Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?

(Please note, there are many spoilers in this review)

I typed up probably seven different openers for this review before realizing that nothing I say can possibly prepare you for what's to come. This introduction, or lack thereof, actually goes on to mimic the underlying themes of this series in more ways than one. WorldEnd (Which also goes by the incredibly long title of 'What Are You Doing At The End Of The World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?') is more than just the hyperdramatic adaptation of a light novel going by the same name, it's a story about never being prepared; it's a ... story about how everything in life comes and goes far too quickly for us to comprehend. But, at the same time, so much of the beauty in life can only be leeched from it due to its apparent absence in the first place.

WorldEnd is a series that can, by no means, be nailed down to one general concept. The scope of its meaning is as vast as the world it takes place in -- a world in which humanity has all but vanished. The remaining life forms have taken to the skies, building civilizations upon floating islands and relying on creatures known as 'Leprechauns' to fight in a never-ending war. The leprechauns in WorldEnd, however, are not your typical Irish, fun-loving drunkards. Instead, they are girls born from children who died before having anything to live for, and the main leprechaun who we follow throughout WorldEnd goes by the name Ctholly Nota Seniorious.

Ctholly initially comes off as a sort of aloof, curious girl, struggling to fit in with a world full of disfeatured humanoids. The irony in this, however, is that those without extreme physical deformities (Or those who appear human) are actually the ones known as the 'disfeatured' in WorldEnd. Partway through the pilot, we are also introduced to the second protagonist, Willem Kmetsch, as he encounters Ctholly for the first time. After showing her around the island for a bit, Ctholly departs and Willem is left on his own. Having recently fallen on hard times, he reluctantly takes on a job as the caretaker for a nearby military facility. Of course, he doesn't really understand what he's getting himself into until he shows up and it's less of a warehouse and more of an orphanage full of young girls. And while this seems like a pain to him at first, his attitude takes a dramatic shift when he realizes that these girls are the only weapons civilization has left.

This is the first sign of tragedy out of many. Yes, the idea of young girls being used as weapons is rather unfortunate and incredibly sad. But throughout the next eleven episodes, the series begins to steamroll down a path in which we grow attached to every single one of them only to have those relationships severed and beaten by the end of the series. The most dramatic of all of these relationships, however, is the budding romance that slowly begins to flourish between Ctholly and Willem.

Without giving away everything, something happens to Ctholly that begins to drain her sanity. Slowly but surely, her memories begin to fade and her hair begins to change colors, turning into a violent shade of red instead of her normal, subtle blue. The shift in hair colors is not just a shift in appearance, however. This physical change mimics the drastic mental change that is occurring within her at the same time. Ctholly is bombarded with confusing images and the voice of tortured young girl, speaking in eerie metaphors. And while none of what this voice is saying makes sense to us, the sheer manner in which they are said is enough to signify the deterioration of her psyche. The worst part of this is that Ctholly knows what's happening to her.

Day after day, Ctholly remembers less of herself and clings tightly to the one thing she knows for sure -- that she's in love. She tosses aside her slightly-tsun outlook from earlier in the series and simply adopts the fact that she loves Willem, making it known to him every chance she gets. And while he spends a decent amount of time avoiding the subject, it's clear that Willem feels the same way. The steamrolling tragedy that we all know is coming screeches to a halt and, for just the slightest moment, everything is perfect.

But then it's not.

Willem takes Ctholly to a nearby military ship after catching wind of a weapon that could help her fading consciousness. When tuning one of the other leprechauns weapons, however, he discovers something that stays with him for the rest of the series. The monsters that these girls have been fighting have actually been humans the entire time. And while exactly how that happened remains open to interpretation for us viewers, it's crystal clear to Willem. His vision and outlook become distorted and he begins to lose his grip on reality in a way both incredibly similar and incredibly different to Ctholly.

The final episode is like lightning -- it comes and it goes quicker than we're able to comprehend. Ctholly loses her grip on reality as battle breaks loose and slips into a coma. Willem, incapable of coping with the thought that this might be the end for her, erupts into a hate-fueled rage, slaughtering any monster he comes across as the rest of the army and several of the other leprechauns fight for their lives. One of the girls, Nephren, has a particularly harsh time with this, ultimately sacrificing herself so that a few others might live. Just as she collapses, however, Willem finds her. And, in a last-stitch effort so save something, he dives after her as she falls off of the airship.

The following five minutes go on to create one of the most heartbreaking and tear-inducing scenes I have ever seen. Ctholly manages to persuade the girl inhabiting her mind to let her come back to reality one last time -- all so she could save Willem. Then, as she stands surrounded by corpses on the edge of the airship, her last strands of blue hair change to red and she dives. Freefalling thousands of feet in the air, Scarborough Fair and the endless barrage of strange, psychological metaphors from Elq assault our ears and our hearts as we watch this girl we've fallen in love with trade away her sanity for someone else's happiness. A dual-monologue between Willem and Ctholly breaks out as she reappears out of thin air and desperately attacks the monsters surrounding him. As the monologue loses steam, Ctholly does as well. Her attacks slow as she is impaled by countless tendrils and lifted high up into the same sky she descended from just minutes ago.

The battle comes to a close and everything we have grown to love over the past three months is stripped from us quicker than it was given. The few scenes that follow only make it harder.

In Summary:
What an incredibly heartfelt and gorgeous series this was. The amount of love put into this project is palpable on all accounts and, thanks to one of the most well-written female characters in years, the mark that WorldEnd leaves will be a lasting one. The harmonious blend of intimate Celtic music meshed with tragic fight scenes and flawless acting creates something much more immersive than you would normally find in any visual medium. For a few seconds, it even feels like we're there. Something that important is hard to put into words, but if I had to limit my description of this series to one, it would be 'beautiful'. Please, set aside a night and watch this all in one go. You won't possibly regret it.

