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Jul 19, 2021
11 of 11 episodes seen
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0
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
10 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Tl;Dr
Relaxing show about a young main character and the rest of the elder cast surrounding a restaurant. No action, no over the top drama, just a relaxing story with some fun and interesting characters.
(Light spoilers ahead so watchout!)
Now onto the breakdown!
Story: I really enjoyed the story. So often nowadays, a show with a plot such as this would have some over the top drama happen and I was personally super worried about that happening... All of the main characters get developed pretty well.
The only real thing I could point to here, would be at times it felt a bit jarring when the show
decided to focus on a different character and the main character felt missing.
Art and Sound: I dont have too much to say about either so I will lump em in. I enjoyed the soundtrack and the sound effects and for both good and bad nothing really stood out to me. And the art was really good, it matched the tone of the show well and rarely if ever underperformed.
Character: All of the characters are really interesting, and fleshed out. Some more than others of course, but even the more strange comic relief style characters are really interesting and likable.
Overall a super enjoyable and relaxing show. The main character I appreciated her role a lot as usually surrogate characters are just close enough or cliche enough to be able to turn your brain off when they are on screen or something, but nicoletta felt as if she was seeing a very similar world to me, and the characters faced that same world earlier and are trying to help her grow into her own.
This show ends up having something for everyone, whether your a college student about to embark on a similar journey as nicolleta, or someone already on that journey.
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Dec 19, 2020
11 of 11 episodes seen
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35
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Taisou Samurai has a very unrealistic start, but dont let that put you off. It never devolves into unrealistic gag antics, but ends up being a great show that never treats itself too seriously but still treats its characters with respect.
The Characters are probably the most important part of Taisou Samurai and the show very heavily centers on their struggles. Each character starts out very stereotypically but ends up growing into their own. My biggest concern was the overuse of certain characters due to trying to add extra useless gags or something, but this did not end up happening.
The Sound was good, every single
sound felt good and like it belonged. It didnt have any insane sounds or anything but it felt like it worked brilliantly.
I enjoyed the show alot, and my only regret regarding this show was how long it took me to find it. I brushed it off when it first started airing and ended up watching it just a week before its final episode.
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Dec 4, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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14
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
7 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
Worse overall quality and excitement, but setup for next season.
A few big complaints being
-First few episodes are super meh.
-Animation is a big drop from season 1
-Main cast other than Ye Qiu from season 1 could literally be replaced by any other character and it wouldnt change a thing.
*If you want to watch this, but dont feel the urge to watch it asap I would just wait till a month or so before season 3 and watch it then. That way the setup wouldnt feel as flat, and this season could just reignite any remaining excitement from season 1 and prep you for season 3 where
the buildup is hopefully paid off.
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The first few episodes are really dissapointing, I would guess they are here to show the 10th server a bit more before it becomes irrelevant like the rest of the main cast from season 1 and to give this season some exciting episodes. When watching it while it was airing, I felt the seasons held me back from what I wanted and were super uninteresting, might be slightly better on a rewatch because they dont suck up a week but only 20 minutes instead but it still wouldnt be good.
After the first few episodes however, it starts to do a really good job at setting the next season up to be a great season with all the set up they've created. With character growth and change postponed for introductions which were interesting but I felt a bit dissapointed about a few of the characters basically not existing this season. The new introductions are pretty exciting and cool, with there being only one exception but this exception is out of the main cast so its not as bad as doing this to them.
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Aug 3, 2020
11 of 11 episodes seen
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0
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
9 |
| Sound |
10 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
-No Spoilers-
Kuragehime is a really fun show with a mature handling of its immature characters. This shows cast was fun, vibrant, and relatable almost like march comes in like a lion with a romantic focus.
I feel like the biggest minuses to this show is the romance arc feels somewhat forced and that the show would really benefit from maybe a few more minutes for wrapping up a bit more.
Characters
Every single character feels well developed and relatable, every action and emotion they are feeling is pretty well setup.
