Sekirei (2008–2010) User Reviews

Fanservice with a plot

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 18 April 2010]

When I started watching this series I thought I might not make it past the first episode as it was immediately clear that it was going to be packed with unnecessary fanservice and probably a poor plot. I was right about the amount of fanservice; nearly all the female characters had enormous breasts which their clothes barely cover assuming their clothes haven't fallen off in a fight or they aren't taking one of their many visits to the bath. Thankfully the series had an enjoyable plot that soon had me roped in. Minato is trying to get into university but has failed his exams for the second time, one day he is out when a girl literally falls out of the sky and lands on him. It turns out that this is Musubi, a Sekirei, and when she kisses him her special powers increase and he becomes her Ashikabi or master. After some confusion with his landlord he finds himself homeless luckily the two of them find a new home where it turns out there are already Sekirei living. In the early episodes Minato increases his harem of large breasted Sekirei and one child then in later episodes we learn that the Sekirei are destined to battle it out till only one of them remains.

While we see quite a few fights the battle to the last Sekirei doesn't end within the series, in fact the final episode ends with "To be continued...". I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed this series; the characters were interesting and by the end I really cared about whether or not they would survive the climactic battle. Given the size of the girls chests the fanservice looked as if it was designed to be more comic than erotic. As well as the action there are plenty of comic moments such as one Sekirei who is never without a bottle of sake and Minato's harem competing for his affections. At only twelve episodes the series ended all too soon although I hear that a second series is due to be released this Summer. Given that it can be watched free and legally on Funimation's YouTube channel at the moment I'd recommend checking it out if you aren't offended by gratuitous nudity.

Modern Mermaids or Nymphs

[christian94 · 7/10 · 5 December 2012]

The human myths and legends have included many women of extreme beauty and some with quite voracious sexual appetite. This Japan anime focuses on large-breasted free-spirited females who are playing a game to which we discover the rules along with the clueless main male character, Minato, who is plunged in a world where beautiful women fight for his affections and for their lives. The sarcastic humour is quite on point and the gratuitous nudity in every other scene flows as naturally as large breasts bouncing up and down. The constant fan service, sexiness and arousal however is not the only reason worth watching this whimsical fairy-tale. As characters are presented with various complex backstories and the shroud of mystery is slowly revealed, we find endearing personalities, fun situations, cool fights and a story that keeps you as captivated as the big bare or barely-bare breasts all around. Minato gets a nose bled every time he sees breasts, but we get far from nosebleed seats, as we are right there in the action following the moves blow for blow. Tight shirts, short skirts, panties and flirts are all part of the game and the world of Sekirei. If a Sekirei is grabbing a breast or two (hers or another's) or kissing an Ashikabi or a Japanese version of Ashanti, all the better. There is no missed opportunity for sexual reference, action, comedy and lots of fun.

I was annoyed with the sometimes childish drawings superimposed or replacing scenes to often show fantastic elements, but they later seem to blend in the story and add humour or thought/emotion like a manga/comic book, once you get used to it. Other than that, simply sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

My conclusion is then that Sekireis are a new figment of modern imagination to represent a breed of idealized brave and breasted woman who love her man and is ready to fight for him and defend him. The series deserves distinction for creating this fictional world as much as Disney and the Danish author for the Little Mermaid. It is about time we update the succulent stories of the five types of Greek nymphs, the apsaras of Hindu and Buddhist mythology and the celestial nymphs of Sigiriya with the 108 Sekireis! Let's enjoy the maiden voyage of these damsels while we are in distress.

All in all, like Minato is having, the series is a harmless harem of fun.

Returm of the Sekirei

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 12 October 2010]

Having enjoyed the first series of 'Sekirei' I was pleased to see that Funimation had subtitled the second series on their YouTube channel; I assume there will also be an English dub by the time it makes it to DVD. If you have watched the first series you'll know what to expect; Minato and his harem of buxom Sekirei are continuing battle against the other Sekirei and the sinister MBI whose leader is forcing the Sekirei to fight. When not fighting the girls like to relax in the bath although this time their modesty is protected by convenient steam; I suspect that this might only be in the broadcast episodes and that by the time the series makes it to DVD that steam will have evaporated!

As with the first series there was plenty of fun to be had here as the characters were as much fun as ever. There was plenty of excitement and not everybody that I thought would survive did. I'd recommend this but before watching make sure you catch the first series or a lot of it won't make sense.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.

Out of All the Great Anime I've Seen, This One I'd Call the Best

[ikrani · 10/10 · 25 February 2014]

Sekirei can kind of be summed up with "Highlander with Fan Service". However, that really wouldn't do it justice, since it's so much more than a typical harem or another "There Can Be Only One" story. It centers around Minato Sahashi who, after having a beautiful girl LITERALLY fall into his life, discover that he is an Ashikabi, the destined partner of this girl and others like her known as Sekirei.