When you see a title this long, it really raises the question if the creator put as much as creativity into his work as they did into the title. The original light novel is 5 volumes long while the anime adaptation is 12 episodes. So in essence, it shouldn’t be hard to adapt this into something fans can accept right? Well, that’s not entirely easy to answer as this show isn’t so easily recommendable to anyone. I will say this though, SukaSuka isn’t your typical fantasy thriller that just jumps right into the action. In fact, it’s far more than that as this series attempts ... to craft a tearjerking fantasy drama to reach expectations.

I have to admit, watching SukaSuka took me some time to accept the story. The first few episodes has an atmospheric feel with its world setting, characters, and plot. We meet Willem, the male protagonist who happens to be the last human in a post-apocalyptic world. The show makes it clear that humans are extinct as the anime opens up with a battle scene involving them and the Beasts. Flash forward into the present timeline and we see how the world has changed since then. Now there are floating islands that feel so isolated from each other despite being populated with otherworldly species. One of the most prominent of these species are the Leprechauns, characters who can wield ancient Dug weapons that can destroy Beasts. In the meantime, Willem meets Chtholly, a leprechaun with a mysterious past. The show establishes Willem as a friend, father figure, and comrade for the Leprechauns.

Right off the bat, I can say that SukaSuka’s characters are quite mysterious. Chtholly has a peculiar past that is explored throughout the show. Willem also has a past that I can say it’s too pleasant to remember. Then, there are the Leprechauns. The show creates an eerie feel as it blends them with child innocence and unsettling fear. It’s through revelations that Willem realizes what they really are and their roles in this series. Now, the more I got curious about the show, the more I wonder how the story plans to develop Willem and Chtholly’s relationship. Thankfully, this series doesn’t neglect their presence together and as each episode progresses, we learn more about the both of them. Character chemistry between Willem and Chtholly is also what I describe as charming that develops from friendship to romance. Willem also serves as a father figure for the younger Leprechauns. And in turn, the Leprechauns seems to grow really fond of him. This also brings a different side of the show as Willem realizes that the Leprechauns has a lack of fear. Because of this, the show makes it clear that Willem wants to avert any tragedy that can bestow on them. This goes to show how much Willem cares about the Leprechauns. It may also be possible that Willem doesn’t want history to repeat itself because of the way humans were wiped out. Regardless of how others treat him, he hopes to be a light of hope in this post-apocalyptic world.

As a show with many species, you’ll often see characters that are far from ordinary. Besides Leprechauns, there are also trolls, goblins, and many other type of characters with animal traits. This also brings a racial issue into the show. It puts Willem into a compromising position at times as certain races does not like his presence in their world. (for their own personal reasons) However, what I do find interesting about this series is Willem’s main role. Does he play the role of a hero or someone that just wants to avoid tragedy again? It’s hard to judge entirely based on the characterization alone so in retrospect, the show leaves it more open ended for viewers to decide.

Despite my initial impression of SukaSuka, I still find that the show suffers from several problems that holds itself back. First, the show really doesn’t avoid generic pitfalls you see in typical light novel adaptations. While the show has minimal fan service, it still has the cringe moments between Willem and various female characters. One particular trope (played out more as a joke) are the massages that attempts to make scenes sound much more lascivious than it appears to be. Not to mention, SukaSuka’s comedy feels really dry at times. It hardly make me laugh and although I realize the show isn’t built for that, it doesn’t even manage to ever draw a chuckle from me. Furthermore, I can’t really say the character relationship building outside of Willem/Chtholly to be worth mentioning. Oh and in terms of adaptation standards, the show does add some original content in attempt to make the story flow better. Does it really work out? That’s for me to know and you to find out.

Taking a look at the animation, I have to admit that SukaSuka captured the atmospheric setting right along with its world fiction. Essentially, the atmospheric setting brings a spiritual feel. The character designs also has variety with the wide range of different hair styles and colors; with a credible reason too beyond just being decorative especially for the Leprechauns. The action is captivating and feels magical with getting its point across. While the series doesn’t have graphic violence, it does contain blood to show the dreadful feel of its story. The Beasts are also designed with a malevolent nature and some of them reminds me of Lovecraftian horror fiction. Character expressions is realistic and very human like with most of its characters.

Soundtrack is distinguishable with a combination of being melancholic, haunting, and cheerful. As I had expected, the theme songs are very moody with its choreography. The character voicing acting also connects well with their personalities in particular with Willem, Chtholly, and Grick. As most of the Leprechauns are quite young, stepping into the shoes of these characters is not easy. However, I am proud to say that the show captured their roles pretty damn well and make you connected to them.

The tenderness of this show is what attracted me to watching this. I have to admit, SukaSuka has a sublime-like creativity with its world setting and story. I wasn’t too invested into the characters at first though over time, Willem and Chtholly’s relationship started to really grown to me. Still, like most light novel adaptations these days, SukaSuka falls into the trap of generic tropes. Furthermore, I don’t think this series is recommendable for anyone especially those that have less tolerance towards moody shows. I’d still give it a try though. It’s not a masterpiece but for a title that’s longer than 3 sentences, it does earn more attention than that.

Tragedy...
something that many know..... but a few would experience . Tragedy can happen with anyone anytime. They are impossible to avoid... they may be forgotten but they leave a deep scar too.... And the same happens here with willem (the protagonist) who has literally lost everything in his life..his family, friends and everyone he knew. But that isn't the end of it .. he didn't gave up hope... instead gave others the hope to survive for themselves and the ones they love.

As mentioned above.. story takes place 500 years after extinction of human race and the planet is now home to various other ... species of living beings... and Willem is the last surviving member of human race. He works at a warehouse for secret weapons... which are Lolis...and we then follow the tale of willem and cutholly (female protagonist) as they stuggle to survive and uncover the secret behind the "Beasts" who now rule the land.

