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Sep 16, 2017 12:08 AM
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Out of the shows I've watched so far, Classroom of the Elite and Gamers have been some of the more lack luster shows. Either due to plot structure or redundancy.
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And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus
Sep 16, 2017 12:14 AM
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I only watch 3 shows, Classroom of Elite by far the worst I watch out of three. The execution, and nonsensical story is really bad. I like the art and the opening, though.
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Sep 16, 2017 12:14 AM
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Urara Meichorou (I hope I said it right)

I mean I expected something more than just CGDCT... then again that was my biggest fault for expecting a story out of it when I should've known it was just gonna be Slice of Life. But regardless, they honestly could've done better.

If were talking about this season....
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And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus
Hajimete no Gal looks promising for me. Heard that it's rushed, but that's okay as long as the girl is dominant. If all of them are dominant then it might be as nice as To Love Ru despite being rushed.
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_Ako_ said:
And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus


Oh yea! I think Isekai Smartphone was a "they'll watch anything as long as it's an Isekai" type of anime.
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Brickwall228 said:
_Ako_ said:
And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus


Oh yea! I think Isekai Smartphone was a "they'll watch anything as long as it's an Isekai" type of anime.


They got me with that tho😂😂😂
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suzuya_mitsuko said:
I only watch 3 shows, Classroom of Elite by far the worst I watch out of three. The execution, and nonsensical story is really bad. I like the art and the opening, though.


I agree that the story is poorly executed. I thought there would be more focus on the interaction between the classes and the point system. I also think the OP is catchy and I enjoy the art style.
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The only anime I can think of is Gamers! (Doesn't feel like a ''gaming'' anime and the animation is very disappointing.)
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You said:
_Ako_ said:
And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus
Hajimete no Gal looks promising for me. Heard that it's rushed, but that's okay as long as the girl is dominant. If all of them are dominant then it might be as nice as To Love Ru despite being rushed.


its not even rushed, its like shit adaptation, they make it a a haram so rip you /shrug
It's good that Slop leveling won the CR awards with such a power gap, Gaijin Weebs don't deserve good anime.
Not after what they did to frieren, kusuriya, and many others
Sep 16, 2017 1:23 AM

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OT: sao, the answer is always sao lucky there's a movie out this year so i can say it, even if i didnt watch it or it isnt that bad, answer is still sao
It's good that Slop leveling won the CR awards with such a power gap, Gaijin Weebs don't deserve good anime.
Not after what they did to frieren, kusuriya, and many others
Sep 16, 2017 1:24 AM
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*sighs* Haven't watched any... I'm watching some old anime at the moment ;-;
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Kono2Suba took a giant fall. The animation was improved, the opening sequence is legendary, and the first two episodes are hilarious. That's it. That's all my praise for S2.

The first two episodes got it right so much that it S2 was poised to rise ever higher. The trial was funny and the two new set-to-be-recurring character provides so much room for inventive interactions. The bath scene in E02 just hit all the right notes.

Then they decided "Hey wait a minute, Aqua is a dumbass and Darkness is a masochist, let's milk that so hard".

Genius. Yeah, make it stale, repetitive, and predictable.
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Disappointing?

Hell Girl Season 4, honestly. I did not think the producers behind the 4th season would be such big cheapskates.

Renai Boukun for having poor comedy intermixed with rushed development and pacing.

Masamune's Revenge for fucking up a pretty basic formula.

Everything else I had no expectations before or during the first episodes.

To add on, Hajimete's Loli looks little like her manga counterpart.
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Disappointing?

Hell Girl Season 4, honestly. I did not think the producers behind the 4th season would be such big cheapskates.

Renai Boukun for having poor comedy intermixed with rushed development and pacing.

Masamune's Revenge for fucking up a pretty basic formula.

Everything else I had no expectations before or during the first episodes.

To add on, Hajimete's Loli looks little like her manga counterpart.

