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ThatAnimeSnobRE
Baka to Test is a random gag and slapstick comedy about idiots in a school that separates classes based on virtual battles of monsters who empower with test results. And as cool as that sounds, in practice it is nothing but random comedy skits.
The story is, as usually goes with comedies, nothing but a poor excuse to put the characters in a situation where the method used has nothing to do with the solution. It could be anything about anything leading to anything and you wouldn’t tell the difference. Supposed, each class has virtual battles to improve their studying facilities. For all intents and purposes, there is an objective here; to get better scores and transfer to better classes or improve their own. All of which can fit in two episodes tops. Having virtual worlds where mascot mons…
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Baka and Test (season 1&2 along with the OVA)(sub)
**SPOILER FREE**
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe-Albert Einstein
I was rewatching this stupid thing called Baka and Test yesterday for thinking why had this idiotic anime where characters do idiotic things in idiotic situations that made me laugh like an Idiot is in my fav anime list on top?
this review will try to answer that question. Story(10/10)-Do not listen to any one else it has action,drama,romance.
Baka and Test has random situations and has just one real arc and that is peeking arc(do not judge it by name plz).Baka and Test has every thing you can want in a story yup even tactics but mixed thoroughly with Stupidity
Art(10/10)-Ba…
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Baka to Test is about a baka class in a very strange school. In this special school, all students are given some sort of miniaturized version of themselves (think avatars) whose "fighting powers" are relative to how well a student performs academically. Furthermore, the top class (A) is treated like royalty (think of accommodations like in Special A) where as our class F has cardboard boxes for desks. However, classes can engage in "battles" with their avatars (powered up by extra exams) to try to steal each other's class rooms. Obviously class F has no chance, but wait, an overly cheerful pink-haired girl (who is class A quality but happened to not do well on the entrance exam) joins the class and suddenly they apparently have a fighting chance.
While this produces a very unique twist to…
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I've never been a great anime connoisseur but i remember that a few years ago when i was a little kid i would laugh a lot from watching nonsense, outright stupid humoristic attempts such as, i don't know, Shin Chan? Guess i haven't grown at all from that because i still don't get enough of this type of humour nowadays. I think there's not much into it, if you, like me, are into this kind of humour, you will definitely love both Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu's seasons. It is goofy, it has its own memes, it is entertaining.
Story: 7
Honestly, i never cared too much about the story itself, specially in the first season where it isn't that much of a concern. I wouldn't say there's no character development though, but it is quite likely that you will only get a good grasp of those things in seas…
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As we know school romantic comedies are not a new concept in anime, neither are kids with “superpowers”, but recycling these dull ideas is what makes this anime unique. The easiest way to describe it, is to imagine a medley of cliched genres, characters, and plots thrown into one single anime. But the author somehow takes these overused ideas, and turns it into one of the greatest rom-coms ever.
The anime itself is quite a mess of ideas honestly, it's a pretty weird concept. It takes place in a school called Fumizuki Academy, a school where grades dictate which classes you are put in. The classes are lettered A through F, A meaning you’re a genius, and F meaning you’re not he brightest crayon in the box. The lower the lettering of your class, the more inferior your classroom equipment is…
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Stupidity, one of the main concepts of comedy. Sometimes it can be annoying, other times it can be hilarious. For this anime, it's the latter.
Story: 8/10
Not a lot of things goes on in this anime, but sometimes that doesn't matter for some anime such as this. In the anime, a lot of things happen randomly and that can make it funny, such as unexpected situations and unpredictable responses from each character. The comedy overpowers the romance genre in this anime. Whenever there are ecchi scenes, 90% there would be Kouta having nosebleeds. The ecchi genre also adds more to the comedy, and not a lot of scenes that are indecent. The main point of this anime is mostly randomness, and I like it.
