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| Honestly I don't know why so many disliked this anime, I liked it. I thought the art was nice and yeah the story is cliche and about friendship and getting stronger but I thought it was emotional and I wasn't bored. 8.5/10 |
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| Because Arata(Hinohara)'s too weak (or that guy with grudge became stronger), that Hoshi-san's character had to sacrifice himself to give him power. Even that princess is crying. Arata gain his own power? Seeing that, that guy with grudge ran away. Everyone else also gave the power, and last talk with Arata. w. more enemies. Journey continues. |
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| Ehhhh where to start... There were moments in this series that I really enjoyed but for the most part it was bland and I've seen it all before. I felt kinda bad that I was looking forward to scenes with Arata in modern Japan more than anything involving Hinohara. Arata in Japan - 7/10 Arata in...Hayagami-land? - 5/10 Overall I'll give it a 6/10, but it worked really damn hard for that 6 and I'm laid back with my anime ratings anyway. Season 2 or not, this is probably my limit since I can guess how it ends from here. |
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| Uggghhhh.... Honestly, what can I really say about this. We knew this ending was going to be rushed. We knew this was going to be anime original, but oh well, it was good, but like this anime...just wasted potential, and almost doomed from the start. First off, the positive: While the fight was just okay, I thought that Hinohara finally making up his mind and doing that last attack, as well as Yorunami's submission was good. In fact, I'll give this episode this, Yorunami's submission and the reason he did so was actually better than what really happened in the manga. However, after that, that's all the points I can give you. Now to the negative: Wow, did I roll my eyes a lot in this episode. Beyond the cliche lines, the boring dialogue, Kadowaki whining every other minute, Arata whining every other minute, Kotoha being an annoying weak female, this episode was still pretty lackluster. It was better than most other episodes of the series, but that's not saying much. They leave a lot of threads open, even though we know this series will not getting a sequel. However, they changed quite a few things from the manga (Tsukuyo's powers, Yorunami's submission, the entire fabricated fight, missing characters, etc.) that many who want to find the answers will be baffled by the changes this series decided to make. Also, I was willing to give this episode a pass and say it was pretty good in terms of most of the episodes of this series. But then--it went and showed the credit clips. They decide to show us a lot of future plot points with the other Shinsho, the ones whose stories would have been awesome to see, but noooo...this series was only one cour and therefore shot itself in the foot before it even started. You show all these hooks for a sequel series, when both you and I know they will never get one. Now, anyone who wants to know what all those scenes were about will have to read the manga. I guess they might as well just point the audience to the much better source material, since obviously they really couldn't do it justice. Okay, I'm going to wrap this up by saying that this show did what it could, but it was really dead on arrival through no fault of its own. I however am thankful for it introducing me to Arata Kangatari and I will continue to read the manga until it ends. I suggest any who were intrigued by this anime to do the same and read the original source material. It's 10x better and you will probably get the answer to a lot of the questions you're asking. This episode was a 7.45/10 and I give the series overall a 5/10. daisy23 said: For the record, the anime did a terrible adaptation and made the characters way more annoying while the best characters didn't appear in the anime like Hinohara's awesome but suspicious mentor who helped Hinohara since their meeting at Gatoya island. Or Oribe, a girl who will probably become the other Arata's girlfriend and is quite badass. They skipped an arc where Hinohara makes a little boy submit, everything about the other Arata was glossed over, they destroyed Hiruko's character who was a total bastard in the manga, this episode's Hinohara vs Kadowaki did not happen in the manga. And Hinohara in the manga gladly accepted Yorunami's submission without complain, he didn't whine about it and all the nakama power from this episode was anime-original. I agree with all that, even though I do think that Yorunami's submission was better in the anime. Mod Edit: Merged posts. Please do not double post. |
LunaSep 13, 2013 9:28 AM
| Woah... what's with all the hate? Dat Sousei no Hinowa! Tsukuyo rocks! Too bad the show ended. No more weekly doses of Tsukuyo (yeah, I have a crush towards the sword) and Kotoha. |
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| Kadowaki's reason to hate Arata is beyond stupid. their fight was a bit boring. 7/10. |
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| I thought it was pretty good, nothing spectacular but good enough for a generic shonen anime. I have to admit I'm a sucker for magic swords. Kadowaki's freudian excuse for why he's evil was pretty lame, but it was at least something different. I definitely could've used more scenes of the Arata in Japan, it felt like that was pretty much tacked on. Not a bad series and I hope there's a sequel to tell the rest of the story, I'd hate to see it end here. I wonder if one of the credits at the end said 'Like this story? Buy the Blu-Ray so we can make another season!' There's always the manga if a 2nd season isn't forthcoming. Oh, and I loved the CGI effect of Arata unlocking the ultimate form of his sword, I thought the giant, glittering gold wings were quite well done. Very impressive looking. 7/10 |
