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Dec 29, 2015
I enjoyed this anime because I'm easily entertained, but it's a wreck.
The story had amazing potential, but it was terribly executed. Kaneki becomes subject to a ghoul experience that brings upon his half-ghoul being as he awakens in the hospital. Damn, doesn't that sound cool? No, the story fucked all the potential out of the wall. The story starts off focusing on Kaneki's psychological conflicts as he deals with being a "monster" and quickly diverts off topic. Oh no, I'm a ghoul?! That's terr-oh wait let me save my friend. Oh god, I'm a ghoul! I mus-oh hold up I'm randomly about to be
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eaten now by some flamboyant cannibal. Well, that pathetic and unnecessary fight is over with now. Let me jus-oh wait somebody dies. No big deal, I'll ju-oh man I was kidnapped. It's okay, I'll go through a millisecond personality change and make everything better. That'll impress the audience. The episodes fit poorly together when you exclude all the impressive soundtracks and censored "amazing" fight scenes. It's as if the director ran out of ways to portray a psychologically conflicted individual and added in anything that could be tweaked to appear impressive to the audience. The anime tried too hard to make everything complex and interesting, but it just ended up looking like a pile of layered trash with different colors that were terribly mixed together. The pacing barely made any sense when considering character development and plot development; this is highly due to the extent the episodes pathetically worked off of each other. The individual aspects of this anime: psychological, drama, action, drama, and mystery were poorly done. There wasn't any mystery: it was sloppily thrown together and by the end I wondered what mystery I was truly supposed to be focusing on. It did a good job staying consistent with the supernatural elements and it wonderfully manipulated the seinen audience into thinking it was a gem seeing as this anime managed to get over an 8.0 score. However, the rest of the elements were dog food and fritos mixed in a blender: it didn't make sense and it was distasteful. There were too many plot twists and red herrings and they simply all did not mix. The ending wasn't bad for a climatic ending, but the way it was executed was disappointing.
The art was heavily watered-down due to the censorship. The characters were attractive and were very distinguishable with unique features. However, neither the looks of the characters or their environmental surroundings heavily impressed me. The art did not heavily hinder the anime, but it did not help it. It lacked realistic depth and was fitting for the personalities of the characters.
I did enjoy the sound. It's probably what I enjoyed most. I have only watched the Japanese version. I felt power in the voice actors voices and it matched the characters personalities perfectly. It changed with the flow of the story and the transformation of black haired Kaneki to white haired Kaneki is remembered to me by the change of his voice during that time. There was nothing special or unique about the voices overall, but it did help the anime a few millimeters. The soundtracks were astonishing and addictive. I still listen to them till this day and I enjoyed both the outro and intro of this anime. The soundtracks were very unique and touching; it's one of the notable things about this anime.
The character development was fair, but it was poorly executed. Luckily, the characters shown the most developed somewhat from who they originally were presented as, but it was either too quickly or too slowly. Touka's emotional struggles between loving humans and being a ghoul was barely paid attention to and her shame with being a ghoul was lightly hinted. It's never addressed or poked at and it made her character seem very superficial and uninteresting. Hide's personality virtually goes nowhere. He's always walking away with a blank face knowing what's going on while never addressing it. Which, is fine, but it looks quite silly and awkward when done at inappropriate times. Hinami and her mother are predictable characters with little depth and Tsukiyama shouldn't have even been a character in this show. Somehow, his showy flamboyant personality made this anime just a tad bit less terrible, but he was outrageously displaced. Nishio was the only character that I saw besides Kaneki that got genuine moments of spotlight highlighting why he was the way he was. Kaneki's whole character development was quite comical. He barely had time to develop because random things were always happening to him, but magically he shifted in personality in just a matter of second after he apparently couldn't handle a certain situation anymore. To make it worse, the personality he magically changed from--unrealistically--was nothing more than a carbon-copy of other characters in the story line. He goes from being warming, gentle, and sweet to tough, merciless, and empathetic. The other characters aren't even worth mentioning. While the reactions to what's occurring throughout the story were fairly realistic, they were poorly timed or exaggerated. I couldn't relate to any of the characters due to this poor timing and poor development of the story line; it caused a lack of emotional development in myself towards the anime due to this.
