GJ-BU@

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ANIME ComedyGJ-bu

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  GoldenPrism15

  99/100
  A perfect conclusion to a show nobody cares for, one which I can't help but love sincerely.

  GJ-bu isn't the best slice of life show in the world, and you could have probably guessed that from the fact that nobody remembers it. It's okay in all fronts, nothing to hate about it, but you wouldn't call it innovative in any significant way, either. It features a guy and four girls, they sit around in a club room and talk for 24 minutes at a time while screaming at each other and making the viewer laugh. There's a few little sisters, there's a maid, and a secret 6th member that joins later as if this was a super sentai show. It's jokes aren't particularly hilarious in the moment, just mildly funny. it's visuals are fine, the concept is standard. Is there anything to highlight about it?

  Well, there is. Somehow. By the time i finished it, my review of it quite literally said "anyway GJ Club is a show that exists". And yet now that it's been year since then, I can't help but look back on it fondly. Despite being a show that i defined with a "72/100" at the time, i felt that it was more memorable than that.
  Suddenly, out of nowhere, I remembered that the show had a TV Special. I looked it up, wondering if it was one of those "several 5 minute skits" specials that many other shows had. To my surprise, something with a name as stupid as "GJ-bu@" was actually an hour long episode, taking place right after the show. Something about the prospect of "GJ-bu: The Movie" filled me with excitement, and I decided to watch it.

  Hearing that opening theme again after a year was... nostalgic, I guess? It filled me with an indescribable happiness. All the stupid running gags came back to me as I watched a compilation of silly skits, featuring every joke i remembered from the show and a few that I'd forgotten about. If that was all, I would have been satisfied. I've seen plenty of OVAs out there that did this same format. Just a fun extra for the people who liked the show. Nothing more than that.
  But then it changed tone. The second half of the special acts as a send-off to the characters that I didn't actually care much about. And yet I felt compelled anyway. You don't often get to see a slice of life show with an episodic format have an emotional climax like this. Especially not one as forgotten as GJ-bu is. It was actually beautiful watching these characters one more time. I don't even know how to put it into words, really. It just gave me an indescribable happiness that i wasn't really expecting.
  This is the second time I said that within this review. 'indescribable happiness'. And I think that's what my feelings towards this TV special are. It made me appreciate a show that I don't think I would have remembered that fondly otherwise. I think that's meaningful.

  In general, I've always really treasured the stories that make me feel emotions. This, somehow, is one of them. And it's the highest praise I can give it. This score is subjective, obviously. Perhaps you watched this and you think this review I'm writing is pure nonsense, and that's fine. I just wanted to put these emotions into words. Those words being 'indescribable happiness'

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