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| The last few episodes ruined Kure-nai for me. This show could have easily got a solid 9/10 from me, but it completely stuffs up in the end with bad animation, corny situations, unrealistic events and just shoddy action. The ending wasn't the best either, darn it. Due to the last few episodes, the score has been lowered to a 8/10, although the only thing that is preventing me from giving it a 7 is the amazing dialogue we have seen throughout the series. |
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| The episodes leading to the the finale weren't that good, but overall I think the last episode pulled it off. It was an enjoyable series and I'm relatively contempt with the ending. Of course, it isn't what I expected, but I'd rather be surprised and it was still a good resolution to the story. Overall I give the series a 9/10 |
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| I would not have thought that Murasaki bleaches and not with Shinkurou mitgeht, It is the beginning of a clever girl, she has Shinkurou on the true life learned a lot! I hope they continue to fight for love! |
| ugh so disappointing.... was hoping for more in dialogue then just stating obvious and like explaining stuff like murasaki's dad just goes we do cause we do, omg who cares about society. it's like come on explain, something new.... and it went on shonen on me with ne secret super technique and beat the bad guy, it's like why didn't you do that in the first place, yayoi reovery is unrealsitic and i don't know. so much potential/// |
 今はどんでん返しの時代ではない★너와 함께 했던 일상은 어느샌가 작은 영화속 풍경이되고 ☆ |
Kayro said: Definitely one of the best animes of this season. cyruz said: Greatest loli so far though. Trineas said: Overall the first half was better then the last half, If you ask me. The last episode was really dissatisfying, but this ep made up for it. It would have gotten a 9/10 for me without that episode, I think, but I have to give it 8/10. That, and the art was inconsistent throughout the series :| Enjoyed it though. Some of the best verbal arguments I've seen -- remember the three way argument in the first half? Pure win. The short run will probably ensure I will watch it again. But I think episode 11, and maybe even 10, won't be viewed again :S To me they could have been condensed into one. |
windy said: The main thing I felt was lacking was development around Lin. Why was she so insane? What was her deal with Benika and Yayoi? I really would have liked to know. Another gigantic problem was the obvious lack of budget. Did none of you notice the horribly drawn art and horrific animation? How does this deserve a 10 with that embarrassment? Nobody looked the same a frame later. I thought that Lin was a pretty simple character. She was just the type of person to think, 'I want to fight somebody strong.' She knew that Benika was a strong person, so she wanted to fight her. I also think that it was Yayoi who wanted to fight Lin, rather than the other way around, because she was defeated by Lin so easily at Samibare. Other than that, Lin is just a servant of the Kuhouins. It's obvious that most people were expecting Murasaki and Shinkurou would be together in the end, or that Murasaki would at least leave the Kuhouins. I was expecting that too, but I think that this ending was appropriate. Murasaki said that she didn't want to become like her mother who lost her will to live and ran away from her problems in death. Murasaki wanted to face her problems head-on, and become strong. On that note, I don't think that anyone was expecting Murasaki to really change the Kuhouins. Murasaki's Father: "Murasaki. You will fight me from now on, right?" Murasaki: "Yes." Murasaki's Father: "Then fight. Shinkurou. Come here when Murasaki loses. I will face you then. Of course, I don't know if she'll be worth saving or not after she loses." On the matter of animation quality, I noticed it, too. Especially when they were singing during the musical episode. As funny as that episode was, it made it a little difficult to watch. All-in-all, despite some of its flaws, I still really enjoyed this anime. |
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| Well it was good but good in a different way than other shows so it makes it harder to tell that its good, if that makes sense lol |
| 9/10 for me ;] I mean overall. For great humour, fighting scenes... and Yayoi! Ok, for "parking in the Inner Sanctuary" too :PP And this ending is obviously much better than usual 'happily-ever-after' thing... Still hope for some OVA... like '10 years later' or something... |
Sutiivu said: Sad to see Kure-Nai go. Good episode, and probably the best possible ending. All I can say is finally he whips out the arm blade. Took you long enough, pal. Best of season in my opinion. As for sequel, don't count on it. Now to watch the entire series marathon style. exactly what i was thinking... i was thinking it would be more of a battle-drama like others, guess it made me a little how to say? shakey 'fu-anderu' as they say in jap is the best i can get at it... very differnt from almost nething iv seen b4, yet still familliar.. cant tell if i love or hate it.... its like, i want a second season, but then again i dont.... depends how much 'bladeage' there is :P PS i know this may seem obvious, but like it seems to me a couple of police batallions coulda stormed that place in 10 minutes flat -.-' theyre only a phone-call away guys... ya'v got more n enough evidence to lock em up for years with or without victim/witness statements... |
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| It was an amazing ending, exactly what I didn't want to happen. That's probably why it was so beautiful. |
