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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- You did it, Shion! Very nice final episode, I really enjoyed it. Watching Hani lose and Shion speak was just great. I really enjoyed the whole series, I was highly anticipating every new episode so this gets an easy 9/10 for me. :D |
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| Gah, this series has been a great ride. Such an awesome finale and she spoke, gah that was great. Hani epic loss made the episode even more enjoyable. 9/10 |
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| DESTROYED! Shion can speak! Hani's a freak! Horrah! When I first started this series I didn't expect much, but I'm shocked how blown away I am :o 9/10 for me |
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| Great ending. 21 Episodes without talking and she can talk now? And with that fluency? A bit exagerated tho... Well she was going for the title. 9/10 for me PS: Finnaly i can be be proud of having claimed her ^^ |
cyruz said: I really enjoyed the whole series, I was highly anticipating every new episode so this gets an easy 9/10 for me. :D And that's the true test of the worth of this series. We were still tied into it, even with the interuppted subbing releases. It would be a month between releases, and when one came out, the story line and story excitment was still with me. 8/10 from me - which is very high in my scale. |
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| I just watched the final episode of the series and it was a good episode for the ending – it wrapped up the series rather nicely. Although, I wrote that I didn't want Shion to win the match a couple of episodes ago, because I found it won't realistic if she did – I'm glad she did. The behaviour of Hani Meijin was deplorable and had me rooting for Shion all the way. The motive was rather farfetched, but sadly, I have heard that people have been murdered for less. Shion speaking at the end was rather great and the epilogue showing what happened to the main three protagonists was great too, albeit a tad rushed. In the end, I think I gave the overall series an eight – had the animation been more consistent the score might have been higher. All in all, I think this was one of the better anime of the season it aired in. =) |
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| Nice ending but i wanted Hani to go all crazy, instead he just said that to Shion. 9/10 I enjoyed it n_n |
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| Nice ending, anyway the entire series was great and I enjoyed each and every episode, it gets a solid 9/10 from me^^, |
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| when you skip through a lot of minutes of the final episode of a series you know it was a total waste of time. Plus the OP song is horrible. Blargh. |
| That was a great series and I enjoyed every minute of it. It was nice to hear Shion finally speak as well. Like almost everyone here I scored this 9/10. Now I have to find time to watch it all together >_< |
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| Yay for Shion! I liked how Shion finally speak. I liked the ending, and I really enjoyed this series so far. 9/10 |
| a bit exaggerated like the last episode, but still quite enjoyable none the less. I wonder how far the manga is compared to the anime. Easily a 9 from me. |
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| Finally finished. YAY! Good work Shion! Weird to think that I was looking for a show similiar to Higurashi when I looked through the Fall07 anime 9 months ago, and found a show that delivered 100%, when Shion no Ou has no real similarities, other than the Studio DEEN twisted face syndrome, which I love by the way. xD Masterpiece, 5th anime to get a 10/10 from me, and I'm being really generous about it. May go back down to a 9 in the future, cause the animation and overall added tension from the last two episodes might have just spoilt it from keeping that 10 forever. |
| woot it finally finished! what a great series this was! :D i liked the ending where shion spoke and where ayumie and nikko (sp?) where both "shion wait for me" :D haha hani you failz xD; haha the animation was :/ but i think the everything else made up for it~ great show! i loved it |
| This really hit the spot with me. My second ten for the year. <3 Shion was great, and the series was concluded well. Though to get nitpicky, if she hadn't talked for eight years, her vocal cords wouldn't have allowed the outburst at the end. =p But it was still awesome. |
datsunvic said: We were still tied into it, even with the interuppted subbing releases. It would be a month between releases, and when one came out, the story line and story excitment was still with me. 9/10 for this very reason. |
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| a bit predictable at the very end.... Studio Deen killed it....the animation was beyond horrible....the last two episodes' mood was completely destroyed by the inconsistency of the animation.... I would have given it a 10 except that the last two episode made me change ideas.... but now I would give a 9/10 instead... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Loved the series, would give it a 10 for story, characters, execution, but the animation was inconsistent, the end made me cringe at that a bit. Liked the way they produced it, made me think who, how and why to the end and was intense to the end. Plus you don't even need to know shougi to understand what's going. Hani is one effed up mofo and Shion was cute through out. 9/10 |
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| I hate you Studio Deen! You ruined this episode ;_; |
| 8! Good anime but bad animation and a tad slow at the beginning. Hani is such a freak. The ending left me wanting more tho but it's pretty obvious Shion, Ayumi, and Saori will continue to do well. Poor Hisatani, lol. |
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| Great series! Of course, like many people, I started to suspect at some point in the last few episodes, but when he was first shown he seemed a rather wholesome character. The only thing I didn't like is that nothing was done anymore with the Saori-Hani subplot. Quite a bit of effort was put in showing how well she liked him and that he was looking out for her. Weird that it wasn't referred to at all. |
| wow. this was very interesting. i like how they hid the culprit till near the end. at some point, i thought his adopted father might have done it since he didn't have any kids of their own, but that quickly went away. i wish there were a couple more episodes. |
| Loved this from begin to end. I don't usually marathon shows but I made an exception for this one. Before I knew it I was completely immersed and couldn't stop watching it. 8/10 for this show. |
