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This short has a very good story concept, albeit a sad one. However it is not very thought out or explained. I watched this with a feeling that I was missing something through the entire thing. Perhaps there is some sort of prequel that I haven't heard of? Anyhow, onto the review.

Story:
The last safe island on earth. A government which subliminally trains the children of the island to know about the war going on outside, and how to pilot the Fafner mecha which are used in the war. Silicone monsters that attack, and can mostly only be beaten using a Fafner. Fafners can only be ... piloted by the children, however if they pilot it to much they turn into crystals and shatter. All of this comes together to form a rather good story, however they don't have any back story, the characters aren't explained very much, and all in all it leaves you asking a whole lot of questions.

Art:
I just didn't like the lines on the cheeks. It makes them all look dirty, or wounded all the time.

Sound:
Really, I never know how to analyze this. I think it's fine.

Character:
They don't give you much as far as this goes, but it's refreshing the the character with a weak constitution isn't pathetic for once.

My overall rating is really just that it felt short and incomplete, but it was a relitively well done show. Not great, but not bad either.

Shion no Ou is the story of a young girl with a past full of tragedy and a present full of love.
This anime made me redesign my entire scoring process...


Story: Unique, genius, suspenseful, and even funny at times. I barely knew what Shougi was before I watched this, and while I was watching it, but I still enjoyed it. There are several twists and turns, but they all follow the main story line, and are extremely well thought out. It is easy to keep up with this show, but at the same time you have to think a lot.

Art: Near the end it got ... funky, but for the main part the art in this show was good. Very dramatic, cute, silly, and so forth, but only when it was needed. I loved it.

Sound: You hardly notice it in the background, but it makes your heart pound and increases the suspense.

Character: I don't even know how to go into this. Shion has amazing development, considering she was mute. I changed my suspects in the middle of the show, before it became obvious, because of the dropped hints that made me think. The other characters are also very interesting, Ayame in particular. It is hard not to love some of the characters, and hate others. They design it in a way that made the wins and losses somehow make sense.

Overall, This show, as I stated before, made me redesign my entire rating method. It brought into my eyes a whole new meaning to a 10 score. I will never watch anime the same again.

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I enjoyed this show immensely, and with my attention span that's saying something. Though this was over fifty episodes, they managed to make each one interesting, and they kept my attention. There is a twist in the story, which keeps it going but at the same time is kind of just... what the fuck? But it ended well, so I was alright with it.
The art is simple, decent, but not the best I've seen.
Sound is also alright, but I positively despised one [Sharla] of the characters voices, I think they could have cast her better.
The character development was well done, considering the circumstances and ... the ages of the members, I think that they all developed well, and realistically.
So yeah, over all I really enjoyed this ^.^


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Updating:

I am personally amazed that I managed to actually finish this show, but I some how kept hoping it would get better... and it didn't.

The first few episodes were like "okay, this is okay, generic, perverted, but okay"
then it turned into "okay, now just perverted and depressing, fanatical and insane"
only to transform into "what the bleeding hell were the writers thinking?!"
and by the end "..."

All I can say is that this anime was relatively well done, for the type of show it is. So if you like your characters/plot sadistic, perverted, masochistic, insane, psycho and overly dramatic, you should watch this show.
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However, if you like your characters with a modicum of sanity, reasonable pervertedness, a tad of humor, and generally all their braincells... don't watch this. You might end up killing something, someone, or yourself.


My two cents, and now I shall go watch something that's not a total waste of time.


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Before I say anything, let me just make it clear that the summary above is incorrect. The show is about Sunao, and her desire to have a Drama club in her new school. She has to make her way through the student counsel, and their leader Eri, or Hime. Hime is a total ass, and makes Sunao do all these round about things. It just goes through Sunao's fight for her stage, for her want to act, for her love of Leo and for her friendship with the various members of the student counsel.

The music in this show was such that you hardly notice it, ... making it perfect background music.
The story was a good, if overused, concept, and they stuck with it and played it out well.
The art... I don't know, I liked it, but then again I'm not really a connoisseur of these things.
The characters are also rather basic, there isn't much as far as development goes, but they're cute.
All in all I liked this anime a lot, it's not the best I've ever seen, but not the worst either.

All in all, if you like shows like this, you'll like it. It's a bit basic, but cute and fun. If you're looking for something fun, short and sweet, this is it.


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