Ranked #1312

Hanasakeru Seishounen

Story: It starts out rather bland and boring but as the show goes on, it becomes a bit more interesting. There are some nice plot twists along the way but it's not all that surprising if you put your mind to it. Also, this is not really an "interesting" plotline but as far as these type of animes go, it's alright.

Art: Nothing really special here, it's average.

Sound: Also nothing special.

Character: When I first started watching the show, Kajika seemed annoying and unrealistic, but it might be because of her living on a remote island for most of her life. The only other thing I dislike about Kajika is that her foolish and naive acts are regarded as heroic ones. The other characters, like Li-ren, Ramty, Eugene, etc., are alright but seem rather bland and majorly cliched, some having the "dark past" scenario and such.

Another thing that disturbs me about this show is about appearances. So you're beautiful and have a "rare" eye color, does that mean you're better than everyone else? That's how the show puts it, e.g. because Eugene has a dark past and is beautiful, so to speak, he's allowed to kill innocent people without having to deal with consequences (saying that he didn't kill them, he gave them a choice but they chose themselves to die instead of him), but instead it makes his soul "more beautiful".

Enjoyment: I must say that I *did* enjoy it even if I dislike many things about this show, realism for example, I mean really, how could you stop a suicidal man from jumping out of a window by just shooting his reflection on a mirror? Sure, it sounds very nice and poetic-like but it's not very real at all. I will watch the rest of the episodes but I don't think my opinion will change much.

Overall: It's an overall good show, nothing to call the best or the worst show ever. It's an average show, more or less. read more

Based on the 10 episodes that have aired so far, at first, the show might seem silly, and the story very average. The first few episodes were really not awe-inspiring at all. However, since the introduction of the character, Lumati, his storyline has breathed new life into this show.

I just recently started watching anime, so I am no authority. But, I really like the story that has cropped up since episode 5. Let's hope they keep up the good work!