TL;DR: It's a simple story with simple characters, nice art style, setting , comedy, it knows what it wants to be and the author put a lot of soul into it, as it can be seen from his notes at the end of the early chapters. For some, the fact that the story isn't too deep and doesn't seriously tackle the themes relating to what it means to be a man/delinquent can affect his enjoyment, but I would still recommend it for the humane and down to earth characters and world that builds around them.
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countries in the world are in a war against masculinity, reading Crows (and Worst, it's sequel. the most important ones to read to understand the plot) is a breath of fresh air, since this manga and it's sequel (which are very similar in terms of the way it feels, it's character dynamics, story, comedy and themes, so I recommend reading both of them, maybe Worst a bit more) are all about masculinity and how one should act, both of the stories lacking any sign of a woman in it's area, the stories focusing on the relationships between the schools that are built,but also changed by the passing time, all of which are connected by the fights, friendships and rivalries that form between each other.
Setting
The story takes place in a not named (as far as I can remember) japanese town where the only people living in it seem to be highschoolers (only male, HS, in fact), maybe some middleschoolers and young adults by which they get employed and "the police" of which we only hear of in some cases when it relates to a big conflict between schools, lacking any sign of adults, except maybe the occasional appearance of a teacher that gets made fun of, so it's kind of a dream like town where the delinquents rule it and have complete freedom (as far as it can go to teenagers), not having to deal with learning, homework, parents and even rules. While the setting is borderline on the fantasy spectrum, it still feels humane, due to them still living by some rules, such as their human body limits, injuries and the fact that they still have to graduate highschool and find a job in order to make a living, which, while not something that is dramatized, it's still looked over in a mildly serious but also funny manner, depending on the characters. All in all, the town feels alive due to the continous change that it goes through at the level of the relationships between schools, as every alliance and rival school constantly change because the students are coming and going with the passing of time, not everything being able to last forever and it's definitely a strong point of the series.
Art style
No complaints here, there are plenty of backgrounds, instead of white spaces, it is highly detailed, especially the close ups on the characters, which also are drawn in a realistic style usually, contributing to the characters attitude, personality, fighting style but also the emotional moments, although there are also plenty of goofy unrealistic faces made for the sake of the comedy in this manga which nicely enhances those. The art style also gradually evolves, even in in the sequel, where it's most noticable so it's nice to know that the author tries to polish himself and it can't be easy drawing hundreds of characters and still try to make them look original, the author succeding quite nicely in that department. If I were to nitpick, Rindaman's (Hayashida Megumi) hairstyle is pretty hard to understand and it looks amateurish, and maybe it's a me problem, but there were plenty of times where I couldn't connect the character's name to it's face, it being even harder when they advance in years and change their hairstyles and trying to remember who is who (when it comes to the side characters most of the times). It's still a nice art style though, fitting for the roughness with which a highschool delinquent manga comes.
Comedy
It is, of course, subjective, but if you come into this manga having a little background on delinquent behavior or simply know that everything in this manga focuses on the delinquents, that you should probably expect the kind of humour present here. I, for one, really enjoyed it and laughed or was amused by many of the jokes, from those involving hitting someone (which is probably the most problematic one out of all of them since some people may interpret it as bullying and find it in poor taste), to those about their capabilities of getting a girlfriend and those involving stealing (burrowing) someone else's goods, to name a few recurring types of jokes. I certainly thought that in some cases, the bullying was exagerated, but was overall amused by the scenarious that created this moments and I still have no problem with them (I believe they were handled waaay better than those in other anime/manga such as Maison Ikkoku, maybe Detroid Metal City and Nagatoro, to name a few). So if you enjoy the culture around delinquents, you will probably enjoy this type of comedy.
Story
It revolves around Suzuran highschool, known as the delinquent school because that's where the worst of them are supposed to gather, where, while not entirely true, it is still the best school in town in regards to which school would win in a fist fight. The story focuses on the students of Suzuran, with Harumichi as the protagonist of the story, but he and Suzuran also take a back seat from time to time in order to focus on the developments and relationships between the other schools in town, such as alliances that are formed or wars that are started. That's pretty much all that is to the story, Crows spans from Harumichi's transfer in the first year of highschool to his graduation, so for 3 years, durring which old and new characters, relationships, wars and alliances are left behind or formed, all of which enhancing the passing of time and the romanticised highschool days when the characters could just fool around, talk about woman, get into fights, develop new friends, enemies and rivalries, and have a genuinly great time.
Fights
There are three types of fights: the equal, one on one fist fights, usually between the best of each school, but also their close subordinates, the group fist fights, in which the schools fight like in a war, but only with their fists, creating mayhem around them, and then there are the ambushes where the opposing members of a school assault a single or a few members of an opposing school with members, being easily defeated. The ambushes are usually the start of the conflict, one school trying to hunt either random members of a school or well-known ones and starting a conflict between their schools to assert their power. The group fist fights are shown as hype, cool moments where each school can fight to his heart content until he can't fight anymore, preparing the scene for the real, one on one fights.This one is seen as the most respectable and tensioned one, seeing as the reputation of the schools kind of rides on the succes or loss of each of them, although even that can be quite questionable, seeing as the story doesn't seem to concentrate too much on the consequences of these fights on the schools or their individuals, that being one of the true critiques I have of this manga. the group fist fights, they are shown as hype, cool moments where each school can fight to his heart content until he can't fight anymore, preparing the scene for the real, one on one fights. The fights between schools usually follows the structure above, with the mention that instead of ambushes, some conflicts start with low level delinquents getting into a fight with another low level delinquent, building up to the involvment of the school leaders and a complete war between the schools, which makes sense, seeing as they are prideful and want to protect the school's reputation, but also the low members that were hurt in the fight.
