Shugo Chara! Party!

I consider myself someone who believes in reason and poise in his reviews, and therefore I will try to hold myself to such decorum and not break down crying like a 5-year-old girl who skinned her knee.

Oh who am I kidding. THEY CANCELLED SHUGO CHARA!!!! T____T

I knew the very moment I was asked if I was "shugo-genki" that hell had found one of my favorite magical girl series to date and placed its icy grip around its throat mercilessly. I watched in horror as the main character was reduced to an obligatory stand-in. I watched as Ikuto disappeared entirely. I watched as the Guardians followed ... in suit. I watched as those hellish cosplaying twits sucked up the airtime. And I watched as Pucchi Puchi became what I looked forward to more than the actual series. I knew Shugo Chara, and this was not Shugo Chara.

Laying blame will do no good, as we all know by now that blame deserves to go to a variety of sources. The existence of Rikka and Hikaru is most notable and seems a good launch point. Obviously, Shugo Chara is a show for children, but one of the show's biggest strengths was that none of the characters seemed to pander toward children. They tackled age-appropriate issues with a surprising amount of respect and understanding, and most notably without any condescension or beating the moral into the audience. Rikka and Hikaru did everything in their power to subvert this into oblivion. Cliched as they were at the start, they wasted no time beating the lesson of the day into us every week, were childish to the point of pandering, and just overall irritances who seldom grew as characters. This would not be so bad if the cast I had grown to adore was there to pull me through it, but they were all systematically removed and never heard of again. By the end, there were episodes that only had Amu, her Shugo Chara, Rikka and Hikaru. I weep.

The story... what story? This was pure filler and not even good filler like the Lulu arc in Doki!... yes I liked the Lulu arc. It dragged, but I've seen much worse. Case in point, Rikka and Hikaru. This wasn't so much a story arc as it was just episodic nonsense, often covering ground that the series had already covered, just with younger and more irritating characters. This was offset by the somewhat enjoyable Pucchi Puchi segments. Miki's Laboratory and Shugo Bomber were two recurring stories in Pucchi Puchi I was always happy to see. Shugo Bomber especially, if solely for the Commissioner, which single-handedly made Su my favorite of the charas. But I digress.

What held this sloppy execution together was the young girl singing troupe, Shugo Chara Egg, and make no exaggeration when I say this is the go-to con point for anyone who suggests live-action and anime can coexist in the same series. The four girls are annoying, uninteresting, and Spade at times looks like she's thinking she's made a terrible life decision. Newsflash, honey. You did.

Shortcuts in art appeared incredibly early when opening sequences turned into clip shows. Frozen imagery moved around like Satelight had suddenly inherited the budget of an early Shinbo Akiyuki show. The vibrant world of the series became increasingly dull to the point that they just couldn't hide it by the end. A shame, really.

The soundtrack was still enjoyable, but I had grown to love the songs throughout the series. Even the Guardians 4 OPs in Doki!, but by the end everything felt painfully generic to the point of terrible, Nana Mizuki's last song, while pretty, was not the Utau we had come to know, and Buono! is pretty much gone outside the final ED for each episode.

In one episode of Party!, Amu told Utau that doing something different could be good. If Party is any indication, Amu lied. Party took the formula of the series, tried and true through two seasons, and ruined it with live-action and horrendous filler. The only redeeming point here is Pucchi Puchi, and only then, mostly for Shugo Bomber. Why I'm giving this the rating I'm giving it is both because of Pucchi Puchi and out of respect for the series I loved and the characters it mercilessly tossed to the wolves. Only the diehards will make it through this, and then, only they will be the ones to weep for the commercialization and utter mistreatment of such a wonderful little show about growing up and being yourself.

Why, Shugo Chara? Why did you unlock my heart only to rip it out of my chest, throw it to the ground, and tap dance on it?

Overall, Shugo Chara Party! gets a 5 out of 10.

If you love the original Shugo Chara!, this anime is NOT for you.

If you remember LuLu DeMorcerf, from Shugo Chara!! Doki, she was a filler character, along with the whole plot behind her. Shugo Chara! Party! is also a filler, but it is a very BAD filler.

Not only, by making Rikka, do they get contradict things that were explained earlier in the series, but they ruin the original plot from the manga. It has NOTHING to do with what happened in the manga! It's completely different. This wouldn't be as bad if it was actually ENTERTAINING! Not only that, but over half the ... show is full of cosplayers who are also terrible actresses, and a corny, poorly drawn cartoon. Even when I skipped the cosplaying and corny cartoon, I was still very disappointed. Way to ruin a great anime, and manga.

