ML, a male, gets help from female to enter school as female. Though teacher, not student. ML is adored as female.

comedies about students-teachers
(great teachers)

byakabaka on2016-03-21 01:20

A very sweet story about forbidden love.

byusf4life on2015-01-09 10:42

Very funny and hart worming anime

byaragornpl on2012-02-24 13:30

Quite good series, you should give it a try [;

bysquilcon on2011-08-13 16:11

Great series. I enjoyed watching it. Try it, you might like it.

byBynoe on2011-08-01 17:51

I decided to watch this pretty much on a whim not expecting much from it, but was pleasantly surprised when it actually turned out to be a half decent show. A lot of elements reminded me of GTO (though obviously it's not as good)... but with the twist of Onizuka being forced to crossdress to get the job. The comedy was pretty funny and the drama was surprisingly well done. Not an all time classic by any means, but defintiely worth giving a shot.

bymasterm1nd on2011-05-08 16:26

nothing that exceptional, just the usual highschool slapstick comedy with one big unorthodox which is what all the anime is based on. since thats the only good or interesting part of whole show - its for fans only.

byplaneta on2011-03-20 02:56

Rly good, I enjoyed it very much. Only thing which I can say bad word about was animation.

bye3d_ALiVE on2011-02-16 16:16

nice anime with ecchi moments and awesome grandma, at the end drama strikes.

bymk199222 on2010-11-27 23:48

The Highlights

Humor: Mostly spot on and funny; some hilarious recurring jokes.
Visuals: A bit sketchy and repetitive at times.
Lulu Sanjo: Probably the most awesome, craziest “Baa-chan” I’ve ever seen!
Romance: The romantic plots and subplots are all touched upon but seldom concluded.
Mori and Tofu: Comic relief done right.
The “final” twist: *hint hint* Lulu Sanjo is involved.

The Review

When I first read the description of I My Me! Strawberry Eggs, I couldn’t help but assume it was just another plot-less, pointless, tasteless ecchi. After giving it a chance however I must insist it is none of the above. While it may have its fair share of silly moments and minor ecchi traits, it is also packed with some hilarious scenes, likable characters and a decently delivered plot.

The story itself is not groundbreaking, but at least the creators did more than simply use it as an excuse for lame fan service. Throughout the series, several themes are tackled such as gender related prejudices, the learning process of youth and the forbidden love between a cross dressed male teacher and his innocent, sexually confused fourteen year old student. The show approaches these themes in a much more comedic than serious fashion; as we see ironic scenes of male students being forced to perform all the school cleaning duties and a comic relief duo of middle aged men trying to constantly re-live their youth by spying on middle school girls. One of the considerable pluses of this show is in its ability to take itself seriously mostly at the right moments; a skill plenty of anime comedies lack.

The characters are generally likable but not very original. On the whole they are cliché. The exception is Lulu Sanjo; the character that brings being a mad pistol-packing granny to a whole new level. Regardless of the crisis, “Baa-chan” is always there to save the day. Whether it be helping Amawa disguise himself as a woman; preventing Mori and Tofu from succeeding in their missions of perverted espionage; or putting out a fire with her hand-made, automated motorcycle transformer. The character development, although not mind-blowing, is at least present. This is seen through Amawa’s experiences as a disguised teacher and the changing attitudes of the students in his class.

The main weaknesses of this anime are its sketchy visuals, which include but are not limited to: excessive still-shots, repeated frames and low level fluidity. Another complaint worth mentioning is the usage of many romance subplots more as time-fillers than something to build a story upon. Some may also be put off by the open ending but I actually found it very appropriate and satisfying. Amawa and the Seito Sannomiya class learn what they were supposed to learn and the future is left to the viewer’s discretion… an acceptable quality of a slice of life story.

Overall, I My Me! Strawberry Eggs is an underrated show. The shows premise, which brings any fan of substance to expect the worst, is probably partially to blame. This anime is a long way from being a masterpiece; but at least it has something most brainless ecchi series lack: a plot. This is an enjoyable anime that is bound to bring some laughs to anyone who watches it; and some stressful moments trying to figure out the title’s meaning.

byfluence on2007-10-20 16:39

Overall, I My Me! works fairly well. It sure hit the spot for me, as I wanted something relatively mindless, that was light, entertaining, cute and funny, and that's exactly what I got.

It's a short little pedophilic romance comedy, and this is where it takes a wrong turn in thematic regards, though at least we don't have to watch our teacher get it on with his target of affection.

The pedophilic aspects attempt to convey a morality that doesn't fit into society for a reason, and trying to espouse such primarily detracts from the anime because it does not or perhaps cannot justify itself as it unfolds, and that is why I My Me ends as plainly as it does instead of some significantly more controversial manner.

This is just a part of how I My Me is not very well done. In addition to the poorly executed plot, the animation is sloppy, and those far too appealing characters change their minds in a heartbeat because they're not well designed.

