A less than favourable review of K-ON!! published in an Asahi newspaper column, panning the anime and its fans for having no interest in story development, is proving somewhat incendiary online.
An abridged translation of their review:
Unlike a music manga like BECK, which offers plenty of uplifting action, what K-ON! deals with is tea parties, cake appreciation and tests, in a laid back slice-of-life way.
There’s no story development or outcome with a classic moe manga like this – so there’s no story.
For otaku it seems character is more important than story, so fragmentary episodes like these are preferred.
As there’s no story, there’s no growth.
There are no male characters either – so there’s no change there either.
A utopia without any outcome or growth might well be just what blog and Twitter stir-loving modern fan tastes are after.
The reviewer would appear to fall firmly into the “Type A” otaku mould.
No male characters? Is this guy really reading the manga? =_=
wow how stupid … i like k-on and lucky star i like watching anime with no plot just for fun and laughs is good .. .
An Anime does not by necessity need an engaging story for character growth, Azumanga Daioh proved that among others. Plot growth is not required as much since the focus is on the characters .
Luck Star has no plot. Whuts the big deal?
correct me if I’m wrong.
Didn’t they talked about the final live show, then they talk about writing new song for a couple of episodes, write lyric, then Azusa’s concern over whether the Romeo & Juliet play will affect their performance at Cultural Festival, and finally, finish the live event and felt empty afterward? (Not to mention them trying to choose a university to go to, which took quite some time…)