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 What's this? GJ-bu is the story of a guy who has been forced to join a school club, the GJ-bu (Good Job) by four girls. It's based on a light novel of the same name, as well as the spinoff series "GJ-bu Chūtō-bu" (GJ-bu, Jr High School Division). It's another series in the vein of such classics as K-ON and Hidamari sketch and it's basically about a bunch of quirky characters chatting to each other and being adorable. The Main Cast (From Left to Right)  Shion Sumeragi (VA: Suzako Mimori) Shion is a genius with several older brothers who are also geniuses, she's generally shown sat at a PC playing virtual chess against grandmasters and beating them. However, despite being smart it appears as though she's had a sheltered upbringing, so she doesn't know how pot noodles work. Kinda dull. Kyouya "Kyoro" Shinomiya (VA: Hiro Shimono) The protagonist of the show, he's a soft spoken dude who the girls make fun of yet seem to be attracted to or whatever. Is also insanely good at combing hair and half heartedly objecting to things. Can power up and transform into ORE-MAN which is like the manliest thing ever. Kirara Bernstein (VA: Chika Arakawa) Essentially a cat, spends her days eating huge piles of meat and speaking in really short sentences. Likes baseball. Can talk to cats. Terrible Mao Amatsuka (VA: Maaya Uchida) The president of the GJ-bu. She's really short, which she takes advantage of in order to get her beloved kids meals (with the little flag). Picks on Kyoro whenever she's bored or annoyed, which is pretty much all the time because that's how comedy works. Spends a lot of time nowadays acting like a little girl for some reason. Megumi Amatsuka (VA: Yume Miyamoto) Mao's younger sister. Spends her days making tea and being really nice. The best character. Introduced Episode 7: Tama  She's basically a spoiled brat who eats like a motherfucker. Played by the girl who played Dekomori in Chuunibyou (a.k.a the best character) so she says "des" a lot. Starts off being lovely but becomes integral to the cast's dynamic. There's also a bunch of little sisters who got introduced in episode 6, they are all terrible (except Jill). Kyoro's younger sister is a brocon. Kirara's younger sister is a canadian who doesn't speak much japanese but can write it well so it doesn't matter. Mao's youngest sister has like a magic hate mask or some poo poo. What can I expect from this anime - Cute girls chatting - Tea - A maid twirling - A feminine dude being harrassed by girls - Hair Brushing - Basically an anime that isn't deep at all, but is good honest feel-good viewing. - Every character is in love with Kyoro How can I watch It's just been picked up by Crunchyroll so please check it out. For some reason they decided to call it GJ Club though, ruining the title. Namtab fucked around with this message at Mar 18, 2013 around 22:22 |
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| # ? May 20, 2013 07:45 |
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Definitely Anime of the Season so far. I anticipate every new hair brushing scene with bated breath.
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| # ? Feb 20, 2013 17:47 |
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I remember being mildly interested in this when Zorak put up the Winter anime thread, but then forgot about it. I'll check this out as the episodes come out in order on CR.
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| # ? Feb 20, 2013 17:51 |
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It's kinda creepy how most of the voice cast is under 16.
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| # ? Feb 20, 2013 18:21 |
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New VAs have to get their foot in the door somewhere though, and they're doing a good enough job so who cares?
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| # ? Feb 20, 2013 19:17 |
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 I love those Jojo poses Kyoro did when we went all ORE MAN on Tama.  This show is pretty fun.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 13:27 |
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Largepotato posted:It's kinda creepy how most of the voice cast is under 16. The main dude more than makes up for it. He's *really* good and kinda the only reason I stuck through past the first episode which felt like 4 koma hell.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 18:16 |
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I was a bit iffy on the idea of GreenHair being a character they just sort of threw in half way through the season, but I actually thought she ended up being pretty funny and a good addition to the show's dynamic.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 21:07 |
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I decided to watch the first 2 episodes, and this show is pretty much like any 4koma series, but I'm enjoying it. I'll probably end up watching the entire series.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 23:24 |
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Watched a couple of episodes, not bad. Fits into the same niche as A-Channel and Acchi Kochi, though so far I'd rate those two a fair bit higher. Still, it fills a hole 
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Brett824 posted:I was a bit iffy on the idea of GreenHair being a character they just sort of threw in half way through the season, but I actually thought she ended up being pretty funny and a good addition to the show's dynamic. I'm not too keen on Green myself. New GJ-bu was pretty good though, gave a decent examination of the sacrifices Megu makes to be the best character
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| # ? Feb 22, 2013 16:24 |
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That explains it. Nice to have VAs acting out roles that closer to their ages than what usually happens, and I approve of its coverage of hair brushing; Can confirm that their acting is genuine
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| # ? Feb 22, 2013 17:43 |
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Largepotato posted:It's kinda creepy how most of the voice cast is under 16. For the longest time, I thought this is what worked about two of the three main characters on Penguindrum. Sometimes it sets an interesting scenario to put an actor on the role of somebody within his/her age bracket, because you're getting a much more honest response.
