Reviews

Prison school is a hard anime to judge , considering that its jokes constantly teeter on the fence between parody and genuine fanservice/pervy-ness ; blurring that line just enough to get away with more than its probably allowed. Despite this , I think I can pretty confidently say that it has a majority of positive intentions and is one of the few anime which has been able to dredge a consistent stream of laughs out of me.

The comedy itself, whilst of course lending itself heavily towards more crass , inappropriate humour, manages not to lose the intelligence required to actually make a joke funny. I feel that a lot of other shows wouldn't run with the lack of R-18-restrictions in the way that Prison school does, where there is more than the shock of nudity or inappropriate images to get a rise out of you. The characters genuinely serve a comedic purpose (however stereotypical it may be) and can be predicted in a way that suggests they have some modicum of personality.

Now, don't get me wrong , this isn't to say Prison school has fantastically-written characters (or even well-written characters). I just believe that it goes a stretch beyond some of the dime-a-dozen ecchi shows which have become so abundant in recent years.

I guess this brings me onto my negatives. The main gripe I can imagine surrounds Prison school is the- admittedly very blatant - objectification of women which literally becomes the crux of the show. I find it hard, as a guy, to really form an opinion about this. On one hand, I can probably argue about satire and parody and 'the meaning of comedy' or some shit .On the other hand, you can't argue with the fact that someone was offended and that is just the way it is. The show doesn't really exist without that inherent sexism , so its definitely a hard issue to talk about. I think that viewing it from a parody angle probably removes that concern but its definitely a matter of viewpoint .

Either way, the show definitely has a host of other issues under this main, overarching complaint. The characters are pretty unlikeable (intentional?), maybe excluding the glasses guy. The problem with this is that it not only plagues the main male-cast, but also pretty much everyone in the show. This kind of affects my motivation as no character makes me want to follow them, and any moment where the jokes get old or something doesn't hit loses *aaaalllll* of the momentum the show had been building to that point, considering that that is basically the only reason I'm here. Luckily, that was rare.

Either way, I can atleast say that my degenerate ass had a good time, so do with that what you will .