Themes
As I mentioned in the beginning, this story heavily focuses on male delinquency, which, of course, leads to all kinds of recurring themes that are more or less talked about, but mostly shown, what unites them all being true masculinity. Respect learned through fighting is one of the easier one to recognise, seeing as the relationships of friendship and rivalry, especially between the heads of the different schools (Harumichi, Ryuushin, Bitou, Bulldog, which are the most important ones of the story), are formed through a shared respect for each other's fighting abilities and spirit. This is the best part about this kind of fighting manga, that fighting is not portrayed as something to be avoided, that it's something dangerous and that only bad people fight. While these are true to some extent, in here, they are shown to be a way to learn about somebody's characters, to see how far they would go for themselves and to protect others, and it's shown, overall, as a means of spending time and having fun, besides those times where white weapons are used, such as baseball bats or iron pipes, which still aren't used to kill someone, just to put them out of commision in order to win a war between schools. As such, learning respect through physical and mental strenght is made out to be something respectable and possitive, a way to learn about someone in a real life way, through behavior, instead of using only words, it's a nice way of showing masculinity, dominance, assertivness and courage, many of which are demonized in some areas of the world, but still highly shown in this manga in a positive light and work well as less obvious themes, but still relating to masculinity.
Equality in fights is also shown in a possitive light, demonizing the ambushes made by other schools or finishing off the head of a school once he beat fair and square the leader of another school. Using weapons, targeting students that you know are helpless and can't fight are all seen as low blows and as scummy behaviors that are preferred to be avoided. Such behaviors can easily be connected to other real life contexts, like not preying on the weak and helpless, such as kids, homeless people and woman, instead holding equal fights (either physically or mentally) with people that are your equal, attacking people that you know are inferior to you in those areas could easily turn into bullying.
Pride is also an important facet of the story and it's characters, because they, as delinquents and especially the leaders of the school have a reputation to maintain, both for themselves and the school (which ties nicely into the respect aspect of the story). This is a driving force of the story, seeing as the leaders of the schools and even their underlings aren't backing down from a fight, the exceptions being when they are made to send the message that a war is coming, every one of them keeping the tough guy act in order to show dominance and the pride of the school, but also his individual pride and respect. It is an honorable and admirable way of living, facing the challenges and taking responsabilities that you have although you may feel that you will lose or do something pointless that only hurts you, and still facing them head on, without making any excuses, is a great show of character and manhood (although, of course, there are also times when you should eat your pride and hold on for you or others).
Characters
There ain't too much to them (except their huuuge numbers), they are at most two dimensional, representing different archetypes of delinquents, from those that lack power who still hang out with the strong, to the pervy ones, goofy and stupid ones (the butt of plenty of jokes) to serious, stoic and angry delinquents, the series covers pretty much all of them. They both are and aren't the best part of the manga. While they aren't too developed and mostly don't develop, except maybe a few minor exceptions which aren't all that significant anyway, they really feel human due to the dialogue and emotions that they express in different conversations, the jokes they make and even the reactions to other's jokes. What I appreciate about them and the reason why I can't fully hate and degrade the character writing is because the manga in general tries to depict the highschool life of these delinquents which rarely and hardly develop and don't necessarily need to do it since their character (what I talked about in the themes section) is already pretty developed. The reason why I choose not to talk about any character in particular is exactly because of this, they are all combinations of each other that mix well, the only thing that separates them is their physical power, seeing as the more important and relevant characters of the story (the leaders of 4 or 5 of the schools), are being focused on for this exact reason.
Negatives
While the simplicity of the manga and the delinquent's lives is it's strongest point, it is also it's weakest one from a more objective perspective (not like simplicity is bad, in itself, but for something to truly be a 10/10 it needs more complexity, emotion, high stakes to name a few, especially when the delinquent genre is full of potential in regards to these). Three years of the character's lives and 8 or 9 years irl and hardly seeing any development in them is quite a waste of time where the characters could have met different physical, psychological and philosophical challenges and doubts in order to build more complexity for them and enhance the themes and the portrayal of delinquents. The fact that this manga was published in a shonen magazine may have affected the end result, but I still believe it is waste potential that a delinquent manga can have, as proven by Bakuon Rettou, which is also a delinquent manga (although from the motorcycle riding night life), but it focuses a great deal of time on the protagonists struggle with his home life, personal life, his future and life choices (and of course, I highly recommend it, this truly got me into the delinquent genre and I still have to see how these 2 mangas compare to other delinquent manga's, since I'm new in this). So yea, simplicity of character = good and bad.
Another problem is the lack of consequences. You would expect that in a manga about street fighting there would be more people that suffer permanent or long term damage to their bodies that can't be fixed by a simple stay in a hospital until the end of the arc, or not even that. Too bad that this is what always happens, even when they suffer quite hard damage from the aforementioned bats, iron pipes and ambushes. To be fair though, the only anime/manga that comes to mind that really tackles the physical and psychological aspects of disabilities (and also in a masterful way) is Real (one of my favorite manga, by Takehito Inoue) and it's quite a sensitive and hard subject to discuss in a manga made for teenagers. But this lack of consequences still are a big no for this manga, even simply not allowing them to fight anymore or make them transfer to another school in a different city would have been better than nothing.
The themes are executed alright and it's nice to see them highlighted from time to time, but they still aren't challenged and there isn't much done with them, it's just some cool aspects of the characters that are used to hype the already cool and hype moments. It's cool that there are some stories that highlight these aspects of man and delinquents, but again, this genre and such themes could work extremely well in the right hands, but also in a more mature setting (and publication magazine).
I'm sure that plenty of people thing I'm petty, an elitist, some hater or who knows what else, and that's quite fair, can't blame anyone for thinking that after critiquing a teenage manga for something that it clearly doesn't want to be. And that's fine, seeing as it still promotes good values and positive views on a type of people that are often misunderstood is highly respectable and I can't take it from the mangaka. But making a complex manga, with well executed themes and characters that nicely complement them and shows the grittiness of these kind of people and how they try to live or change? I think this takes a deep emotional connection and understanding of these types of people and struggles and also skills as a mangaka to succesfully put this ideas on paper and make them flow naturally. It's clear that the mangaka did plenty of good things with his manga, hence the positive reception that it has, but I value and strongly believe that the maturity of an author and him being able to seriously tackle some hard subjects is the one thing that I can easily point towards and call it a masterpiece and give it a 10/10 wholeheartedly.
