Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Benduski
The fact that this is a wasted potential is a shame, this could have been good.
Story
The story started good i was really interested to follow it but then it just started to be more of a comedy/parody without the romance that at some point you think will happen, it never happens, and that was annoying, it also ended being an episodic job of the week anime and the story never progressed.
Art & Sound
Both were like you think will be, good character design and colorful landscape. The sound was good, it was really enjoyable, the VA was good.
Character
This is what the anime is, there's a great variety of characters from fantasy books and you will recognize them, the ones that i liked were Ringo and Ryoushi who at first might seem like a wuss but he shows that he can be a badass for Ryouko t…
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Is this show funny? No
How's the story? Nonexistent
How are the characters? Meh
Ookami san has a lot of potential but has major flaws. Every episode is basically filler but it TRIES to have some real plot deep down. To me, this show is supposed to be focused on comedy but it falls flat on its face. There's supposed to be some romance going on between the two main leads but that barely goes anywhere. Why? I have no fucking clue. The characters are pretty one dimensional and forgettable. They try to make Ookami san this tough character but it turns out she's weak on the inside and wants someone to support her. At first this sends a strong message that you can't take on everything by yourself and that you need people that you can rely on but somehow they use this to make our supposedly stron…
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A high school rom-dram-com with potential ends up squandering most of it because of some all-too-common faults in the anime industry. I seem to be on a streak of reviewing anime that I think blew their chance, but here's why Ookami-San and Her Seven Companions missed its shot.
-Story-
Sticking several fairy tale characters from various stories together is by no means an original premise ('Fables' comes to mind) but it can still be enjoyable to watch old characters in new ways. The story is mostly episodic, following the staff of the Otogi 'Favors' Bank from case to case as they work to sort out various problems around the school. However, it suffers from badly handled tone shifts between scenes covering main heroine Ryouko's relationship to the main antagonist, and the parts where it's t…
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The wolf and her Seven companions. First off, this title is completely misleading on the account that there are 8 people around her, not 7. I understand that the guy comes in later, but he is technically one of her companions. Anyway, with that little nitpick out of the way, onto the review.
Story (7.21/10): The story of Ookami-san to Shichinin to Nakama-tachi revolves around the high school lives of the Otogi Bank, a club in the school where the story is based in, where they accept the requests of people in the school, in order to get a payment of a favor in return. Essentially, this club is the school mafia where you are expected to return the favor, or you will get possibly screwed later on. Our main protagonist Ookami Ryouko is faced with the fact that someone out of nowhere confessed…
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I like it, it’s so cute! The stories all have a fairy tale to go with the story. It has the story of little red and the tortoise and the hare. All of the stories are pretty twisted tales and rather creative. There is sadly a couple that I’m not sure where they came from, though they still hold the fairy tale style.
I do have a small bone to pick. Barely any of the episodes have anything to do with the main story plot, bringing more of the story by week feel to the show. It makes me a little sad that we don’t get much of the story line. What it is replaced with though is us learning more about the characters so it doesn’t feel much like filler. Things only really pick up at around episode 10 but by then, it was pretty much over with. It gets rather serious then, and actually rather romant…
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Wow. Just wow is all I have to say to this anime. It's heartwarming and very funny. I thought the idea of a bank that helps people with problems is such an unique idea and that's what I loved most about it.
However there was many things missing that could have made it even better. For example, the allusion to the attempted rape of Ryouko could have been better shown if they didn't refer to just flashbacks. I had to look up what happened to Ryouko to understand what was going on between her and her ex-boyfriend. It's like they touched the surface of the important even in Ryouko's life when they should've dove deeper into her past.
I didn't like the ending but it's not like it was bad for it ended on a good note.
I personally like to dub it as the "fruits basket ending" syndrome where it…
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Alluding to fairy tales has become pretty common in modern television, and of course, quite prominent in anime. In the best case, the use of fairy tales can be woven into the fabric of the story and become something special like Princess Tutu. Adversely, the use of fairy tales can be nothing more than a quick gimmick with no substance behind it. Unfortunately, Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi (or Okami-San and Her Seven Companions) falls squarely into the latter of those possibilities.