But, the series is enjoyable, and here's a probably why: I My Me very properly follows one of the formulae for appeal...

Strong, sensitive, kind, caring male hero (heroes?) with a burning passion.
Cute, always smiling, ditzy but not stupid, clumsy little cute girl, who strives hard to do her very best!
Some comic relief.
And all their friends! The strong girl, the babe, the distant one...
And, all of these characters, for some reason, just have so much appeal!

Its formula is sound, and it worked for me because I was in the mood for this kind of anime.

So, I'd recommend it to you on some levels, but don't expect any hidden meanings or depth or much aside from a cute little lovey-dovey romance which mixes in some loli situation and comedy, and you won't be disappointed, and may even enjoy yourself.

Sloppy animation
The animation, as I said, is sort of sloppy. Legs walking look awkward, for example.

The 'camera' focuses on some really strange spots at different points of the anime, such as this one notable conversation between a teacher and the students where we are placed under the table. Watching the conversation from below was very odd, and my best guess as to why they chose this angle is that our writers couldn't find the proper facial expressions at this point, something that unfortunately didn't seem all that rare in this anime.

The art is decent, otherwise. 2001 saw some much nicer artwork both in the fore and backgrounds.

Deep male voicing
The sound and music are decent. There are some very well done spots at least, and the overall sound effects are ok.

The seiyuu selected for the male lead is a bit too ... deep... I think... and just doesn't fit right. The kids also could have used better voice choices.

Entertaining, mindless plot that's poorly conveyed
The plot is ok, but the storyboard is horrible, and I suggest you not follow it if you're going to enjoy this. I found a lot of stupid ridiculous moments that I had to ignore to continue enjoying myself, as IMM is full of plot holes.

I also would have preferred a different outcome of several of the anime's choices. There is a lot of missed potential here, including the very disappointingly superficial exploration of gender. Kinda reminds me of Vandread in this regard, but moreso Green Green.

Characters? Who's them?
The characters are likable in that way that you can't help but like them because they're always smiling at you and waving and going 'hi don't you like me?', which could annoy some people, but I let myself fall for it.

They've little to no backgrounds that are evidenced through the course of the anime, and so their development is centered around the emotional traits that they are supposed to feel as the plot unfolds.

The biggest actual problem with their portrayal is how flimsy they are, evidenced primarily by how quickly they change their minds and sway in action from what they are saying with words. This and other issues results in little to no attachment to each other, aside from about 5 main characters.

In the end, for example, we see about 20 names listed on the screen in this odd emotional outburst, which ironically served more to highlight how few of the characters we actually got to know, and how shallowly we know those few.

Pretty bad, yet sorta good.
I'd highly recommend NOT watching this short and sweet anime if you're not specifically looking for a light romance-sort-of comedy-ish series.

It can be enjoyable if you're in the right mood as things fit fairly well together, and rather than hate it and yourself, it's possible to enjoy this and leave with a happy feeling.

But it's sort of drivel, and if you are hankering for an incredible romance story with some depth and meaning, you're going to be extremely disappointed.

bygametheory on2006-10-01 07:59

My first review,sorry for grammer i'm from israel

i really liked this anime,story is from my point original and make you enjoy every episode even if you dont laugh or if the characters are flat

animation and sound:
I never saw an anime with a design like strawberry eggs,that's why you gotta get used to it but it's still good
i dont got much to say about sound,the vocies fits well and it's OK,also i dont listen to anime music

story:
The story is what maked me watch this anime,i saw someone recommend this anime and said it's great but somehow i didnt tried 'till i got more intersted in animes after i watched haruhi,and i'm sorry i didnt watched strawberry eggs earlier,most of the episodes deals with every-day life along with the story so it's not like other comdies like azumanga daioh of example.
also,theres always "remains" from every episode at other episodes,also make it better.
the more you'r cloe to the ending the less it's everdaty and more focus on the sotry.
great story

Characters:
At the beginning the characters have a lack of depth and theres only focus on hibiki and fuko (the cross-dressing teacher and the female lead) but in time other characters get more focus so you'll see most of them in a good way
they really tried to make them deep at the last episodes,it didnt really went well but atleast they tried,also the personality in the characters isnt really like any other comdy school anime,wich make them alot more intersting
at the beginning i didnt like the characters much,the more i wacthed i started to like them cuas they started to change,gettign less childish and more realistic,very likeable characters

value:
it's an anime that i'll never forget,i think it's very original and everything fits well-little ecchi,pretty intersting and very likeable characters,good comedy fits well,intersting storyline,and the last episodes really intersting,i think i'll watch it again soon and maybe buy it,i'll never delete it


Enjoment:
Well,what i expected was different but it's still very enjoyable even if you dont laugh,also it's better to watch all the episodes together.
what more can i say? i think everything from above will explain it
also,theres almost no ecchi so if you dont like ecchi still watch it,it's great

another weird thing:
The chorous on "He Say She Say" of Lupe Fiasco always give me an image of a great drama scene from here but this is just me,maybe another reason for me not to forget it

sorry for this,i just had to mention

again sorry for bad english and grammer mistakes,i'm from israel only 12 years old right now

anyway i'll give it 10/10,but i hope you get the point

bysentrosi on2006-03-21 19:18

I My Me! Strawberry Egg first caught my attention when I read a story description about it here on AniDB. I thought it would be a mildly amusing story about a male secretly dressing as a female to land a teaching career in a strictly ‘female staff’ school, which he did so to deceive the principle into hiring him. When I started watching it, I was pleasantly surprised to find it wasn’t just another kinky story with more Ecchi than detail.

