Audience reviews
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SWINDLIS
The anime is simultaneously very cute and wholesome, and also features a terrible, unnecessary teacher/student romance plot.
It has some of my favorite moments of growth for students; their friendships and relationships are beautifully written, and it's a wonderful depiction of school life.
You get very beautiful moments of growth, even from background characters, who feel very real throughout the show.
However, it's just impossible to overlook the main 'romance' being between a 14 year old student, and a teacher is out of college so at least 20. Especially since the teacher reciprocating those feelings is NOT essential to the plot, and it should have been left as a student crush as there is at least one other instance of unrequited student crush and it's fine.
It's also full of unneces…
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The story is kind of interesting. A cross dressing teacher at a sexist school could maybe provide interesting commentary. But it doesn't bother and instead just has the most basic messages that could've been done. Even by 2001 standards it's downright primitive.
Also that stuff takes a backseat in the mess of a love square that eventually ties back into another message about true love or something. The romantic subplot also has hilariously little interesting things to say despite trying it's hardest to be inspirational.
The art was not very pleasant to look at. It almost gave a cursed feeling. I don't know how many songs in the ost there are because I was hearing the same song over and over again.
The characters are flat and Kuzuha's essentially a perfect angel. The mc has the level o…
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Strong kombucha girl vibes on this. The series has certain foibles inherent in the premise. Ultimately, the character isn't ~*~actually~*~ trans, so a lot of what it has to say about trans people is oblique at best. It came off like they hadn't actually talked to a trans person before. Of course, ""this is a product of the time"" to a degree and perhaps that is to be expected. I got similar vibes from the yuri element, which plays second-fiddle to the straight romances for most of the run and goes in uncomfortable directions by the end. No, I am not going to root for the teacher and student to get together in a real world scenario, so please do not bother. Especially the premise requires a deferred anvil drop when she finds out the teacher is actually a man. I dreaded that day all the whil…
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Strawberry Eggs stings. It stings despite the excess of comedy. It stings despite the mediocre quality. It stings despite its stupidity. This anime was a wild ride, I can say. It's probably one of the best 6 stars I've ever seen in my life. I My Me! Strawberry Eggs is more than a Yuri bait anime. It's a masterpiece.
I started this anime because I wanted some more Yuri. Yes, I consider cross-dressing as a form of Yuri as well as it is technically Yuri bait. However as I progressed through the show I began to overlook all the Yuris and focus on the story instead. The story about a man who is determined to teach and change an extremely feminist school, so determined that he was even willing to cross-dress.
The ending of this anime was a big sting as its unexpectedly realistic as hell and I…
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im late to the show, just finished it and 3 days later im still emotional wreck after the last episode, i really wish this had a full OVA or is given a second chance, i think with the current climate of gender discussion and the rise of streaming services it would do extremely well
the whole season is a roller coaster of emotion,
you can see that hibiki struggles with their gender identity all the way through the season, at first taking on the mentor role, then a motherly role and finally lover, the statement that hibiki was going away to figure themselves out is a massive trans precursor for trans story line, the fact that they admit to enjoying time with the girls and feminine past times. i think the undercurrent from bachan shows that as a trans woman herself she could see it in hibi…
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The show is silly just as its title sounds. I won't get into story details because most of people have written about it - a man starts crossdressing to get a job in a school to become a good teacher and make sexist female superiors realise that everyone deserves to be treated equally.
Topics such as men-women relations, prejudices, sexuality and love are unwrapped in these 13 episodes. Even though the number of episodes wasn't enough to cover the topics, they were developed in both silly and serious way. Watchers are entertained and provoked a bit at the same time, to relate events to real world situations. I'm sure you frequently encounter topics about gender pay gap in media or discussions, this anime is an artificial laboratory where such things are experimented and boosted to make big…
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First of all this anime is quite under-rated. It really disappoints me seeing the score below 7 on MAL. Anyways a darn good anime. You may question the art style but you'll get used to it but those ears... They creeped me out.
The story overall is good .... Your every day cross dressing hum teacher who teaches at a school where men are despised ..... Hmmm seems good xD.