The show fallows the exploits of the Otogi Bank, a club in Otogi High School which does favors for students in exchange for returning the favor later on. Among the members of the Bank is fierce and tough-as-nails Ryouko Ookami (the 'wolf' in the story as her name might indicate) and her best friend, a…
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Ookami-san To Shichinin No Nakama-tachi was an all around average series. It had some interesting elements, such as the revamped story book characters and the overall plot was good however it often missed on its pacing, progression, and overall wow factor.
The art was Good throughout featuring unique looking characters and the scenery and backgrounds were clean as well. The characters themselves being based on fairy tale characters was a unique concept though this could of been expanded on throughout the show and made into a more interesting feature.
This series features a narrator which to be blunt was the most annoying thing I have yet to incounter in any anime. Not only was the narrator there for comic relief mostly, but in addition to the inaffective jokes, she would talk over the…
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Too Long Don't wanna Read: Yea, Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi isn't bad, but its not good either.
REAL REVIEW:
The whole thought of an anime based on fairy tales intrigued me(which is why I watched the entire thing) yet fell short when they dropped the whole fairy tale thing near the end.
There are some logical fallacies like how the "hunter" in this story is in love with the "wolf" and not "little red ridding hood" - if I get my facts straight hunter kills wolf and saves granny-(not seen) and red ridding hood, but w/e.
Hansel and Gretal are seen at brief intervals during the anime with some-sort of incesty feelings towards one and another but they deny their incest so i guess its ok.
They do some referencing in the anime-notably ToraDora and some other anime.
Again these…
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It could have been something decent, but instead Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi reeks of mediocrity. The art work and animation was actually pretty and appealing, but the terrible story and cast of characters makes this series a pretty little scab you want to tear off. The rag tag bunch of characters have a very minor development and role so it'll feel as if most, if not all, of the characters are a side note. Even the story leaves you hanging till the last episode. At the end of the series, you will ask yourself, "That's it? What the hell was I watching this for?". I'm sorry to say this, but I felt as if the writer of the series did a half-assed job and produced a story about kids doing random things without any plot or motive. I say this series was a wild goose chase. I recommend…
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I liked this anime a lot. Although the end was really obvious and cliche. You can watch it if you have nothing else to watch or just like a hobby. The characters are awesome. Nothing pretty special. But you can enjoy them too. I don't know if it's funny or not since I don't laugh easily with animes. Not even with Ookami-san. But you can enjoy the anime a lot. There aren't a lot of episode as you can see. The art is beautiful. It reminded of Toradora! But they aren't even similir if you think so. Well, I recommend it to everyone who doesn't have anything to watch. Just that :D
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Ookami was one of the more popular series of the season. Why? Beats me... Was it because of J.C staff? Despite their many successes, I find Ookami to be an incredible bore.
Let's start with this: I really hate the narrator. I feel that shows that uses narration heavily are due to the director's lack of ability to convey plot and emotions, and that can't be more true for this show. And I hate Satomi Arai.
There are only a few instances where I can follow the character's train of thought, though that wasn't suppose to be hard due to the incredibly simple storyline. The main antagonist is so one-dimensional, it feels like he's a last minute addition as a plot device. The climax of the story is just... Can you even call it a climax? I don't even feel the slightest sense of excitement during…
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Alright Everyone, I'm not a big reviewer unless I honestly feel the need to explain a show. ookami-san is one of those cases. The designers came up with a good premise and did their absolute to shove as many anime stereotypes in as they could. The moe, the tsundere, the shy, prettyboy, crazy, etc...Unfortunatly while this made the characters overall quite loveable it shoves down said aspects down your throat. 90% of the show feels like filler, and when they try to do any actuall plot work it is rushed, cliche, and very forcefull. The ending doesn't completely flow either and no real resolution is made. It's obvious the creaters were banking on making a second season. My opinion for any of you reading this. If your looking for a show to half watch half play your gameboy go for it. The chara…
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Here goes my first ever review! ^_^ for Ookami-san to Shinchin no Nakamatachi, or just, Ookami-san
STORY
I'll try to be as spoiler-free as possible. The main female protagonist is Ookami Ryouko. She works for the Otogi Bank, which helps people, but in return, those people should help them if the need arises. The main male protagonist is Morino Ryoushi. A scopophobic (afraid of being stared at) boy who falls for Ookami. The story revolves around the two as their relationship deepens, as the Otogi Bank encounters various requests. It may sound simple, but the twist is that, some of the request are parodies of fairy tales. It may sound like a whack idea, but they made it work.
