Taboo Tattoo

Lelouch's dad once said, "Notto disu shitto agen." Well, that's exactly what i was thinking while watching Taboo Tattoo.

Justice! Heroism! Friendship! And middle schoolers!? In a battle to save the world, our middle school justice-loving protagonist conveniently receives the most powerful tattoo. This Tattoo has the power to create black holes and, of course, Seigi uses it for justice and protecting his loved ones... But what actually happens in this story when you put a naive middle schooler and his powerless childhood friend in the middle of a war to save the world...? Well, my friend, people die.

Ah yes, Taboo Tatoo: an anime where the ... main protagonists are cliché, enemies are crazy in addition to being cliché, and cliché female characters bombard you with a huge amount of fanservice. Take those elements, add in a dash of "mediocre plot", a pint "stupid protagonists", sprinkle on the "plot conveniences, and then put it in the oven for 12 episodes. VOILA! Oven baked and ready for viewers.

Story: 6/10
Walking down a street at night you see an old man being harassed. Normally you have several options and would probably choose to either call the police or keep walking, but not if you're our 15 year old cliché martial artist justice-loving protagonist. That's right, you've gotta "save the old guy". Unfortunately, this is where our protagonist goes wrong. That old fart then forces a super rare "Tatoo" upon him that grants him the power to make black holes, and we all know that Tattoos can't be removed easily.

Now it's time to talk about Bluesy Fluesy... Firstly, who the hell named her that? I'm thinking that some douchebag was probably just shitting down on the toilet thinking "Meh, she's American... Whatever, ima just call her fcking Bluesy Fluesy." Anyways, the main character gets his ass kicked by her and becomes wrapped up in a secret world-wide battle to collect the Tattoos from those who misuse them. (Pretty Mediocre of a Premise) The battles often cause people to lose limbs, so I guess you could say it's relatively graphic.

The comedy made me laugh occasionally throughout the anime, that's definitely a plus.

The pacing was... okay... we get a rather slow start that gives you a shounen feeling, but then... SHIT SUDDENLY HITS THE FAN and there's a time leap. From a busty super-sexual royalty girl villain to a loli schrodinger's-cat-like character, this show has it (fanservice) all. Overall, I felt the story itself wasn't really that interesting there's only a few ways these type of stories can go. Train, power up, overcome, maybe fail once or twice, win or lose in the end. There's nothing special here, but the battles were good and there were interesting character relationships.

Overall, I think it's a good enough story that killed my boredom. 7/10

Characters: 4/10
Besides the main character, and massive amounts of cliché archetypes, the characters were actually pretty good... I absolutely loved when the enemy characters got screen time (Arya and BB were the best chars in this series), but you most likely won't be getting any new favorite characters from this anime unless you're a new watcher. Arya, the main villain girl, was the most interesting character in the show with a decent amount of depth behind her character, with reasons that were actually pretty logical. Really didn't enjoy "naive-middle-school-hero" Justice or "this-useless-dumbfuck-wants-to-be-by-him-even-during-life-threatening-danger" childhood friend. Cliché protagonists. Everywhere. 4/10. But--- The villains were an interesting 7/10, so it averages as a 6/10 in my books.

Art: 8/10
The art was actually pretty good. I genuinely enjoyed watching the fight scenes because of the art.

Fanservice. There's a lot of fanservice. Arya even randomly gropes boobs and engages in lesbian sex. There are also a ton of low-angle shots where you can get a nice view of some Bluesy ass.

Although there's no nudity. Some people argue that it takes away from the anime, others are straight males (jk) but i don't think it really interfered that much. Well-drawn scenes, okay animation, and great special effects so it's good enough to give an 8

Sound: 6/10
As a musician, I'm always listening to an anime's background music. Honestly, I only slightly remember the piano piece and liked the main theme, the rest weren't unique or noticeable. The fighting sounds and music definitely enhanced the exciting moods that they were trying to convey. The sound was okay...