Anything about characters will be a spoiler so i am avoiding this section.

The art is extremely beautiful and character design is pretty damm amazing. The op and ed are extremely well done.... though its the scores and background music between the episodes which takes the cake.

So , in the end ... should u watch it.... yes... this anime has a surprisingly well written story which feels really fresh and ever since the first episode it creates an atmosphere of something about to happen which makes u wanna watch it more...this anime so far offers little to complain and much to praise... So i would recommend everyone to watch this show if u haven't already .

Sometimes an anime will come along that is obviously intent on tugging on your heartstrings. Sukasuka is another example of such anime. But man is it effective.

While the show's rather predictable plot, based upon a more or less common premise might not seem all that interesting at first, the show uses what it has to it's full potential.The characters are given enough moments for the viewer to empathize with them. The cute albeit generic artwork coupled with a solid soundtrack, a lovable couple that you want to root for and likable side characters are utilized to create powerful moments.

The show oozes melancholy. ... I can't say that I "enjoyed" it but I will say that it's a compelling watch.

Then there's the dread of more to come.

In short, this ‘World End’ is fantastic, and is highly recommended to watch. I would give this anime the top priority on my recommendation list.

The catastrophic background amplified the beauty of characters significantly. The hero and heroine of the anime show theri brilliant lives in the short 12 eps. The story is a simple love tragedy, however, the background intensifies the touching emotions foundmentally. It has some minor flaws in the logic of the story route, but in it, youthfulness, hardworking, love, happiness, family affection, and sacrifice, the beauties and greatness overshine stars. In the infinite darkness of the World End, the characters and ... their qualities enlighten the lands people stand on and the shades in people's minds. Their radiance penetrates the barriers of the heart, illuminates the interior world of the audience.

Nomenclature in this anime is fascinating; the Latin names of the swords enhanced the emotion expressed in the 12th episode. However the English translation spoiled it. Leprechauns(黄金妖精) and carillons(聖剣) have different means with it related japanese word and they are not representing the figures in the animation literarly. Also, it is infered that the names of characters come from Cthulhu Mytho and the name of the heroine is related to her fate. But these names are significantly harder to read and remember in English. Take the heroine’s name for example, her name in Japanese, クトリ(Kutori), only have 3 kana which have fixed pronunciation need to remember and read, however her name in English, Chtholly, has 8 Latin letters which have multiple ways to pronounce each to read and remember. If you could understand Japanese or Chinese, it is highly recommended to watch this anime in Japanese or Chinese.

For me:
Plot: 7 of 7 points
Animation & Art: 2 of 2 points
Fight/ Action scenes: 1 of 1 points
Total: 10 of 10 points FULL MARKS

But for pure English or other non-eastern language audience,
9 of 10 (1 point subtracted because of nomenclature.)

First of, this kind of story is not for everyone, the audience of this story is more to the "mature" audience one. Second this story more to slice of love, this tell you about how life, how happiness mean. If you expect an action, or cliche, fanservice or moe, you go in wrong show.
This one story is one you called hidden gem
Why it called "hidden gem" because only some people can understand the meaning of this story that's why it beautiful

I just want to copy one of the quote of this show main theme song
" I don't know the meaning of life, but I know ... what's truly precious ~"

Story 10/10
This is probably the best mixing of romance, slice of life,tragedy story that I ever watched in my entirely life. It's tell of slice of life, happiness and love. About a man who already lost everything then gained again then lost again. About a woman who finally find her happiness on the short moment of her life. About a man and a woman who love each other but no matter what happen, they wont' never be together. Even they lost their "memories, even they lost all what they called themself and even on their "empty shell", their feelings will always stay in their heart.

The author/writer basically touch these two most important things on life :
1. Memories
2. A place where you called home/where you belong to

And last thing, from episode 6 and onwards, this damn show trying to make you feel on every freaking episode


Art 7/10
Art kinda feel off on some episodes but kinda paid off with the atmosphere they build. Well it's not like the anime from godlike studio, so it understandable. It still very good and still got the feeling

Sound 10/10
The music is making the anime more dramatic and tragic. The opening, ending and insert all dedicated for the main girl of the show. All the lyrics tell her feelings that she want to convey and story of how her struggle on her life, it describe her feelings and her story very well. Even the music is so sad and tragic. What's wrong with this show seriously?

Character 10/10
Because this show is more to slice of life, the character development is expected to be strong on this kind of show. Yeah you will be see that, and it's too strong and sad the same time, every character have different perspective. The main character interaction is pure too. The main girl especially, it really hurt my heart where they can still and enjoy their life to the fullest on those cruel fate and become the "happiest girl in the world".

Enjoyment 10/10
Though this kind of show is not suitable if you want some happy or cheering you mood after daily life of work/school, but I still enjoying the ride. This is one hell of emotion rides from start to end. If you love to read or have some hobby to read, try to see the LN, it have beautiful story, this kind of emotion ride is kinda rare to find on today era, so if you like this kind of genre too make sure to see it :)

Overall 10/10
I'm glad I live long enough to see this hidden gem/rare show. Their tales, story, sorrow, tragedy and adventure will always in my heart :)

WorldEnd:What are doing at the end of the world?Are you busy?Will you save us? is quite a ride. The title is long, but don't let it deter you from watching the anime.

