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| I was expecting Best Girl to lose after last weeks episode and it pretty much worked out how I expected. Camera-chan fought hard and lost to a girl who had already won by the end of the first episode. Despite that, I liked how it ended (even if it was a little obvious) and this was a great series overall. 8/10 |
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KingKatsura said: he chose the wrong girl but it was inevitable. he always loved mio, and the first love always wins in these triangles. regardless, i liked the ending bar that text exchange in the last scene. they don't even know eachother's whereabouts and its been over a month, but he texts her & she happens to be right behind him like a stalker to reply? He noticed his message sudenenly been read so he messaged her. She responded. It makes sense. She sees him, looks at his message and reads it. He gets the notification and messages her. |
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| damn was hoping it wouldn't end with the more obvious choice welp they don't have my blessings lol,not only that was waiting for the big realization only for them to not see or talk to each other in over month till the end felt like a missed chance to show all their effort instead of " we just ended up at the same college". enjoyable love drama with good music likable character and some solid art/direction 7/10 |
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| Great series. Ena crying was hard to watch but it was still a good series. I also think that people rated the show down because their favorite girl didn't win. |
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| Do you want to know why? Just because. |
| Well exactly what was supposed to happen happened, only the last 1-month skip part was a bit weird. Still Ena's confession and her crying was sad to watch :( Overall it was pretty good, especially going in without any expectations, sometimes slow which was expected but definitely enjoyed it. Solid 7/10. |
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lis1994 said: RobertBobert said: Eh, the miracle did not happen and we have another generic end with the illusion of intrigue. It's a pity. I hope that I will ever see anime, where the third character is not introduced just to suffer and create a non-existent weight to the central couple. Watch Kokoro Connect :D Thanks for the advice, but I watched it. True, a long time ago :) Now I want to see additional OVA-episodes. |
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| Oh my dear Komiya... Overall I really enjoyed the series, yes the animation and art quality dropped significantly but it was quite clear that a lot of thought went into the making of each episode. Really appreciate all the small nuances which made this series special. Still kicking myself how I couldn't find a channel airing the finale in Kyoto :'( |
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| I knew it was a lost cause from the first episode, but I shipped so hard for Ena! After she said she won but not with his picture, I knew that she was going to get rejected. UGH! Overall, I enjoyed the anime. It was very chill to watch, yet I was anticipating for the next episode to be released. |
You can just be yourself. Do things your own way, one step at a time. You'll get there. Just be yourself, you'll be fine." ~Fruit Basket |
| Why did they literally put the confession scene in the last minute? Just because? 6/10. |
| Just Because! is one of the two anime that I was truly invested in every episode in this season. What it excelled at was the the slice of life atmosphere, it reminds me of Fune wo Amu. I also really enjoyed and appreciate the lengths the director went with character acting, despite the production having some trouble. Even then, the sacrifices were worth it imo, as the characters felt alive and their individuality was shown. As for the romance, I really enjoyed it as well. I wasn't a huge fan of Komiya, but by the end, I ended up respecting her and sympathizing with her (props to her seiyuu for that crying in this episode). I know some people criticize the end couple being "predictable," and that would be alright if that was not the creator's intention. However, from the start, the two key visuals featured no one else except Eita and Natsume. Just Because! never planned to be unpredictable, it was only going to be a story about how these two ends up together. I can understand the criticism if say the key visuals showed all the important characters in the series (Nisekoi, NagiAsu, etc), but it's really not the case here. Even the first PV gave special focus to Natsume and Eita in the last few seconds. Anyways, I can understand people not liking the series because they weren't fond of Natsume (or Eita even). It's fair that if you can't connect to Natsume, you won't like her. Personally, I find Natsume really easy to relate to, even though she has a stronger personality than I do. But also the intended audience is the Japanese; more people probably relate to Natsume than Komiya. The ending was cute ^^ Natsume didn't reply to Eita for a month because they were going to the same university anyways. She must've been waiting to see Eita one day on campus and use that opportunity to