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| This and the episode before this were... meh. There seemed to be a lot of problems with the pacing. It honestly felt like the writers were just tossing in whatever they could think of just to get an ending done, and it came off as feeling kind of empty. Oh, and I was laughing when Shinkurou suddenly went flying across the room with his horn at Ryuuji while looking like some sort of possessed doll. The animation for that scene was horrible. xD I was originally going to give it an 8, but the last few episodes bump it down to a 7. Overall, I still enjoyed it. |
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| hmm, its definitely one of those shows where you want to know more about what happens after the actual ending. surely not as a second season maybe an/some OVA would be enough(for me)... iam just curious. actually this show had a really good story but overall they could have made more use of the time they had. the character development could have been better aswell as more background infos! this story could have easily filled a 24+/- episode anime series! the art was ok, the animation could have been better but it wasnt that horrible(ok the horn-show at the end wasnt that great animated...) but still i think this was a great show, definitely no waste of time!!! ... iam really god damn curious about their futures! (and the answer of murasakis question that she couldnt ask shinkurou >_>) does the novel/manga(whatever) goes beyond the ending and is telling more about their futues?? |
| I was happy when Shinkurou finally pulled out his badass horn... and on Ryuuji, too. >_> The animation did ruin it a little, though. I agree with the last few episodes not being up to par as well, but the ending worked nicely. Overall... a solid series in the end, despite the various flaws it carries. 8/10 from me. |
| It wasn't perfect, but it was satisfying. There were some deeper themes and nice dialogue in there, and this episode pulled it together pretty well, although not as well as possible. 8/10 for me. |
| That was the most beautiful ending i've seen in a long time. Definitely not what i was expecting, but i like the fact that Murasaki did not leave with Shinkurou -- that would've been too predictable. I cried during the end (Murasaki talking to her dad and onward), though i wasn't sad. Loved it entirely. 10/10. |
| A completely satisfying ending. I really like the direction it took. The development was quite good. Overall, this show easily gets a 10 from me. |
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| yeahh, i have finished this serie!and i'm glad that i have watched this serie because i really like it! well, it seem like evryone dislike the ending but i'm kind of satified w/ that. :D |
| It was a passable enough ending, but it didn't do the thing for me as much as I thought it would. I didn't like all the series elements of the show as much as the slice of life elements. 8/10 for the series from me. |
| They developed the two main characters so well, but the rest was there to fill some holes, because all the drama had to start somewhere. At the end, his teacher was stabbed and fell to the ground to stand up 5segs later, hold her pupil and stay up -without even blinking a single time- meanwhile he said some heroish stuff. Also, that other chick was unconscious and spilling blood, but a short while after she got her revenge -and her wounds were all better. Miraculously her father saw the light and let her speak her mind, even though he will still oppose her -she's seven, there are no official records of her existence, everyone with power in that house wants her to keep her mouth shut and give birth to incestuous kids... There's so much hope for a bright future. If it had been me, they would have died before leaving the building, and then I'd smack some "sense" into that egoistic brat -COME ON! If the main characters were well developed, why not him? It was just too happy, even without they actually holding hands while the sun sets. F#ck, it was going well until everyone else became a puppet. Mediocre is the perfect word for this type of ending. I guess that mercenary woman became friends with the kid's mother while she was teaching the older kid how to be a man -ironic. Btw, guns did exist because the almost-mercenary woman was holding one and the lead character was shot in a previous episode, so, why nobody in that mansion carried one? |
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| I wasn't satisfied by the last episode, hell the last half, of the series at all. I like the ideas and the themes, but I think it could have been done better. I'm not sure if it was the novel or the adaptation but I think all the characters besides the two leads were extremely one dimensional and the execution of the overall story did nothing to help cover up this flaw or make it forgivable. I give it a 6/10, I just can't can't help but think this series could have been better. The final scene was great though. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Did anyone else smell some hardcore Buddhist criticism in this? Renjou tried to equate the Inner Sanctuary to a type of Nirvana that will allow one to be free of the desires of the outside world, only for the protagonists to decry it as a sort of living hell. I found that kind of interesting... |
| I dislike the last 3 episode... as well as the ending. It just doesn't make sense. First, the security... It's sooo loose, I tried to forgive it, but it's just so bad... and Kuhouin suppose to be dangerous... The most logical end is that either they fail badly, or they somehow manage to get Murasaki out IMO... Was going to give it 5/10 because of the final 3 episode is just that bad... Boost it up to 6/10 thanks to some of the great dialog they had prior to the "Kidnap" of Murasaki... For a family as powerful as Kuhouin, they shouldn't survive... again, I did not like how it ended. |
