Review of D-Frag!

"Love to fight! Love to fight! I love to FIGHT!" This is actually from the opening of this anime. The name is "Stalemate" by IOSYS jk Girls. D-Frag or D-Fragments is one of the anime that I enjoyed watching in the winter season anime as stated in my previous Noragami review. However, I didn't enjoy this anime fully as I did with most anime that I have watched. D-Frag was directed by Seiki Sugawara and was produced by Brains Base who did some wonderful anime like "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU" which is a high school slice-of-life comedy just like the anime I am reviewing now. STORY (5): Thestory takes place in a high school setting. A student Kazama Kenji was forced to join the Games Creation Club by its members. So what you are going to expect from this anime is how Kazama Kenji gets to bond with the members in the Games Creation Club who are all girls.

Of course, there are some funny moments. Those moments to me are fun to watch but it didn't make me laugh out loud. The best moment is in episode 6 when Hachi Shio makes a love triangle with Roka & Kazama. I really watched it and never get bored.

This anime builds up tension in the later episodes which I see in most anime I watched. Like when the later episodes, they show a rival group and the battle begins. If an anime is awesome, then the anime must surprise me from the start to the end. However, this anime failed to do that.

ART (7):

The animation is refreshing to look at especially when it comes to the character designs. For example, Roka Shibasaki's design is very cute but sometimes can be normal in some situations.

SOUND (7):

Both the opening and ending songs were very addictive.

I don't have to mention the opening song because I have said it in the introduction.

The ending song was addictive. The song starts with Batsu Game. Batsu game means punishment game. The ending song is "Minna no Namae wo Irete Kudasai".

CHARACTER (6):

Every character has their unique personalities. I am fine with all the characters. At least the characters never show me any annoying traits (ie. crybaby, arrogant, whiny). However, the characters didn't stand out well enough for me to love them.

There was one character who looked a lot like Harima Tenma from School Rumble and that character I am referring to is Hiroshi Nagayama. He wears dark glasses like Harima Tenma but his hair style looks different from Harima.

Ataru Kawahara wears glasses but he is interesting as a masochist who can tolerate pain. Next time, I would host a show with him (if he is real) to be an assistant in "Rate the Pain". Nah, just joking.

Roka is very cunning and she always tricks Kazama into doing things for her. Like for example, she can manipulate people by showing her cuteness and her creepiness. This is very similar to Yuragi Hakoniwa from Noucome. She is cute but can sometimes be very intimidating.

Chitose Karasuyama reminds me of Yozora from Haganai with her sadistic attitude.

I seriously find that most of the characters resemble like some of the characters I knew from previous anime.

CONCLUSION (6):

Although this anime has its fun moments. They weren't enough to surprise me in one single bit. The comedy wasn't strong. I wasn't laughing out loud throughout the anime but the animation was interesting to look at.

The story didn't take me by surprise. A comedy has to make a person laugh out loud. If a comedy has failed to make a person laugh out loud, then the comedy is dull. Just like french fries, when you order a french fries and you take a bite and found that there is no salt in the french fries which makes them dull french fries.

However, if you found the comedy very funny and entertaining, that's good. If you can relate with the characters better that's also good. In fact, I did appreciate the effort that Seiki did in making this anime a good comedy. But sadly, this anime didn't stand out among other anime that I have watched.

So, for what it's worth, I give it a 6 out of 10.