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| does anyone know the name of the french song in ep 1!! :( i am very happy that Rei has the three sisters and the granpa in his life!! |
| Man what a great first episode Not gonna lie, I came to watch this in hope's that there is some nice character development and some nice romance in there as well...Wait and see now. |
| I loved the part where he is walking in the city and on the train to his match. |
| Visuals remind me a lot of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and it's overall look made me think of Shaft, so I looked it up to find that they are the ones doing this. So I look forward to this, and patiently await my shaft head tilts. Now with the part out of the way, the girls... MY GOD THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. So much sudden hype from such a small child and just... wow... The animation, the music, just everything. It's like this whole anime is going to be the main dude trying to be depressed but everyone around is just way to hype for it. This is gonna be fun. Art style weird though. |
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| I love Bump of Chicken, I love Shaft, but somehow this is not for me. It's just too plain and that art is distracting as hell. I guess I'll wait for Kubikiri Cycle. |
| Revised for the second time, that is, really a great start, then with subtitles in my native language, I knew better the feelings of the protagonist. I can not wait to find out all the background of his past life. Graphically it is very good, ditto for the soundtrack, wow! |
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| a bit different from the way the manga is but not so much entirely. will continue to enjoy, hopefully since it's skipping a lot of self dialogue it'll go further into the story. |
jerat said: This is for the moment the worst Shaft show i've ever seen, that usuless comedy that breaks the insernt, also I hate the main with his edgy and emo thoughs. Bad job Shaft 3/10. Try not using buzzwords next. |
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| Pretty good. I loved the mood change when he goes to that family lol. Looks like a good one. |
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| The first episode was beautiful. This anime seems promising. |
| I can just see this anime become a masterpiece. Studio Shaft is just amazing, that art style is so good. The soundtrack is simply amazing, not to mention that amazing opening and ending. I'm heavily impressed by this anime and I generally dislike slice of life shows. |
| it was a good start .. really looking forward for the next episode .. I like the art too damn shaft never fails to amaze me ... |
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| Love the opening song Hmm the mc is an orphan that has no parents and family and is on bad terms with his foster family and has no people skills and as a result no family warmth But at the same time he has a talent with Shogi I like the insert song though So the mc has been playing shogi since he was a kid eh and his opponent is his foster father Nice atmosphere and setting though Animation style is interesting The kawamoto sisters though are really kind and the fact that two of my fav seiyuu's are voicing them is another reason why i like the show. Man Hinata is crazily funny lol and hyperactive Lol the teacher working out that Rei actually earns more than he does as a teacher And they all help out at their grans shop eh Overall a good first episode that introduced the setting and characters Story so far looks interesting as does the cast of characters |
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| Impressed with Shaft's subdued and restrained efforts here. I had my misgivings when it was first announced they'd be behind the adaptation, but so far so good. And once we're treated to the bubbly personalities of the family, Shaft's maniacal(BUT NO NECK TURNING!) tendencies end up shining. It's a nice contrast, and it works well with the overall mood of the show. Also, 23 episodes whoa! Thanks, Shaft! And hey, end card done by Kentaro Miura! Very cool! Berserk and March Comes in like a Lion are both published in the same magazine. Miura and Umino Chika are coworkers and friends. They've drawn stuff for each other's respective series in the past. I've read a decent amount of the manga(huge Honey and Clover fan here). It's a good one. |
| Folks, brace yourselves. A masterpiece is incoming. Shaft did it again. 5/5 |
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| the art style is a little weird but I think I can get into it. I really liked the general execution of this episode, so I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. |
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| This was pretty lolbad and I can't believe how much people are already over-hyping it, even for MyAnimeList standards. The overall presentation of the show is extremely intrusive. Characters are constantly shouting for "comedic" or "cute" effect and it's just annoying. The art design changes so much and sometimes makes the characters faces look really...REALLY weird. That entire first 2 or 3 minutes was completely pointless, no matter how well that dream sequence was done it was just eye candy - didn't serve the plot much at all. The character has a loving family, makes more money than almost anyone he knows, and yet he spends half of the episode pouting. I'm sorry, I don't randomly sympathize with characters because they're depressed, we need some more subtext. I understand that it's the first episode and all - but it took up so much of the screen time and it didn't fit at all with the rest of the show being overly light hearted. Pretentious, annoying, and overall pretty bad. 1.5/5 |
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| Reminds me of Your Lie In April so much especially having March in its English title |
| The OP/ED are great. Gorgeous artworks and musics. The first half depressed the fuck outta me, the girls are welcome addition. I guess now I have to decide whether watch it weekly or binge. |
