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“Three-episode special: Makoto tries to escape her model sister's shadow, but sister's surprise school visit disrupts plans.”
Sugar*Soldier
シュガー＊ソルジャー
5.79
11,798 rank · 11,896 viewers · 10 favorites
Shoujo
Comedy
Romance
School
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Synopsis
Three-episode special: Makoto tries to escape her model sister's shadow, but sister's surprise school visit disrupts plans.
Three episodes aired on TV as part of the Ribon x Oha Suta specials. Makoto is determined to step out of her model sister's shadow and have her own high school debut, but when Makoto's sister shows up at her school unexpectedly, things go awry. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
75%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 6
σ 1.33
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.33 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Feb 2014 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The story is pretty ok and it has a cause and a consequence. The art was good enough, but was expecting something more. I liked the background song at some scenes because it fits well with the...”
- 7 “So yeah, the anime is pretty short, 3 episodes, 1 minute each, so it's hard to imagine someone making a story with an introduction, plot and ending in such a short time. But Sugar Soldier was able...”
- 6 “This series is incredibly cute and heartwarming, successfully capturing its core message despite the extremely short runtime. While I was initially surprised by the limited format of only three...”
Verbosity
Short · 80%
Medium · 0%
Long · 20%
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A Special Production
in association with
TV Tokyo
- Format 3 × 1′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 03m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
- Source Special media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-8496 catalog
Produced by
- TV Tokyo Producer