I think this suits my opinion.
I haven't watched the hell girls.
Sep 16, 2017 1:56 AM

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The absolute garbage koi to uso
My feelings towards this anime were clear in my latest censored review
I don't want that shit in my eyes ever again


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Koi to uso
This is not how romance works
Burn it in hell


Masamune no revenge
Abandoned it revenge plot for the sake of a disgusting bitch
1/10

Classroom of the Elite
change it plot only to give a disgusting bitch more screen time

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Sakurada Reset was pretty disappointing. Everyone and everything was so lifeless in that anime.
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Koi no uso
kuzu no honkai
Masamune kun

hajimete no gal -they went full retard and the source is better.

classroom of the edgy -they gave the fucking roles of other girls to one girl and butchered the source material and made the mc a lifeless rock.

Issekai no garbage- as if sao isnt bad as it made the rise of issekai. This is no different another beta mc with jesus tier powers with harem.

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Sep 16, 2017 3:22 AM

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The following shows have the biggest contrast between expectations and result.

Fuuka
Masamune-kun no Revenge
Eromanga-sensei
Netsuzou TRap
Dive

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Sep 16, 2017 3:26 AM
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Alice to Zouroku
Fuuka
Hajimete no Gal
Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni
Kakegurui
Koi to Uso
Masamune-kun no Revenge
One Room
Sakura Quest
Sakurada Reset

That is disappointing relative to my expectations mind you
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There have actually been quite a few flops for me, but probably because I set my expectations a little too high.

1. Shoukoku no Altair- I was so excited for this when I saw the PV- it looked like it had smooth animation, MAPPA was behind it, and SID were on the soundtrack. Not only that, but it looked like a nice mix of Magi and Arslan Senki (both of which are pretty solid anime). Unfortunately, I struggled to even get through the first episode with all the Turkish jargon thrown around. It's like they just presume the audience have PhDs in Ottoman and Turkish Studies. Animation wasn't great either, surprisingly.

2. Sakurada/Sagrada Reset- I was looking forward to a cool, mystery anime from the studio behind JoJo. Unfortunately there was nothing good about it- bland protag-kun, bland music, bland conversations and plain bad exposition, and godawful visuals. nobody wanted this DavidPro...we wanted JoJo Part 5 and this is not gonna earn the cash to help make that happen

3. Touken Ranbu- Typical Ufotable with all their style and no actual substance. I've said it before and I'll say it again...the only decent anime they've made is Fate/Zero. This time around, I thought we'd get something noteworthy with a gripping story, but the characters are just soulless archetypes, the animation quality is inconsistent, the plot is disengaging, and the soundtrack-whilst decent- just sounds like it's been ripped from the Fate stuff they've adapted.

3. Nestuou TRap- finally, an actual Yuri anime with actual smut...and not only are the episodes too short to actually go anywhere, but the art and animation are sub-par at best. Like, at least make the smut look pretty. Good grief. Citrus better not disappoint me now too

5. Kakegurui- I was expecting a high stakes, psychological gambling anime that kept me on the edge of my seat. What I got instead was a load of cookie-cutter "crazy" girls oversexualizing their gambling exploits and some random self-insert dude so the audience can project themselves onto him. Not to mention my problem with the games themselves. The only thing I like about Kakegurui is its fantastic soundtrack.

I could go on and on and on really, but these are the worst ones. So yeah, it's not been a great year for anime imo bar about two or three series.

Here's to hoping that Fall will be more pleasing!!

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Sep 16, 2017 3:51 AM

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these are the ones for me lol.
Koi to Uso
Kono Suba 2
Assroom of the Elite
Sep 16, 2017 8:56 AM
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I'm surprised Konosuba S2 has been mentioned. I thought that while Darkness's masochism was over used a bit, the rest of it was genuine character interaction.

Each episode was another play on the antics between them and that's all I really expected from it.
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Koi to uso
It went from great to ok to trash

Classroom of the elite
And fuck that beach ep but it is an ok anime

Clockwork planet
It was still entertaining

NTR (tell Manga is way better :/)
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_Ako_ said:
And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone


I don't know how trash can be disappointing.
Sep 16, 2017 9:28 AM

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Netsuzou TRap would be much better if the guys were both insufferable (so I didn't have to feel bad about the cheating that's totally under Hotaru's boyfriend's nose) and we got more on-screen yuri.
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This has basically turned into "Greatest disappointments of the season". With that in mind, nothing disappointed me because I never had any expectations, but some shows made me sad because they would've gave me great expectations.

