At some point in their lives everyone has needed to ask for advice from someone they find trustworthy but its questionable as to whether or not their advice is actually credible. Im not sure how credible MY advice is per se but heres some that Ill give to you right now youre probably better off watching something other than the anime Im reviewing today. It was an anime from the Summer 2014 season that caught my attention for rather odd reasons despite its license from Funimation and the fact that the final episode aired in Japan on schedule subtitled versions of each episode were taking their sweet time being released especially for the last few episodes. I ended up watching the first episode and putting it on hold for years but now that Ive finally finished it I have to ask myself this question. Can I really give solid advice to other anime fans about whether or not watching Jinsei or Life in English is a good decision? Well only one way to find out To start Jinsei revolves around Yuuki Akamatsu who is roped by his cousin Ayaka Nikaidou into the Second Newspaper Club. In this club the members at least those in charge of the life advice section read over the problems of the students of their school discuss potential solutions to those problems and then publish their answers in the schools newspaper. Through this club Akamatsu ends up acquainted with three girls: Rino Endou a smart girl with glasses and a disbelief in the occult Fumi Kujou a sweet bigbusted girl from a wealthy family and Ikumi Suzuki an energetic girl with sport smarts but not so much brain smarts. Get these four together with a question from a student seeking advice and hilarity is abound....or maybe not. Believe me when I say that Im pretty sure youve seen all of this before you may not believe me but its true. A guy joining a school club and finding himself in many awkward situations with the female members who by the way are the only other members of the club? A plot like that has been recycled time and time again and some further anime will succumb to that fate with that one thing to distinguish them apart from the others Jinsei has the whole life advice thing but thats pretty much all. It doesnt really try to do a lot of new things and I found that aspect of the series rather boring. The characters arent much different either every last one of them are walking talking clichs. In all honesty Akamatsu is the worst of them all he has his moments but overall hes just a generic copyandpaste protagonist that you can find in many other anime. The girls arent much better as theyre the kinds of girls you can find in any harem anime I found Ikumi and Emi rather amusing but I know that even they arent particularly unique. However I will give credit where credit is due while I never really laughed or even giggled at these points their chemistry is undeniable in their clashes over the advice to give. Their conflict with the Student Council President wasnt really as interesting however in fact was it really needed? The art and animation arent anything too groundbreaking Ive seen better from Feels other anime such as Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru which is also a sliceoflife anime. However it goes to show you that theyre capable of a better animation quality than that in Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete which is sad considering the fact that it aired the season after this one and even had a better story The voice acting isnt terrible either the voice actors for the main characters may not have had a lot of voice work at the time that this anime came out but they did a good job. The opening and ending themes were rather catchy however they dont really stand out from other songs and its not like I want to listen to them on loops. Hopefully the question I asked earlier has been answered after all Ive given my reasons why Jinsei isnt that great of an anime to the best of my ability. Now I might as well give my advice to those interested in it youre probably better off watching something else. I mean no ones going to kill you for watching it but if you decide not to take my advice and come out unsatisfied because of all of the clichs dont say I didnt warn you.