School Babysitters is one of the most heartwarming anime I have ever seen. Recently my anime genre has been shojo anime which is anime that usually tends to be romantic and interpersonal focused. Over winter break a more everyday life of anime was needed and I found a couple that I binged, School Babysitters being one of them. It follows the vastly changing life of two brothers; Ryuuichi (the older brother) and Kotarou (the younger brother) Kashima who recently lost both of their parents in a horrific plane crash and are left with only each other to hold onto. This tugged at my heartstrings because I was watching it very sleep deprived and loved how though the anime starts sad it leads into the most heartwarming story.
The two brothers find themselves taken in by what happens to be the principal of the high school that Ryu (Ryuuichi) goes to. Yuko
Morinomiya also lost her kids in the same plane crash and though she is harsh and unforgiving she still wants to care for Ryu and Kotarou. The first episode of this anime shows how important the two brothers’ relationship is going to be throughout the show, Kotarou ends up sick and Ryu panics and realizes how alone they truly are. That doesn’t stay the case for long though as the principal assigns Ryu to work at the babysitters club in their high school. He would watch over his brothers and kids of various teachers at the school alongside another aide that works for the school. Ryu is thrown into having to learn how to take care of small children and even though it comes naturally to him, as a viewer having to learn all the kids’ names were tough.
One thing great this anime does is introduce us to a lot of characters in a way that allows us to get to know at least a little bit about each one of them. The other children are introduced together, all having very different personalities that cause them to stand out and fill in a comedic and loving space in the anime. Starting from the far right you have, of course, Kotarou holding a bunny, he is reserved and shy and he stays by his brother’s side as much as he can. The little girl with the green pigtails is Kumatskua Kirin. She is fierce and doesn’t let all the boys bother her. The blue-haired boy is Taka Kamitani an angry, defiant kid who thought pick on the other kid sometimes is still a friend. Lastly, the twins, Kazuma, and Takuma Mamizuka are opposites, Kazuma being outspoken and Takuma being sensitive always having tears in his eyes. Each other the kid’s 
parents and life situations are revealed throughout the anime. I love in particular the twin’s story because their dad is a famous actor and their mom is a math teacher. They never see their dad and don’t recognize or even call him dad when they see him one day at the daycare.
Overall this anime has to be one of my favorite shojos. It has all the factors you could want in a great romance or interpersonal story. In this case, it tells the story of two brothers who though it doesn’t focus a lot on it after the first episode are learning how to depend of people other than each other and make friends that could last forever. Each episode has two little stories in them letting you see more of the characters, and grow to love them faster than you would expect.
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(Crunchyroll) Average Rating: 4.9 (6.2k views)
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