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Futakoi is difficult to sit through.

The cast is way too overblown due to the gimmick, and because of that some members of the harem basically had no goddamn screentime.

The Chigusa twins for example fade completely to the background once their episode was done and over with. Lala and Lulu were just there for comedic relief, same goes for the teacher twins. The Shirogane twins are the most interesting and overall best girls, but due to them coming into the series late they also very quickly fade as we have to focus on the very, very boring "main" girls.

The Sakurazuki twins have the same gimmick ... and behave in the exact same way, one is always just echoing the other and they don't really do anything to standout. It is the same character just copy pasted for threesome fantasy purposes. While they work well with other characters and added some decent comdedy due to their stupidity, their extreme similarity makes any scene with them feel sooooo sloooooow.

The exact same problem goes for the Ichijo twins but even WORSE. They are both the typical "kind" girls and also the token osananajimi. Aside from a little in fighting that comes to a head later on, they are just BORING, there is no other way to put it. They are plain pieces of untoasted wheat toast.

Harem series are very much about the quality of the girls and how much they manage to charm you, so having twice amount the girls should've given this a decent leg up and get a wide appeal. However, due to most twins acting the exact same together or having a very lackluster dynamic you are left with nothing more than wasted potential for a otherwise decent premise.

It doesn't help that the main guy is a coward who keeps romantically leading all the girls on (ON PURPOSE) only to then pussy out whenever things get too real and he has to actually make decisions that could impact him. He had to be guilt tripped into doing the right thing and even then it seems like he's just gonna get away with being a dipshit.

It's a silly, stupid comedy that goes all out with over the top reactions and absolute dipshit characters.

Sometimes you might think that a character has a brain but NO, they are just as stupid as the rest of the cast.

Yoshiko manages to be annoying but in a charming way. She's just so highly energetic and constantly gets up no matter how many times she gets beat down (literally) by Akkun. There were certain characters that I wish could've gotten more screentime or perhaps SOME sort of development, since there actually are some storylines that get a conclusion, but overall I think the author ... managed to squeeze a ton out of the initially simple line up.

A negative I could give is...the same face syndrome.

Now, personally I think there is nothing too wrong about finding a specific face and using it multiple times on different characters. Sometimes it can work by giving them small tweaks such as different eyelashes or unique pupils/iris. Heck, if you change the hair and body up enough it can also work.

But...many times the characters will have very similar expressions. THAT same expression. Over and over and over whenever they are reacting to something ridiculous. It got a little annoying.

Overall though, it's a really funny manga and I hope it can get a sequel of sorts someday!

While I was watching the series, I initially thought that it was doing way too much. It was trying to focus on SO many characters and subplots that seemingly don't connect at a first glance. What is Arajin's problem? What is Matakara's damage? Why is Mahoro so obsessed with Marito? It gives us hints and sprinkles but actual concrete conclusions are sparse.

It wasn't until the last episode where I finally understood wtf even the story was about. This whole time I thought it was leading up to Arajin getting over Mahoro in order to connect with his childhood friend again, making me really dislike the ... build up as on every single turn Arajin treated Matakara horribly or just ignored him.

Let me tell you, it is not a good sign when the one thing I am most looking forward to each episode is the gag with business man visiting the bar. Even though the conclusion was obvious, it was one of the few storylines that actually gets a goddamn conclusion of some sort.

There is so much build up with no pay off, I was dreading the last episode as I thought to myself "there is no way they will manage to end every conflict in one episode", and if they did it would be awfully executed and rushed likely. Instead, it seems to be setting up for a second season or perhaps an OVA...which I don't believe will happen any time soon. :/

I feel like a lot of my issues with the story wouldn't exist if the first episode was entirely about Arajin's and Matakara's childhood. As back then, Arajin wasn't such a constant, useless jackass who just goes with the flow and Matakara's relationship was just blossoming with Arajin.

We could've actually understood why Matakara seems to trust him so much and why ,after so many times of blowing him off, he still forgives Arajin so many times and believes they can hang out again.

Also what the fuck was up with Mahoro.

Seriously we get zero clues about why she loves Marito so much and why she sympathizes with Matakara the moment he brings up his own Onii-chan. There seems to be SOME reason but to me it wasn't executed well enough to understand...or maybe it's gonna be explained in the aformentioned second season they seem to be going for? Which...again, I don't see that happening anytime soon or....maybe even ever.

She was such a frustrating character as she was such a prominent character and even has the whole ED dedicated to her, yet she doesn't really do anything worth of note.

This show has a lot more negatives than positives so far, it wasn't god awful but it wasn't exactly pleasant. It had potential that it could've eventually achieved had they not juggled so many characters at once and kept the "serious drama" to a minimum. Seriously it was so much better when it was more comedy focused.

What went wrong?...Everything.
Absolutely everything you could think of went wrong.

