Servant x Service

Genre: Comedy
Age Appropriate: Teens
Emotional Response: 
Notable Features: civil servants, work relationships
Language: Japanese
Length: 1 season, 13 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Okay

"My name is Lucy Kimiko Akie Airi..." Lucy.... Yamagami

Servant x Service is a simple work-place anime. It follows a small group of three new additions to the welfare office of the city. They each have different positions, but only in minor ways. Lucy (who has the world's longest name after the Lucy part) is awkward, shy and obsessed with her goal of revenge against a different worker from when she was born. Hasebe is a slacker/ladies man, who has somehow managed to fall in love with Lucy. Miyoshi is a recent college grad who is soft spoken, and a huge pushover when it comes to clients who talk to long. Added to this mix are a supervisor who is too shy to make a different, a cosplay obsessed woman with strange attitudes, a high school student, and a boss that leaves so much room for what-the-hell-is-going-on. There are no strong plots, but mostly just a series of encounters in a comedic view of civil service offices.

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There isn't anything particularly special about Servant x Service. It's not bad or anything, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. I've enjoyed catching up on episodes as they were released, as a way to pass the time. I've been watching some other series that I enjoy more, but this is fine. The characters are a bit charming in their own little ways, but the main boss guy is my favorite. If you decide to give it a chance, you'll see why. I wouldn't stop anyone who wanted to give it a try, but it might be a waste of your time unless that's what you really want at the moment. At least the last episode was pretty cute!

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Right: Free!