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2deep4me you need to stop being so butthurt over some dumb ratings on an anime site |
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| In my honest opinion, Citrus is both good and bad. There really isn't that much melodrama in here, but I can see why people wouldn't like the series in general. If there's one thing I can pretty much tell you, it's that the intial problems between Yuzu and Mei throughout the anime all boil down to two major issues: The lack of communication and the lack of commitment. For the communication, it's notable that Yuzu is an open book around everyone else, but when it comes to Mei, she can barely form any sentences without getting flustered. Another issue is that she's rather quick to bounce back from any form of depression that Mei herself caused the instant Mei says her name, the most notable instance being the time she talked to Himeko, which afterwards she had a long thinking process about wanting to stay away from her. As for Mei and the lack of commitment, it's one of the reasons she's pretty hated. Her reasons are understandable, but it causes nothing but issues for those who want her and Yuzu to get together. In some ways, it can feel like Mei doesn't care for Yuzu as much as Yuzu cares for Mei, especially when Yuzu tries to get Mei to be more honest. As a Yuri, it has the Yuri moments, which are done much more better in the manga, and the drama is decent enough. The hype mostly came from the fact that this had gotten a mainstream audience, and that we've dealt with Netsuzou Trap. All in all, the anime isn't as bad as people would think, but for the people who read the manga, it's more or less a reminder of what we wanted vs what we got. |
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Lunafleurette said: Ayy lmao both of you look dumb as hell. Lol but seriously why be bothered by scores and reviews. My favorite anime has a 7.64 rating, but I personally thought it was a 9/10 in my book. So you shouldn't get hurt over the ratings.2deep4me you need to stop being so butthurt over some dumb ratings on an anime site |
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| Saying that it's melodramatic because yuri is really the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I'm not even against the series personally but it's also not the best production nor is the voice talent really that good. Also it being a 6.98 might be low for the everything is a 7 score on MAL but it's honestly not LOW. |
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| For an anime that doesn't really do anything right, it's too high if you ask me. It' prolly get's such a pass because yuri adaptations are pretty rare and some people are happy enough just to have it, regardless of it's state. |
| Yes it does, I'm a fan of the manga but I also acknowledged the fact that it is the most overrated yuri manga and as a hardcore yuri fan it's not even top 20 best yuri out there so whether this adaptation is bad or good (it's an okay adaption btw) is irrelevant. So quit embarrassing us true fanbase, you're a disgrace |
| Update The second half was pretty decent though confusing/senseless/cheesy at a few times. The two new characters introduced two distinct additives in their romance narratives,i.e more insight into Mei's character/personality and sincerity in commitment. Overall, despite some of the unsolicited sexual acts/assault in the start (ep 1-3 mainly) which are also somewhat debatable/understandable in their intent among other things,it's not bad at all imo. 7.25/10 for me so i don't think 6.98/10 is a low rating for this. |
| it's wasn't amazing but i don't feel like it was bad it had its moments i would call it kind of inconsistent. I still enjoyed watching it regardless |
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| I love that so many are hating on it, yet so many watched/are watching it. A highly popular yuri manga gets adapted, and adapted well at that, but the broader anime audience doesn't take too kindly to it, but because of all the shit-flinging and memeing around it it gains so much notoriety. I love Citrus, but a lot of why I love it is the stuff that I totally expected a lot of people to hate it for, so I'm just sitting here reveling in it all. Keep your salt flowing, haters. |
Florete said: I love that so many are hating on it, yet so many watched/are watching it. A highly popular yuri manga gets adapted, and adapted well at that, but the broader anime audience doesn't take too kindly to it, but because of all the shit-flinging and memeing around it it gains so much notoriety. I love Citrus, but a lot of why I love it is the stuff that I totally expected a lot of people to hate it for, so I'm just sitting here reveling in it all. Keep your salt flowing, haters. So anyone who doesn't like the show is a hater? lol |
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Kittens-kun said: Florete said: I love that so many are hating on it, yet so many watched/are watching it. A highly popular yuri manga gets adapted, and adapted well at that, but the broader anime audience doesn't take too kindly to it, but because of all the shit-flinging and memeing around it it gains so much notoriety. I love Citrus, but a lot of why I love it is the stuff that I totally expected a lot of people to hate it for, so I'm just sitting here reveling in it all. Keep your salt flowing, haters. So anyone who doesn't like the show is a hater? lol I don't see where I said that. |