Enjoyment: 7/10
Although I disliked most of the protagonists, thought the entire series was cliche, and not much happened that I didn't expect, I actually did enjoy watching this series. As an action and supernatural anime fan, my expectations were met while watching it. Fanservice was a plus for me, but it may be a minus for you. It helped kill some time for me :).

Overall: I give it a 6 overall. It's a decent recent anime that's good enough to kill some time, but has annoying characters everywhere and takes itself way too seriously. Some of the characters were so stupid that it felt like their deaths felt kind of comedic in nature.

But in all seriousness, I wouldn't want to watch disu shitto agen...

I'd probably watch a season two if it came out though~

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Basically
The starting episodes from 1 to 5 was really good. But then the ending episodes just sucked pure and utter ass. The opening and ending songs are really awesome, since I discovered this anime through osu.
The anime started off with a strong beginning, strong buildup in episode 1, so it got you into the anime.
But then, from each episode to the next, you're absolutely lost, you have no idea what happened because they don't start from the scene from the previous episode but from a scene which is 3 days after that scene. The timeskip from episode 10 to episode 11 of 1 year was ... stupid.
The anime was rushed, the story wasn't allowed to develop since it didn't have the episodes needed to develop, it was too rushed. If developed properly, this anime would have been a great enjoyment to watch.
I also hated the fact that put in jokes within serious scenes, what is the point of that?
The ending episodes and their CGI animation, absolutely horrible.
A great start finishing with a terrible ending.

Pretty average anime to be honest. It started of interesting, with main character being just a normal guy who is minding his own business until he gets a tattoo which gives him a unique ability called void maker.

Near the end of the anime it is kinda boring, what makes it worse is when you reach the final episode you see the main villain is defeated then on last few minutes she is shown as alive... It brings the thought into your mind, "what the fuck was all that for then?"

Overall just "meh" type of anime, not bad but not good either.

This anime had so much potential but fell very fall from my liking after the first 5 episodes. It's just so confusing to watch, they don't explain jack in taboo taboo. on almost every episode i had to go back to the previous episode bc i was confused on what was going on , but even after going back i couldn't figure what was going on. It moves to fast, and doesn't elaborate very well. If they went back and re did it like full-metal alchemist i would be happier with the result. I still don't know what is going on

Want an anime about 'Murica? You got it! This show is all about americans going to Japan to gather tattoos. As dumb as that sounds, it's actually the whole idea of the series.

Now, you might think this series is an action-packed series with spectacular graphics and compelling story line. Yes, it has spectacular graphics. Yes, it's action-packed. But if there's one thing this series doesn't have, it's a good story. The series focused so much on action that plot-building hardly occur in the show. And when they do, they shorten the fighting scenes and add fillers. In terms of plot sequences, this anime didn't do ... a good job.

To make up for that, however, it had characters that stood out more than it should. The side characters in the series were quirky and strong despite not having much to do with the advancement of the story. I also liked how they didn't discriminate/look down on female characters. Both sexes had equal roles in the story.

To be honest, I didn't enjoy it that much. Sure, there were scenes that really blew my mind. But along the way, I was just watching it and asking, "What the heck is going on right now?". If you're into anime filled with action, then I recommend this title. But really, it's just an anime about tattoos containing powers and stuff.

Overall this show wasn't bad. The characters were unique and fun to follow. That was what I thought until the last few episodes. The pacing became horrible and the time skip ruined a lot of character development. The pacing felt really rushed, like they only planned half of the show all the way through. The show was trying to be too many things at once. There was romance, humor, action, revenge, and all this other stuff. But none of it was really fleshed out throughout the story. The characters had a lot of potential (Izzy), but was ruined by bad writing. I was hoping for ... more when I started this series. When I finished was was left in a pool of disappointment.

Travis Scott once said “I grew up here my whole life. I was inspired by Astroworld. In ‘05 when they took it away, it kind of like took a big piece of my heart away,”.

