Audience reviews
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Userman
Sigh. I thought this anime would focus on a hardworking protagonist striving to improve and achieve his goals. Instead, it revolves around a main character who is constantly beaten and does nothing about it, with the justification that he is trying to "heal" a girl with a male phobia. This girl has been hitting men for over ten years with no progress, yet we're expected to believe that attacking the protagonist will somehow help her recover, when it clearly doesn’t.
Episode 9 was the tipping point, revealing the author's apparent disdain for male characters (perhaps she herself has a phobia) and a lack of understanding of human behavior. Not only is the protagonist relentlessly bullied without standing up for himself, but he even enables the girl's deception by putting on a facade. He aba…
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Review: Working!!
"Why is this rated a 7.82!? This anime is great!"
Story (7/10): Concerning of plot, the story has no framework. The anime just revolves many main characters and involves their everyday lives of 'working' in a restaurant. Besides that point, each of their personalities pale in comparison from each other. As a result their personalities mix in oddly well making their everyday lives pleasantly humorous to watch. If there was a framework to follow on however, it isn't until one of the the main character steps into play. Her androphobia, and the cause behind it. Androphobia is the fear of men and the fact of the matter is, she has to constantly have to deal with it with everyday life. Despite her fear of men, she works at Wagnaria where it is inevitable where there may be me…
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I’m always listen to interesting work stories from my buddies when we are playing Xbox.
There is no question that if you worked for Wagnaria that you’d have stories yourselves.
But they might not be fun stories with the set of characters that are working at this eatery.
The main draw of this anime has to be it’s characters.
You have your loli girl for the lolicons, your Yuri tease for you Yuri fans, and your Androphobia girl for the masochists.
The problem that resides in this show would be an inconclusive end game goal.
Some might say that the goal would be to survive the workplace, but that is negated by how “durable” our main character Takanshi is.
Some might say that the goal would be just to satisfy the lolicons with cuteness by Popura, but she takes a back seat to Inami.
The m…
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***SPOILERS AHEAD*** (hahahahhaha, spoilers in SoL, hahahha)
What do you call occurrence whereas every single one of your side characters is more interesting than your main girl? It's called having shit taste so kill her off and focus on more interesting stuff you wanker.
That about sums up my initial thoughts after finishing Working!!. And now, let's go in deep, because stating the obvious is never enough.
This anime is 100% episodic without any underlying plot whatsoever - unless you mean to tell me that their "attempts" to "cure" Inami's "illness" can be considered underlying plot - meaning that there is no story. Every episode deals with different issues or whatever, some introducing new characters, butchering existing ones and so on. So I won't rant about the story mainly because…
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I really really wish my workplace has loli girls, girls with swords, girls who punches men, manager who slacks off and an annoying girl who lives in the attic of our store (if we have one). I will have the most easiest money-making job ever.
[Story]: (?/10)
The show is set in a family restaurant named Wagnaria in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Souta, a new employee in Wagnaria, now works part-time among the restaurant's high-spirited, mysterious, yet cool staffers.
Before I get on to my review, I will no longer rate the "Story" category when reviewing slice-of-life anime. Most slice-of-life animes out there basically has a non-existing plot so it's not fair to rate the story with a low score. My Overall rating will be mostly based on Enjoyment and Characters.
The story…
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SOMEONE~ ONE ONE~ SOMEONE~ ONE ONE~ SOMEONE~ ONE ONE~ SOMEONE ELSE!
Yes, that OP is stuck in my head and I love it. Working!! was just an anime I came across after searching animes made by A-1 Pictures. I liked A-1 Pictures animes (AnoHana, A.Z (S1 only), Shigatsu, etc.). This anime didn't disappoint me and I actually enjoyed it. To the review!
Story: 7
To cut it short, it has no story or objective whatsoever. The anime was just short clips of the daily lives of employees of Wagnaria!! family restaurant. Although there was no story, as the anime progressed, the relationships between the employees deepened and shows how strong their bonds are. Can't really judge the story since there isn't much to it.
Art: 9
For a 2010 anime, the art is really good. It can be compared to KyoAni's K-ON!! s…
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~ Work it off! ~
A relaxing anime that attends to the plights of the working lifestyle, by making light of them...
Working!! is an uplifting, quirky, and goofy documentation of everyday working life. It's a
dedicated slice of life anime with no trickery whatsoever, and as such: it embraces a very simple concept.