The story is really emotional as it goes along. It simply starts out with Willem being the last human alive after the rest dies out from a fight 500 years ago. He was apparently frozen, but that isn't shown in the show. He meets Chtholly while she is visiting Earth and they have a wonderful day together as he takes her to everything she wanted to see. He ends ... up accepting a job as a technical officer for the military and he assigned to a floating island in the sky to care for a group of Leprechauns, whom are faeries who can use ancient Dug Weapons to drive away the Timere monsters that attack the lands. The stuff that makes this show stand out is certainly the emotions and how the characters develop. Even though he lost pretty much everything years ago, Willem quickly becomes accustomed to his new life as a care take for the children . He rows along with the children every step of the way as he comes to realize the true nature of how they live their lives. Chtholly takes a shrine to him pretty quickly as the two of them help each out in the roughest times and form a very touching relationship that demonstrates how much they are willing to do and sacrifice for each other. The plot becomes a great story of tragic love as the two of them grow with each other, and other characters like Ithea and Nephren develop too. Characters like Chtholly go through a lot of psychological trauma throughout the show and have to deal with part of themselves slipping away, in addition to dealing with other problems. The ending is amazing and gives the show the tragic closure that you should expect to come. Overall, the story is very coherent and doesn't have all that many plot holes, but it does have a random episode in between that develops a character that's barely shown to be of any major importance later. It easily gets a 8.5/10.

The art is just great too. It's not necessarily a mongatari type of stand out art, but it's still great art. No matter if it's the memorable character designs, the backgrounds, weapons designs (you probably won't recognize the difference between each weapon, but they do look different for other ancient weapons in shows), the blending of hair colors, or even the different take on wing designs. Faeries always have wings of some kind, but the ones here look almost mosaic like with their design. In short, the art is great and stands out. A 9/10 is deserved.

The sound is amazing. Every track complicated the scenes very nicely and they give off the feeling the show is meant to have. The opening theme song is amazingly done. The music is extremely pleasant to listen too and it sounds divine in a sense, and it's get across the tragedy and sadness that is everywhere throughout the anime and it has amazing visuals to go along with it. This is technically an edit here for my my review since I wrote the review like 2 months or so ago from the date I'm changing my ending thoughts on the music. 10/10 for music. At the time I wrote the review, I think I was just looking for a way to take off a minor amount of points because I didn't feel like this was a 9.4/10 show, but after thinking a little, I realized that swapping my sound and enjoyment scores expresses my thoughts more accurately.

The characters are great. You really grow attached to them, especially Chtholly and Willem from a very point in the anime. Willem is basically the dad for all the Leprechauns he is in charge of, while Chtholly is more like their big sister. Both of them have a lot more going on behind the scenes though and it starts to unravel as the plot goes forward. Even Ithea and Nephren, and some of the younger faeries show personal growth along the way. The story is filled with characters that just belong together. Many of girls are examples of the cute girl on the outside, who has a lot of inner problems behind the scene and the way it's handled allows everyone else to grow alongside with the character experiencing trauma. There are many characters that don't get much development, but they were younger side characters anyway. Another 9/10 category.

Now, I enjoyed this from start to finish and I never had a major feeling of dissatisfaction. The ending cinches my enjoyment score since it is was so touching even though it was a tragic ending, but the show probably wouldn't be as good without the tragic closure. My enjoyment earns a 9.5/10. I recommend you watch this if you want to see some great character growth, great emotional and happy music, and all the good aspects of tragic love story all in one place. I feel similarly about this show as I do about Angel Beats!, although, I enjoyed Angel Beats! slightly more but not enough to reflect it in my score since I'm not going to give .6-.9 as a score( no 9.6 for example) since it'll make my overalls core look weird. I recommend you watch Angel Beats! after this if you like Worldend of course, since both have similar vibes and quality.

It's great!

Don't quit to quickly, the anime needs some time to build the world.

The Story is good, funny and BELIEVABLE! (Sorry but this is missing out in many animes)

The Art is also without any visual flaws, it's not as outstanding as in other animes like Karneval but it fits the style of the series.

The Sound is great!
If you don't understand this you just have to listen to this: https://youtu.be/DJiMN7h50zs
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The Characters fit the world, with fewer mistakes (as a mistake I see if the character does something really untypical to them)

I really enjoy this series and its definitely in my top 10 animes.

Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? otherwise known as SukaSuka

So let me begin by saying that I have completely put this anime on hold after watching the first episode of it around the time it came out in April/May.
Reasons to that was the first episode was kinda not that interesting to me. About a guy with a mysterious past takes a job to look after a bunch of lolis (wow amazing right?).
Nah what I mean is that, there were too many anime at the time coming out that were highly recommended that I simply couldn't care much of ... SukaSuka after that, however 7 months later I continued SukaSuka and I can honestly say that I am so on another level glad that I did (literally feels bad not giving it a go the first time). Well to my surprise SukaSuka was so flipping amazing!. If it wasn't for the opening scenes of the first episode which made me more than enough curious to come back to it, then this anime would have been long gone from me.

From there were do I begin? The music? geez the music was absolutely breathtaking, which ended up hitting me so hard towards the end of the series. You get this truly wonderful love story that inspires and builds throughout the anime, culminating till the very end which is executed in such a way that may seem extremely desolating at the end but gives the viewer so much more to imagine and take in (FEELS). All carried beautifully by an truly stunning soundtrack that elevates this anime to another level. That is thanks to Scarborough Fair performed by Tamaru Yamada (Hits so hard on the emotions I tell you).

The setting is a beautiful enigmatic world of numerous floating islands that are each home to small towns and are inhabited by animal humanoid-like people, to the dreaded surface that is filled with beasts being the reason why the races had to take it to the sky. The story behind this lies with what the humans had done centuries ago which in turn saw the demise of their race. There is no doubt a substantial amount of mystery throughout this anime and one watching would definitely consider that maybe they had missed a season or two before this, which is completely understandable. Yet this storytelling in this sense where the viewer is suddenly flug into the world is moderately rare. I am tired of anime series blatantly explaining the entire world in the first few episodes like an overly hyped New York times bestseller novel list of teen fantasy/sci-fi getting a Hollywood movie adaptation. This being a light novel the original creator had his hands in the adaption (Akira Kareno) so I fully trust that the 12 episodes is what was originally intended and hopefully a second season of this anime is on the horizon (please!).

