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This rating/review covers all 3 movies and CONTAINS SPOILERS


Story: 7/10

The quality of the Fate/Stay Night story isn't perfect but It's still better than 90% of the anime plots out there because whoever wrote it at least thought about the seemingly insignificant details of the setting. Most of them, it's not perfect but at least you can tell that they tried for the most part which I greatly appreciate in a story. But on the other hand, for me there are just somethings that are too ridiculous for me to get past. Like mana transfer by semen. And in this Heavens Feel adaptation specifically, Rin's McGuffin ... dagger to fight Sakura also made me kick the story down another point. In the first movie, they just breeze right through the lengthy prologue and get right into the good stuff which I appreciate as someone who’s played the Visual Novel. It’s like they just assume everyone who is watching this has at least already seen 1 of the many adaptations of the Fate/Stay night story and know the gist of it. Good call.


Art: 13/10

THIS is what makes these movies stand out from any other big money anime movie I've seen. They had the BIG money to make it look real big and real good and real BIG and real consistent. Actual perfection.


Sound: 9/10

The choirs and impact sound effects for the action scenes and voice acting were all amazing


Character: 6/10

I feel like character and story go hand in hand. So take Shinji for example. He just exists to be despicable and dislikeable and be the reason for the behavior of other characters that drives the plot forward. He's not interesting on his own and I don't think he adds anything positive to the story.

Our main boi Shirou is just the epitome of heroic Japanese protagonists that fights according to his values and never quits no matter what but cranked up to 11. Except when his designated waifu for the route has to go cuz she bad so he just twists his morals so that she doesn't have to really be held accountable for her bullshit.


Enjoyment: 9/10

This was a 10/10 until the 3rd movie where there was less action and more plot focus because this is where the route is most different from the others. The action was still just as sick though.


Overall: 8/10

I guess I'm supposed to take those other categories and average them out but I don't see the point because if you're giving a rating, in the end it's just on your enjoyment.


TLDR: 9/10 These movies are the best anime movie adaptations I’ve ever seen. It has everything I ask for, no boring filler plot, fanservice, and epic action action action. It’s the sickest and most impactful action I’ve seen out of anime.

This will cover all 3 seasons of the Fruits Basket remake and contains what I think are SLIGHT SPOILERS.
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This is just rambling

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If you want a complete and fulfilling slice of life romance drama then watch this. It's worth the time. It's great for the most part. But the things that I think bring down the story are some circumstances that exist only to serve the plot, repetitiveness of character backstory, and the ending may not be convincing. You might agree or disagree with any of these points and more, but even if you agreed with them all, I still think the journey this ... series takes you on it worth it.

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I feel like the author of Fruits Basket hates their parents because most of the conflict in this series are caused by evil parents that are shitty for no reason. Too many characters have trauma because of their shitty parents. One of the few exceptions is our main heroine Tohru, who's mom died in an accident. It just had to be her. Everyone's shitty parent got to torment their child for years except the good parent. Ok sure. But then she can't live with her relatives because they are also just shitty despicable people and she has to camp out in the woods. Holy shit what the hell she's only a high schooler.

More bad things continue to happen to Tohru because the universe just has it out for her, until she's taken in by a kind hearted member of the Soma family. This guy is a true chad. They try to trick you into thinking he was the true final boss halfway through the story with his sinister scheming and plotting in the background, but it turns out he was just going around actually fucking everyone's mom while other characters sorted out the plot. Truly someone to be admired.

So early on it's revealed that the Soma family are magic people that turn into animals when they come into physical contact with the opposite gender. They are all bound to their "God" Akito, and Akito happens to be an evil little psycho that demands absolute obedience to her. This includes sexual obedience for some and maybe she'll just feel like beating the shit out of another. Akito is the head of the rich Soma family so she has a lot of power.

Except they don't show what actually forces members of the Soma family to obey Akito. Nothing is stopping them from moving far away with their loved ones and living their lives away from her influence. They all seem to have some sense of duty to her because of a magic bond. One of them even threatens Akito with physical violence and nothing happens to him. So it looks like this whole family is just allowing this tyrant to abuse them.

There are lots of ships to be sailed in this show. Lots of characters have their partner and our main girl Tohru has her love triangle going on and it's not obvious who will win at first, which I like.

So yeah, that's all I really cared about mentioning. I don't know how to wrap up this review neatly. I don't even like calling it a review because I think reviews are stupid and I don't think I or anyone is some authority on the quality of an anime. I just wanted to point out some problems I had with the show. But EVERY show has problems. Those problems I mentioned are some you might expect and I found this series enjoyable and worthwhile despite them, I think it's worth the time investment to watch it and judge for yourself.