Despite all these factors, I did enjoy the unique and gory aspects of the anime. I'm easily entertained, so such mistakes didn't bother me much. Though, they were extremely noticeable.
Overall, I'd recommend this anime to ones that don't mind an all over the place story line with badly developed characters. If you're like me, the big flaws of this anime won't take away from its colorful and intense scenarios. It strongly emphasizes on causing adrenaline and invoking odd interest into its scenes. So, watch with idea of what you enjoy.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 29, 2015
Before you raise a brow at my seemingly contradicting ratings, take time to read my review.
The story line is nothing unique, memorable, or worth remembering. It focuses on the development of a relationship between a hostile teen boy and a submissive girl. That's not what makes the story line mediocre; it's how the story developed. To avoid ruining the frustration the audience will encounter while watching the two main characters interact, I'm simply going to describe my disappointment with a failure in progression throughout the film. When presented with two characters that have different outlooks on life in a romance anime that is
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supposed to center around character development, I expect some type of progression throughout the story. That's not what happened here. The story replays bitter and tasteless cliches; the concept was only ended with even more submission from the teen girl. At no point in time was there any in-depth revelation, reason, or psychological explanation for why this teen boy treated the submissive girl the way he did. The fact that she does nothing but give in or allow such treatment from him doesn't help cure our suspicions either. The story line is repetitive and predictable and all in the worse ways. You'd have to be a mindless fangirl to avoid noting such a disappointing story line. However, despite this cliched nonsense, it did flow nicely--just in an annoying manner. It's a boring simple cliche of romance with no development or in-depth meaning. The pacing was good and the episodes fit together nicely, but the concept of this story line and its failure of progression really did do a number on it. All said and done, the ending was cute.
I'd consider the main male lead a bishounen. The female characters weren't anything impressive and none of the characters had astonishing detail. They were all fairly attractive and well distinguishable; the environment around them was also neatly animated. There was nothing memorable or enchanting about the animation. It did not affect the overall quality of the anime in any sense. I did find a few of the characters to be attractive.
None of the soundtracks were notable or worthy of remembering: I barely remember the intro and outro for this anime. I didn't enjoy them much either. I've only watched the Japanese version. The Japanese voice actors did a very good job of matching the voices with the characters personalities. There were times when I could feel the power in the words being conveyed and it helped me understand the emotions of characters better due to this. This helps enhance the show and cover up an inch of the badly developed concept.
The character development was horrendous. I do not exaggerate in the slightest when I say such things. I'm going to make a quick comparison between the lead female role in Lovely Complex and the female lead role here. They both have consistent and constant personalities with mild outbursts here and there when they got emotional. However, the female lead in this anime fails to express herself and there is almost no depth to her personality as an independent individual. Most of her personality is substituted by her following around the male lead all the time allowing him to do whatever he wants to her so she could be accepted or loved. Besides one time in the anime, she never confronts him or thoughtfully ponders on her interactions involving him. There is absolutely no depth. She simply follows him around like a puppy, allows whatever to happen to herself, and when she's not with him she's thinking of how to please him. This is not the course of thought or action a typical human would have being treated in such a way, and since this isn't supposed to be a story about a mindless teen girl psychologically abused by her boyfriend, I'm quite disappointed. The only story within this girl relies on the male lead. He himself is also typical. He's sadistic, cruel, and has a gentle side to him, but once again, this does not progress. Yes, he had his few moments where he played Mr. nice guy to the female lead throughout the story, but it wasn't done in a warming way. It's in a way that the typical fangrl would get all excited about and rate the anime a 10 simply for one half-assed sweet moment. His expressions towards her were poorly done and there is never a real explanation for the reason his personality developed the way it did. It's simply just a constant cycle of abuse and conflict with a touch of love. Neither characters grew and the supporting characters were awfully obviously there to support. There was no depth to them either. I've already almost forgotten about all the characters in the show. I liked the simple characteristics of each character, but since they failed to grow, I was highly disappointed.