Little things I really liked was that Willem was not portrayed throughout the show as a badass overpower warrior, he had more meaningful ways in protecting his love ones. The fact that this MC doesn't take centre stage is very refreshing. The world and lore isn't forced on you like most anime, I like the fact that throughout it is talked upon here and there leaving more mystery for us to piece things together about the world. There is this equilibrium of the cute funny side of Willem and the girls, to the more seriousness side of the state of the world which you can see during the time Willem spends with the girls and the battles the girls face respectively. The love story is slightly forced but in an understandable way to Chtholly’s character being a young girl at that age where she is able to think for herself, especially after meeting someone (Willem) who she thought she will never see again. I mean there are so many other things that gets to me about this anime, that makes me want to come back to, especially the music.

I can therefore say that SukaSuka has lowkey stolen my heart, has also made me reignite my love for anime. You know those endings that leaves you so empty as fuck BUT make you wish and wonder, that throws you in a room with your own interpretations and thoughts of what has happened and what will yet to come. Damn this anime made me laugh and most importantly cry so damn hard, that no anime has done for me to be completely honest.

This is my first review and i am completely new to MAL, because of this anime I just had to make an account.

I usually don't watch seasonals, moreover reviewing it the instant right after completing it, but for this occasions. I just can't help to do it. Yes, that's how "Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?" or SukaSuka has tempt me by its bewitching allure. People may meme about how studio Trigger saved anime with their originals such as Inferno Cop, Kill la Kill, and other shows. But this word comes genuinely from my heart, without any sense of irony, in which that, SukaSuka is the flawed savior of anime.

Enter Willem Kmetsch, a human survivor from the world destruction. As he ... met Chtholly and worked as a carekeeper on her dormitory, he learned what does it takes to be a parent figure, and the importance of family itself.

From the midst of superhero action anime and Light Novel adaptations with donkan overpowered protagonist which recently gets viral lately in terms of both popularity and quantity (or if I have to be more blunt, have plagued anime quality/is killing anime) yet I can never see much enjoyment or merit of them (such as Boku no Hero Academia, One Punch Man, and many other titles), experiencing SukaSuka is like finding a cure after being bit by 10 cobras. SukaSuka can be seen as a criticism for these types of anime but yet, it's still a really sincere work that doesn't come as being pompous on its criticism. It subverted the fundamental tropes of them. As much as I see the heroism theme portrayed in Boku no Hero Academia or being a donkan is the way to get girls attention are a total hypocrisy and delusional, I saw that the theme about heroism portrayed in SukaSuka as the most mature portrayal of it so far. The setting of SukaSuka is nothing new, but the implementations of it's core themes towards this kind of settings is what makes SukaSuka unique. I also found that this theme about family is rather barely explored in most anime so this is also where you can enjoy your stay for it.

Our protagonist Willem, who now lives in a sky continent in a post-apocalyptic setting, begins like no more than your typical Light Novel self insert character. However, throughout the series, it's proven that despite being slightly dense, he never went full donkan that it makes his personality more believable. Despite also being quite overpowered to some extent, Willem has a worn-out bodies that limits him for being a Gary Stu and throughout the series, we can see on how his inner conflicts due to his undying fighting spirit in order to be a hero that fight against the beasts to protect the people. Or is it what it means to be a hero? Can it also mean about something else which is more trivial to be protected? Willem can be distinguished from your typical hero by his limitations in conjunction on the redefinition of what does it meant to be a hero.

The heroine, Chtholly Nota Seniorious, is a mysterious 15 year old Leprechaun whom little is known about her past until the series went further. Leprechauns are the continents trump card in their battle against the beasts, and they are trained in order to have no fear of death. However, due to their appearance that resembles those of humans, whom are thought to be the one responsible for the world destruction, they are being shunned by the common society and regarded as being "featureless". At the first few minutes of the anime, Willem saved Chtholly from slipping and being the object of hate by the mass, and then took her stroll together with him. After they lives together and he taught many thing Chtholly never feel before due to her lifestyle, she began to question whether all the "fighting with bravery" mindset which had been planted on her since her birth was really the way of living on its truest. Her quirks really shown in a detailed manner, more than even the protagonist, which makes the watcher attached to her all along to her, for a very nice reasons.

To be frank, the romantic relationship between the two main characters sprouts too fast. But once it sprouts, it develops in an excellent pace. The bashful nature of both parties, yet knowing that they do love each other can never fails to made me smile. Unlike many other romance I have experienced, SukaSuka gives both views towards the other, which is something important in order to make a good romance since I believe that romance is a double sided relationship and portrayal of just a single party will make the other party an object instead. SukaSuka knew this well and avoided it.

Portrayal of humans on SukaSuka are very evil. It's believable on how the settings took place most likely on the far future where humans might got overboard with their greediness and exploitation. It serves as a contemplation for the watchers on what have we become so far, did we have turned to be nice to the mother earth or is it the opposite? Does all experiments make the world a better place? Homo homini lupus, and this actually fits really well after you learn some truth regarding the plot point. Of course, like other works which has living biological weapon plot point, it also portray on how it's unethical on the usage of it or I can say that war in general is a futility.