The animation is bad. The writing is god awful. Most of the new characters, especially from the other universes, suck ass and a vast majority of the action is just plain uninteresting to follow. I'm already not the biggest fan of fight scenes that stretch on and on and on but some of these were dissapointing on base levels such as emotional investment of who should win and who should lose.

The first two arcs are a slog to sit through as they are just extended recaps of the movies. If you haven't watched the movies, ... you'll likely not mind it, but if you do you can't help but compare each and every scene that is recreated in a typically much worse way.

When finally, FINALLY, there is some new stuff revealed it's so badly executed. Zamasu was a interesting villain, but they do everything in their power to make him just seem kind of lame afterwards. He just gets essentially forgotten, and the way they beat him leaves a dissapointing taste in your mouth. From what I hear the manga does the Goku Black arc much better, but...if so, why didn't they follow the manga storyline?

And that's one of Super's biggest problems. Dragon Ball Super is a multi media project, while sure some of the writers want to make a genuinely good product, a lot of the other staff want to rake in da mone. Because of that, the production of the anime was absolutely fucked, nobody at the studio had ever enough time to properly communicate or refine their work.

Many episodes were just flashy slop that the at the time weekly audience ate up even if they complained about it every single time. How do I know this? Because I was part of that audience. The reason why I rewatched Super is because I thought that perhaps binging format fitted the series better, but no, it makes it so much goddamn WORSE.

It is not the worst entry of the franchise, that would be Evolution. But I have no doubt in my mind that the DB Super anime will age like milk, especially compared to it's manga adaptation and Superhero.

It's a decent enough harem series where every girl is attractive in different ways. There is an actual story (although a rather simple one) and some sort of progression each episode wheter it be to the actual plot or character development (although also rather simple)

The setting and side cast is charming, as well the concept of incredibly beautiful aliens suddenly arriving to earth and assimilating with humans but finding it troublesome due to their differing customs. It's nothing special, but it's certainly a series that helped inspired the ecchi harem work of today, wheter that's a negative or a positive is up to your own ... preferences.

So why is this just a "Mixed Feelings" then? Since I'm listing nothing but postivites right now. Well OOOOH BOOOOY let me tell you what really pissed me the fuck off.

Takeya fucking sucks, he just does, he's so annoying. He's a constant asshole all the time for no reason. He treats his entire harem so badly or has absolutely no romantic chemistry at all. Hell it's pretty obvious that Miu seems to have ZERO attraction to him.

Takeya constantly bitches about his work, his life or how annoying he finds Ren, the ending especially made me mad as they did NOT grow closer together at all. Ren was completely obsessed with him from the start so you'd expect Takeya to eventually grow closer to her in some way but NOPE.

Ren's development happened with Miu, Neneko, Natsuki and even the fucking teacher who was just there for comedic relief. He does NOTHING interesting or engaging throughout the show, he's so POINTLESS and ANNOYING.

Overall it's really alright, but the main character drags it down

This is one of those romantic comedies where the main and consistent theme is "constipation".

There is no love progression, there is no character development, there is no plot, it's just a loop of cliches and fourth wall breaks that only work if you know anything about the harem genre or have interacted with a large majority of japanese romantic media in the otakusphere from the 2000s - 2010s.

It teases you with things that COULD happen but then immediatly does a 180, almost in a mocking manner; "HAH! You actually thought the character's feeling MATTER??? Like any actions actually have CONSEQUENCES??? You're so fucking stupid LOOOL"

All ... the girls are shit and clear copies of already existing clone girls from the genre, they are nothing but boxes that have been ticked. They exist because they "have" to, not because they actually have any sort of purpose nor will they ever achieve anything until the last chapter drops.

We have:
The sweet"one who is incredibly boring and will likely get with the main character by default due to being the first girl introduced.
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The psycho tsundere who can get away with acting like a complete cunt because she's pretty.
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The tomboy who has fat tits and a tan, that is all she's got, she just exists to be the tomboy with fat tits and a tan. Probably also going to develop into the comedic relief.
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The one who acts all ditzy but actually has more going on than all the other girls combined. Because she's so much more interesting and actually kind of attractive, you absolutely do NOT want her to end up with the main character because he fucking sucks.

Overall, it's perfect. It's the exacts kind of thing I need for a good rage session before I write something myself. Call me strange all you want but trust me, if you have writers block at any point pick up a manga or anime that you KNOW you will hate because the rage fuels your fire.

Reccomended, but keep in mind that it is complete garbage.

The animation while more fluid than the TV anime isn't anything to write home about, none of the movie original characters really matter nor do they do much except for the start and the end. It is the first movie of the franchise so I suppose the overall sort of "clumsy" feeling that it gives you makes sense, as it is very clearly not a movie meant to be watched in the current year or ever again.

The story is a loose "what if?" recap of the very first arc. Instead of the Pilaf gang we are introduced to this weird demon guy and his very ... boring goons, which are more competent that Shu and Mai, this is a negative.

