Grisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu 0

Having attended Mihama Academy for about a year, Yuuji Kazami has seemingly found his place within the school, but he suddenly decides to pursue a promotion in CIRS. After consulting JB about his intentions, they both thoroughly examine Yuuji's documents and dissect the events of his upbringing to determine if the job is fit for him.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the two, the girls of Mihama uncover some torn documents in Yuuji's room. After restoring the papers, they discover the story that has formed—or perhaps broken—Yuuji into the man he is today. However, what was thought to be history has haunted him to the present, and the chains of the past begin to drag him back into the darkness...

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Adaptation:	Grisaia no Meikyuu: Sanctuary Fellows
Prequel:	Grisaia no Kajitsu
Sequel:	Grisaia no Rakuen
Side story:	Grisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu 0 - Takizono Basketball Club no Nama Cream Party!

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Kazami, Yuuji

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Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Kazami, Kazuki

Supporting

Tomonaga, Akane
Japanese

Matsushima, Michiru

Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori
Japanese

Kusakabe, Asako

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Mizusawa, Kei
Japanese

Suou, Amane

Supporting

Taguchi, Hiroko
Japanese

Sakaki, Yumiko

Supporting

Tanaka, Ryouko
Japanese

Komine, Sachi

Supporting

Shimizu, Ai
Japanese

Irisu, Makina

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Tamiyasu, Tomoe
Japanese

Harudera, Yuria

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Narumi, Erika
Japanese

Tachibana, Chizuru

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Yanase, Natsumi
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Ogura, Mitsutoshi

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Yamazaki, Asuka

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Ueki, Tatsuya

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Kosuge, Hidenori

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Jun 19, 2016

TheOddFox

Recommended

The parent to this prequel is Grisaia no Kajitsu, I thought it was good but there could of been some serious improvement. At first I felt Grisaia no Meikyuu was going to be the same, an unnecessary attachment to the series HOWEVER, I was proven wrong and proven wrong very strongly.

There was so much character development and I felt there was so much more value to the main character then ever. I really understand all who, what, where, when.

I was shockingly impressed by this prequel and I would suggest to anyone who watched Grisaia no Kajitsu to give Grisaia no Meikyuu a chance, you won't ...

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Jan 13, 2024

Szandor

Mixed Feelings

I normally don't write reviews for single episode shows that are just part of a larger series, but I'll make an exception here since I do have a few things to say about this. So what is it that compels me to write about what is essentially just episode one of the sequel show? Well...

- Story & Theme
One criticism I had about the first series was that it didn't really focus a lot on the protagonist and this time around it's the opposite. This is the big backstory episode where you get to learn all about Yuuji Kazami and who he is. The problem is ... again that the story is just about the story and never really the characters. There is little actual growth or change beyond what is expected and while we get to see many new characters they all fade away quickly from the mind. The protagonist is still a Gary Stu and this time around there is quite a lot more fanservice and implied sex between people of inappropriate ages and inappropriate positions of power. There's a large serving of male fantasy scenarios written for and by people who, most likely, have little to no actual experience with anything like it. The incest vibes are strong too and the bad taste from the first series was quickly replaced with a worse taste from this episode.

- Characters & Writing
Did I mention that Yuuji is a Gary Stu? Because he is such a Gary Stu. He is good at almost everything he does, instantly liked and adored by all women and quickly end up in what seems to be the wet dream of any 13-year old boy. At times he comes off as an autistic savant, but then he is shown to have a good grasp of social interaction and none of the problems. There is no real tention anywhere because of this, coupled with the fact that it's a prequel story so we already know what will happen to him. The rest of the characters suffer from being written only to play up the protagonist and there are plenty of situations where people do things that simply does not make sense.

- Style & Presentation
Nothing special here. The animation is fine, the music is fine, the style is fine and so on, so forth.

- Conclusion
In all, this isn't a great episode and while a bit of background is needed for the next series to make sense it isn't handled very good. Parts of it are entertaining while others are plain boring or just bad. Nothing really stands out here and the pacing and timeline is all over the place. If you want to watch the series that comes next this episode is, unfortunately, required viewing but if you're on the fence I can tell you that while the series that follows is better than this it's only better than the first series in some regards and worse in others.

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Jun 24, 2023

whiteflame55

Not Recommended

Backstory for the MC, this one starts strong, but quickly decides it's going to give him the most disturbing backstory it can, and then it loses me. The show goes out of its way to add reasons for him to be traumatized, and while I like good suffering in my MCs, this one just felt absurd. All I could think was that there's no way he comes out of this being any kind of OK, and frankly, it still doesn't make sense. I have a better opinion of it now that I've seen S2 because it at least gave more context for it, but I ...

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