Juubee-chan: Lovely Gantai no Himitsu

short review

the story is not tolkien
the battle is not devil may cry (max0r,2020)

but the corny jokes still put smile on my face, not speaking for everyone and honestly, there are "illegal" jokes i see as an adult now

i like the OST, probably the most thing i love from the series

back when i was 12 i like jiyu outfit design, minimalist and shirt+tie with vest is simplistic but cute
... jubei yagyu II is a badass character i love too
ryujoji characters are the ones who even weirder probably from expectation of their look
the ruffians are comic relief but almost the entire show characters are comic relief
not saying this is a "safe to watch as family show" especially in this time

rewatching it again on 2023 after beforehand i rewatched it too around 2019 or 2020, due lack of streaming site

the thing i hate from it is , how come they labelling samurai as NINJA?

i recommend it for people who find anime as "cartoonish" goofy ass entertainment not life bible or serious stuff

That the doble number of the beast for you. If I have watch Kill la Kill after Jubei-chan, I would say that Kill la Kill is a ultimate upgrade: it has over the top humor, forth wall break, action and a somehow stupid plot that become interestin later.

Unfortunately, this anime is one of the worst cases I have ever seen presenting its worst in the worst possible way (yes, the triple worst was on purpose). I say this specifically for the humor and the presentation of some secondary characters, with Bantaro as the supreme manifestation of this type: he talks too much, appears as a ... comic character in serious scenarios and only fills sausages. Why does this guy exist at all? Every time he showed up I was annoyed because I knew he was going to steal the show in a stupid mood.

BUUUUT, there is good thing to bring about the show. My favorite was how its presentes the drama behind the Nanohana famaly story, how the fears and blame affected father and daughter, specialy Sai with his backstory as an absent father.

Quick here, I like the Will vs Responsibilite plot, although weak, similar to Reborn! and Nurarihyon no Mago where the protagonist realise that if he/she don't assume whatever is going on things will get worse or something like this. I like Jiyu as a protagonist, her father as a character and any sidekick who is not primarily involved with the comic part. Finally, in my opinion, this show has a weak begining and a bust throght the end.

i watched this over a period of time and wasn't really interested, so my memory of it is vague. the story is of a girl Jiyu or nicknamed Juubee and how she receives this eye patch that harnesses the power to transfer the soul of the historical Juubee.


The comedy is horrible in this, trying to use animation for comedic effect backfired, joke wasn't funny and they just destroyed the animation and mood, not that i was into the mood. Few jokes are actually decent, i noticed that trio of Jiyu fans have a good line now and then, other ... than that the trio is to cringe-worthy, only their for comedy it feels.

I like her fathers reaction at the end in finding out the secret, seemed realistic, if not overplayed a bit. However then they went ahead and decided, i want to save this person so lets have the spirit they just defeated enter into him so he could defeat the one hes trying to protect in order to free her form the good spirit helping her fight.
"defeat" in this situation would be "kill", which makes it stupid, anyone would realize that's a horrible idea.

Even though he just found out the situation somehow comes up with a ... "plan"... to bring her back, which was just to shout in his mind to her to return to normal form, which somehow meant both the spirits being released as juubei spirit slashed the spirit that was in his body and fixes everything 0 / 10.


couldn't enjoy the action with how little, fast paced and poorly animated it was.

i would add more details if my brain didn't erase the past episodes for more room. ;)