Gosick

Kazuya Kujou is a foreign student at Saint Marguerite Academy, a luxurious boarding school in the Southern European country of Sauville. Originally from Japan, his jet-black hair and dark brown eyes cause his peers to shun him and give him the nickname "Black Reaper," based on a popular urban legend about the traveler who brings death in the spring.

On a day like any other, Kujou visits the school's extravagant library in search of ghost stories. However, his focus soon changes as he becomes curious about a golden strand of hair on the stairs. The steps lead him to a large garden and a beautiful doll-like girl known as Victorique de Blois, whose complex and imaginative foresight allows her to predict their futures, now intertwined.

With more mysteries quickly developing—including the appearance of a ghost ship and an alchemist with the power of transmutation—Victorique and Kujou, bound by fate and their unique skills, have no choice but to rely on each other.

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de Blois, Victorique Main

Yuuki, Aoi Japanese

Kujou, Kazuya Main

Eguchi, Takuya Japanese

Gallo, Cordelia Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Roscoe, Brian Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru Japanese

de Blois, Grevil Supporting

Kiuchi, Hidenobu Japanese

Lafitte, Cecile Supporting

Kano, Yui Japanese

Bradley, Avril Supporting

Shitaya, Noriko Japanese

Leviathan Supporting

Hayami, Show Japanese

The Orphan Supporting

Nazuka, Kaori Japanese

Ambrose Supporting

Abe, Atsushi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Amano, Naoki Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Kobayashi, Junka Producer

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Nov 4, 2024

owiiuiuiu

Recommended

Imagine Sherlock Holmes in the form of a beautiful little girl with blonde hair and clothes that have a lot of lace... That's gosick

tells the story of a Japanese boy Kazuya kujou studying in the eastern european country, saubure, with black hair and brown eyes making him have the nickname "black reaper" He was shunned by his schoolmates because rumors spread that all those close to or related to the black reaper would experience bad luck even to death, referring to his name "black reaper", despite many rumors like that he actually has a kind, hardworking, unyielding nature, somewhat opposite to the attitude of the ... heroine in this series.

On the other hand a little girl with a doll-like stature, eyeballs that have a twinkling light, pure white skin, rosy cheeks, her small body and legs make her look even more doll-like, even so she has a nature that is inversely proportional to her appearance, selfish, angry, Can't be honest with her own feelings, likes to make decisions without thinking, that's victorique, even though she has a wellspring of wisdom, which is said to know everything, with the nickname gray wolf, monstre charmant, and others that I might forget, why can't she be more honest with herself.

With that difference they face all the obstacles that stand in their way, differences do not mean there is no way out, in the story of this series we are presented with a conflict that is rather repetitive and ordinary, you know the anime kyokou suiri, well that's very similar to this anime just a different genre, not bad but not good either, that's the conclusion I got at least until eps 19 and I was silenced by the last 2-3 eps, I thought it would be basic like kyokou suiri, it turns out that this anime is more than that.

The story of this anime is like a puzzle pieces that are interconnected with the main conflict of this series, conflicts about family, race, wealth, power and human greed, but unfortunately the pacing is too slow, problems that should be resolved faster instead become long-winded, if it has an important role in reaching the end of this series it's still okay, but instead there are many less important ones, But despite these shortcomings, my heart's waiting was paid off by the reunion of the charmant monstre and our rabbit, despite the many bad memories they had to experience, starting from his father who treated his son like a tool, locked up since childhood and grew up without a mother's love, when he grew up he was still used by his own father and brother, and a foreign student who was shunned by a dormitory just because of a myth in their dormitory, their relationship was quite unique, the gray wolf and his stupid servant hahaha.

The story closes with a victorique de blois silhouette in a white dress and bright silver hair with Kazuya's kujou, they look like a couple, and ends with the promise "however the world changes... We... Will never be separated again."

Eps 24 looks at eternity through the shoulders of the god of death

Fin.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 1, 2024

LibertyPrimeV1

Mixed Feelings

[Rambling alert, more of a comedic thoughts and opinion than a typical/actual review]
I... I still can't fully put into spoken words how much of a visceral reaction this anime caused within me (maybe someday I'll write an actual review for this but I just had to stamp this while it was fresh in my mind). I don't usually rate stories on "Good" or "Bad" like an average (normal) person would, if it manages to hold my attention and maybe even some anticipation, then I'll usually classify it as Good at the end of the day.