I tried to force myself to watch it, at least until I got past the episode about my favorite character, but it was so awful, I couldn't even manage that.

They might as well get the manga, rip it apart, stomp on it, throw it in a fire, and when the fire goes out, dance on the ashes. That is how much respect they showed the manga.

For those of you who have been watching Shugo Chara!, you may have noticed that it's starting to get cuter and fluffier. Shugo Chara!!! Dokki Doki is no exception.

At first, it seemed as if the plot the anime was following was going to catch up with she manga story line soon, but that won't be happening. Similar to the story arc with Lulu, another anime-original character has been introduced: Rikka, a bubbly second-grader who can see Shugo Charas and understand X Eggs and X Charas. It's original, but throws the anime off track from the plot line most fans of the series want.

To add to ... this, there's a new anime within the anime: Shugo Chara! Pucchi Puchi. It's a cheesy attempt to make the series more appealing to younger fans, and thus, there isn't much the older fans, like me and probably the majority of you reading this, will find interesting about it. Unless you want to watch an over-done mini-anime that focuses on the Shugo Charas, I suggest you skip the first nine minutes of each episode.

I have nothing against the art. It's fairly standard shoujo anime art, just like the art from Shugo Chara! and Shugo Chara! Doki.

As for the music, things begin to get strange. Now there are two openings. Yeah, you read that right: TWO OPENINGS. The first opening, which comes before the Pucchi Puchi segment, is a bit odd. The second is by far better. It's not as cutesy as the previous Shugo Chara! Doki openings, and definetly not another attempt to draw in younger fans like the Pucchi Puchi opening. The end song, sung by Buono!, is reasonable.

As I mentioned before, an anime-original character, also reffered to as a filler character, has been introduced in order to make up for the sudden advance in plot in the previous ten or so episodes. Just because Rikka is a filler girl doesn't mean she isn't well developed. I can already tell that this story arc will be interesting, and that Rikka isn't just a character that will be left undeveloped.

One of the most annoying things was the three Shugo Chara Egg! members popping up throught the episode. In between the Pucchi Puchi segment and the anime itself, and before and after the entire episode. It's a lot more fun to mock them than to take them seriously. The epsode itself wasn't so bad.

Bottom line: Skip Pucchi Puchi and just watch the episode. Don't waste your time with the fluffy stuff.

To my dismay, I found the first episode of this season of Shugo Chara disappointing. No offense to those of you who found it appealing, or equally appealing, as its first two seasons.

The first thing I hated when I watched the first episode was that there were girls cosplaying as three of my favourite shugo charas; Ran, Miki, and Su. What happened to the three of them starting off the episodes? I showed it to my friend, who also watches Shugo Chara, and she found it slightly revolting. She said it seemed more like a music video than an anime itself.

Secondly, the actual ... anime only had like, 10 minutes of airtime. How is the plot going to develop if it only has that limited amount of time frame? There's still so much we don't know. Like, did Ikuto go and find his father? When will the other guardians find out the secret Nagi's hiding?

And, I'm sure, like myself, there are a number of you who want to see development in the love triangle of Ikuto, Amu, and Tadase.So, for now, I'll give the season an overall of 6.

I remembered when I first watched Shugo Chara. I discovered it when it was about in episode 80. I fell in love with the show. It was cute, funny, magical, and adorable. This was the very first anime that really did encourage the romance of a young girl and a older guy.

As each episode went by, everything started changing, and getting worse. As soo as Ikuto was gone and the show became a filler-marathon. I was pissed!

In my opinion, Ikuto made the show. He made it interesting!

I dont want to spoil anything else, but, the worst part about this show is that.

THEY MADE THIS SHOW ... START SO GOOD, AND MAKE IT END SO BAD!

After the complete fail ending they gave me in Doki, I was originally looking forward to Party. Maybe they'd fix it. Maybe they'd manage to bring back the scenes that were supposed to be there in the first place and actually try to follow the manga somewhat.

It did not occur to me that they would only make it a million times worse.