Conclusion
All in all, I still recommend this manga. While I find myself at a point where shonens with crazy abilities such a JJK, Demon Slayer, MHA or anything with special powers and pretty animation don't do it for me, seeing manly fist fights is really refreshing for me and it's more easily to connect with the characters due to the down to earth fights and characters. The dynamics and comedy moments between the characters are also great and I never got tired of seeing them interact with each other. And what's one of the most aspects of this manga that probably attracted it's readers is the soul that the author put in it, as can be deduced by reading his notes at the end the early chapters. It was very wholesome to read about his struggles, but also enthusiasm and effort he put into creating and serializing this manga, that clearly wasn't driven by money (don't know about the following years/side stories/sequels, maybe the author only wished to develop this living world that he worked on for so many years).
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Apr 8, 2024 Recommended
TL;DR: It's a simple story with simple characters, nice art style, setting , comedy, it knows what it wants to be and the author put a lot of soul into it, as it can be seen from his notes at the end of the early chapters. For some, the fact that the story isn't too deep and doesn't seriously tackle the themes relating to what it means to be a man/delinquent can affect his enjoyment, but I would still recommend it for the humane and down to earth characters and world that builds around them.
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Tokyo Boys & Girls
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TL;DR: I definitely wouldn't recommend this to anyone that doesn't enjoy dumpster fires (or who actually wants to see and learn from healthy behaviors and relationships), and I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who actually does.
As a reader of Hot Gimmick, the mangakas other insane "shojo" manga (in quotes because this 2 definitely ain't for teenage girls) I expected the worst coming into this one. While it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, I still got a nice share of unhealthy relationships being presented in a positive light, along with the enjoyment and amusement of seeing how far it would go. ... Setting/Art style To probably no ones surprise, the story takes place in a highschool. Can't really complain about that, since it's the most relatable setting where the story can take place, especially since this is written for teenage girls. While I'm at it, I can also mention that the art style is also your typical shojo style with pretty boys and girls and bubbly, cute backgrounds, although plenty of them lack any detail, the focus being mostly on the characters with minimalistic background details, so, while it is passable, it lacks many details and shadows, being a pretty bland art style. Story It starts because of an accident that is waaay to easily resolved, judging by it's severity (destroying a hard-disk with which 2/3 of the main guys could have one 1 million in a contest ,couldn't find if yen or dollars) and the 2 of them and her childhood friend wanting revenge on her, which pretty much goes nowhere, it's mostly used to start the story, although something milder would have worked just fine and it would have been even better, but good thing the mangaka enjoys setting up her stories in this ways, just like in Hot Gimmick, where the story starts with a presumed child (teenage) pregnancy, so we can easily deduce just how unhinged the story will be. Moving on, soon after, some love interests are formed and they almost completely drive the story, it's characters and the dialogue. There is plenty to say about the characters later on, but let's just say that the character's motivations and feelings toward each other start to feel gradually more forced and hard to believe, which also, of course, affects the quality of the story, since the 3 boys, the protag and her "friend" (more on this later) are the only relevant characters, with the only few recurring and relatively relevant characters being the protags mother/father and the parents of 2/3 boys, somewhat. The ending of this story, without spoiling it, is exactly what should be expected from this story, a good insult to the audience and the development of the relationship between the characters for the simple reason of wishing for the audience to finish the story and see what will happen to each of the ships in their own imagination. While I did have fun with the manga, the ending felt kind of insulting to me, and that ain't happening any day with any story, so yea, it's pretty bad from beginning to end. If I were to say something good about the story, it is the plot/arc that focuses on the protags family and how it portrayed their problems (it had it's own problems, but this was quite decent, at least). Oh yea, and about the story's themes, there pretty much is none and I can only hope that it isn't actually the title "Tokyo Boys and Girls", which would imply that this was supposed to represent an average group of tokyo boys and girls, cuz it's probably bs, especially the way they all ended up by the end of the story. And if you read this whole review, you can easily see why this also fails as a cute romance manga made for teenage girls. Characters Damn but these characters are something else. We have the innocent girly protag who goes along with whatever 2/3 main boys do, ending up almost cheating on her bf (or depending on what you consider cheating, she actually does that), then her "best friend" who, while she is portrayed as a hopeless romantic who can't get over her unrequited love, she is a slut and a fake friend to the protag. The boys cast consists of the protags childhood friend which, while he still has his own problems, it actually becomes quite understandable since he is the only decent human being in their group, then we have probably the biggest cuck (sorry, hopeless romantic 2) I had ever seen in a story yet and is done the dirtiest out of all of them with the direction his character and conclusion goes, and then we have typical play-boy who just does whatever the hell he wants with whatever girl he wants, regardless of what his friends say about it (by the end of the story, I actually questioned if they really are or were friends in the first place, since it didn't seem like they cared about each other's crushes and feelings, each of them competing for at least one of the main girls, which looked more like manipulation and seducing each other's girls). I should mention that I have no inherent problems with any of these character whatsoever by themselves, but if something ain't cool, it's portraying these characters stories, emotions, behaviors and relationships in a positive light while they surely ain't anything close to that and shouldn't be shown as such, because it sends a bad message to the audience, especially in this case, where this story is marketed towards teenage girls. Now I'll go into each character in more detail, so if you ain't interested in being spoiled about pretty much the whole story, I suggest skipping to the end, just know that some wild things happen between these characters and if you actually are like me and are interested in reading a dumpster fire/want to know how bad a story/characters can get, then you can go ahead. SPOILERS AHEAD (UNTIL THE CONCLUSION) Protagonist (Mimori) - While she ain't the worst character in the series, she is still quite bad. At her worst, she easily forgives her supposed "best friend" for acting like a jerk towards her due to her own insecurities without even being given a real apology and almost develops a romantic relationship with her friend's one-sided crush WHILE BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP, because she can't push back against him because she is too good of a human being and pretty much pities him for his current life circumstance, so she chooses to neglect her boyfriend in order to help a guy that clearly wants to play with her. It's a long way between basic human decency and acting like a friend to neglecting your boyfriend to help a male "friend" who is actually romantically into you. Besides this, she is the typical cheerful innocent good girl which is quite generic in itself, probably something you should expect from a shojo manga. The childhood friend (Haruta) - Probably the most relatable one of the story (as a guy, at least), while he acts like a tough guy and even a bit like an asshole with his GF (the protag), he is in the right in here since, even though he kind of hated her at first (before realising that he likes her), he at least didn't constantly verbally and physically abused her, as it goes with one of the couples from Hot Gimmick. While the story tries to portray him as a tough but secretly sensible guy, the story kind of fails at that, since he always ends up being mad at his GF because she neglects him and spends her time with another guy, which is reasonable enough for him, on one hand, although, on the other, he could also try to communicate his feelings more, especially regarding his jealousy. His character is built up as being one that is not really emotionally vulnerable and, while that ain't a problem in itself, he never develops from this point on since his relationship is being meddled with by his GF's which is actually his friend too (kind of) and he can never ask the real questions and say what is truly on his mind because every time the protag has a new secret, her male friend ends up finding about it first, which he then rubs it on his face, which caused a conflict between the protag and her BF quite a few times. All in all, he was done dirty by the author, what could have been a nice character arc of him becoming more emotionally vulnerable and fully repairing his relationship with his GF ends up being cucked for the biggest part of his relationship. And I should probably mention that the ending is open ended in regards to who the protag ends up with (even though they live together by the end of the story), which was a perfect kick in the balls for his character because he is constantly made fun of and neglected while having no chance to redeem himself. The play-boy (Kazukita) - In the first half, he is presented as quite the a*hole who flirts around with girls, only to dump them after he has his way with them. And just to solidify his status as a jerk, he uses the protags girl friend one sided feelings for him in order to make her to whatever he wants, while telling her that he is not interested in her at the end of the day (and this exact thing happens through most of the story). In the second half of the story, he develops feelings for the protag and is shown to be a miserable lonely person, since he lives by himself and his father doesn't care about him since he is too busy running a hospital. The author actually tries to redeem him by developing his relationship with the protag, but it's pretty scummy to try to steal a guy's GF, especially since you two quite know each other and are in the same class, so it falls flat on it's face, making him look like a selfish a*hole. If the author wanted to redeem him, he should have AT LEAST left the two girls alone and tried to develop a real relationship with someone who is actually single and that he respects, unlike what he does with these two and ESPECIALLY apologise to his cuck friend for using the girl the he likes (the slut) however he wants, hurting her again and again, even when the cuck asks him quite a few times to leave her alone. At the end of the manga, it's actually implied that there actually is a possibility for him to end up with the protag, even though she actually is in a relationship (which kind of was the point of the story, them developing their relationship), she seems only to pity him, not like him, and her friend is also in love with him. So yea, if he was supposed to have a redemption story, it was horrendous. The CUCK (Ran) - Holy hell, where do I begin with this guy. He likes the MC's friend, the girl who loves the play boy (who is also his friend). He may sometimes try to spend time with her, but usually he is getting cucked by his friend or rejected by her because she has eyes only for his friend. This goes on for like half the manga, then they bang. Where that came from? God knows. Actually, probably because she is a slut. She got rejected one too many times, she becomes sad, he finds her, confesses, kisses her while saying that he loves her, she also accepts his kisses while saying that she doesn't love him. Then she asks for a condom and then they do the deed. In the classroom (after hours, but there still is daylight). A bit later we find out she gets impregnated by him in this scene. So he accepts to do it with a girl that doesn't like him, but his friend, he does it while she is vulnerable, using her weakness to get laid with someone that doesn't care about him (pretty much like in School Days, where the protags friend does unconsensual banging with a broken girl, but School Days at least had the decency to show this kind of acts and relationships as unhealthy and morally wrong) AND chooses to take responsibility for the child, even though she doesn't like him and would probably cheat on him in the future. He even asks HIM to help make her feel better instead of doing it himself. The next step is probably letting him satisfy her in bed , in order to complete his transformation into a cuck. And that's pretty much all there is to him, a desperate man that becomes a cuck and uses a vulnerable girl just to get laid. If it weren't for this whole romance thingy with him, he would be a decent human being, he is quite light-hearted and seems like a good guy, but this whole romance just destroys his character beyond any possibility of redemption. In the end, he ends up in a relationship with the slut and wants to take accountability for the child, and her accepting this for some reason, even though she doesn't like him. While there is plenty to say about her part in all this, let's just say that keeping the child of a guy that you don't even like and ending up together with him just so that the kid will have a father/because she wants the baby is quite a tragic and f*ked up fate for a character. Good thing this is all painted in a light hearted, positive and heroic manner for him, am I right? And now comes the one character that motivated me the most to make this review, THE SLUT (Nana) - It hurts even to say her name, knowing that she shares the name of 2 of the best written female characters that I have seen/read up to this day (Of course, the Nana's from Ai Yazawa's "Nana"). This dear little girl is everything that an adolescent (doesn't matter if boy or girl) shouldn't be or look up to. She falls in love with a play boy that messes with her and uses her one sided love for him for his own benefits, all the while she still keeps liking him. While this is quite realistic, if, after all this, you still wish to be with someone, you should probably think more about yourself and your father (or mother, if the genders are reversed), because this sure as hell ain't healthy and a relationship that you should pursue and glorify to teenage girls, when it comes to this manga. Just because it can happen doesn't mean that it should be portrayed in a story for children as something romantic and beautiful. Moving on from this, her crush starts spending more and more time with her friend. And of course, why would she blame the assertive person that she likes when she can get mad and stop talking with the innocent defensive girl who finds herself at the receiving end in all this, despite not wanting this to happen. While this also happens irl, this doesn't excuse this type of behavior driven by rage and lack of rationality and doesn't make her less of a shitty person, especially while taking in consideration all the things she does throughout the story. Then comes the real heavy hitter. She bangs (or rather gets banged) the aforementioned guy while in a vulnerable state, all while knowing that she doesn't like him. While most of the fault is going to him, her just giving in to temptation still isn't the right thing to do, even though it made her look more humane. Too bad this whole tragedy is painted in a positive light, as she becomes pregnant from this, and decides to keep the baby and let him take responsibility for it, all while not liking him in a romantic way and still being in highschool. Nice way of ruining the lives of at least 3 people (including herself) with this decision. But before finding this out she suddenly forgives her friend (although she did nothing wrong to her) and starts talking to her for selfless reasons, like getting to spend more time with the guy she likes and having someone to eat lunch