Now, the reason for the rating of my enjoyment? Well, I don't mind cliche animes. I myself "fangirl" and get excited over small scenes that makeup for the terrible story line and character development, but I do take time to think about all aspects of the anime after watching before making a fair judgement. I'm a sucker for romances--even mediocre ones--and this anime was not terrible. It was terribly mediocre with terribly developed aspects.
Overall, if you like cliche animes and can bat an eye in the presence of badly developed story lines and character development, you may enjoy it when you've run out of romance animes. It's a cheerful anime and moves in a gleeful direction, but I'd be lying if I said it was anything other than mediocre. I'd recommend it to romance suckers that are easily entertained.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 29, 2015
NHK is an emotional gem. The story is not told, but felt. It moves with a flow that highlights the characters development and struggles as they interact with each other and cope with their own conflicts. The story line is not special nor unique, but it's what puts emphasis on all the characters as individuals. The series would certainly not be a gem without this simplicity. It doesn't attempt to find a hole where it can poke into the brains of the audience and invoke a sense of adrenaline or attempt to execute a story never done before. It does just the opposite: it
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speaks to our human side and does so without trying. It's mellow and simple; it's joyless and dull. It's the story line that we humans follow in our everyday lives. It's the struggles some of us go through daily and the impact the days going by have on us. It's patchy in places and there are several unnecessary things in the story, but it's what makes up life of the human being. It's us who have patches and unnecessary happenings in our life. It's us who are left to wonder and ponder about our surroundings. Only human beings can repeat a cycle that makes them unsure and miserable all while preventing love in fear of rejection. We're left in an office chair spinning, staring at the ceiling, eating doughnuts, but not understanding why. It all seems so humorous on the surface. On the surface a man spinning in an office chair staring at the ceiling with a doughnut in his mouth seems more than humorous, but for the thoughts that travel through his mind no one else knows what pain it may be causing. It's the story, right before the characters, that is told in such a wonderful and simple way that it invokes feelings of confusion, relation, and calmness. The pace, the way the episodes fit together, and the development of the plot are all bounce off of each other. They all are wonderfully done in an overly simple way that leaves one wondering of their soul. The only reason the story line does not have a ten is because the romantic and comical aspects of the show were terribly done. Luckily, the story line focused on the psychological conflicts of human beings and the drama that comes along with it, so I have little complaint. It did however hinder my rating. I left with a gem, but I did expect to be presented with some comedy and romance--both were badly done.
The art wasn't special. It didn't catch my eye nor make me want to cover my eyes. The characters had a fairly distinguishable attractive appeal and the environment was nicely animated. It wasn't memorable, but it fit the story magnificently. They matched the characters greatly and helped assure the overall mood.
I have only watched the English dub, so I am speaking in terms of such. I did feel they could have done a bit better with the English voice actors in this anime, but the voice actors did such a good job of acting out the conflicts that it eventually left my mind by the fifth episode. They matched the characters personalities well, but none of the characters voices were unique or memorable. The only reason the voices remain memorable in my mind is due to the characters themselves. Which, it's pretty hard for me to fawn over a character and not recall their voice. The background music did a fantastic job of putting greater emphasis to the characters and the struggles everyone was going through throughout the story. Hitori Bocchi and Puzzle are the only notable songs to me. Though, pururin was quite funny.
