Reviewing Anime With Tinker

Silver Spoon

***Anime information***

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 22 (11 per season)

Episode length: 24:00

Genre: Comedy, school, should, slice of life

Viewers rating: 8/10

Opening: kiss you

LIFE

Ending: hello especially

Oto no Naru Hou e

Plot: Yuugo Hachiken is studious, hard-working, and tired of trying to live up to expectations he just cannot meet. With the ushering in of a brand new school year, he decides to enrol in Ooezo Agricultural High School, a boarding school located in the Hokkaido countryside, as a means to escape from the stress brought upon by his parents.

Initially convinced that he would do well at this institution, Hachiken is quickly proven wrong by his talented classmates, individuals who have been living on farms their entire lives and know just about everything when it comes to food, vegetables, and even the physiology of livestock! Whether it be waking up at five in the morning for strenuous labor or to take care of farm animals, Hachiken is a complete amateur when it comes to the harsh agricultural life.

Gin no Saji follows the comedic story of a young student at as he tries to fit into a completely new environment, meeting many unique people along the way. As he struggles to appreciate his surroundings, Hachiken hopes to discover his dreams, so that he may lead a fulfilling life on his own terms.

***personal input***

Personal rating:

Opinion: This was a....different series. Certainly the first I've seen to deal with agricultural and farm animals. I had some mixed feelings about the entirety of the series, so let's jump right into things!

Firstly, our story. The structure of the anime. As I said, it was an interesting concept, and an even more interesting angle that they decided to tackle it at. When I learned about it being an agricultural themed anime, my first thoughts were something along the lines of "protagonist inherits farm/ moves to farm" I wouldn't have guessed that he would move to a boarding school.

Now, this series is a slice of life, in some senses. And, for the most part I hate slice of life anime. They bore me to death! And the same thing was true in certain cases when I'm talking about this series. There was more than one occasion where I found myself bored. However, unlike most slice of life anime, this one did a good job at entertaining me, for the most part.

Maybe it was because I didn't like the main character, maybe it was because the majority of comedy wasn't funny, maybe it was just certain sub categories that the show focused on.

While I did dislike the protagonist, I found his problems and the issues that he struggled with to be a very nice tough to his character. He was, frankly, a realistic protagonist. That's something I find rare in a lot of cases, and so it makes that for worth a lot more.

The anime did a good job at teaching me things relevant to agricultural and farming, for an anime that is. When it did informatively touch on subjects it was only briefly and vaguely.