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| I'm left with a slightly bitter taste in my mouth after finishing this, gonna sleep on it and rate it tommorow, or i fear ill rate it incredibly low. |
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| I'm absolutely satisfied with the Asa ending. I've been rooting for her from the beginning, she was definitely the coolest of them all! :3 But I never really believed they would end up together, not until I finally saw it. xD And honestly, the characters and their development / history made the show. This is what harem anime should look like!! 9/10 |
Saorin said: I'm absolutely satisfied with the Asa ending. I've been rooting for her from the beginning, she was definitely the coolest of them all! :3 But I never really believed they would end up together, not until I finally saw it. xD And honestly, the characters and their development / history made the show. This is what harem anime should look like!! 9/10 that makes us 2 xD |
Saorin said: I'm absolutely satisfied with the Asa ending. I've been rooting for her from the beginning, she was definitely the coolest of them all! :3 But I never really believed they would end up together, not until I finally saw it. xD And honestly, the characters and their development / history made the show. This is what harem anime should look like!! 9/10 afterall this is not harem anime xD it just a harem-VN adaptation with a lil fan-services(yes just a lil) |
| To me Shuffle was boring. There are maaaany similar anime that are 100 times better than this. |
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setsuna91 said: afterall this is not harem anime xD it just a harem-VN adaptation with a lil fan-services(yes just a lil) Eh? Sorry, but what did I miss? There are several girls obviously in love with/fighting for a male protagonist. Sounds like Harem to me =D And it doesn't matter what the original game was like. Plus, most of these games that are turned into anime turn out to be harem anime, so sorry, but I don't see your point. |
Morkand-san said: To me Shuffle was boring. There are maaaany similar anime that are 100 times better than this. You know what they say about opinions... |
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When I first watching the series, when I saw Asa Shigure; I kinda want Asa to be with Rin at that moment. I never thought though that it would happen. So, I'm really glad that Rin chose Asa. Haha! +1 Also even if it was made peaceful ending on purpose - I'm glad. Throughout 3 entire eps I was like "If Asa's goin' to die I'm gonna hurt someone reeeeaaally baaaad". I guess my feelings could be best described by reading cyruz's review. As he stated - there are moment when I laughed my ass off, moments where I was angry, moments of suspense and surprise and moments where I was thinking "what the fuck just happened?". And that's a big positive. After all I have a "different" method of rating anime. I don not ever give rating 1-3. 4 is a total crapshit and so raising to 9 is how I liked it so an anime that receives 9 is great at every point and I appreciate it a lot. But with 10's it's a bit different. I can give a 10 to anime that I loved really strong or hated as hell. Why is that? Because for me 10 is a strict emotional rating. Thus if I am seriously moved and my feelings are touched (f.e. tears, fastened heartbeat, a hidious frustration and so on.) it means the creators suceeded. That's why it exists - to give emotions and if one is able to release some strong emotions in me - that deserves 10. Therefore even though I really really enjoyed the happy ending and that I like them in general and the fact that it still is 10/10 for me I feel that It would still be better (like 11/10) if Asa died. That may be cruel but I just see that it would give a stronger impact. I was wondering really strong wether or not rate it just 9 (just xD) but considering that at one moment (that was in ep 21 I guess though I'm not sure) while watching I allmost choked to death eating chips. That and many more situations finally decided about the rating. |
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| I think Asa was the most suitable canidate. Why? Because her and Rin had the most realistic and down to earth relationship out them all. She didn't praise him and treat him like a king like the others did, it was normal. DarthNicolas said: It was really ok,and tho I would have preferred him to end up with some other girl*points at Kaede* it still went smoothly... Possibly the worst choice. Kaede needed to get her independance, that what that whole arc was about! If she ended up with Rin, that whole arc was pointless. Sia and Nerinine were in too much of a direct rivalary for Rin to pick one. Sia would have been the worst choice because the God Realm allows multible wives, this would have allowed his whole harem to be with him... That would have just been a lame ending >_<. And it would just be odd if he ended with Primula, she was treated as the little sister. All in all it was a good ending. = ) |
| I do not quite understand what was written before me, but I can say that the series is wonderful. Very unexpected end. Because of the unpredictability I liked this anime. |
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| Screw u every1! No matter waht u guys say,I love the ending, i love Asa-senpai, i mean Asa-san ;) 9/10 |
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 How surprising.. The anime went the same route as what I would have done so. Now that I have finished the anime, onwards to the visual novel.. |