The characters in this anime were really what made this anime amazing. As I'll cycle again from what I said about the story line, it's not the minds of an anime character that I felt when watching the characters. It's the pure natural struggles of individuals with their own individual troubles. Each character had an enormous amount of depth while some of it wasn't revealed, but what was revealed was done so brilliantly. While the flaws of human beings were much more of focus in this anime, you can sense the good qualities of the characters based off of their actions. The characters reacted to situations extremely realistically and in a way that suited their personality. Their mannerisms and reactions to situations felt like that of a human being. I was able to relate to the main character especially, but all the characters in the anime could've caused one to relate easily or not so easily due to the depth. The character development is a tricky thing to summarize in this anime. At its base, the character development goes nowhere, but in its roots it went everywhere. Each character--some more than others--did noticeably grow as human beings. That's not what makes it difficult to summarize; it's the fact that by the end of the anime you could feel yourself sighing knowing it was for nothing that made me so hard to rate it. Though, I suppose that's another trick of this anime: to remind myself just how human I am. I could sense the baby steps taken throughout the movie like a dog, but at the end I was left with this terrible depressing feeling. In a way, I suppose I'd call it magical. The character development developed without it being obvious all while invoking our sensations, but at the end, it felt as though everything went back to stage one, and yet another natural cycle of conflict we face as humans was portrayed. Due to lack of revelation from all the characters through development, I'm giving this a nine.
I enjoyed this anime significantly. It still stays with me till this day and I find myself pondering my difficulties and myself as a human due to it. I was very depressed and found myself talking to myself in an overly poetic way after the anime. It's a very natural anime that leaves you with a natural feeling.
Overall, I'd recommend this to everyone: kids, teens, adults. Although it may not teach anything, it may teach everything, and if it fails to each anything it may make one feel everything. I can see why some people would find this anime unlikable or even terribly developed, but I feel like that would come from a lack of understanding. This anime is a very pure emotive anime; it's not colorful and it certainly doesn't try. It's dull in such a realistic way that I consider it brilliant. I highly recommend giving it a try.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 28, 2015
Wolf children is an emotive anime with a simple vibe.
Although the episodes function as a monotonous pattern with predictable outcomes, the chirpy highlights of simplicity that surround being a mother to unique children with colorful day-to-day activities saves the storyline from being dreary. The story manages to keep your attention with vague reminders of the difficulties that Hana goes through under her circumstances, but it's in such a natural way that it brings enjoyment to the story. The continuous positive and maternal expressions that Hana shows throughout the movie gives the story a specific warmth that kept me entertained, and although seemingly rushed time
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to time, the pacing was relatively well done with the plot. The slice of life aspects of the show were delightfully and sentimentally done in each episode; the fantasy appended to the slice of life aspects similarly. I especially enjoyed that there seemed to be no obvious cliched narrative techniques. Although nothing more than a mirage, the story line stayed a consistent natural flowing tale full of warmth.
The art didn't seem to be anything more than fair. There is a lack of depth to the structure in the animation, but the color presented helped make this less noticeable. It did little to make the movie unique, but it didn't affect any development in the story. It fit the character's personality well; the characters were unique enough for the rating given.
I haven't watched the Japanese voiced version. I have only watched the English dub. The English dub did a good job matching the voices to the personalities of the characters. The background music highlighted the warmth conveyed throughout the story, and I still enjoy many of the OST's that were in the movie. A few were notable.
The character development was predictable for each of the main characters, however, they developed in a connate manner. This innate development aided with the main plot leveled out such predictable and simple characters. Hana's personality remained in cycle; her children's personality developed as puberty would affect a child. It wasn't anything impactful, though it was major enough that I don't consider it prosaic. Their characteristics were all enjoyable to observe and many were relatable to the average person: not amazing nevertheless. They all reacted in realistic ways and the supporting characters--while not adding a special touch--didn't hinder the movie. The only character I consider worth remembering is Hana for being such a lovely mother.
If you're looking for or not bothered by a soft, mellow, warming, but predictable movie, this may appear to be a fair movie to try out. I enjoyed it due to its realistic and calm characteristics. It may not appeal to ones that don't have an open mind, but to those that do I'm sure they'll find many things to be relatable. I've watched it twice now and felt the same: it's a memorable movie for those that enjoy such aspects of a film. It’s a film that especially might be remembered in times of turmoil or parenthood.
Overall, it was an great movie. It was warming and sweet and despite it being simple there never seemed to be a dull moment. It handled things very realistically and moved at a peaceful provoking pace. It highlighted the unique life of an mother and her children in an wonderfully down slice of life anime. I recommend this to everyone--at least to try. I can see how it wouldn’t fit everyone, but it’s lovely to me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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