Even aside from the cosplay and Puuchi-Puuchi...which, in essence, succeeded in turning this once awesome anime into a show for preschoolers...the anime itself is the most disgraceful excuse for a Shugo Chara season I've ever seen. It is made up entirely of filler. It's ... as if the writers all said, "Alright, fans want more. How can we give them more and still do as little and crappy a job as possible?" "Hey, how about we bring in a totally new random character, bring back old story arcs from the original series and compress them into meaningless ten minute episodes, and make the entire season about something that has no impact on the storyline whatsoever? They'll never notice the difference!"

People have been complaining about Ikuto leaving. What they don't seem to get is that him leaving isn't the problem--it's how he left. And the main difference here is in how the manga did it, and how the anime did it.

Manga: Amusement park scene. Airport scene. Where Ikuto actually explains where he's going, Amu gets UPSET and runs off, catches up him later at the airport.

Anime: Ikuto: "I have a secret to confess." *kiss* "See ya!" *leaves*
Amu: "There he goes." oh well, too bad. *smile smile*

me: .....wtf was that.

And then he's just gone. And Amu is still standing there watching him leave. Nope, no problem here at all.

Does anyone else find something wrong with this?

Okay, fine. So I get over this shock, start looking forward to Party. Maybe they'll have him come back temporarily and bring the right scenes back.

But...no.

Why on Earth would they do that? That would make sense!

Instead, they decide to bring in a PHONE CALL--for NO APPARENT REASON except to make fangirls happy. Which they did, very much so...with a line that has unfortunately been burned into my mind as one of the most horrifying things they could do to this character.

Ikuto: "I'll kiss you and hug you and everything else."

me: .....................

Could they have made him say something else more out of character? I dare anyone to try. The worst part of it is, fangirls are so happy to see him again for a whole two minutes that they're eating it right up. Never mind the fact that this line makes him seem like exactly the perverted pedophile that Party seems to want him to be. Which is just not true, and if anyone bothered to read the manga, they would know that too. What that line does is give Tadamu fans an excuse to CALL him a perverted pedophile. And now it's not even possible to argue with them, because Party's just given them the proof they needed. There's a reason why he never says anything like that in the manga.

Alright. I get over that, or I try to. Then I hear the very last episode is coming out, with Ikuto in it, and something about him taking Amu to the amusement park. Could Party finally, finally be redeeming themselves???

Yeah. Guess again.

Where should I start? The fact that Tadase makes his sudden appearance right in the middle? The fact that Ikuto STILL didn't confess to her in the anime at all, but poked her instead and repeated his "grow up faster" line (which, thanks to that phone call, people have now interpreted as a desire to do "stuff" to her...)? The fact that Amu didn't get upset to his leaving at all, AGAIN, and said some bullshit line about "I'm pretty much used to him disappearing by now"? The fact that TADASE kissed Amu instead? How about the fact that Party had Ikuto wearing a shirt that said "FREE HUGS" ON IT!?!?

I wish I could give a visual image of what they're doing to his character right now. Does ripping a piece of paper up into miniature pieces help? How about burning them? Maybe pouring water into the sink and watching it go straight down the drain...

Actually, that's a pretty good metaphor for Shugo Chara in general. Party has now officially killed it.

And poor Hikaru...they killed HIS character before the manga even got a strong hold on it. Maybe the writers missed the crucial part of the last story arc, but Hikaru has gotten his heart's egg BACK. His emotions are all BACK now. He's trying to understand them better, not acting like an unfeeling robot. He might be a little more reserved than most other kids, which is understandable, but Party takes this to the extreme.

The graphics and music are the only thing which keeps me from giving this anime an overall 2 rating instead of a 1. And even those aren't that great. It's nothing next to the original series. But they're not completely abominable, and I've seen/heard worse before. So I'll give Party credit for that.

Basically, what Party did was take the manga, original season, all the character development, put them in a big pile, and stomp on them. I have no idea what the writers were thinking, and I truly wish that Party had never existed. I can't even recommend just watching Doki and stopping there, because the end of Doki is such a fail that it gives watchers the wrong impression. The only thing that saves Shugo Chara at this point is the manga. Party seems to have been made only for commercialism and giving fangirls what they want, and if that means flinging all character and personality down the drain, they won't hesitate to do so. Which is pretty much what they did.

Everyone familiar with Shugo Chara! probably already know about the abomination know as Shugo Chara! Party! so I'll just get to the point:
This. Is. AWFUL!

To begin with, there's no story whatsoever. Only episodic filler that really didn't have to be made and it's incredibly disappointing. The characters meet up, shenanigans ensue, and that's about it. Nothing important or exciting.

