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Jan 27, 2022
I've been trying to fill the void during my job by watching Hyouka and Kokoro Connect (both dubbed so I can multi-task). While both coincidentally tackle high school club mysteries, the latter stumbled to the finish line while the former finished rather nicely. To be brief about Kokoro Connect: the characters grew a TON due to the problems they tackled, but it required both supernatural events and lovers quarrels. It was a rendition of Freaky Friday mixed with a weird harem vibe and so many random overused tropes that it really wanted me to get it over with.
What I really enjoyed about Hyouka was how
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realistic and logical it was. Mysteries that could genuinely happen in the real world were presented, and the way in which they were solved or concluded was fun and interesting. It's like playing a murder mystery every episode. There were actual scenes you could go back to that give away a culprit and lead you to the answer, but simply wasn't what we were paying attention to. This attention to detail is what I really appreciate about a show, because it didn't hit us with annoying tropes or gotcha-moments to take away from a good yet simple plot.
When I first finished the show, my first thought was that these characters didn't grow and the story didn't do much. But after really thinking about it, I think that was unfair to say because this anime is trying to shoot for realism. In other 12-24 episode animes, the world can be saved and people are in wedlock after dating a year in high school to fulfill our fantasies. I feel like Hyouka and Horimiya both are incredibly unremarkable. They aren't masterpieces, but to me they never set out to break the mold. Simply put, shows like these are what bring us back to reality. I'm not going to remember the names of all of these characters or even every single mystery, but the plot and intriguing character interactions will stick with me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 4, 2022
Art is weird, subjective, and mysterious. There are times were the depths of your soul resonates with the work of someone else in any form of media. Other times you just want to watch something dazzle visually while there's not much to really think about. The enjoyment of a show can differ greatly based on what you personally are looking for and need in that specific moment. It might've been the rest of this season being heavily action/comedy, but my attention wasn't where it needed to be to truly get the most out of this show. With that in mind, I recommend watching on its
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own at your own pace while putting other anime on the sideline.
The art of Sonny Boy and the story is, for a lack of a better term, weird. A school is transported into a void, some students gain powers, and the ultimate goal is to return home. Each episode has it own unique theme and underlying message, which I honestly had to rely on comment threads to actually understand. I think many might be a little biased in claiming this show to be a masterpiece because of how complex it is with the all-star production line-up. Do you just view it as a masterpiece because it takes a high IQ to understand, or does this actually resonate deeply with you?
I personally did not develop enough of a connection to the characters to stay on top of this show during the season. I was more happy watching dumb fun shows like Girlfriend Girlfriend or Jahy-sama, and that might be more on me and where my priorities were at the time. But Sonny Boy really felt like a chore at times. The messages were often too cryptic, having me befuddled at the end of the episode wondering what just happened. Many took enjoyment breaking down every scene, but for my first watch I wasn't hooked to that degree. I still find it worth a watch, but just be ready to turn your thinking caps on. Might try to watch this again some other day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 24, 2021
I cannot believe that the same person that wrote Death Note created this mess. Honestly, I personally believe that the only reason this even got an anime was because of the mangaka's previous work. To keep this short and simple, unlike the excruciating plot development of this show, this is just not a good watch. The concept of a battle royale to become god is fine, but it's more or less a battle royale of who can be depressed the most. The plot moves forward only when a character becomes unshackled by their depression, which takes a LONG time. I'm left not caring about the
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motivations for either the protagonist or antagonist to become god. Once the new seasonals come out, I will lose any motivation to continue to trudge through this dumpster fire.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Dec 24, 2021
A work of art does not have to break boundaries for it to be good. In this crucible that is the anime space, I find that many are sucked into the hype and unfortunately expect some epiphany watching the show. This can drastically take away from the experience of anything you're watching. I've seen it with Demon Slayer, where I personally felt people focused on the weaknesses of the show because it's so universally liked. And now, I'm seeing similar trends with Komi-San.