Minato himself is the best male lead for a harem anime you could ask for. While being physically weak and having a tendency to crumple under pressure, he is very likable and doesn't fall to the harem trope of being a lecherous pervert or a namby pamby with a deus ex machina on stand by. He does eventually become an selfless hero who puts his girls first and himself second (yeah, I know, that's a tired harem cliché of the weak male protagonist archtype), however this change is only introduced during the second season. And, believe me, it's given a very legitimate reason for happening.

The harem girls have diverse characters that allow for a balanced mix of comedy and drama, and they're really what makes the show work as well as it does. The writers seem to know just which dramatic moments between them to kill with comedy and which ones to let play out, resulting in a tone reminiscent of Glen Murakami's Teen Titans cartoon. Each member of the harem has a different kind of relationship with the hero and with each other, so they all feel like real people. These are not things you say about a dumb fan-service show, this was clearly something that someone put a lot of thought and care into crafting.

What sets Sekirei above most other harem anime is how it goes out of its way to trample nearly every harem cliché that people like me are sick of. There's an actual villain this time around who by all means I should hate but for some reason can't stay mad at whenever he's on screen. There's no perverted male lead to facilitate fan service, nor any contrived high school scenario. In fact, they kick THAT cliché in the happy sack from the get-go. None of the Sekirei are one-note nor are any of the other characters, with the exception of some of the lesser mentioned.

The other thing that separates Sekirei from other harem anime is its maturity. The show always find diegetic reasons for fan service and never has the main character cop a feel for no reason. The fan service is never the focus of a scene, the focus is always on fun character interaction or moving the story forward. And the one time Minato DOES accidentally cop a feel, the show uses it as a rather unique plot point dealing with a character's dual-identity. "Grabbing a woman's breast leads to a revelation about their identity and the psychological crisis they are currently having." How many shows can you say THAT about? It sounds so stupid on paper, and yet in execution it's not. That's this show in a nutshell, come to think of it.

On that note, I'm sure you've probably started asking questions about the credibility of the show's "destined romantic partner" thing. That idea that these girls are bound to whomever wins a genetic lottery regardless of character or moral fiber. Well, the show addresses that. Yeah, in Season 2 there's an episode that points out just how f**ked up an Ashikabi can be and what a sickening relationship it leads to. How many other shows do you know of that do that? How often has a show deconstructed its own premise like that? I certainly can't think of any that do. And said confrontation ends not with any kind of moral analysis or deep philosophical comment on the matter, it ends with a simple statement of, "This is why Minato is our main man: because he's a big damn hero with a big damn heart who always tries to do the right thing no matter what." It's just so refreshing to see that kind of attitude in a meek and vulnerable character like Minato instead of a powerhouse like Goku or Superman.

Don't be fooled by this show's appearances on the surface. This is one the smartest, best-paced, best-written shows I've ever seen, harem or action or animated or otherwise. It directs all of its elements and resources towards engaging and entertaining the audience, and it never resorts to cheap anime gimmicks to do so. While the show isn't flawless as there are one or two scenes that I feel go on a bit too long for where they take the story, I still have no qualms about calling this my all-time favorite anime, beating out such acclaimed series like Cowboy Bebop, Trigun and Fullmetal Alchemist.

Why? Because I am a huge sucker for shows featuring multiple kick- ass lady protagonists living under one roof, which this show is entirely responsible for doing to me. I've watched it four times already and am not even close to getting sick of it. Just for context, I watch most anime once and then never go back to them, even those other three I mentioned, far more than any of the bad harem shows I've seen. I think that says something about the appeal of Sekirei. Watch it, analyze it, love it. It's THAT awesome.

Plot was getting interesting but wouldnt be a fan of it

[Irishchatter · 7/10 · 30 March 2018]

I honestly didn't care if there was nudity or big busted women involved in this, I was more concerned about the character development and the plot. Now I have to say, the plot might've been better if it was easy to understand whats going on regarding why those girls came to Minato's planet and the fact they added in a whiny little blond girl who I couldn't make sense out of. However, I liked the characters Minato, Musubi, Tsukiumi and Matsu because they all seemed interesting by their own different personalities. I really ship Minato and Musubi as a couple, I would have loved if they were intimate like they are a great team from different worlds.I loved the fact Tsukiumi is always p*ssed off with everyone by her rage. She really makes you laugh. Matsu is like the sneakiest clever b*tch around because she doesn't want Musubi to have Minato and she would definately remind you of sneaky girls anyways that youd know for real lol!