Sounds and sync of the show was a little disappointing .... But the characters were brilliant .... You could see an average class with average student each different from each other ..... The characters seemed they were taken from a real story
Over all i give this anime 7 at least if not more and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who likes highschool drama and romance..
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I thoroughly enjoyed this anime from start to finish.
The characters were likable from episode one and the unique story kept me watching.
I loved the concept of a cross dressing girl/boy relationship and was
interested how they would go about doing it.
I was worried that the concept wouldn't work well for the romance between the main characters, but it was executed beautifully and left no doubt in my mind that this series deserved a 10/10.
I was concerned when thinking about watching this because it was made in 2001 and the art style didn't look amazing but I definitely have to say im glad I did watch this.
Overall I highly recommend this to anyone who likes the romance genre or if you like Yuri to watch this series.
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In relation to art and sound aspect, it is close to a 10 by taking into account of the technology available at that point of time.
The story is an 8 simply because there were hiccups in various moments in the anime but the concept of a cross-dressing teacher definitely did not award it anywhere lower.
The characters showed great promise, they really do. But the lack of episodes couldn't allow greater depth to be developed. As it stands, it is an 8.
From the above criteria, it brings to wonder why on the whole it is a 10, because I enjoyed it.
I just simply love how forbidden concepts like a cross-dresser, teacher X student love and concept homosexuality came into play. In the minds of junior high students who are around the age of 14-16, what is their concept of love? This anime takes…
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Alright, so Strawberry eggs probably doesn't resonate with everyone. It touches subjects such as cross dressing, hebephilia and rabid feminism, which aren't exactly uncontroversial in the west (or I suppose in Japan). Even if you approach this series with an open mind, you'll still have to get past the whacky story, the wierd jokes, the fanservice... All I can say is that Strawberry eggs hits a perfect wavelength for me personally.
Graphically it actually looks really good, especially for a high school anime, and even more especially considering it was made in 2001. Vivid animation, nice lighting effects and above decent character design.
The voice acting is good enough, the OP and ED have both been in my "good anime music" folder for over 10 years and the background music is varied and…
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Being a future educator myself, this story really warmed my heart. I admit, the story is a little bit stupid and, yes, VERY far-fetched. However, you have to be willing to keep an open mind and look deeper, because the truth is, this story is about love, gender equality, and acceptance of others and of the self. Specifically, though, it is about the equal treatment of MEN. I enjoyed that they focused on this, because these days everything is usually about women being mistreated.
The art is nothing special, and neither is the soundtrack. It's like any other school kid drama in that aspect. I wish I had more to say about that.
Let me just get this out of the way: (without giving too much away) YES, the main relationship between two characters is unrealistic and inappropriate under all circ…
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Good question! wot does the title of this Anime Have anything to do with the story itself? Your guess is as good as mine.
At first when i saw this Anime just by reading the title it didn't sound to appealing to me. i thought it was going to be some "kid" type anime...little magical girls in funky type costumes. then after watching the first episode i was shocked! O_O a cross-dressing teach, a gender bias school principle...and ah, oh well also the normal stuff like perverted old men, and a pushy old lady...which is surprising agile like James Bond. you can pretty much say that this is NOT your everyday middle school.
The Art work is great not too over exaggerated like other "school" like anime. the character's features aren't blow up out of proportion, if you know wot i mean. ^_^ altho…
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"Aiii Maiii Miiii Strawberry Egg" is undoubtably, unashamedly aimed at those otakus that spend a lot of their time fantasising about unlikely, perverted romances. It doesn't bother trying to disguise this fact. The premises is a total farce: a newly qualified school teacher Hibiki Amawa wants to work at Seito Santomiya school, but there's just one problem: the school only hire female teachers because of the principal's dislike for men... and Hibiki is a man. So, in order to prove a point, Hibiki dresses up as a woman and is successfully recruited into the school. One of the female students Fuko Kuzuha soon falls in love with him despite Hibiki's appearance as a female teacher... and yeah, things gets messy from there on. With more fan service and hackneyed breaking of taboos to shake a sti…
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Yay my first review ^_^.
Overall from the start, it has a good story going, abt an enthusiastic man wanting to be a teacher, but has to cross-dress in order to teach. The beginning of his career and towards the end was quite coherent, and was very entertaining and tear-jerking.