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AngryAlchemist said: This was pretty lolbad and I can't believe how much people are already over-hyping it, even for MyAnimeList standards. The overall presentation of the show is extremely intrusive. Characters are constantly shouting for "comedic" or "cute" effect and it's just annoying. The art design changes so much and sometimes makes the characters faces look really...REALLY weird. That entire first 2 or 3 minutes was completely pointless, no matter how well that dream sequence was done it was just eye candy - didn't serve the plot much at all. The character has a loving family, makes more money than almost anyone he knows, and yet he spends half of the episode pouting. I'm sorry, I don't randomly sympathize with characters because they're depressed, we need some more subtext. I understand that it's the first episode and all - but it took up so much of the screen time and it didn't fit at all with the rest of the show being overly light hearted. Pretentious, annoying, and overall pretty bad. 1.5/5 Not his family. That was an unrelated family of three sisters he's acquainted with and (at that point) only just comfortable enough around them where he can occasionally crash at their place overnight without any worries. You didn't even need to be a manga reader to infer that either; their last name showed up on his cellphone to make it clear that it was not his family that was calling. The guy he was playing shogi against and acting aloof toward (as well as those other kids in the flashback, one of which being the girl in the dream sequence)? That's his adoptive family and from what the episode has shown, it should have been immediately clear that their relationship, in contrast to his relationship with the Kawamoto family, is not exactly loving. Even as a fan of the manga, though, I do get where you're coming as far as your issues with the shouting and pretentiousness... mainly because I blame it on Shaft. They threw quite a bit of subtlety out the window in the process of adaptation, and the end result is making Rei more emo and broody than he probably should have come across and the Kawamoto siblings more zany than they should have come across. |
Bakazuki said: AngryAlchemist said: This was pretty lolbad and I can't believe how much people are already over-hyping it, even for MyAnimeList standards. The overall presentation of the show is extremely intrusive. Characters are constantly shouting for "comedic" or "cute" effect and it's just annoying. The art design changes so much and sometimes makes the characters faces look really...REALLY weird. That entire first 2 or 3 minutes was completely pointless, no matter how well that dream sequence was done it was just eye candy - didn't serve the plot much at all. The character has a loving family, makes more money than almost anyone he knows, and yet he spends half of the episode pouting. I'm sorry, I don't randomly sympathize with characters because they're depressed, we need some more subtext. I understand that it's the first episode and all - but it took up so much of the screen time and it didn't fit at all with the rest of the show being overly light hearted. Pretentious, annoying, and overall pretty bad. 1.5/5 Not his family. That was an unrelated family of three sisters he's acquainted with and (at that point) only just comfortable enough around them where he can occasionally crash at their place overnight without any worries. You didn't even need to be a manga reader to infer that either; their last name showed up on his cellphone to make it clear that it was not his family that was calling. The guy he was playing shogi against and acting aloof toward (as well as those other kids in the flashback, one of which being the girl in the dream sequence)? That's his adoptive family and from what the episode has shown, it should have been immediately clear that their relationship, in contrast to his relationship with the Kawamoto family, is not exactly loving. Even as a fan of the manga, though, I do get where you're coming as far as your issues with the shouting and pretentiousness... mainly because I blame it on Shaft. They threw quite a bit of subtlety out the window in the process of adaptation, and the end result is making Rei more emo and broody than he probably should have come across and the Kawamoto siblings more zany than they should have come across. oh ok thanks, guess the faults on me. Still agree with the rest though. That's embarrasing ahah XD |
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| Bump Up Chicken ahhhhhh That Hachimitsu & Clover feel yay |
| @bananyaishope Thank,glad we both like the same trash dude ;;) |
| As far as aesthetics go, the show definitely delivers. The animation style and music fit perfectly, creating a rather enjoyable medium for the story. For that reason alone, I'll definitely keep an eye (or rather, two) on the show. I haven't seen a shogi match quite that beautiful... The plot seems promising as well, the premise is indeed solid. Looking forward to what the production team has in store for us. |
delta5 said: My apologies if I missed an answer on this, but does anyone know who did that song with French lyrics during the episode, while he's taking the train? It was really nice. Otherwise I have high hopes for this show It looks fantastic so far! don't know, maybe Yukari Hashimoto since she is supposed to have done the music for the show but I didn't recognize any accent in the song. Can she speak french? Or a collaboration with a french singer? I don't want to overestimate google but so far I couldn't find a song with the lyrics, so maybe it's an original one for the show. I loved this first episode. |
| dude that french song was on point |
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| This show is reminding me of Honey and Clover already. ;) |
| Memories may fade, but that doesn't mean there isn't any point in making them. |
| Irasshaimase! Enjoy your ride on the Umino Chika feel train. Not a huge fan of Shaft, to be honest, so I was worried about this one. But nothing to complain about so far. Hope they'll do a decent job until the end. |
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| This style makes me miss Chika Umino's animation style. I miss Honey & Clover and Higashi no Eden... I loved this episode and I'm looking for more :) I like the oneechans and Momo is sooo freaking cute! D: |
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| I was curious about this one because I was curious about Shogi. Will keep watching to see how this goes. |