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| I liked this show ALOT, 9/10. Lol at all the rage :p |
| DAMN IT. LOL He should of pulled her out of there! :@ Ahh well, LOL. The ending sort of annoyed me but I enjoyed the series. |
| This was one of the better series I've seen in a while :) Ekvi said: I liked this show ALOT, 9/10. Lol at all the rage :p |
hounddog said: I'm pretty disappointed in the ending to this series. The beginning was amazing - great characters, great pacing, a real sense of Something looming. I couldn't get enough. Best anime of the season, I thought. But after the Big Reveal, this show went right downhill. The good dialogue and characterization just stopped. Nobody seemed concerned about what was going on in the Inner Sanctuary, just that Murasaki wouldn't be having fun. People were injured badly and then suddenly magically healed. The Kuhouin fighters "who would certainly kill everyone" were bested in about two seconds. Worst of all, it fell into that horrible anime pitfall of spewing out crap and trying to pass it off as deep and meaningful. "I'm seven years old and I'm going to change my crazy family from the inside!" "I'm an old man who's been trapping women in my estate for years because that's what tradition dictated, but now that someone has mentioned the name of a woman I once kind of loved (a woman I was probably related to, who was fulfilling her familial role by being forced to have sex with me) I've decided to completely change my outlook on everything!" "I'm a high school kid who doesn't know crap about crap, but as long as I think Murasaki will have fun, I'm OK with whatever!" Give me a frigging break. 6/10 overall. Basically this. Also: "For the rest of the ending, maybe I was just expecting a "MxS happily ever after ending", but this just left me unsatisfied. The father's change of heart just didn't seem plausable, and as far as I can see Murasaki's brother is still waiting to drag her off to bed whether she is willing or not. And what about that old man? He's still unrepentant, right? I sure as hell wouldn't have left a little girl with those twisted peverts, no mater what the father said." I was loving this anime. Ending threw me into a silent rage. There is no guarantee that any good will come from this bullshit agreement. She needed to leave that place and never go back. You just KNOW in six years (if he even waits that long) her brother is gonna put his rape shoes on and carry out the family duty. Real disappointed with the end. First half of series 10/10, second half 5/10. |
sanjica said: I guess I agree with people who say that something was missing, but it was pretty good overall. I liked ending and that scene with Benika saying something about parking was hilarious. I'm kinda mad we didn't get to see why was Lin after Benika and Yayoi so much. Huh it's because she liked fighting and seeked strong opponents? It feels like they forgot Murasaki is 7 years old... But whatever I still enjoyed. I'm not really fan of such open endings but in this case it was alright. 12 episodes was short so the characther development seemed a bit eeky, but oh wells. |
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| So in most fights Shinkurou is pretty pathetic.Even now,when fighting the Kouhoin's subordinates he didn't do very well and then...SUDDENLY owns them with the Houzuki-ryuu style.Does that mean he mostly used what he had learned from Benika's inferior fighting style?! Isn't that not giving it your all? He's such a disgusting fellow. Anyway,I am disappointed in this show.It was quite good till the very end of the Shichi-Go-San celebration episode and then went on downhill.Hardly a 7/10. |
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| I enjoyed it. =) |
| Usotsuki. |
| OOH MY GODDD !! *screams* WHAT A BULLSHIT ENDING LOL |
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| This anime end in a literature way. I'm glad that it end this way, otherwise it would look like those shallow series. Great show for me, 9/10 |
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id said: .... oh dear, i think i had too much expectation for the ending i won't say it's bad, it's good, but hmm... something missing? maybe just me I don't know why, but I felt like something was missing, too. I liked it, certainly, but... yeah. I guess there was something I was expecting. Just no clue what that is, haha. It'd be nice to have a sequel where we can see Murasaki changing the ways of her messed up family, but I'm quite content without one, too. This ending did tie up most (if not all?) loose ends, so yeah, it was good. Very, very good series, too. 8/10 for me! |
| I think I expected too much from the ending as well. But oh well, the majority of the episodes were very fun to watch. |
| Ahh this left so many unanswered questions. The "main" problem (Murasaki's issues with her family) was indeed solved in a rather good way, but so many other things that where really just left out in the open. Enjoyable watch 8/10... we can only hope for a sequel. |
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| this anime was a waste..like they invaded the kuhoins like it was nothing. and benika didnt die after getting stabbed. it was over dramatic for the consequences |