Unlike most popular post-apocalyptic anime nowadays, the focus of SukaSuka isn't the action, but rather the family themed character drama instead, but it still realized that the characters are in a life and death situations without abusing many fight scenes. Balancing such a lighthearted tone with a darker one is hard, but it still manages to can have a mostly light tone without forgetting the situation they're in. More good news, this tone blends well with the core theme of he show.SukaSuka have an ok worldbuilding, in which starts out delivering few expositions towards the world they lived in, and manages to give a slow but steady and sufficient amount of it as the series progress. A lot of information still being missing however, but I can comprehend that since it only adapts about half of the Light Novel. It explained why the people took refuge on the sky island, how it was made, about the war against the beast in depth, and so on that the essential information make the watchers can follow the story easily. Sometimes, bombing the watchers with a lot of expositions is obnoxious, especially if done by monologues but none of them happens in SukaSuka and it feels natural. One other thing worth mention is that SukaSuka is feminist friendly, as how the Leprechauns done most of the fights while Willem being a nurturing figure for the Leprechauns. It also added by the fact Scarborough Fair was sung by a female singer, but use the masculine lyrics that modifies female third person into the male ones. Scarborough Fair also blends perfectly with the medieval esque settings of the Sky Island, to add up for the overall quality.

Despite my praise, SukaSuka have a considerable amount of flaws too. The theme presentation is kind of childish for the earlier episodes and the type of comedy doesn't fit with the show settings, as most of them are more befitting to a school harem anime. The visuals is quite nice but can be improved in a lot of ways, especially the characters expressions most of the time. Lastly, due to the amount of focus to the main character, almost all of the side characters fell flat out one-dimensional which is barely memorable, although those who like characters with said personality might remember them very well. Aware with all these flaws, I still think that the pros really outweighs the cons.

SukaSuka gets better over time and the ending made me overflowed with feels towards it. The slow motion scene power was also backed up with the song which have been tuned at the first episode. How the ambience, melody, and the lyrics can't fit any better to the situation they're on the ending is outstandingly scary. Trust me, even when the buildup from the prior episodes don't affect you that much, the ending is still golden, despite its predictability. The execution of cinematography went all out on the ending, especially that scene which is more than a satisfactory for me that usually don't feel for a melodrama. If such scene isn't emotionally engaging at the slightest, then I don't think emotionally engaging anime moments existed.

SukaSuka is one of the best beverages for the pacifist soul like me, and it has become one of my most enjoyable anime so far, if not the most. It also restored my faith to seasonal anime and become my medicine for generic action anime nowadays. The accurate depiction and thought provoking message about what does it take to be a human, heroism for the adults, family, valuing the present over the past or a vague future, living one's own life to its fullest, and the delicate wrappings of all these mature themes into such story is what enchant me to this Light Novel adaptation. SukaSuka might not the savior the community deserves, but SukaSuka is the savior that the community needs.

Start watching after, one's song? which you find on youtube randomly, and then decides to watch the show, and it was yet both a good and a bad idea.
Because, watching the first episode of this song, I already figured out what, would be the end, ''my tears said it'', but nothing can be known that it really will be.

Very fit soulful romantic drama: a beautiful and tragic love story. The design of the characters is nice, there is a bit of fan service. The story tells about cute fairy girls who are doomed to a harsh fate to be a "weapon" in the world after ... the apocalypse. The plot for the drama is well developed. Despite the toughness, the title envelops its own tube atmosphere. One of main character Willem unusual guy saving everyone left and right, he has weaknesses (which makes him "alive"). He is a teacher from an orphanage with loli, the girls gradually become attached to him, and he to them, and he even falls in love with one. No less attention is paid to the main character Chtholly: a wonderful housekeeping girl, whom you gradually fall in love with, behaves like an older sister for the rest. With the appearance of Willem, she begins to experience the joy of life. Nygglatho is a troll in every sense, she is like a mother to the kids. Nephren is a cute kuudere kitten. Ithea will find something to surprise. The final kept in suspense until the end. Of the minuses - the series is not enough, because of which, after viewing, a certain understatement remains.

Bonus- typing on my keyboard was wet from tears.

I just love the synonym name of the anime: Suka-Suka

In my country, Suka-suka means like. It is a Bahasa Melayu language and a mother tongue for our citiziens. Google search it to know more.

At First, I don’t plan to watch it, however the curiosity and the interest to watch this sparks in. Hence I decided to binge watch it for the first 4 episodes.

And For that reason, I “suka suka” it, even though their title is quite long.

The pace of the plot is slow but is understandable, because to me it doesn’t look like they rush the story, this is just based on my ... opinion since I didn’t read their light novels. I love the plot of this anime where the setting takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has long gone extinct with only one sole human survivor remaining and has gone to slumber icy sleep for 500 years, and woke up to a world where furry creatures, fairies, goblins and lizards and etc. exists. He adopts the post-apocalyptic life very well, though not the first few days when he woke up.

In addition, the first moments of the first episode show the foreshadowing of what is going to happen in the final few episodes that will be aired soon, pretty early indication there. Another addition, is the comedy skits and moe moments added in the anime so that it doesn’t make it look dark and gloomy series, just like 3 gatsu, the good thing is they don’t put too much moe otherwise.

There is also romance setting in it, as Chtholly has romantic interest on Willem, I ship those two so bad till it sink. There were those moments when they show Chtholly and Willem scene, they’re really cute together, even in the first episode. I second this.

Animation is amazing, artwork, character designs, background set up. I fancy this design, kudos to the drawing staffs who made the output of the anime pretty amazing. Studio Satelight is the studio in charge of this anime, and it already made few anime that I previously watched, one of it is Haruhi Suzumiya’s spin off which is based more on Nagato Yuki. Very decent studio, hopefully they wont fuck this anime up.

The OP song and ED song are music to my ears, while the VA Selection are quite decent too, Willem voice actor is one of the highlights, with him still in debut year, he is doing quite well in his main role, hope he would get more main voice role in the upcoming future. Chtolly VA is one of the few VA I heard in the past anime, her roles are quite active and has decent and satisfying performance, overall most of the VA in it are very decent.

