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| Pretty Sad good ending ;), the way they talk about life is very emotional. 😊 |
| I can see why Angel Beats is loved by many. I can also see why Angel Beats is also disliked by many. It has a captivating atmosphere, kinda like the high-quality that you see in anime movies. You can really tell that PA Works brought its movie budget for this anime in each episode. It has a character that resembles Haruhi, so thats gonna create a plus for many. The male MC is fun to follow around. It has a large cast, to keep you interested with many of them at the same time and never making you bored I really liked how the anime said that romance is not allowed, because if you fall in love, then youll never want to leave this "AfterWorld" It also makes sure to be lively and to never be slow-paced. Again, Angel Beats shines because it makes sure to never be dull, and the sentimental moments are a hit. However, The comedy can be a hit with many, However, the comedy can also be a miss with many. With all that said, nice job by Maeda and PA Works |
oooo3333Mar 1, 2023 12:38 AM
| Definitely a good series. It didn't allocate enough time to characterisation and worldbuilding as I would've liked due to the flippant pacing, but the main characters had appreciable depth to them, the humour was usually fun enough, animation was fantastic, and the last episode didn't leave me underwhelmed. Kanade is also cute, which is a plus. Angel Beats would benefit from 24 episodes, I believe that. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| Even remembering the ending, it still felt like a sucker punch during that final moment between Yuzuru & Kanade. The whole graduation ceremony had me feeling nostalgic & sentimental, especially since I first saw this not long after my own high school graduation. It helped me make peace with some of my own lingering regrets about the darker moments during my time in high school. If such an afterlife existed, I probably wouldn't need to go there after seeing this. While rough around the edges, Angel Beats still delivers a heartfelt message about making peace with one's lot in life. Although I do feel better now that I've finally watched it again, I still stand by my main critique that Angel Beats needed to be longer to fully convey the emotions driving it. The potential was undeniably there, as was showcased when Yuzuru's backstory was fleshed out into perhaps the most awe inspiring moment of the entire show. It was also great when an entire episode went to helping Yui pass on. I just wish the care & setup that went into the best moments had been more consistent, which would have undeniably been possible if this had been closer to 20-24 episodes. But I won't bemoan this point too much and I'm still grateful for the role Angel Beats has played in my anime watching experience. At a point where I thought I had grown out of anime, I gave this a chance on a whim and it was enough to remind me of the uplifting joy that this medium continues to deliver. Updating my score from 7/10 to 8/10. |
ZekkenshinApr 26, 2023 9:55 PM
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| Otonashi's expression were 10/10, I've never seen anyone reacted better than that, what a plot twist!, even the main character Otonashi dissapeared as well off screen, and reincarnated with Kanade, though besides the main characters, we never get to see other's back story and some question were remained unanswered, who excatly is T.K? and what was the backstory of Shiina, Noda, Yui and the others? |
| It's 10/10 score for me! What can I say? I'm completely hopeless when it comes to bittersweet endings! Am I the only one who thought that Kanade was only a child? All throughout the story, I didn't realize that she was just a petite young woman! My heart felt torn apart when Otonashi realized he was no longer hugging Kanade. 😭😭 |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| Okay, I watched all the episodes in 2 non-consecutive days, so I'll dump all my thoughts here. First, I've never seen anything from PA Works before, but this definitely gives me a good first impression of their overall production quality. Animation is solid, art style isn't bad. Everything on this front is pretty decent. Audio wise, everythings good here too. Non-vocal songs are all really nice on the ears, though the stuff with vocals here just don't jive with my preferences. Voice acting (In Japanese) is also fine, though I'm not really able to judge the overall quality of voice acting beyond it either being bad, really bad, or not bad. The last scene had excellent voice work especially. Writing wise, though... eugh... I gotta stop watching these Key adaptations, they just don't do much for me. Every character "death" left me feeling indifferent, which is pretty bad. I barely remember Kanon (The Toei one, that is. I dropped the Kyoto Ani adaptation real quick once I saw it was more of the same), but characters vanishing the way they did there had absolutely no impact on anything for me. I just kinda felt like by the end, I wasted my time. I feel the same way here. I don't care about any of these characters, even with their backstories layed out one-by-one (Well, with the exception of the characters they off-screened instead of fleshing out). Even that ending, I just... don't feel much of anything. Must have been incredibly impactful for a good amount of people, but I guess I just don't have a heart. Comedy... nothing from me. Maybe a smirk at best, but overall just nothing. I couldn't pad this part out any further if I tried. Maybe the later parts got a little more enjoyable, but it's not enough. I could've written about the characters themselves, but I really don't care at this point. After episode 3, this anime felt more like a chore to watch than something actually enjoyable. At this point, I'm done watching anything Key, stuff just ain't meant for me. If you liked it, good for you, and if not, uh... hi? Oh yeah, arbitrary number... uh.. 5.9/10 (Not interesting = boring, boring = bad, bad = less than 6), since I guess PA Works tried their best here, instead of just shitting something out. It felt like I should've gotten something from this, even though I feel like I've watched nothing for 13 episodes straight. Tl;dr: It's all just a massive case of "Not my anime", and nothing more. It's a very well produced anime, but I just don't like it. |
Daviljoe193May 19, 2023 10:47 PM
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. 🙂 But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.  |
