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Being hooked by the dancing scene in the third episode, I have decided to seriously watch the entire osamake saga. The name "osamake" itself has definitely intrigued me, as "osananajimi" character are ususally destined to be defeated by other female protagonists in this type of harem love comedy. And this anime never disappoints my anticipation as it is really thinking out of the box.
Art(4):
I marked 4 out of 10 with reference to the general standard but it is actually a 10 out of 10 from my personal perspective. The art is avant-garde, especially for the third episode where that dancing scene has utterly amazed ... me when I watch it for the first time. Also, the ad scenes in the middle part is also commendable. I really don't feel awkward for those stiff movements at all.
Most of the static scenes highlighting characters are still controlled in a conventinal standard fitting the requirement for an ordinary harem anime, so I give some credits to that and there is a conspicuous improvement for the dancing scene on the 9th episode.
Story/Character (4):
I aknowledge the attempt of this anime to go against the trope but the very failures in the plot developement and character developement make it awkward. It is not as bad as a fiasco but the tropes are still omnipresent especially when it comes to the middle part and late part. The characters are also solely cliches of harem anime female protagonists that even creates a sense deja vu that I am watching other harem animes. Not atrocious but not credible at all.
Sound (6):
The Voice actors are from quintessential quintaplet and that is also one of the reasons I am interested in this anime. Apart from the plots and character developments, I can see that they have been putting efforts to save the experience, while I feel pitiful to see how sometimes the emotional build-up could be so awkward that ruins the experience to an irrepairable extent.( especiall 11th episode)
Enjoyment(10):
IF JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST 3 EPISODES
I was really looking forward to what was gonna happen after that and it really motivated me to finish all the other episodes
I will still give a 4 for my overall experience.
Overall(4):
To summarise, it is barely a decent anime and there is a great space for improvement, but I will still reserve my 3 marks(poor remark) for the animes worse than this. Hoping that this anime can have a good ending for the last episode

(REVIEW NOT COMPLETED)
Verdict:
Story: 8/10
The plots are appealing,thought-provocative and certainly logical
Ary & Sound:7/10
There is a major improvement compared to S01
Charcter:9/10
The story weaves fascinating character development,as expected
Enjoyment:8/10
Indeed there are excessive dialogues may cause boredom,but they actually intrigues me.
... Final verdict:8/10
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Ore no seishun Love comedy wa machigatteiru is not the first anime with anti-social Jesus-kun protagonists,but it stands out in how the characters behaves,struggles and matures.There are no extra credicts for the backgrounds——just mediocre high school life without those extraneous decorations like Esper ability and ect.However,this anime redefine 'mediocre' with its astounding development.Irrefutably there are some plots that seem superfluous,but most of it is excellent in conveying characters' detailed psyches entangled with conflicts ,divergence and reconciliations.Especially,this conflict doesn not just revolve around the 3 main characters,but also other supporting characters like Hayato (隼人)and Ebina(海老名).Furthermore,the characters are the greatest highlights in this piece of work.Hachiman Hikigaya,the anti-social charater together with ice queen Yukinoshita and mediocre sunny girl Yuigahama.The unfolding stories gradually unveils more about Hachiman multidimensionally:his black history,his 'dispicable' kindness and his overshadowed cowardice to show his true self——he desires friendships and others he has chosen to dispose of.With natrual and sound development,he has become a real human with a soul but not just a drawing comprised of lines and curves.
As for presentation,the second season achieved a major improvement in art quality,though it can not be considered as outstanding,but there are at least not any eyesores anymore.I believe the improved art quality has also become a robust booster in its reputation.
To summerise,I actually enjoy myself watching this and the excellence endears everyone to linger on it.I would like to call it a great job