ART
Fight scenes are awesome to look at. Scenery is cool too.I honestly couldn't find anything wrong the art itself…
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If you want a short + straight answer, feel free to skim or just skip to the "OVERALL" part. :) My 2nd anime review:
STORY- 7
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi has a stable storyline, which really just involves a group of high school kids called the Otogi Bank who fulfill students' requests. And in exchange for helping them out, their client has to owe them some sort of favor. Not an entirely exciting, nor original concept, but I do enjoy how this anime have a bit of a fairytale-like theme to it.. --mixed in with romance, action, comedy, drama, and even anime references (such as Zero no Tsukaima & To Aru no Railgun). The story doesn't progress too much from there, and they continue on each & every episode about helping a new client. It also often focuses the episodes on telling us m…
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Oh look! Another moe-moe animu! Is it just another merchandise driven and annoying piece of crap or is it something actually pretty decent and enjoyable? Fortunately, Ookami-san is the latter, although I have some qualms with it.
In a nutshell, the plot is pretty simple. (Go read MAL's synopsis.)
We’ve heard the “We help people in an episodic fashioned!” plotline many times before. Wash, rinse, and repeat. Bakemonogatari, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, and a lot more basically, but Ookami-san gets away with it, because its just so damn likable, despite the very derivative nature of it. Ookami-san is not trying to be the most unique or original, its just one of those non-pretentious anime where you can sit back, relax, and watch the characters do some crazy stuff. And in that regard, Okami-san…
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Once upon a time there was a series of light novels by Masashi Okita that played around with certain well known fairy tales. Due to a strange twist of fate (or a complete lack of ideas), the series was chosen to be adapted into anime form, and they all lived happily ever after.
Well, not quite.
Directed by Iwasaki Yoshiaki (Gokujou Seitokai, Wagaya no Oinari-sama, Gunbuster, Love Hina), Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi (Ookami-san and her Seven Companions), follows the adventures of Ookami Ryouko and her colleagues from the Otogi Bank as they solve people's problems, right various wrongs, fight delinquents, and generally act as all round busybodies.
Now where have I heard that before?
The main problem with Ookami-san is that it suffers from the same flaw that almost every novel a…
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And so it ends, another 12 episode series that could've made a perfectly good 20+ episode show. I fear this is becoming a trend in the world of animes; well, why not? 12 episode moe-ecchi fests are much cheaper to make than something with a complex plot or characters.
But Ookami-san is not one of those animes.
I originally started watching this show because I heard about the fairytale references; I love twisted fairytales, so I gave the show a try. But what I found was much more potential than a few laughs, though you get a lot of those too.
Story - 7
The plot is fairly simple; Ringo Akai and Ryouko Ookami work as part of the school club, Otagi Bank (i.e, translate all those names if you want a few giggles); a club that can solve any problem you bring them, and in return, you must pay…
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Translating a book into a movie or show is always a challenge for developers. Why? Because taking all the information contained in a book and trying to cram it into a 2 hour movie is near impossible. So why do developers constantly try and do what seems impossible? Well it is my opinion that books have an uncanny ability to truly capture a readers attention with the use of two things, characters and story. The attention to detail and the ability many authors have to flesh out a character or grab a readers attention with interesting plot twists is what has kept books from dying out for so long. And so we come back to the question, why do developers try and do seems impossible? Maybe it is to try and reach a new demographic in a day and age where reading just isnt "cool" or "in," or maybe de…
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Honestly this anime for me is like new age red ridding hood (i don't expect people who never heard of that story to understand...) but it is like this atleast for me because we got wolf ( who isn't that strong ) , got red ridding hood (even thought she is friends with the wolf) , and we got a hunter ( who is hunting the wolf but in a different way). So it makes this anime more interesting to watch if u know about Red Ridding Hod fairy tail!.
Story: About story i can say few things ... Its warm , innoncent and funny. Warm because of friendship , innoncent because of not accepting feelings and funny because its romance comedy!. Anime is centered around so called "Otogi Bank" in which people work ( carries out what people asks them to do that u will find out on ur first episode... ) but for…
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