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Mar 6, 2017
After 10+ years the story we all known and love and have grew up reading is now officially (Or what we believe is a definite end) ended. Hard to imagine that all good things must come to an end sometimes, and this series was no exception. However this story has left people with some kind of confused or mixed feeling. Due to of course it's sudden and open-ended ending. Rather a bare-bone and unsatisfying conclusion if anything. Not a good way to end a popular and long run series as To-love Ru. Almost feels like we were given a huge middle finger.
As many may hope
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another sequel is to come in the nearby future, in hopes to fill the void that was left behind. Lets not forget what this series has brought us these couple of years. And here are its good points:
Art:
Lets just start of with this one for now and get more complex in a bit. The illustration on this was superb. Characters looked beautifully made, smooth, and well-presented. The scenery which were not the focus was made in great details. Everything was focused and rather consistent throughout the chapters. However one of the most key art of this story and that many have missed it's the nice little "easter eggs" the drawer left behind. Those small attention to details was fascinating, it really felt as the illustrator wanted to tease the readers even more than the focal ecchiness that was on the page. And I say well done!
Ecchiness:
Must I really elaborate?
The ecchiness here is what makes To-Love Ru, in fact it's better to say that without ecchi this series would be nothing but just a cheesy romcom, with little to no audience. And what I must say is that the ecchi in this story does not fail! It delivers something every chapter no matter how subtle it is. Not even DxD or HoTD nor Shinmai can hope to compete with TLRD when it comes to ecchi. (Not a biased statement either, honestly just do your research and you will see that this statement is rather true). This series is boderlined hentai at its finest. Pushing the ecchiness meter pass dangerous level and seeing how far it can go, all of that to arouse you for like 20 minutes.
The Girls:
Won't get much into this one, since this is pretty much a double-edge sword. But listen lets be honest... More tiddies more fun. And enough girl to go around. All of them are just simply amazing. But again will not go into much details because again this part is both a positive and a negative. (Biased opinion here: Yui Kotegawa, best girl).
The Ending Route:
Here is the last positive points of this series. And that is, it's potential outcome. Every chapter lead us closer and closer to a possibility what the ending would be. We were given 2 choices, either a one girl wins all ending or the Harem route ending. Now how is this positive you may ask? Simple it gave anticipation. The hopes of knowing which of the 2 possible route was to come. This ofc lead the readers to read, it glued you in, it draw you in, for what? For a conclusion that was left for anyone to guess. What a way to get everyone on the edge of their seat! And even if one girl won, who would be that lucky girl?? With so many the ending possibility was endless! And that was rather fun to guess around for awhile.
Now for the bad points:
The characters:
I told you this was the double edge sword and I will tell you why.
There was just too many with little to no appearance, little to no development. And those with development in their "love pursuit" revert back into background characters. And just too many were left abandoned. Rito's best friend, Zastin, Aya, Rin, Saki, Kyoukou, Risa, Mio, Lala, Yui, Run, Nana, Ghost girl. I mean that's alot. This part mainly only focused on Momo, Nemesis, Mea, Haruna, Yami.. With only Yami and Mea having any true development! And well Haruna too. I mean this part was more a Yami focused story, which they did, but felt so unfulfilling at the sametime.
Story:
What story?
Jokes aside, believe it or not this story had an actual plot... What happened to it? It got decimated.
Overall this series was enjoyable nonetheless. It teased us, treated us, made us laugh and made us hope. In all and all, all we can hope for now is for hopefully another possible sequel. I will conclude this review rather arubtly just like the author did with To-Love Ru.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 31, 2015
Oh Sabagebu!
Where to begin with this series?
This series is nothing, but a burst out laughter waiting in each corner. It's also a masochist wet dream too and a gun fanatic paradise. But with all the craziness mixed in this series stands out above others in being pretty unique.
Story: 3
Well, this series doesn't really have an actual story, unless you consider 3 different random shorts per episodes as a story, then go for it. The score is low due to not having a story, not cause it was bad. Each episode has the similarity of an American cartoon, focus more on episodic episodes rather than
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a story-wise series. So not much to explain. Other than this series focus on a girl who transcend past demon and angel, she is Momoka Sonokawa, who was forced into joining the Game Survival Club, by Club President and Gun fanatic Miou Ootori. Each episodes have Momoka going through crazy, odd, and weird antics in her daily life. Each time showing how sinister Momoka really was.
Art: 8
The art was really well done, it had an adorable je ne sais quoi type of style to it. The coloration were a bit too bright, but it blended with the quality of the show being light-hearted (Meaning it wasn't a type of show focused on heavy/dark-elements). The distortion of the character were also cute. Its an animation that is pleasing to the eyes.
Sound: 8
Ost and OP & ED were all catchy, the voices, were well-done. Nothing really went wrong with this part, it was well done through and through.
Characters: 9
This part is where 'Sabagebu!' really shines. I will explain each character of course:
Momoka Sonokawa- The main, main character of the series. Oh boy this one, this one is a special one, every masochist out there would love to have her, and those who value their life, I would recommend to stay away from her as far as possible. Sinister is not even enough to tag her personality. From the outside she looks like a cute, innocent, and decent girl, but in-reality a darkness so evil lives within her. She lives by this code "An eye for an eye" meaning nothing you do to her that anger her, will slide, she will get you back in the most destructive matter. I can go on and on, but you all should understand by now. Also she's a very deadly accurate sniper. (She uses a pistol).
