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Jun 30, 2021
Oof. I read some reviews and I mostly agree with the fact that this episode was a mess, the 25-minute recap was a huge fuck you, they obviously didn't plan their story and manage their time and were underprepared. Nothing really happened, we got no answers and instead were left with more questions. I wanted to write a review to add a few more points that annoyed the hell out of me and left me extremely disappointed. SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
So this show that told a story about fighting to save tormented teenage girls that committed suicide, had so much potential. Suicides don't get talked about enough
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anywhere and I was really impressed that a Japanese studio wanted to bring so important issues into light. Bullying, turning a blind eye, victim blaming, abuse, rape, LGBTQ kids suffering because society rejects them. In the end not only did they imply that girls (specifically girls, not boys, who are ambitious) kill themselves on a whim, for no serious reason but because they get emotional easily and an AI with murderous tendencies may or may not give them the final push. What bullshit. So much lost potential.
What is more, Koito's death, that was one of the biggest mysteries of the show, was given a voice-over-style explanation that lasted 10 seconds. Suddenly she is responsible for a teacher's suicide who got involved with a 14-year-old student, and they made it sound like it's her fault. Then she decided to torment Sasaki-sensei, that seriously sounds and acts like a creep, and threatened him that she'd jump off the roof if he didn't pay attention to her? With an audience of other students she shouted that he raped and abused and then "accidentally" slipped and fell to her death when no one was looking? LOL.
A lot of pointless and senseless things happen, for example: When used-to-be-dead and now-alive-girls come back to the real world, they get a random memory reset that makes them forget the one who fought for them. Momoe and Rika who were supposed to be traumatised are suddenly ok and they all go to Karaoke together, while Neiru goes missing without any explanation. Kotobuki appears alive from another dimension for no other reason than to tell the girls that Neiru, who by the way kept getting hurt and hospitalised and suffering from chronic pain where her sister had stabbed her, is a machine/AI that she created as an artificial clone of Neiru's "siter"! Then Rika is angsty again because she doesn't want to die for a machine but 5 seconds later she wants to die to see Mannen and Chiemi. Then she and Momoe get dropped completely. When Neiru finally calls Ai back, Ai throws her phone away and later cries. In the end Ai abandons her other friends too, changes schools *a random time skip happens* and concludes that Neiru is in the dream world so she goes to buy eggs in order to meet her.
Acca and Ura-Acca just exist there, Frill appears for 1 second and asks Neiru to be friends because they both want to become human, and we learn nothing more about her or why suicides happen or her connection to them, I still don't get Eros and Thanatos or the existence of Dot, Hyphen and Kirara Rodrigez Matured XVIII Evening Star SS Plum and does Japan Plati even have a point? Literally nothing made sense. I feel like nothing happened and every scene was pointless and meaningless. Nothing got explained.
That being said, I really understand that it's not the animator's fault, it's all on CloverWorks. I feel sorry for the animators, getting so poorly treated and overworked!
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 4, 2020
**edited and reposted after season finale** SPOILER-FREE!!
I will keep this short:
This is the first time I rate any season of Haikyuu!! 8/10. It's always been 9/10 (I even think about making it 10/10). It's one of the first anime I watched and loved so I may be biased. I recently read the manga as well and I was looking forward to a new seasons for so long.
The characters are still great, the story too, even though this season was a bit slow. I still enjoyed it, not as much as in the manga, but not because it was the second time I was
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experiencing it but because I felt it was lacking something.
Let me say that the new character designs are I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. They look way cooler, plus it's much more similar to Furudate's current art style. The thing that bums me out the most is the animation and directing. Being different from the previous seasons' is expected, it's been a while, but it's a bit disappointing to me. It's still pretty good, but it's not 'special' and that's what I used to love the most about Haikyuu!! The extensive shading, the extra lines, the thinner lines, the fluidity of the animation and continuity of the scenes. Those extra, unnecessary to the plot of the story layers, or a facial expression changing multiple times, or a background character's pointless movements, are all the things that made Haikyuu!!' extraordinary for me.
Now instead, I get the feeling that the episode I'm watching was made in a rush (very possible because of the deadlines but...... really? you had 4 years and you announced the new season 1 year ago). Like, the movements of the characters are rigid and stiff both during volleyball games and normal dialogue scenes. For example the hair doesn't even move most of the time and if it does, it's the same repetitive two layers (I make gifs). Sometimes layers are missing and it shows during the episode as well. Next thing, there are TOO MANY still scenes or very sloppy slow motion scenes. Nothing like the scenes with Hinata's eyes reflecting the ball midair in a previous season. That scene with Hoshiumi jumping is pretty impressive, but they reused the same scene like, 3 times. His scene during the Spring High Tournament match was really good though. Last thing I want to say: a lot of should have been funny scenes are not so funny, I find the reaction time (facial expressions, dialogue, sound effects) too slow. Speaking of sound effects, they are very generic, and the soundtrack hasn't even made an impression to the point that I don't even know if it exists (OP and ED are amazing though, I love them). Where are the character soundtracks, like the one that played every time The Grand King appeared?
I know a lot of the things I mention are insignificant details to most people, but those are the things I notice the most when watching any anime. I realise it's a lot of work and I appreciate the effort that has gone into this season but it's just good animation. It's ordinary with a few exceptions. There were things I liked of course but that's because of the nature of the story and the characters in general. Of course, I still love Haikyuu!! but I had to share my disappointment. I'm not trying to offend anyone (especially not the people who have worked on this) and I don't know if others agree or disagree with me.
I really hope next season is better!!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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