You're basically implying that. Like the only reason anyone could possibly hate on it is the "sexual assult." Just ignoring the useless, unwarranted drama, no character development, and characters that exist for the sole purpose of creating misunderstandings. |
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Kittens-kun said: You're basically implying that. Like the only reason anyone could possibly hate on it is the "sexual assult." Just ignoring the useless, unwarranted drama, no character development, and characters that exist for the sole purpose of creating misunderstandings. My post literally does not even contain the words "sexual assault." You're reading into my post something that's not there. |
Florete said: Kittens-kun said: You're basically implying that. Like the only reason anyone could possibly hate on it is the "sexual assult." Just ignoring the useless, unwarranted drama, no character development, and characters that exist for the sole purpose of creating misunderstandings. My post literally does not even contain the words "sexual assault." You're reading into my post something that's not there. I saw you say that on someone's profile comments. |
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| Yes it does deserve those ratings, because think about it, did any of the characters actually develop throughout it? And how many times did the plot go in a full circle within twelve episodes? Three times, it did the same exact same thing three times. Melodrama is fine but not when I am watching the same exact situation for twelve episodes except with a different girl having the hots for Mei or Yuzu every time. Also Mei is one of the worst and most annoying characters I've ever seen, developed one second and then back to hating Yuzu yet sexually harassing her the next, so many scenes in this anime made no sense. Sure the art was pretty and the OST was decent, but the story itself is just stupid, it had the potential to be interesting until they made Mei the alpha female who wins every single girl's heart even though she sexually harasses every single one. |
Kittens-kun said: Florete said: My post literally does not even contain the words "sexual assault." You're reading into my post something that's not there. I saw you say that on someone's profile comments. Me: "Incest, sexual assault, etc. It's only natural that these things will turn a lot of people away" You: "Like the only reason anyone could possibly hate on it is the "sexual assult."" |
Florete said: Me: "Incest, sexual assault, etc. It's only natural that these things will turn a lot of people away" You: "Like the only reason anyone could possibly hate on it is the "sexual assult."" Ok, so maybe you had more than one reason, but you're still ignoring the obvious flaws that other people could have with the show. There are people getting offended by the controversial aspects, yes, but everything I listed are also reasons why people hate the show. |
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Bakanzu said: Yes it does deserve those ratings, because think about it, did any of the characters actually develop throughout it? Yes they did. -Yuzu learns that she must consider Mei's feelings instead of giving in to her own superficial wants. -Mei bevomes more open to Yuzu about her issues through episodes 4, 5, and 6. -Mei then resolves to follow her own path instead of doing things solely for admiration. -Mei truly falls in love with Yuzu in episode 7, where Matsuri forcibly kisses Yuzu out in the open. She's now more less grim in her expressions and is more sentimental, showing more affection for Yuzu beyond simple lust. -When Matsuri is shown to be envious and shoves off, Mei feels guilty. She also expresses this to Yuzu on the bench outside, along with her feeling of vulnerability. -Mei then returns the favor of being a good sister by having Yuzu hang out with Matsuri to show her what love relationships are really about. -Beyond this point, however, Mei continues to subconsciously frame everything as a bargain or exchange rather than a desire. When she offers to give her body to Yuzu, Yuzu can't accept, but also can't express why. -Mei sees this as a rejection, and remains bitter towards Yuzu throughout the next day. -Yuzu finally learns to articulate how she feels about Mei, which finally brings the two of them together. If none of this is character development, then I don't know what is. |
| who are you to say it doesn't deserves bad rating? people score it bad because they thought it was bad you can't just say they are wrong like that. Plus there's no anime on MAL that doesnt have all the scores at least once so any anime wether you think it deserves or not. all the animes on MAL have haters and people who love it. trying to fight it is useless |
Abusaeed said: Yeah there's some unnecessary melodrama here and there, well that's be to expected from Yuri. But to be fair, still Citrus manages to make it interesting. Not to mention that literally 90% of the complaints are about an unimportant subject that is muh sexual assault XD how is it unimporant to what's supposed to be romance series it was outright unpleasant to watch, and I'm far from being the only one feeling like that you might be fine with watching this, cool, but let the negative opinions stay, so people who do not like this kind of crap are forewarned |
