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7/10
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Tweekums2 June 2014
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This series of seven minute episodes is centred on Rumi Yokoi a school girl who is constantly distracted by the antics of Toshinari Seki, the boy seated next to her. He never pays attention in class, instead he plays elaborate games. In each episode he does something different; uses erases like dominoes, fights a war with chess pieces or plays with a family of toy robots for example. Whatever Seki does Rumi tries to ignore but finds herself totally absorbed by it at the cost of her concentration on the subject of the classÂ… surely it is only a matter of time before Seki gets caught.

It might be said that this series has no real plot and every episode is the same: Seki does something rather wacky and distracts RumiÂ… however it is a lot of fun and one can't help wonder what Seki will get up to next. His antics are amusing, varied and creative and Rumi's reaction to them is fun to watch. The protagonists are fun to watch and they are well animated for a show that is in essence just a way of passing a few idle minutes. Overall I'd say this is well worth watching if you want to kill some time without worrying about deep plot or a proper story.
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10/10
Just because it's NOT YOUR TYPE doesn't mean it's not good.
hqsrb15 December 2022
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Anime is very cute, lighthearted, and simple. It's something you can play when you want to watch something short. I find the procrastination in class pretty funny and adorable. It's not like it's influencing kids to do it, it's anime get a grip on reality buds. If your into things like that then you will enjoy 😊 if your not that's ok just some people like to overthink it, over analyze, and criticize. The manga has more than the animation and it's so cute that there is spin off them getting married and having a child together! You do see the parents in it, but it's mostly about mom and child and there adventures. Like I said if you want to watch something short and quite adorable this is the one.
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5/10
Not my type
Nonomemes18 June 2022
The show can be fun, the female chararters are ok, the male ones look like lobsters in an aquarium... The episodes are pretty short, that's not an issue, the series is quite monotematic.

What in my opinion put it below the bar is the fact that it is not really educative, looks like that skipping school lessons with tricks is somehow considered fine, or even an achivement.
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