Date A Live

Date A Live is an otaku-centric franchise―you have the twin-tailed imouto, another twin-tailed bishoujo (who is a yangire gothic lolita), the girl-from-another-world-who-is-detrementally-naïve-about-everyday-Earthian-life (very similar to Lum from Urusei Yatsura and Lala Satalin Deviluke from To Love Ru; same trope), the list goes on. This series has a lot of character designs with twin-tails or ponytails, because, like the great Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya once said, “Ponytails turn me on.”

• Similar to The World God Only Knows, another series that’s mainly in circulation because of otakus wanting more of their fetishes pandered to, the main character is able to choose visual novel screen options ... when talking to the female protagonists, and―unlike the other show’s lack of purpose with the conceptーthe protagonist in Date A Live, is acting as the central arbiter to all of the girls’ arcs; he practically goes on dates with these extremely powerful, deity-like women to quell their powers and keep them from bringing calamity onto the planet, or whichever dimension that he exists in!

• With the exception of a couple of character arcs, most of the girls are likable and have eidetic designs. I usually don’t care for harem storylines, but unlike the usual “girls fighting each other for the protagonist’s attention” stereotype, this series is a little more sophisticated than typical cat-fight drama and, instead, focuses more on linear routes, like what you would see in an actual visual novel.

• In my opinion, I liked Season 2 of Date A Live more than Season 1 because of the addition of Miku AND shit gets real with Tohka’s character arc! Tohka, Kotori, and Kurumi all had very good world lines in Season 1, but I liked that season less because of the focus on Yoshino and Origami, who I found to be the most annoying characters in the franchise!

• Yoshino was an adorable loli that I wanted to like for her design, but I couldn’t get over the fact that her creepy rabbit puppet talks in her place and has an older male voice. I think she would be a gazillion times cuter without the weird, uncanny valley (ventriloquism) sub-plot! As for Origami, she’s just a perverted, manly, solider woman―who’s entire purpose is to get the protagonist to have freaky sex with her… this gets annoying in the middle of a serious plot; that being said, I do admit that her OVA is ridiculously funny and will be appealing to anyone who can enjoy absurdist sexual humor!

• I agree with the majority of Date A Live fans, when they say that Kurumi didn’t get enough of an appearance in Season 2 (her role is more like a cameo, rather than that of a character that’s written to be important)―despite being the character with the most fascinating abilities and crux; despite that, her OVA more than made up for her lack of presence during that chronicle in the series! It’s short, sweet, romantic, and tragic; it perfectly incapsulates Kurumi’s unstable disposition and leaves room for questions and intrigue―as far as what her role in the story will be!

• The Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement movie isn’t worth mentioning, it seems estranged from the franchise with its uninteresting plotline and blasé leitmotif; I see this film as Studio IMS standing on its last leg! And boy, did it show! The movie’s quality looked like a Korean, bootleg imitation of Date A Live, rather than something associated with TV series and OVAs. The only purpose in watching the movie is seeing (the new girl) Mayuri’s character design; it basically suffers from all of the issues that I had with Nanoha: Resurrection.

• Overall, Date A Live is probably my favorite harem series in anime; Monogatari has a couple of good arcs, but Date A Live is more tasteful and isn’t as pretentious. It’s charming, cute, not too raunchy, amazing character designs, an interesting plot and female cast―to top it off! I rate the first season a 6/10, the second season a 7/10, the Origami OVA a 6/10, Date A Live: Mayuri Judgement a 3/10, and the Kurumi OVA a 7/10.

• SN: The studio that produced season two, the Date A Live movie, and the Kurumi OVA, Studio IMS, went out of business. Fingers crossed that season three will still be good! ☆

It's basically a guy playing a dating sim in real life. What's not to get?

To be fair though, There were some aspects that made it stand out, which I understood was the basis of ecchi/harem structure used today. While I admit that it had similar elements as your typical E/H series, it did give way to all the characters having screen time. Most series would've placed them in the background, but this series kept the characters "alive".

If there's one thing I liked, it's the BGM. It truly resembled the theme of a dating sim (cute and bubbly) while not forgetting the serious themes embedded in ... the series.

Overall, it was okay. After all, you don't always get to see a guy date a live spirit!

Date A Live...
Quite a quirky and weird anime. I am NOT going out for judging y'alls interests in this 'cause it's of course Harem, Comedy, Mecha, Romance, School and Sci-Fi... So that in one I can see why people like it so much.

It has its cringy but amusing moments, the anime in it isn't THAT good at making up the story itself though not gonna lie. But of course I'm no one to judge.

Art 'n' sound: The art and sound is amazing!
Story: It's decent I'd say, cringe and amusing in one as I said, but it is not something I'd watch over and over again.
Character(s): ... Everything is amazing, personalities etc.
Enjoyment: It was hard choosing but I'd choose the enjoyment for this an 8 or 10 not gonna lie...
Overall: A decent 5.

I don't have quite so much to say about this anime, but do I reccommend this anime?; Hard to say from me, but YES if you do enjoy these kind of cringe/funny animes with a weird story to it.

Alright let me be clear is this anime good. No, their's to much fan service, far too much is unexplained, the story is straight up dumb like really dumb, the main character is generic as hell and not the only one. If you come to this anime expecting to see something legitimately good you will be disappointed.

