Audience reviews
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LOS18
Working!! 2 is Working!! but better in every way, even if only a little better. The animation and art improved, giving it a cleaner look. The music, especially the opening and ending, was catchier. The jokes were funnier and wittier. The character development was really solid and I appreciate how there were jokes and decisions that carried over from the previous season, like Magic Hand (although it only showed up a few times). Janet (Maya) has a lot more screentime in this season and I really appreciate that, her existence is one of the funniest bits in my opinion. The new characters are really solid too, not life-changing or anything, but neat additions that change up the dynamic a little. Overall, Working!!2 is a very solid comedy anime that improves on the previous season in every way.
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TL;DR: Good starter anime, but even for a slice of life anime the plot is a vast nothingness
In a world filled with mediocre slice of life anime with no means of story progression this season of Working'!! seems to follow in its previous seasons issues of episodes full of NOTHING but mundane misunderstandings and frustrations of the characters inability to resolve anything in a way that doesn't get laughed off in a haha funny slice of life way. I wish I could say its a great show to put on in the background, but the show is riddled with dramatic pauses which is not a negative thing in most shows and can leave you confused making you go back a couple seconds just to find out it's absolutely nothing interesting 95% of the time. If I watched this show as a younger teen I probably would have…
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Working'!! (2011)
Just a year or so on from the first season and we have a pretty different take on the show. Although it was very enjoyable, perhaps not as much as the first one since a few things are sort of grating me by this point.
The story is just a continuation which in itself in this setting is absolutely fine.
The artwork from episode 1 especially I thought was actually slightly worse than before. It is almost a different style to start with but also just sort of lost a bit of the special feeling it has by changing it so soon. I could understand a different style if it was a few years later and things had changed massively.
The OP and ED are nowhere near as good as season 1 and for me, that is an absolute shame. That said they are still fun and enjoyable and generally sound…
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It feels like the cast still have the same kind of interaction as they've had in the first season, but the way it is played on screen is much more entertaining to watch.
Props to Yamada, she easily steals the show every time that she's on screen. She is the essence of a cute character. She does not act all too cutesy like Popura, she does idiotic things that makes her cute. Every act she does make me want to dote on her more.
The comedy of this series has really notched up higher. The use of silence is ingenious, and they really know when to put it. The jokes too are well-timed and funny, and there's less of the slapstick comedy.
The opening and ending songs are similar to the first season, but the first OP and ED are really much more catchy.
This season is much more enjoyable.
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I think, now that I'm used to these characters, I can enjoy watching this anime a lot more.
So, there wasn't that much of a difference between this season and the last... which is kind of a disappointment. I was hoping for more of a concise storyline or something similar, but the episodes seemed even more fragmented than before. I'd say the improvement I saw with the "story" this season was simply that I saw more of what I wanted to see, as far as characters and whatnot, rather than what I didn't. That's all down to personal preference, though, so I don't think I could call that a real improvement.
That being said, there were a couple characters introduced this season that made it more fun and hilarious than it was last season, so I was happy for that. As I said, I think that I'm used t…
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Wagnari just a normal family restaurant job with some normal short, sister, good looking chef, missing manager looking for his wife, and the schedule manger being op and having to be the manger. Its natural these things happen working at a family restaurant.
The show is funny and chill like a slice of life that isnt taking itself to serious. No i'm not saying its got gintama, belzebub, or tom and jerry humor like an endless vortex, but it makes you laugh some. This is not an amazing anime, but I wished the second season continued with the exact same characters as it would be nice to see the story continued and the romances continued. That doesn't make it a bad show as it has you itching for more each episode. Like most shows like this (Hanada-kun, Katori-san, and other chill SOL anime) it…
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"Arigatou Daisy-chan"
The loveable incompetent idiots return for another excellent and hilarious season of Working'!!
Story: 7/10
Working'!! starts immediately where the first season left off, and doesn't fail to make me laugh and enjoy their daily shenanigans once again. One downfall was that not much was improved from the last season as this was a direct continuation of the last season, but the comedy and SOL moments more than made up for it yet again. Since it's a slice of life (one of my favorite genres) you won't and shouldn't expect much of a plot going on anywhere, and that's the best part about the genre as a whole itself, you don't need to overburden yourself with thoughts of a plot, just enjoy. And Working brought me just that, a second time.