Contrary to being escapist, everything about Working!! is refreshingly realistic and down-to-earth. It
goes without saying that "minimalist-styled" titles such as Working receive very conflicting responses, as
many fail to/refuse to acknowledge the technical merit within; just because "there's no story": which in itself is a common misconception. Therefore, the audience that can appreciate the relatability aspect of this 13 episode series are likely to enjoy, while those craving…
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Working!! is a rather simple concept anime series. It is grounded on a set amount of characters and their interaction in and outside the workplace. I honestly thought this was going to be one of those more forgettable series as the premise of people working in one place with little plot development didn’t intrigue me. This series however flipped all my expectations around with its shear simplicity and honesty.
Firstly I would say the characters in this series are unique which gives the series its anchor. The interaction between these characters are very naturally presented that it was a pleasure to watch. All characters in this series are great and well developed from the start thus even with the lack of character development throughout the series it was still enjoyable to watch.
The s…
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The story starts with Sota Takanashi, a sixteen-year-old high school student. He is recruited by Popura Taneshima, an adorable but extremely short seventeen-year-old high school student, to work at the family restaurant Wagnaria, hence the American title. Takanashi accepts her request but is dragged into unforeseen working conditions. Wagnaria is just a normal family restaurant, but the employees aren't exactly what he expects them to be.
Wagnaria's employees act as a dysfunctional but comical family. Popura is small enough to be mistaken as an elementary school girl, which is ironic because she was named after the poplar tree so she would grow tall. There's Inami Mahiru who appears to be a normal seventeen-year-old girl but has sever androphobia. Her androphobia will cause her to punch a…
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Slice of life has to me always, always been a rather interesting genre of anime. Since life is comprised up of many aspects, the amount of possible interpretations of life for an anime are almost limitless. Today, i will be reviewing an anime that talks about the high-school part time job, in the most literal title of all time, Working!!
Story (7.00/10): The story of working!! is pretty much how it sounds, working. Our main protagonist Takanashi Souta is stopped on his way from school by a small little girl named Popura (that's how you spell her name in Romaji, don't try and tell me otherwise), urging him to come to the place where she works and help out there as a part timer. After some rather simple convincing, our main protagonist does come and work at the family restaurant known as Wa…
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This anime is you slice of life anime, where the main character isn't the only strange person in the story. Every character has its individuality that makes it unique. I laughed so hard during this anime that I couldn't breathe!
The main character Sōta Takanashi, is a 16 year old boy who is infatuated with cute things, and while walking to home one day, he bumps into a small girl who happens to be one year older but has the appearance of a elementary schooler! Her name is Popura Taneshima, and she is handing out flyers for hiring employees to help at the restaurant she works at. He accepts her offer since she is cute and small, but soon finds out there is more to it than meets the eye.
He meets his fellow coworkers, Kyōko Shirafuji, an ex delinquent boss, who is now the Manager of Wagan…
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Let's cut to the chase: Working!! was definitely an enjoyable watch. Despite lacking a strong plot, Working!! made up with an interesting cast of characters, and plenty of comedy.
Story: 7
Set in a family restaurant, Working!! focuses on the relationships and troubles of the staff working there. Although there is almost no plot, it's obvious that Working!! wasn't created with the intention of providing a gripping story for the viewer. Claustrophobics beware though; most of the story takes place inside Wagnaria.
Art: 8
Colourful and bright, the pallet used gave the anime a warm and happy atmosphere. The character designs complemented the respective personalities and traits of each character, and were skilfully implemented. The restaurant interior was quite detailed, although many location…
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My best friend and I were actually looking forward to Working!! A lot when we were getting ready to watch it. We thought that it would be a slice of life series we would enjoy so much....but it fell apart and for my friend and I there was one BIG problem. The main female character is supposed to be Popura (Poplar) Taneshima...it even says so on her information. The role of the main female character though seems to go over to Mahiru Inami....and that didn't go over well with us. The series starts and Popura needs to find someone else to work at the restaurant she works at and ends up finding the main male character Souta Takanashi and bringing him along. He takes the job and then meets all of the quirky characters who work there where not one single person is normal but the characters perso…
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Working!! is an example of an anime that’s been done countless times before and will be again. Admittedly I was expecting this but was attracted to the series cute looking characters and the slice of life pacing. While the series gets off to a slow start things did manage to improve greatly only to end in the dustbin of history thanks to the douchebaggery of its narcissistic cast of asshats.