Light Spoilers warning.
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Harmony is a decent dystopian movie from the novel with the same name written by Itoh Project.There are appealing art scenes,coherent story line and intriguing characters.However,there are also obvious flaws or even failures.
As for art presentation,there are amazing scenes like when Cian commited suicide ,or those absurd skyscrapers attempting to present the idea of 'supremacy of life' and permeate the sense of anxiety of this 'Utopia' bordering on collapse.However,the overall immoderate 3D paintings are tiresome and kind of disruptive from my personal perspective.
I love the OSTs.The background music is beautiful and mysterious,following how the story goes.It can ... be serene and soft,but also dramatically tragic when it reaches the climax(the massive suicide).Moreover,I love the theme song"Ghost of a smile",which I have lingered on that arousing voice.
However,good soundtracks cannot remedy the flaws in enjoyment.Overwhelmed by frustratingly tedious conversations and monolouges,I find it extremely difficult to enjoy it since there is little excitement.Indeed Harmony is talking about serious matters.The entire movie is based on "mind","dystopia" this kind of complex and thought-provoking connotations.Nevertheless it can be better to add some excitement like what Urobuchi did in Magical Girl Madoka:Rebellion,which was sucessful in both serious connotations and excitement,or even another Itoh project movie——The empire of corpses.(Although this movie unfortunately fails in the story telling)I can see 4degree studio strives to solve tiredness,like when Cian and Tuan are having a long conversation,the camera keeps revolving around them,which is rather annoying but better than static powerpoints.I can also understand that there are difficulties since plots from the original novel had been there,but such boredom is an inevitable failure in this movie.
There is another failure in the story line.The opening is good,with coherent development and the truth gradually unfolding.Everything seems to be not bad.And then,in the ending:
"I love you....."
The relationship between Tuan and Miaha is supposed to be comarades sharing "seemingly" similar dispositions.(Actually they are different,which is also the reason Tuan did that in the end)They are both anti-social and desire to revenge this suffocating society that relates nothing to lesbian love....This is absolutely a failure devestating the atmosphere.
Last but not the least,the characters,especially Miaha possess intriguing developments.I will take Miaha as an example.Miaha,with innate loss of counsciousness,was victimised during war when she was young and thus formed a "simulation" of counsciousness.However,she chose to escape. and commit suicide together with Tuan and Cian.Here comes the crucial plot that Tuan misintepreted her weakness as a kind of fearlessness or strength and what's more significant, her initial intention.That orchestrates the conflicts between them and supports the twists of this story,graually unfolding the connotations behind their behaviors.
To summerise,despite the pathetic enjoyment,it is not a bad movie with thought provoking connotations and at least a complete story.I would like to reassess this movie to better absorb the implications as well as Miaha's character development which is intresting from my humble opinion,but more endeavors need to be paid to make it a masterpiece.
Scores:
Story:5(supposed to be 7,2 points discredied for the ending)
Art:5
Sound:7
Character:8
Enjoyment:3
Final verdict:5
postscript:
Tag "Dystopian" for the movie is in fact controvertial,but at least Harmony has dystopian element.
There might be personal inclinations.

Slight spoiler warning
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I will say this is one of the animes which impacts my depositions,as well as the serie crushes the stereotype on magical girl animes of its immaturity.
"That is my despair..."
Pullea Madoka Magica:The rebellion is an elevation of the character,Homura,who desires to save Madoka and be with her instead of being seperated.The movie tells an excellent story and astound me in its perfect presentation in terms of art,sound and twisting plots.This 2-hour movie abounds in implications ,exhibiting its deeper insights over the story of magical girls itself.For instance,the character themselves have represented different philosophical depositions.Homura stands for Nihilism(Existantialism,as there is a scene 'God ... is tot' suggesting about it) against 'the law of cycle' and Kuubey stands for utilitarianism(pure rationality and scientist-like thinking).Both of them are huge success since their charcters are widely discussed.In addition.it has a coherent,sound but also twisting,complex story line standing out other animes.With picturesque presentation and emotion-rousing background soundtracks,it can almost reach perfection in my personal point of view.
Overall,it is one of the best animes I have ever seen.I will absolutely give a 10 out of 10

This anime,from my humble opinion is not outstanding,but also not bad.(just mediocre)
The art actually is not bad,I kind of enjoy it（I know it is quite houbunsha style),as well as the opening,which appeals me to check on this anime.There are no obvious failures in art.Therefore it can be considered as 'above plain average'.
Actually the anime itself sets a good hook,like the use of alliteration and the opening(you see the op has become a famous meme).In addition,houbunsha add two male main characters in the anime (First time to see a male anime character using 'watashi'.これは珍しい).However,the story disappoints me a bit,which is mediocre and rather boring.(The last 6 ... episodes are actually better than the first 6 I think.)Regarding the characters,there is no character that speciafically catch my heart.Nevertheless,I think maika's character is still intriguing.The great contrast between 'sadistic' and 'smile' is moe.:)
Overall,it is just ordinary,but as a love comedy,it does not fail,that I will give a 5 or 6 out of 10
then my final rating should be 5.5