On the other hand if you made it past the first five minutes I can only assume that's not what your looking for in this anime. If you like me came to this anime with the mindset that your about to watch a stupid anime, overloaded with far ... too many cliches and far to much wish fulfillment, then I think you'll be delightfully surprised. Some of the characters are actually pretty fun and some of the character interactions are actually pretty sweat and emotional. To the shows credit it actually is pretty funny sometimes, overall it's a fun watch and ocasionally it actually crosses over into being legitimately good once in a blue moon. The spirits character designs are actually legitimately good, especially nightmares.

It's not a good anime but I wouldn't call it a bad one.

Well... Let's start with this.
I dislike harem anime and don't like fan service. And I only watched this because of the Anime Watching Challenge (ecchi/harem anime).

The story was ok, although uh, the sudden "she's the X??" etc. was like 'okayy"

It wasn't all that bad. The action was pretty good, the opening song was great, I am not a big fan of naked girls and stuff, but okay... I knew what I was getting myself into.

The art, besides that, was great, I mean, even with that it was pretty good too. As I said, I liked the opening song, the OST (original soundtrack) was good ... as well. Characters, well, they were diverse, although the harem was quite interested in the main harem guy, as harems usually work that way.

I did enjoy most of it. Honestly my biggest dislike was the fan service and harem, but it was made to be a harem anime, and so I did not factor that into my overall review score.

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he anime that's like a romantic comedy mixed with a dash of sci-fi and a sprinkle of supernatural. And let me tell you, it's a ride that's almost as wild as my final task.

The animation is decent, nothing to write home about, but it gets the job done. I'll give it a solid 7/10, like a mediocre Tinder date.

Now, the character development is there, but it's not exactly groundbreaking. It's like watching a teenager go through puberty - it's awkward, but you know it's necessary. So, a 7/10 for that.
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The story is where this anime shines. It's like a rollercoaster of emotions, with twists and turns that'll make your head spin. I'll give it an 8/10, like a good cup of coffee.

The art style is impressive. It's like a beautiful painting that you'd see in a museum, except it's animated. So, an 8.5/10 for that.

The voice over work is solid. The actors do a good job of bringing their characters to life, but it's not exactly award-winning material. So, an 8/10 for that.

Now, the music is where this anime falls short. It's like listening to a middle school band try to play a Beethoven symphony. It's just not great. I'll give it a 3.6/10, like a soggy sandwich.

Overall, I had a good time watching "Date A Live." It's not perfect, but it's definitely worth a watch. So, I'll give it an 8/10 for enjoyment experience.

And the final score for "Date A Live" is a 7.4/10, like a second-hand car that's seen better days. But hey, sometimes those cars can be the most fun to drive.

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Anime ini seperti komedi romantis yang dicampur dengan sedikit sains-fiksi dan sedikit unsur supernatural. Dan biarkan saya memberi tahu Anda, pengalamannya hampir sama liar dengan tugas akhir saya.

Animasinya cukup bagus, tidak ada yang luar biasa, tapi cukup memadai. Saya akan memberinya skor 7/10, seperti kencan Tinder yang biasa saja.

Perkembangan karakter ada, tetapi tidak begitu luar biasa. Seperti menonton seorang remaja mengalami masa pubertas - canggung, tetapi Anda tahu itu penting. Jadi, skor 7/10 untuk itu.

Ceritanya adalah tempat di mana anime ini bersinar. Ini seperti rollercoaster emosi, dengan belokan dan tikungan yang akan membuat kepala Anda berputar. Saya akan memberinya skor 8/10, seperti secangkir kopi yang enak.

Gaya seninya mengesankan. Ini seperti lukisan indah yang biasa Anda lihat di museum, kecuali ini dianimasikan. Jadi, skor 8,5/10 untuk itu.

Pekerjaan pengisi suaranya solid. Para aktor melakukan pekerjaan yang baik dalam memberikan kehidupan pada karakter mereka, tetapi bukan materi yang layak untuk memenangkan penghargaan. Jadi, skor 8/10 untuk itu.

Sekarang, musiknya adalah kelemahan dari anime ini. Seperti mendengarkan band sekolah menengah mencoba memainkan simfoni Beethoven. Tidak bagus. Saya akan memberinya skor 3,6/10, seperti roti lusuh.

Secara keseluruhan, saya memiliki waktu yang baik saat menonton "Date A Live". Tidak sempurna, tetapi pasti layak ditonton. Jadi, saya akan memberinya skor 8/10 untuk pengalaman kesenangan.

Dan skor akhir untuk "Date A Live" adalah 7,4/10, seperti mobil bekas yang sudah melihat masa-masa yang lebih baik. Tapi hei, terkadang mobil-mobil seperti itu bisa menjadi yang paling menyenangkan untuk dikendarai.

Much like the half-season of this anime I've seen, nothing in this review checks out.

This anime is the culmination of the phrase "greater than the sum of its parts" because even though it's a fine show everything in it is reminiscent of diarrhea. Watered down and crappy. The story is exactly as you'd expect; repetitive. Within the first six episodes we have two forced main characters split up and then get back together and I couldn't care less about it.

The main character is serviceable, I guess, but everyone else is just window dressing or an asshole, which does not make for a pleasurable viewing experience.

The ... animation is okay but looks terrible by modern standards, the sound is fine, and my enjoyment of it was almost nonexistent. And yet, everything I've heard about this series suggests that it gets better with time, but I'm going to give it a 7 as an act of mercy and so that I don't have any guilt over not finishing it.