As a general rule of thumb Shounen anime movies are pretty s**t. They have pretty crappy antagonists, no real plot and just have every mildly important or popular character show up for 10 seconds of screen time for some contrived reason. Commonly the main character will get a single-use powerup (Naruto will get a new one-use Rasengan, Goku will get False Super Saiyan, Deku will get some glove that lets him use 100% punches then it never appears again.) One Piece MOSTLY follows the trend pretty well, although I think it's movies tend to be much better than the average shounen slop.
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Jun 12, 2022
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
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It's kind of fitting for Dragon Ball to bring us back to the Cell Arc after having revived Freeza and milked him for every inch of nostalgia they could get from him. It is also rather fitting considering it's basically the last time the writing in Dragon Ball was any good, with VERY few exceptions [*cough* DBS Broly *cough*]. Fans have been arguing for an eternity about if Super or GT are worse, both of which have their positives and negatives, this movie however really doesn't have much in the way of saving graces.
The slice of life aspects of the movie were one of them, ... 
May 26, 2022
Thermae Romae Novae
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A wonderfully eccentric series. Something out of the ordinary and not just another trope stuffed carbon copy of another series. The art is mostly quite good, minus points for some ugly CGI at times but it's not very prevalent. Reasonably funny and obviously a love-letter to Japanese bathing culture... Feels like it could have had a little more focus on Roman culture in it though.
The part I enjoyed the most in watching this were the wonderful educational segments with the author at the end of each episode. I learned a lot of cool things watching them and it encouraged me to try to mimic some ... 
Dec 19, 2021
Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!
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What is there to say about an utter waste of time? Boring, repetitive 'jokes' that the characters scream-explain right after they happen. haha character get mad huehue... Characters are the epitome of swallow one-note walking punchlines. Just loli-bait and it doesn't even have the decency to stand put among the rest of the loli-bait as being particularly good at anything or memorable.
The animation, art quality and sound design were at least decent enough, the only thing keeping this abortion of an anime from being a flat 1 outright. About as funny or enjoyable as a colonoscopy performed with a stick-blender. 
Mar 21, 2020
Kuroshitsuji
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Black Butler was an anime you couldn't really go anywhere related to anime online without hearing fans gush about it to some extent in the 2008 - 2012 period. It had quite the fan following. The impression I always had of it at the time was it was just another edgy grimdark series with a thin layer of Teeaboo love for 1800's high society British Culture.
After watching 2 - 3 episodes I felt that my original assumptions were fairly spot on, however as I watched on beyond these initial episodes more depth arose one might have missed if they dismissed it too quickly. The plot ... 
Feb 4, 2020
What can I honestly say but extremely depressing to see such basic, formulaic stupidity from easily my favourite series to date? I didn't notice this piece of media while hammering through the VNs and Anime series/OVAs after discovering it roughly a year ago and I wish it had remained that way after my most recent rewatch marathon.
It's just so bland and... ugh. Shit. Do not watch this if you love the series and don't like generic bullshit filler that no one with more than a single brain cell could possibly enjoy. I have very little nice to say about this abortion of media other than ... 
Nov 30, 2019
Gokushufudou
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This manga is based on a legendary Yakuza member, one of the strongest brawlers around and legend of the criminal underworld turned into a (mostly) docile house-husband by the love of a special woman. Don't expect anything too deep out of this story however, as it is almost solely a comedy, featuring short chapters that often jump between events rapidly rather than a more continuous, slower paced story. If you are not a huge comedy fan it might not be the choice for you but as far as I am concerned this series is one of the best comedies I've ever laid my eyes upon.
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Nov 30, 2019
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
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I think the best way I can describe reading this after watching the anime is... Disappointing?
The art isn't particularly bad or anything, it's just way too soft for the tone of the series. Even comparing it to the Light Novel cover materials you see how much softer the art style is. It more closely resembles an fanservice based idol series than a darker, plot-heavy series. The illustration feels kind of lacklustre and arguably lazy at times. A lot of the fight scenes lacked the impact the anime adaption was able to imbue into them. Great manga can manage to outperform or at least match animation, ... 
Sep 20, 2019
Sounan desu ka?
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Finally this uninformative, unfunny, stupid ass trashfeista is over. God-damn my aversion to dropping series unless they're super long and intolerable. This was just short and intolerable.
This anime features wholly unsafe survival advice. From drinking urine, which is unviable due to the waste products within it causing a number of adverse health effects that heavily outweigh any hydration benefits, to drinking blood, which will cause iron poisoning in most humans if done more than very occasionally and more importantly expose your digestive tract to any number of pathogens. The very small amount of remotely sound advice offered is offered with as little practical information as possible, ... 
Sep 19, 2019
Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?
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Come for the cute girls, stay for the lifting advice seems to be the premise of this anime.
If you're like me, you aren't someone who is a big fan of ecchi at all. It's cool if you are, but I am not. I don't come to an anime to view cute/sexy girls. I come for story substance or comedy or... Well a number of factors. For this anime, the humour felt like it really hit the mark for me, with a good deal being relatable for anyone who has ever lived a gym lifestyle or, like the MC, struggled with food portion control. I am ... |
