がんばれ同期ちゃん

GANBARE, DOUKI-CHAN

ONA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
December 6, 2021
LENGTH
6 min

DESCRIPTION

Announced on Yom's Twitter, a web anime adaptation of Ganbare, Douki-chan.

The story follows an office lady, Douki-chan, who is working with Douki-kun in an office. Unbeknownst to Douki-kun, Douki-chan secretly has feelings for him. As Douki-chan struggles to confess her feelings, her rivals, both the kohai and senpai, continue to vie for his affection.

CAST

Douki-chan
Nene Hieda
Kouhai-chan
Sumire Uesaka
Senpai-san
Asami Seto
Douki-kun
Junya Enoki

EPISODES

Dubbed

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RELATED TO GANBARE, DOUKI-CHAN

MANGA ComedyGanbare, Douki-chan

Cover Art for Ganbare, Douki-chan Special

SPECIAL ComedyGanbare, Douki-chan Special

REVIEWS

ItsATM
30/100
Beautiful art and music with substance that is severely lacking.
An Overview of Ganbare Doukichan

A shorter-episode anime series is nice to have from time to time. You can absolutely cover a lot of content within 5-10 minute episodes, however this series in particular leaves a lot to be desired. I originally judged the book by it's cover when it came to this series, but I gave it a shot and after watching through it, I do feel that I'm left with my initial impressions from episode 1.

To start off on a strong note, the art and animation is really well done in every episode. If you have seen some newer anime, you'll be familiar with the clean style that this series has. On top of the art delivering strong, it's choice of sound effects and original soundtrack in general were always extremely pleasant and fitting to the scenes being shown.

Where this series quickly falls apart is in it's lack of depth within the story and it's characters. The lack of depth starts with the characters having a lack of names. Douki-chan and Douki-kun are the characters in focus for these 12 episodes, and it genuinely feels like nothing happened that entire time. At least, nothing significant. It is a feel-good anime, one that delivers in presentation but fails to deliver strong substance or a compelling narrative. Was I expecting too much from a short ecchi ONA? Possibly, but let's continue.

The biggest section of fan-service is delivered in the first episode, and I'm glad to say this series benefits more from the wholesome moments that come after it's introduction. The problem is that while the series is fairly wholesome and enjoyable on the surface, nothing meaningful really happens to draw you closer to the plot or the characters. For the first 7-8 episodes, we see Douki-chan having a very difficult time expressing her feelings across to our other MC, Douki-kun. He is your typical oblivious office employee who doesn't show any redeeming qualities to make us care about his character.

The majority of this series is also held back by Douki-chan's wholesome moments being interrupted by the more aggressive female workers fighting for male MC's attention, causing Douki-chan to back off and reconsider making any moves. Because the male MC doesn't have a personality from start to finish, it makes this series tough to even review due to it's lack of depth.

It would be a slight insult to call this an ecchi anime, as there is next to nothing remotely ecchi in this series. If this is what got your attention originally, then prepare to be a bit disappointed.

Overall, the animation quality and it's sound design made it an enjoyable watch, but for 12 episodes... It felt like nothing happened. Thankfully, this entire season can be experienced in a little over an hour and maybe you'll be able to get something more out of it!

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