This anime managed that (so for me by default it's not ... bad), and by normal standards it's not Terrible, but GOD I ALMOST want to hate it so much. I just can't say I fully do but AAAHHH, genuinely a story has never made me feel this way and that in itself keeps me fascinated by it.

Yeah yeah, unnecessary openers and this isn't a proper review (definitely dramatic, but besides the fact that this is just how I write in general-) this is genuinely how the story made me feel personally which usually the type of reviews I myself look for/enjoy. I'm not gonna go into the technical stuff like the pacing, character portrayals, plot decisions, etc cause there's waaay better writers/analysts for that, I just wanted a place to share the *incomprehensible emotion words of AAAHHH* this made me feel.

If you wanna feel a conflicted mix of emotions or just experience what probably-realistically-most likely is a "Bad" (but not "trashy bad") story at the end of the day... Then behold Gosick, also listen to the OP/EDs 2 or 3 times before skipping them, they kind of grew on me after a bit (not enough to listen to them outside of this though).

·Only one thing I do want to mention in specifics as it came to my mind, semi-SPOILER alert I guess...
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Screw The Brother! No You Ain't Redeemed for that one bit of barely aid at the very end (which even could've been skipped over it was that sidelined), that actually did concretely tick me off. 😂

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 22, 2022

sana_a99

Not Recommended

Wow this actually has a high rating for some reason.

I rewatched Gosick recently and boy was it bad.

Firstly the characters. Do people actually like little girls kicking boys that they like? He would ask her a simple question and she would kick him or hit him. And kujo would actually forgive her and BRING HER SWEETS. If it were the other way around, with him hitting her, everyone would be pissed. Kujo is the reason why this relationship even exists. Yeah he's a boring character with not much to offer, but you have to admit, he's sweet and treats her right. Victorique, on the other ... hand, is pure garbage. I can't believe anyone actually likes her. A few nice words does not cover up the fact that she's abusive both emotionally and physically. Not only does she hits him, she also calls him stupid and useless all the time.

They're romance is non existent. If you think that's romance, it's not. They're no chemistry, mutual understanding, or memories that makes the viewers go : aww this couple is meant to be together. They magically need each other and want each other, but there were no steps leading to that development. It was done poorly. The shoved their romance in the last few episodes. It was super cringy and sappy.

Next for the mystery component. Yeah, I guess it could be called mystery since there were cases, but like others mentioned it was done poorly as well. A lot of it was Victorique assuming things to be true without any real evidence, and those assumptions were magically correct. Throughout, she was the only one who solved things, while others were just her dogs, doing whatever she asked of them. So it was redundant and predictable.

Next, the whole gray wolf concept. What really is a gray wolf? They brushed over their powers. They're supposed to be very important beings, but we don't even know most of their powers. Do they actually become gray wolves? Do they have magic? Victorique's power is intellegence, but what about the rest of them? What was her mother's powers? What was so special about her and Brian and the rest of them? If they're so powerful, how come no one else is seeking for them? If they're so powerful, how did her mother managed to get captured and how were they unable to help victorique escape?

Next the part of the mother's story. Yes, it was sad, but it could've been very well avoided. Did her mother really let her daughter be in the tower all these years? Why did she wait all these years to kill the marquis? How did she know everything would work out all right? What was the whole point stalking her daughter when she could've spend time with her whenever victorique was out with kujo? And if Victorique couldve left the library all along why didnt she? She left the library all the time with kujo. Was she waiting for someone to hangout with her?

Brian, his brothers, and cordilias deaths were the stupidest things ever. Useless deaths. With their "powers" they could've killed Albert any time they wanted to lol. There was nothing stopping them. But they waited years to get revenge after leaving her daughter behind? What selfish mother would leave the daughter behind knowing that her daughter is being held captive? I certainly would make sure I got her out as soon as possible.

I think the best thing about this show was the story of the queen and leviathan.

The side characters were all just there without purpose. They had no importance to the storyline. The annoying teacher who didn't have a life. She didn't even teach lol. The annoying blonde girl who always followed kujo. Victorique's brother was fine, I guess. He was struggling between listening to his father and being a good brother. I think he deserved a better story and could've even had romance with the girl he liked. But if course not. They just focused on kujo and Victorique and screwed every one else.

Thank you for reading this long long review. I hoped it helped!

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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