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| Bittersweet ending with some nice moments, but an otherwise pretty bad series. They should have stuck with more a episodic nature handling retrieval cases and have the characters grow through their experiences doing so together. Let's also forget that one and done black market sidetrack. That was a disaster. While we're at it let's replace Michiru with just about anything else. One of the most obnoxious tsundere I've ever had to displeasure of watching. I knew I was in for a trip when (I think) her first line was accusation of sexual harassment. Hey tsunbitch, ever heard of a handshake? 'Cause that's what happened. |
| Simply wow. The most sad, touching, heartbreaking anime i have ever seen. Much more than 'Your lie in April' - watching last episode i was crying like baby, though that was well-known from the very beginning what will happen in the final episode. My first and so far the only one 10/10. |
| It was so damn sad-boo hoo, wah. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
| The ending was fine but the series overall was rushing towards the inevitable sad end. Would have had more impact if we had a few more episodes to grow attached to the characters. Also, they should have gotten married for god's sake! |
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| Well, this surely was a sad ending and I would lie if I said that I didn't feel anything watching it, but it could've been much better. My issue is that I don't feel like I spent enough time with Isla, I didn't get to know her enough. That's what I've been thinking during the entire episode. I knew she was going to "die", this was inevitable, and so I wanted to put myself in the best condition to fully feel what the show wanted me to feel, but I just couldn't. The entire time, I kept asking myself "Do I really care about Isla ?" and to be fair, I realised that while I liked her, I didn't really get attached to her the way I wanted to. (Not to say I didn't care at all, like I said I liked her, I just was expecting more from her, especially since her character seemed pretty promising in the first episodes.) And imo, a tragic story can only work if the characters truly have substance and something that makes me feel deeply attached to them. If I don't feel any kind of connection with them, then why should I care ? And the biggest issue I have with Isla's character is that she doesn't have real substance, real depth, real soul. She was cold and taciturn but she turned out to be cheerful, sensitive, but also very clumsy and awkward. That's pretty much all there is to her character. That's not enough. The show is just trying to make her as cute and lovable as possible by making her having the behavior of a child, but that's just emotional manipulation in a poor attempt to hide the characters' lack of depth. That's really how I feel about this show, it tries to make the characters funny, quirky and cute just so that I would care but it's like throwing a puppy at my face while screaming "CRY ! CRY ! IT'S SAD !" and... Well, it does the opposite to me. If it can work for others, then it's good, really, but as for me it's really not that good. Don't get me wrong, I have no issues with characters being cute and quirky, I actually really enjoy it when it's well done, but only if there is more to them than just that. I need to feel like I'm watching real people interacting, not puppies. And in Plastic Memories, Isla isn't even the only problem regarding that point, just the biggest proof of that. Each character is lacking substance. I was surprised to realize that Michiru was the character I ended up liking the most, as she was the only one with some real depth, but all of that has been used most pf the time for mediocre tsundere comedy. Overall, I'd say this show was a disappointment. It's not at all bad, but it's not really good either. Which is frustrating because it had a lot of potential, I really hoped they would explore more the Giftia's retrieval and everything it meant for people around them, but nah, let's focus more on the romance between a dying doll and a random guy. I get that it's the point of the show, but since, in my opinion, it wasn't very well done, I hoped side stories would bring more substance to the show. The side stories about the other Giftias and their owners definitely were my favorite part of the show. Well, this anime gets a 6/10 from me. It had very good ideas, a lot of potential, and some pretty good moments, but it overall was very underwhelming. |
FafetteMar 19, 2020 4:26 AM
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| I cried in the moments of her departure. It's not really flawed, but I guess there's arguably some missing depth to the reveal of Isla and Kazuki's backstories. Not in the sense of necessary need but more of want. I think the flaw is how it didn't constantly pace and remind the experience of Giftias being retrieved or rather show us proper time of Tsukasa's daily work with several clients. In a few episodes it crashed to the worst case scenario with Maria's death, while revealing Michiru's past and then slowly went to the romance arc. ... I don't know. As much as I liked it, somehow the pacing and build up feels a little flawed. In any case, even though I enjoyed seeing the journey to Tsukasa's care to finally see them become a couple, it didn't feel real after they started dating in a span of 10 episodes, if that makes sense. I'm not sure what it is... sure, he fell in love with her at first sight and came to care for her quickly and only knew her for about two months, and over a month is when they started dating but... I think the concrete building of their love from the second half of the anime wasn't enough minutes/episodes to fully fall in love with them. Other than that, even though small compared to Michiru, the help of the group for their love was sweet, but especially Michiru, for her great care and worry for them, even though she probably likes Tsukasa -- maybe as a motherly affection in wanting to help him. I think the story would have been better if it was longer with better pacing and more build up of the romance and drama of the inevitable from retrieving Giftias'. They're not the best characters but it was bittersweet good romance. ... A what if scenario of the government maybe allowing and finding a way to bring the Giftias back to life with proper function in the potential future is nice to imagine. |
