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so guilty crowns piqued my interest recently and i've been thinking about checking it out, but all i hear about the show are negative comments. so my question for you guys is: is guilty crown really that bad of a show or does it just suffer from being to much like whats already been done.

To be honest I think its pretty awesome. True its cliché and feels familiar, but its from the writer of code geass, so its bound to.
The art is amazing, the OST is one of the best I've heard. It is definitely worth the watch.

It is in my opinion not bad at all.

Nah, too many perfectionists. If you watch it and enjoy it, that's all that matters.

It's a good show but it's not perfect i gave it a 7/10. it's mostly eye candy and has good music just don't expect to much from the plot and i'm sure you'll enjoy it.

thanks for all the replies, i'll go and watch the first 5 episodes and see where i go from there

Yeah, but even with those faults, Code Geass was a lot of fun. This is like someone took Code Geass dead seriously, then removed whatever likeable characters he could find along with 90% of the tension.
Aside from the animation and one or two good tracks on the soundtrack, it has very little going for it. I'm sure there's better shows you could watch instead.

I thought it was quite good and I enjoyed it.

Guilty Crown really is that bad. One of the worst narratives I've encountered in any medium. It's not even entertaining like Geass to make up for it. If it had a smaller budget it would be forgotten.

The show has its strong points. The animation, voice acting and music were all very good. The characters aren't really a strong point for it, but there are a few likeable one. For myself I loved Inori and Tsugumi (I think was her name?). The show starts off slow and full of plot holes, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable. If you're a perfectionist who must have everything make perfect sense, then I don't even know why you're watching anime in the first place.

Yes the story is convoluted, yes it has plot holes, and yes it's lolworthy most of the time. But season 2 actually tries to make sense, and for the most part is the shows biggest redeeming factor. Overall I wouldn't say it's a bad show, but it's no where near good either. It's equivalent to those crappy TV sitcom comes that you don't mind watching, but you don't get anything out of it either. I did enjoy it, but it's not something I would recommend nor watch ever again. Blindly stating that it is **** is just arrogance.

For any other show I'd agree with you.

The genius of Guilty Crown is that they made a show so stupid and illogical that it's almost impossible to criticize properly. I don't even know where to start. I can't even imagine anybody managing to write a review on it. Guilty Crown makes people so mad that they usually don't even articulate why they hate it. Guilty Crown is so offensively bad that it turns normal, well-adjusted people into angry cavemen at the mere mention of its name.

It doesn't help that the fans dismiss all detractors as "perfectionists" or "elitists" for wanting a coherent narrative and characters. There's no arguing with Guilty Crown fans, it's like pushing a boulder uphill.

Go watch it, yo. Trainwreck of the century.

I'm not sure if you expect me to go through with this after saying all that.

To the dreaded PTW it goes.

It made me lol. Wins best expensive trainwreck <3.

Yes. It is pretty bad.
Boku no Pico is better than it.

People who say this is the worst anime ever made must not watch much. The OST alone makes it better than most crap that anime puts out.

I'm very reluctant to even start watching it at all; still haven't added it to my list. See, I loved code geass (gave it an 9 first season, then second season was hovering around a 7 for all the 'LOL RANDOM PLOT TWIST FOR NO REASON' crap they pulled, but the ending redeemed it to an 8 for me) and hunted around for other stuff that was similar in the recommendations and watched all 50 episodes of gundam00. I was expecting plot twists, conspiracies and good characters with a helping of mech action, but I got a helping of completely bland one dimensional characters, a stripped down and tired plot and way too much mech fighting. I think i'll get the same reaction out of guilty crown, but even worse because from what i've heard guilty crown tries to be geass but falls straight down on it's face.

One of the best ive ever watched. My opinion

Guilty Crown was one of those generic shounen get a superpower all of a sudden and get a girl who loves you unconditionally.

BUT!!!

Guilty Crown was an exceptional anime. Although it was full of expected moments, the anime really churned out a lot of good content. I honestly recommend that you don't compare it to other anime. Just watch Guilty Crown as it is and you will enjoy it very much. I know when I finished it I had another of those feelings that comes when you end a very good anime.... I wished I was Shu and those kind of feelings. Watch it; the anime is very good.

Here's something about cliches that fits any medium: A product can have numerous cliches, but that doesn't make it a cliched product.

I think that proves true for Guilty Crown. I actually thought the plot was fantastic given the male lead's social awkwardness. I think a significant gripe people have with GC is the main character. People want the same boring overpowered and over confident main character. I didn't personally find him that weak or annoying. As a comparison, Madoka from Madoka Magica was FAR more useless.

Well the main reasons why people dislike guilty crown is because they stole elements from other animes, which made the storyline predictable. However, I enjoyed the series along with the characters. My only complaint is that the whole ShuxInori thing was a bit forced