Review of Scorching Ping Pong Girls

Simple; yet thrilling, vivid enough for me to be addicted to this series. There are many ways I can express my love for this underrated gem of an anime. I never thought an anime such as this let alone a sports anime would give me this much enjoyment. I'm not a sporty type of person so I tend to avoid sports centred anime but I'm glad I watched this and watched it all the way through. This anime is as I've mentioned before simplistic, it's a show about girls playing ping pong, no more and no less. It plays out like a typical sports themed showwould about becoming the best and winning the main competition for that sport; and features the theme of typical 1v1's for a lot of the episodes; showing us the characters strengths and weaknesses and getting more in depth into that aspect. For a story premise like this it really doesn't sound all that interesting but there are many features that make this enjoyable. Mainly because it's cute as hell but also accompanied by these matches is a killer OST to accompany them; a feature I will go more into detail with later on in this review.
This season focuses on a build up to the national competition; with friendly matches and training up to the main event which in-toe is enough to keep you hooked. We get to see the main cast flourish well and their bonds with each other and also an opposing team which increases the enjoyment factor; but other than that this is all we see from this "first season" if the show is lucky enough to gain itself a second.
In all fairness while being cheerful and enjoyable a concept like this isn't too original, but works well for what it is.

The art presented is very cute; it has that charm that made me enjoy it the most, with a cute cast of enthusiastic characters the art style complements that feature well in many ways. It's very bright and stands out well; reducing the serious tones from most of the matches of ping pong and flourishing the fun side to sports rather than competitive. Again this is very simplistic in terms of anime but it catches the eye well and makes the vibrant show even more splendid to watch.

Now moving onto the sound; which I complemented previously in the story section of the review. The OST to go along the ping pong matches is glorious, up-beat, enjoyable and keeps you hooked into the intensity of the matches. It has a very electronic and modern vibe to it which fits the sport well. The ball hitting the racket in the SFX department is also satisfying to hear especially as the fight grows more intense and you root for your favourite character to win the match. Also I have to mention the stunning opening theme, which I loved so much that I bought it on CD. It's upbeat and also complements the show well. Overall, fit to my taste in music.

The characters are pretty generic, there's nothing too special that stands out for them other than the fact they are all passionate about ping pong and competitive to become the very best. I can't find much words to describe the characters but their enthusiasm and up-beat natures is always fun to watch. Which although not very good led me rooting for each character every episode.
I can't honestly pick a favourite character they were all so splendid to watch.
The character development between Agari and Koyori was also pretty neat to watch; but that's all I can really say for this part of the review.

Enjoyment-wise. I loved this show to death; I want more, it was always the highlight of Mondays as it was cute and feel-good to watch. This led this to being my favourite anime of the Fall 2016 season, it can't compare to other more well received titles, but it had enough charisma to keep me hooked and demanding for more. It wasn't hard loving this series at all for it's nice set of characters and entertaining ping pong matches; along with the prior mentioned gorgeous OST.

Overall. I'm scoring Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume an 7/10 (going enjoyment-wise mainly it would score an 8/10).
It didn't present much for it to stand out well in the crowd of anime, but for me it was a gem compared to many other anime's I've seen. If you are into cute up-beat and happy toned anime's. this is a 100% recommendation from me.
I have so much love for this series, and I am really hoping this gets a second season someday.