I would recommend you guys to watch this anime, even though is more of drama, tragedy, romance genre type of setting, it has the slice of life feel to it too, and of course the fantasy since this takes place in the post-apocalyptic life, I’m sure you guys would love it.

What do you do at the end of the world?
Are you busy?
Will you save us?
Do you play Nintendo Switch?

Well, I guess this story is not for everyone. I read the LN and part of the sequel and now I watch the anime. At the start, I will write, when I read the LN, it hurts me, but I was not able to stop because the characters and story were really good. Anime is a really good adaptation for this LN.

Story 9/10

From episode 1 you can guess in what direction this anime will be going. This is not your typical fighting or happily ever after anime. This anime focus more on way of thinking. How beastman people see this little girls as weapons and ... they don´t care if they lose their life or not. How our MC sees this little girls different, because of his past and his feelings or how Nygglatho have a different point of view on the whole situation. It is a story about a promise, fear, desire to love and to be loved.

Art 8/10

Well, there are some truly amazing scenes. But sometimes you see that there was probably not enough of budget.

Sound 10/10

I guess that everyone who watch this anime understand. Music is used simply perfect and it fits really well. For example, Scarborough Fair version was outstanding.

Characters 9/10

Willem, Kutori, Nygglatho, girls, I think it is really hard to don´t like them. They offer you a different point of view on the whole situation. Also Kutori x Willem interaction is in my opinion really nicely done. Also, Willem x girls´ interaction or Willem x Ren interaction is truly cute.

Overall, I really enjoy the story. Don´t expect a fighting anime or some fan-service. This anime is simply focused on feelings. Love, fear, tragedy and more, you will find them all.

I feel like that I can't give another 10 to an emotional anime now that I have seen this...

Sukasuka is the one anime that will linger in my heart for quite some time. It is also first drama/romance anime that made me want to re-watch. It's also a hard anime to describe with words; it's really an emotional roller coaster. But if I were to describe Sukasuka in terms of more popular anime, I'd describe it as what "Violet Evergarden Should Have been", or Anohana, or Clannad or whatever.

Think of Sukasuka as an emotional movie that gets your heart into wrecks because it is comparable ... to, well actually better than a lot of emotional movies. It has perfect soundtracks played at the right time, with happy and sad themes to add more to the story. The soundwork for SukaSuka is one of the best, rivaling Violet Evergarden. The sounds add another dimension on this such already great anime.

Despite it's long title (which made it subject to laughs of being an anime based off LN, which are quite full with mediocre stories), sukasuka has one of the best stories I have seen in anime so far. Well stories aside, it's phenomenal in ... just all departments.

The world building in Sukasuka is ONE OF THE BEST. I won't talk much about the story here, but from the first episode where Willem and Chtholly met, I could tell that there were much to be explored in this world with floating islands and fairies. Some LN readers have complained that this anime is not full adaptation of the 5 novels, but the anime by itself completes Chtholly's story (and in a good fashion) too. There is a beginning, the roller coaster then the resolution. It's not like many other LN adaptation where it is cut off in the middle.

The reason I gave a 9 on the enjoyment is because the empty sensation that comes as a result of finishing this anime. It's been several weeks since I finished this series, but I still yearn to find another series like this. A lot of anime looks pretty shit now that I have seen this. I am really sad that this anime doesn't get the attention it deserves. The production and the story is top-tier, levels ahead of majority of popular anime.

TL; DR: A Masterpiece (coming from a guy with really low MAL avg ratings)

Story: 9
Art: 10
Sound: 10
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 10

Overall: 10

Just yesterday I ended watching this series.

... To be frank, before ep 1, I wouldn't give any credit to it at all, I just expected it to be another Black Bullet (I enjoyed BB by the way, but didn't like the mindset about MC), but I had to change my mind soon.

I didn't watch this series all at once, thus I got satisfied first by the first 3 episodes, but I also got tricked by them, thinking the show was a certain type of story: good, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I was wrong. Oh hell yeah I was wrong. I got really surprised by the story evolving, transforming, and ending in that way. I cried a bit, too. I'm weak to emotional stories.

Yeah, this anime is a tragedy. Prepare to cry. Try not to. Cry a lot. Keep tissues close.

This anime is seriously the revelation of this Spring 2017 season without any doubt. I can't say I'm not happy to get surprised like this. This anime was in my "maybe" list and revealed itself one of my new favourites. I hope now the animes I think I'll like won't let me down.

And now, to the "detailed" review. It may contain slight spoilers, but I'll avoid spoiling too much. Readers are advised.

Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, and so it is this anime.

But what it made this anime outstandingly good is not because "I know this will have a bad end or a good end with an huge deus ex machina" but because the way characters behaved during the story.
It's all about the journey, not the destination.

I've seen more pure characters and feelings in these 12 episodes than in all the series I watched in the last year so far. Not even a single bit of ecchiness/dumbness in the scenes, and all the relationships between characters were genuine and sweet. It was relaxing, yet, thanks to the soundtracks, even with very few fighting scenes, you could feel all the tragic and emotional moments perfectly.

That's what made a difference, in my opinion, between this anime, and a lot of other similar-setted LN adaptations.

I didn't miss the lack of action at all.

What made this anime was the beautiful art, the soundtracks and the feelings of the characters.

It's not all about fights. Even though they decide everything in the end.

And that's what the plot is about.
Going on fighting will destroy you.
So...will you?

A masterpiece.
It was a very complicated yet good anime.



I loved everything about it. Its story, art, characters. and the music. Man that ending song was so good. Scarborough Fair was a perfect match for that moment. It represents everything. Haven't read the LN but I think this adaption was decent for the LN. That cliffhanger though in the end got me. One of the only anime that made me emotional.


It is one of those anime that actually makes you think about life and the complex thoughts and feelings of the anime itself.

