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Feb 2, 2024
Blue Lock is not a sports anime. Blue Lock is a sports-flavored action show that uses its “sport” to peddle absolutely backwards ideas that make no sense. I am convinced that the author of Blue Lock is an alien who came to Earth and only learned about both soccer and human society by watching Japan's losing games.
The premise of Blue Lock is that a national soccer training program is instated in which a bunch of the nation's best young male soccer players are trapped inside a facility that treats them like prisoners, withholding basic rights and amenities unless they prove that they’re better than everyone
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else at soccer by trusting no one and prioritizing themselves rather than working as a team. Players slowly get eliminated until only the best remains, and if you get eliminated, you are banned from soccer forever and your career is over.
That is batshit insane. It sounds like an absolute nightmare of a setting that can only be used to tell a horror story satirizing certain philosophical and political ideologies. But somehow, it's not; it's presented as The Way To Win Soccer. But let's put a pin in that. First, let's look at this absolute inane setting for a sports anime and ask the obvious question: why?
Well you see, it's because Big Soccer is convinced that the reason Japan hasn't won the world cup is because everyone is too focused on teamwork when what they really need is the best striker ever who only cares about his own glory and winning, because the striker is the most important role and the team exists to back him. The purpose of this program is to simultaneously train Japan's best striker and weed out all of the other people who are not Japan's best striker and as such are effectively worthless.
This is accomplished by having all of the characters act as strikers and run an internal competition of who can score the most goals individually, because the real winners aren’t those on the winning team, but those who scored the most goals out of their team, regardless of if your team won or not. They’re motivated to work against their teammates to score more individual goals by rewarding those goals with privileges such as nutritious food, a bed to sleep on, and contact with your family. The goal isn't really to get better at playing soccer (because in order to do that you need to see your teammates as equals), but rather to get better at being the best striker alone by yourself, because then the rest of the team will just have to follow your lead. Teamwork makes the dream work but only when the team are not equals and act under the guidance of the singular best guy. Yes, this plan is how you win soccer and it’s going to train the single guy who will single handedly win the world cup for Japan.
Now, I may have spent my high school years in the school's auditorium rather than on the field, but even I know that not only is that not how soccer works, but the game would fall apart if people tried to play it that way. The author really said "you know that team sport where the entire point is working as a team and that's always how it has been and there are eleven players who all have different jobs to do for a reason? Actually it's a load of bullshit and the striker is the only important role and it always has been, so he should do whatever he wants forever and all of the other roles are for losers" This makes no sense if you think about it for more than three seconds. The goal of soccer in Blue Lock is not to win soccer—not really. It’s to be better than other people. And that is an insane goal to have in your show about a team sport.
Now it's time to take that pin out. While the man in charge of this program is presented in a creepy manner, he is also presented as being right. The show has such a grim, mean, violent tone, but rather than playing it for horror and using it to satirize the ideas it presents (such as our society placing one's worth only on their ability to achieve, how the people in power got there by throwing other people under the bus, and how it claims the only reason you have failed is because you didn’t work hard enough), it presents this excessively heavy tone of pain and suffering as beneficial and character-building.
You were put in an unfair situation that it would have been near-impossible to escape from because you were given an incredibly short amount of time? Well that’s your fault! Here are all of the ways you could have escaped from it but didn't—broken down in detail to show that I am right—and the reason you failed is because you didn't work hard enough, so your entire career is over. You are also the one character who was criticizing my ideas because you, as a sane normal soccer player, value teamwork. I am the one who knows how to actually win soccer, and the next 23 episodes are all going to be people getting better at soccer using my backwards, anti-teamwork, hard-work-fallacy endorsing ideas.
I think my least favorite example of this deeply flawed and illogical ideology is the fact that, as it is presented, the stronger players are given better living conditions, training facilities, and food, and the weaker players are told that if they want to live in those same comfortable conditions, they have to work hard to achieve them. This is bullshit, because in reality, giving the strong players better conditions just makes them stronger, and giving the weaker players worse conditions just makes them worse. It’s actually more complicated than that but I don’t want to mark this review as a spoiler. All that matters is that Blue Lock endorses this idea. The weak players are told they just have to work hard to advance upward so they can live in good conditions, as if the truth of that situation wouldn’t lead to the lack of those good conditions making it impossible to advance. Hmmm…I wonder what this reminds you of?