| The anime wasn´t anything special, but I think that a second season would improve it quite a bit. The fighting scenes weren´t that bad either. Im giving this first season a 6/10, but I expect something better if and whenever a second season airs. |
| How did Arata beat Kadowaki if he just blew him away? LOL that's the saddest win I've ever seen. Anyhow, Arata gaining even more people that submit to him like a boss :) Wait wait wait Emisu is alive? What. |
pp813 said: How did Arata beat Kadowaki if he just blew him away? LOL that's the saddest win I've ever seen. Anyhow, Arata gaining even more people that submit to him like a boss :) Wait wait wait Emisu is alive? What. ^ Anyway, 7/10. There is really need for a S2, they didn't show anything. |
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| Second season is needed! I liked the songs, the art and Hinohara evolution, also the romance is good too. 7/10 |
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| I'm a bit disappointed of this series though :/ It feels like they never gain something except Arata became powerful and lot of people submit to him.. that's all about in this 12 episodes. |
| I Think that is a good anime, i like its animation and its sinopsis and its battles are great too. I not understand the reason for Kadowaki for to hate to Arata, i think that he is crazy, he do not have social life. Get a girlfriend, man. Are you fucking kidding me? are another reason, please. 8/10 |
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Xheo said: I Think that is a good anime, i like its animation and its sinopsis and its battles are great too. I not understand the reason for Kadowaki for to hate to Arata, i think that he is crazy, he do not have social life. Get a girlfriend, man. Are you fucking kidding me? are another reason, please. 8/10 I personally liked Kadowaki's descent to madness and thought it was one of the redeeming qualities of this series. I could very well be wrong but this is what I got from it: Kadowaki and Hinohara were both great friends when they were in track together. But all of that changed when they raced and Kadowaki suspected Hinohara of slowing down to serve as a handicap to him. He thought that Hinohara, his best friend, was only pretending to be his friend and really looked down on him. So Kadowaki wanted revenge. He started pushing Hinohara around, bullying and making a fool out of him. But the other Arata ruins all of that when he comes to their world. He's now made a fool of and thinks that Hinohara is now showing his supposed true colors and looking down on Kadowaki again. This starts a snowball effect as he starts to remember his hatred for Hinohara for letting him win the race (or so he thinks). Then other factors combined add fuel to the fire - his father being an adulterous man who thinks nothing of him, his mother walking out on them when he was young, and his friends who only hanged out with him because his dad was rich. But I believe the final thing to push him over the edge was when Hinohara's mother found them. He was probably jealous and wanted his mother to be there for him like Hinohara's and then everything started to boil over from there. One radical idea led to another and he lost it, deciding that Hinohara was the source of his problems and that removing him would help him move forward. |
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| at least they did not change as much from the original material unlike magi |
| ugh. whats this. 7/10 , initially 6 but +1 for the fine effects used in the last episode(i love the shining wings~lol) enjoyable series but not my favorite. I like the characters. If theres a second season , I shall watch it too :) |
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| nicely done. All I have to do now is to wait for another season. The reason why I was watching this anime was the fact that 2 my favourite seiyuu's was there ( both Aratas). 6/10 |
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Irenesharda said: Kotoha being an annoying weak female I second that. I was OK with her in the beginning but she started to get on my nerves with her absolute helplessness and uselessness, and it's only getting worse. I kinda like Kadowaki, but his reason for Arata-hate is, uh, shit, yeah. A grudge, I'd buy, but such full blown hate - no. Still, I found the series entertaining and it would be nice if this gets a second season but I doubt it will, so I guess I'm off to read the manga... |
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| Been waiting for the moment Tsukuyo isn't dirty anymore! Damn. |
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| For those putting down the series, read the actual manga, recommended indeed. It's so much more better that it's not even funny, both are in different leagues. They skipped so many important scenes that happened in the manga, and as a result it's depicted as inconsistencies. Manga there's a lot more depth, actual character development, nothing is rushed, and it's more articulate and a must read. |
| Great to see Arata pull his big boy pants on in this episode and he certainly does seem to be more confident in himself now. That was a pretty decent fight despite them mostly just clashing blade and standing there. And that Sousei no Hinowa looked fucking beautiful wow. Aww yeah Kotoha and Arata had a nice moment of their own near the end. I sure hope there'll be a season two of this with how much more material there are so I can see more development between those two haha. And I've gotta say I just love the OP song and ED song was great too. |