Koi to Uso made me keep thinking, man it'd be so much better if they did this instead (Like seriously, so much I thought that).

The Mahoutsukai no Yome OVA went from depressing, to more depressing, to basically a filler episode. It's first episodes made me think it was building up to a third emotional climax, but I was left instead with the incomplete climax of the second episodes ending.

Other than that, Kuzu no Honkai would've been good if they just removed the loli. What we get with a loli is a frankly childish insistence on symmetry among the main cast. There are a number of other flaws, particularly the monologuing, but still.

And of course, Masamune no Revenge, which went from a typical "I'm kinda bored so I'm gonna drop it" to "There were only three episodes left so I thought I might as well finish it, and after finishing it I hate it with a burning passion because it baited a sequel I would never want to watch, and deprived me of my catharsis"

I might as well throw in Fuuka as well, which I actually was quite satisfied with. That was before I found out how the manga ended. At which point I was screaming at myself "man that would've been awesome"
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Maybe Koi to uso because I doubt there's going to be a conclusion at this point, well like a lot of other anime out there anyway. lol

Classroom of the Elite could have been a lot better! If only they didn't change the story so much...

I thought Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni would be more funny.


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It occurs to me that the Spring season didn't really have too many shows that would prove disappointing. All the ones i saw either left me feeling satisfied or impartial.

In retrospect I've gotta add Masumune-kun no Revenge to my list of disappointments. That show left something to be desired. Other than that most of the disappointments come from this season.
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Eh, where to even start.


The list is long and full of explicit language.
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Boruto: Boruto's Dad Naruto Next Generations
Love and Lies
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So far in 2017... Shows I though would be awesome but sucked... Or kinda sucked

Chain chronicle
Fuuka
ElDive
Hank Shakers
Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
Alice to Zouroku
Sakurada Reset
Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism
Atom: The Beginning
Granblue Fantasy The Animation
Clockwork Planet
Shoukoku no Altair
Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.
Jikan no Shihaisha
18if
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan
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Eh, where to even start.


The list is long and full of explicit language.


Top 3 anime this season that are as disappointing as getting clothes as a present.
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Koi to uso
This is not how romance works
Burn it in hell


Masamune no revenge
Abandoned it revenge plot for the sake of a disgusting bitch
1/10

Classroom of the Elite
change it plot only to give a disgusting bitch more screen time


Damn, and people say i'm the negative one.
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Boruto - I thought the movie was actually pretty good for a Naruto movie but the anime is so slow. They really wrecked Shino's character by reducing him to a comedic character and aside from the main 3 (and occasionally cho-cho) the characters are just slightly altered versions of their parents.

Also SnK 2 was kind of disappointing pacing-wise.
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2017 for being the best worst comedy so far... I can't wait to see how further down the sewage pipe it goes.
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Sorry but I do not see the reason to disciss this topic with such a brick wall. Haha! See what I did there? Okay, okay... The door is that way, no need to tell me.
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Everything :D (but tbh Kado, JESUS SO MUCH POTENTIAL RUINED...)

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Boruto. The first villain, it's motives & the "battle" against it were probably the worst I ever seen and it still didn't progress anywhere at 24 episodes.
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I only watch 3 shows, Classroom of Elite by far the worst I watch out of three. The execution, and nonsensical story is really bad. I like the art and the opening, though.
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You said:
_Ako_ said:
And I'm sure someone will point out

>Hajime no Gal
>Isekai Smartphone
> GG Classroom of the Fappable Elite Waifus
Hajimete no Gal looks promising for me. Heard that it's rushed, but that's okay as long as the girl is dominant. If all of them are dominant then it might be as nice as To Love Ru despite being rushed.