Just keep pulling on those cleat laces, I guess—just like one of the best strikers in the world who rose out of poverty just by working really hard at soccer!
I don’t even buy the yaoibait team camaraderie it’s trying push so it can masquerade as a sports anime; the blue lock program discourages teamwork by rewarding the players who score the most goals with access to basic rights, and it is making them all work toward the goal of being the singular person to graduate the program with their career still intact because they were better than every other player including all of their previous teammates. I do not buy a friendship formed by encouraging a fellow player to overcome his career ending injury when his motivation for overcoming it is “so I can be better than everyone else.”
I can’t believe in any of these friendships, the inspiring kind where they encourage each other not to give up and celebrate as a team when they win, when this show also includes members of the team double-crossing each other for their own individual goals—which the program encourages because they think soccer is best won when led by a striker who prioritizes his glory over all else. The lunatic running this program explicitly says that one’s individual goals are all that matters, and he as such rewards the teammate that betrayed them. The characters overcome this struggle not by protesting the unfair system, but just by working harder. Then the episode ends with them talking about how awesome it is to live in fear because it makes them stronger.
The blue lock institute aims to breed fear in the hearts of its players—fear of having their lives ruined because they failed at their career—with the man in charge very explicitly saying that their players are failing because they were never taught to associate success with survival, so blue lock is here to reeducate them. And the players proudly say that they are glad they operate under fear because it leads them to success. According to Blue Lock, it is a good thing to live in fear of your own survival because it is the only true motivator to succeed, and that’s terrifying.
Early on in the show, the question is asked: “is it worth it to ruin the lives of 299 athletes just for the sake of one?”
The response?:
“Ruin their lives? Why shouldn’t we? It’s what we need to move forward!”
And that, I think, sums up the inherent flaw that is Blue Lock’s design.
Blue Lock is a highly inaccurate and laughable portrayal of soccer used to push the idea that in this messed up world, one should only think about themself and never care for others, because that's the only way to accomplish your goals, and if you cannot do it then the only explanation is that you did not work hard enough. And living like this is good, because it makes you stronger. The sheer horror of the blue lock program would be perfect for criticizing the individualist mindset, but rather it drives it home as true.
But the reality is that it isn’t true in the slightest. Historically, every time society has operated under this logic, it has failed. The earliest sign of civilization is a healed femur.
The author of Blue Lock not only doesn't know how soccer works, but he doesn't know how the world works either.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jan 28, 2024
it's an absolute shocker to me that I am the first person to write a review for Danganronpa Kirigiri, and that is because Danganronpa is massively popular, and this should be essential reading for any fan.
DRKG is a competently told series of mysteries focusing on the real star of the show from the first installment in the franchise. If you liked Danganronpa for the murder mysteries, you'll very much enjoy the murder mysteries present here, and if you liked Danganronpa for the characters, you're in luck as well. It does an excellent job expanding on Kyoko's character, explaining more about her family and why she
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is the way she is. Her relationship to the new POV character, a one Yui Samidare, is both very sweet and exceptionally insightful into her character.
This series also answers the big question of "what happened to her hands" that is never revealed in the main series, and for that alone I would say you should read it.
Seven volumes is a lot, and I do think it could have been shorter, but it is absolutely worth it if you love Danganronpa.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 28, 2024
Free! dominated the sports anime scene when it came out, and reigned supreme for quite awhile before being dethroned by Haikyuu. This show had an absolute chokehold on its fans, garnering obsession even before it was released.
But...why? What about Free! was so captivating? The characters? The yaoibait? Or, perhaps, somehow, the sports?
The answer is I have no idea, because it is one of the most nothingburger shows I have ever watched.
First and foremost, this is a sports story that fails at being a sports story. The narrative of any good team sports story is about a team who wants to win and wants to compete,
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and in order to do that they all have to come together and learn to work together. You are invested in their sport because they are. You want to see them win because they want to win.
