Tsuyokiss

Synopsis:

Sunao Konoe, a transfer student from class 2-A, has just started going to a new school that seems to have a strong presence from the higher-ups. On her first day she is determined to join the school's drama club to become an actress just like her mother. However, she's informed that no such club has ever been established. Sunao then decides to start the club herself but must first get permission from the student council president, Erika Kiriya, who turns her request down immediately but gives Sunao one chance to entertain her with a solo play and if Erika is not bored with the performance, she will approve the club. But, things don't go as planned and the poorly constructed stage upon which she is performing... collapses. But Sunao is saved from injury at the last minute from a childhood friend she lost track of over ten years ago, Leo Tsushima, and with this accident Erika turns down the drama club proposal again. Sunao is not about to let this rest and she decides to challenge Erika whenever she can to get the approval for the club.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 12


Review:

With this type of slice-of-life story telling Tsuyokiss could have gone in any number of directions but instead, it dares to be average. This show just seems to borrow all of it's comedic and romantic elements that you've seen time and time again and use them here without making any changes to make it seem different. Which is kind of a let-down because this series actually had some potential to be something out of the ordinary but instead plays it safe using humorous situations that are familiar but still manage to get the occasional chuckle out of the viewer and a romance storyline that progresses in an unsurprising manner. One thing this anime does differently is that about 90% of the female characters are tsunderes, which you would think is a good thing but instead, just seems like overkill more than anything.

Don't get me wrong, Tsuyokiss is still worth watching, but being highly predictable it takes the right mindset to sit through the series without losing interest. I'll commend Tsuyokiss for using that classic animation style that I like in an anime and it uses just the right amount of character depth, which helps offset the other cardboard cutout characters and borrowed storyline. But, if you can't make it through the first episode then you just might want to quit because, honestly, it doesn't get much better as it's all lightweight fluff. Otherwise, give it a try as it really isn't that bad of a show, it's just that it's very... typical.

Tsuyokiss (opening)

Recommendation: |Average|