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Feb 17, 2018
Story = 8
First of all, the story of a girl that used to work in the military then goes on to write letters to search for "various" emotions, with love being the main factor is an excellent idea. Honestly, the story's presentation for Violet (the character) was quite lacking in episodes 1-3. She's always the same, acts the same, and not to mention, her facial expressions are always the same. But in the latter episodes, we finally see a change in her whole being--- she finally shows more facial expressions, hesitates, and so on.
Now, for the mini stories in each episode, I'd say they're all
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done very well, but it's not "excellent" enough. There's also the possibility of not being able to meet and interact with the other characters "right outside of their character arc" anymore, and that would be a huge letdown (and it's gonna be a plot hole). Hopefully, this issue will be fixed in the latter episodes.
Art = 10
Probably the best animation I've ever seen so far in the past years. I don't have to comment on it. It's just... absolutely great.
Sound = 10
I found the songs to be quite bland and uninteresting at first, but it somehow happened to stick in my mind. And that's where I was wrong--- the songs are amazing. It doesn't really stick to the anime OST's nowadays where "noise" is mostly everywhere. The songs are calming to hear, and that's what makes Violet Evergarden OST's fresh and new.
My personal preference is ED over the OST. But I have to say, the OST is also rad.
Character = 9
This goes for every single character's complexities and personalities. I love how the Light Novel author differentiates the characters. From simple cliches, like "a princess loving her prince but doesn't know how to express it, calls over someone else to write the letters", it turns into something much more grand and memorable than that just being simple.
I'd like to say that much planning was done by the LN author to polish his/her work in between the characters. And I'm glad about it.
I'll just have to put this out, but my favorite main character of those "mini stories each episode" was Princess Charlotte. I love her design--- it was well thought out, and not to mention, the story and personality that the author put in her.
Enjoyment = 9
I wasn't well invested into Violet Evergarden in the early episodes. But thanks to the latter ones, I've found the anime to be quite enjoyable. And I was finally having fun watching each and every episode.
Overall = 8
Even though I found this anime to be great with the story, characters, art, sound tracks and all, it's not that perfect. The success of Violet Evergarden will have to depend on the upcoming episodes along with the ending. This is still an airing anime, so I'll have to stop here.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 27, 2018
First of all, right after watching episode 1, I thought of dropping the series because I didn't find it funny. I only had small giggles here and there, and I had a lot of questions in mind about the series when I started watching it (i.e, "Why is it Hoshiiro Girldrop? I thought it was Pop Team Epic", "I don't think any kinda anime would work without a solid story", "Do these 4-panel comedy manga's even work as a successful anime?", etc. etc.)
Luckily, I caught up with this series up until the release of episode 2. I wanted to give the series a chance (actually,
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because of curiosity), and LOVED it. The reasons were mainly because of the memes, parodies, and over-all randomness. Because of that, I waited in hope for the future episodes with high expectations to only sink in despair. It wasn't what I thought it'd be like.
Despite my hype for the series dying down, it's still a pretty great anime. Would 10/10 recommend this to anyone who likes memes, Western pop culture, and just for the overall randomness.
(I'll probably write a more critical review once the series is finished, kinda depends if it's a negative or a positive one, though)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 27, 2017
>>SPOILERS<<
After seeing the comments and reviews on the anime series alone, it surprised me that it got negative feed backs much more than positive ones so I decided to write my review for this show. I may bring up spoilers for the manga or the anime, but I'll try my best to not let my love for the manga version of this series go in the way of my review.
Story = 8
The story is cliche, indeed. It doesn't stand out too much based on the sypnosis and cover art alone. At first, it seems like your typical romance, mainstream shoujo anime/manga full of predictable happenings,
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but when you start watching it and/or read it, it gets better between the character interactions and drama. Now, people may say that this story is overdramatic, or may contain LOTS of drama between episodes. I'd like to say that the drama in this story is handled very well, despite the story being slow-paced (as for the reason why I think so, my opinion on this is in the "overall" section, my bad for putting it there).
The anime covered a lot of things (yet there were some that they didn't cover from the original manga) that made a path for possible plot holes.
I'd like to say that the plot holes didn't bother me that much while watching the anime, but I'd be lying about that. Here are the three main reasons and plot holes in which I gave the story an 8--- I believe everyone can at least relate to one of these reasons being annoying or soul crushing in the story.
(1) Yuzu's love for Nino goes unrequited and he wasn't able to tell her how he TRULY felt; wanting to stay as "just friends". And yes, Nino thought that Yuzu likes someone else even though he kissed her in that one scene. So basically, nothing progressed at all for the both of them. As this anime had just 12 episodes, Nino being able to move on from Momo and being able to be with In NO Hurry would be an IDEAL ending. Even if Yuzu wasn't able to be with her romantically, but no. Nothing happened.