I My ME! Strawberry Egg's animation was great. I never noticed anything noteworthy about the background art quality, which is fine with me. Characters were well drawn with a wide range of good facial expressions/character animations and camera angles, used to express comical or dramatic events.

As for sound quality, the highlight of this category is the intro theme song which went very well with the mood of the entire anime; they couldn’t have found a better song actually. The end theme song was only average after listening to it once. Voice acting was good for both English and the original.

The storyline kept me interested the entire anime. Despite the theme, this anime is actually not big on fanservice like one would imagine, so reviews may not necessarily be accurate from one who expected such a thing and was disappointed. Although the ending left me hurting for an additional OVA I had to wonder whether an OVA would do ‘I My ME! Strawberry Egg’ a justice or leave a 'meh' taste, since the ending was still strongly emotional. Never the less, a feeling like this is a bad thing as I was left discontent, so I give the story an 8.


Almost all the characters I could fondly attach to, for they were drawn nice and cute which the creators were obviously aiming to achieve. I found it refreshing how issues were solved in a heart warming kind of way throughout the anime instead of ending some issues with a horrible twist of negativity. For a petite 13 episode long storyline, it did a good job of including a couple other character's sub plot's besides the main two. Others may not read into this anime the same as I, but I did not like how the creators hinted crossdressing as a shameful problem near the end. I wont say how or when it prompted me to believe this because it may or may not spoil things depending on how viewers digest the story. So I rate characters as an 8 for this reason.

I My Me! Strawberry Egg has some rewatch value, I enjoyed watching it again a month later. It was not as exciting as the first time, but it still worked my emotions at the end.

Overall, this anime is very cute, well animated, and a good dose of healthy ethnics that one wouldn’t expect from a normally Ecchi or even hentai category theme. It will probably succeed at giving the viewer a very warm feeling about the experience. Not to say the creators tried to make it outlandishly realistic, but I did find myself wishing life could be this sweet with people in the real world. One has to take the whole anime with a grain of salt and just enjoy it for the delightful creation that it is.

bycoolgurl on2005-04-06 20:56

When I first read the desription of this series a couple of years ago I thought, "That sounds so stupid and quite ecchi. Not something I'd be interested in."

However, I decided one day not too long ago to check it out and I'm so glad I did. It is a little ecchi, but hardly is. Each episode filled me with laughs and I could not get enough of it. The characters got really annoying at sometimes with the whole one gender being better than the other (namely girls being better than boys). The ending was great. It turned out to be quite a decent anime by my standards.

Note: I don't care for ecchi much because its usually just one perverted guy and eight girls with way too many panty shots.

You should check this anime out. It has a good story line, interesting characters, and some ecchi, but not to the point where you're going "are they going to show anything else other than girls wearing hardly anything". A good anime, in my opinion.

bybaerabas on2005-02-05 15:10

Aw. I My Me, Strawberry Eggs is, in my opinion, walking on a rope and on the verge of falling. The plot outline calls for a lot of humor (and ecchi!), but the writers somehow changed their focus and went halfway somewhere else.

Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy (and got addicted to) the 13 episodes. However, I had to think before I could say why. Mostly the humor, but also the ideal values upholded by Hibiki. He somehow made me think of Shu in Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku. A lot of topics related to gender discrimination are also explored. It sounds kitsch, but near the end of the series, you realize you forged some bonds with the main characters, because they made you go through a wide range of emotions. Impressive for 13 episodes.

Add ecchi to this, and you lose it. It crosses that thin, red line too many times. How can you combine idealistic values, like respect, personal growth, and love, with ecchi? It simply doesn't fit in this kind of story, and I found it annoying. Very annoying.

Hibiki, the cross-dressing teacher, and Fuko, his student, are well developped cliches (the idealistic guy and the innocent, naive, and young Japanese girl), and are only supported by a wide range of one, one-and-a-half-dimensional people who interact with them in various, everyday situations. The humoristic/ecchi side of the story eradicates most of the depth and dimension that would have been written for them. Just compare with Koi Kaze, similar in that a young girl and her much older brother have feelings for each other, and the step is indeed very high.

Still, I enjoy a good laugh when I can get one, and this series sure provides you with plenty of it. It's light and good-hearted and you will spend a good time watching it. The animation is great and colorful, and the OP/ED songs are worth listening to.