However, the ending parts of this series left me a lot of questions, and there were quite a cliffhangers as well... seeming to lead to another season, but there doesn't seem to be one. Therefore i felt that the ending pulled the score down.
Moreover, the romance between the some of the characters in the series were not fully expressed, so this story is not so much of a romance type but rather an inspirational and tear-jerking one.
O yea, the op was excellent, as they show you a few snap shots of what is going t…
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I started watching I My Me! Strawberry Eggs four years ago. It was one of my first forays into anime tinged with yuri and crossdressing, both elements that have become more popular in the years since. Now revisiting and finishing it, I feel a very strong appreciation for a show that tackles rarely handled topics such as reverse sexism and above all, what really matters when you fall in love with someone.
Admittedly, Strawberry Eggs fails spectacularly as a comedy. The jokes are stale, the timing is terrible, and the visual gags are just lame. Its only existence in comedy seems to be to keep the series light-hearted, because when it dives into drama, it tends to dive deep. No surprise given the premise involves a man who crossdresses to teach at a school that only allows women to teach fal…
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Hmm, what can I say? This anime really came up with something original. The humor in here was classic, with some funny situations that could only be obtained through the power of cross-dressing and gender confusion. The only problem was length, I would have liked to see the anime go a couple more episodes.
8/10
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Story
The story kind of reminded me of Ouran High School Host Club. Haruhi had to dress up as a boy to pay her debt to the Host Club, while Amawa Hibiki had to dress up as a girl to be a athletics teacher for a school who has a principal a grudge against males due to a past relationship with a guy. Of course he will soon fall in love with one of his students which is Fuuko.
Character
There are a lot of different characters in this anime. There is a guy who dresses up as a girl, a klutz, a cool kid, crazy old lady, two perverts, sexist principal and vice-principal, and a tough girl. I find that really interesting to bunch up a ton of different character personality. With characters like these it became really interesting.
Enjoyment
I enjoyed all 13 episodes of it. The last episode almost…
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Okay I hate to admit this and I really hate to admit this because I'm a guy but this was a damn good series story wise, if it was redrawn and remade I sure as hell would enjoy it about a thousand times more as I'm sure most people will think as well. So without any further ado let us review.
Story- Like I said the story in this was great, the ending was a real heart jerker, and the laughs I enjoyed were pretty genuine. The only thing that prevented it from getting a ten was some lack of substance and how short the series was.
Art- Okay yeah this series definitely lost points with me here mostly because everything was not well drawn. I understand that this series is kind of old but I have to draw a line somewhere.
Sound- Okay I liked the voice actors in japanese and the voices really did ma…
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::QUICK REVIEW::
Story: 5 (Typical funny trap situations)
Art: 3 (I cant forgive uneven fingers and ugly ears)
Sound: 6 (voice actors are pretty good but nothing else)
Character: 6 (cute as hell but still drawn poorly)
Enjoyment: 4 (Traps and perverted old men running gags)
Overall: 24/50 = 4.8 = ~5.0 (A really mediocre SoL comedy)
This is quite a confusing anime since it almost feels like it's trying to pull both male and female audiences using unorthodox means. First off, its a typical ecchi-harem anime and i use the word harem pretty loosely. Because after episode one the main character will be a trap. YES a trap (man dressing up as a woman). If you don't feel comfortable watching that sort of thing please feel free to drop it. Because you're not missing much. Don't worry, everything…
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It puzzles me why no one had reviewed this yet. Which hyped me up even more to let people know about this anime.
Art
You might be looking at the preview image right now thinking "Ahh... It doesn't look that appealing".
Well, to be honest, I'm not that fond of that drawing style, but don't let it discourage you! You'll get used to it, I promise.
Keep reading!
Story and Enjoyment If you're looking for a 'super developed' plot on how the world suddenly became and apple and how humans must find a way to turn it back, forget it.
This is a very lighthearted Anime, it won't confuse you with its scientific theories and plot twists that make you go "huh?".
It made me cheer up from "Ahh, why all my anime suddenly feel so boring?" to laughing by the end of the very first episode.
Now, don't get…
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