Miou Ootori- The club's President and the one that forced Momoka to join. She's a bourgeoisie, meaning her family, is very wealthy, enough to have a squad of helicopter at her disposal. She is and eye-candy as every girl in the highschool literally adores her, and want to either be praised or noticed by her, can you say "please notice me senpai" much? She's the only member that can buy an actual gun, due to being an adult, since she was held-back a year. She's very dense about stuff that isn't about gun or survival, meaning alot of things get passed by her.
Urara Kasugano- She's a masochist through and through, she's an odd-ball, and in that club that says alot. She's extremely strong too, however she plays the whole cute girl facade to fool her classmates, but only the clubmates knows her true self.
Kayo Goutokuji- She joined the club, not cause she's a fan of survival game, she's an otaku who loves to cosplay, she mostly joined because they allow her to cosplay. She plays as Momoka's rival.
Maya Kyoudou- She is a young gravure model, who even has her own lesbian... I mean fan club. She's a major airhead of course, and has the best body out of all the members. This of course strikes jealousy in Momoka for being flat.
Enjoyement: 8
I was going to rate this 9 but that's a bit too high, while this series indeed was nothing but pain in the stomache, tear jerking laughter. It still lack some form of entertaiment, such as a story, but if you can look pass it, this show is very enjoyable. It will make you laugh one way or another. It's fun, weird, and just has no sense in it.
Overall: 7
Overall, a pretty decent series, if this flew under your radar, you can try it out, if you want a change of pace and want something, in a more happy mood. Just remember there is no story so if you're a story-based person this show won't be that enjoyable, but for those who like randomness then this would be up your alley, so it's a give or take from your perspective.
*This review ended up sounding like I'm favoring this series, but honestly I just couldn't find anything negative in this show, the animation team really did a good job with this one.*
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 10, 2015
I never tried to write a review for a manga, but ehh what the heck I'll bite. So anyways I'll start.
In these days of age, manga has become increasing popular, reeling in newer readers, we get drawn in with the art of each panel, the impact-full dialogues, and the imagination that blossoms in our mind when we dive into this comic world. We always eagerly await for the next chapter to release of our favorite manga, always keeping tab of everything the author is doing, and paying attention to the details within the works. We are in awe of how these people can create stories
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and draw us in, bringing out our inner most thoughts and feelings. And sometimes we as reader become so passionate, that some of us want to create a piece that can make that same feeling you had, but in your own work. However sometimes we tend to overlook at the real work that goes behind those manga, while we get yes the drawing of pictures and making deadlines, we as readers don't truly know exactly how the business work, now do we?
However in this story one young man, will see that the business of becoming a mangaka author, is a bit of a steep slope. Kouta Inamine the main character of the series will learn what it truly takes to climb the ladder of this industry just to share the same awe feeling he had reading other manga, and having people feel the same in his work. Will he succeed?
Story: 7
The story is about a young college boy name Kouta Inamine, he is an inspired to be mangaka author, doing what he can to get his name out there. However he would soon see that, that is easier said then done, as his first few gigs ended in a failure. It wasn't until his neighbor Hinata Sawanoguchi reads his storyboard, that her interest peeks, and to his delight he found out she is a cheif editor of a publishing magazine company know as Comic Splash. It will be Sawanoguchi who will try to polish this novice into a pro like none has seen before, but like most creative novice, their ego gets in the way and this will cause him to have doubts with everyone and himself, as he bounces around different publisher and authors until he finally gets his foot in.
This story helps us the reader see what is like to become a rookie author, and the challenge those must face, of course we know nothing in life is easy, but this series shows that sometimes making it to the top is not always possible without at least a helping hand, and the author did what he can to show that in this story. A great theme nonetheless!
Art: 6
Knowing the author you would already know the art style he really likes to use, the art style resembles more of traditional Korean Manwha than it does Japanese Manga, however it's still works, while yes the female characters are drawn to be voluptuous, it helps draw in readers eyes, mostly males, some females of course. Sexiness is an art form and the author never fails to to deliver that aspect in his work. And it's very consistent with rarely to no drop in quality, however I rated this a 6 because if you're familiar with his other work this art style would start to feel bland to you, and make it feel like he isn't trying to tackle a new form. However it still works so why not, right?
Characters: 7
Now the characters here, they each have their upside but their downside usually shows more. The main protagonist Kouta still falls under the typical weak and ditzy but very kind main character, this cliche gets pretty old, however his inspiration and determination will have you rooting for him. There is development in him luckily, goes from and egotistical author to someone who is grateful for those around him to help... Well... Let me not spoil anything. Sawanoguchi, is a character that is an intense motivator, her way of pushing you to bring out your inner most talents are a bit barbaric however she represent the industries pressure on author, but she does it with a good cause, most time she will look like the enemy and a two-timer, but she is honestly earnest in bring out your true potential. Most of the other characters are there for advice, inspiration, and motivation, but the only other character you want to pay attention to, is Sayaka Juumonji, she plays a key role to help the reader, so always read patiently each character has their reason for being there, there is rarely any useless character.