The art is pretty much the same as the previous two seasons, which is a relief. One thing they didn't manage to screw up!

The music... what music? I don't remember any music, which is funny considering they have two opening songs! One for the live-action segment, Dokki ... Doki (which takes up about 15 minutes of screen time by the way. No, I'm not kidding.), and the other for the actual anime (which only gets 11 minutes of screen time). None of the four (they change both songs midway through) are very memorable. The two ending songs by Buono! is better, but by then I was already so pissed off I couldn't appreciate it.

The characters are the worst thing about this whole season. Kukai, Utau, Nikaidou, Yukari and Kairi are almost nowhere to be seen and Ikuto disappears completely, only to show up in the last episode but vanish just as quickly again. I'm not a major Ikuto-fangirl, but I was still angry about his absence, mostly because of the unsatisfactory way he left.
Of all the Guardians, in the end only Amu appears consistently. Yaya, Rima and Nagihiko get little screen time and Tadase don't exactly fare much better himself. Instead they bring in Hikaru and this annoying, obnoxious, spotlight stealing Mary Sue named Rikka as "Guardian Apprentices".
Needlessly to say, this was a mistake! None of them get any development and stay just as unlikable as they started out. Hikaru actually go backwards in development, appearing emotionless even though he got over that in the end of Doki!
Come to think of it, Ikuto's character also gets mercilessly botched the few times he appears.

Of all 25 episodes only three of them is mercifully Rikka-free. Episode 7 is about Nadeshiko "coming back", Rima giving Nagi a hard time trying to keep up the "Nadeshiko-and-Nagihiko-are-two-different-persons" facade, and Amu being none the wiser. It's also my favourite episode this season because of two reasons, besides Rikka’s absence:
1. Nagihiko running back and forth changing clothes, Rima doing her very best to torture him and Amu not getting the picture is HILARIOUS.
2. The slight RimaxNagihiko teasing at the end. Yes, I'm a hardcore Rimahiko fangirl, your point?
The other two Rikka-free episodes are ep. 12 and 19, and even then both those episodes are pretty much "meh".

In conclusion, no matter if you're a fan of Shugo Chara! or not you shouldn't watch this. There's nothing redeeming about it at all and it's all just a waste of time. If Doki! didn't satisfy you and you want a real end to the story you should go read Shugo Chara! Encore! instead. Much more fulfilling.

i've been with shugo chara since the beginning, from when amu found 3 eggs in her bed to when she said goodbye to ikuto. I went through the tears in the dia arc, to the yelling and screaming between amu and ikuto. I was there when Amu was confused, sad, mad and even happy. From when utau through she loves ikuto. from when she hated amu then learned to love her. At the end of season 2, i was a bit sad. they ended my favorite show. i was in tears on the last episode. then i read 'shugo chara! party!' and i was happy. ... i was more than happy. they aired it, and i was disappointed. this was not shugo chara. it wasn't even close. it went from something for a teens to something for a 5 year old.

the live-action was bad, they sounded like they were talking to 5 year olds. and just personally, i think they ruined it even more than it already was.

the small segments with the guardian characters, miki, ran & suu, were amusing. i enjoyed these the most out of everything.

& the anime itself which by the way, last 10-15 minutes, was not as good.

the storyline? well, there is none. it is a complete filler season. nothing to do with the manga. every episode was nonsense.

characters. well besides already having some annoying characters. they decided to bring in two more. Rikka and Hikaru :l i swear they were younger & more annoying then ever. i think if they were gone, i would like this filler season a lot more. rikku was the loud jumpy lil' girl, as of hikaru, he acted all cool and stuff. he was always mean.

The soundtrack was enjoyable, most enjoyable part to me.i Like most of the song that occured throughout the series. Nana Mizuki's last song was pretty, but it was not the Utau we had come to know.