The boys in Free!...don't really care. They're very chill about the entire thing, and even say they don't care about winning. If you don't care, why should I care? At the end, they say "if we win this, we could have a shot at going to nationals!" but I have no reason to hope they win or hope they go to nationals because they don't even care. They care more about their asshole ex-friend.
Right, the characters. Here's the thing: in order for the aforementioned sports narrative to work, you need to focus on the team's dynamic and how it gets better as they support each other, because a team cannot win if they do not work together. As such, the characters and their relationships need a lot of focus.
Free! puts too much focus on the characters and their relationships. In fact, the swimming is hardly even relevant; it's just set dressing for these characters to angst about their old friendship. This show doesn't need to be about swimming. It could be about the goddamn newspaper club for all anyone cares. The swimming is probably just an excuse to get all of these boys shirtless.
Free! does not act like it wants to be a sports anime. It acts like it wants to be a slice of life that is forced to take time away from the hanging out so the characters can do a sport.
But I wouldn't mind so much if the characters and their relationships were rich and well developed. Instead, every single character has about one personality trait (chill, moody, cheerful, comically serious, insecure dickbag) and the way their personal struggles and relationship troubles is presented is so ridiculously melodramatic. They're acting like their old childhood friend not liking them anymore is the end of the world and it's an incredibly big deal, when literally all they need to do is get over themselves.
And then the singular character with a believable struggle (needing to work to improve and feeling left out because he's a newcomer) sacrifices what he was working for in favor of the violent-when-angry jerkwad who refuses to talk to his old friends for the sole reason of being insecure and owning the inferiority superiority complex. Get over it lol. It's really not that serious.
I don't even get the fanservice because all of the characters are remarkably plain-looking. They're so...normal. Just some guys.
Still, I'm being unfair. The show is competent in the story it's trying to tell, the animation is quite pretty, and it's entirely inoffensive. If you have ever wished that there was a CGDCT anime but about boys, this is the anime for you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 6, 2023
What Danganronpa Gaiden: Killer Killer suffers most from is being a Danganronpa Gaiden. It's garnered a harsh reception in its time and if you ask me, that is largely because it is tied to the Danganronpa name and thus wasn't what people were expecting it to be. It's not Danganronpa enough for them.
But set aside Danganronpa for a minute, and what do you have?
You have a pretty standard mystery/detective series about an antisocial, eccentric detective who, in spite of his weirdness, is great at his job, and his easily excited amateur assistant who isn't as good as him but is just as excited to solve
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mysteries and is learning along with the audience. Also, because the leads are male and female, there's some fun romantic tension (although they don't have to be the opposite sex for that; look at the trope codifier). It's a very traditional setup for a detective story but it's traditional because it works. However, it works especially well here because at the end of chapter one, we learn more about our oddball detective and it takes a very dark turn.
This dark turn is largely what the story focuses on and in works in tandem with the detective work. It makes for an engaging story as it is unexpected of this standard setup of the detective genre and gives you something to really be interested in. It's effective in getting you invested in these characters (which are easily the most interesting part; the relationship and parallels between our detective and another character introduced about halfway through are simply fascinating, although you also have to give credit to the relationship between our male and female leads. It's so fun to dig into the minds at motivations of these characters. It deserves that psychological tag.). The mysteries themselves aren't the most in-depth cases ever, which is definitely something that could be improved upon as a detective story, but they're fun for what they are.
I am of the opinion that it's better for the detective to serve the mystery rather than the other way around, but hey, the other way around isn't so bad either if you know what you're doing and what the story you really aim to tell is.
The detective aspect takes a back seat in the latter half of the story as it starts getting really intense and, in true Danganronpa fashion, the stakes shoot through the roof, but it feels very natural both as Danganronpa and in general. It always was a characters-first story, and that's fine, even if it isn't the best for a detective story. Because really, it's not a detective story, it's a story about a detective, and that's fine too, so long as you know how to balance it well and don't try to be what you're not (looking at you, BBC).