Enjoyement: 7
Well this one is up for debate, the enjoyment mostly come from watching someone become nothing to achieving their goals in today's competitive industry. However most can find enjoyment from the bit of ecchi moments, however they don't really drown the story, it is only used during wildcard moments, so for those who want to read a story with ecchi elements to it, but not so extreme then this series has done it right! However it can be a tad bit boring too if you're just skimming along and hoping for some boobage, this series will give you an idea of how the industry is and where money and reputation play in role. So it's a good insight, and a glimmer of hope for those who want to be future authors, that maybe they'll find someone that will push them to maximize their skills.
Overall: 7
This series is a good change of pace, not every time you're given a story about manga in a manga, and it's short and simple, and doesn't get very complicated. For those who are a fan of this author, it's a definite pick-up to compare his growth. for those who are not fan but are still casual reader, if you want something that is light, but real try it, you're perspective of how the business is may not be affected but at least it's a story that feels complete in a way.
*sorry been awhile I have done this so it may seem like I'm blabbing on without form, so I apologize for my scatter-ness, hope this helped you decide whther it's worth a read or not.*
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 13, 2015
It's been awhile I haven't done a review so I decided why not, fair warning this review is only for the anime I won't included aspect from the LN. I know alot of you won't like it, but stick with me ok, I'm a bit rusty.
Anyways Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance doesn't seem like an all out series, but for those who don't know this is all just the prologue, the actual story doesn't happen until a bit further on. But again I won't be getting into that, just saying for those who came from the LN and starting to watch this, don't expect anything
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to great from it, anyways I'm prolonging now let me just get started, cause no one cares about introduction.
Story: 6
So this story is obviously that of a fantasy, includes magic, Demon Lords (Maou), and knights. These "magicians" aren't refer to mages like most magical anime, they are called "elementalers". Each Elementaler controls an element in the form of a contracted spirit. These elements as seen in the anime are in form of fire, water, wind, earth, and ice. One of these Elementalers is known as Kamito Kazehaya who meets a girl bathing in the forest, she is known as Claire Rouge a fire elementaler, from this they join into a team to compete in a tournament known as The Blade Dance. Without going into much summary, this story is pretty bland, Kamito is the only boy elementaler in the school, surrounded by a sea of girls. His goal is to win the Blade Dance to get his wish granted and to chase down his former contract spirit Restia. It's not a touchy story, it's more of an underdog type of story, those who come from troubled past with no power try to go against odd to achieve strength and victory.
Art: 8
The art was pretty good in this series, well drawn, the key animator of this series should give themselves a pat on the back for this. Background was aesthetically beautiful, and the characters were so well made, you can see that they aren't just based with model with different color hair and eyes, they put some effort into making each character structurally different, with no disproportional body parts. Hats off to you animators, job well done.
Sound: 5
Sound pretty generic nothing very memorable as per say, the opening was ok and ending was decent but nothing that you will download into your mp3 of course. As for the voice actors, the main characters voices were well picked but Restia's voice (even though she wasn't a main) just was too kiddish, I understand they were aiming for a bit of a seductress voice, but it's a bit let down.
Character: 8
I'll list each of the main characters so you guys have a generic idea of each of them:
Claire Rouge- A tsundere Flame Elementaler, her contrated spirit is a flame cat name Scarlett. As stated she is a heavy Tsundere, instead of seeing Kamito as her crush/friend she keeps stating that he is her "slave spirit" and like most tsundere out there she's flat chested and very insecure about it. Typical right?
Rinslet Laurenfrost- Also a tsundere, but an Ice Elementaler user, her contracted spirit is a ice wolf name Fenrir. She's a girl who never truly say what she means/want, so usually her maid translate for her. She is a very prideful noble, and a close friend of Claire, even if the 2 don't admit it.
Ellis Fahrengart- Another but yet very soft tsundere, she is a Wind Elementaler, her spirit is that of a Eagle name Simorgh. She is a knight who gets flustered around Kamito easily, a good cook too, and very impressionable too, she doesn't have a bad past like the others, but her present was getting a bit muggy
Fianna Ray Ordesia- No worries she's not a tsundere, she's just a playful teaser, even though she has meaning behind her flirts. She is a Light Elementaler her spirit is like a huge knight known as Georgios. She is a "Lost Queen" a forgotten princess due to the events before the series, She knows Kamito secret alias and sometimes use that as leverage against him.
Terminus Est- The best girl in the series, ok personal opinion aside she is a spirit herself, a powerful sword spirit known as a demon slayer. She is more comedic relief and a bit of a fan service type character, suggested to have chocolate licked off of her, or having Kamito "Eat her" and always appearing naked, yet draws the line when asked about her kneesocks, which she refuses to remove. She is an ecchi but moe loli, and that's a win, I kidded of course.
Kamito Kazehaya- The main guy and one of those rare harem MC who isn't useless, not much to explain but to say this guy pretends to be dense, he just rubs off the girls antics. He is both a Dark and Light Elemantaler, Dark as for the event before the series, Light during the show, he controls Est. He's also known as a Demon Lord successor and a Demon Lord of the Bedroom.
Too many tsundere characters however, so far warning, if you don't like that character trope, you'll get a little ticked off.
