Tonari
no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014
Season One/Sentai
Blu-ray)
Picture:
C+ Sound: B Extras: C Episodes: C+
Yokoi
is an ordinary schoolgirl. Unfortunately, she sits right next to
Seki-kun, the world's laziest, deadbeat student. Instead of
studying, he spends his time playing games, playing house with
robots, and annoying Yokoi in the middle of class and the worst part
of it all, the teacher lets him get away with it. Will Yokoi ever
getting any studying done or are is her education doomed to spend
time with Seki-kun?
In
Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time (2014, which
has zero to do with time travel), Yokoi can't concentrate on her
school work, mainly to blame is Seki-kun who does anything but study
and it seems like Yokoi is the only one in class who cares or
notices. She doesn't know which is worst, her getting roped into his
games or the fact that SHE is the one who always gets the blame for
disrupting the class. Soon, all her classmates believe that she is
the bad influence and she has a crush on Seki. And Yokoi decides
that if she is going to get blamed, she might as well just join him
playing with his toys and games then.
This was just a series
of shorts episodes, ignoring logic, common sense, it is about playing
with toy and games in the middle of class. The plot reminded me a
lot like the cartoon version of Dennis the Menace, except the
character gets away with it all and there is no moral to the series,
which hinges on the fact of getting away with playing in the middle
of class. IF it WASN'T for the fact he plays while in the middle of
class, then the show wouldn't have any other selling point much less
interest to watch.
The
1080p digital 1.78 X 1 High Definition image is a rare miss from
Sentai with a combination of an animation style that doesn't satisfy
and playback that is not impressive, but the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio)
2.0 Stereo in English and even a little more in Japanese are more
like it with sonics you'd expect for a recent series. Extras include
trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
