The key to a nice Slice of Life anime is having an interesting cast, and Do It Yourself!! does just that with our handful of colourful club members. Yua Serufu fills the role of our main character, a loveable clutz that struggles to get anything done without injuring herself, she is a dreamer beyond her means and loves putting things together even if her skills have not reached their potential. The club president, Rei Yasaku is a calm, level-headed guide for the other members with her skills in crafts being head and shoulders above the rest, and is perfectly complemented by the American transfer student Jobko who has the money and technical skills expected of a huge corporation’s heiress.

Serufu manages to bring along her classmate Takumi Hikage, an excellent student who is rather reserved and timid, but happy to cheer everyone along as they start their building journey. Eventually, Purin joins the club despite being in the adjacent school, along with her classmate Kokoro Kouki, an expert climber and lively addition.

All of the character designs fit each club member’s personality, with Serufu having messy hair and bandages to illustrate her disjointed mindset whilst Purin in comparison has a neat haircut and tidy uniform to present as more together. The background art does well to give the anime a calm feeling, perfect for the Slice of Life nature to Do It Yourself!! showing how important cast and colour are to set an atmosphere.

Slice of Life anime are known for not progressing quickly in their plot points and too many fans of the genre that is one of their greatest strengths. However, this is not to say that nothing happens, quite the opposite in fact, it just means that the pacing matches the calm nature of the anime. Do It Yourself!! manages this pacing aspect perfectly, keeping all major plot points around the DIY club, and giving them enough time to resolve within the twelve-episode run.

The best example of this is the friendship rift between Serufu and Purin alluded to in the very first episode as the two go to school on their own and do not hang out afterward like before. Throughout the series neither forces their way back into the other's life, taking a rather slow burn approach that culminates in a penultimate episode wherein Purin assists the DIY club and joins their big project of building a treehouse, naturally incorporating Purin into the story of all the other characters whilst simultaneously mending the rift in her relationship with Serufu. All with as little drama as possible, the way a Slice of Life anime should.