with. She didn't even try to apologise for being a shitty friend and person who was in the wrong, but goes back to talking with her like nothing happened in the next scene when they are seen together. But oh well, all's well that ends well. And finally, the one dialogue that broke me when it comes to this character. While getting closer to the cuck to kiss him, she tells him that she loves the other guy, while also telling him to "love me above anyone else". Now this is a sick joke, if I ever heard one. And this is how her character arc ends. In the end, she is a fake friend that doesn't care about her supposed best and only friend, she loves an abusive guy while rubbing it in the face of the guy that impregnates her and decides to keep his child and her relationship with him, despite not really liking him in a romantic sense, all this while she still is in highschool. This relationship and her child have a bright future ahead of them, ngl. What I should also mention about all of these characters is that they also backstab each other again and again by not being able to keep confidentiality between the two of them, especially the protag and the play boy. And there are also many dialogues, behaviors and decisions that, while they ain't something that important to remember, they still add to the many flaws that the characters already have. Conclusion While I did enjoy every moment of this dumpster fire, I can't give this manga in good conscience more than a 4, the enjoyment adding to the final score, because if there is something that a story shouldn't do, it is glorifying unhealthy behaviors and relationships, especially while marketing the story for children or teenagers, who may actually begin to think that this is anything close to what a normal, healthy and functional human being should be like. The only type of person that I would recommend this is one that tolerate and have fun with the questionable writing decisions and gets into this manga while knowing that it should be taken as a comedy, not as a serious romance story, since is miserably fails at it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Yomawari Sensei
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TL;DR: The manga is an easy 10/10 if you focus more on the emotions and lessons presented in this, but it can still be a good 7 or 8/10 manga if you focus more on the objective quality, since it is not too complex of a story and the conclusion of the manga doesn't feel like a true ending, it is just the point where the manga runs out of stories to tell. The art style is highly detailed and realistic, in tone with the grim, yet hopeful manga which presents slightly altered real life stories of young people that the writer of this manga
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actually met and dealt with in his life because he spends his days and nights trying to help them. The MC is the real life version of the writer of this manga who tries to help different youth in self contained chapters (the stories spanning from 1 to 3 chapters per story, usually), him, the children he tries to help and the people surrounding them being grounded in reality with realistic depictions of their flaws and qualities, actions and emotions. The manga has plenty of objectively good elements, but it shines the most when you take it as a personal, subjective experience, that helps you become a better self, while also helping you to better understand the people around you, especially the troubled ones.
While reading the manga, it is quite important to note that it is based on the autobiographical book of the writer and MC of this manga, Osamu Mizutani, who actually was a highschool teacher who spends to this day his time and energy to help ”problematic” youth, as they may usually be described in society. Mizutani, though, sees them as being only troubled, young people being burdened by the problems surrounding their lives, here having the usual suspects: bullying, family drama, self-destructive behaviors, bad influences and so on, them being the victims of the circumstances that they had to grow up with. The chapters are quite formulaic, usually spanning from one to 2 or 3 chapters depicting different youth the author tried to help in his life. While the events presented in this manga are based both on true stories and a different culture, the internal conflicts, the societal circumstances and the strenghts and weaknesses of anyone, young or old, are still the same, making it easy to relate to the characters in this manga and associate their stories to real life cases. Setting While we can assume that the stories are mostly based on `80s and `90s Japan (because he is born in `56 and and published his book in 2004), the places that are usually depicted, besides schools, are dark and solitary streets, parks and red light districts, to name a few, this fitting very well with the kind of stories that are told and the places from which the characters come from, they usually coming from low income and social status families. Art style The realistic art style complements the dark and gritty setting, while also giving life to the characters, especially in the scenes when they express their strong emotions. Story and Themes As I described before, the story could be described as „child of the week”, since the author presents new anectodes every few chapters without any continuity or correlation with the stories and chapters that came before. This is a manga about humanity, about understanding the young people that are considered hopeless, good for nothings and pests by society and guiding them on a better path than the one on which they were before, if you want to take the more adult, duty focused perspective, but it can also be a good way for people that want to understand how the „bad” people that are usually presented and shunned in real life come to be the way they are and also see a more human, positive side of them, not only the traumatized children that they are. What all the stories have in common is the possitive message of trying to get your act together, of trying to better yourself as a person if you want to lead a decent life and whenever you can’t do that, you should find someone that hears you, as loud as you have to scream and try to find that one person (although I think it depends on the people and adults that surround you, so it's quite subjective, not always being the best solution) For this reason, the semi episodic format of the manga gives the readers a significant amount of stories with different characters, problems, solutions, emotions and outcomes, while also giving each character’s story enough time to be understood and to get its development, never overstaying their welcome. That’s why each reader may more or less relate to the stories and characters that are presented, depending on their on life experiences, making this manga a highly subjective and unique experience for every reader, with different morals and teachings which may or may not reasonate with every one of them. Even if you take the emotional, subjective parts of this manga, all of the stories have a sense of tension and suspense, along with high stakes, not knowing if the children will make it out better or worse at the end of each of their stories, so the manga can be appreciated both on a subjective and objective level. An argument that could be made against the story is the fact that there is a huge amount of negative emotions and suffering presented, close to misery porn. While that may be or become off putting, there is a nice balance between stories that depict hopelesness and hope, between the stories with bad and good endings, although it is true that the scenarios depicted are usually filled with sadness, anger and fear and that may be too much for people if they binge this manga. The first chapter also nicely sets the tone and expectations of what is to come in future stories, staying true to what it sets out to do and what it shows. Other slight arguments that can be used against the manga are the lack of complexity and story progression, what you get in the first chapter you will also get in the last chapter, each story feeling quite the same in terms of plot progression and tone (the endings being quite varied though) and making the ending quite anticlimactic because the story follows the same formula until the very last page. The presence of the many emotional scenes in the manga is also