The Pilaf gang was never meant to be seen as actual obstacles and instead existed for what the series was at the start, gags. Their failures and overall pathetic nature was funny and charming, if you take away their fuck ups the goons just become boring tough guys with equally boring scenes. It doesn't help that we don't learn anything about these characters, making it difficult to get invested in the antagonists of the film. It tries to make up for it by giving the audience more action, but just like the animation it looks nice but isn't all that impressive or different from what you would see in the TV anime.

Same goes for the new movie original character who was (sorta) part of the main crew, none of the scenes with her were funny and instead she just existed to drive the plot along, something which Bulma does in the original series but in a more entertaining way. I couldn't even remember her name because she was so forgettable and I can't be bothered to google it right now.

Goku has little to no focus. We get good moments with Bulma and Yamcha, but Goku gets little to no time to shine. The same goes for Puar, Roshi and Oolong, but at the time of the story they were minor characters anyhow.

Goku is the MAIN character, why the fuck does Yamcha get better scenes and more focus in the first movie than the actual main lead? No hate to Yamcha fans, but this decision just does not make sense to me. With Bulma it's fine as she's the main heroine and the second lead, but even in the OG series Yamcha's role becomes incredibly minor. Having him get a bigger role than Goku just...baffles me.

Finally my biggest issue with this movie, the pacing. Everything feels way too fast as they rush from story beat to story beat with little to no time to relax and they redo scenes from the original but in a way more loose and less impactful way. It makes sense as this movie isn't even an hour long so they have to rush it but oh my goodness SLOW DOWN.

Yeah it's just not very good.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Me & Roboco. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of manga history and otaku culture most of the jokes will go over a typical reader's head.

There's also Roboco's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into her characterisation - her personal philosophy draws heavily from Weekly Shounen Magazine tropes, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about 人生.

As a consequence people who dislike ... Me & Roboco truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Roboco's existencial catchphrase "Damn you, (blank)!" which itself is a cryptic reference to Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto.

I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Shuhei Miyazaki's genius unfolds itself on their bookshelves.

What fools... how I pity them. 😂

And yes by the way, I DO have a Me & Roboco tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

I don't know why I keep doing this. I don't know why I keep doing this. I don't know why I keep fucking doing this but every single damn time I still fucking put up with this shit even though I know I'm gonna hate it. I knew it would suck, I knew I would be wasting hours of my life I could spend watching something I actually enjoy, I knew that I have so many better shows both on in my backlog.

Ok, biggest issue, main problem that really pissed me off with every damn MINUTE that passes is Yuki, she is so generic.

I ... believe that's the point, y'know, portraying as your normal everyday college student despite her disability, but guess fucking what when you spend like 50% of each episode from her perspective and have to keep listening to her inner monologue again and again about her worries over some melodramatic bullshit that I just cannot give a single crap about then you have FAILED HARD as a writer because she is so unenjoyable to follow.

Her love interests are the typical choice of a turd sandwich and a giant douche. No matter who wins, you (the audience) loses because they both suck. It doesn't help that both are fucking ugly, especially Itsuomi with his sausage lips and bootleg Gojo-esque features.

Ugh and don't get me started on the side cast, fuck them. Fuck all of them...except for Rin I guess. Rin was neat.

Aside from that uhhh...the animation was neat? However it's wasted on fugly characters, boring scenes and an overall waste of time that is instantly forgettable.

Heidi is a show with a lot of problems but also a lot of charm. A lot of it's problem actually are part of it's charm even, it really feels like a kind of anime that you COULDN'T make anymore in these days or at the very least would not be produced by any large studios.

For 2/3rds of the series basically nothing fucking happens OR it doesn't really matter much in the long run and could have been easily skipped.

The animation quality switches drastically from episode to episode. Sometimes you'll get an absolute insanely good shot (for TV cel animation in the 1970s) and ... other times the cels were covered in so much dust/hairs that it was distracting, especially during scenes where the characters would just be sitting down and talking with little to no movement body wise.

Personality wise each character is incredibly simple, even one note at times. I won't mention who, but there is a very prominent character that is introduced midway through the series who I expected to gain some character development and stop being such a fucking BITCH all the time but...She just stays basically the exact same for the next 30 episodes??? Although I suppose her behavior becomes more comedic, and I can't deny that I laughed at her outbursts.

On top of everything there are some issues due to the culture of the time, it's nothing too large but there is blatant child slavery so, uh, y'know. There's also some minor sexism (though, for it's time it's pretty progressive overall)

I still enjoyed it, but I have to admit that my taste is a tad difficult. I wouldn't reccomend it exactly...but calling it bad doesn't seem right either. I'd say give the first few* episodes a watch at least, as they are pretty comfy and just pure slice of life (up until Heidi leaving to Frankfurt specifically) After that I reccomend watching the movies instead as they are much more compact story wise.