Art: 7/10
The art was once agai…
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REVIEW: Working'!! (Season two)
"This is season two of the series by the way. If you want to read it anyway, go on ahead! Spoilers! If you want to read my review on the first season however, the review will be right down below!"
Story (5/10): Without a resolve with Inami's androphobia, without a surprise is that the unresolved fear of Inami's androphobia is going to continue on within the second season. To mention Ooto's search of his lost wife, Satou and Todoroki's relationship and Yamada's relationship with her family has yet to be solved. What I found disappointing however is that the plot that was worthy of following of was the main characters, mostly Takanshi's resolve to cure of Inami's androphobia.
Personal rant: Honestly, the plot is bland but the characters help make up for it…
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"Try your very best to not write any spoilers."
Oddly enough, that seems not to be the case that often. I probably should state a good example right now but I came badly prepared so brain has to serve and rescue the review.
As you can guess from the synopsis already this second season of Working!! rotates around the same simple plot (slice of life at wagnaria's and the takanishi household) and still aims to just get you smiling rather than thingking.
You will get reunited with the same characters, which have still the same interesting starting position and they still won't solve anything. Sound and art aren't much unlike before (I seriously noticed no improvement/change) and the new support characters won't make a big deal either.
To keep long stuff short and useful, the story is stil…
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Gorgeous anime characters very wonderful and her beautiful styles, characters speak beautifully and each character has a certain something wonderful is found in the context of this anime
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~ Never Change, Senpai! ~
The everyday antics and documentation of life at Wagnaria continue into this sequel installment to the first season of Working...
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Introduction / Context...
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As a direct continuation, "Working'!!" or "Season 2" as i will refer to it to avoid confusion, picks up where "Working!!" left off. The prior season of 13 relaxing episodes, was a "minimalist-styled" depiction of everyday life within our favourite family restaurant. It embraced its identity as a heavily slice of life oriented production, and so favored character development, over complicated plot development; hence the "no story, no good" argument used by those who generally dislike the SoL genre. Prior to Season 2, the "Working" franchise has indeed proven itself to be: "escapism into a…
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Working’!! is exactly like Working!! but with an added apostrophe to confuse you. It has the same thirteen episode set up with the same characters, same restaurant, and same jokes. What I’m trying to get at is the fact that this review will be fairly tiny because there’s really not a lot that can be said about this second season of the series that I did not say in my previous review of Working!!.
The story is the same as before with Souta helping to cure Mahiru’s androphobia while working at a family restaurant operated by a big group of misfits. It runs in a somewhat episodic way, with some overflow into the future episodes. That said, that’s about all I need to say. There is not a lot of story being dished out, or anything too complex anyway. Each episode ranges from fun and entertainin…
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2011 Slice of Life Series
Co-produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex
Licensed by NIS America
Review from my POV (w/personal biases)
(Sp)oiler level: Medium (will take viewing S1 into account)
PROS/What I liked:
+ The background art got a noticeable face lift and the small faded coloring of the characters and lighting felt appealing. More fining detail was put into this show.
+ There were a FEW moments here and there that gave me a genuine laugh with it's deeply present situational humor (The frailness of Izumi Takanashi was hilarious) CONS/What I loathe:
- Again, no plot which isnt the problem. What is is that the arcs they show are kinda all over the place.
- None of these characters grow like at all (no pun intended) and most of these characters become one note/flat (Sp) Taneshima is still…
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!!This review includes the first season!!
I′m not really that strict when it comes to anime with no 'goal' and story line. If it has a great art, music and set of characters - I′ll watch it. And of course, I need to rely on my enjoyment, if it′s not pleasing enough to make me smile, drop it. Working!! Is a really great and funny anime, with a simple sense of humor and jokes. At first, I wasn′t really paying any heed to Working!! because I thought this anime is just a mediocre and will be boring as hell - well I was totally wrong at all the points.