making it very subjective, the objective elements of the story becoming more of a crutch on which the themes, lessons and life stories stand, those being it's strongest points. Characters Since Mizutani is the only common character present in each story, I will start with him. While he is a highschool teacher, we usually see him after hours, as a night patrol teacher, spending his nights on the streets,actively trying to find new youth to help and to set their paths straight, from leaving behind their gangs, employers and friends, as they usually contribute to the problems in which the characters find themselves in. Some people may find him too perfect of a person for the fact that he dedicates his whole life, from morning to night, to help others, and while that is true to a huge extenct, it can't be defended the fact that he also made some of this youths hate him and made them go deeper into the darkness, while others actually off themselves due to the fact that Mizutani tried to help them, but he either couldn't dedicate himself enough to save them, didn't have the right solutions for each youth he tried to help or even made mistakes in his guiding that ended up costing another person's life. While he looks, and kind of is, like a saint that always wants to help others, he still has his own flaws and problems. One of the major ones is the fact that he always tries to help the youth by making them feel loved and accepted, but while that works on some people, some of the stories prove that this way of approaching the youth weren't always the right ways. This can also create a dependence on him in the children and high expectations for what they wish Mizutani could do for them, but although it can be good for some time, the fact that they get really attached to him also means that he can also hurt them the strongest when he doesn't have the right answers or when he can't be present to help and guide them, ending up doing more harm than good, as seen in plenty of the stories that are told. Because of this, he is also filled with regret and grief which is reflected very nicely both in the manga, but also in some of the notes that he leaves at the end of most of the chapters, his deep love, appreciation and desire to help the troubled youth causing him the biggest pleasure, hapiness and satisfaction, but also the biggest grief, sadness, doubt and regret which he carries both in the manga as a character and in his own, real life, this being proof of his character and resilience and of the fact that he won't try to stop helping others even if it weights his soul down. While he may come off as preachy in some of the stories, it is more in relation to the youth that he tries to help, not towards the audience, he simply telling the stories the way they happened (more or less, due to the importance of confidenciality), not trying to tell the reader that they also have to become like him or have to understand or accept what happens in the manga. When it comes to the other characters, they all come and go with each passing story, most of them having conclusions, although there are also the youths that Mizutani tried to help but hadn't managed that, not knowing what fate awaited them. Every troubled youth and most of the supporting cast that are connected with them are presented and characterized realistically, with both flaws and qualities, as much as it can be shown and know to Mizutani himself, since not every yakuza member or friend can be seen so easy as both a good and bad person, some of them ending up cartoonishly evil, albeit for a good reason. The characters are easily understood due to the way they are presented, and while they may have questionable personality and behavior that can be hard to accept sometimes, you still get a full picture of their social and personal life, their goals (or lack thereof) and of the ways they try to cope and adapt to the harsh realities that they live in, in just a few chapters without being rushed, forced or inconsistent with their behaviors. Conclusion While there is plenty of value to be found in the objective good parts of the manga, I think you can appreciate this manga way more for the emotions that are presented, the life lessons that you can get from them and even from having a person like Mizutani as a role model, as a person someone can aspire to be, since it is obvious how everything about Mizutani and this manga comes from his soul, from his desire to be a positive role model and to help the less fortunate people from the outskirts of society, proving that you don't have to be rich to help someone or to be in the field of social work to be able to make a positive impact on someone, but instead you have to be empathic, understanding and accepting, a human in touch with his feelings and other people's feelings in order to help someone. I don't think there is anything more beautiful and worthy of respect in a story than pushing such messages as the ones present here (this being the reason why this is one of my favorite manga), especially since the anime sphere is filled with escapist, feel-good stories in the past decade (which have their own place in here, but not when this is literally everything that appears every year with very small exceptions), instead of realistic, motivational , inspirational and self-reflective stories that support facing yourself in order to become a better person that can understand the people around.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 12, 2024
Sousou no Frieren
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(18/28 eps)
TL;DR: 5/10, I don't recommend this for anyone that has standards and enjoys a fantasy world that tells you from the very beginning at least SOME of its rules, a good or at least somewhat decent power system, not made on the spot spells for whenever the author needs them, well-explored themes, complex characters or intriguing dialogue.
This anime can easily be described by saying that it is mediocre and generic and it has no reason to be as popular and praised as it is. The reason why I believe this is the case is because of the kind of interesting premise of the show which ... makes people think that this story and characters are actually mature, complex, or even philosophical (which it isn't, only at a surface level), the waifu bait mc, the episodic Slice of Life (SoL) elements and the presence of the well loved fantasy genre which is so popular these days in the anime community, giving huge generic isekai/fantasy anime vibes (especially the world and characters). While I have no problem with people that simply enjoy something for what it is, going from that to giving this anime only 9's and 10's and calling it anything close to "deep" or "philosophical" is an insult to any piece of writing that actually are this things. If you want something philosophical or deep, I can easily recommend anime such as Kino no Tabi (old version), Serial Experiments Lane and Casshern Sins. World Building/Power system Almost non-existent, the author makes things up as he goes along the way. No one explains the different classes which apparently exist, the races and the relationships between them, since there are quite a few of them (apparently they are all friendly with each other, except the demons, who are supposed to be the bad guys cuz that's what all the generic fantasy anime/manga/ln's also do) and kind of explain (on a surface level of course) the presence of magic. You have no history or sense of the world and how every species lives the way they do and no well-established fighting system, which makes this world seem extremely uncooked and was just an afterthought for the author cuz he knew all too well that classic fantasy worlds easily sell and everyone understands them, so he had no reason to think about it. While the demons are made up to be a threat, although to a lower extent, they barely appeared and got mentioned throughout the anime, they were probably put in just to have an occasional fighting sequence and to build anticipation of living threats (which they aren't, cuz Frieren's power is completely broken, so there is no tension or urgency for the party). To add to the power system argument, the fact that Frieren's main hobby is collecting spells makes the anime even worse, since we are led to believe there are spells for pretty much everything since she collects a huge amount of books regularly on her journies, even before the story starts. Too