Kill Me Baby (キルミーベイベー) is a 13 episode gag comedy based on the 4koma manga of the same name by Kaduho. The anime originally aired in Japan in early 2012.
The series follows a collection of unrelated comedic exploits of idiotic and energetic high school student Yasuna. Her only friend or at least the person she interacts with the most, is the foreign girl Sonya, who claims to be an assassin. Yasuna does all she can to prank Sonya while at the same time struggling for her friendship. Sonya doesn't deal well with Yasuna's crap and routinely beats on her, foils her lame antics but generally goes along with her anyway. Wrapping up the party of idiocy is the super stoned, super weird ninja girl Agiri.
There is no real plot to this series that follows the time tested standards of 4koma gag comedy. The characters have strong personalities, completely different from each other. Part of the comedy is through the mixing of their personalities and world view on top of all of the sight gags, lame jokes and unexpected character actions. Tried and true and honestly the series doesn't bring enough new material to this favorite genre of mine to be excited about.
The animation works well for the series and the delivery. J. C. Staff works well with the material and deliver a good product. The writing is what falls flat at many times and I found myself going through the motions at some times just to get through an episode. I didn't laugh out loud at many part either. It just wasn't as funny as it should have been. The only reason I even completed the series was due to its short length. I wouldn't have continued if it were 26 episodes. I will, however, take this any day of the week over the shonen pile of garbage that is Katekyo Hitman Reborn if I ever need an oddball assassin anime.
The series has been licensed and made available by Sentai Filmworks and even has an English dub. Honestly though it wasn't that good.
Fun Fact: The voice actor for Agiri, Takabe Ai, was arrested in October 2015 for possession of cocaine. The arrest caused a flurry of commotion and all streaming services in Japan pulled Kill Me Baby, including Amazon.
The series follows a collection of unrelated comedic exploits of idiotic and energetic high school student Yasuna. Her only friend or at least the person she interacts with the most, is the foreign girl Sonya, who claims to be an assassin. Yasuna does all she can to prank Sonya while at the same time struggling for her friendship. Sonya doesn't deal well with Yasuna's crap and routinely beats on her, foils her lame antics but generally goes along with her anyway. Wrapping up the party of idiocy is the super stoned, super weird ninja girl Agiri.
There is no real plot to this series that follows the time tested standards of 4koma gag comedy. The characters have strong personalities, completely different from each other. Part of the comedy is through the mixing of their personalities and world view on top of all of the sight gags, lame jokes and unexpected character actions. Tried and true and honestly the series doesn't bring enough new material to this favorite genre of mine to be excited about.
The animation works well for the series and the delivery. J. C. Staff works well with the material and deliver a good product. The writing is what falls flat at many times and I found myself going through the motions at some times just to get through an episode. I didn't laugh out loud at many part either. It just wasn't as funny as it should have been. The only reason I even completed the series was due to its short length. I wouldn't have continued if it were 26 episodes. I will, however, take this any day of the week over the shonen pile of garbage that is Katekyo Hitman Reborn if I ever need an oddball assassin anime.
The series has been licensed and made available by Sentai Filmworks and even has an English dub. Honestly though it wasn't that good.
Fun Fact: The voice actor for Agiri, Takabe Ai, was arrested in October 2015 for possession of cocaine. The arrest caused a flurry of commotion and all streaming services in Japan pulled Kill Me Baby, including Amazon.
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