED song. Man, it feels so heavy and relaxing at the same time. While the cat and the dog (forget it’s names) are building the guitar…
That’s about it unfortunately. I enjoyed the first 3-4 episodes. After that i had to drag myself through every episode and even paused for a longer period. The running gags are just not my cup of tea. Whenever Jobko speaks „English“ (she just uses phrases) I cringe out of existence. Not because the acc…
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Do It Yourself! is a charming little anime about moe girls trying to save their beloved high school club, and it's done in a very cozy way with the occasional homoerotic subtext thrown in for good measure. So, you know, it's a well written and well animated rendition of every other CGDCT anime you've ever seen... except it plays with something you rarely see this type of anime play with: the setting.
While most CGDCT anime take place in present day in any-town Japan, because that's all they really need to do to make their story work, DIY! takes place in a near future where drones fly about, pets can be programmed, and the self-driving school bus whisks the best and brightest students off to learn how to make cutting-edge technology. Serufu, the main character, flies in the face of everyth…
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So...I initially passed over Do It Yourself!! because I had already been watching a bunch of other anime, so it wasn't on my radar. But by the end of this month, I was getting sick and tired of one anime I was watching, Bibliophile Princess, so on a whim, I decided to watch Do It Yourself!! just so I could have something else to focus on. This wound up being a good decision on my part, as while it's definitely another Cute Girls Doing Cute Things sort of anime, it actually does manage to stand out from the others by virtue of the fact that it's all about making things by hand and being staffed by people who actually put some passion into the show and care about it.
The story goes as follows: Serufu Yua and Miku "Purin" Suride are childhood friends who had planned to apply to a tech-savvy…
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Do it Yourself, DIY!! for short, is an extremely structured and well made show for an original anime. In fact, I had to do a double take that it was actually an original adaptation. It was just that good.
Let me compare to Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na, since DIY has similar themes. Generally speaking, hallmarks of original anime tend to have terribly paced episodes, a haphhazard plot, and characters that only serve to drive the story forward, and melodrama used in order to keep the viewer engaged with the story. Yet, Eizouken was actually the show that made me think these things despite being an adaptation of a manga, while DIY doesn't encounter any of these. Despite Eizouken being the show about animation, DIY is the one that actually has a creative art style and decent animation.
Chara…
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I would never thought an anime about CGDCT's with DIY would make me genuinely enjoy and love this Anime Original series more than I have to.
DIY!! or Do It Yua Serefu!! (get it.. its a pun) is like a therapy that we didn't deserve but a therapy that we all need, it's a very feel good show/series about girls creating and making DIY stuff, it gives the same similar feeling as your Grandma's nostalgic and wholesome cookies whenever you visit her.
While people talk about Bocchi The Rock, Chainsaw Man and many more popular series this season, this Anime was I think very underground, I never heard people talk about it and I'm glad that I "Accidentally" found this Golden of a hidden gem. The Artstyle is very neat and clean, the characters/cast are hella enjoyable to watch they're not over the…
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My God... Words really can't describe how great this anime is!
If you are sad or depressed or tired after working/studying all day and looking for something light and wholesome to watch - look no further, you've found it!
Do It Yourself!! is the story of six high school girls who belong to a DIY club, and their goal becomes to find more members so that the club can continue to exist and receive the necessary funding. Although the plot seems simple, it is really fun to watch!
The characters are phenomenally drawn. Each of the girls has unique character traits that make it impossible not to love them. Clumsy Serufu, clever Jobko or shy Takumi immediately arouse sympathy in the recipient.
The soundtrack deserves praise as well, which reflects the atmosphere of the entire anime very well -…
Read at the sourceKoraxCatalyst
I'm not going to lie, my life hasn't been too hot for the last seven months. After busting my ass to finish my university program and busting my ass even more applying to jobs over the last year or so, I've been left with extremely nebulous future in terms of any actual career. Of course, I'm not the only soul in this world who's experienced a similar level of existential disappointment. But unique to me, I also received a head injury around the same time as graduation that's kept me in a perpetual state of recovery since, meaning doing anything or looking at anything with a bright screen or text has been an hourly utilitarian calculation, where I can safely assume what I'm doing at the rate I'm doing it is making things worse, but I'm also too childish and pissy to concede the devices tha…
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I really liked the idea of Do It Yourself being a Slice of Life anime about girls in a DIY club, but the actual execution of the show did not do much for me. The show wastes a lot of time on yuri bait material which would have been much better off left out. Miku and Serufu's relationship is a big part of the show, and I could not have cared less about it. Now I don't like yuri at all, but Miku's overly tsundere personality was difficult to watch at times, and kind of cringey.
The characters make or break this kind of a show, and I would call this cast mediocre. Serufu is basically Yui Hirasawa your generic overly energetic protagonist except her gimmick is that she is extremely clumsy. While handling power tools so that is a dangerous mix. She is not that bad, but she is very forgettable…
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‟Have you seen that the MC name is Yua Serufu, like YOURSELF IN DO IT YOURSELF ? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA” -fuck you
Except this joke (yeah it is clever and funny I get it) and Self eating pork in front of his pet pig that always gets scared that might both be a bit too overused, this anime fucking slaps. CGDCT bros do be eating good with Do It Yourself and Bocchi the Rock, but it's not like if this Fall 2022 season is a banger for any type of anime fan anyway. Indeed, like I said this anime is very good and a great cure to depression with the dangerous amount of wholesomeness and cuteness in this beautiful and unique art style.
