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As someone who has never seen a Godzilla movie, I absolutely love this show for showing me the appeal of the Godzilla series.

Initially I was intrigued because of the eye-catching characters and visuals; however I saw Godzilla in the title and was afraid it's going to be those anime only the fans would understand, or just some big monster battle scenes... thankfully, it isn't.

Pacing for the dialogue and "content" is pretty rapid fire in a good way; while the build-up to the Godzilla may be slow, all the logic, science, explanations are there so that anyone can enjoy this show, even if you weren't ... interested in the Godzilla franchise (aka me).

But also it's not boring science; the science is paired with fun, easily consumable visuals. I watched this with my brain off but the visuals are engaging it really brings you to start thinking about the dialogue gradually. The visuals also helped make those high concept science very accessible, and in a puzzle-like manner. That being said, even without trying to understand what they're saying, the "actions" (not necessarily literal battles) in the animation alone is enough to keep the brain entertained.

On a side note, I love the radio song in the first episode; sets the overall tone of the show: a slow, steady march to a climatic end.

The art direction is quite interesting; with the script being a combination of heavy science mixed with a historical, almost religious old lore of Godzilla, this indication of change can also be seen by the Meiji period-like color palette. In a way, it reminds me of Samurai Champloo, where they combined modern pop beats with historical samurai setting to create a refreshing new take on an over-explored theme.

In regards to the CGI, the bird blended in pretty nicely, but some other creatures do feel a bit iffy and out of place. Not a huge deal though; didn't ruin my immersion personally.

If I were to parallel the fun I had watching this show, it would be like watching Mairimashita Iruma-kun and Dorohedoro. Overall, it's a pleasant watch. Went in with the expectation to sit back and enjoy, and the show delivered just that for me.

I seriously hope they delayed the episodes to up their animation skills because it's one of the trashiest I've seen and I thought my tolerance had been pretty high.

I'm caught up to the most recent chapter in the game in Japanese and the story's as good as other prominent idol games (ie. idolish7, which is thankfully blessed with good art studio). It pisses me off these lovely a3 characters receive such poor treatment in comparison.

They screwed up on the body motions? Fine, whatever. But they just had to also screw up on some basic face turnarounds, like c'mon. It's an idol anime and the ... face is like a good percentage of the selling point.

With that in mind it might be a little much, but it would be nice if they put more thought in their framing so it's not all like, bam 3/4 head shots/half body shots + the little animated movement that they already cucked up on.

Being super lenient and giving it a 5 for now for the potential it has in character/story and in hopes of some upgrade in the animation department.

Okay first of all WHERE TF IS THE ROMANCE TAG?????

I watched this show w/o watching season 1 and just treated this as a romance focus series; it's amazing. I love it, given the ship is the focus. I also absolutely adore Azazel's relationship with the boy. Honestly a lot of the existing romance shows out there would benefit from having this amount of general substance instead of 100% romance.

Now I'm really intrigued to watch season 1. I don't regret watching season 2 first.

I feel like this season serves as such a good hook to what happened 10 years ago personally. Saw in the ... comments how sad people were about how little Favaro gets to show off instead of focusing on the existing new characters development, so that's a bit of a waste but from the little screen time the old MC had, he was very appealing imo so can't wait for that in season 1.

This is a great film; I really enjoyed it. Definitely worth the watch. Many people are confused about the ending, I was too, but I thought about it and wanted to share my view.

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I believe many others like myself are left confused near the end of the film, how Shino tells Hamaji to connect with her forever but ends up leaving her to go elsewhere. While it may appear contradictory, it does come to make sense.

Throughout the film, Shino struggles to embrace his identity. He tries very hard to remain human, but as a fuse, he faces immense difficulties restraining his ... animalistic nature. Being neither a human nor animal, Shino is unable to reach an equilibrium as he fixates himself into fitting in a single term, let it be 'man' or 'beast'.

After having defeated the final boss so to speak, he ultimately renders his attempts in being human worthless and concludes that he is a monster that can never become human. He hence attempts to end his life there. Hamaji stops him, however, and brings to attention the highlight of the film: one does not have to sacrifice a part of themselves to compromise for what they wish to become.