If i were the producers, i would feel disappointed and a failure for this season. they took something great and ruined it. you know how many fans shugo chara lost after this? i think we'd all lose count.

so, if you watched the first 2 seasons of shugo chara, i recommend not watching this seasons.
& if you are new, and you clicked on shugo chara party, go watch teh first 2 seasons. they are amazing.

i rate this a 4 out of 10 (:

I was hoping to see more ikuto :P.
Anyways, it was the day Shugo Chara!Party was uploaded and i was happy and had my hot cocoa and sat on my comfy chair and i pushed play. All of sudden 3 girls cosplaying as Amu's charas. I checked twice if this was a kiddies commercial or wrong video upload. But NO, i was wrong, and like 15 mins later, the anime i fell in love was on for a couple of mins, and NO IKUTO >:(.
So i thought to myself "Maybe is just a introduction to Shugo Chara" so i waited a week till they posted the ... second episode....Same thing like episode on DX!
So i waited another week and watched the last and final episode and same thing. I felt like i was watching 7-8 year kiddie show, and it annoyed me that they were looking for Dia cosplay girl... i wonder what poor girl got into the show :(

When I first heard of the anime Shugo Chara, I was doubtful since I'm not into the whole magical-girl-let's-go-save-the-universe genre. But thanks to some encouragement, I broke down and watched it. Before I knew it, I had become a fan and looked forward to every episode to the point where I was searching everywhere to find what website was releasing the subs first. I really loved the art, the concept, the characters (especially Ikuto ^^), even the girly mushy-gushy moments. I even liked the Lulu filler, though it wasn't my favorite. I watched the complete second series and cried at the end because it was ... so amazing. It should have ended there.

Story: 3

If you watched the first 2 seasons, you know the basic story- find the x-eggs and make them good again. It's the same thing in this, only it's used in a boring manner that I've seen too many times before. And then there's the addition of the cosplayers. I know I'm not the only one who looked forward to this 3rd season and was like "screw this" halfway through because of the cosplayers and cartoons they played before the actual ep. I didn't watch the series because I loved the chibis, I watched it because it had a good storyline. Wtf.

Character: 3

Ignoring that half the anime is replaced by these kids playing dress-up and filler cartoons, I'd like to ask the producers "Why did you get rid of Ikuto?" Yes, I am another Ikuto fan, I just had to ask ^^ But getting rid of Ikuto was not the main problem. They completely trashed the other charas! You don't see the gang that Amu used to hang out with, or really her at all. You see these two kids taking over and trying to be this new generation, and doing a really poor job at that. I HATE it when they make another season to try and extend the series just because the ratings are good. No-it's not that. It's when they try to make another generation of characters to do the EXACT SAME THING the previous generation did! It's annoying and frustrating,which is why I never finished this season and don't plan on it. You have to know when to end the anime. Extending it as long as this one has been is unnecessary and uncalled for. If you really want to extend it a little, an OVA or 2 generally work, not an entire season.

Overall: 3

Looking at all the other reviews and hearing all the complaints, I have nothing really to say that hasn't been said before. I want Ikuto, the plot is overused, this filler sucks, and I don't like the 2 kids they've chosen to be the new generation. Honestly, if you want to maintain that Shugo-chara-is-so-beautiful-and-amazing outlook, don't watch this. It only leads to disappointment.

I was really looking forward to another season of shugo chara (:
I wanted to see more of Ikuto...
But as most people have found it was very disapointing.
Most of the anime was taken up by the people who do the voices for the chara's.
First of all it seemed cute. But now.. I stopped watching it.
Even the little cartoons before the actual episode begins it takes almost half the time just on them.

So, I'll be honest here. I've followed Shugo Chara! since it started, and I have throughly enjoyed it. So, I looked forward to Party, hoping to see some more development between Amu/Tadase, seeing as that's the way it was going (in the anime, anyways. I don't read the manga).
But where the heck did they pull this out of?!
The live-action makes me cringe. The actors are so fake that it's not even funny. It's like they don't want to be there, and with good reason.
Pucchi Puchi is cute, but for some ungodly reason, the art annoys me. It's just me though, just me.

But the anime, ... oh my goodness. Rikka. She killed me. Was Amu not borderline mary-sue enough for this series? Don't get me wrong, I love Amu. But being able to talk to X Characters... just doesn't sound right to me.

Shugo Chara! Party! was totally unbearable to me. I can't watch it anymore. The fluffiness and sparkliness has become to much for me. Somewhere in the middle of the series, it turned really, really kiddy, and I can't believe it took me until now to realise it.
Still, I've only watched 3 episodes. Maybe it will bloom into something awesome later? I hope so. I really do.