Art: 9/10
The art for this anime is detailed and the animation is smooth. The colours in the an…
Read at the sourceEthan0Flynn
Baka to Test is without a doubt (well, after my bride is a mermaid ) one of the funniest animes you will see.
the anime is set in Fumizuki Academy, a school were you are placed also dictates what equipment you will receive. class F having wobbly tables and the worst cushions ever made. it is set around a idiot or Baka, hench the title, named Akihisa, who is placed in class F with other characters, who range from a boy who is confused for a girl, a complete pervert who should have died from bloodloss, and a genius who somehow fainted in the middle of the placement test, which means she was automaticly placed in class F.
we'll start with the good. this anime is funny. everyone who sees it will know this much. it is also cliché as digimon. clichés are not bad, but just creat a feeling of s…
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This show serves one purpose: comedy, and in that regard it does very well. If you're looking for a laugh, this is the show for you. Each individual aspect shines (or doesn't) in its own way. Note that (per my username) when I speak of voice acting talent I'm referring to the English voice actors (this won't have much of an effect on the review, but it's worth mentioning)
Story: 3
Alright, let's face it, this section doesn't even need much explanation. The show has barely any overarching plotline, the romantic plotline takes a backseat for most of the show and is instead twisted as humor, and most of the episodes form their own little arc. There's not much to say, the story wasn't really there. Individual episodes also didn't explore particularly interesting plotlines, so from a perspect…
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If you want to see Anime all bundled up into one in the most stereotypical setting with the most cliche characters and unoriginal title and all the hilariously idiotic romance you could ask for, this is for you-- I love it!
I had the experience of watching Baka no Test as one of my first Shojo anime and I could hardly contain my outbursts of laughter and confusion. Then, I watched it after watching a lot of anime, and I still laughed because it brought back so many memories.
You have the cute, perfect, sexual magnet, (who can't cook) innocent girl that the hero seems to have a thing for- there's the pretty, flat-chested, violent, smart common sense-wise, tomboy who gets made fun of way too much and has a thing for the hero and people seem to dump pity on her-there's the pervert who has a…
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This is a really stupid show, and with that, I freaken love it! It’s pretty much a slapstick comedy with meaning behind it. I consider it like Hetalia, so stupid that it’s funny and with a bit of heart put into it. Some of the jokes seem not to translate well unfortunately but when watching the English dub, they do add different things into it to make it a bit more helpful. As I watched the show, I had prier knowledge from the Five Point Podcast and they had rated it a bit low but I actually think that it’s better then they made it sound. They talked about how the characters were rather stupid and made it sound more like Puni Puni Poemy but the characters actually do sound smart at times; weather they are or not, I will leave that up to you.
By the second episode, they hooked me and I al…
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It may be that I relate to a near exact match with the protagonist, but all the same this anime takes what critics describe as the "generic foundation" of anime, and turns it into something amazing. It's mature enough for an older audience to enjoy with fan service that's only dirty if you want it to be. While at the same time it can easily keep the attention of a younger audience without giving them the wrong idea. Creative concept, and plenty of content with well developed characters.
The plot is a real fantasy that most schoolkids could die for. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys a hearty laugh and still has a taste for some interesting action.
Not to mention the animation is splendid, with a touch of pop-art. Also, the artists are able to show their true talent when drawing the…
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I enjoyed Baka & Test when I started watching the show. It looks cute, has a fun and colorful cast of characters, and I still really like the first ending song. But, by the fourth episode I was tired of it all. The story wasn't going anywhere and the same old jokes were coming up leaving me more irritated than amused.
Baka & Test is primarity a comedy, and most of the time their jokes contain dark humor and or hyperbole. For example, one girls cooking is so bad it kills people, and when a particularly pervy boy catches a glimpse of a girls underwear the resulting noseblead is so massive he is left lying in a pool of his own blood.
There really isn't much to Baka & Test besides it's humor. It's kind of like a sitcom. A school segregates their students by inteligence and has this virtural…
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Baka to Test began as a series of light novels written by Inoue Kenji, of whom I could find no information. The anime adaptations currently consist of two seasons and an OVA, but The light novels are still going so there could be more of them in the future. For now, I'm just going to look at the first season.
The story is about a school where students are separated into different groups based on their grades with the dumbest students getting the worst room and equipment. The students can challenge each other to battles using summoned creatures with power based on their test scores and lower ranked group can use this to take the room and equipment of a higher ranked group should they win. A young girl named Himeji ends up in the lowest ranked group due to having been sick during the test…
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Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, the show with one of the least creative names ever seen. Just calling it Idiots and Tests and Summoned Beings... can you imagine if they called Avatar Blue guys and Forest and Environmentalism, nobody would be able to take the movie seriously (well... you can't really take it seriously anyways...). Anyways, silly titles aside, Baka to etc, is a simple show that illustrates how funny anime can be. A juvenile sense of humor with lots of slapstick gags, that delivers in every way you expected it to, just like it should. With that said, lets look at Baka to blooby bloo.