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| Overall a very good anime. At first, it just like tipical anime harem but the more you watch it the more the story get better. I'm ok with Rin being end up with Asa but i feel pretty sorry for Kaede. Her arc is the best arc imo although its creepy to imagine a elementry school kid doing such thing. I think she deserve more happiness. Too bad it's too late for her to let Rin know her true feeling. But this ending isn't bad either, i'm pretty satisfied with it. PS : I'm glad Kaede did'nt become like Yuka from 11 Eyes |
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| I love this series, but I prefer Kaede for Rin..T_T |
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| I'm glad Rin ended up with Asa-they're both fairly normal and they're pretty compatible. The ending was ok... at least it wasn't a cliffhanger, lol. Overall it was a pretty good series I thought. |
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hirahira said: I thought he would end up with Kaede but I was glad he ended up with Asa. this was the first time in a harem anime that the guy ended up with the right girl. I dont see why so many people were upset about it. He picked the girl that was actually sane and who wasn't clingy. what's wrong with that? ^QFT (also most of what Sloth-X said at the top of this page) But I guess everyone has their own preference of girl Asa was definitely the one who always cared about how Rin felt and was helping him out. I was up and down on how much I liked the other characters, but Asa was solid pretty much all the way through... Except (this didn't make me dislike her character or anything and I guess they needed it for the drama, but I still have to say it:) her reason to not want to use magic made zero sense. Rin said as much - and couldn't he have tried saying what he said BEFORE resorting to a suicide attempt? Though I suppose what he did was the most sure way since he gave her something to actually use magic on that she really cared about. Anyway, it worked well enough and I can't say I disliked these final arcs (they were better than most of the series - for me anyway). |
| First thing's first: I wish he woulda went for Sia. Oh well, the red head hottie with a mischievous twin sister living inside of her will have to wait for her time to shine. Anyways, I thought it was an interesting way to Asa to use her magic...even though we all kinda saw it coming. But first thing I thought when she got her long hair was "OMG, C2?!" But yeah, whatever. I'm just babbling now. Its cute how Primula started school with everyone! And I'm loving how she's more outgoing with everyone. She was hilarious in a subtle way during the day at school half of the episode. But what gets me about this entire series, with it's interesting plot twists and such, is that one guy who has like, what, 5 lines and you only see him 5 times, maybe less in the series. The dude that approaches Rin at school and Rin asks him "Who are you?" The dude that was hiding around a corner every time one of the girl's fanclubs decided to attack Rin. Who the hell is that guy? It's driving me insane!! Anyways, good series, I enjoyed it a lot! :) Kira01 said: But you gotta admit... |
DarkIceXIIIJan 18, 2010 10:05 PM
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| wow. the most shocking (and interesting) part of this episode was during the credits where kaede fell on top of sia and the two shared a fond exchange of saliva. i dare say that is the most suggestive moment of this series, topping even all the nude scenes. |
HevrothJan 20, 2010 1:28 PM
| lol watching this anime was pleasing, entertaining, the end = predictable, but loved it none the less, Asa being Rins choice was pleasing (I approve), though the choice between Sia and Asa would of been hard for me personally (but thats just me), and Kaede... i've heard that name in so many animes lately i wonder if its a trend (no offense)? either that or just heard it repeated so many times in anime it just kinda got stuck in my brain... *sigh* and the episodes when Kaede went insane i was like OH GOD not another "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" like anime!!! but luckily that wasnt the case (thank you creators of Shuffle! u made me happy) but yeah good anime even though i feel kinda like its missing something but oh well beats me anyways so yeah hope u enjoyed the anime as much as i did! thanks for reading, laterz |
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| Wow this Anime was AMAZING! It prety much makes you feel every emotion possible, and it has such a great story to tell I really enjoyed it, I got scared near the middle i though Kaede was gona go school days on us D: Woot Asa FTW i wanted her to win from the begining!! I also totaly saw Kaede and Sia going lesbo... Great series |
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| ONE UNPREDICTABLE ANIME COMING RIGHT UP!!! ~ended~ |
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| i hated!!!!!! i hated this anime huh... why rin chose asa-san!!! asa-sempai older than rin!!!! huff... i hate this anime!!! huh... >.< bad ending!!! |
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Misel_chan said: i hated!!!!!! i hated this anime huh... why rin chose asa-san!!! asa-sempai older than rin!!!! huff... i hate this anime!!! huh... >.< bad ending!!! yah....I'd rather choose Rin-chan and marry Sia-chan(polygamy) ^^.. Kaede is a good character but a tsundere.....Horrible eyes !!!!! |
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babykeiji said: I felt the same way.Haha! When I first watching the series, when I saw Asa Shigure; I kinda want Asa to be with Rin at that moment. I never thought though that it would happen. So, I'm really glad that Rin chose Asa. Haha! At first i thought this was going to be your typical romcom harem, but it turned into a freaking emotional roller-coaster in the second half. 8/10, and i was thinking 5-6 before... |