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| The anime isn't even as "melodramatic" as the manga is. The anime plays down most of the drama deliberately. That said, even with the manga a lot of people reacted negatively to these issues, for what? It really has come to the point that so many people nitpick over stylistic flourishes of yuri manga and anime that I question whether or not anybody REALLY wants to see a deep and well-written yuri. Citrus' melodrama and fast pace is a stylistic flourish meant to imitate the feeling of romantic and sexual tension. Check out my review on it for more details, but really Y'all have to stop bitching about things that don't match your specific tastes. 6.94 really? |
MyWayHighWay said: Abusaeed said: Yeah there's some unnecessary melodrama here and there, well that's be to expected from Yuri. But to be fair, still Citrus manages to make it interesting. Not to mention that literally 90% of the complaints are about an unimportant subject that is muh sexual assault There is absolutely no "unnecessary melodrama" when its deliberately written to be a drama and pretty much each important action is explainable through later characterization. Citrus uses single observer style for at least two first major arcs, where you never hear second main's thoughts, you rarely see their actions outside of the viewpoint characters field of view and have to base your opinion on their behavior and what they are saying and whether you think they are lying or not. It's fully intended for you to be frustrated when you don't understand some actions the mystery main is taking, just like the viewpoint main is confused too. It engages your brain. Citrus doesn't even have extreme melodrama that has characters tearing up every 5 minutes or spending 10 episodes stuck on one issue. People cry only when it makes sense, as it should be. Yuzu is a somewhat manic, so she naturally has strong emotional highs and lows. It's partially played for comedy and partially as serious. She's just that sort of person. She's also more selfish than people want to admit and uses Harumin as her emotional crutch. Writer must grab the attention of the serialization reader or your story won't be picked up by the readership. There is no time to be too subtle and have a long prologue to introduce the main in detail before getting the ball rolling. You can and should just use flashbacks and slower development later to build up some character for the mains. Which is exactly what happens in Citrus past chapter 8 all the way to current 36. It's just nature of this being almost 1:1 serialized manga adaptation with some tiny changes. Anime makers were just lucky that the first arc was just the right length for adaptation that has a decent end spot without altering anything. That gives you the surface layer of the story and is also convenient for people who will then be able to directly continue from volume 5 of manga. Only proper complaints are about production values of anime that could use some boosting and some early story conveniences that often happen in a serialized work. Liking or disliking characters is irrelevant as long as they make sense for them to be like they are. And Citrus characters make a lot of sense when you know the whole source material. No projected personal values from viewers are acceptable as critique OR praise for that matter. No "how can she forgive her?". No "I just want to see sex". No "I can't stand drama!" or "I just want fluff. :(". It only matters if the character would have done something based on the characterization given. Forgiving character forgiving their old friend? Well, duh. Silent and secretive character letting some bad things go without making a fuss over them? Of course. Mildly sociopath saying they are sorry to defuse a situation once they know they can't win? Naturally. Stories don't need punishment just for sake of punishment or as reassurance to the viewers. They need proper characterization. Some people just let things slide. They don't actually care nearly as much as you would in same situation. What a shocker, right? Yuri also isn't just about "steamy fun". Many are happy to see a single kiss during a run of the whole story, in fact. There is a whole gamut of works from super innocent platonic yuri stories to outright ecchi / sex fests like Shoujo Sect. I second this. I hate people who say that. It seems that yuri anime in particular are being held by the norms of the community and I feel that no one gave this series much of a chance. That said, even Darling in the FanXX is being helmed by these lame ass criticisms. You'd think most of us would be adults and understand that the drama and fast pace in Citrus are deliberately meant to replicate the thrill of being attracted to someone else. Yet, the biggest criticisms I saw so far are what you pointed out and that there are "too many kisses". What the fuck. Everyone is going around and bitching for no reason, and though there are stuff top be bitching about as I explain in more detail in my review, I hardly see anyone point out the good points in its production, which just means that people are biased as fuck towards this series and refuse to recognize its pros. |
| The problem was the lack of fanservice and too much focus on garbage soapy drama. Waste of potential really |
Florete said: I love that so many are hating on it, yet so many watched/are watching it. I don't like dropping anime, especially ones this short. That doesn't mean I'm enjoying it. People watched it, or are watching it, because it's a yuri. It's that simple. ManlyTear said: For an anime that doesn't really do anything right, it's too high if you ask me. It' prolly get's such a pass because yuri adaptations are pretty rare and some people are happy enough just to have it, regardless of it's state. This. I've not finished it yet, but so far I feel like barely anything has actually happened. No substance. |