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hounddog said: I'm pretty disappointed in the ending to this series. The beginning was amazing - great characters, great pacing, a real sense of Something looming. I couldn't get enough. Best anime of the season, I thought. But after the Big Reveal, this show went right downhill. The good dialogue and characterization just stopped. Nobody seemed concerned about what was going on in the Inner Sanctuary, just that Murasaki wouldn't be having fun. People were injured badly and then suddenly magically healed. The Kuhouin fighters "who would certainly kill everyone" were bested in about two seconds. Worst of all, it fell into that horrible anime pitfall of spewing out crap and trying to pass it off as deep and meaningful. "I'm seven years old and I'm going to change my crazy family from the inside!" "I'm an old man who's been trapping women in my estate for years because that's what tradition dictated, but now that someone has mentioned the name of a woman I once kind of loved (a woman I was probably related to, who was fulfilling her familial role by being forced to have sex with me) I've decided to completely change my outlook on everything!" "I'm a high school kid who doesn't know crap about crap, but as long as I think Murasaki will have fun, I'm OK with whatever!" Give me a frigging break. 6/10 overall. yeah you worded my thoughts exactly, i really liked the beginning but then it turned to shit... |
| Annoying. He should have pulled the blade out right from the beginning so Murasaki never got taken in the first place. Or even better, he shouldn't have been a retard and gone back to samidare that time. Yayoi should have used those spinkicks from the start too. Why the hell didn't she use them in her fight with Lin in ep11? More stupidity. These are just a few of the many frustrating parts in this anime. Such a shame, I really enjoyed the first 8 episodes. |
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| The ending killed it for me. It sucks because the beginning was so good and seemed promising. The more I think about it, the more I dislike it. Did anyone who wrote this ever meet a seven year old? Ever? Or how this completely murderous family who have been enslaving women forever and apparently are -really- passionate about it is just going to stop now... for no reason? No question about whether its completely to pacify you, we'll just trust them! The action was silly. So, so silly. I like how everyone was on death's door only to be fine moments later. Let down. |
| I don't even know if that was a sad or happy ending. Though still an enjoyable watch nonetheless. =p |
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| The last stretch of the series weighs Kurenai down like an anchor. At the beginning I thought the scrawny lead, voiced by a woman, would be terrible as a bodyguard, and I was eventually proved right. At the start he was all, 'I can take blows to the head without blinking and bring a blade out of my elbow to deflect bullets'... but once that Lin chick appeared, he was useless in fights to the point of getting his arse kicked 24/7. And, inexplicably, he refused to use his elbow-blade when Murasaki was taken--instead opting to tell her not to leave as he stayed on the ground, getting kicked. So incompetent was he that needed Yayoi to do his job for him, throughout the show. Even his decisions were retarded--such as going back to say goodbye, knowing full well the danger. WORST.BODYGUARD.EVER. And the rescue mission? UGH! Instead of just Mr. Useless getting his arse kicked, ALL THREE OF THEM got their arses handed to them, ran away... and then came back to win with ease. Made perfect sense, did that. "HAHAHA, I SAW THAT WEAK-ARSE MALE LEAD USE THIS TECHNIQUE FOR 30 SECS, AND THAT MEANS YOU'LL GO DOWN IN ONE HIT!"...yeeeah. Truly pathetic. Even the animation was sucky--WHAT WAS WITH THE LEAD'S EYES WHEN HE *FINALLY* PULLED OUT HIS BLADE!? ...hell, what was with that blade? If you're going to have metal pop-out of your skin, at least be like Wolverine. What's the point of one blade coming out of an elbow; doing more harm than good to the owner's body due to the size of it? Most stupid power-up I can remember seeing. This is how a loli-rescue mission should go down (note the heroic ownage of the baddies, without the aid of women): I could've forgiven the lead for being such a plain weakling, had he gone all crazy with his elbow-blade, post-emoing, to save his beloved loli... BUT NO! The ending soured the experience even further. After all that effort to rescue her, they decide to leave her... even though she doesn't officially exist, is a 7yo child, is in a family where females are treated like animals there only to breed AND an incestus psychopath is soon to takeover the family from his weak-willed father?... UTTERLY RETARDED! Might as well have just left her as a prisoner in the first place. All this negativity is a shame because I was going to 9/10 it, based on the slice-of-life 'timid lead gets bullied by distinctive, sassy ladies, without it coming across haremish' section which made up the vast majority of the show. As my previous posts highlight, eps 6&7 were FANTASTIC. It had sharp dialogue and heartfelt interactions. BUT THEN IT WENT AND FUCKED UP! 7/10, out of affection for the funny/touching parts. |
AironicallyHumanAug 28, 2012 6:16 PM
Siing said: The last few episodes ruined Kure-nai for me. This show could have easily got a solid 9/10 from me, but it completely stuffs up in the end with bad animation, corny situations, unrealistic events and just shoddy action. The ending wasn't the best either, darn it. Due to the last few episodes, the score has been lowered to a 8/10, although the only thing that is preventing me from giving it a 7 is the amazing dialogue we have seen throughout the series. ^ This guy is my bro. |
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