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| yeah!! Shaft. Has been a while since the last "full season anime". What's with the weird episode count though? Nisekoi had a weird number, too. And the monogatari-series also had a few weird numbers. I hope we get an explanation soon. I have no idea what exactly is going on besides him "not having friends and family". Which to me didn't look like it tbh but I guess if you are in that situation it can feel like it. omg that roof scene was hilarious :D Great start. The op&ed are nice and I quite like the VAs so far (only "exception" is the mc simply because I haven't seen much of his work yet or more like I can't really remember most of his roles I've seen. So far it was fitting for the character though, so, I guess there won't be any problems). |
| Great soundtrack and art-style. Really calming episode. :) |
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| Isn't Shaft... is Shinbo. And nobody talks about it. Genius! |
| Just started watching, and must say bear quite some resemblance to Shigatsu-Uso and Honey&Clover. Kei having some depression coz of trauma or family was apparent. Just hope he starts to appreciate the trio sisters who can make him feel whole again. |
| it was pretty boring but i won't drop it yet. |
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| Well, this is pretty interesting. It's really rare to see 2-cour show nowadays, slice-of-life one at that. I like whole family of girls who takes care of Rei and I also like the fact they are not of his age, it creates some nice interaction. Akari is probably 21, Hina 13 and Momo 5 (correct me if you know for sure from manga). Kayano Ai and HanaKana in the cast is also nice to see together. Main character not so much as his seyiuu didn't need to talk much but lets see what future holds. I guess his well known shougi player father killed himself (or at least left him in grief) because he won against him? The plot isn't very clear right now but I don't mind this slower tempo. Well, the animation - right, it's still Shaft but at times I felt they tried to imitate Shinkai and some other style, and produced inferior mix version of everything. Not that it's bad but I can say they need to find the style of their own for this series. Or.. one just needs to get use to it. Chara design is pretty likeable, that's for sure. So far, the show has very good atmosphere but it doesn't really stand out on its own either so far from the first episode, thing like these we could see in many other animes and the story goes like 3-gatsu wa Kimi no Uso if you know what I mean. But even with all of this.. I quite enjoyed it in the end and can't wait for next episodes.. it seems Shaft would be staying very true to the source material as always. |
| I've had my doubts about Shaft adapting this at the beginning, but dammit they really delivered. From what I've seen of the 1st ep, this is going to be a great anime - probably one of the best this year. And it's gonna be 23 episodes to boot!! These guys know what they're doing. The OSTs fit the mood perfectly. That French insert was a pleasant surprise and the OP was absolutely breathtaking! (pun intended xD) And it seems they're staying pretty damn loyal to the source material (chapter-for-chapter so far). The anime still has that clean 'Shaft' look at times - mostly with the character outlines - and implements CG a little too much for my liking, but I guess that wasn't unexpected. That cg key chain was a little bit irritating, though. But I just love how they even adapted the cats' internal monologues too XD |
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| Huh, that was ... different! In a good way :O First off: LOVING the music. Bump of Chicken (TWICE!!!) for the OP and ED - even if I didn't love the songs this time, I still liked them :) Plus the French insert song was great too XD Looks like we've got a water motif going on, and it was really interesting to see Rei pretty much completely ignore his dad (?), and showing a little of his past as well with him. That silence was almost painful :P Then he gets invited over to his friend Hina's and they're loud and rowdy XD Some pretty good comedic moments in there. I wonder what's the thing he was waiting for? Another shogi thing? Speaking of which I have no idea how to play the game, even less knowledge than Go, and I wonder if it's going to be a coming of age story like Hikaru no Go? I think that would work out well. Also the art was really good, kind of reminds me a bit of Honey and Clover at times. Anyway great start, looking forward to seeing what happens :O |
| Heard of the hype about this series and watched the first episode with high expectations. Honey and Clover was excellent; why not? Ugh... another Your Lie in April protagonist? Another emotard in black-rimmed glasses with the same cookie-cutter face? I hate that with passion. ... No. Just not my cup of tea. But maybe things change in episode 2. So I kept going. Episode 3, 4... that's it. Bye. The plot tone is incoherent, Rei-bitch makes me mad, and it doesn't even make sense in the first place. Picked by a stranger off the street and then he gets a family of friends? Seriously? -_- The animation and music are beautiful, though. But the story is 3/10 to me at most. |
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| A loner, full of darkness, surrounded by light and three great cats.... Interesting and enigmatic begining for this series, that attract you...8/10. |
| really liked the first episode. only complaint so far is his permanent frown. that must take a lot of energy to keep frowning so intensely. to be honest, i'm not a fan of gloomy characters like him but we'll see how this goes. also, he's kinda cute without the glasses so eh awwww i really like the sisters and their cute little family. they seem like realistic characters with no crazy stereotypes as their personalities. i love the sisters but i really hope he doesn't end up with any of them, and if he does i hope it's done in a decent way (like i hope there's no jealousy between the sisters or weird misunderstandings). the age gaps are too weird for all of the sisters imo. the oldest is 21 and middle one is still in middle school while he's 17. i guess it could be worse the cats are absolutely adorable as well. they're a surprisingly nice addition to the anime, their presence just improves everything lol |
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| Great episode. I don't like all that light, but I think as a Shaft work I can't expect something different. But when comes to the dark moments, where I became curious about the past of the protagonist, it's pretty good. |
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