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| # ? Feb 22, 2013 17:58 |
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 Show gets the official K-on! seal of approval. I get really distracted every time I notice their eyes have a :-) face in them.
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| # ? Feb 23, 2013 11:24 |
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Latest episode wasn't really that great compared to some of the others, the only point of it seemed to be to get the sisters and the GJ-bu interacting with each other so that any new episodes can have all the characters at once.
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| # ? Feb 28, 2013 16:41 |
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Anything with the absolutely charming maid and her twirling is a good episode for me, goddamn. They really got things right with her. (maid twirl gifts are on the internet, I am satisfied) e: Gotta say that the speech feels slower than other series, often "freaking slow". Most Japanese I hear and poorly speak is rapid entertainment-business talk, closest to this speed is nicovideo's ojiisan (artist & dark souls player); Fhe rate most dramatized, acted Japanese really goes at might finally be getting to me. MrLonghair fucked around with this message at Mar 2, 2013 around 02:56 |
| # ? Mar 1, 2013 03:33 |
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This show has a disgusting amount of hair brushing and maid twirling. Also loving the ore-man.
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| # ? Mar 2, 2013 16:19 |
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The newest episode was a lot better than 8, solely based on the addition of maid hairbrushing.
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| # ? Mar 8, 2013 21:23 |
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Yeah, the newest episode is probably the best yet.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 16:58 |
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It does raise the question of what would happen if Kyoro were to brush his own hair while dressed up as Kyoroko, though.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 23:12 |
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I can't help but wonder if this entire thread is an incredibly subtle joke about the banality of the anime industry or something.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 05:53 |
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SC Bracer posted:I can't help but wonder if this entire thread is an incredibly subtle joke about the banality of the anime industry or something. Please don't troll. AfroSquirrel posted:It does raise the question of what would happen if Kyoro were to brush his own hair while dressed up as Kyoroko, though. Wouldn't surprise me if this, or something like this, ended up happening.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 06:36 |
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SC Bracer posted:I can't help but wonder if this entire thread is an incredibly subtle joke about the banality of the anime industry or something. Brushie brushie.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 07:25 |
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SC Bracer posted:I can't help but wonder if this entire thread is an incredibly subtle joke about the banality of the anime industry or something. That's deep, you're deep
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 08:28 |
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Or maybe it really is about hair-brushing then. Carry on, gentlemen 
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 08:43 |
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OH... JESUS! Episode 10 is the best yet.
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| # ? Mar 14, 2013 07:52 |
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 FUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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| # ? Mar 14, 2013 08:35 |
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...Jesus, Ore-Man just gets weirder and weirder the more I see it.
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| # ? Mar 14, 2013 20:03 |
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So i just finished episode 6 and i already don't like any of the younger sisters introduced.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 01:43 |
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Smornstein posted:So i just finished episode 6 and i already don't like any of the younger sisters introduced. Except Jill, right?
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 02:08 |
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Yeah Jill is the only good one Kyoro's was decent until the end of the episode and Seira i just plain don't like.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 02:55 |
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Man this show's been really strong lately with the last two episodes. Can't wait to see what happens on wednesday. E: Also, Tama has really grown on me, she's not quite up to Megu's level, but she's probably the next best.
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| # ? Mar 18, 2013 22:15 |
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Here's that drat gif I promised to make you namtab:
floor is lava fucked around with this message at Mar 19, 2013 around 01:05 |
| # ? Mar 19, 2013 01:02 |
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Tama isn't as insufferable as she was in episode 7 really all she needs is a hair brushing scene on screen.
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| # ? Mar 19, 2013 01:41 |
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floor is lava posted:Here's that drat gif I promised to make you namtab: This is true art.
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| # ? Mar 19, 2013 16:47 |
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floor is lava posted:Here's that drat gif I promised to make you namtab:
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| # ? Mar 19, 2013 17:04 |
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I am enjoying this show. I still have some more episodes to catch up on, but so far it doesn't disapoint. I can just watch it and enjoy it. It reminds me a lot of "Seitokai no Ichizon" in the sense that nothing happens, but it is still enjoyable for some unexplainable reason! Also, makes me think of "Lucky Star" if all the characters on the show were bipolar.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 05:33 |
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As much as i don't want it to end sadly next week is the last episode.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 05:36 |
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Well, it seem episode 11 marked the time for me to get a new avatar. Apart from that face it didn't feel like they really ran the jokes to completion this time, though. (Also, Mao cut her hair for the crossdressing part! Although it grew back out immediately.)
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| # ? May 20, 2013 07:45 |
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I only started watching this show yesterday and I'm already at episode 7. It's such a chill show to just unwind with, all the characters are pleasant and the humor has just the right amount of tact to keep you watching. It's very pretty looking as well, that pastel color scheme and that gleam everything seems to have. I like how the main character has a crush on the maid and it isn't even anything weird or perverted as you'd expect from other shows, he's just astounded by the idea of an actual real life maid. edit: Also I'm kind of a sucker for all the different credits sequences. HoneyBoy fucked around with this message at Mar 25, 2013 around 10:11 |
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