Enjoyement: 7
It was good, the ecchiness was pretty soft compare to most out there, because well that wasn't the focal point and they made sure to incorporate those moments at reasonable moments, same for the comedy. They kept the action with the action, kept comedy with the comedy, they rarely ever tried to intertwine with each other, giving each scene its own focus without taking anything away from that plot use. So very well balanced, and seeing that was a bliss to enjoy.
Overall: 7
Wow usually my personal rating and my review rating ever match but it seems this time it did. Again like I said at the beginning this story is just basically the "prequel" sort to say, so for those coming from the LN to watch it will probably be boring to you, but if you came to see Est animated than by all mean have fun. I don't really have a closing statement for this, but hope you guys got something out of this, and it was helpful. As always enjoy!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 23, 2015
K-On review
And I'm back at this again drum roll please! I'm going to put my 2 sense in it so bare with me my guppies. Anyways take a seat and watch the show or in this case review, I have a nifty goal to accomplish I'll share at the end of this though. Anyways review time, yay!!!
So what do you get when you put super moe character and put them in a band? Come guys it's easy right? Obviously you get K-On of course I'm guessing the K stands for kawaii maybe, maybe not but let me dream so "Kawaii-On" got a nice ring to
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it, no? So what exactly is the band? Moe girls in a rock band? Guessing they're pulling some mean strings of twinkle twinkle little stars. And if that's what you thought, than you are totally wrong, but it's ok we all thought that at first anyways so you're not alone friend.
Story: 5
Ah yes the story, a story of a freshman highschool girl name Yui, who's so clumsy and fumbles through life, you'd be like "awwwh kawaiiiii" but be like "i worry about that girl" at the sametime. What does she want to do with her highschool life? So far no idea but her procastination paid off, and good things comes to those who wait, and after waiting for a months she finally decides to join the light music club, and save it from the bring of being disbanded, you go hero! Yui along with Mio, Tsumugi, and club president Ritsu form the new the new light music club band (who's name will be decided a little bit into the future). But yes these girls who couldn't be so odd have managed to pull one killer band, how do they do it with lack of practice, care-free members, and lack of band knowledge? We don't know but they sure got one serious hat trick, talk about pulling off awesome performances on a whim. But the story isn't anything to work up with since it's usually mashed-up with super kawaii moments, so in a way there is a lack of story but you'll be so distracted you wouldn't even notice it until you look back at it, but it is enough of a story to overlook it and feel like nothing is wrong. It's more like a give or take sort of speak.
Art: 5
Ahh yes the KyoAni animation art style always showing-off it's cute style, and it pays off. Compare to other KyoAni titles these characters are not drawn with their face completely uplifted, their face is pretty well but together, their mouth atleast isn't all the way up to where their nose is suppose to be. It's not the best animation ever however but like I said Kyoto Animation focuses more on getting the cuteness rather than getting the "realism" and that's not such a bad thing, plus that being as a music anime, of course you'll see distortion in art style for quick paced shredding of the quitar and rolling of the drums, so it makes sense to draw it that way so it won't look like it lost quality, plus chibi-ish characters is always a plus. To some up the art style it's like if Lucky Star and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (the 2009 season of course) had a baby together so it has that bit of a weird look to it.
Sound: 7
The sounds was great, being a rock 'n' roll fan, I can say without a doubt, they nail some key notes. However for such heavy metal type of symbolism, and seeing that previous band were also metal band, this generation of "light music" gives off a bit more of a pop rock type of feel. I'm not talking about that Bon Jovi feel, more like Fall out boys sort of. Still regardless rock is rock regardless of the sub-genre and they showed it with this anime. Ahh the Jimi Hendrix, what love, what love so great haha. However the songs were beautiful very catchy, and fits the characters well. They're voices in English dub wasn't all that bad, but in Jap dub they were so kawaii and so soothing to hear. Just great work on sound. Great, great, great!!
Character: 8
Such a high score, well bare with me and you'll see why. These character having their unique characteristic bouncing off of each like a pinpall machine gone crazy spewing out more pinpalls and smaking around that it gives off such a fresh feeling to it. Now of course these characters act more like elementary students instead of highschoolers, but when you look at previous KyoAni animes you will see that this pattern is alot more common, plus we become suckers and get reeled in anyways, moe characters gets our attention, of course there are people who don't feel this way, but that's ok that's their opinion and they got the right to it. Anyways let me list the charcaters for you real quick:
Yui Hirasawa: The main chika of this series, she is the lead quitarist and vocalist of the band, sounds like she's pretty top notch right? Ohh boy you are wrong, but right at the sametime. Sometimes forgetful of the things she learned while learning new things, she always finds a way to pull through, she has a die hard determination that comes second to none, despite all of her child-ish flaws, care-free and easily distracted, but yet has work ethic. How does she do it? It's on crazy on-and-off switch.
Mio Akiyama: The cutest, and voice of reason of the group, she is the bassist and secondary vocalist. When I say she is the voice reason, is because she is the only one with the most serious attitude towards the band, she does get convince to slack-off so she's not as tough as she seems out to be. She is super shy which gives off the cuteness meter everytime, also a major scary cat (so please refrain from bringing her into any scary movies) but she is very caring, and lovable and knows how to go against her weaknesses only to slap her right back in the face though.