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| While I don't really agree with all the hate, I won't say it doesn't deserve it. The show for me was painfully mediocre and I'm being generous with the 5/10 rating I gave it. |
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| Well. I was once a fan of Shoujo-ai / yuri series but I kinda grew out of it. Still, I like to get back to this stuff sometimes. I'll give this series a 5 or 6. A LOT of stuff could be better, and any amateur story-writer could do some parts of the plot a lot better. I'm not gonna even start about the melodrama, almost everybody touches that part. The part that makes me wonder is the "world" construction. For example, Mei said she hasn't seen her father 5 years, but somehow that guy managed to re-marry with Yuzu's mother? The hell, when? It's easier to marry than to see your own daughter for once? Why did Mei even call her dad Sensei? Was that explained or was it just left as it is? Why did Matsuri kick the sign and then report that to the police? What was the point of that? What happened to the arranged marriage of Mei and the teacher? I felt like there was a lot of random plot stuff all over the place that had absolutely no meaning. For me that was the worst part. |
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| All these "anime experts" here voicing their superior knowledge of anime and yuri. It's almost depressing. |
| I agree with you. Citrus was my first shoujo ai and honestly, everything is very enjoyable, characters are great, music is awesome... The only one weird thing is EVERYONE's randomly gay but that's a gay anime thing so I'm not complying. |
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thatPinkSpider said: I agree with you. Citrus was my first shoujo ai and honestly, everything is very enjoyable, characters are great, music is awesome... The only one weird thing is EVERYONE's randomly gay but that's a gay anime thing so I'm not complying. I'm certain that not every female character is a lesbian. Momokino seems as though she made out with Mei just to claim her as her own property. Matsuri just does whatever bold, promiscuous thing she wants to try out, regardless of sexual attraction. As for Sara, well...I'm pretty sure she's just doing whatever "fate" was telling her to do. It's not so easy to tell given how bland of a character Sara really is. In Japan, it's been found that most girls in same-sex schools, regardless of sexual orientation, perform some sort of inimate or homosexual behavior with other girls, which they grow out of once they graduate. Citrus replicates pretty much exactly this, and no one is truly gay unless it's specifically inferred, as is the case with Yuzu and Mei whose attraction is genuinely sexual. |
| The story was good until imo the pink-haired girl was introduced. It got unwatchable when the twins appeared. |
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| Actually I think the negative ratings was all because of the characters, some characters were way too unrealistic, in fact some needs psychological help. lol SaiDrew said: The story was good until imo the pink-haired girl was introduced. It got unwatchable when the twins appeared. Preach |
| nice necro lushlif_ said: Actually I think the negative ratings was all because of the characters, some characters were way too unrealistic, in fact some needs psychological help. lol SaiDrew said: The story was good until imo the pink-haired girl was introduced. It got unwatchable when the twins appeared. Preach actually the main chars were very realistic and it's one of the main good things about the anime citrus is a really good anime, it's realistic and reasonable and makes sense just because you haven't lived through something like that it doesn't mean things like these and relationships like these don't actually happen lmao. At least Citrus didnt have some garbage supernatural crap in it and had good story instead the only lame thing imo was Yuzu's young friend but that's cus i didnt like her and im mature enough to realize that characters i dont like can exists in good animes |
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incisorr said: nice necro lushlif_ said: Actually I think the negative ratings was all because of the characters, some characters were way too unrealistic, in fact some needs psychological help. lol Preach actually the main chars were very realistic and it's one of the main good things about the anime citrus is a really good anime, it's realistic and reasonable and makes sense just because you haven't lived through something like that it doesn't mean things like these and relationships like these don't actually happen lmao. At least Citrus didnt have some garbage supernatural crap in it and had good story instead the only lame thing imo was Yuzu's young friend but that's cus i didnt like her and im mature enough to realize that characters i dont like can exists in good animes Wait what? Why would there be supernatural? Are you expecting some mega plot-twist? Here are my honest thoughts about the movie. Pro - plot and concept of the anime Cons - contradictions in the charater's personality, HM pink-haired girl - ending - character design is awful, HM pink-haired girl, twins - flow of the anime, deleted scenes that should be added |
| Remember Sakura Trick? That was the real god tier yuri right there boys Not this actual crap |
| This anime is good enough for me. Some parts looks unrelialistic, but its fine to be unrealistic because it is anime, right? 7/10 for me |
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