add to that, how she has so many spells and the most important and even basic ones for battles or problematic situations for some reason don't exist or she doesn't have them is beyond me, especially since she has all kinds of spells for daily chores and needs, but not spells such as one that makes you lack the need for sleep, keep you warm in the cold or makes you see what is an illusion and what is real. But of course, we need some fake tension or to show some struggle with the characters because the existence of magic is used as the author sees fit and whenever it leads to the outcome that the author wishes for and it can easily be excused by saying that "she has so many spells, we don't know which she has or which she doesn't" or "she has so many spells, she can't remember all of them". Story The protagonist goes on the journey to the demon king castle to relieve the moments she had with her old party members. This is the kind of show where you should simply enjoy the journey, characters and the SoL elements without putting much thought into it. Too bad that, while I will talk later about why the characters are bad, pretty much every episode Frieren and her gang go to different towns, helping people for a few days, then moving on to another town doing fetch quests and sometimes beating an average bad guy (monsters). Fans of these show will likely tell you that all these moments are to build the characters and their relationships and while that may be true to some extent between 2 of them, Frieren not only doesn't do that, but she doesn't even try to learn more about the humans about which she wants oh so much to learn about, this being one of the main reasons (beside reminiscing about the old party) for why she goes on this journey. You would think that when someone wants to learn about other people or races, they would actually spend a significant amount of time with and questioning them at every chance they get. Not Frieren though, she has never even tried to question humans about their short life spans (compared to hers), how they see themselves compared to other species, or the value of their lives, to name just a few potential questions. Instead, she spends a few days in a town, does some chores for a few townsmen and moves on, constantly thinking about the old party she had which she didn't even try to get to know better even after she had realised that she wants to learn more about them. Art style As generic as it can get, you have the average fantasy world with pretty, vibrant colors, cute and moe female character design, and soy boyish male characters (not all but quite many of them, as it is the current trend). Sound While I usually don't notice the music and sound effects in anime's, there a few exception when I do so, but not in this anime, the OST is your typical medieval fantasy soundtrack. Characters Pretty much all of them can be defined by a simple character trait or stereotype, such as kuudere, another kuudere (the mc and the purple haired girl), the energetic crybaby that gets serious when it counts, for the main party, and drunk priest (get it?it's funny cuz that's a contradiction), serious dwarf and energetic crybaby (again), for the old party of Frieren. They all are the typical good guys with not much else going for them. In fact, for some reason, every single person that they meet on their journey just so happens to be good, except the demons, which are bad, as we all know. the old cast and the frequent flashbacks are used to make you feel bad about Frieren (a bit of emotional manipulation since you don't know any of them in the first few episodes when they appear the most so it's better and easier to make Frieren cry after them instead of building up for at least a few episodes the characters and that crying scene), and to make Frieren realise that she actually knew plenty of things about them and actually had a connection to them. This is considered an important plot point in the story because the anime tries to hammer almost every episode (if not every ep) how much she is starting to remember and care about them, but the story keeps going with the flashbacks even though both the watcher and Frieren understand this after just a few episodes and it still doesn't matter cuz Frieren doesn't change in the least after the first few episodes since she has this revelation and starts her new journey to know more about humans (which she doesn't even try to do, as i pointed out earlier). The least I can give it is that the old party isn't, at least, simply forgotten but a reminder for why Frieren goes on her journey, even though this can be simply canceled due to what I just mentioned. Focusing on Frieren, the main protagonist, shows just how flawed the execution of its supposed themes in this show is. The fact that she is +1000 years old is one of the selling points and main reasons why this anime is usually praised, since it's something "new" and "original" (and as we all know, new and original=quality, doesn't matter how bad the execution is), but too bad that the aforementioned execution shows that it doesn't even matter if she is +1000 years or 20 years old since you can explore the same themes that this show pretends to explore in the exact same way and you wouldn't feel a difference. Actually, it would be even better like this, since she acts like a 5 year old that constantly needs to be spoon fed, woken up and dressed by her kuudere companion, despite her age. She was also a social outcast for hundreds of years , but good thing she ain't a +20 year old shut-in male who collects figurines and posters and suddenly tries to become more social, but a +1000 years cute woman elf that collects spells and only knows how to live like this, despite the years of experience, self reflection and time that she had to change over this period of time, because it would be quite clear who would be more appreciated and liked by the watchers. It is literally impossible to suspend your disbelief that she can still act like a child and have no maturity whatsoever after all this time if you have basic human knowledge and know that change can happen, even just by getting older (not to mention the life experience that she more or less has, even by simply existing) (and since there is no explanation, as far as I know, about the difference in development of human and elves, it's easier to go by human logic since they are extremely similar, except their pointy ears and long life span, which doesn't excuse the almost non-existent development from her childlike state). Neither her behavior, nor her thoughts show anything that could make me point to her and say she is actually a deep or complex characters used to explore themes such as the importance of bonds, of life, the inevitability of death, and the fact that the author just slaps over all her childish elements "+1000" years doesn't change anything about her shallowness, she is just a moe waifu bait who is liked only because she is a cute female, seing a +1000 year old male acting and being treated by others like she is creating quite the different perception of how a person should be at that age. While I have nothing to say about the rest of the cast except that they are generic characters that are easily replaceable (which would be preferable since it would create more interesting dynamics than the ones in here), I at least enjoyed some of the interactions between purple hair girl and red hair boy, despite the fact that they don't add anything to the anime, not in term of themes, nor of story, especially the purple haired, since this anime shows you just how bland a cast of characters can be if you have more than 1 kuudere, red hair boy being used to liven the atmosphere a little (though it doesn't change much since the show is still boring and bland and mediocre due to the many reasons I presented here). Conclusion So yea, this show has nothing going for it except it's empty premise which the anime fails to build upon or execute even in a relatively competent way, being one of the most generic anime i have the (dis)pleasure to watch, but I am quite curious to see if it will even try to do anything better than it currently does, or it will remain an empty premise which the author isn't capable in the least to do something with.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Mar 23, 2020
Aku no Hana
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Wow.This was really interesting.