| Lots of feels with that graduation and final scene, but the whole love confession came out of nowhere for me and was unnecessary. Maybe I'm a little slow, but I just didn't see any reason for him falling in love with her, especially since they barely interacted in the first place (unless his loins just got hit with loli fever). Ruined a perfectly good goodbye with that and Kanade somehow being there before Otonashi despite the heart transplant. I just can't wrap my ahead around it and I'm not going to look through 34 pages for the answer so I'm just going to assume he was in pre-limbo for several years until she died, or he was reincarnating all this time until then and she called his soul back to say thanks. Besides that, I really liked the show. Didn't care much for the action but the comedy and sad tales made it for me, so I'm willing to let go a lot of the mysteries and confusion. It definitely was too short and rushed, I really wish more characters' stories got revealed even if they didn't get a proper resolution before vanishing. 9 in the clip and one in the hole /10 |
| "You can't decide the future, but I'm going to re-educate you in the past!" - Erna Kurtz |
| It's tradition for me to re-watch this show yearly, just completed rewatching fourth time. And it still gets into tears😭 this show will always remain special to me. |
| I never thought drawings with motions and a voice-over would make me cry for 15 consecutive minutes. |
| Pretend there's something flashy and cool here. |
| They are slowly disappearing now... rip... it's been fun |
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| what a guttural punch the ending was .This show epitomises how you can do more with less if you nail the timings .Infact it being a single cour came out a plus to me.They didn't hamstring themselves building a world full of complexities cemented on fairytale logic.Once they did try they failed miserably in second last episode. The show is all about character interactions with the music and scenerio blending in organically to create a perfect atmospheric presence.I have rewatched Iwasawa's performance multiple times yet still yearning for more.Shout out to the ED as well.Up untill the last episode i assumed it to be a brilliant ode to everyone centred around Kaicho but it was for the person who left last. The interactive sessions were well paced giving time to evoke a sense of attachment for the characters. A story about quirky little dudes and dudess finding themselves having common ground of a horrendous past,bonding each other through that pain and eventually realising fullfillment through life shared among them. I would rate it a 8.. |
bakakisimaFeb 19, 8:26 AM
| That was a really touching last episode, showing that for how flawed the overall show can be, it's also very sweet and actually heartwarming despite the bitter-sweet aspect. Unfortunately, the show really had a lot of flaws which I couldn't overlook. The plot kept changing every 2 episodes, some reveals were very underwhelming (like the reveal about the hacker that we got last episode), and above all, for a show that cares so much about its characters, it's crazy how little time it actually spent on developing them beyond Otonashi, Kanade and Yuri (I wish I could've added Hinata and Naoi to the list but they haven't been very explored past the sad backstory unfortunately). Also Yui to some extent but this has me wondering, why did she of all people get an episode fully centered around her struggles while so many characters who seemed much more interesting didn't get that ? We haven't even gotten any backstory for the majority of them which really goes against the point ! I really thought once Otonashi decided to work with Kanade, the show would've focused on helping each character pass on like it promised, and instead every side character just disappeared without any explanation on how they even managed to move on. It's a shame because I can't say I didn't like all these characters but I would've cared a lot more if the show really took the time to develop them instead of having some useless plot about a hacker which only served to help Yuri move on-which could've really been done another way. Despite all that, it was still touching and quite fun at times despite the serious tonal problems so I give it a 6/10. |
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 Otonashi says he doesn't mind going next, but then when it was just him and Kanade, he not only doesn't want to go, but he tries to convince Kanade to stay with him forever also. Otonashi is such a shitbag. He secretly tried to make people pass on without their knowledge and choice like with Yui, tries to do it behind Yuri's back, and now he's not only a liar during the sentimental parting ways with Hinata and Yuri, but he also selfishly tries to go back on moving on that he was forcing onto the others back when he was doing it secretly, and he selfishly tries to stop Kanade from passing on just for his sake. This guy is just terrible despite his backstory. It would have made more sense for his selfishness if he resented his backstory being unfair like Yuri did, and didn't try to force/manipulate others to pass on. This guy never deserved to be MC, Yuri should have been MC. She was true to herself to the end, and like other commenters have said her sendoff was pathetic given the importance of her character. This anime really fell apart, they didn't even give a proper sendoff to many of the other characters like the axe guy, the headband guy, the martial artist, the girl in the shadows, and other such prominent characters. They didn't even get shown in the finale episode, they just said they're gone already. What utter disrespect for the characters. If I had to say when this anime went bad, it would be when Otonashi decided to secretly team up with Kanade to manipulate people into passing on. I think most people would say it was when the shadows showed up, but I disagree, Otonashi's character went to shit when he tried to subvert the Afterlife Battlefront to his own agenda. It kind of made no sense for Kanade to go along with the betrayal because it turns out she was never an actual Angel (she was just doing her role as student president), so she must have only been going along with it because Otonashi was her heart donor. What a mess, I guess people mention this anime so much because of the emotional backstories which I do admit were exceptionally effective. It's just too bad that the main story of the school stuff, the glue which connects the backstories, was subpar and then fell apart into a mess. 6/10 |
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