Tsumugi Kotobuki: Super rich air-head, who is just way too nice and absent-minded. She is the keyboarder of the band. Not much about her besides being super rich, and has the power to get everyone into a calm state with her never-ending supple of cakes and tea. Some power she got there.
Ritsu Tainaka: The one who basically reformed the club, the President, and the drummer. Super wild style and extremely energetic. She is the power-house of the band, but she is also as care-free as Yui. She usually scares Mio that's like her favorite hobby, she is somewhat of a voice of reason, but those moments get killed off be Mio's reselience. That's pretty much about her.
Azusa Nakano: The newest member of the band, and second quitarist. She is basically a workaholic all she cares about is practice, practice, practice, and wonders why she joined a club with such laidback members, eventually she pulls through out of this state just enough to accept that the band is the way how it is and there is no changing that, however she still wish they practiced more.
Enjoyement: 6.5
It was a very entertaining watch, it had funny moments, cute moments, a surprising serious moment, and clutch-moments. It keeps a steady tempo (ha, see what I did there?) however the anime does feel a bit rushed especially the first half, actually the whole season, so pacing wise could've been worked so it would be more enjoyable, but it still has a good feel to it. Will you laugh your butt off? Well yeah maybe if you find the comedy humorous. Will you sing along? Only like 4 song is played and not for a long time, but hey if the music takes you away, then sing your little heart out, even if you're bad. But that aside just ask yourself this question, "can i relate myself to this anime in one way or another?" And I garuanteed you'll find enjoyement watching this; It doesn't have to be music wise, it can be struggle to accomplish something, or relate to the characters.
Overall: 6
The anime was well put together, however it needed some improvement, you can get away with kawaii moments all you want but at the end without a base you just have a story that its all over the place. They should've added more drama to it, everything was taken too lightly without the feel of consequences and that just can't happen, there's not enough struggle to make an impact. Its a fun watch but its not something that can be memorable, You can say "awwwwh this is sooo cute" till pigs can fly, but it won't change the fact that the series was missing out on alot of things, but it tried to fill the gap and that I give them credit for the effort. But try to focus on the story more give it more depth instead of filtering it with easily distracting moments.
Whew so to go back to my earlier statement of my "goal", is basically to give you guys a push to watch this anime as to me I believe it was very good, but I'm curious to see how many people look at it from my stand of view. Hope this was helpful to determine whether or not you'll watch it, thanks again for taking the time to read this, and happy watching.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 15, 2014
Oh boy Ero King Kouta is one lucky dude, nothing like getting down with the furries or monster girls whichever, but you got to envy this guy a bit I mean how many small loli-type boys you see with bodacious or in this case boobdacious extremelly horny girl fox, yokai erm thing whatever.. This is the epotome of ecchiness! Maybe its not High School DxD ecchiness, but it is up there, and sometimes wonder why in the heck there isn't a h-scene I mean they've gotten pretty close to it multiple time (I'm only speaking about the anime of course, not including the manga just
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incase someone says "but there is sort of one"). Anyways going back let me get this review started!
Story: 7
The story of a young country boy named Kouta who attends a city high school for the first time, who ends up meeting a lovely, curvacious girl named Chizuru. Of course she has a secret and shares to Kouta instantaniously. She is no other than a Yellow, White tail Yokai Fox, who just happens to be over 400 years old but only looks like a 16 year old girl of course. However the story basically goes of as a somewhat forbidden-fruitful love that begins unrequited and blossoms to both party feeling mutual, of course cause love between a Human and a Yokai its deemed unworthy and an abomination in the Yokai world, groups of yokai try to test their fate, and see if their love is truly a pure and blissful love.. As they fight side by side together or in this case inside of each other, they prove countless times that their love is strong and can overcome any obstacle! Pretty cliché if you ask me.. Why not call it Romeo & Juliet with monsters and no suicide.
Art: 6
Art style wasn't really eye catching, it could've been better but then again being a product from xebec you expect no less, it's still watchable and for it to be released in 2008 of course the animation well be a different taste compared to the anime of today of course, so in this case its falls to the fact that improvement in animation throughout the years makes this into something not really appealing, but if you watched it when it first released 6 years then, then the art would've been refreshing, however compare to other anime release that same year by other companies, that ended up looking better you might not feel the same way in this one. So in the end it just falls under preference.
Sound: 4
Ok this category is going to be attacked a bit, but then again maybe I got to take under consiteration that I watched this on English dubbed and not in Japanese. So I'm going to let that slide out of unfairness, however the sound affects will not be given that sort of treatment. Honestly it felt like the recording was made on a motorola razor from 2005, it sounded so bland, and cheezy, even in the fights where you espected to be epic it just lets you down, and the background music (ost) didn't really match up right nor fits this anime.. The opening and ending is another preference, it can be considered catchy then again to some it may not, but how this anime is the opening was nicely upbeat and in touch to how the series goes so it was a good choice of theme, however the ending was a bit unmatched, especially the musician rapid singing towards the end.