The plot of this anime, is a deep and intriguing one if you look at it symbolically, and barely visible if you don't. A down trodden class of good for nothings is thrown to the bottom of the social…
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From a show that literally has the word “idiot” in its title, Bakatest doesn’t shy from flaunting its idiocy. From ten-cent slapstick gags to an utterly absurd premise, Bakatest is a silly comedic romp blown into a full-fledged series. While the recipe for disaster seems to be complete, Bakatest is strangely charming — and while the show basically makes no sense whatsoever, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. All and all, Bakatest is a playful, harmless gagfest that’s occasionally wildly entertaining, even sweet at times, and unbearably cheesy some other times.
Light novels adapations are not foreign ground for director Oonuma Shin, more notable for his work with ef: a tale of memories. In Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, test results mean everything. Students are assigned into classrooms b…
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Ah, Baka Test...probably up there in the list of most random comedy series ever. When this was shown in the first screening of the year at the anime club at my university, everyone agreed that this was the best anime of the season. Yes it is idiotic and over-the-top, but it is one hell of a funny anime.
Story-wise it's quite...unique. Set in a school dominated by a hierarchical structure of classes (A to F), it pretty much follows the school idiot Akihisa and the rest of Class-F (full of the dumbest kids in school) as they try to rise up the ranks and prove that academic smarts are not everything. They do this through a system of "Summoned Being Wars" where two classes fight it out using avatars with attack strength equal to their score in their last test. At least, for the most part, th…
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There are tons of comedic styles to play on in anime, and Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu takes to it some of the more popular ones - and suceeds with it. Be it Kouta's excited peeping (and failing by nosebleeds), Minami's tomboyish behaviour and acts of violence against Akihisa, Shouko's yandere-esque violent obsession with Yuuji or the sheer over-the-top fighting with the Summoned Beasts. Or the rather subtle and rare allusions to various shows; Baka to Test has it in itself to bring out laughter from everyone and nobody.
Baka to Test is the kind of comedy where the characters themselves, and not necessarily the situation around them, is what makes you laugh. The various character's personalities all have some sort of specific trait which an experienced anime watcher may recognize, to an ext…
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Comedy is subjective. Some people prefer witty satire and others prefer blunt brainless nonesense. Well, Baka to Test is the latter of the two. Just like its namesake, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (Idiots and Tests and Summoning Beings) is one hell of an idiotic show. But it serves its purpose of providing nonsensical entertainment, and I'm afraid if you are expecting otherwise then Baka to Test is not for you.
To many, the story is – to put it plainly – outright stupid. Students are split into classes from A-F based on their academic skills; A being full of smartarses and F being crammed with quote/unquote “the mentally retarded”. Incidentally, what class you are in correlates to the facilities they have, much like an academic ‘caste system’.
So we have the idiots and tests out of the w…
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At first glance, you may think Baka Test is just another harem comedy anime and may wonder why you should watch this as oppose to harem anime number 233. You have only so much time to spare. The main point that makes this series stand out a head above others of its genre is its quirky, strong and consistent characters.
The story is nothing ground-breaking.
The artwork is good but not particularly distinctive either, thought animation is very good.
Most soundtracks suit the situation, though they're not really great. The ED is awesome though!
However, when it comes to the character department, Baka Test truly shines. Baka Test boasts a large, colourful cast, each with their own distinctive personalities and most of its humour stems from the interaction of these individuals. Their person…
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We have baka protagonist. We have moe. We have tsundere. We have yandere. We have lolicon. We have both yuri and yaoi. We have pervert with infinite nose-bleed. We have overly sized breast and also the flat chest. We even have a lily trap. We even have incest sister. Anime clichés are all up in F graded class, and combines with digimon. That’s what this anime is about.
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu is full of anime stereotypes and otaku appeals, yet managed to become a fantastic random comedy series. It is quite unbelievable that cliche tainted anime can be this enjoyable. However, you should know that there are no such animes that exclusively collected every single of clichés we can imagine ‘intentionally’. Making anime unique by bringing all the commons, it’s the key of this anime’s succes…
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