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Nov 3, 2012
I've gotten back to watching anime for quite a while, so I do have a firmer grip on what's good and what's bad in my mind.
Story: 4
The story starts out pretty nicely. The visual effects and the music together are indeed great, but it started out a bit slow. I didn't have any gripes about that at all. I think it was up until episode 11/12 that everything went smoothly. Everything was pretty calm: the school life, Shu and Inori, the fighting.It wasn't anything tragic, except maybe the fact that Gai dies. The 2nd cour (for those of you who don't know what a cour
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is, it's typically 11-13 episodes that air over 2-3 months) however, was where things started to trouble me.
The second cour is very, very different from the first one. You have people dying and losing powers. The hierarchy created at the school along with Shu's complete change in personality-- just set a new atmosphere. It took a more serious hold. Shu is heartbroken by Inori being taken. He uses his admirer's/lover's feelings as a replacement for Inori -- that is -- until she dies saving him. I thought of this part of the 2nd core was OK. It wasn't really much of anything compared to the first cour.
Now, when Shu and the others start fighting back is where the fun actually starts to begin. The infiltration was pretty good. Shu loses his Power of Kings, but regains it eventually, thus making episode 19 the epitome of awesomeness in the 2nd cour.
The ending. To be frank, they should have ended it with Inori living, or Inori AND Shu dying. There's an interpretation saying that Inori is still with Shu through the fact that he took in her heart (the guilty crown). However, the ending did not cut it for me. The single, biggest fault for fairly to good anime, is the ending for me. If it's entertaining but doesn't end with at least a bang, then it just really turns me off. GC pretty much set itself up with that ending in that they pretty much had almost everything nailed. This is why I gave the story a 3. GC set itself up.
Art: 9-10
It's great. I'd expect no less from Production i.G.
Sound:10
For jpop, this anime nailed it. Supercell is pretty good. OP1 My Dearest sung by Koeda and OP2 The Everlasting Guilty Crown sung by Chelly (under the name Egoist) are both good. ED Kokuhaku was also up there.
Characters:3
The characters were very flimsy. Shu was pretty much pathetic until the end. He shined 19 onwards, until the end. Inori did not develop much, but was used as a love interest. She was one of the more solid characters. Gai was extremely easy to change. He died believing for one thing, but when he came back, he came back completely different. Daryl was OK, but the end just forgot him.
Darth. Darth just came out of nowhere. I mean nowhere. There's not much background on him at all. He was pretty much there for most of the story. He pretty much kidnapped Inori and fought Shu. Other than that, he wasn't big. Not really a needed protagonist (he was really a meh character), there could have been another way to plot the series with better antagonists.
As for Shu's brophilic sister, she was -- not to be redundant or anything -- OK. She played her part for the 2-3 episodes where she even did anything. The psychopath antagonist is starting to become more and more recurring.
Enjoyment: 5
The high school hierarchy, Souta (Inori's lover boy), some characters, and the ending lit my fuse. The other things I enjoyed, but these stood out too much.
Overall: 4
It was decent. The visuals and sound made up A LOT for the faults. In terms of story, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Clannad After could have blown this away. The characters could have used some improvements and been more solid.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Sep 22, 2012
Updated 10/3/12
Well, this year was my first year back at major anime watching in a long time. I started up again this spring, and I've got to say, it's either me-- or anime got super ecchi.
Everyone has their own standards as to what floats his/her boat, and I can openly say that this anime did pretty well.
Story- 7
UPDATE: I've finished the series. My expectations weren't off at all considering that I watched every episode, except for 13, while it was still airing. The ending was meh, but what could I have expected. But the same can go for a majority of the previous season's
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anime (Hagure no Yuusha Ecstetica, Dakara Boku Wa H Ga Denkai). Wait-- not only last season's, but it can apply for a lot of recent day animes. If I did not come back and watch anime, I would have been REALLY bothered by the ending. However, I did come back to watching anime this year-- and was disappointed by numerous endings. Luckily I got used to the bleh endings after watching a few bleh endings.
