Gakuen Handsome
Synopsis
High school student Yoshiki Maeda is starting a new year in the all-boys Baraman High School. On the first day, Yoshiki reconnects with his childhood friend, Takuya Saotome, and meets his odd and dramatic homeroom teacher, Teruhiko Saionji. Yoshiki's younger sister, Yuu, is aware of many of these handsome boys and seems to take pleasure in teasing her big brother about them. Yoshiki soon discovers a number of stereotypical romance characters and has no choice but to deal with their outright ludicrous and nonsensical boys' love antics. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Audience Consensus
Gakuen Handsome is a polarizing anime that is intentionally bad, and that's what makes it good. It serves as a parody of BL tropes, with viewers either loving it for its absurdist humor and self-aware nature or disliking it for its crude art and reliance on genre knowledge. The humor is considered very niche. However, the music is appreciated regardless.
Strengths
- Effective parody of BL tropes and cliches
- Hilarious and intentionally bad art style
- Memorable and catchy opening/ending themes
- Unique and refreshing humor that breaks from orthodox comedy
- Enjoyable for viewers familiar with anime tropes
Weaknesses
- Crude and unrefined art style may not appeal to all viewers
- Humor may not land for those unfamiliar with anime or BL tropes
- Some find the content to be 'not freaky enough'
- Some found the story to be pathetic
- Some perceived the content as painfully PG