I give this 7/10!

Waiting for Season 3

[arrifat-77810 · 10/10 · 26 June 2020]

It's a decent romantic story with action and also story is so good and that's why I can't wait for next season 😍

Why the season 3 is not coming yet

[thebatrazzpurohit · 10/10 · 30 November 2018]

I was just watching videos on YouTube. And a video came which was traier of it . I simply watched it for passing time . But after starting this series I forgot everything in my life .all day I waited to see this series . I was thinking that I am living with them (as minato😂). When uzeme died I really thought and cried a lot. When the series was over l felt that the reality is imagination & this series was reality. I was so sad after finishing this series . I was searching for the 3rd season but there was nothing . This was made in 2008 & 2010 . The difference in the two seasons was 2 years . But it's 8 years completed there is no news of it. So I don't think there will be a season 3. So when I think about it makes me cry. If the makers are reading this please make season 3.

Pretty, with potential that is unrealized.

[ajrcvr · 2/10 · 9 June 2016]

What we have here is a somewhat ecchi presentation of females running about trying to make a story out of the various elements the author brings into the movie. The rampant nudity, huge boobs of nearly all the female characters, and routine fan-service - which I'm certainly not against - don't come close to saving this haphazard & amateurish attempt at telling a tale, particularly the last episode, which is pointlessly stupid beyond belief. In fact, all that pizzaz is distracting & even irritating when you don't have an intelligent plot- line to give it all purpose. Scantily clad and nude sexy young women scampering about destroying each other for no intelligent reason, and no definable goal ("you'll get something good at the end if you're the last one standing"), led by a psychotic "game-master" who achieves that position by who knows what means, is a thin storyline at best. As an author myself who enjoys anime, I know it could easily have been made better! Laziness and lack of imagination caused it not to be. A solid, heartfelt story never quite materializes. What IS there is overly sketchy & under-developed, & isn't concluded in any sensible or satisfying way. The author is overly consumed with keeping his psychopathic villains and not much concerned with the status and well- being of his heroes and heroines, who suffer mightily at the hands of their foes, sometimes ridiculously & inordinately so.

The magic employed by the characters is weak and nonsensical, while the characters themselves are mostly stupid - you'd HAVE to be to play this deadly "game," because the only true villain here is the game- master and his cronies, the destruction of whom should be the real plot of the story. Characters are also uni-dimensional and even pathetic, occasionally foolishly falling victim to their foes and then suffering for it, something employed to create drama, which it actually doesn't, because it is so dumb. As for the animation, it's only fair, while the graphics are pretty decent, which makes it visually pleasing to watch. This is a series that had a good idea, and could have offered up a great story, with powerful relationships and heartfelt drama, but it did what was easy and quick and so failed to do that - a shame, really. What you're left with is sexy, overly busty animated women, occasionally delightfully nude, dancing about trying to kill each other because some psychotic says they should so he can get his jollies from he fray, unconcerned about the human carnage. As for a deeper story and adventure, you really need to find that elsewhere.

Great friendship

[bmayank-98491 · 8/10 · 11 July 2021]

Great friendship and trust tell this series and l love this amine also have little comedy and emotion also attach to me

I tell watch this anime atlest once.

Like watching porn for the story

[jeffeljefe27 · 3/10 · 4 May 2015]

I'm sure Sekirei had a coherent plot to it, but it's a bit difficult to find when you're honestly just watching the show because there's boobs. If you really enjoy less-than-exciting fight scenes laced with nudity, this is the anime for you. If you're a horny teenager and your parents monitor your internet, here you go. If you're a creepy middle-aged weaboo, you'll be right at home. Otherwise, go look up porn somewhere other than Netflix and move on with your miserable life. There are plenty of shows with interesting, intriguing, and enticing story lines and endearing, inviting, and intricate characterization. This is not one of those. Whatever your preferred qualities are for a show, something else does it better.

To Love-Ru meets Ikki Tousen..Sort of.

[Blu_Flash98 · 10/10 · 31 March 2014]

Now, after watching both seasons of Sekirei, the one thing I can say is that this is, in a way, your standard Harem Anime. Lots of Ecchi scenes, lots of big breasted women and lots of Nudity. But this in no way means that the plot is weak.

Minato Sahashi is our physically weak and confident-lacking protagonist. By no means is he one of those characters with some hidden power. He's just an average human being with nothing that makes him special, per se. He's intelligent but lacks confidence in himself and does not deal well under pressure, which is why he has failed the University Entrance Exams two years running now. One day after making his way home from the University, he suddenly encounters Musubi, Sekirei #88. Dropping in on him from the Sky. He protects her from her pursuers, twin Sekirei, who attack all Sekirei that have yet to Emerge. The pact between a Sekirei and their Ashikabi is made through a kiss.