| Wow... this was bad. First episode was interesting but everything went downhill after that. OP & ED were very nice and I liked the animation. That's the only positive things I've got to say about this show. |
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| Finished this a few months ago, but I'm going through anime I've completed and leaving some short thoughts on the endings. Before watching this I was looking around for some anime to emotionally DESTROY me, I wanted to be a trainwreck by the end, give me post-anime depression for days and maybe go so far as to make me shed actual man tears. Of course I saw the usual, clannad after story, your lie in april, i want to eat your pancreas, the list goes on, but none of those actually scarred me hard enough as I was looking for. I narrowed it down to 2 that I haven't watched yet that seemed to be recurring rather often. White album 2 was the first one, so I gave that a watch, and found it more depressing than sad. Was good, but didn't really care after watching; kinda just forgot about it easily. Second one was plastic memories, and here we are. Dang I wish I got the tears I was hoping for, but no. I mean it's easy to see why this is sad, duh, but I just didn't really feel anything much myself. Guessing it's probably the younger audience that finds this really tragic and tear-jerking. Nothing wrong with that, I'm glad they got some emotional value out of it, that's what I was looking for. Despite being a very imperfect anime, angel beats was actually one of those ones that did it for me, I FELT something there man. Then again, these are all based on feelings, not facts, and it comes down to personal preference to what moves you. This was a decent, wholesome anime, can't find many flaws with it myself, but with that said, I found it quite bland despite it's colorful palette. The overall premise and concept about having to retrieve the robots (forgot what they were actually called) was questionable for me as well, with that technology I'm sure they could find a way to keep them going instead of having to rip them apart from their family. Writers just probably looking for a cheap way to get some easy tears, but not from me fam, sorry! Alright, just really meh for my taste. 5/10 |
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| Oh, this was a cute way to end everything. My initial thoughts were that there would be more drama or an asspull that could let Isla live for longer or that Tsukasa would try to escape with her but none of that happened; thank God it didn't. The retrieval was too sudden! On the other hand, I hated it that the ending was unclear enough to let us imagine that Isla's body had been implanted a new soul. I keep saying to myself that it's IMPOSSIBLE for the new girl to be Isla but, ugghhhhh... she wasn't shown... Overall, pretty average but in a good way. 7/10 |
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| It was coming from the beggining. It didn't make me that sad because the ending was so fleshed out. 8/10 |
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| I started it recently, and watched the final episode just 15 minutes ago. Yeah, I have to admit it was very sad, but to be honest I expected it to be even sadder. Idk, maybe because I had not so many time to become attached to Isla in only 13 episodes(idk, I've been a lot sadder after watching longest anime like Assassination Classroom or Oregairu). Anyway I really enjoyed this anime(I'd give it a 9/10). Just a little disappointed by final cliffhanger |
Hakaishin99Dec 15, 2020 2:39 PM
| Had to think a lot about this one, my overall thoughts of this anime fluctuated a lot during these 12 episodes, but i'll try to keep this short. This wasn't my cup of tea personally, a lot of plot points i thought were not needed, overdone or could have been expanded on so much better, the direction of this anime was confusing at time, and characters felt iffy at best, needless to say i could fully understand why someone would enjoy this more then me when focusing specifically on the Isla and Tsukasa relationship. Their story, was overall, well done in my opinion. Lots of heart-warming moments and slight jabs to the heart. Story 5/10, started of strong. Lots of show off about Giftia's, how they work, and what the current world was like, all pretty captivating for me who loved the creativity aspects of the sci-fi genre. The romance was introduced pretty nicely, i was onboard, but wanted more on the actual world. Later on, the anime would, drift, from pokes at romance, snarky comedy to actual action, never really sitting on one, or never really doing a good job at any of them tbh. Things would go from mediocre thriller action one episode, to then 3 episodes focused on one MC trying to hit on the other. Story turned predictable, no longer focusing on the mc's job, and more on the romantic build, world building went from titbits of lore, to none at all (which felt like a massive let down in my eyes) and it was around here were i just lost interested in the anime, putting it down for a while as it didn't hook me as it once did. The plot felt like it lost it's themes and just didn't turn out to be the story i was hoping to see. Characters 5/10, were iffy and just bland archetypes. You have your average MC beta male, same old - same old Tsundere, kuundere that goes through the classic development arc, dumb blonde bombshell, ladies man etc basic textbook stuff. Really, nothing about the characters felt unique, i felt like i saw them all before somewhere else Visuals 6/10, character design felt some what original, making them rememberable to say the lease. Animation quality never seemed to drop which was a massive plus. Overall visuals were good. OST 6/10, anime had some tracks that were very lovely, OP and ED were ok and decently catchy to an extent. All in all 6/10, again this anime wasn't for me. I can fully understand why people would like it, but personally, from someone that went in expecting a more balanced world building focused anime with the added romance, this wasn't for me. The hard to follow direction of this anime that felt like it was split between romance, sci-fi and comedy, and it couldn't make it's mind up until the last 2-3 episodes, felt like a killer to me, on top of the unoriginal characters. None the less, focusing on the story of Isla and Tsukasa relationship, i can safely say, it was ok, got me in the feels a few time, and was pretty ok. |
