Amagami...ever wanted to know what that meant? By definition, the term "amagami" in Japanese means "gentle bite." And apparently, the anime made no passes on this. Amagami SS (no clue what the SS is for,) is a usual harem anime based off a game on PS2. The anime ended and had an anime special which was known as an extra arc for the series. Amagami has become one of the more popular harem anime of the recent seasons.
The general story is about a guy named Tachibana, Junichi. During one Christmas Eve, he had his heart broken when his girlfriend didn't appear for his date on Christmas Eve. So in order to not relieve these events, he isolated himself away from other Christmas Eve events, and usually hung out with his best friend, Umehara, Masayoshi and Tanamachi, Kaoru. Depending on what arc the anime is on, it continues in her favor continuing towards the next Christmas Eve in hopes for Junichi having a better chance to get a girlfriend and not re-living his sad past.
Unlike other harem anime, which only decides for one route or has it's own unique route, this one actually shows all of the girl's routes within 4 or less episodes, which gives fans of each girl something to be satisfied with. If all harem anime were like this, then there would much better reviews-but back onto topic..there are about eight girls the anime focuses on. Morishima Haruka, Nanasaki Ai, Nakata Sae, Sakurai Rihoko, Ayatsuji Tsukasa, Tanamachi Kaoru, Kamizaki Risa, and Tachibana Miya. Compared every other girl, who gets 4 episodes per arc, the last two girls I just named only gets one episode. They story didn't really do to bad for their one-episode arcs though. When you watch it, you'll see.
There's really not much I can tell you about Amagami SS without spoiling the story. I just recommend that you watch it and see how you like it for yourself. There's a lot of arcs revolving around the same story, so you won't really get that bored of it. Here's what a few of us rate some of the arcs based upon the arcs. You don't have to watch it based on those, it's just something you can think about when you finish the anime yourself.
My favorites (My rating between Morishima and Tanamachi are too close to rate, so they're actually even. Same between Sae and Miya.)
1. Nanasaki Ai
2. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
3. Morishima Haruka
4. Tanamachi Kaoru
5. Nakata Sae
6. Tachibana Miya
7. Sakurai Rihoko
8. Kamizaki Risa
Anthony's favorites (Apparently Miya was second to last and Risa is dead last on his list.)
1. Tanamachi Kaoru
2. Nakata Sae
3. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
4. Sakurai Rihoko
5. Nanasaki Ai
6. Morishima Haruka
Alex's favorites
1. Nanasaki Ai
2. Tanamachi Kaoru
3. Morishima Haruka
4. Kamizaki Risa
5. Tachibana Miya
6. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
7. Nakata Sae
8. Sakurai Rihoko
Lastly the special episode is Miya's arc aka episode 26, not to be fooled with the upcoming OVAs. So expect the OVAs to be coming out sooner or later. I give Amagami SS a 4.85 out of 5. Reason it's not a 4.9 rating is because it gave me such a hard time to rate! =P
- Nathan Maruyama
My favorites (My rating between Morishima and Tanamachi are too close to rate, so they're actually even. Same between Sae and Miya.)
1. Nanasaki Ai
2. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
3. Morishima Haruka
4. Tanamachi Kaoru
5. Nakata Sae
6. Tachibana Miya
7. Sakurai Rihoko
8. Kamizaki Risa
Anthony's favorites (Apparently Miya was second to last and Risa is dead last on his list.)
1. Tanamachi Kaoru
2. Nakata Sae
3. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
4. Sakurai Rihoko
5. Nanasaki Ai
6. Morishima Haruka
Alex's favorites
1. Nanasaki Ai
2. Tanamachi Kaoru
3. Morishima Haruka
4. Kamizaki Risa
5. Tachibana Miya
6. Ayatsuji Tsukasa
7. Nakata Sae
8. Sakurai Rihoko
Lastly the special episode is Miya's arc aka episode 26, not to be fooled with the upcoming OVAs. So expect the OVAs to be coming out sooner or later. I give Amagami SS a 4.85 out of 5. Reason it's not a 4.9 rating is because it gave me such a hard time to rate! =P
- Nathan Maruyama
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