That being said, I also think people are exaggerating about it being missed potential for the Danganronpa franchise. It's a gaiden series for a reason. It's supposed to be different from the main plot. Expecting it to be just more of the main plot is a fool's errand. While it could be doing more to utilize it's setting in the world of Danganronpa, it's still a pretty damn good expansion of the franchise's world and its building. In particular, it does a lot to explore what the rest of the world is like in the aftermath of the killing game, as it slowly heals. It's getting better, but it's not there yet. Society is once again functioning, but it's still a crapsack. It's an interesting part of the storyline that the main entries never had time to explore. It also weaves the Danganronpa worldbuilding in with the original characters and mysteries seamlessly. Characters from the main series show up, but only just as much as they need to. They don't feel intrusive, or take time away from the main characters. It is just enough to tell a Danganronpa side-story.
It could have been a few chapters longer, because it resolves a few things just a bit too quickly and could have expanded some more on a few others, but that's a nitpick. I do wish they hadn't pushed the female lead aside for the men, but what else is new? It also has some BL undertones (or, overtones honestly) if you're into that but you're a Danganronpa fan, which should answer that question. Personally, I can appreciate it. Oh, also the way the main conflict is resolved is ah...uncharacteristically silly? Even for Danganronpa, which did knock off a few points, but is nowhere near enough to ruin how interesting the rest was.
It isn't the world's best detective story nor is it a perfect expansion of Danganronpa, but when you set that aside and accept what you've been given, it's a fun and intriguing read for Danganronpa fans.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Nov 16, 2023
Parody is an art form that is hard to do well. When done poorly, it falls into one of two camps: either it's just making fun of something without being clever or having anything to add, or it's just earnestly doing the thing but it repeatedly hits you over the head with the reminder that they're aware they are doing the thing, and isn't it funny how self aware we are?
100 Girlfriends falls into the second camp.
The characters are charming, the animation is pretty, and it does have some good jokes, but at the end of the day it just falls flat as a parody.
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It's hardly a parody, and rather is just a standard self-indulgent harem rom-com that turned the com up to 11 by repeatedly lampshading all of the tropes and hoping you'll laugh solely at how self aware it is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 4, 2023
If you're looking at this page, it's probably because you loved The Promised Neverland and are trying to get as much of it as you possibly can. This means you've ended up here, and are wondering "wait, what the hell is Beyond The Promised Neverland? None of these chapters seem TPN related at all!"
This anthology is a collection of one-shots written by the author of TPN, and only the last one shot is TPN related. The last chapter is an epilogue chapter to TPN which first and foremost I highly recommend. However, this doesn't mean the other five chapters should be discounted. The other five
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one-shots collected in this volume are all interesting and vivid, with a focus on philosophy that is genuinely thought provoking and moving. They fit right in with TPN's themes and messages, and are quick and easy reads.
Some are better than others, but they're all satisfying reads that don't take too much time or commitment. I picked it up for TPN and stayed for everything else it had to bring to the table. Don't skip this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Aug 6, 2023
After the Revolution is by no means a perfect manga.
It exists as a sequel to 1997's Revolutionary Girl Utena to celebrate its 20th anniversary, and thus takes place 20 years later. Because of its nature as a 20th anniversary celebration, it was never going to be, well, revolutionary, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable or doesn't have some interesting ideas.
These three chapters are essentially about the spirit of Utena helping the student council members heal from their lingering trauma left over by the events of the main story. It doesn't line up with the anime's plot details 100%, but it's Utena; no two versions
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will have the same details.
A common criticism of this manga is that it is hard to believe the characters haven't changed in twenty years, but to that I say: trauma will do that to you. Utena is a series about trauma and how it plants its roots in you and fundamentally changes you as a person, and this manga shows that (although I do agree that the character designs not changing after twenty years is a bit silly. As I said, it's not perfect).
Ultimately it doesn't have the time to deliver everything I could want out of a follow up to Utena but considering its only three chapters, it uses its short runtime wisely, covering just about everything that needs to be covered, even if it cannot get to everything.
It is a poignant and heartwarming story about how the effects of trauma are long lasting but it is never too late to heal. It's not perfect, but for what it is, it works well.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 30, 2023
Ah, Elfen Lied, the anime every child with unrestricted internet access growing up in the 2000s watched split into 8 parts on YouTube in 480p, an absolute classic.