As much as I love Shugo Chara, I'm going to have to say this season was very disappointing.
First off, I haven't read the manga, but I don't think that it would be hard to tell that the anime was straying from the manga. Sometimes that works very well, but this is not one of those exceptions.
Secondly, I miss the old anime which was more "mature" than this season. This season was VERY childish which was definitely not okay. The new character was my first clue to the fact that this would not be the same Shugo Chara we always knew. It makes it seem as ... if the introduction to characters like Ikuto and Utau was all for nothing and that their part was just cut out.
Lastly, I think it was pointless for the interview with the people at the beginning, and I'm pretty sure that the little short with the shugo charas was longer or as long as the the actual episode.
Nevertheless, I don't suppose that it is exactly fair to judge the anime on the first episode, but on second thought, whether you continue watching an anime or not depends on the first episode. I can honestly say that I probably will NOT be watching Shugo Chara Party for much longer.

Like most people, when I watched the first episode of Shugo Chara Party, I was a bit dissapointed. The actual anime was only 11 minutes long! And it didnt follow the manga like I thought it would. And then I started to view the series as seperate from the manga, and then it was really good so I'm going to write this review as Shugo Chara Party being completely seperate from the manga.

The live action segments are...horribly CHEESY and childish with some bad acting, but thank god they're only 1 minute long.
The Pucchi Puchi is too cute NOT to like, and can be very funny ... at times.
The anime part is great. I might be the only one, but I really like the new character. Bubbly anime girls are cool :D. And she's friends with X eggs. Even more cool. (and badass) Although the anime part is just 11 minutes long, the story doesen't seem rushed at all.
Overall, watching this anime is like a Party (I understand how they got the title now) and you'll never get bored watching it.

The thing is that Shugo Chara Party is split in parts, a lot of cosplay, games, etc... Actually I think the idea is kinda original but the show has a lot of filling and it can be tedious, and yes, it is not what you are expecting of your favorite anime.

Well, I don't think is overall wrong, I liked Shugo Chara Puchi , it sometimes was funny , the Rubik's Cube character game was cool, a character song is played so they could guess the character... and I liked the interview with the Amu's voice actor

Even so I would have liked it was more ... plot based, well, I liked the anime series, it was acceptable and enjoyable, Hikaru and Rika are adorable
I admit I've skipped a lot of filling to only watch the anime series part :p, but sometimes I watch them when I'm bored...

Those who've watched the first two seasons of Shugo Chara, will be pretty disappointed with this new installment. Not only will this season be filled with fillers, but there's only ten minutes of airtime in the actual anime. Barely. If I were to be specific, and take out the ending song, and the cosplayers that pop out of no where, then, oh, I'd say...about 7 - 9 minutes? Yep, you heard me right. They make you wait a whole week just so you can have 7 - 9 minutes of filler. It isn't until the later episodes where the plot sorta picks up the pace, ... before just hitting a dead end again.

An anime show within an anime show...How original! Sadly, it isn't a huge hit. And sadly, it's rather annoying. As much as I love Ran, Miki, Su, I would actually like to see some development in the plot. And speaking of plot, I'm willing to bet that it'll be a while before the actual, non-filler plot kicks in. I suppose that's understandable since the manga updates every month, where as the anime releases are weekly, BUT was shrinking the anime down to 7 - 9 minutes a good move? Probably not.

So overall, I'd give the Story a 3. I've only seen the first few episodes, but the silliness of it is just plain obnoxious. It might be entertaining, and perhaps even amusing for a younger audience, but this Shugo Chara! fan isn't won over.

As for the Art. Well, it hasn't changed much, if at all. And to be frank, it's probably the best part of Shugo Chara! Party! It's the typical Shoujo art; Not necessarily a bad thing, but kinda boring. Of course, I'm sure most Shugo Chara! fans will be happy that at least the art hasn't changed (unlike everything else...). So overall, I'd give it a 6; Fair. The art was never a real WOW-factor to me. Just likable. But beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, is it not?

The music was...decent. It wasn't super great, but it wasn't horrible. Just decent. But it depends on the person, I suppose. The singing group that sings for Shugo Chara! Party! is actually three seperate groups. Guardians 4, Shugo Chara Egg!, and Buono! I find it ridiculous that they would need three singing groups. Speaking of which, not only was one group of singing cosplaying-girls not enough, they decided that they needed TWO. In the first Opening Song, you'll see the Guardians 4, lip-syncing to the song, smiling and looking 'cute'. Then later on in the episode, you'll see the Shugo Chara Egg! group, who occasionally pop up out of no where when you least want them to. (I'd recommend to skip the parts that they show up in.)

Earlier, I had mentioned that in this new installment of Shugo Chara, there would be an anime series within the anime series itself. And of course, an anime series, would be incomplete without an opening song! So instead of one, you get two! What a great deal, right? Well, it depends on the person. For me, there were so many things going on that it gets a bit confusing.