Romance Arc (This usually breaks shows imo)
This show does indeed contain the midseason romance arc, and although it
isnt perfect and fades unexpectedly it wasnt horrible. However, the fact they didnt break the main cast to do this romance arc is a huge plus since the main characters make this show.
Beginning
This show started out really strong and even though I felt very wary of the show taking the super easy romantic route it didnt, and the dynamic between the main cast was super fun and vibrant.
Ending
It feels incomplete, and even though it feels like a 12 episode show where they forgot to air the 11th I cant see the continuation of the show to be anything but feeling like it overstayed its welcome.
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Jul 25, 2020
13 of 13 episodes seen
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0
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
*Warning* A lot of Yaoi Fanservice, basically every episode has some sort of fanservice few minutes where there arent any dicks or anything, but there is all but
*Warning Over*
This show was super fun, and even with the gratuitous amount of fanservice the show had a very wholesome and heartwarming romance that as long as you ignore the creepy stockholm syndrome vibes during the first few episodes can be super rewarding.
Cons- This show very obviously has a main character and a main romantic interest, and even though it didnt hurt my enjoyment of the show, the romantic interest can feel somewhat underdeveloped (Azumaya, Junta)
compared to the main character (Saijou, Takato)
-The Drama Arc- This show of course has the romance staple, the Drama Arc, this is where shit hits the fan and the relationship is tested. This is where I have usually dropped/lost interest in the show but luckily this show is not one of those. The Drama Arc happened basically at the finale of the show (with the last episode feeling like a OVA) the Drama Arc did a great job of making sure the audience had no doubts about this romance, and really showed how serious and how devoted our characters are.
Story- Super generic romance, except a little extreme on the fanservice. At first the relationship seems pretty rapey and that kinda got to me during the first few episodes but it feels alot more genuine after this and ends up being a super heartwarming relationship.
Character design/Art-Fine, the characters look good and I never felt that the art took away from anything.
Sound- The music and sound effects were standard, a few moments I was taken out of it due to the sound quality (but I am also streaming it on certain sites so who knows how much of that was the shows fault).
Enjoyment- This was one of those shows that was just insanely enjoyable, I just watched every episode and enjoyed it alot. Not many shows, even ones I consider better shows can leave me with such a nice and simple heartfelt enjoyment.
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Jul 22, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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0
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
6 |
| Story |
5 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
7 |
| Enjoyment |
6 |
Overall, it was a super mediocre fantasy about a op witch (Doesnt really feel op, but now that I think about it I dont think anyone else can contend with her poower) with some companions that travel to find a book.
The Positives-
The main draw to me, is the setting. I really appreciated that they went with a more classical fantasy (and classical whitches) and even though it didnt feel particularly well done, or interesting it was a nice breeze of fresh air with all the by the numbers isekai and game-like settings.
Another big plus to me, was the super cute sequence at the very end
right before the end credits. The music, and visuals were super nice and it really made me regret breezing through this show as fast as I did.
Cons-
The character designs were ok nothing special and the characters themselves were pretty boring and standard. The biggest problem byfar is that alot of these characters have pretty standard troupes except for the fact that maybe they wanted them to feel more realistic so its insanely watered down meaning one of the few character traits they have is barely shown and insanely underplayed making them feel super boring.
Art, sound, and such werent very interesting and just like the character designs were passable and fine nothing particularly good though.
Story- Kinda bad, it felt super lackluster at times and if they had more humor or entertaining characters that coulda fixed that by filling up time and made each episode feel more eventful or entertaining.
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Jul 1, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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3
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
10 |
| Sound |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
The story is fine, it does what it wants and is pretty enjoyable and doesnt feel jarring. The Sound, Art, and Character Design all help the story create a very fun and enjoyable setting for this show which makes the show a blast. So if your looking for something fun, entertaining, and easy to watch this would be a great choice.
The music and sound design does its job insanely well, helps its setting and never feels weird or out of place.
This show touches on some deep themes, and while being important and a big part of the story isnt the
main focus and it doesn't overshadow the main character which was what I was most happy and pleasantly surprised about.