So here’s the thing: Elfen Lied sucks.
I know, I know, what an original take. I probably can’t say anything about this anime that hasn’t already been said, but I’ll do my best to provide a retrospective look at an older show for anyone who wants a fresher perspective.
I want to start this off by saying Elfen Lied does have its strong points. The worldbuilding and setup is genuinely really interesting, as are the deep psychological elements. The aesthetics
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of the show are also extremely well done, and the OP absolutely rocks. But it’s as many people say, awesome setup, less than stellar execution.
What put Elfen Lied on the map was the gore. Elfen Lied is a bloody gorefest, which was something that hadn’t really been done in anime before, so it quickly grew popular. Effectively what this means is the shock value worked. Looking back on it from a modern perspective and…that’s all it is—shock value. And when the shock wears off, you’re just looking at over-the-top blood and guts, and nothing more. Gore can be done well in anime, but when it’s all over the place just for the sake of it, that’s not incredibly compelling or moving. It isn’t just the gore that’s there for cheap shock value. There is also lots of nudity and gratuitous depictions of abuse that serve the same purpose. The intent was to create the most unsettling image possible without really factoring in nuance or care.
Elfen Lied aims to be a story about moving on and atoning for past sins—of examining trauma and humans’ prejudice against each other and hostility against the “other.” I do think that angle of the story is really compelling, but it seriously gets muddled up with the shock value and the…everything else.
Elfen Lied isn’t just a gory horror show, but also a slice-of-life romance. The problem isn’t that it’s combining the two genres, or even that it doesn’t balance them well (well, aside from the fact it clearly likes being a SOL romance more than a gory horror show so it prioritizes the status quo over the drama). No, the problem is that the romance SOL bits aren’t compelling in the slightest.
The main source of the romance SOL elements are these two characters named Kouta and Yuuka, and they are the most bland, nothingburger characters imaginable. They are all of the worst parts of every harem anime. They are the generic brunettes who are way less interesting than the girls with colored hair, and on top of being bland and flat, what little character they do have is being stupid and unlikable. Also, the two have a romance plot, and they are cousins. I know incest is some people’s jam, but it’s not mine, and even if it was, it still wouldn’t make sense.
I would be more understanding if there was a specific reason for the two to be cousins, but there isn’t. Them being cousins isn’t relevant at all. They could have been childhood friends. The author clearly just has an incest fetish, and you’re allowed to have whatever fetishes you want, but the moment you let it seep into your serious storytelling is where I draw the line.
Lucy/Nyu is also just a painfully dated character. This type of character seemed cool and awesome in 2005, but it’s not 2005 anymore. On top of the total misrepresentation of what a “split personality” is (although we call it DID now), one “personality” is a violent murderer and the other has the mental capacity of a toddler. Classy. Also, the toddler personality is used for sex stuff a lot, so that’s fun. Everything about this entire character is outdated, it's almost funny.
Elfen Lied was awesome back in the 2000s when our standards were low and we had never seen anime blood before, but it isn’t the 2000s anymore. I want to say Elfen Lied aged terribly, but honestly, I don’t think it was ever good to begin with, we were just deprived of content.
Even still, there is something so intriguing about Elfen Lied—something that makes you unable to stop watching. It is pure anime trash, and yet you find yourself quickly invested. You need to know what happens to Lucy/Nyu next. You need to know more about the worldbuilding. It’s like a toxic boyfriend. I have to give it credit just for that. The sheer watchability is insane, no matter how trashy it is. And hey, at least it was trying to tell a really deep and meaningful story.
If anything, Elfen Lied is moreso a time capsule of 2000s anime culture than it is anything else. I’m not going to say not watch it, but I am going to tell you to keep this all in mind.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jun 9, 2023
Bungou Stray Dogs is an anime about colorful characters who do a whole lot of nothing.
If that opening sentence doesn't sum it up for you, Bungou Stray Dogs' greatest strength is its characters. Every single one of them is flashy and interesting. They all have their gimmicks and are genuinely well designed. The characters in this show have been praised time and time again for being super complex and morally grey, and every conversation about this show is about doing deep analysis of the characters and their trauma and motivations. The characters are what draw the fans to the show.