Code0018Jan 31, 2021 12:40 AM
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| Just completed the anime...it was so heart wrenching...I literally couldn't bear it when Isla took Tsukasa in the Giant wheel to clear her OS. There was one detail I guess was hidden that the fact Isla took Tsukasa in a giant wheel was that he doesn't plan on running away with her as he said, that's why even Kazuki was waiting for them to return. : ( It was really sad that it had to end this way but nonetheless it was really good. |
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| wellllllllllll mehhhhhhhhhhhhh expected to cry but didn't even get a little sentimental. I feel like the characters in this anime were all just so bland, boring and unoriginal. Tons of filler and this anime never even had a clear direction. 3/10 |
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| Surprisingly enjoyable series. This ending was inevitable though. But he handled it like a man. Would have been nice if they had opened up to eachother a lot sooner, but at least they enjoyed a few days as a couple. That ending... leaves us wondering whom he's paired up with next. |
| Those are the questions I forgot to ask. It was a nagging question "why couldn't they find a code / programming fix for the 81920 hour limit? It seems this is a software problem and as such, a solution. Perhaps a limit of memory capacity in the hardware sets this limit, after which the memory gets irretrievably corrupted? |
Tendou-kun said: Bittersweet ending, the love scene on the ferris wheel was perfect and I really liked seeing a happy Isla. Tbh I expected a little more drama but both were very strong the whole time, especially Tsukasa who obvioulsy suffered the most. On the one hand I really liked the last episode but on the other end I hoped so much for a happy end, a miracle but there wasn't any ^^ I had thought the happiest ending possible was Isla’s OS being updated and her new personality being almost similar to her old one 🙂 |
| If you are from South East Asia, then I request you, when you will start an anime, you search if it is available on Muse Asia and Ani-one Asia, before looking through piracy websites |
| Boring and bad show. MC should have just gone for redhead tsundere-chan from the get go. She wanted it. |
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| Well that sucked. |
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| So, I knew it was gonna end like this because well, they tell us this at the start. It's like they're preparing you for it throughout the series. Then once you hit the final episode, you think that you'll be fine since you knew this was coming. Yet you still find yourself on the cusp of tears. At least that's how it was for me at least. I feel like some characters (E.g. Sherry, Yasutaka, Rem, Takao, Constance. Zack even) could've used more development since they were just kinda there providing comedic relief. Now since it was a drama, it makes sense that the plot centred around Isla's last month alive. And that it didn't exactly need to have everyone go through some major development. But I think they could've at least had a few segments for each character to get some growth. But that aside the OST wasn't too bad and the well visuals looked nice. Overall, a good anime all things considered. |
arcticmontysOct 18, 2023 5:53 PM
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| E davvero triste e sofferente ma tutti noi dobbiamo farci forza per andare avanti....anche dopo 9 mesi dalla scomparsa di Isla Tsukasa è riuscito ad andare avanti, anche se beh in cuor suo ci soffre ancora, come ultima cosa voglio far tenere presente a tutti che quest'anime è DRAMMATICO e che quindi e giusto che la vicenda sia andata così, non dobbiamo essere arrabbiati e votare con un voto basso questo anime, il creatore ci ha dato un'importante lezione, tutto non dura per sempre....e dobbiamo tenerci stretto tutto ciò che poi non ci sara mai più passando dei bei momenti insieme, sono sicurissimo (quasi ovvio) che non continuerà più Plastic Memories, ed per quanto faccia male mi va bene cosi...., è stato un anime che oltre a farmi soffrire (sia in positivo che in negativo) mi ha fatto imparare diverse cose |
| Kevin Gaetano Caltabiano |
| Noice... I did not cryied in the end B) |
| Feel pain, think about pain, accept pain, know pain... Shinra Tensei! |
Kevin0kun said: giusto e basato ragazzoh!E davvero triste e sofferente ma tutti noi dobbiamo farci forza per andare avanti....anche dopo 9 mesi dalla scomparsa di Isla Tsukasa è riuscito ad andare avanti, anche se beh in cuor suo ci soffre ancora, come ultima cosa voglio far tenere presente a tutti che quest'anime è DRAMMATICO e che quindi e giusto che la vicenda sia andata così, non dobbiamo essere arrabbiati e votare con un voto basso questo anime, il creatore ci ha dato un'importante lezione, tutto non dura per sempre....e dobbiamo tenerci stretto tutto ciò che poi non ci sara mai più passando dei bei momenti insieme, sono sicurissimo (quasi ovvio) che non continuerà più Plastic Memories, ed per quanto faccia male mi va bene cosi...., è stato un anime che oltre a farmi soffrire (sia in positivo che in negativo) mi ha fatto imparare diverse cose |
| Feel pain, think about pain, accept pain, know pain... Shinra Tensei! |
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