Sekirei are mystical beings who were found by two people on an island that had mysteriously emerged from the Sea. They were found by Minaka Hiroto and a lady named Takami. There are 108 Sekirei, the single digit Sekirei being significantly stronger than the double-digit and triple-digit Sekirei. Minaka Hiroto has set up a game which most Ashikabi are dragged into unwillingly. According to him, the self-proclaimed Game Master, Sekirei exist only to fight and kill each other. So he decides to hold what is known as The Sekirei plan. In this deadly game of life or death, there are several stages and each Sekirei must compete to survive and find their chosen Ashikabi.

Entertaining

[malayakumar-27810 · 10/10 · 18 June 2022]

I found this show very entertaining.i dont know why people are badmouthing this series so much.i don't see any problem here. Definitely good plotline likeable characters and decent actions.i think the creator needs to focus on fighting scenes(like badass fightings,something like rage scenes) and soundtrack.i found this series good though.i know all have different tastes but this is definitely good in my point of view.waiting for season 3(Excepting thrilling actions and twists from season 3). Thank you Team.

A good and fun anime

[Sabre_Wolf · 10/10 · 17 April 2013]

I watched Sekirei when I was introduced to it by a friend and you know what I loved it. Minato is basically down on his luck he's a smart guy but has issues dealing with pressure but then Musubi and the other girls come into his life then he's in for quite a time.

It has interesting characters and I could identify with Minato and he is genuinely a good guy. I loved all of the Sekirei girls.

The animation is nothing short of top notch with all the characters well drawn especially the Sekirei with great action sequences.

All in all one of the most fun harem anime/manga ever created! Not just in terms of fighting, the animation and the fan service but also the characters.

The stupidity and awfulness continues

[ajrcvr · 2/10 · 9 June 2016]

I watched this 2nd installment of Sekirei is to see if it improved anything over the first one. Unfortunately, it didn't. In fact, it got worse. The great potential that is there is still unrealized in the author's attempt to hammer out a speedy sequel. It is truly hard to understand, and the series never elucidates, why the characters would be stupid enough to participate in this crazy death experience. Clearly the creators had some sense of the tragic nature of losing someone to this battle, since some of their characters are profoundly disturbed by it and others are even sorry they took the life of one of the Sekireis - but that is never fully explored nor given enough credibility in the storyline. There is much potential there, but it is not developed. The plot should never be for Sekireis to kill other Sekireis, but to kill the game-master.

What is offered in this bevy of buxom babes is a bunch of random situations with the women sort of fighting, sometimes, but not really, and what is there is weak and kind of moronic. We are lacking a good, solid reason for the conflict and killing, more than "it's fun!" which some think, or "I have to." The whole "Game" concept is dumb to the point of irritating! Playing chess is a game, this is simply killing. The fact that it is run by a completely insane individual, who is also supposed to be a brilliant genius, is once more insultingly stupid. And there are other technical problems. To create drama, the author lets his villains not play by the rules that he invented for the series, while the good guys have to. When you watch this, you will easily see what I mean. Like many anime, the villains are superior in many ways to the heroes, who are constrained for the theoretical purpose of plot and drama, and have to work twice as hard by exotic (sometimes Deus ex machina) means to win; and sometimes they don't. There are better ways to accomplish this so that you don't destroy the integrity of the story. The creators appear to love their villains, and that's all I can say about that without spoiling anything.

There are battles that don't quite resolve anything, relationships that are never fully developed, despite the fact that the women are ready to die for their masters. The house lady doesn't want any "illicit" behavior in her boarding house, where 6 Sekireis and their master live - God only knows why - but the women can go out and battle and die for their men. Silly. The storyline is never truly wrapped up, I suppose because the author was going to try to make another one of these, but so far, hasn't. And, again, you have decent graphics with fair animation. There could have been much more, but there wasn't, and all the potential this series had is left in the pen of the author.

Waiting for season 3

[manoranjangarnayak · 10/10 · 18 June 2022]

This is definitely Good.i personally prefer romance,harem, Action, Adventure,isekai, Magic. Out of these 4 are there romance,harem,action,magic. I loved this series,the characters are fun, entertaining and lovable. I think the show creator should extend the actions scenes to a liitle depth.otherwise this i have no problem though this is a minor issue. This series has a good storyline also and they properly done their homemark(storyline).i think a little bit twist in the story also needed. I loved this series. Waiting for season 3.

Yo Batterrazpurohit

[alexustar · 29 September 2019]

Your Uzume comment spoilt it for me. I'm only halfway through first season. Have some respect and put a spoiler alert, Not hard to do