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| Eh it is over, and I'm not bothered. I don't really care if they make a second season. The characters are just too annoying. So why did he want to kill Arata again? |
"When everyone else is about to give up, the fighter who becomes the role model, is the true Leader."  |
| THERE HAS TO BE A SECOND SEASON D: i'm Giving 8/10 c; |
| Someone has any news about second season? |
| What?! They made Yorunami's zokushou submit to him in the anime?! PFFT! Also that lack of a reaction when Arata uses Yorunami's Hayagami I am disappointed....In the manga it was a more explained/"fleshed out" and thus much less of a random "what the heck??". If they ever make a season 2 I pray they better do a much better job than this =/ |
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| this episode was good it ended the season in a way that let them start it up again which they will they did skip a lot of stuff but the only reason they did that either they are going make special or ova until the second season is out because if the anime caught up to the manga now then it wont give the author time to end the manga which is what happening the manga has only so many shinsho left to fight after beats them all and saves the priestess and becomes king he is done all thats left if for him to go back to his own world. the only reason i didnt mention kadowaki was because he is like road side attraction they arent going to kill each other it most likely end with him dying while protecting arata or so bs like that he just that last pawn the enemy uses but that pawn turn good afterhe is nothing. |
ReaperXIIIJul 10, 2013 12:13 AM
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| Yeeeaaaah, adapting a 200-chapter series into a 12-episode anime is never a good thing. I haven't read the manga, but I can tell there's a good story here. It kept me engaged throughout, so maybe one day I'll check out the manga. The characters weren't too bad either. |
| Kinda decent. Wonder what happens to the city now with all those guys submitting to him. Nothing really settled with Kadowaki. Need a 2nd season to finish things it looks like. |
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Mormegil said: Yeeeaaaah, adapting a 200-chapter series into a 12-episode anime is never a good thing. I haven't read the manga, but I can tell there's a good story here. It kept me engaged throughout, so maybe one day I'll check out the manga. The characters weren't too bad either. manga is so much better. many good scenes were cut. |
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| My critique: "I just finished Arata the Legend. 7/10 would not reccomend if you hate spineless male protaganists who get a backbone in the last episode when the pull the stick out of their ass and shove it up their back." |
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TehWhiteTiger said: The characters are just too annoying. So why did he want to kill Arata again? bcuz he can run faster :D medicore. dont care about a 2nd season but i would watch it. |
| 08/10 , wait for the second season! |
| 3/5 If they were going to advertise the manga, they managed to do worse than those drawn from JRPG series. That said, perhaps the only OST deserves a little, the rest was a joke. A S2 so? No, thank you! ^^" Final rating that lowers it goes from 7/10 to 5/10! What a disappointment ... |
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| Weird they changed the story near the end.. I mean, It's completely different than the manga, Kadowaki shouldn't be in that scene on the Yorunami Arc, the fight between Him and Arata is still very late in the series/manga. Also lmfao at the explosion... well I guess i'll give it a 5/10 with this kind of ending. |
| That was so top kek. Seriously. I don't know if it's 4 or 5/10 material. I think it's just a bad adaptation but even the writing suffers. The art got rekt. The manga looks so pretty while this... ugh. Even the MAL picture looks like trash. I think the worse part was how many times they reiterated the motive of the villain (Masato). "Oh no! He let me win in a race! He's looking down on me!" is very simple and legit but how does that turn into "FUCK THIS NERD. I WILL SLAUGHTER HIM INTO PIECES. HATE HATE HATE" Calm the fuck down, mate. You have issues if you could turn from a cute shota into a raging bitch because of something so small. Even the MCs aren't worth much. I expected more since this is written by a Shoujo author so I tend to like the males more but they were your typical generic shounen protags. :/ On the bright side, loved the ED themes, sung by my hubby's band, OLDCODEX and it was fun hearing lots of good voice actors in this show. As much as I hated Masato, Kimura Ryohei did an excellent job, as usual. And hey, even Matsuoka was nice in fantasy!Arata. Will check out manga if it's complete. |
| I gave it an 8 to start, I liked the strong open. Then Kadowaki happened..add in a cliffhanger end with no resolution to anything and no hope of a season 2 and you get a 5/10....almost a 4. |
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alex12345 said: I loved it ^^ :D who cares what other said by hating. It was awesome. It tell you something ^_^ something only some knows :) so don't hate. I wish there is a 2nd season. I wish there is. I love it deep in my heart! So keep it up. Keep going don't let other people put you down. :D do your best. There is something everyone need to know about the universe ^_^ I will give it 10/10 ;D I don't think we should expect a second season. When you look at this anime, it wasn't exactly that good. Bad even in some ways. I loved it as well, but it just wasn't popular enough. |
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