“Pretend-reader "Miss Bernard" fakes literary expertise, clashes with book lovers, and unexpectedly learns and befriends.”
Miss Bernard said.
バーナード嬢曰く。
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Synopsis
Pretend-reader "Miss Bernard" fakes literary expertise, clashes with book lovers, and unexpectedly learns and befriends.
Sawako Machida—or "Miss Bernard," as she prefers to be called—can frequently be found in the school library with a book in hand. Whether or not she has read it, however, is another matter entirely. In her own words, Sawako finds it too much work to actually read, and would rather just make others believe she spends a lot of time reading. But in the same library where she constantly hangs out, there are other students who love books and are quite upset with her disdainful approach to reading their favorite titles. As she pretends to read and discuss great literary works amid eccentric book lovers, Sawako finds herself learning something after all, as well as making new friends along the way.
What people say
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Derived from 6 sampled reviews
What 6 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.41 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Dec 2016 → Aug 2023
- 7 “Bernard-jou Iwaku has no right to be as good as it is. It's just a set of very quick gag shorts that proceed at lightning pace, shoving a ton of book references and witty book-nerd rants into just...”
- 10 “If you browse /lit/, you should watch this anime. If not, you can still watch it and have fun. Most of the comedy and cute moments are pretty accessible. As a bonus, at least the yuri ship is still...”
- 7 “Fall 2016 opened the floodgates to smorgasbord of anime shorts, from Chinese co-produced anime shorts to just a plethora of anime shorts, one of LA's more interested anime shorts was Bernard-jou...”
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- Format 12 × 3′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 Fall 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11530 catalog
Produced by
- DAX Production Producer
- Dream Creation Producer
- Gen'ei Producer