Talk about story, this anime doesn′t really have what you would call a 'plot', neither does this story have a goal that they need to aim and complete at all costs. If you don′t like shows with no story and just full of gags, this isn′t for you.…
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The story is still really simple. It doesn’t have a complicated storyline and there’s not even a plot. Though that is the case, it’s still not boring at all. In a way that is very admirable because I honestly think it is very hard to make a series interesting if the story is very simple. It is also a lot funnier. The gags and punch lines are a lot cleaner. There’s even a bit of drama as well and in fairness, it is nicely done.
Though the storyline is very simple, it becomes interesting because of the characters. Well, that’s exactly what’s making the series interesting in the first place. All the characters are stranger and weirder than ever. Each has their unique antics that make them interesting and it is even more heightened now. Of course, like any other sequels there are new characte…
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I don't know why, I don't know how, but "Working!!" (or "Wagnaria!!") managed to reach the top of the podium and become my favorite anime. I was a mostly shonen watcher when my friend told me about this comedy/slice of life anime named "Working!!". Well, it seemed nice and I decided to watch it. For my and his surprise, I ended up liking it a lot, much more than him, who showed me the series.
Although it has not one of the greatest plots ever (actually, doesn't even have a real, complex, totally continuous plot), the anime surprised me. As a seinen, it actually didn't have anything bad related to blood or sexual themes, as anyone could expect. It's just an anime with a simple (but unusual) story, good gags and romantic moments. But that's what made it special: simple, but inovattive.
It…
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Sequel from wagnaria working!! (1)
Still based on manga written by takatsu karino.
When there is sequel or next season of some story, you would expect "more". Especially from great success of previous season.
Unfortunately, this sequel have no improvement from previous season. (maybe the cause is the original manga is sustainable).
So, because i expect more and reach saturation point, i rate it down a little bit.
Story: no improvement, still fun and enjoyable. If compared from previous season, the role is split more evenly for each character with some new faces, when in the previous season have a little focus on inami and katanashi.
Sound: for Op, Ed song, I prefer the first one. (there is no special ed song like in ep 9 in working!!1 T-T)
Art, Character, Enjoyment : same as previous se…
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Continuing with the goings on at Wagnaria.
This actually an improvement from the first season mainly due to the better comedy timing. Inami punching Sota just didn't get old.
We're introduced to a few new characters:
Mahiru - Inami's dad and cause of her androphobia.
Haruna - Hyogo's wife who appears from odd places. Yohei and Mitsuki - the squabbling twins from the manager's old delinquent gang. Yohei some how gets engaged to Sota's sister Kozue.
Kirio - Aoi's brother who is looking for her.
I think they can get a last season out of this so fingers crossed to tie up the stories.
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Anime sometimes appeals to action, adventure and over-dramatic plots to keep people watching the series...after all anime series before it, very few revolved around real life and work places. Well, Working'!! is one of them, and though the story is mostly nonexistent, all the humor around the episodes will draw your attention to it. It's on the same base as the original Working!! anime, but with new characters and more of the anime restaurant we begin to love so much.
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How everything begins, and why everything happens. (Skip if you already read synopsis)
Following last season's end, Takanashi continues to work on Wagnaria with his fellow co-workers and bosses, dealing with his own family affairs meanwhile. Here, the relationship between co-workers goes slightly better, but just…
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Note: This is one of my works from Sekijitsu
Art
The character designs and even the backgrounds were nothing great but nothing bad as well though what really appeals in the art section is the facial expressions and reactions each character displays throughout the series which makes it not only fun but FUN-ny (ahaha…no.) as well. It’s these over expressive emotions the characters in Working’!! display that makes the comedy they execute more powerful and enjoyable to watch that you’ll eventually want more.
Music
Though not as catchy as the first OP, the second OP still offered a great jolt of fluffy cuteness while accompanied by the OP sequences. I wasn’t that impressed with the ED overall and tend to skip it most of the time but it’s the OST’s/BGM’s/SFX’s – however you want to call it –…
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