Wo de Tian Jie Nu You

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

I didn't have too many expectations for “Wo De Tian Jie Nu You” (我的天劫女友). I merely was interested in it because it was a Chinese production. Surprisingly though, the anime had more good points than I thought there would be.

Story: 5

The story was ok, had nothing special and was very predictable. The main male character, Li Ying Xiong, inadvertently steals a part of the girl MC's, Lu Zi's, powers. Thereafter, he was forced to either die or form a contract with her and begins his journey as a cultivator -- only to find that he has this invincible power (or plot ... armor) like Kirito. Then, this stereotypical old bad sage-like dude who wants to possess some tremendous spiritual power tries to steal Li Ying Xiong and Lu Zi's great spiritual powers by killing them. That's basically the main storyline, plus some ecchi (but not so revealing that it makes you puke) scenes.

Art: 7

The animation and art are not outstanding but bearable to the eyes -- doesn't get in the way. There may be some steamy moments that you would relish, but they're not my cup of tea.

Sound: 9
I love the ED song "An Nian" (暗恋”), but my favourite song in the series is by far an insert character song for Ru Yue entitled "Shan Feng" (山风) -- just because its Celtic-like tune, backtracked with a solacing harp, reflected the character's relationship with the dragon snake so well. Overall, the soundtrack was great and suited the moods of certain scenes quite well.

Character: 8
All characters in the story don't have vivid personalities. In fact, there's this indolent, rich red-haired womanizer who kind of ticked me off. However, backstories really gave meaning to the female MC's qualities like Lu Zi's firm look but fragile heart and Ru Yue's defiance and independence (Ru Yue's backstory with dragon snake lady almost made me cry). Thus, the sentiments that we audiences develop with the girls' tough lives trigger us to root for Li Ying Xiong's heroic efforts to protect these two girls -- although we know that he is a Deus Ex Machina. In addition, there were some humorous stoic characters.

Enjoyment: 7
The anime was, without a doubt, very enjoyable for me. There were some silly stoic characters who really cracked me up. There were some sweet scenes of Li Ying Xiong and Lu Zi together, and there were some bittersweet scenes like the flashback to Ru Yue's past. Throughout the entire show, I felt like I was tasting a congruent mix of vanilla and salt. The characters interacted well and were entertaining, but the story was poorly paced and loses some of its excitement due to Li Ying Xiong's insane Kirito-like development in strength.

Overall, I'd give “Wo De Tian Jie Nu You” (我的天劫女友) a 7 out of 10. The character backstories and the fitting soundtrack made the anime more than a mediocre 5 out of 10 in my eyes.

Once upon a time ?
Unless in the process of creating something closer to an Art Performance or a Happenning (which almost ensure that viewers won't understand at least 50% of it anyway) than an anime, there's at least 2 things that should be quite important, regardless of the rest :
The story, and its flow.
Obviously, I'm not trying to reduce the importance of the visual, the music/sound, acting etc etc, but I would like to point out that when an anime fails very early to provide a fluid story, or - at the very least - a correct way to address its audience, it ... basically fails to communicate anything.
The point being - unfortunately - that this is the very basic problem of Wo De Tian Jie Nv You :
You will rapidely notice, from the 1st episode at that, a very clumsy, naive, almost crude way of telling a story.
For example, basic transitions from a scene to another are pitiful, leading to misunderstandings about what happened.
Or sequences introduced so fast that the viewers will fail to understand to which events these are supposed to be related.
Or catastrophic CG effects (to the point that calling them CG is already a praise) which, inconsistent at best and perfectible at worst, won't do much to immerse the viewers into the painful story.
This could have been done a lot better, but since it fails at this early state of its execution, I think Wo De Tian Jie Nv You would have been better without existing at all, or delayed further in order to prevent these kinds of flaws.
I don't recommend it at all, unless you're an inconditional chinese anime lover. And even with that, watching this anime won't get exactly easier...

I feel like I just watched a speed run of every shoen anime smashed together and blended into a tasteless paste. It's like they worked off a trope list, everything is just fine. back stories kind of just thrown at the wall. art was good, some scenes were great actually (although conflicts and fight scenes were like a mix of kung fu by wire live action style and old superhero cartoons).

I guess there is a cultural divide on how the Chinese look at relationships, but it was hard to understand motives of characters past the plot armor. I will say one thing about ... the rushed pace, at least I didnt have to suffer through filler or moments designed to pull emotion that would have been a failure if the emotional depth of these characters is evidence. the premise is cool, but it definitely watches like a middle school fanfic reads. the MC is literally a duality of idiot and bran flakes. nothing wrong with it, I just fell for the hype from the few YouTube videos it was featured in, and got burned this time. It has a few moments that if cherry picked make it look fantastic. maybe the creators will hone their craft and make something great in a few years.

edit ~ wrote this before the final fight scene, and while it stands I will say the ending was decent. not great, but the cartoon fight was replaced by some decent action, the plot twist was present but not as hard hitting as i think they were going for, and the MC saving the day didnt feel forced so it wasn't an unfulfilling ending even if it was lacking in flavor