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The setting of fantasy always gets me even if its drama or action. In which this anime uses both genres pretty good.


And going back to the adaption from LN to Anime. I'll make a better review once I read it.

(another random thought)

SukaSuka is set in a post-apocalyptic future where Wilhelm, the last surviving human, is brought out of an icy sleep after centuries when his kind was wiped out by supernatural beings called Beasts and he becomes a paternal figure to a number of young girls who are leprechauns, beings capable of wielding powerful magical swords that can slay the Beasts at the cost of the wielder's life force and personality for each time they fight.

In terms of plotting, the series is a mixed bag having its high and low points. Starting with the positive end, the series does a solid job with focusing on the ... characters of Wilheim and Ctholly, one of the leprechaun girls he develops a bond throughout the course of the series. Both have their unique struggles they are dealing with throughout the series with Wilheim adjusting to the new world he is unexpectedly part of and Ctholly being different from other leprechauns in that she fears facing death while others of her kind are fearless in facing it due to being created as such. It also takes time to explore elements of the world of its series where mythical creatures have come to take humanity's place in existing after its extinction and have survived by living on floating islands to avoid many of the Beasts that have taken control over the ground. The second half of the series also progressively gets better as Wilheim and Ctholly's bond develops and tragedy starts to strike with Ctholly slowly falling victim to the deterioration of her body from use of her sword.

On the other hand, SukaSuka does suffer a good deal with its first half and dealing with its other characters. The first half of the series falls into the usual bad habit of a number of anime with attempting to poorly implement comedy during serious situations in an attempt to balance out its more somber mood. In addition, the series did get inconsistent with its plotting direction at points in its first half where the show shifted focus away from Ctholly's situation and attempted to focus on side plots involving the other leprechauns. While focus on the side characters may have been worthwhile if this were a longer series, this isn't the case with SukaSuka and said side plots derail focus on its main plot involving Ctholly and Wilheim's characters. Also not helping matters is that beyond Ctholly and Wilhelm, the majority of other characters don't get much in the way of fleshing out as they are reduced to simple archetypes and seemingly only exist to contrast the characters or advance the show's plot into a certain direction.

Overall, I suppose my reception to SukaSuka is mixed. While having a decent amount of world building and a strong second half focusing on the bond between our two major characters, the series still suffered from a first half that struggled to find a solid direction for its plot, needless implementation of humor, and the majority of its cast being underdeveloped compared to Wilhelm and Ctholly. It is an okay fantasy-based drama with what it offers up, but far from being the best anime I have come across this year thus far.

Honestly an overall great anime but for fucks sake its like driving a full on bullet train threw you with all of the feels. Once you feel like everything is going to be perfect and its going to turn out great for everyone shit hits the fan and it hits hard. Honestly i cant say much but its absolutely a great anime theres almost nothing wrong with it which is why for the most part i gave it solid tens up until we hit enjoyment because its great but it just kind of depresses you in the final minutes. Other than that another great touch ... is just how every side character no matter how small the roll they held is is just packed full of emotion and is even fleshed out a bit. If you pay attention to the background you can even see some of the side characters doing what you would expect them to do and there really isn't any sudden changes to them or they just vanish after a scene to never appear again you see them more than once even if its because well they were brutally murdered. Anyways just an absolute masterpiece full of just outstanding character development and the much loved classic anime art style as well as a beautiful story and some absolutely crisp and clean sound unless you blew out your speakers.

This show is too underrated man. This is one of the show where the leisure pacing of the show may have bother some people, and may have not for some. Although, the story telling here mainly focuses on building the relationship between those that our MC is looking after, learning more about our MC's past, who the children or the people that the MC is looking after are, and just overall, not really moving the plot forward all that much for that reason. That's not to say that this quality for an anime or a story is bad, but it just gets abit boring ... u know. Despite that, the setting is unique, the character are unique (since there are also some non human character as well in the show),the story is pretty interesting, some scene is very unique which gives off that movie vibes to it, and the romance is somewhat different from the cliche ones that we usually see in anime (personality or attitude wise). The anime sure knows how to keep the thrill and the suspense of the show by giving foreshadows and ominous scene to make the show interesting. It also gives u a moderate amount of info about the MC's past or other character's, and manages to make all the character introduced thus far less of an irrelevant, or a CPU like character that's just there as a nobody to move the plot forward. This anime get emotional at times, and it can also deliver some of the philosophical lines that are pretty quotable, as it's a word talking as if it's from an experience of the character that have had experience hardship, or faced a multitude of human nature's shape and actions from the past (at least from the author's perspective).

This show is one of the most unique show of this season, surely you would give this a try?

Story 7: I've felt like I watched something like this before but can't really put my finger on where. It definitely had more of an impact from other Magical girl anime I've seen.

Animation 7: This had two studios doing the animation which was surprising. It was nothing breathtaking but they did a good job with the fights and that's what was important in my eyes.

Sound/Music 10: The BGM was flawless, it synced up so well with what was going on I really have nothing bad to say about it. The op and ed were above average as well.

Character/VA 9: Willem may be the best Male ... MC of the season (Besides your Hero Academy and AoT characters) he made this show more awesome then it already was. Ren, Chtholly, Ithea, Nygglatho, and basically all the girls in the Warehouse were fantastic.

Enjoyment 9: The characters made this anime awesome again. My heart was swayed at certain points and I felt captivated at the ending and it made me want more.

Overall View
One of the best anime of the season in my eyes. They didn't go into to much of the romance but it was kept there to keep things light at points. Overall this was a pretty dark anime. These girls have one job to do and once that job is over...well you'll just have to watch and find out what happens when their job is over.
I'd recommend this to anyone looking for an anime with a strong Male MC, some really good action, and a lot of cute girls being badasses.