Besides the Story, I'd have to say the characters were the biggest fail. A new character is introduced in this season; Rikka Hiiragi. A spunky, energetic, kind second-grader. Sorta reminds you of someone, doesn't it? Basically, a Mary Sue.

There's not much development between the characters (at least, not of yet), and I don't expect it to anytime soon. With only a few minutes per ep, not much can really happen. As for the others, there's not really much to them, and I don't really expect anything spectacular to happen in this season; They're same, likable, almost bordering Mary Sue, characters. Their background stories were already explained in the previous seasons, so what is there to say?

Oh, and on another note, for those who looked forward to seeing more Ikuto, will be VERY disappointed. He does show up, don't worry, but he doesn't show up very often.

Did I enjoy it? Not really. Most of the episodes made me want to bang my head against a nearby wall, but some were a bit amusing, though.

Overall, I'd give it a 4. It's decent. Compared to the first and second season, Shugo Chara! Party is, as I've said before, a huge disappointment, but it isn't all entirely bad. Younger audiences will probably enjoy this new installment more than older fans, but I'm sure once the actual plot takes off, things will probably get a bit more interesting.

Yikes, a lot of negative reviews here! But I'm just writing how I personally feel about Shugo Chara Party. I honestly loved this show, and Party is my absolute favorite season! Here's why: it gets so deep!

I started watching Shugo Chara years ago (maybe when I was 13 or 14?) and stopped at around episode 98. And a month ago is when I picked it up again. And I'm so glad I did! I will admit, I skipped the first half of every episode because I couldn't stand it, so I honestly have no comments about that. But I'm talking about the /main/ thing here! ... So my rates are about Party, not Puchii Puchii. (Btw, those girls looked like they absolutely hated their jobs, lol)

I see that a lot of people dislike Rikka, but I honestly loved her. Even when she was annoying at times, I concentrated at her feelings! We can all relate to her wanting to be somebody, and hey, she even had self-hatred. Hiraku is also someone who I admired strongly in the show because of his strong development. Amu also grew up, and even Yaya. And I honestly was annoyed with Yaya in the past for being so... "I don't want responsibilities" type of kid?

Also, a lot of viewers are mad about Ikuto not being in the Party season. Well, at least he had a reason why, correct? Plus, he was mentioned a lot!

The only thing that really hurt my feels is that I didn't get to see a lot of things I was hoping for, but I guess that's okay.... (no it's not)

I'm trying to be spoiler-less as possible, but like I said in the beginning, this season dug deep into life! With Rikka's help, the show was able to make crystal clear of the lessons and morals of the episode (not every episode!). My personal favorite was the episode focused of Utau not wanting to change her singing style! Because that advice given to the X-Egg was extremely relatable to all and something that we always got to keep in mind! The most deepest thing was the symbolism of suicide near the end of the show. But I'm keeping that as a hush.

This is my first review, but this series made me compelled to vent some feelings.

To be honest, if you're looking for a good sequel to an otherwise good show, this is NOT the show you're looking for.

Shugo Chara! Party! is mostly filler content, with VERY little relevance to the main story. The series mainly revolves around a filler character who is training to be a new Guardian.

Another very large issue I have with this show is that of the 25 minutes we get, 10 minutes of Live Action/Shugo Chara extras, 10 minutes of actual anime, and 5 minutes of OP/EP. Half the show ... is not even devoted to the anime itself, but a side story/extra.

To be blunt this series is entire filler, the filler from Shugo Chara!! Doki, was bad, but it at least tried to stay close to the manga as far as storyline is concerned.

My main reason for watching this series after episode 2-3 was to "complete" the anime series. This anime could have been much more, but it just turned into one big 25 episodes of filler.

I am disappointed for the following reasons.
1. Nadesko didn't tell Amu a thing about who he is...
2. Most of the show is filled with little girls who do nothing but waste time to allow the animators to be lazy and have a shorter show.

I just wish they got off their butt and went without the time wasters.

it's a good thing that they made a season three.. and finally there are already 4 guardian characters. Well, the 1st episode was good so far....

But they didn't really followed the manga. In the manga Ran, miki, and su disappeared. Only Dia remained.. and Amu finds a way to see them again. (atuallu Dia explains why the 3 shugo charas disappeared)

I only wish they followed the manga it would be very interesting...