Reviews for Needless+: Saint Lily Gakuen no Himitsu

THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED WATCHING NEEDLESS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED =) "And what would your name be?" "Cruz... Cruz Schild" "All right, I'll shorten it to Yamada!" For those who already finished watching Needless, you definitely remember this scene. The reason why I brought this up here is because in this short 2 minutes, 12 episodes Needless Special, a new main character appeared, "her" name is Yamada (sounds familiar?) & believe it or not, "she's" actually Cruz who cross-dressing as a girl *grin*. This special is taken from one of the arc in the manga as the manga did not end after Blade's &Arclight's battle as the anime version did. There is an arc in the manga version called "St. Rose Academy Arc" but compared to the manga version, this special is more like "what if" or commonly known as "alternate universe version".

For those who are wondering, Needless Special is nothing like Needless. Needless is:

60% action + 20% comedy + 20% ecchi;

but Needless Special is:

0% action + 30 % comedy + 70% ecchi

In this special, Yamada/Cruz entered St. Lily Academy (in manga it was called St. Rose Academy) in order to investigate a certain case, which is only explained later in the series. During “her” stay here, “she” faces many problems & met some female cast of the original Needless series like Eve, Disk, Simeon's Pretty Girl Squad (you just can't drop the 'Pretty" part), etc... There are also some male characters in this special, but they have no roles at all (well, there is ONE role they do…)

It only take you about 30 minutes to finish all 12 episodes so if you have extra 30 minutes in you schedule & you like short school-ecchi-comedy themed anime, you might want to watch this one.

I like Needless but this is for the most part really pointless. Its 12 episodes that are 2 minutes long. I dont know why they just didnt make this one full length episode instead. The plot is just Crus going under cover at an all girls school to find his sister. There really isnt any more to it then that out side of humor and fan service. Which the humor was alright and what pretty much saves it. We got plenty of fan service in the Needless show so making these seems kind of pointless unless you are going to go all the way and show somenudity or some thing. I enjoy the characters and while I'd love some more Needless and find the Beautiful Girl Squadron pretty funny... It just feels like they could have put more effort into this.

Is it worth watching?

I wouldnt go out of my way to see it as you are only getting some comedy and fan service.