DeathfireD said: DarthNicolas said: It was really ok,and tho I would have preferred him to end up with some other girl*points at Kaede* it still went smoothly... I totally agree. From the way it started and was progressing it seemed like Kaede would be the first choice for Rin. After all she took care of him, made lunch for him, and showed great affection because she loved him. I liked Asa at the start too. We all knew she liked Rin but she kept it strictly as a sister brother type connection because she knew Kaede really loved him. I had great respect for Asa because of that. Through out the whole series we barely see Kaede but when we do see her we notice she does things a g/f or wife would do for their b/f or husband. And because of her lack of screen time I was pretty sure they would have their own ark at the end where he finally notices all the work shes been doing for him and the way shes been acting and finally ask her out. Then we have the date with Asa. This is when the show took a weird turn for me. All of a sudden everyone around Rin seemed to just pick Asa as his significant other because he was having more fun with her. That kind of irritated me but I still didn't lose hope in Kaede. She still didn't have her ark/air time yet so I was still waiting. Then comes the whole Asa being sick arc where Rin basically treats Kaede like shit, ignores her, and totally disregards her feelings. It's no wonder she snapped after a few days. Her whole world has been based on being with Rin and now he basically said leave me alone I don't need you right now. Then we find out the only reason Rin's allowed Kaede to pamper him was because he's scared she would kill herself. He mentions the whole time he assumed the reason she pampered him was to atone for her past mistakes, which was not the case. She did all those things because she loved Rin and just wanted to be with him. Which he never got and by the time he heard her confession it was to late. So in the end my opinion of Rin went from really positive to really negative. The whole series he was seen muttering to him self "was I really not paying attention to all their feelings?" every time something went wrong with one of the girls but he never once mentions this when Kaede is braking down and crying. It's as if he just didn't want to deal with her at all. I think there where so many better ways for him to express his self to her at the time. It's to bad he had to be an asshat. The ending was nice and all but it just didn't feel right to me. After the whole ignoring of Kaede, I just didn't have that "Rin is a genuine nice guy" feeling anymore and I was left with bitter feelings and a false resolve. Kaede went from being a broken down suicidal girl to normal as if nothing happened. Which I think the producers did intentionally just to end the show and keep everyone on a positive note. I probably would have given this show a 9/10 if I still had the same opinion about Rin all the way through the show even if he did end up with Asa in the end. But since he turned into an asshat I dropped my rank to an 8/10. Yeah... that's pretty much how I felt too. My first choice would've been Kaede followed by Cici. |
| I found myself dislike Rin's laugh..dunno why.. Asa win yeah! i like her in the game so of course she is my fav XD 6/10 though |
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| I found this anime to be fantastic. I find it to be one of my favorites and I was sad when it ended. This anime holds a special place in my list ^^ *downloads the game* |
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Laevantein said: Asa win yeah! i like her in the game so of course she is my fav XD She is a pure bitch!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Haha, I gotta be honest. I enjoyed the fact that I didn't know who he was gonna pick by episode 2. Nice change. |
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DeathfireD said: You could not have said it better man i really really felt it wrong in the last couple episodes in where they make Kaede character brake down in insanity really felt sad because i knew she was not going to edn with him after that... Asa was ok also but like you said everyone had problems and feelngs and it seemed the anime focuses more on Asa problems rather than the other girls. I would have loved Kaede as the winner it seemed like she deserved it but w/e good ending lol WTF with that last kiss Kaede and Sia that was funny and confusing.DarthNicolas said: It was really ok,and tho I would have preferred him to end up with some other girl*points at Kaede* it still went smoothly... I totally agree. From the way it started and was progressing it seemed like Kaede would be the first choice for Rin. After all she took care of him, made lunch for him, and showed great affection because she loved him. I liked Asa at the start too. We all knew she liked Rin but she kept it strictly as a sister brother type connection because she knew Kaede really loved him. I had great respect for Asa because of that. Through out the whole series we barely see Kaede but when we do see her we notice she does things a g/f or wife would do for their b/f or husband. And because of her lack of screen time I was pretty sure they would have their own ark at the end where he finally notices all the work shes been doing for him and the way shes been acting and finally ask her out. Then we have the date with Asa. This is when the show took a weird turn for me. All of a sudden everyone around Rin seemed to just pick Asa as his significant other because he was having more fun with her. That kind of irritated me but I still didn't lose hope in Kaede. She still didn't have her ark/air time yet so I was still waiting. Then comes the whole Asa being sick arc where Rin basically treats Kaede like shit, ignores her, and totally disregards her feelings. It's no wonder she snapped after a few days. Her