(2) Nino, despite being able to move on a bit out of her love for Momo in the middle of the story, came to love and care for Momo "again" on the last two episodes which is kind of annoying and irritating. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure nearly everyone relates on this kind of issue (crushing on your childhood friend), but in anime, it doesn't really work in a lot of ways.
(3) Plot holes (i.e Yuzu's mom, Momo's mom, Momo's backstory, Miou's backstory, etc.)
Despite the negatives, I'm 60:50 on the story. I still found it enjoyable.
Art = 7
The big eyes disturb me, and honestly, Nino's character design oddly suits her personality--- this goes as well for the In NO Hurry members, Yuzu, Momo, and Miou.
Sound = 9
I'm not a big fan of rock/electrical/just any ear-blasting music. "High School" that was sung by Nino in the first episode is horrible, too. The characters were all over her "berserk" voice while it sounded plain to me. Good thing Nino's voice got better and better in each and every episode--- not to mention, she sounded the best in the last two episodes. Her "super berserk" was done very well--- in ways I wasn't able to imagine.
Character = 7
I believe I've already mentioned the character interactions once in this review. Feel free to look at the review I did for the three main protagonists in the "Story" section again if you want. I'll try to cover some other points but with a detailed explanation.
(1) The In NO Hurry member's interactions with one another felt natural. At first, it didn't felt like it because of Miou and Haruno's (Haruyoshi-senpai) issues and problems with Nino. But right after dealing with it, it was fun to see the members going around and fooling with each other naturally--- Nino's time spent with Haruno didn't even feel forced as they have surprisingly good chemistry with each other.
(2) Momo and his mom's interactions sparked up lots of plot holes to the story. Why is he scared of his mom? Why doesn't he want to live with her? Does he have a trauma? ...So on and so forth. Nobody knows.
(3) Yuzu and his mom's interactions also sparked up plot holes in the story. I'd like to know what his family backstory is, but I suppose the anime wasn't able to put it in.
(4) Nino's love for Momo, a childhood friend from 6 years ago is relatable, but annoying if it's done in an anime. Her love for him was over done, and if I was "Yuzu", I'd be fed up about hearing "Momo" come out of her mouth nearly every episode as "Nino" is someone I hold dear. I'd like to see the one I love doing well with the person he likes, but in Nino and Momo's case? No. Childhood crushes are something that fades away by time. Nino WAS about to move on, but her "moving on" failed, and it's a very big mistake that turned the tables of romance in the anime. Also, they didn't even interact much (Nino and Momo), which was something that bothered me. (I'm saying this in an anime-viewer perspective) They mostly relied on their memories of each other and their "longing" for each other, but they weren't able to make use of the "present time" that destiny gave them. And sadly took the present for granted; such as the ending of the anime.
(5) Yuzu's love for Nino. He's probably the best character in the anime--- cute, tsundere, shy, blushing, and tries to protect her at all times. He even risked "that" just so to stop her from crying (I believe it's in episode 2). He's different from Momo despite the tsundere act, and her interactions with her was enjoyable and it felt natural. Befitting interactions for the two main protagonists of the anime.
Enjoyment = 9
Despite the plot holes and a bit of the "overused" drama others say, character personalities, and cliches that this anime has; the slow-paced story with well written character development, along with the songs made up for it.
Overall = 9
As someone who has read over 200+ romance manga's (some of which I haven't put in my profile entry yet), I'm starting to find it hard to keep up with reading the same stories, same cliches, same interactions, same dramas that shoujo manga's mostly follow, and Fukumenkei Noise is such a refreshing breather amidst the cliche-filled manga's.
Yes, it may have cliches, but it doesn't overuse it. Out of all the shoujo romance manga's I've read, they overused the cliches and drama to the point it's annoying, cringe worthy, and made me lose hope in the shoujo industry. But Fukumenkei Noise is a different one. I'm saddened to say this, but Fukumenkei's drama is indeed handled very well compared to other shoujo manga's. I'm sorry that I can't find the right words to say or explain why, though. However, its drama is on another level out of the other shoujo manga's.
I believe that a great anime has to have cliches, but people shouldn't rely on it alone. We got all the characters, story lines, and plot lines to think about too. But, if we mix in all the idea's and polish it, comes a great anime.
I believe that's all that I have to say about the anime version. I'd prefer Fukumenkei Noise having even just about 24 episodes to fully cover everything, from the little to the biggest plot holes (the anime is slow-paced, but it gets a lot of things done in a short amount of time in huge leaps), but we had 12 episodes to cover. Sadly, the anime wasn't as perfect as I thought, but it's still enjoyable as is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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