Sekirei

**Sekirei** is an action, adventure, drama, comedy, fantasy, romance, romantic comedy, fan

   service, harem, contemporary fantasy, battle royale, Japanese anime series.  It started out with a manga series, which was written by Sakurako Gokurakuin, published by Square Enix, and it originally ran from December 3, 2004 to August 21, 2015, and it lasted for 18 volumes in total.  After that came the first season of the anime.  It was directed by Keizo Kusakawa, written by Takao Yoshioka, musically composed by Hiroaki Sano, produced by Studio Seven Arcs, and it originally aired from July 2, 2008 to September 17, 2008, and it lasted for 12 episodes in total.  After that came an OVA attached to the first season, was directed by Keizo Kusakawa, written by Takao Yoshioka, musically composed by Hiroaki Sano, produced by Studio Seven Arcs, and it was originally released on March 26, 2009.  After that came season 2 of the anime series, titled Sekirei:  Pure Engagement.  It was directed by Keizo Kusakawa, written by Takao Yoshioka, musically composed by Hiroaki Sano, produced by Hideo Tatsumaka and Studio Seven Arcs, and it originally aired from July 4, 2010 to September 26, 2010, and it lasted for 13 episodes in total.  After that came another OVA attached to the second season, which was directed by Keizo Kusakawa, written by Takao Yoshioka, musically composed by Hiroaki Sano, produced by Hideo Tatsumaka and Studio Seven Arcs, and it was originally released on August 21, 2010.

## Plot

In Tokyo known as Shinto Teito (新東帝都 *Shintō Teito*, "New Eastern Imperial Capital") in 2020, 19-year-old Minato Sahashi is extremely intelligent, yet due to his inability to cope under pressure, has failed the college entrance exam twice.

One day, Minato meets a girl named Musubi, who literally falls from the sky. Minato soon learns that she is a "Sekirei" and chooses him as her "Ashikabi", one of the mysterious set of humans that have the genetic trait and can make a contract by kissing the Sekirei. This binds the Sekirei to him and allows them to use their full power in elimination battles with other Sekirei. Made up of 108 cute girls, buxom women, and *bishōnen*, the Sekirei fight in a competition known as the "Sekirei Plan" organized by Hiroto Minaka, the chairman and founder of the mysterious and powerful MBI Corporation.

Minato soon learns that being the partner of a girl is not all fun and games, especially when several other Sekirei choose him as their Ashikabi, each also forming a contract with him. Now, Minato must find a way to survive both the life-threatening battles of the Sekirei Plan and his partners' fierce competition for him.

## Why It Rocks

1. Excellent soundtrack.
2. All of the primary female characters are interesting, likable, and different enough from each other to warrent exiting in the same show, which is very important for Harem anime.
3. Great animation.
4. Amazing themes and drama which aren't incredibly original but are still executed and presented in a way that gets us to care about the characters and gets us invested in their struggles.
5. Very appealing art style and character designs.
6. Outstanding fight scenes in almost every episode.  The attacks and types of powers aren't usuually that original--for example, water, fire, wind, lightning, and earth manipulation, and standard hand to hand martial arts--but the action sequences are usually fast paced and intense, and they usually come with ideological battles between the characters fighting, which is always great.
7. Good voice acting in both sub and dub.
8. Good pacing.

## Bad Qualities

1. Like many anime with tons of fanservice, the amount may turn some viewers off.
2. Like in a lot of harem anime, the main character isn't very interesting or complex, (although he's not as unlikable as some).
3. The themes and characters, while handled well, aren't particuarly original.
4. Like many anime adaptations from manga, the anime doesn't complete the manga.  This is especially frustrating for fans because the manga completed back in 2015, but they still haven't finished the adaptation yet.

## Reception

Volume eight of the *Sekirei* manga made the top 30 manga sold in Japan, holding third place with 103,811 copies sold from February 24 to March 2, 2009.[36] Volume nine placed 17th out of 30 with 65,732 copies sold from December 21–27, 2009.[37] From June 28 to July 4, 2010, volume ten sold 47,019 copies for a total amount of 120,991 in 20th out of 30.