surprise him and confess. Had Eita not seen that Natsume read the LINE message, nor if he had asked her how's college, she probably planned to have messaged him first. It is a coincidence that Eita saw that Natsume read his message at that moment, but the ending would've been the same anyways. Natsume had the resolve to tell him that she likes him since the day of her acceptance letter. The story is well, obviously nothing special. But what sets it apart as a romance, imo, is the combination of the overall mundane atmosphere and the character acting (although it wasn't present all the time). It gave the series verisimilitude. It's what made me so invested in the series, feeling as if each episode went by too quickly, even if the events were going slow. I'm happy for everyone in this show, and I will really miss all these awkward children characters X) |
tingyDec 29, 2017 1:30 AM
| Hey guys can some1 translate their line conversation? (Between natsume and eita) Horrible subs being horrible. |
| Eita you freaking idiot. Why did you choose the wrong gilr? Well I guess... just because? |
| Fantastic ending to a good anime. Loved it. |
Though we are parted, If on Mount Inaba's peak I should hear the sound Of the pine trees growing there, I'll come back again to you. |
| Not happy that it had to go down the predictable boring route and I found it bullshit that Eita failed the exam for the easier school when he had good grades. Oh well, at least Ena managed to get over it and her club is intact despite her heart being utterly destroyed along with her photo. She is the real winner here. While I am super salty about the generic ending I still give this a 6, it was nothing groundbreaking but nothing horrible either and was among the more watchable romance shows this season, Just Fine! |
| nice MC really nice, props to the wonderful director and script writer and anyone who thought of such an amazing MC, wow wow im really speechless. Tries to apply to the same college his love wants to go, but still goes to check on the other girl's camera competition and also gets happy when he is being confessed by someone he doesnt like ??? Im liking the MC so much its unreal. All in all Just because is an incredible anime, so glad i watched it, always happy to see my favorite girl's dream to date the boy she loves TO BE CRUSHED INTO PIECES. Oh im also a really huge fan when anime goes all out to create the perfect girl, the perfect girlfriend by any kind of imagination, have you root for her, PROLONG it till the last episode, have you wait every week,every day,every hour, every minute to just totally destroy anything you wanted to see and then show you that face  and how am i supposed to live now??? |
| Quite satisfied with that ending even if best girl didn't win, I liked that a couple had pretty much been confirmed at the end as anything stupid/miserable would have been downrated. 8/10 |
| oooh nice ending to think I thought Eita will never meet with her again...I am glad it was not open ended |
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Hirugiku said: This! Fucking this, man!nice MC really nice, props to the wonderful director and script writer and anyone who thought of such an amazing MC, wow wow im really speechless. Tries to apply to the same college his love wants to go, but still goes to check on the other girl's camera competition and also gets happy when he is being confessed by someone he doesnt like ??? Im liking the MC so much its unreal. All in all Just because is an incredible anime, so glad i watched it, always happy to see my favorite girl's dream to date the boy she loves TO BE CRUSHED INTO PIECES. Oh im also a really huge fan when anime goes all out to create the perfect girl, the perfect girlfriend by any kind of imagination, have you root for her, PROLONG it till the last episode, have you wait every week,every day,every hour, every minute to just totally destroy anything you wanted to see and then show you that face and how am i supposed to live now??? |
| Well...i was on team Ena, watched the whole thing for her character, happens often. This anime was pretty bad overall outside Ena moments. I really, really hate those endings, ill give it a 6 even though i think thats still too high, i cant let my fav character drag the rating down any further, that would be absurd. |
Saito66Dec 29, 2017 2:44 AM
| wow the last 5 minuts were so frustrating when he said "it has been one month since the last reply" or something like that but the end was really good. some pretty slow episodes but good end so 8/10 |
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| I couldn't find a version with the last line messeges subbed, can anyone fill me in as to what they said? |
AudioTsunamiDec 29, 2017 3:02 AM
thiagopv said: KingKatsura said: he chose the wrong girl but it was inevitable. he always loved mio, and the first love always wins in these triangles. regardless, i liked the ending bar that text exchange in the last scene. they don't even know eachother's whereabouts and its been over a month, but he texts her & she happens to be right behind him like a stalker to reply? Dude they literally go to the same university Yeah but for example the uni I went to had 40,000 students and was a 350 acre campus. If someone I hadn't seen or heard from in a month was suddenly standing behind me the moment I decided to get back in touch with them I'd be sufficiently creeped. |