Hamaji reminds Shino of his humanistic side that he himself has ignored, that no matter how desperately Shino lusts to devour human souls he always manages to stop himself at the ones he care for. At the same time, as a huntress, Hamaji also acknowledges Shino as a fuse, a monster, but in spite of that, she still loves him for who he is. At that moment, Shino realizes he doesn't have to pick a side—he doesn't have to abandon who he is by default (a fuse), because he can't, and just because he can't doesn't mean he is incapable of possessing the traits of a human either.

With that being said, Hamaji is only able to help Shino come to terms with himself. Being in a constant struggle to accept the reality, Shino has yet to develop his own identity; one can interpret this as a child who has just seen themselves in a mirror, how they've only started to comprehend the "tools" they are born with. Thus, Shino sets on to a journey to balance the two sides of himself before he can stay with Hamaji; if he had stayed, he risks harming Hamaji in the process. There's no promise being made, because he is not certain how long it would take or if he can succeed in the journey, but Shino is able to comfortably leave because of the reassurance he got from Hamaji, how they'd always be 'connected,' an intensity paralleled with that of a hunter and prey.
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The theme of identity is also prevalent in Hamaji; having to neither abandon her huntress nor feminine side, she grows into an individual comfortable with herself. She no longer fears that being a woman would devour her huntress side and vise versa because she is able to find her own equilibrium. The emperor, on the other hand, serves as an example of one who abandons all else just to devout themselves into one aspect they possess. The film warns the audience the risks towards that route, as the emperor becomes defeated and therefore loses the meaning of his whole existence, thus reverting back to a baby (how he sucks his thumb near the end).

Initially I was reluctant to watch this series because I thought it'd be depressing, but glad I didn't linger on that assumption.

They did a very nice job balancing Benio's fresh personality from the first movie imo, while occasionally revealing her struggles and gradual changes in adapting to a new reality. It's done in a non-depressing manner and fits Benio's character really well; another thing I'm glad about, how they didn't just hop on the typical shoujo depression trend. There's some tropes that would've been annoying, but it's directed very straightforwardly so to speak so it's not dwelled on to the point that brings frustration. ...

Just a heads up because I've been fooled way too many times by shows not having tragedy tags when it really should've been-- this isn't a tragedy.

I wish they adapted more from the manga on Benio's interactions with other characters (minor or not) so we see a more wholesome image of her as an individual, but it's understandable they couldn't from the limitations of movies. Overall, it's very relaxing to watch, puts one in a good mood too (at least for me).

This is sadly underrated. The animation is pretty good, characters also look very nice. Plot's intriguing as well, sticks to the historical events and great way to get a fresh overlook on Nobunaga's timeline.

There's some people set off by the BL? But there is none (as of now) nor would it ever be focused on from the current pacing; only people dumb enough to keep thinking a woman who got their breast cutoff equals man in the comments section. Rip all flat chested females by that logic.

It's a nice show to watch during break time, aesthetically pleasing and informs the brain a bit. ... I'd recommend it for those who just wants to tune off their brain a bit, but not completely off.

Watched this after I ran out of shows to watch and read all the superb reviews about it.
I was a little disappointed ngl; would've definitely dropped it if it weren't for Haji.

First half of the series is so insanely boring/awfully slow paced even watching it at 2x speed. It did have a good initial setup that made me curious about Saya's past, but I'd recommend just skipping around after the first 2 episodes to get the basic gist of what happened afterwards since the execution isn't that worthy to waste time over (it's another one of those mandatory tragic backstory to prep for the character ... development later). Second half is pretty ok personally since Haji felt more relevant. The compositions/panelling of the scenes are also dull in my opinion; it didn't really do its job to enhance the ominous atmosphere the slow pacing seems to try to get at. With that being said, if you wanted to watch it over the battle scenes overall, I wouldn't; it's bland in the entirety of the show.

In spite of the R17+ cause of the blood/violence, the story itself is probably better oriented for around 14 yr olds. I would've definitely enjoyed it more at a younger age, as it would be more difficult to guess the plot. If you decided to watch this after watching shows like FMA, boku no hero academia, one punch man, attack on titan, tokyo ghoul or code geass, it's best not to watch this; it'll be way too boring. (On a flip side though, I was a lot more motivated to work painfully trying to finish this series lol.)