Note: This review covers both this season and the second season Amagami SS+ Plus.
In reality its not possible to date multiple girls at once.... at least not if you dont want to be seen by society in a bad light as a cheater. However if youre not dating your girlfriend but instead a different girl in an alternate universe youre not cheating on her right? This is the case with a man like Junichi Tachibana in different alternate universes hes giving a different girl the love she deserves and if you think about it everyones happy that way. A few years ago I watched an anime called Photo Kano and while I cant say I disliked that anime I was oblivious to the omnibus format it held until it was too late. For that reason when I found out that this particular anime which aired years before it was pretty much the same I was ready to take it on however I wasnt ready for exactly how good it was.
Now ladies and gentlemen get ready to hear my thoughts on such an anime Amagami SS which was originally called just Amagami. I dont know why the SS was added but whatever
Amagami SS generally follows the romantic misadventures of Junichi Tachibana a kind of perverted high school student. Two years prior his heart was broken by a girl who never showed up for a date on Christmas Eve because of that he is distrustful when it comes to relationships. However in each arc of this anime one of six girls manages to change his minds these six girls are Haruka Morishima an eccentric senpai Kaoru Tanamachi a classmate and good friend Sae Nakata a shy underclassman Ai Nanasaki an underclassman on the swim team Rihoko Sakurai Junichis childhood friend and Tsukasa Ayatsuji the hardworking class rep. In four episodes of season one and two episodes of season two each making a total of six episodes each we get to see how the relationship between Junichi and one of these girls develops.
The story arcs of Amagami SS would be either a hit or a miss but luckily theres more hits than misses even though not all of the arcs are great it was interesting to see how each of the girls characters would develop in each arc. There is a great number of enjoyable side characters with one of my favorites being Umehara Junichis best friend he is a goofy pervy friend kind of character done right and some of his actions have proved how true of a friend he is to Junichi. However this series truly wouldnt be as great as it is without its heroines all of them are fun in their own way with two of my favorites being Haruka and Tsukasa. Haruka is definitely a favorite as she has a great personality great looks I cant believe I just said that either and a great arc in both the first and second seasons on the other hand while Tsukasa seems like a kind hardworking girl on the outside.... well without giving too much away Im just going to say I was kind of surprised by her revelation and loved the character development she was given. The only heroine I kind of didnt like was Risa Kamizaki while I could honestly see her good intentions its hard to truly forgive her actions and I have a hard time believing her relationship with Junichi with the fact that she only got one episode in the first season not helping.
The animation for Amagami SS isnt the best but its definitely serene animation with solid character designs. I know that I keep saying this but Ill say it again AIC did a great job with the animation with this anime. There are also some solid voice actors working on this anime and they did a great job as always. The three opening themes i Love Kimi no Mama de and Check My Soul all by azusa are catchy upbeat songs that I really liked. The first season had a variety of different ending themes for each girl with most of them being great and my favorite being Koi wa Aserazu the ending theme for Rihokos arc. However in the second season there is instead only one ending theme for the whole season Kokuhaku by azusa the fact that the different ending theme per arc thing isnt done again is a bit disheartening but the song itself is quite serene.
Its not just the huge majority of ending themes that makes Amagami SS enjoyable though its everything I have just mentioned. If youre tired of your best girl not winning the heart of the protagonist in harem anime Id recommend you to watch this. After all this is one anime where everyone wins
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