What I can tell you about this show immediately is that you can see the love in every episode of every person
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working on this project. On the surface, Komi-san is just another high school anime that involves a shy pretty protagonist and a very bland male protagonist. If you jumped to conclusions, like some of the critics on here, you would label this as run of the mill and not really enjoy the show. But I would implore those that felt this way to give Komi-san another shot.
Komi-san is simply a good time. There's comedy, romance, and a lot of unique concepts that did the source material its justice. To be frank, this anime is just consistent. The supporting characters are almost all crazy, but their personalities clashing and somehow occasionally meshing make it all the more enjoyable. Tadano, the "bland" male protagonist, has a lot more depth than one would initially expect. And you are always rooting for Komi too! The story isn't anything revolutionary. Komi struggles to communicate and is trying to make friends. But it'll leave you with a smile on your face at the end of each episode. And I think that in and of itself deserves an audience.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 7, 2021
MHA has fallen and it can't get up. Sorry, but LifeAlert is not going to be enough to help save this sinking ship. A huge portion of this season is dedicated to make us care about the villains, and also show how all bad guys are not a united front. Well, I still don't really care. I do realize that this anime is extremely popular and has to be edible for all ages, but now they are getting downright LAZY. This season was already cursed with the burden of having to build up the impending war, but wow it does a better job opening the
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door for many of us to just leave and stop watching. The initial steam this series used to champion has now all but dried out. The fandom has fallen in love with the characters enough for this to probably be animated to conclusion, but this is a low point.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Dec 7, 2021
Jojo's is a way of life not for weak. If you are weak, you'd simply view this as "girl goes to prison and then gets powers to defeat evil". If you have been blessed with taste, you would understand that even a game of catch is the difference between life and death. The world of Jojos will forever remain unpredictable, and will continually have me say Yare Yare whenever Jotaro enters the scene. This is not only just a fun time, but it's an incredible installment of the series. It has fun callbacks to previous seasons, but its not shackled by the world already built.
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Even though Jolyne and the gang are incarcerated, they act free and unhinged. Good stands, good characters, spooky villain, and frogs. What more could you ask for?
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 7, 2021
I'm not going to lie, I haven't been enjoying Slime for a while now. The latter part of season one and the first part of second season were really forgettable. I figured it was building to something decent, and that we would just have to hold out for it to get good. And what it delivered was actually pretty decent! The world is fleshed out more and we see poetic justice to characters we despise. It may upset people that Clayman has always been this looming final boss for a while, but him getting rocked really shows the progress made by Rimuru and the potential
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for more development. This show still remains very mid in my mind, like many isekai, but it's story and animation is back on the right track. Yay for not failure!
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 3, 2021
Disclaimer: I played competitive water polo in college and a 5 out of 10 to me is average
For most people, water polo isn't something you start at a young age, especially on the east coast. To take it a step farther, most people don't even know about the sport at all. I swam for years, but I really wanted to spend my college years doing a team sport. Just like with Shuugo, having a background in swimming really helps in the ability to keep up with the play. As we saw with the first quarter of the last episode, there's a lot of times
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where you're swimming back and forth. There's also strengths that you need to possess to succeed at each individual position. Re-Main provides us with these characters with unique personalities and strengths that go beyond a lot of sports anime out there.
To me, this season of Re-Main invested most of its time to creating the team we care about rather than the sport of water polo. This was probably for the best, as from my experience you really learn the most by playing in matches. There's more strategy that's integral to every match, but again that wasn't the focus of the show. We are practically given the blueprints to how this team that's not very good now has the potential to be great. It's a very standard plot, and when it tried to be different it was eh. I wasn't really interested in the hot potato game of Minato's memory/personality. At the end of the day, we do see relevant and interesting growth of these characters, although it took the entire season for the payoff in the last two episodes.
