Ranked #177

Shugo Chara!! Doki

HUOM ! My English is not really good, so don't care about little mistakes what I have made during this review :3

When I heard that there would be a second season of Shugo Chara! I was overjoyed. I was in love with the first season so of course I was excited. And, of course, first season stopped in a interesting part so I was just looking forward to next week, October 4th, when Shugo Chara!! Doki would start.

Well, October 4th finally came. The first episode was definitely a filler. We were just remembering what happened on first season. Well, I hoped that the next one would be better. Not a chance ! The next one was same, we were thinking what they have been going throught and stuff. It was pretty boring at time like that. But then, there was couple of more interesting episode and I was thinking, that maybe this season would be even better than the first one. Now I have seen eleven episodes and I'm thinking that will there ever be end of the fillers? This serie seems to like them a lot !

I'm happy that there is the same voice actors as on first season. Amu's, Ikuto's, Tadase's, Utau's, Rima's... they all have the same ! First was a little hard to be comfortable with Nagihiko's voice, when we were used to his girly voice on first season when he was acting "Nadeshiko". But hey, we get used to it and everything will continue in the way it used to be. Utau's new songs seems to be really nice too, so it's lovely to listen their speaking and singing. Minna no Tamago were first a little annoying, but when you listen it more, you will start listen it everytime you have a chance and you will dance the song from the start. So maybe it's more cute than annoying? Ending song, Rottara rottara, is from Buono! so I really liked it. I was a little desipointed when I heard that Buono! won't do the opening to Shugo Chara! anymore, but gladly they make endings.

Storyline is also the same. They are searching for embryo and wondering what the Easter really is. Amu is thinking, is Ikuto better than Tadase, or maybe Nagihiko, her bestfriend's twin brother, would be better. (well, Amu doesn't know that Nagihiko and Nadeshiko are the same person). But I think that the story won't work anymore. It was cute on first season, but how about this season takes also 51 episodes? It would be pretty boring so I guess that it's little ... boring already. They could have wait for couple of months before starting this season so Peach-Pit would have time to think some new stuffs to manga.

Sometimes it's seeming that animationstyle is different. But then, the next one have been same as normaly. I don't really get it. But I still think that the animationstyle is one of the best what I have seen, so that's why I just have to give some good points. And I have to say this; their hair are really, really looking great !

I have always like the characters. It's hard to decide who is annoying and who is the best of all, but it always makes it hard to decide who is the best of all. Well, Easter guys are annoying and pathetic, but shugo charac can be annoying too. I don't normally like the main character, but this time, Amu is sometimes pretty interesting, even if she is sometimes very clishe person.

Well, I really enjoy when I'm watching this anime. Characters are cute, voice is great and art is lovely. Story is interesting and they have always something were you should just laugh ! But this anime loves so much fillers, when it's pretty annoying when the story doesn't get any further but characters have time to think, what kind of wheather is tomorrow. Even if they are cute, itäs still annoying.

I'm really hoping that fillers are going to stop soon. I will not like if there is agaiin 51 episodes where over half is just filler after filler.
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Spoiler warning if you are not caught up.

If this were the first season, you can believe I would've given this series a high rating. Unfortunately, it's not, so I didn't. Shugo Chara! Doki is basically the bullet in the gun that killed most, if not all of it's fans.

Story:
This sequel starts off by bombarding the viewer with filler after annoying, useless filler. And it continues for at least a full 15 episodes. It adds a stupid "plot twist" by introducing the idea that basically anyone who is momentarily depressed can Character transform. I hated this the most out of the whole story. I felt as though the whole premise in the first season (one can only transform with an actual chara and the ability to Chara Change)was completely ignored.

Art:
The art was probably the highest point in this series. Although it started out nice, it seemed that the more I watched it, the more deformed the art had become. Or perhaps I didn't notice it before...either way, I noticed that most of the deformities had been associated with the face. How the head and eyes had been enlarged and facial features began looking spaced too far apart. For the most part, I did enjoy the clothing, but that's mostly it.

Sound:
I liked the OPs and EDs for the first season. I found them to be quite catchy, "iPod" worthy I guess. But I didn't enjoy any of the OP's in Doki. They bored and annoyed me and I found them to be wayyyy to girly. x_X At points I thought the BGM was only there to sound cute, since it didn't seem to match the mood of the situation. The Seiyuus fit their roles nicely, though no one really stood out.

Character:
Basically Amu hasn't changed much except the whole "with Tadase" thing. Tadase, same except for the reason why he hates Ikuto is revealed. Yaya, annoying and same. Although when it comes to Ikuto, you basically learn about his story and how he actually doesn't want Amu to worry about him. Other characters are introduced, Lulu and her chara Nana. Lulu's basically a snob who wants to make her mother happy and her chara is probably THEE most annoying chara in the series. Then like 20 supporting characters introduced who do nothing except fill up the episode.

Enjoyment:
I greatly dislike this series. The humor that was once there is now gone, all that's left is crappy, awkward, forced comedy; the likes of which would put Rima to shame. It's filled with stupid fillers that make you want to tear your brain stem out. In my opinion, the only reason worth watching is to see what happens to Ikuto. I would have dropped this about 15 episodes back, except that I had hoped that it would get better. Now the only reason I'm sticking with it is because I would feel like all the time spent watching would be wasted if I didn't follow through. read more