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| Everything in this show was rather nonsensical and thinly developed. Had gotten more and more annoyed with each passing episode. Nothing really resolved with the government lady escaping with data on Bloomers. Alphard surviving? Absurd. With an ending like a redemption? With all the people she killed? I think not. Canaan has to stay away for some stupid 'dramatic' reason? Dumb, no reason can't stay close to her friend. This was a rewatch and years ago when I first watched this I actually liked this anime, gave it an 8. Don't know what I was thinking, distracted by the gunfights? The stylish look of it? Average at best, don't know if I'll be able to get this to a 5 even |
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| Happy End... more or less. |
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| Need a sequel, Alphard is still out there. |
| Alphard surviving that fall is truly a mystery lmao. 4/10 |
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| So this anime is a weird one. It somehow managed to become infinitely more popular than the VN it's a sequel to, especially in the west. This 2009 anime even got a dub, but the game it's related to didn't even come out in the west until like 9 years later. If I had to guess, 99.9%+ of western viewers (and a decent % of Japanese ones too probably) watched this without playing 428: Shibuya Scramble (or reading the Canaan side story in that game that more directly spawned this anime). And because this anime is more sequel than adaption a lot of things are unexplained (a common complaint about this anime as a stand alone product), and less importantly some references (like the cat head Maria wore) go over peoples heads. I had heard of this anime before playing 428, but wasn't interested enough to watch until afterwards. So I kind of of stumbled ass first into the amazingly rare feat of doing things in order. It's also weird to think about from the production end. I have to imagine they banked on it having a wide appeal (certainly wider than the untranslated niche-ish Wii game it's based on), and it having a "guns and explosions" aesthetic does help it get western appeal compared to a more cutesy anime. But then despite it expecting (and essentially needing) the wider appeal a lot of things that happened in this anime seemed to assume the viewers had played the game. There were small flashbacks of the game route (on the train where Alphard killed Siam) to give the bare minimum context, but not much beyond that. Anyways I give this anime denied yuri pairings/10. |
| I'll be honest, I'm completely lost with what happened. I think I had trouble following the anime. What a bittersweet ending with so many loose ends. Shame it didn't get a second season or a spinoff. |
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| The feels when Minoru visited Santana's bar. It really sucks, indeed! I thought he'd bring back home a waifu in the end. Hakkoh had a great ass! It's too bad Canaan, and Maria separated just like that. I wish they could've said their farewells face to face. Cummings became a monk to move on. That's a good idea. The song that played at the end was good! The last two episodes dragged, IMO. They kept monologuing about being someone's light and friend, etc. I got the message already! |
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