There were obvious plays that only exist in this realm of sports drama like the whole team defending Minato. But there were some very basic technical aspects that are glaringly wrong. Minato, even with all of his experience, tried to block a right-handed players shot with his right hand. You need to rather use your left to be in parallel with the ball for a block to actually happen. And realistically, it's incredibly difficult to play water polo with no subs. Even in the best condition, there's just a strategic advantage to having subs, since you can come back in whenever unlike soccer.
Overall, I came into this show already with a background of water polo, so I can already admit that I have extreme bias and different wants from this show. But as a sports show, there's been better as well as much much worse. It'll be interesting to see if another season comes in the future, but I'm glad that it exposed many people to a sport that I love very much!
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Sep 18, 2021
I don't think there has ever been a seasonal anime where I've thought "hm, a new episode is out but I don't have the mental strength to survive an episode". To Your Eternity immensely succeeds where many other animes falter: world-building, attachment to characters, and a dynamic story. The only issue for me comes from how dynamic the story is. We experience Fushi's journey, and it is all over the place. There are stops along the way we like more than others, but there are valuable experiences and messages both the viewer and Fushi pick up. There's just one stop in particular that I unfortunately
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didn't care for, and that was the island. Maybe it was because I didn't have the strength to love these new characters as much as the others or maybe it was the slight dip in production value that often accompanies longer series. But I had to push myself a little to get towards the finish line, and it's one where I'm not mad if we never get another season. Not to say it's bad, but there's peace where we leave off.
On top of how good this show already is, there are a lot of parallels to the real world that I personally interpreted from the storytelling. There's one in particular that extends throughout the entirety of the show: Being brought into existence from nothing and then experiencing life. From a mere empty ball to now able to take on many forms of life, Fushi is the embodiment of the experience of life. From life to death or living on as memories in others to these memories being taken away. I would often think about any living thing that I've learned from or impacted in some way, as well as how some of these experiences I've had are void from my mind. We can't remember everything after all, even if we have a just a second to live compared to Fushi. I still hope to see more of his journey some day, but for now I will recover mentally from this show in the meantime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 30, 2021
Wonder egg priority had the potential to become a masterpiece in my mind. It was an ambitious adventure that tackled so many different concepts and issues, many of which I personally related to. Knowing the small team and time constraints behind this project, I was completely okay with the initial recap in the first 12 episodes. It was still a biased narration from a character in the series we don't completely trust at his word either. But as it approached the finish line, this devolved into something jarring. The ending of episode 12 left it as a set up for Ai to fight Frill in
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the end. That's the expectation I feel many of us had going into this episode: an epic fight, potential loss, and a resolution. Unfortunately, we got almost none of that.
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So following the recap and introduction to parallel universes with Ai #2 from episode 12, we spend the first half of this special recapping the entire series so far AGAIN. So now we have around 20 minutes for actual progression. And by progression, I mean more questions and "huh" moments! All the friends saved are alive but don't remember the girls? Koito is actually a piece of garbage human being? Neiru is gone and is an AI?!
What. Is. Going. On. Where is the fight with Thanatos Ai was talking about at the end of episode 12? Oh, Ai just remembered that at the end, along with wanting to find Neiru, and went back to get more eggs. The rest of the gang is still completely traumatized, even worse off actually. But apparently they are okay that the friends they saved are living without them... Oh, that's the end. Wait, what?
This is listed as the conclusion to WEP, with no further episodes planned. If this project is left like this, then it will be one of the biggest letdowns in anime in a while. It's hard to make something truly impactful in media for many. And that is why many of us are feeling what we are feeling now. An adventure and thought-provoking series that leaves us with no proper ending. There's no "you imagine what happens next" aspect either. Maybe if this special didn't exist, then I could piece together a coherent ending in my mind.
Will the gang overcome their newfound trauma? Will Frill be stopped? Will the suicides be resolved? Will Neiru ever be seen again? Instead of answering the questions we had, we are left with a million more. Disappointing, to say the least.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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