Ranked #3381

Mamotte Shugogetten!

I can't believe I finished this anime. Why? Well first of all, it's not the kind of anime I would watch. The way the characters were drawn were a bit sub par for me (and there were occassions when Takashi's hair was miscolored) the color pallette used was a bit too tacky and it looked kinda old and dowdy for some reason. I just finished it because that's the way I am - I finish what I start.

I have to say though that watching it was a bit too painful at times. Some episodes were just so bad, like the episode were Shaorin first went to school. let me tell you - it was bad. It was so boring I find myself half asleep and not bothering to understand the situation fully. There were episodes that were ok, like the one where Takashi, Tasuke's friend, accidentally took with him Shaorin's uniform. That was an episode that gave me a lot of laughs.

It did remind me of Ranma 1/2. I would say it was a combination of Ranma and Ah! My Goddess, but the problem was the execution. It was executed poorly and it wasn't nearly as good as the two series I mentioned. I think it was the bad storylines - I just thought that some of the topics were shallow.

The music was the first thing that got me to watch the anime. The opening and ending sequence showed Tasuke and Shaorin singing the songs, and apparently it takes that much to impress me. I realized later that the songs tend to be stupid and boring after the first two episodes, and it doesn't make up for the bad storyline.
There were good points though. I loved the hoshigami. Rishu and Kohan were just too cute. I also find the Tasuke - Shaorin match up to be a bit endearing. Other than that, I can say no more.

Like I said in the beginning, the fact that I finished watching all episodes is a bit surprising. I probably wouldn't even have watched it if I had known it had a weak storyline and poor execution. I can't say it's the worse anime ever, but It's definitely in the bottom of the food chain. read more

I cannot believe that I decided to give my first review away for this show, still...

When I ran into this title, I don't know why but I set my expectations really high. Maybe it was because of the opening, which I really liked. However, it disappointed me completely and I have to say that at times it was really painful to watch; so painful that a couple of times I fell asleep in the middle of the episode and I had to argue with myself before I rewind the whole thing to watch it properly.

Mamotte starts as your average anime, it introduces its characters, gives you an idea of what has to follow and leaves you with an impression that you will watch a mediocre, at least, school-life comedy. Well, that's at the beginning. After that follows is a bunch of standalone episodes which pretty much follow the same pattern. Something happens, Ruan makes the matter worse - usually while trying to get Tasuke’s attention- Tasuke is in trouble, the kind Shaorin comes to save the day and that’s all.

As the story progress the only change is that Tasuke’s and Shaorin’s feelings for one another become clearer. No, that is actually not a good thing and it can get annoying at times as that’s all what this show is about. The characters either want to gain Tasuke’s love, Shaorin’s love or they want to help Tasuke and Shaorin go steady. Soon enough one can become fed up with this. You'll either watch Tasuke wondering what to do with his feelings about Shaorin, or Shaorin getting confused over her feelings for her master, both turning overly melodramatic at times. Also the cheesy inside monologues doesn't really add any dept to the characters.

Though the characters are full of stereotypes, I believe that a good comedy can make full use of them and have great results, this show didn’t. I honestly believe that the only thing I enjoyed in this show was the opening. A couple of characters were ok but they were left in the shadows due to the poor storyline. Maybe I could have enjoyed it if I was 8-10 years younger, I do believe that. I tried hard to enjoyed it as much as I could, but the only result was that I ended watching the whole thing -while I could have dropped it in the middle- was only to give it a bad rating and nothing more, unfortunately.
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