The premise of Working!! puts us into the inner workings of a family restaurant. The employees run the gambit of strangeness and mental issues to setup all the outstanding and original comedy that awaits us. That’s sarcasm by the way. At the start of the show the restaurant is shorthanded and the search for a new part timer to help out ends with our typical over burdened high schooler, this time named…
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This is my first review so please be gentle, take it easy, etc. etc etc.
From the director of both Sketchbook, Kaleido Star and Aria comes Working!!, a story about a relatively normal dude named Takanashi and the crazy shenanigans of his equally crazy co-workers playing out at the family restaurant Wagnaria.
Other than that there's not much to say about the story of this anime; yup, it's just another light-hearted slice-of-life, again.
Presentation-wise Working!! is excellent, A-1 has done a great job with both animation and sound. The music of the show fits like a glove, and the OP is incredibly catchy (WAN WAN), the ED... not so much, but who cares. Most of the seiyuu also do a great job voicing the rather large cast of likeable characters.
This isn't really related, but Kamiya Hirosh…
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Looking at what I should expect for the Spring 2010 anime season through a calendar released by a source I don't know, one particular show had caught my interest. The little plot summary read, "The story is set in a family restaurant named "Wagnaria", in the northern Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido. Sota works part-time there among the restaurant's high-spirited and strange staff." Reading that and looking at the picture of that anime had made me want to watch it. After watching that first episode, I knew that I'd enjoy Working!!
Story: After reading that little plot synopsis, you would think that there's an interesting story behind Working!! Unfortunately, there isn't, but that's what made Working!! enjoyable since it IS a Slice of Life anime. The story kicks off with our adorable busty…
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Uninspiring and rather dull.
Working!! (please note the two exclamation marks) is a slice of life, comedy show about people who work at a family restaurant, you know, one of those restaurants that serve mediocre food. It is only befitting that this show is as bad as the food presumably served at the mediocre restaurant.
With no plot whatsoever this anime is as episodic as it can possibly be, yet it's not. It's not episodic because in an episodic anime there would be a plot outline for each episode, or for the episodes included in an arc. In Working!! there exist no plot whatsoever. I honestly believed that the male phobia thing that one of the female protagonists suffer from was a gimmick, a passing feature used for some comic relief in an otherwise rather un-comical show. I was mistaken…
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With the coming of an Anime with just about no plot, one wonders how good something like Working!! can actually be. To my surprise, what was supposed to be a filler series to pass the time for me ended up being one of the most enjoyable of spring 2010.
There isnt much of a story really. Takanashi justs goes to work at a family restaurant full of weird and unique co-workers and takes it from there for the rest of the series. However even with the lack of a real story, Working!! makes up for easily with their characters. Even with the lack of plot, a handful of the characters were well done in the sense that they achieve what this anime was ment to do, to make us laugh. There were quite a bit of running gags, but still has more then enough to keep you watching.
For an anime with very minim…
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Working!, a popular anime adapted from a 4koma which is riding on the "moe" wave was one of the better shows of the Spring 2010 season.
We start off the story with a young man named Souta Takanashi or more commonly known as Shinra or Lelouch. This young man is looking for a job to support his dysfunctional family filled with eccentric women. He is forced to help put food on the table for his underprivileged family and begins working a restaurant called the Wagnaria (Denny's) and meets a large array of hilarious characters. Takanashi needs to support his family because of the troubles at home. His mother works long hours and his father is dead yet due to his mother being an office lady she doesn't make enough to feed the family. Takanashi must take care of his 4 eccentric sisters by workin…
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What do you get when you mix a lolicon, a loli, a violent androphobic (man-phobic), a sadist, a lesbian, a lazy manager, a run away, and a bully( for lack of a better word).
Apparently something really funny, because that's what we get in Working!!, a show about... well these eight characters working at a family restaurant.
Before I get into the rest of the review, a small warning: if you do indeed decide to watch this show, and get specifically annoyed at the interactions between characters, especially Takanashi and Taneshima or Inami, stop. You almost definitely will hate the show.p It's the main source of comedy in the show, and you will see it repeat over, and over, and over....
So Working!! is really a hit or miss; try at least 2 episodes (3 is better) if it sounds promising.
Now…
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