This show is thoroughly inoffensive. It has a good opening, its female characters are fairly cute and charming, and it has a main character that loves pharmaceuticals, much like one of my favorite manga, Akagami no Shirayukihime.
But unlike one of my favorites, which features politics, conflicts of interest, intriguing events and goals, and well written, complex characters... this show seems wholeheartedly dedicated to being about as bland as imaginable.
The prime offenders are in the secondary cast. The protagonist herself seeks out interesting things fairly often and is comprehensible, and is about as flavorless as a protagonist might be expected to be. However, every person she
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Apr 22, 2020
I enjoyed Grisaia's first season originally for its fast pace and focus on multiple gritty characters with deep-rooted problems. I was expecting to have liked this interval story as much, since it covers the main character's deep-rooted problems as well. However, the story is fairly derivative and simplistic, instead relying on simple tragedy after simple tragedy. It's a far cry from the interconnected web of relationships that the first season had.
With no personal agency, Yuuji appears to have no characterbuilding in the film, instead being silently blown like a dead leaf from disaster to disaster. Worse yet, the show uses molestation as a disturbing ... 
Jul 12, 2017
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
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What looks like some unrelatable historical piece is actually an impressive drama, about a man's life, successes, and regrets. The ending is truly great, and most shows don't come close to that elusive, satisfactory ending, or the feeling of authentic, gritty streets of japan.
It's something you won't expect to be as good as it is, but trust it a little. I guess I need to write a bit more, i wanted this to be a short review, MAL. Let's see, good character progression, check Great ending, check. There's another season after this when you come back from the past, where the main story of this season takes place, and ... 
Jul 12, 2017
Re:Creators
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I liked the character designs initially and was drawn in. The premise begins spectacularly, and the main character is bland enough that the other characters stand out. Two of the characters have an amazing relationship that became what I looked forward to seeing every episode, even though they were mostly side characters.
Then, around episode eleven or thirteen, I woke up from that happy dream. The sludge that I had just trudged through to get to this crappy story, the lack of development on initially cool characters, the disappointment in the sheer patheticness of the main character, everything sucked. I dropped it after I saw the ... |
