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Shugo Chara! Party!

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. read more

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. read more