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| great <333 10/10 |
| It was a very nice serie to watch, even for people like me who doesnt know anything about the game, because of the mistery about who was the killer... I did not liked meijin's motive to kill her parents, could have been something better. |
| such an intense anime i should give it a 9/10 but since i dont understand shougi i couldnt fully comprehend the games so it prob only gets a 7 but not do to any lacking on the anime's part lol |
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| Decent series, but lacked intensity at times, and the only character that was interesting was Shion. I'm giving it 6/10... Completed 22 eps in 9 hours exactly. |
spudnick2010 said: but since i dont understand shougi i couldnt fully comprehend the games Same here. But I like story and last ep was great ^^ So whole anime was good, I give it 7/10 Also DEEN really like to torment their characters.. poor Shion ( |
spudnick2010 said: All you really needed to do was spend around 20, 15 if you already know the basics of chess, minutes looking on wikipedia and you'd understand pretty much everything you needed to for this anime. It's kind of ridiculous to waste 8 hours watching an anime and not spend the 20 minutes it would take to make that 8 hours enjoyable.such an intense anime i should give it a 9/10 but since i dont understand shougi i couldnt fully comprehend the games so it prob only gets a 7 but not do to any lacking on the anime's part lol Anyway, I thought it was great. I knew that I'd enjoy the dark drama/mystery but the fact that even the Shoji could be made that suspenseful completely caught me off-guard. Might drop it down to 9/10 later, but, for now, it's a solid 10/10. |
| Like hell she haven't spoken a word for more than 8 years and now she can scream like that...that's one think that really pissed me in this episode, and..... yeah is there gonna be a sequel :D |
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| Well, I can't say the plot was really original. It was pretty clear that Shion will go to the finals, though she might have lost there. About the mystery, I started suspecting Hani Makoto around episode 15, and became sure he was the killer after Shion's second match against Hani Saori (not sure that was the name, I'm refering to the Mejin's brother). It wasn't realistic at all, neither the murder motive, nor Shion's play. Nevertheless, I was kept in suspense, although I knew who the murderer is, and I cheered for Shion pretty much all the time, although (most matches) I knew beforehand she would win (and I don't understand Shougi)... So, despite it's shortcomings, it was a very interesting series for me - 8/10. The finale could have been stronger. PS> It was surely happy end, however, I was left the impression that after Shion told Hani Makoto she wasn't like him and he responded something like "We'll see.." he had a good point there... |
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| Weird that after not speaking for more or less 8 years, she easily shouted like it was nothing. Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. The ending could've been much stronger. Also, it was kind of predictable halfway through. It doesn't really take a rocket scientist to figure out who's the real killer; and killing for Shion's sake to become stronger than him? Doesn't really make any sense. Had some dull moments. IMO, it would've been better if it was shortened to about half a season for a more fast-paced heart-pounding thriller. Still had me interested with what's going on though. The ART. It was terrible at times. It definitely needs polishing. Anyway, it still had its good points. A 6/10 for me. =) |
| This show made me learn the rules of Shougi, pulled a few surprises along the way, and gave one hell of an experience. There were definitely a few things off about the art and story, but I only figured those out after getting over the last episode. Who knew Shougi could be so interesting? |
| Uhm , it was a good show. |
| Man this is one of the best animes i ever saw in my life. Its definitely a top 10. Im not an animation freak but damn this story was brilliant. Shion is one of the few how to do a strong female character with emotion perfectly. 10/10 I wish we can get more female leads in anime that acts like Shion strong, not weak willed, but has emotion. |
| sports/detective/tranny is an unusual combination of genre and yet it blends well together. did not expect that he was the culprit. the series did a great job on leading us to other characters that was a false culprit. the golden moment when she spoke again was very rewarding. kinda wish there is a 2nd season to her journey of being the (first?) female meijin. I dont know anything about shougi i wish they at least explain some of the things they were doing than just having these "reactions." Its very niche appealed. I could have enjoyed the series more if I knew what was going on. Okaa-san poppin' poppin' her collar out of 10. |
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| Absolutely fantastic! |
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| Happy Ending! Yay!! :D It was a nice episode, seeing Shion beat the meijin dude in shougi was great. And I got teary from hearing Shion speak for herself against hani. but the scene with Satoru and hani speaking/fighting with each other, the animation was really crappy. Great series. very great. 9/10 |
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| So glad Shion won that match. And yay, she's talking again! Anyways, rating this a 6/10. I was more into the mystery rather than the games itself from this series. Also, seems like the other supporting characters from the beginning began to lose roles as this series progressed :/ Great themes though. |
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| It was a good show. But I honestly don't like the meijin's shallow reason/motive to kill Shion's parents. It was so stupid...but he's not right in the head so I guess that's to be expected. |
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| Meijin is soooo creepy and pathetic.....shion was amazing though, what a great anime. I would give it 10/10 but it gets 9/10 because the art is terrible lol |
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| Great show, even though i dont know a thing about Shougi, it was still fun and tense to watch. Script was good so they explained most of the stuff they do so us without any knowledge can enjoy it. Plus good sub group made "notes" explaining stuff. The motive of murder is retarded, but it usualy is so i went past it. |
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