Character: 8
The characters were well rounded, enjoyable they each had those little nicks and crooks that made it entertaining to watch, and seeing the difference between Kouta and Chizuru was refreshing. Of course Kouta still falls under that accidental pervet who gets flusttered easily harem type king, so he is no exception, but the difference is he isn't totally useless. One thing is being there to being the keystone of another person power, and another is that the other person and you have to merge together to unleash true power, while its still perform as a kiss most male characters sit on the sideline and watch on, but in this case not Kouta he's on the front line and that was takes him apart from the typical harem king. As for Chizuru her character is the same as most in-loved female character who have an obsession to their love interest and does whatever to please him (where in the hell are these girls in real life???). All jokes aside the characters are lovable besides Asahina she's a prude!!(fyi that's just my opinion haha).
Enjoyement: 6
It gave me an awkward.... Whoa there buddy lets not, well it made me red, with embarrassement with such bold acts so it was a bit awkward only cause I kept forgetting Kouta was alot older than I thought. But yes seriously this was enjoyable because of the humor, why isn't it a 10 then? Cause the action scenes kind of killed it and the obvious scenes of course even though there weren't many but like I said it has your typical anime moments this anime is no exception.. However Nozomu killed me with the "hey look its cake" ah Nozomu even though you're a dandere girl, you really were hilarious in the moments you were focused on.
Overall: 6
All you ecchi, monster girl lover if you haven't watched this or planning on to, and you're only interested in the "plot" then by all mean go right ahead and watch it. For those who are into soft touched humor will a little of the perversion then give it a go, and for those into forbidden love that is tested and then conquered the once again give it a go.. If you're not into any of these things I mentioned then understand that your enjoyement of this anime will differ greatly and will probably cause you to hate yourself.. Not really but you won't find it that enjoyable but before knocking it down give it the 3 episode go if after 3 episode you don't see yourself watching it till the end then drop it, like I said overall this anime is rated average so don't expect to much out of it, beside petty enjoyement.
*Readers note
1.My experience of this does not reflect the rating so for me this was a bit boring and slow but for the review sake I but my personal opinion aside.
2. Fanservice is not and I repeat is not only when boobs and h-scene are showned that is a miscompception.. Fanservice is when the author of the series, or the producer of the anime incorporates the fan's opinion into the show.. Do not confuse ecchiness with fanservice as they are 2 different things, sometimes it can be mixed when fans demand more ecchiness in the anime/manga and the producer takes that into account. So once again quit mixing the 2 up.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 3, 2014
"Hello there devine one"
How does it feel to be a god? A god who can conquer any woman, regardless of diffulculty? One who has the power to change the girl's heart! But wait a minute! What if I tell you that this guy name Keima Katsuragi, can do just that.. Well he can, only to 2-D girls of course. Hey it takes alot of work and dedication to conquer a girl in those dating sims so don't bash! But what if you were to be those gaming skills to the test? Against oh I don't know.. Real girls maybe? Well that's up to you to
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Story: 7
Well apart from being a nerdy gamer who is obsess with conquering 2-dimensional girls, this story is rather unique, not like any other anime has ever went in the same direction, but somehow this one just feels different. The nerdy gamer of course is the guy I mentioned before Keima Katsuragi, and the story goes like this. Keima, agrees to a contract in which he misunderstood (he should had kept an open mind but oh well), from there a demon appears known as Elucia de Lute Ima a.k.a. Elsie (I will direct her as Elsie throughout the review). Why does she appear? Well it's her job to gather souls, not everyone souls, just the bad that escaped from the demon world and took residence within girls, in specific the girl's heart, now Keima against his will must using his gaming skills to wooh those girls who are possessed thus releasing the souls and everything returning back to normal, if he fails to do so, well as the Monarch leaders during the medieval ages "off with his head!" Sorry this is sounding more like a summary... Back on track, this story is a bit mediocre but it works! And that's why we're drawn to it, because of the otaku dating sim gamer, it's relatable to current japanese citizen who are too addict to these games, so this story draws out the relatebility of that. (Gosh I hope that made sense).
Art: 6
Art/animation style its ehhh tolerable, not wow, but then again not awful. However the anime draws in the typical disproportional element of anime, like chibi characters, eyes that are all circle white when surprise or sad, stuff you mainly see in comedy anime of course. Does it fit well with the anime? Yes, but something felt odd about it somehow and that I can't ged my head wrapped around it.. The appearence of the characters normally animated looks well as well as the color though some character should have gotten a lighter saturation, but the again it could've just been the computer.
Sound: 4
Sound, well if you're talking about voice acting the sub wins in this one, however in the dubbed version listening to Elsie's voice makes it worth it and that's where the 4 comes in. As for the soundtrack its not that appealing and the opening just makes you want to turn away, the ending is kawaii however, so it contrast each other between negative and positives... Some sounds are bliss and some just are not.
Character: 7
Now this part I can get into, the characters in this series are well made. Each girls besides Chihiro, have a backstory that helps you better understand the girls and why they act the way they do, it just gives the character more depth, and that as viewers is what we like to see a way to know who the character truly is. As for character change, well don't expect them from the main characters of Keima and Elsie cause they don't need change, however all the girls that was conquered haven changed in somewhat, either by attitude, or communication, just in someway.. Finally supporting characters get the love they deserve, cause without them there is no story, so good job. However the character that draws you into this anime the most is the happy-go lucky, loving, moe-ish girl Elsie, she's just the most adorable thing ever! I was more drawn into her then Keima.
