Anime 34825 Keppeki Danshi Aoyama-kun

Let’s get this out of the way: this isn’t a sports anime. This isn’t focused on the sports and competitions that Aoyama has to go through and his journey to the top. It’s really just about how much of a clean freak Aoyama is.

It isn’t bad if you know what you’re getting into. However, it must be said that there isn’t a goal that the plot and characters are headed towards. Like, sure, it’s stated that they want to go to Nationals but we don’t see that come to fruition. Aoyama is just a clean freak and his soccer teammates have to deal with that. ... Aoyama doesn’t have much to his character except that he’s a germaphobe. So do the other characters.

The art style is pleasing to the eye and so are the colours. The animation is pretty good for a lighthearted watch that doesn’t require much thought. If you don’t mind all of this, then I recommend you watch it for the lighthearted aspect of it.

Clean Freak Aoyama-Kun on the surface is a generic show carried by a compelling concept. The story premise is about Aoyama-Kun, a excellent soccer player who is a germaphobe who absolutely hates getting dirty in any shape or form. He not only plays for the Japan National Soccer team but also plays for Fujimi High School instead of a youth club (In soccer, it's uncommon for talented players to not play in some club and be recruited.) The story not only explores Aoyama's soccer career but also his interactions with his peers trying to uncover why he's the way he is.

SPOILERS AHEAD:

Story:
I liked the ... comedic aspects of the show. I'm not a big soccer fan so maybe I would've enjoyed that aspect if I understood it more. The story was relatively simple so 6/10

Art:
The art and animation doesn't really stand out, but that's not the main focus. Another 6/10

Sound:
5/10

Characters:
While Aoyama absolutely carries this show. Some of the side characters and their interactions stood out to me. I love that there was another "clean freak" besides Aoyama, Odagiri touching Aoyama was also surprising. Most of the characters just fit certain archetypes, I think they work well together. Definitely the highlight of this show, 8/10

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed some episodes but others became background noise, 7/10

Overall: 6/10

I don't usually write any review but, I really didn't like this anime, I'll be quick ony why.
It starts plots that were interesting, follows them, makes us (at least me, get hooked up and want them to go somewhere) forgets about them, never show them again, does this for like 80% of the anime (forgeting about the interesting plots towards the end) just to occupy entire episodes on characters nobody cares about, mini stories about characters not shown before as well, starts new plots or routes or whatever when the anime is ENDING. Basically dreadfully inconsistent serie, disappointing, a disrespect to the viewer. If this ... review gets approved first of all, sorry for being this bad at writing and second, if you watch this anime, its going to be entertaining for a bit, but towards the end you will notice it doesn't know what to do, where to go, throws entire plot lines that have been going for a couple episodes, with likeable charactersm just to do "filler episodes" with unknown character, to then deliver an ending i'm pretty sure noooobody will care about, for what it has to offer, not recommendable at all to watch, you will regret it.