Is Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi good to watch with a friend?
A couple of weeks. Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi is a TV series from Fall 2006 by Tms Entertainment Co., Ltd.: 50 episodes, about 20 hours in total, finished, 8.03/10 across the listing sites.
Watching it together: a couple of weeks. 50 episodes is about 20 hours: 25 evenings at two a night. Agree on a pace before you start. Rule: 13–99 episodes without a lighter tag → a couple of weeks.
This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.
The facts
- Type
- TV series
- Episodes
- 50
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Total time
- about 20 hours — a season of evenings
- First aired
- Fall 2006
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Tms Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Score
- 8.03/10 across the listing sites
- Tags
- action, manga adaptation, comedy, coming of age, crime, ecchi, martial arts, shounen, school, love triangle, ninja, romance, sports, swordplay, tournament, violence
Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale.
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Quick answers
- How long does it take to watch all of Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi?
- About 20 hours for all 50 episodes at 24 min each — a season of evenings; at two episodes a night that is 25 evenings.
- How many episodes does Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi have?
- 50 episodes of 24 min.
- Is Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi finished?
- Yes, Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi is finished (50 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
- Is Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi good for a group?
- Yes. Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi is tagged action, comedy, sports, tournament, the tags that survive a room full of people talking over the screen.
- Where is Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi listed?
- Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi is on AniList (id 1559) and MyAnimeList (id 1559); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.
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