This anime took away the pleasure of being a great anime. Episode 1 was good, however everything changed after the next episode. Absolute trash. I came here looking at a sypnosis that seems to be very interesting and different unlike many other stories, however they try filling minutes in with unnecessary fillers that weren't funny or made me even flinch. You can tell they tried soo hard fan servicing, but they ... cant because its impossible for them.

i rarely write a review, but i write it for guide if you cannot decide watch it or not.

if you a fans of martial art, it may suitable for you, because so many martial art showed every episode and you never bored watch that part. but i must warn you if you looking for a good show because so many thing doesn't support the art itself.

i can say the story is a fatality, unstable pace and some part doesn't connect with the other part may the main reason to drop it and there so many unnecessary fanservice which disturb the enjoyment of the show.

for ... the character, rest than Izzy is a bad development, because i can't get the charm of main character and so many twin character, it make me confused.

for me enjoyment depend to story and character development, so it became a mediocre show. i would put 6/10.

the conclusion don't watch it unless you just looking for martial art and has low expectation from the show.

Wow where do i even start for this...execution? Story? The awful animation in the later episodes? Or how about the direction of this train wreck and where it went wrong...

Story = poo emoji (5)
Normally when i watch a series that's trash I almost never take it serious. Basically like J.C. Staff(studio behind this series) who never took this series seriously from the very beginning. It becomes evident when the direction of the series' story sorta fell apart with the introduction of the princess and her lackeys.

Art ...How? (4)
...How? how do you go from one of the most visually appealing series of the season to the ... worst? I understand having budgeting issues and a quality drop. That normally happens but this was just awful. When you get slashed in the face and permanently lose your eye sight, I want to see gashes on where your eyes used to be. I don't want to see this fucker with his eyes closed as if he gotten something in them -_-
*sigh* Blood stains...So i'm thinking these guys are magical when I don't see blood on their clothes after they heal...I mean it's the simple little things dude...J.C. really went lazy with this simple shit...

Sound(7)
In the midst of mediocrity, there is a glimpse of decency within the music. Other than sound effects taking a break every so often...The music was well used and OP and ED songs were pleasant to here...I feel so bad for May'n's song "Belief" being used for such a train wreck series...this OP was amazing and I loved it. The OST served its purpose for the specific points and "key moments" for the series

Character just...no (2)
Seigi's character just screams plot convenience...
Seigi who "conveniently" knows martial arts "conveniently" saves a man who gives him a power known as a tattoo which inevitably throws him into this entire situation...
Everyone else however falls into the category of incomplete for me. Little to no character depth just about all of them. Just a bunch of cardboard cutouts, this even applies to Touko (Seigi's childhood friend) who's only known for her feelings toward Seigi. But of course they also needed to drag her into all of this:
Reader: Why?
Me: Idk ask the mangaka >_>
Mangaka: *shrugs*
Me: ...gtfo -_-

Anyway, You'll see how everything goes for her if you decide to watch this.

Enjoyment(5)
If anything i found subtle enjoyment from the stupidity of the ending episodes...If shounen has their share of powerup bullshit, so does seinen and yes this is listed as a seinen well at least the manga is -_-.

Overall(5)
Really I anticipated this series, and it had tons of potential but just decided it wanted to be trash, nothing we can do really. But hey if you're still inclined to check it out, by all means knock yourself out

This is a perfect example of how trying to fit a 25+ chapter story into 12 episodes can lead to catastrophic results.

The premise behind this series is quite good, but it never reaches its potential due to wanting to do too much in too little time. I'll illustrate with some examples:

- Fight scenes: these have the potential to be amazing, that is, if fights had enough time to flesh out. Four fights happening simultaneously in the same location? Too bad, we have to close this shiz in one episode, so let's just show two blows, loser gets dismembered, winner says some snarky remark about their ... clear superiority, and quickly transition to the next fight happening, we have 20 minutes ffs.