| Also, can someone let me know how the school valedictorian didn't get a recommendation to any college? |
| No one seems to be talking about the irregular artwork by the animators. The story was good but if it had been some better studio then it would have been even better |
DragonPaw said: Can someone explain to me who ended in which university and why? The only thing I get is that Mio and Eita study in the same university... Regarding the episode i loved it, they made it simple and tried to avoid the cliché of graduation confession, nicely done. Since the beginning loved Mio, she has a strong personality and is a really determined girl so I really wanted her to get together with Eita. 9/10 Joei University Izumi failed the university Natsume initially chose, but Natsume passed Joei University which Izumi got a recommendation on. ----- The series was fun, but wow the animations :| I find Komiya a lot better but meh, who cares. |
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| Ena was the only memorable aspect of this show. 4/10 |
| It was an okay show. I was actually rooting for Komiya, I liked her. She's a great person with a bright personality. But this ending was expected, and realistic in a way. 6-7/10 for me. |
RobertBobert said: I hope that I will ever see anime, where the third character is not introduced just to suffer and create a non-existent weight to the central couple. I know right! Always these pointless triangles... And I want to add too:"an anime where the only problem of the main couple is lack of communication". |
| i think i stopped paying atttention at one point >> but while i was okey with him choosing Natsume, i was dumbfound by this ending, i mean let them get together? not a month later like a bad joke. But this anime is rated based on Komiya, i mean she was the joy of this anime, she looked great in that photo:D but still wasn't it made by phone(if i don't remember wrong)? the quality shouldn't be so good. |
leo-x64 said: RobertBobert said: I hope that I will ever see anime, where the third character is not introduced just to suffer and create a non-existent weight to the central couple. I know right! Always these pointless triangles... And I want to add too:"an anime where the only problem of the main couple is lack of communication". Then you should like Tsurezure Children, I think. |
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| Izumi thinks Natsume was speaking to him, when really she just happened to make eye contact with one of the passersby that she proceeded to fall for. Show belongs in the inner workings of a toilet somewhere. I apologize to myself for wasting my time. Would've been better spent watching grass grow, or anything that actually develops. This is without mentioning Komiya crying and there still being no confirmation on Yoriko's crush. Pine Jam can down a bottle of Pine Sol for this one. Between this show and Gamers, I think I've gathered enough reason to avoid watching anything they decide to throw together henceforth. Heck, at least Gamers was wacky enough to keep me awake. This studio's hustling backwards. |
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| All in all, not bad. Not much substance here or anything that paints outside the lines of typical anime romance, but I've seen FAR worse. The star of this series was the tone of solemn nostalgia and the interaction between Eita and Soma imo. |
| This anime was so good at portraying teen life and their relationship. But it got it so wrong when they chose Natsume, which clearly does not deserve Eita. And I am so sorry for poor Komiya... This just made me angry and disgusted at going with a really bad tsundere that only deserved a kick in the shins. |
| Wasted potential in my opinion |
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AudioTsunami said: I couldn't find a version with the last line messeges subbed, can anyone fill me in as to what they said? Yeah and Ena's School choice. |
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| You're gonna tell me after a build-up like that...they didn't communicate for a month? That's like insulting my intelligence, that was just dumb. Other than that, the finale was very well done before those last minutes. Haruto/Morikawa were the highlights of the show. Eita and Komiya's scene was really good, showed her pained smile too well, i felt for her. 7/10 |
| I felt sorry for the crews of SS Komiya, may your souls find peace. Congratz SS Mio. I'm happy it came to a conclusion and ma girl wins <3 Really enjoyed the show and one of my favorite, with a rush of nostalgia creeping in at the end. 10/10 for me as I have went through similar experience. If I put the bias aside, it's a solid 7.5/10 with rooms for improvement |
| 4/10 why? Just Because! Seriously tho, this is so generic, I was expecting it to not to go the generic route but oh well Yes this low score is about Ena not winning coz Ena wins = cool twist Mio wins = *falls asleep* predictable generic af route (cheap thrill) But I'm still happy for Mio, even tho I hated how passive she is at first |
LairucremDec 29, 2017 6:20 AM
| annnndddd no kisss... Bah! |
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