Enjoyement: 7
There were some dull moments especially towards the ending but let me stop it right. But there was funny moments and that is what we got to look at, there's more positives than negatives in this anime, and letting those negative aspect affect you, will in fact get in the way of you actually enjoying this anime, just let it go at first and you'll like this anime, then complain about it afterwards, it appeals to a wide-broad of audience, it's innocent enough for younger audience, romantic for lovey-dovey audience, and relatable for the gamer audience. It appeals to all and that's what makes this anime so enjoyable.
Overall: 6
Yeah it seems low especially for how much praise I give it, but like i've said there are some negatives to it that may interfere with your judgement. However it's good, relatable besides the parts of catching souls, and thrilling as you get glued into the story. Especially for a harem that isn't ecchi, it's a B average material, but hey give it a try regardless, I hope most you enjoy this as much as I had, and let me know what you think!
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Nov 21, 2014
"May the world know peace" is the key qoute of this series.
This series is one multiple personality disorder gone berserk, well not really berserk just pretty much loopy, basically it pretty much takes you on a trippy ride which will have you confuse as to which side is up or left.. Even that line didn't make sense. But got to say this series was a bit surprising I honestly thought this had a dark element to it, but actually it was pretty light, by the way this anime is superrr ecchi so for those who don't like gropping some tittay, white stuff on girls, or
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girls accidently falling and revealing all their glory then I got news for you, you have a functioning brain... Not I kidded of course but seriously stay away if you're not an ecchi fan, and for those who are oh give this one a go. Anyways time for the review K ok lets gooo!
Story: 7
Not the first anime to implement Multiple Personality Disorder, but it's one of those that can take that kind of subject and make it laughable. The story is about a boy name Youji Haneda who basically can say locked himself away from the world, however to keep his little sister happy Kobato Haneda, three new personality kicks in to keep her happy or in this case to implement the phase "may the world know peace" they take the form of Takashi a submissive and sickly boy who escapes into a fantasy world, Shuusuke a what do you call those a one directioner impersonator? Nah he's just a charmer boy, and last but not least Hayato, so like a emo-ish dark fella kind of but not really... Oh by the way there is a fourth one Karura a king who is a little coo-coo if ya ask me. Anyways the story really revolves around those three more and each of them with their own little side-quest and a lovely lady to keep them company if ya know what I mean ;).
Art: 7
Pretty generic but at the same well-done, each character looked thoughfully made and not like they were thrown together like if they were frankenstein.. The animation was great easy on the eyes and kepted steady to keep the lightness of the show which was good then again the characters during the serious moment was also animated beautifully.
Sound: 5
I feel like I have heard half of those background music before but can't seem to remember from where, so as originality goes it was a thumps-down but then again it fit well with the anime, however the opening was good not great but it was good.. The voice acting, well since I listened to it in english dubbed I can just say it was well, characters and voices fit well with each other so no complain I should try and listen to japanese version see which one is better but for now emglish dub was good.
Characters: 7
Even though the real developement was Youji and it was focus on him I still felt that the characters around him we're very well developed to the point that there was no need for a character change for anyone because all the characters fight in so well, the only one that needed to knock some sense into was Youji, cause Takashi, Shuusuke, and Hayato were all great and olayed their roles well enough said.
Enjoyment: 10
Um hello fanservice! What else can I say even an almost H-scene not once but twice and I didn't felt weird about it hurray!! But seriously it was enjoyable, it was funny to watch it had me laughing in every episode. I could've finished this series in one sitting but being busy and not wanting to finish it so fast I had to delay it but honestly I just want to watch more of it.
Overall: 7
It was a good series not gonna lie but like I said in the intro its very ecchi so if that's not your thing then you're not going to enjoy it unless you can tolerate it then good for you. But for those who don't care and you just want to watch something new or ecchi or funny or just don't care you just want to watch anything cause you're so damn bored! Well give this series a try and hopefully you'll get the same thrilling experience and for those who don't and disagree with me well I apologies for the inconvenience.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 10, 2014
Pretty girls, tanks, and big boom, what more can you ask for? Girls und Panzer breaks away from your typical schoolgirls with guns plus fanservice into schoolgirls with tanks minus the fanservice. And they did not fail to deliver!
Tankery is the name of the sport, but for these girls its a way of life. Tankery help these girls to become strong, graceful, and indepent woman. But like every sport there's always those tough challenges to face, and one of those is dealing with a strong opponent and being the underdog who strives to win it all and show the world that they too can play
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with the big kids, and this is no exception for Miho Nishizumi. Ok lets begin the review.
Story: 8
It's a simple story not very complex so its easy to follow and understand. The story does deliver, like I said it's the same old sports story, where you're the underdog and surprise everyone by beating the top players, however there is a twist. The underdog school Oarai High School is facing closure and the student council is desperate to save their school, so they decide to re-establish the old club of tankery and force Miho (who was a tankerer at her old school and is the daughter and sister of the most popular tankerers) to join the tankery club, and then this set off the chain event to come, from Miho becoming the commander for her team, to surprising everyone with her tactical skills and beating other teams that were more skillful and stronger, to (well not going to spoil it for now this is a review not a summary).