- Character development: you'll have no clue of what some characters are talking about half the time, due to background information about said characters only existing in the minds of the series' creators, they don't have the time to explain it in the series proper. There's a particular secondary character who appears in like... three episodes. He gets like 2 minutes total screen time, says approximately 6/7 lines, and for how powerful he's supposed to be, you don't even get to know his name.

Other problems about this series include the main protagonist feeling like a total wimp who has no idea of what he's doing half the time and only stares in awe while his opponent pummels the shit out of him.

There's also a problem with fight development: most other series give you a general idea of what a character can or can't do in combat, be it by showing their training or having a roughly cohesive thematical identity, so you can expect some attacks and be hyped for their potential to be untapped, and so on. Yet here, because of the same reason I've been repeating all along, it's all very sudden and you can't get hyped by anything.

I have the impression the studio had planned a longer series and had to change plans in the middle of actually making it, because the action and characters in the first few chapters are way more fleshed out and overall interesting. It's kind of like the infamous Gantz's final chapter, where they suddenly throw everything out the window because they learned they wouldn't be continuing the story along with the manga and they wanted to give it some closure.

The few redeeming qualities of this series are good looking art, a pretty good OST and sound effects (I'm a sucker for the WOOOOP of the Void Maker), and a huge amount of fanservice which doesn't feel too out of place. I'd totally watch a 26 episode version of this series, and I'd probably rate it higher than this.

I’m torn about this one. In the beginning, I understood that Taboo Tattoo was going to be cliched and predictable. But the were all the right cliches so I thought it would be a fun guilty pleasure. A bit of graphic violence, some fan service with a hint of comedy. and it was for the first eight episodes. But in the last four suddenly this incomprehensible story develops and Seiji’s one note character shifts from hero of justice fighting for what's right to...well, I’m not going to spoil it here. I’ll just say his character develops in a way that I thought was inconsistent with ... his character (is it just me or does that sound redundant?). On the other hand, it’s nice to see characters having to change and grow with the situation they’re in. The art, character design and sound are good, so technically it’s a hit. But the story drowns in itself towards the end. Like it’s 24 episodes of material only greenlit for 12. So they completed the first eight episodes, skipped the next eight and compressed the rest into the last four. I hate to review anime by comparison but I’m reminded of Big Order (both were fanservice heavy and granted people powers with little explanation in order for them to battle one another), an anime I like FAR less than Taboo Tattoo, so it has to rate higher than that. But was Taboo Tattoo really any good? If someone were to ask me should they watch it, I’d reply, “Only if you don’t have anything better to watch.” But is that fair? It’s not like it was promising anything more than it delivered. So I guess, it is what it is; average at it’s peak.

Taboo Tattoo is one of those shows that starts with promise and then gets devastated by a poorly fitted pacing. The first few episodes set up a fun, if not hugely original, superpowers-and-conspiracy premise with more than enough material for 12 episodes, but gradually, and then faster and faster, it starts complicating things and rushing the exposition, frequently showing you things you have no hope of understanding and then slipping in the explanation for them later in a single line of dialogue or a flashback. If a good show sets you up with mysteries and anticipation, this one gives you FOMO - cause if you ... blink you're going to miss it.

By the end of one cour, the power levels have inflated 100-fold, every situation is fate-of-the-world-hangs-in-the-balance ungrounded in substance, and the running time is oversaturated with fight sequences. Characters enter, are seen doing things, and subsequently die with too little time for character development or understanding of their contributions to register. The cast is quite large and while it does manage to set up character relationships, they are tenuous. At times it feels like a PV of something that was more properly developed, with a lot of stuff happening set to music or voiceover.

And it's too bad. There is a lot of good material here that doesn't add up. The fights are well-made and can usually be followed pretty well. The detail of the animation only gets a little bit impacted towards the end, and there are a lot of cool character moments to be found. Some of the soundtrack, along with the setting's shadowy conspiracy and top-secret research, gave me a "Deus Ex" vibe. And it has a sprinkling of fanservice, which could have been done pretty well but like everything else is incredibly rushed, often being inserted directly into the middle of one of those high-stakes fight scenes.