Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! Review

Review

This anime takes place in a nearby future and it's a group of cute girls living their high school experience kind of show. What differences this series of others of its kind is its focus in school (not in school's events but in the school as an institution and how characters deal with it) and time set up which as mentioned previously is placed in a future where highschool is not mandatory and a much less popular option than now.One of the things I found more interesting about this show is its view of the world in a slightly distopic way. Aestheticaly talking this shows in the color palette the series uses which is at least interesting and likely to catch your attention as it's not what you expect of a distopic show. I personally liked it a lot.One of the most appealing aspects of this kind of shows is the cast of girls, in this case we have a group of girls similar to the k-on's one, where they all have an in interest in common (being this interest the student's council and the correct function of the school experience). It's also similar on how the characters develop, being this aspect reduced to only to the relation the girls have between eachother and with the school. You won't find love or family drama, the struggles the characters face in this anime are ones such as: finding what to do with their life after school, over coming a school trauma... This series also comments about the nature of highschool which may resonate with you at a personal level if you disliked or didn't fit very well in the highschool system.I would definitely recommend this show to anyone who likes the school genre and it's looking for something more meta or slightly different