Lol... I'll wait for the batches for Hajimete no Gal or the BDs for me to watch it. Well the manga is also good, but there's a difference seeing a oppai bounce back and forth animated... :)

Mhhh... Not all the heroines in Hajimete no Gal is dominant... :/
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Sakura Quest - I was expecting another Shirobako or Hanasaku Iroha in this title but at some point it started to be way too slow and boring. I like the idea but it gives you a feeling that it could end in 12-13 episodes, instead of twice as much.
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Darek said:
Sorry but I do not see the reason to disciss this topic with such a brick wall. Haha! See what I did there? Okay, okay... The door is that way, no need to tell me.


Oh wait nooo not that door... it leads to another brickwall... it's fine i'll just see myself out too.

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Everything :D (but tbh Kado, JESUS SO MUCH POTENTIAL RUINED...)


Yea i thought so too. Kado had so much to like but still left so much to be desired. Especially with the ending (deus ex machina)
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Hmm too many anime to list here but Kado: the wrong answer is exceptional.
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Seikaisuru Kado: Started out with some cool alien technology that humans had to decide if such an abrupt change would improve their way of life. Then the end decided to force some conflict which was solved with one of the most boring couples in anime having a kid.

Isekai Shokudou for this season. Didn't have half the charm Sweetness and Lightning had and there are too many characters with uninteresting backstories for me to give a shit about any of them.
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So Far:

-Gabriel DropOut (for being one of the most boring comedies I had the displeasure to watch, a corpse would be funnier than all the four main characters together)
-Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (the worst offender of the list, because it started very well, but went to shit as soon as the second half started)
-Shoukoku no Altair (not as bad as the other examples, but the pacing is so rushed is hard to fully enjoy, I swear they are adapting things who could have adapted even in three episodes in one)
-Tales of Zestiria the X 2nd Season (the first season wasn't that good, but at least the pace wasn't a mess)
-Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (same as Tales of Zestiria, but not as bad)
-Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records (I didn't expected much of this to begin with, but the show following the same pattern through it arcs got boring quickly)
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Let's see...

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: I had a lot of expectations for this one but the side characters killed it (ironically, Fafnir was clear best character to me), Ahegao girl was terrible and her reaction face was so annoying. Elma had an introduction scene and after that she basically became a 30 seconds food joke, but the clear worst part of the series was Lucoa, her boob molesting jokes with the kid were just incredibly off putting, I'm actually surprised that MAL has it rated so highly rated considering that they shit on stuff like that all the time, but well...

Renai Boukun: The idea was so promising and the start was a lot of fun, but it got stale quickly IMO, the worst part is that I'm not sure if the show knew what it wanted to be, like, random comedy, then sadist girl starts torturing the MC for real and not for comedy, then random drama, back to comedy, more drama, what.

Now I'm going for series I didn't have expectations at first but they positively surprised me, to only end up dsappointed:

Masamune-kun no Revenge: The setting was actually pretty interesting, but it lead to nothing, the last episode had me laughing of "you can't end it here, right?"

Akashic Records: tbh the only anime from its genre that I like is Rakudai, and that's the exact feeling I had after the first episode, but after that... it was actually pretty nice! Well, at least until Re=L took the spotlight and just made the show another expected meh anime.

Re:Creators: Just finished today, awesome setting and promising start, but after that a good number of episodes just became super boring to watch, it ended up being pretty underwhelming.

And the clear winner of this year to me, motherfucking Seikaisuru Kado, it came out of nowhere and hooked me so hard with the idea of the series, but the last 4 episodes were so shockingly terrible in comparison to the rest of the series, still hurts.
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... Pretty much all of them? The industry just isn't what it used to be.
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If my expectations are low, it is not disappointing to ended up watching trash (Isekai Smartphone). I will focus on something that looked promising.

Sekaisuru Kado - Good sci-fi anime at first, with a lot of philosophical questions that turned into a Mahou Shoujo fight somehow.

Classroom of the Elite - Downhill after ep 7. The plot never recovered from ep 6 highs.

Kakegurui - I should never read the manga BEFORE watching these kind of shows

Re:Creators - Pacing/Continuity problems of the plot. Lacks any real interaction between the antagonist (Altair) and the Heroes/Creators/MCs until the very end.

Masamune-kun no Revenge - Hm, revenge against an abusive tsundere character? Promising. After: Jesus Christ! That was an abomination.

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