Talking about the art style, let me develop on it : It's not trying to be like other anime, or try to make the most stunning visual ever (I mean it's not suppose…
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Every season there's a new slew of CGDCT moeblob bloat, usually recycled and with very little that could be called fresh. We've had dozens of camping and "find yourself" adventures out in the middle of nowhere. Girls take up fishing, a sport, a hobby, or even the barebones banality of girls with plucky personalities who go to school, drink tea, and eat cupcakes. It's not very interesting, generally plotless, and often about as substantive in terms of themes and writing as a well-thought-out screensaver. Direction and animation can also be thrown to the chopping block, as this is a genre that tends to be more about "Oh, Nanoko-chan is about to get squirted with a water gun while she's wearing her bathing suit. This is comfy, wholesome, and fun!"
Do It Yourself!! follows the same basic form…
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What else do you expect? It's an anime that exists to fulfil its only purpose, showing high-school girls making DIY products by themselves. Do It Yourself knows precisely what it wants to do and wants to achieve, though I can't help but feel that it is somewhat lacking. You are safe from godawful drama and torturous bland main characters, to say the least.
To start, the characters are not exactly well-written, everything about them is purely superficial, from character designs, personalities, dialogues, quips, and problems they face through life is all expected. As they made attempts to provide a few details to the cast, it does nothing but sparkle a few glitters to their entirely classic character details. I'm not saying they are not likeable, it's just that every character exists to rep…
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*Do it Yourself!!* is so unassuming that one would be inclined to come away with the initial impression that it’s not anything more than just cute girls doing cute things: the woodshop edition. And you wouldn’t necessarily be wrong; on the surface, it plays the formula in much the same way as it has been employed in countless other anime before it. Niche hobby, relaxed atmosphere, low stakes, the whole nine yards(tick). Why should anyone walk into a show like this and expect something different, or different enough that it would become one of the more-pleasing anime of the season?
Even if someone was willing to take a chance on it, goodness knows that the show also had its own uphill battle to climb. Fall 2022 was, to put it in one term, top-heavy. Between the highly-anticipated juggernau…
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A feel-good show through and through. Definitely one of the better original SoL CGDCTs available in recent years.
The premise of this show is nothing out of the ordinary. As the title suggests, the show revolves around a group of HS girls who form a Do It Yourself (DIY) club. They make everything from scratch, from book shelves to bracelets, and even the club's holy grail, a tree house. The show simply follows the standard CGDCT formula. Even so, the interactions between the cast members are genuine and leave you smiling.
Fan favorite and clumsy girl Yua Serufu, "Yourself" pun intended, is the main vocal point of the club that keeps the club in tact and has the wholesome genuine vibe. Jobko, my personal favorite, the tech-savvy girl, enhances the show with her English accent and occasion…
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DIY, it can mean 1001 things, but my dear children, it most importantly stands for: Do It...Yourself. Wait what? Duu eet yoor serufu?
The Fall 2022 season has been one of (if not) THE strongest seasons I've seen in almost half a decade ever since going the seasonal route, and there were a fair few shows that are on everybody's radar, from the much-hyped Chainsaw Man to even Bleach's final arc that is the Thousand-Year Blood War. But if there's a genre you absolutely CANNOT discount this season, it's the CGDCT genre that surprisingly pops, from the "surprise, surprise" much-celebrated Bocchi the Rock!, to the plainer show that is "Do It Yourself!!". And did I say plain? Yes, I did, though this anime sure feels like one plain snoozefest, I assure you that it's not, and definitely worth its…
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While Bocchi the Rock may be this season’s slice of life talk of the town, Do it Yourself! holds the SoL crown for me. A truly fun, educational and heart warming tale about 6 very different girls, brought together by their love of handicrafts.
DIY in many ways feels like an open love letter to the medium. You can’t help but get sucked into the beautifully rendered backgrounds and environments. The plot is simple yet engaging and the characters are all so rich, loveable and interesting. It’s really a simple formula that is executed to perfection by Pine Jam. The show is equal parts fun and educational. In fact, watching the anime made me get into some simple DIY tasks around the house and I’m proud of how they turned out. Motivating viewers to get up and better themselves is truly the mark…
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After watching Do it Yourself, I’m not going to lie, I have had very strong urges to start yelling DO IT YUAAAA SERUFU when someone asks me for help on something, because you know, cringe anime behaviour am I right?
Do it Yourself is very therapeutic, in that it makes you feel nice and happy after a rough day of work or school, and it might be even inspire you to start building some IKEA furniture. There’s a lot to like, from the wholesome friendships, some very fluid animation, the memes, and some of the relaxing music too. With all the big action hits this season, such as Chainsaw Man, Mob Psycho, and Bleach, this show might have flew under the radar for some of you, and it almost did for me, but boy am I glad that I watched this show, one of my favourites from this anime season.
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