Overall, the show was great and even though the first few episodes felt somewhat unimportant to the plot they were utilized well to be really enjoyable and helped define the city and worl they live in.
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Jun 16, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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0
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
-Overview Review for both Season 1 and 2-
This series was enjoyable, and even without the whole over the top anime romance it did a very good job of representing both of their relationships.
What this show did very good was humanization, tone, and characters. This show humanized and made the characters and their thought process insanely relateable (Atleast for me, of course) and even if you disagree with their decisions I felt that I would have atleast thought that strongly, if not done a similar thing. This was expecially well done, because it was never over the top where it felt relatable, but thats because the
characters are good and well developed not necessarily because the characters were designed for the intent purpose of relatability which can be a problem. The tone and characters were good of course, and it gave the show a very mature feeling.
The biggest problem with this show did not impact on my enjoyment of the show, but I believe it would be a bigger problem on rewatching. This is that the second season feels like the season of mistakes, and poor choices where even though it makes sense character and plot wise, it just gets to be a bit much sometimes how everyone can have their faults turned up to 11.
Sound was good, it would be higher if it had anything that particularly stood out but some of the scenes where they turned up the background music and such it worked really well and helped with the tone. I have no idea where or how they would put a insanely memorable and great piece of music in here without taking too much away. Which is why it doesnt get a 10.
Enjoyment was great, with all of the big problems of this show not really impacting my enjoyment since the characters felt really relatable and the show did a good job of purposefully not making anyone a villain. In addition the plot was reasonably interesting so it was great to see how it would progress.
Arts good, nice and consistant and works well with the background.
*Overview*
So overall, the show was good with minor flaws which did not bother me too much on the initial viewing but makes me doubt my enjoyment upon subsequent rewatches.
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Jun 14, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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0
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| Overall |
5 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
-Written before the release of the OVA-
The ova is needed for the enjoyment as the show, as it stands the ending is unsavory and is somewhat upsetting, so I would recommend waiting for its release (which I have heard is around September).
In my opinion this shows strengths is its comedy, the story is pretty meh and the characters feel very lacking most of the time.
(The Main Character feels like a ripoff hachimon from Oregairu or Ayanokouji from Classroom of the Elite, but 10x more generic and shit).
The comedy works really well when it wants to, and the sound works really well in these jokes. Not
many shows have a genuinely funny joke in them to me, with most jokes being more tone setters than genuine jokes, but these were pretty good.
(The audios pretty standard, except for the jokes, but in the jokes its very good.)
Characters have their moments, but they dont have much that define them and pretty much every character feels pretty hollow (except for a few good scenes) besides the main character and the main girl.
Art doesnt really have any big moments, but is not inconsistant and isnt bad either.
Overall, it was enjoyable but if I could go back and choose whether to watch it for the first time I wouldnt atleast until the ova gets released. The lack of the ova makes the current "ending" pretty bad and unenjoyable.
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May 24, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
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0
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
7 |
-No Spoiler Review-
Citrus is about two new step-siblings who slowly develop their relationship with each other, its got a lot of drama, and for me can be a bit much at times.
Negative- As said prior, I have a problem with a bit more rough romance-dramas and even though I never stopped watching I very seriously thought about it twice. For me, the show also never had one of those super nice romantic moments which is somewhat dissapointing although I can see why.
Super Positive- Doesnt have the whole stupid assumption-based 2+ episode drama plot that make you facepalm the whole time since all the drama and
misunderstandings actually make sense and are pretty relatable.
Char Design- The character design was spectacular with every character looking vibrant and well designed. Expecially with makeup on anime characters, it can sometimes be way too overdone and distracting making them look ridiculous but they have just enough color to show its there without it seeming way too overdone and clownish.
Plot- The story is pretty by the book, although the plot not just devolving at any point is a huge plus since this seems to happen too much in many romance anime I watch.
Art/Sound- Arts really good, nothing too special but its more than enough for what they are showing and can make things look very appealing. Same thing with the sound too.
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