This anime is a wild mix of elegance, absurdity, and pure giga chad energy. It’s only 12 episodes long, but man, it leaves a pretty memorable impression.

The premise is as ridiculous as it is brilliant — Sakamoto, the main character, is literally flawless. Like, not “he’s good at stuff” flawless, I mean he walks into chaos and comes out like a Vogue cover model. There’s a fire? He handles it. Bullies? Outsmarts them with style. A bee attacks him in class? My guy literally elegantly evades it without even blinking. Watching him is like watching a human version of a cheat code.

What I really loved ... was how over-the-top the show was, but never in a cringey way. It leans into its absurdity so confidently that it becomes its biggest strength. Each episode is filled with hilarious moments where you think “okay, he can’t possibly top this” and then boom — he pulls some next-level smooth move with jazz music playing in the background.

One of my favorite moments was when Sakamoto turned cleaning the classroom into an epic performance. I was sitting there like, “Who the hell makes sweeping the floor look cool?” But somehow he did. And don't get me started on the episode where he survives in the wilderness during a storm using school supplies — that was like Bear Grylls meets James Bond.

But even though it's a comedy, it surprised me with a little depth too. Like, you start to notice how people around Sakamoto start changing for the better. The bullies soften, the loners gain confidence, even the teachers get shaken up. There's something kinda wholesome underneath all the meme-level coolness.

Now, is it perfect? Not really. The formula does start to feel a bit repetitive toward the end — you know he’s always going to outsmart everyone — but the creativity behind how he does it keeps it fun. And some episodes felt a little slower than others, but that’s expected with this kind of episodic humor.

Still, for just 12 episodes, it delivers a lot. I laughed out loud multiple times and even rewatched a few scenes just to admire how absurdly classy Sakamoto was. It’s one of those animes you can rewatch when you’re feeling down or just want to enjoy something light and silly that doesn’t try too hard to be deep.

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Cool, Cooler, Coolest

6/10 (Decent)

Animation and Artstyle:
+ Motion (Ok): Mostly Static; Decent enough animation for SoL, great animation for comedy category.
++ Environment (Good): Good backdrops, good setting design.
... + Style (Ok): Some comedic scenes does not work well with "exquisite" theming.

Characters:
+ Design (Ok): Generic student designs, not much distinct compared to other SoL animes; MC is just handsome, nothing else.
- Characteristic (Meh): Generic student tropes and quirks; MC is cringey but interesting.
+ Voice Acting (Ok): MC has soothing voice (Kinda wish to be like him).
- Memorability (Meh): Female characters are so forgettable, so does the MC's "friends"; MC is a bit ok might remember him as the guy who does not give a flying f.

Story:
+ Premise (Ok): Cool vs bullies; Chad vs betas; Bow down before the king.
+ Plot (Ok): No high stakes, just your weekly chad winning everytime. Jokes are either hit or miss.
+ Pacing (Ok): Mixed; Sometimes fast and many things happened.
- Theme (Meh): Nothing deep; shallow comedy; Sometimes exquisite theming does not bode well to comedy. The millionaire detective anime had better execution. Spy x Family, though, is an exception.

OST
- OP (Meh): Rock n' Roll music for the most exquisite man ever? Nah...
+++ In-Anime (Excellent): IT'S THE MR INCREDIBL MEME MUSIC!!!
- ED (Meh): Eh... didn't cared much

Quality of Life
+ Enjoyability (Ok): Kinda enjoy some moments; some scenes that I cringed.
-- Replayability (Bad): Sorry but jokes got old fast. Cannot replay this without being surprised or laugh again.

Sakamoto Desu ga? has its moments, but not enough to be a truly great comedy

Every episode has at least one or two jokes that are genuinely pretty funny, but the humour the show keeps constantly using gets dried out quickly after the first episode; The absurd situations can get you real good the first couple of times, but it gets boring from episode 2 forward. It lacks variety. Like, REALLY lacks variety.

A better alternative which I feel like has a similar sort of humour and overall style is Saiki Kusuo No Psi-Nan/The Disastruous Life of Saiki K, it's a show with absurd humour too but ... doesn't rely in one sort of joke through most of it's run like Sakamoto does.

I may sound harsh, but don't think the show is really horrible or anything, just a bit of a drag. My biggest issue really is that it just overstays its welcome, I do believe there could be a bunch of people out there who'd like it.