I started watching this anime because i heard that it's really unknown to people and didn't know what to expect from it.Durring the whole run of the anime i had no ideea what to expect from it and it always kept me on the edge of my seat,wishing to see more and more of what this anime has to offer. What you should expect from it?intriguing writting of the plot,love:both in the erotic sense of it and pure,heart warming love,maybe some annoying parts with the main focus of the story:kasuga and his actions,but most of all a story written in an unique way. Story:9/10 The ... story revolves around 3 characters:kasuga,nakamura and saeki and how easily the life of a simple man,kasuga,can be turned upside down by one mistake that leads to many more.I'll talk way more about the characters and him especially when i get to that category,but until then i want to say that what really kept me watching episode after episode is how the story was driven from one point to another,together with the kind of strange events that surround our main protagonist,kasuga. It all starts with the fact that kasuga has a crush on a girl,saeki,and she forgets her school uniform at school so he wanted to be the good guy and keep them home until the next day when he would have given her the clothes back,but pressured by the people around him,as well as the girl who saw him,nakamura,he has doubts about giving saeki's clothes back to her due to the fear of being judged. Art:7/10 This is probably where you will have plenty of problems with the anime,and it's probably also what drives you back from watching it.Personally i really tried getting into the strange way the characters are animated and drawn, but at the end of the day i'd still probably both read the manga and watch the anime since they both have their strong points even though i'm not a fan of how the studio handled the characters,but i still appreciate something new and different from what i'm used to. Sound:8/10 This is what i meant by advantages of the anime:i really loved the voice acting of each and every one of the characters.Especially since it has his share of dramatic moments,i really loved the passion in the characters voices. What's more,there are a few occasion where the story is depicted with no sound,except the background music that shows the moment in a brilliant way. One thing i can't touch upon are the op and ed.While the op has some musicality to it and it's quite interesting,the first reaction you will have when hearing the ed will be:"WHAT THE ACTUAL F***".Now that is one thing i don't think i'll be able to ever understand,but to each their own i guess. Characters:9/10 I'll start with the 2 less important characters, although they're still the mains one,nakamura and saeki in order to try and help you understand and accept a little bit of kasuga and his actions. Nakamura:You can see even from her first interaction-with a teacher-that she doesn't care a little by what the people around her think of her.Later on we start to see how nakamura actually puts pressure on an easy target:kasuga on how she sees the world around her as perverts,that everyone deep down has that erotic part in himself which she tries to wake up in kasuga. Saeki:She is pictured by the people around her,especially by kasuga,as a perfect example of a perfect person:smart,beautiful and humble.Slowly she starts to develop feeling for kasuga because while she thinks that she has to put up a facade and and like the girl everyone expects her to be,she sees in kasuga an honest person that is not afraid to show who he is. Kasuga:Probably the most hated character in this anime is kasuga due to the fact that the viewer can't understand yet the person he is.Personally,i don't think that all the actions that we deem "stupid" done by kasuga were necesarelly bad things since everyone in different points of life made some action that they regret and think they're "mistakes",but beyond all of them they are still events that bring shape to us as persons,including kasuga's start of puberty and development stage when he's confused with who he actually is.Furthermore,what i started to like more and more as the story went on is that there are many characters out there that start like him:loner type,likes books,is shy,but the path he takes and the traits he finds in himself are something new to anyone like him i've seen so far. Enjoyment:8/10 I know that the themes of the anime are quite dark and gloomy,but like i mentioned earlier,this anime destroyed all expectations i had about it and totally made me get invested in these strange turns and the development of the characters that i really enjoyed getting to know them more and more. Overall:8/10 If you have an interest in complex characters,that really make you question the actions and true motives of the characters,this story will surely not disappoint you in any way. P.S.:if you enjoyed the anime i really recommend you go and read the manga since it gives you an actual ending that won't disappoint you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Mar 23, 2020
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!
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Out off many animes that you see nowadays released you see that plenty of them use kind of the same kind of art style and one of the first things i realised when i saw the animation in this anime is that it's quite unique,but also that i've seen it somewhere before.And of course,it seems that the director is the same as the one who made "Ping pong the animation" and "Devilman crybaby" (first one i highly recommend it,second one highly recommended for me to see) and for sure the studio made an amazing job in animating this beautifully crafted piece of art called "Eizouken".
Story:8/10 Simply ... put,3 girls make up their own "animation club" for the simple reason of becoming better at what they've always loved to do, and that is drawing.It may be a simple plot,but the story knows exactly what it is and wants to be:a cute,funny,entertaining anime that takes you to a whole new world which you would deffinetly want to explore.Sure,there are many animes and works of fiction that have a better and complex story line ou there,but sometimes it is also a nice change of pace to try a simple anime that doesn't want you to think a whole lot about different hidden meanings and messages,but to give you a nice relaxing time,especially in days like those that are now where anxiety can get the better of people. Besides all the interactions between the characters in their actual world,their is also an imaginary world,that shows the characters imaginative minds and how they picture the world around them with different inventions. Characters:8/10 The story focuses on 3 main characters:Asakusa,Kanamori and Mizusaki.First of all,i couldn't help but notice that these 3 can represent 3 different points of our lives:Asakusa is the little kid that loves to draw,new worlds to be precise, and have fun,Mizusaki shares some of her passion for drawing,but in her case to animate the world that Asakusa creates,but can still see sometimes the negative parts of things,and in the end Kanamori which is a deadly serious girl and the mind behind their club that deals with the marketing,business money and representing the club when their in trouble for one reason or another. Through their story you see a little back story for all 3 of these girls and you get to see how meeting with each other affected them in different ways:Asakusa becomes more sociable and happy,Kanamori kind of the same but not really shows it and Mizusaki gets the courage to speak up her mind to her parents. All in all,they are a fun trio to watch,they may not be the best written characters out there,but they still complement each other and add life to the story. Sound:8/10 The op may be quite strange to listen to for the first time,but as you get through the episodes you will slowly but surely see how catchy the song is. I didn't pay attention to the ending so i can't speak about it. The background music and the sound effects used are really good and diverse and it's a nice touch to the already amazing animation. Animation:10/10 It is deffinetely the best part of the story.If you're a fan of different kind of animation and drawing styles,this anime is deffinetely for you.If you saw ping pong the animation (and maybe devilman?) you will see a resemblance in art style so if you loved the animation in one of those then you will love even more the animation style in this one. You can see that there is a combination of normal colors and watercolors in some places,especially in the imaginary world that is shown in pretty much every episode. Not only the artstyle is cool and unique,but the world built in itself is one that easily grips you and wants you to visit it with the different kind of buildings and places all around the characters. Enjoyment:8/10 I'm a fan of drawing and creative creations in general,so i appreciate this kind of anime even more for it's creative mind used in every bit of the world,but also a cute set of characters that are fun to watch interact with each other. Overall:8/10 It is a cute overlooked anime that can easily lift your mood and give you a breath of fresh air from all the typical animes we usually get and it's deffinetely an anime worth seeing whatever your age is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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