The original manga revolves around a girl named Yokoi who
sits next to a boy only known as Seki-kun. During class,
Seki-kun continues to not pay attention and instead creates
amazing little distractions, such as a detailed golf course
with the course's hole being a dent in his desk, or an
entire dramatic war being played out by paper shogi pieces.
Yokoi often finds herself getting reluctantly interested in
his games, even though they always seem to end up getting
HER in trouble with the teacher!
(Source: Anime News Network)
# [~~~**I'll be talking about some of the things Seki does,
so I guess those are spoilers!**~~~]()
[**PREMISE OF THE SHOW:**]() The manga focuses on 2
characters, Seki and Yokoi. Seki doesn't like paying
attention in class and thus goes ahead and creates many
crazy things as to distract him from his school
responsibilites. Yokoi sits beside Seki, she constantly sees
all of these inventions, she wants to ignore what he is
doing but always ends up paying attention and even
participates in them causing **her** to be in trouble from
the teacher and not Seki-kun. All of the things Seki makes
are top quality to be honest, from making little golf
matches to making a dramatic sequence with shogi pieces and
lastly to making his own postal service. This lad would
excel in Factorio and Oxygen not Included. Every episodes
feels fresh and unique, well due to the fact that each one
has new thing to showcase. But nonetheless I didn't get
bored of the what basically is the same formula.
~~~img420(https://pa1.narvii.com/5989/ad80014ae5e7c336f3ab2243c08e5bb7fb2866ab_hq.gif)~~~
[**CHARACTERS:**]() **Seki** - The engineer, he carefully
crafts his works. He does the impossible, he goes as far as
to make his own postal service in the class which has proper
schedules for deliveries and such. This lad right here is
going places. **Yokoi** - She wants to ignore Seki, but Seki
is just too powerful to be ignored by a mere mortal. Her
paying attention to Seki's invetion often leads her to
getting in trouble by the teacher.
~~~img420(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ImmaculateAbleDore-size_restricted.gif)~~~
[**ART/ANIMATION:**]() The animation is great smooth and
fluid most of the time, mostly when an invention is being
presented. The art style is...well I would have to call it
so-so, its not bad! But just nothing too new that brings
attention, sadly. But despite that fact the show is still
great to watch.
~~~img420(https://49.media.tumblr.com/46a10f740d0282389724338d7520a403/tumblr_n4tnhj5i5Q1ryjfqqo1_500.gif)~~~
[**MUSIC:**]() The OP is great, KanaHana rapping is always a
brilliant thing to hear. The ED is a straight up banger, so
catchy. There even is a video of [behind the
scenes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l_X2tgR7Sg) on how
they got the sounds of the school equipment which is neat.
~~~img420(https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/845962924935032427/F75C79E0328F1C9BD7615D6577BD6B9F026A5033/)~~~
[**OVERALL OPINION:**]() Tonari no Seki-kun has to be one of
my favourite short series, the comedy is amazing, the little
crafts Seki makes are really detailed and well thought out.
Great lil series.
I started watching the show because one of my friends(who doesn't watch anime) recommended it to me. And soon the show skyrocketed to be one of my favorites. I might talk about a few scenes in particular, so if you haven't watched the show yet. SPOILERS! The show literally only revolves around two characters Seki and Yokoi. Seki who never pays attention in class always ends up playing with stuff or making new and creative inventions. Yokoi who is his bench neighbor tries to ignore him and always fails. Eventually gets in trouble for it. ~~~img220(https://theglorioblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/roundup_04_1.jpg)~~~ each episode is a standalone episode where Seki Kun comes up with a new way to pass his time during the class. and Yokoi reluctantly joins him in his fun. I absolutely love Seki Kun's expressions how he is always impressed by his creativity and proud of it. ~~~img220(https://media.tenor.com/jQyw6fS957MAAAAe/tonari-no-seki-kun-tonari.png~~~) what makes it even better is yokoi's reaction to it and her inner monologue to his mischief. I love the episode involving the robot family. whenver there is some drill seki kun takes those drills lightly. but in contrast, the robots will be performing the drills seriously. which is obviously orchestrated by none other than seki kun. ~~~img220(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bd3cBcdG2TA/maxresdefault.jpg)~~~ And the robotto kazoku song is sooo cute and catchy. I love how yokoi and seki kun never had to communicate verbally throughout the show but the expressions they give to each other are priceless. they scold each other just by the looks . The real question is how Seki is able to keep so many things in a school bag without running out of space or getting caught. Like a whole-arse firecracker is inside of his bag. and if you are watching it, i urge you not to skip [opening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBaTMEAe6bc) and the [ending ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIKB7i6fcmk). The song is really catchy, and the video is just a smaller version of a episode, and with so much charm. Most creative opening and ending for a very creative show. And as a person who is so much into knowing who the seiyuu is I was delighted to know that yokoi is voiced by Kana Hanazawa who also voices kanroji mitsuri in kimetsu no yaiba. Seki kun is voiced by Hiro Shimono who also voiced zenitsu agatsuma in kimetsu no Yaiba. my only complain is that the anime and manga are in hiatus. i hoped i could see more episode of it. Just my opinion but I feel like seki kun always aces his tests which is why he is always bored during the classes. Its also sad that it is such an underrated show. more people should watch it. Great series overall!