Our main protagonist, Kusanagi Godou is a campione-- a god slayer.A campione has his/her set of special abilities called authorities. The campione's abilities come from a god that one has slayed. I can openly say that this is very original. At the moment, I can't think of any anime/manga that mimics or comes close to the ideas in this anime/novel.
Not much background is given about life before the series, given that this is a 13 episode anime. Although it is a harem, it's not all about the ecchi related things. Everything did flow, but maybe everything flowed too fast. Godou does get stronger indeed, but how is the question. Besides the fact that he has 4 knights/women standing beside him, doesn't change the fact that he gets stronger in a flash. I know that he does get stronger through acquiring the knowledge of/about the gods, but that doesn't explain how he learns how to fight and uses Verethragna's authorities. Otherwise everything flowed very smoothly. Considering that it's 13 episodes long, I can't expect this anime to go out in a BANG. It might be left open for a second season, or it might be altered story-wise (like some anime-- Pandora Hearts to just give an example).
There was a lot missing from the anime that was in the novel, and if the studio would have chosen to put those parts in, I personally thought it would have been a lot better. Instead of a really rushed, mundane 11-13 episode anime-- it could have been so much more. Just an opinion, as is this review.
Art:10
They did great with the animation and artwork. They didn't cut corners in any of the 12 episodes so far. Everything was VERY detailed. I have personally gone to Italy, and I can say that they did a good job of portraying Italy. The scene where Godou first encounters Perseus was a place where I went, and they did a good job of putting it in. The train station from the 1st episode could have actually looked like that in real life, but with more people.
Sound:9
I'm not sure if it's just me, but I didn't hear that many catchy tracks. They did a good job here, too. The seiyuu did splendid jobs (spare me episode 12). ANYWAYS, there wasn't anything that bothered me at all. Everything sounded as it should have.
Character: 10->9
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I do believe that the characters did have SOME time to develop/show more character. Erica was pretty much the same from beginning to end (considering that she was somewhat of a tsundere, opening up to Goudo when she found out he was a campione). I really thought that Ena could have had more screen time/character development. However, I guess this all can also be attributed to the fact that it was 13 episodes long.
I think I'll be able to remember these characters in a few years time. Godou isn't a weak lead in this harem. He's actually just right in the middle. Not too strong, and not too weak. Godou isn't oblivious (if I remember correctly), and he isn't over confident either. He's what I'd call a homeostatic lead. Not extreme in any way. Liliana and Erica are the 2 more memorable of the 4 in Godou's harem, primarily due to more screen time is what I think. Erica is probably the most horny yet elegant female lead. Yeah, an oxymoron right there... Liliana, although she somewhat follows the norm of a shy girl, doesn't follow the norm at the same time. She eventually opens up and openly shows her feelings for her king. Ena is very lax. Not something you find everyday in a harem. Her personality is a bit different. She's laid back, but at the same time she likes Godou. She was introduced rather spontaneously, so I guess that's why she seems different. Yuri is closest to the visual novel norm... the shy innocent girl. Not a bad thing FOR ME, but not a good thing either. Even though she was introduced early on, and was shown throughout the series, I had the most trouble remembering her. And then comes Athena. She's not an "official" member of Kusanagi's harem, but she is a part of it. Unique to her is the way she joined it. She started off as an antagonist and became an unclear character later on, although it can be assumed she is on Godou's side.
Overall, I think these are the most memorable characters of Summer 2012.
Enjoyment and Overall: 10
Update: Overall it stayed the same. I am used to seeing the cliffhanger/bad/so-so endings, so the 13th episode did not really subtract from anything.
I thought this to be one of the best, if not the best of Summer 2012, and *maybe* this year for me. Godou was unique in that he was close to normal. He and Issei are my favorite leads of this year, and possibly of all that I have watched. The 1st episode reeled me in. I've seen tons of anime with spirits, but I don't think I've seen any with mythical gods. The story is great so far for 12/13 episodes done. I'm almost positive that this is the best of Summer 2012.
When I've completed the series, I'll update the review and give it my final thoughts.
Done with the updates!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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