Unfortunately, that's about all it has
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going for it.
It's a common joke amongst fans of the series that nobody knows what the plot of Bungou Stray Dogs is, and that's for a reason. It wouldn't be accurate to say Bungou Stray Dogs has no plot, but the plot can essentially be summed up as "our beautiful and badass characters beat each other up a lot because something something crime something something gang war + macguffin." Of course, it eventually turns out that it isn't TRULY a macguffin, but that doesn't come into play until season four, so like, who cares?
But of course, this is simply a review of the first season, not up to season four, and I have to report that season one is definitely the worst when it comes to plot (or lackthereof). Pretty much nothing happens in this first twelve episodes. Bungou Stray Dogs as a series is a slow burn when it comes to getting into the plot, and that's not a good thing. The colorful cast was enough to keep me watching, and eventually get me to watch the later seasons as well, but the plot is so dismally boring, and, in the case of this first season, essentially nonexistant.
I also have a bunch of little nitpicks I could write an essay on, but I'll spare you by not doing that. To keep it brief, this show cannot tell when its supposed to be or even if it wants to be serious.
For a little bit more elaboration, Bungou Stray Dogs is known as an extremely dark seinen series dealing with intense psychology, trauma, mental illness, abuse, etc. It also plays serious subjects for comedy a LOT, causing a complete tonal whiplash. There's nothing wrong with joking about serious subjects, but play something like suicide or pedophilia for comedy and having it not taken seriously, only to turn around and play it 100% straight and expect it to be taken seriously this time is just plain inconsistent and I can't tell what its going for. It's trying to have its cake and eat it too.
I'd also like to bring up the fact that all of these characters are named after/based on the legacy of famous authors. That's all well and good, but it means its really easy for the usage of the real authors to be in poor taste.
Now, obviously what is poor taste in this scenario is subjective considering all of these authors are long dead, but I'm not going to pretend that a lot of the jokes and writing decisions don't feel slimy. The biggest example of this is Dazai. The real Dazai is known for attempting suicide unsuccessfully several times before ultimately succeeding. Dazai in this show is constantly trying to kill himself played for comedy, not taken seriously at all (except for when it sometimes is; really, do you want me to take this seriously or not?) And that's his gimmick. That's it. It's extremely tone deaf. There's nothing wrong with joking about suicide, but seriously, read the room.
To put it into perspective, the real Dazai still had living children when Bungou Stray Dogs began (and possibly still does; I'm not sure)
But whatever. Your mileage may vary on if it's in poor taste or not.
Ultimately, Bungou Stray Dogs is a show about interesting characters in the world's most boring "plot" that seriously does not know how to do comedy.
I feel bad for the fans though. I know Bones has been really messing up the anime adaptation, so if you're interested you should probably just read the manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Mar 20, 2023
Don't watch this. Even if you're a fan of the manga or anime series, just don't watch this. It's legitimately not worth it.
It has actually the ugliest "animation" I have ever seen in my life (I say "animation" because it's moreso a slideshow of still images which occasionally has someone grab one of the pictures on the slide with their mouse and drag it across the screen) which legitimately looks like it was drawn by a middle schooler.
The content isn't exclusive. It adapts an early part of the manga which the 2016 anime series also adapts, but the 2016 series just looks and sounds way
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better. The 2016 series also had more time to get settled into the world before jumping into this particular skit. The 2016 series does this skit way better in every regard.
I also think that this particular skit just...isn't all that funny. I mean, it's not bad. it's somehwat funny. It's Saiki K---it'll never not be funny. But in comparison to many of the other skits in the series, this one isn't its best.
I am generously giving it a 3 because like I said: Saiki K. will never not be funny. it's adapted from a pretty damn good source material. you have to be trying pretty hard to fuck up Saiki K. so badly it deserves a 1.
But really, don't waste your time. It's 16 minutes of a pretty mediocre (by Saiki standards) skit that the 2016 series also did except better than this garbage in every way.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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