Art: 8
Mostly for how much effort they put into detailing the tanks, and how they kept the animation consistent even in fast paced action, not like other anime that for some reason degrades the art style in an epic battle *cough* Naruto tail cloak vs pain *cough* but anyways Girls und panzer did great with consistency and that's a A+ in my book.
Sound: 7
Not every time you hear old classical WW2 music during an anime, and it fit well! Most of the tanks were old school ww2 tanks anyways so you can see why its appropiate, it had its intensity when it needed to and its mellow tone when things slimmer down, and the opening gets you into the start very catchy and might stick in your head for awhile.
Character: 7
Too many characters but it makes sense when you figure how many crew members per tanks and the number of tanks there were. But the characters were a bit bland at some point especially the volleyball team and the newest team who played a mmo tank game and was the first to be taken out, those 2 weren't very memorable, as for developement they kept it focus more on the main gals of the story which is a good thing since we're more focus on them. The team of anglerfish was great and they worked so well for a group of people that were so completely different in everyway yet were pieces that connected very well, and helped Niho the main chika become more of a leader and dependable character.
Enjoyement: 8
The intense moment will have you glued to the screen routing for Oarai high to come out on top. This anime its very enjoyable they do have there humor moments but this anime is more of a willpower to fight on type. And you will feel that way too(I do not reccommend you to get on a tank and pull of those stunts you might be amd could killed) but anyways the battle were great, you learn alot believe it or not, and you would grow to like the characters and route for them.
Overall: 7.6
Not much to say really its very enjoyable and fun to watch its something different but you'll like it. You might want to play world of tanks after because of this though. But anyways give it a shot its worth it could've been a bit longer atleast 24-26 episodes but hey can't complain.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 18, 2014
So what can i say about maken-ki 2? Well let me put it in its simplefest description... Boobs.
Yes boobs, its a whole titty feast, an all you can see boobie galore. Most people watch shows for the story and plot but in this anime the 'plot' never seems to fail, it comes hitting you and all directions. I'm a boob man myself i love them! But even i draw the line in this, can you believe it? Too much boobs? What? Well yes just too much and their appearance never makes sense at all! Like there is no need to jiggle them in all direction
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when you're just standing there doing nothing! Also some of these titties make the girls look completely dispropotional it doesn't make sense at all! How the hell do they find the energy to lift their chest, run, sleep, etc! That's just sheer willpower right there, i swear of one of them girls fall their tatas would come down to earth and make an impact greater than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosuars all those million of years ago.
Oh and for those who love panty shots, don't worry just as season 1 did before there's plenty so don't get dissapointed, just the first episode alone hits you with 7! I repeat 7 panty shots in under 8 minutes of the episode.
This anime define the sub-genre fan service i'm honestly surprise that there isn't full nudity i think that's the biggest surprise there is! Anyways enough of titty talks let get down to business for those who actually care about the story and not the 'plot' but the plot.
Story: 1
The story as like an episode that doesn't feature boobs, was none existence. From capturing a pervet to cliché memory lost (or in this case stole) to student/teacher taboo love. You name it, each episode was a short way of becoming a hentai that's the only story behind this anime, just a bunch of wacked-out antics every episode; no main villians, no true motive or purpose to gain basically this whole season is one major ova special is all. The fact that it even lasted 10 episodes is a feat on in itself, such a waste of money that could've went to a production of a much worthy anime. Also its been 2 seasons now and i'm still confuse about the whole maken and element power, why must you be so greedy have 1 power/weapon not 2 who the hell you think you are maken-ki?
Art: 2
Its the only thing that is good, but its not like its that great anyways! Most animes improve their art style over the years/seasons, this one kept it pretty generic. However the girls just look completely disproportion and its a total eyesore.
Sound: 4
Trust me as far as the ost goes there is none that sticks to your head honestly, I know I won't be getting on youtube searching for the ost. The opening song is just as boring and plain as it get, it puts you to sleep before the show starts, they conteract this by zooming into haruko's boobs multiple times just to keep you awake, and as for the ending just the same just more titties is all.
Character: 3
No developement what-so ever so that's out the window, the characters seem more bland then before! Takeru is not even the main focus yet he and haruko are the face of this series yet what was the point about them even being in this season? Trust me they were as boring as most recurring character that appear out of no where with no explanation yet dissapear into the light leaving no impact.
Enjoyement: 3
Honestly it would've just made sense if they would've just made this into a hentai honestly, nothing about this anime entertained me at all. Honestly i suffered watching the first season readying a gun to my head, how in the world did i think this season would've been different, regardless i gave it a shot and honestly these will be the 2 days i'll never get back.. I'm dissapointed that I even gave this a try and actually thought it would be good oh boy... Trust me on this if you have to choose between watching you grandma's back or watching this for enjoyement! Well i got news there's a window right there so run away as fast as you can. (You have been warned).
Overall: 2.6 out of 10
I honestly don't know what else to say, but still if you guys want to give it a try cause you're drawn in to the 'plot' go right ahead, our experience may differ, as they say one man's trash is another person's treasure or something like that so who knows maybe you might enjoy, however i do recommend not to fap as those "sexy" scenes only last for like 20 seconds, but if you still find it fappable then wank away my little gupies.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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