Shachou Battle No Jikan Desu VS Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen No Monogatari

I guess it was inevitable. I had to do a versus between Shachou, Battle No Jikan Desu (Shachibato) and Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen No Monogatari (Last Period) before I actually forget them. Heh. How long has it been since? Anyway watching the former led and suggested me to watching the latter and I noticed how similar both these animes are. This is what I noticed:

World Setting:
Shachibato: Gatepia.
Last Period: Hopeless.

Main currency:
Shachibato: Kirakuri.
Last Period: Zel.

Main occupation:
Shachibato: Adventurers.
Last Period: Periods.

Small company in focus:
Shachibato: Kibou Company.
Last Period: Arc End Branch Office #8 (BO8).

Company boss:
Shachibato: Minato.
Last Period: Erika.

Other employees:
Shachibato: Yutoria, Akari, Makoto, Guide, Marika (new) and Mineko (new).
Last Period: Campanella, Haru, Gajeru, Liza and Choco (sort of).

Company’s goal:
No money…
Shachibato: To pay off the huge inheritance tax that Minato’s father left him and subsequently to find his whereabouts.
Last Period: With the company bankrupted, they have to take on quests to rebuild the branch office.

Main rival company:
Shachibato: Cyedge.
Last Period: Wiseman.

Enemies collectively known as:
Shachibato: Maju.
Last Period: Spirals.

The top, best of the best:
Shachibato: Imperial, Gatepia’s top company.
Last Period: Ten Jewels, the kingdom’s top idols.

Type of comedy:
Shachibato: Corporate, business and the working class related.
Last Period: Gacha mechanics and crossover homage.

Tsundere character:
Shachibato: Marika.
Last Period: Mimosa.

Comic relief character:
Shachibato: Rivar.
Last Period: Gajeru.

Persistently annoying:
Shachibato: Rivar.
Last Period: Iona.

Scheming character:
Shachibato: Valmi.
Last Period: Campanella.

Emotionless character:
Shachibato: Mineko and Subaru.
Last Period: Choco and Luluna.

Passionate guy:
Shachibato: Makoto and his plants and maju.
Last Period: Gajeru and his Sapphire-sama idol.

Pet mascot:
Shachibato: Uhm… Makoto’s bag?
Last Period: Miu. To a certain extent, Guru.

Not part of the action:
Though part of the gang, not seen in battle with the rest.
Shachibato: Guide.
Last Period: Choco.

Siblings:
Shachibato: Akari and Makoto.
Last Period: Iona and Luluna, Gajeru and Mimosa.

Just like family:
Shachibato: Minato and Yutoria are childhood friends.
Last Period: Gilled and Noin are Haru’s siblings although not blood related.

Summoning:
It’s all about the money…
Shachibato: When you have enough money, you can summon a goddess to grant your wishes. Well, almost.
Last Period: You can put in enough money to make Calls and summon familiars that range from 1 to 5 stars to aid you in battle. Good luck…

Competency test:
Shachibato: Minato has to undergo an induction test to see if he is capable to become company president. Doesn’t take long for him to pass of course.
Last Period: Kuropanella hires Android Sonya when Wiseman becomes complacent in losing to BO8. Doesn’t take long for the AI to harbour evil megalomaniac hopes to conquer to world.

Haunted house episode:
Shachibato: Episode 4.
Last Period: Episode 3.

Beach episode:
Shachibato: Final scenes in episode 12.
Last Period: Episode 8.

Money, money and more money!:
When they finally hit it big with loads of money in their hands…
Shachibato: After defeating the big boss maju in the final episode, our heroes stumble upon the biggest deposit of kirakuri, enough to pay off for the summoning of a goddess.
Last Period: In episode 4 when Haru strikes it rich with a lottery, everyone becomes zellionaires and of course greedy Gajeru and Liza continue to waste their money like there’s no tomorrow.

Accompanying day off:
Shachibato: Minato accompanies Akari who buys him a tie bar as thanks.
Last Period: Campanella/Kuropanella has to play both roles as she accompanies BO8 and Wiseman to the amusement park.

Bullying:
Shachibato: Famnela herd bullying Mineko just because she is different and trying to interact with humans.
Last Period: Apparently the bossy and selfish village mayors try to outdo each other and in the process, the unfortunate small village gets caught in between.

Have something to hide:
Shachibato: Minato didn’t disclose how he got fired from his previous company. It was believed to be workplace violence but thankfully it wasn’t.
Last Period: Campanella = Kuropanella. As a secretary for BO8, she also doubles as the Wiseman’s boss.

Negative emotions:
Shachibato: A maju boss is able to force his maju subordinates to work for him without rest, OT payments, etc. Just like corporate slavery…
Last Period: Luluna’s pendant accumulates all the negative emotions of humans. All the despair, greed and frustration, just like gambling…

Dungeon:
Shachibato: Strange dungeons popping up all over the place.
Last Period: Selfish mayor has a dungeon underneath his village he uses to imprison Wiseman and Luluna.

Game Developers:
Shachibato: Kadokawa Games, Deluxe Games and Preapp Partners.
Last Period: Happy Elements.

Anime studio production:
Shachibato: C2C.
Last Period: J.C. Staff.

Conclusion:
The answer is obvious. I prefer Last Period way better than Shachibato. Because of the funny parodies and all the silliness that made me laugh so hard. Not so much into the corporate culture and jokes because, yeah I have my few fair share of unpleasant experience with it. Eventually it all boils down to money and every industry has its own secrets and quirks that only those familiar with can navigate through while newcomers fumble their way as they learn the code. So looks like back to fiat money as our favourite currency. So much for toilet paper as the new global currency. That’s going to take a while to finish…