whole world has been based on being with Rin and now he basically said leave me alone I don't need you right now. Then we find out the only reason Rin's allowed Kaede to pamper him was because he's scared she would kill herself. He mentions the whole time he assumed the reason she pampered him was to atone for her past mistakes, which was not the case. She did all those things because she loved Rin and just wanted to be with him. Which he never got and by the time he heard her confession it was to late. So in the end my opinion of Rin went from really positive to really negative. The whole series he was seen muttering to him self "was I really not paying attention to all their feelings?" every time something went wrong with one of the girls but he never once mentions this when Kaede is braking down and crying. It's as if he just didn't want to deal with her at all. I think there where so many better ways for him to express his self to her at the time. It's to bad he had to be an asshat. The ending was nice and all but it just didn't feel right to me. After the whole ignoring of Kaede, I just didn't have that "Rin is a genuine nice guy" feeling anymore and I was left with bitter feelings and a false resolve. Kaede went from being a broken down suicidal girl to normal as if nothing happened. Which I think the producers did intentionally just to end the show and keep everyone on a positive note. I probably would have given this show a 9/10 if I still had the same opinion about Rin all the way through the show even if he did end up with Asa in the end. But since he turned into an asshat I dropped my rank to an 8/10. |
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| good stuff asa was a good choice... im happy he didnt end up with Kaede... good ending... 9/10 Way to go little dude |
StonerWithABonerJul 24, 2010 7:57 PM
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| They kinda skimped on the animation in the second half... come on guys, get it together. But you know, I really don't care. It's somewhat shocking that this was adapted from an eroge, because the whole thing just works extremely well. The drama in the past few episodes was needed and pulled off beautifully, and actually fleshed out the characters very well (unlike almost every other harem ever). Also, unlike some harems, all the characters are likeable. I didn't really like Primula in the beginning, but now at the end here, I even like her too. An anime focused around pure emotions and the interactions of past and present love. 10/10 DeathfireD said: So in the end my opinion of Rin went from really positive to really negative. The whole series he was seen muttering to him self "was I really not paying attention to all their feelings?" every time something went wrong with one of the girls but he never once mentions this when Kaede is braking down and crying. It's as if he just didn't want to deal with her at all. I think there where so many better ways for him to express his self to her at the time. It's to bad he had to be an asshat. You know, in many ways I'm on your side. I was literally cringing in my seat every time I saw Kaede get brushed off, one by one the invisible punches flew, and I actually looked away and sucked in sharply as another mental needle was pushed into Kaede. He really was rediculously unaware of this. However, in my experience this is exactly the feeling you feel when you're in love with someone else. You feel on top of the world, and literally, for a small time, everything else in your life becomes unimportant, until you're brought down from that temporary "high". It was unrealistic in the way that Rin reacted to Kaede's obvious pleas for help, but at this point he was so busy thinking about other things that he didn't have the time to notice her. As a big fan of Kaede, it was a rivoting few episodes for me, but it showed something that I think needs to be shown in harems: They just don't work out easily. Somewhere along the way, some troubles are going to arise, and when you have this many people deeply in love with one man, there's bound to be some mental breakdowns. To me, it was the story of how these girls' loves had the ability to break them down emotionally, but at the same time, their friendships with each other allowed them to rebuild themselves. |
theeggman85Aug 4, 2010 2:16 AM
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| This ending sucks. :( Kaede all the way! |
| I rated this a 7. I didn't feel attached to the characters once the drama began. It sorta dragged a bit and I was tired of it -.- |
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kiem said: 'your gonna leave me behind with this psycho?'xDDD lol'ed XD otaku1793 said: anyone know where i can download the english/subbed version of this game? dude, I think this is against the rule... =( I rated this show 6/10, don't like the ending how suddenly a sub character(which I'm not interested) became a main character in the end.... |
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| A satisfying ending to an overall great series. But what was that animation in the epilogue? The quality suddenly dropped way-way down!!!!!!! :O |
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| Very good post, Grimwolf. I agree with most of it, except that I can see the whole "I like Kaede, oh, nevermind, I like Asa" thing happening. And that makes Kaede go bananas. Her return to sanity tho is just like you said - very strange. I didn't know that this was an "eroge" adaptation when I started watching this - but it shows. The story is crap, the characters are crap. I guess that's the disadvantage of not reading reviews or synopses before watching a show. You're not gonna get spoiled but you might have to suffer through a piece of shit like this. |
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