Miyagami Academy
is an exclusive all girls high school.
The student council is the top authority of the school, surpassing the abilities
of the schools staff. The head of the
council is the schools founder, Kanade Jinguji.
Hapless orphan Rino Rando has been enrolled into Miyagami Academy by a
mysterious benefactor, Mr. Poppit. Along
with her intelligent talking puppet, Pucchan, she heads off to attend the
school. Upon arriving in the town she
finds the apartment she was going to be living in burned to the ground and no
were else to live. When her plight is
discovered a series of events are put in place to make her a new member of the
student council. The student council members all
live in a dorm, rent and food free. The
golden opportunity can’t be passed up for the lost and broke Kanade. But when she actually gets into the ranks of
the esteemed inner circle things aren't as they seem with this powerful
group of students.
At first I was not
interested in this series, it seemed pretty banal and boring. I kept watching it because in some way it
reminded me of Ranma ½. But about half
way through it started to grab on to me and ended up being a half way decent
series. The series goes its course and
slowly explains the histories of the student council members and what events
brought them to join the school. As the
story progresses hints are dropped at the secrets surrounding Rino, the school
and its founder Kanade. While it takes
about half of the series that actually start becoming interesting the best part
is the lack of fanservice. There was
plenty of opportunity for it and thankfully there really wasn’t any. This is just a straightforward slice of life
comedy about some loveable characters, with little bits of action and drama
thrown in and some secrets to reveal along the way. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and
was glad I watched the entire thing. Even though I was half tempted to purge it I
kept watching it and it ended up somewhat paying off. If you enjoy nice, saccharine laden high
school slice of life stories this is a perfect match for your collection. It doesn’t get too serious, there is no
obnoxious fan service and all the characters are likeable to some degree.
The series was
released in North America on DVD by ADV…so I’m not sure if it’s still in print,
but I don’t think it would be too hard to find.
It apparently is streaming too, but I didn’t find it on Crunchyroll, so
that information may be outdated.
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