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May 8, 2018
52 of 52 chapters read
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6
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
10 |
| Story |
10 |
| Art |
9 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
So, I randomly watched the anime and enjoyed it so much I needed more... I'll say something similar to what I said about the anime. This isn't for everyone. You won't find much suspense or drama here, in the way that the genre is normally known for. That being said, this is a wonderful story and as a hopeless romantic, I am just fucking thrilled. I've never seen a story like this anywhere in this medium. Romance storys generally are dangled in front of the viewer with the cathartic coupling occurring at the very end or even not at
all. This happens in this wonderful story in the first few chapters and it continues to explore the actual interesting world of what happens after two people decide to be partners. It's amazing how rare this is in this medium and frustrates me to no end. That being said, I'll say I'm extremely biased to this type of story. My recommendation to you, reader, is that you give it a few chapters. If you don't totally fall in love with it, move on, this isn't for you. I know This will always be one of my favorites.
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May 6, 2018
24 of 24 episodes seen
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10
people found this review helpful
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3 |
| Story |
2 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
4 |
| Enjoyment |
3 |
I was so disappointed in this sequel to the first couple arcs I felt compelled to write a review. It would have gotten a few more points if it wasn't totally overshadowed by it's predecessor. So let's go make a list of reasons why this is a total disappointment.
Reason 1: Concept. For some reason, they went in a totally different direction of the established universe and decided to make it some kind of manly Digimon-type anime. Not as cool as it sounds. Remember those cool martial arts fights with Ripple energy? Yeah, that's essentially gone.
Reason 2: The
characters. No depth at all. And you might be thinking, "but it's one of those manly type animes, they don't have to be deep." Watch some Fist of the North Star. Hell, watch the prequel to this piece of crap again. There might of been two or three scenes in an entire 24 episodes that gave me some kind of investment or feeling towards the characters. Additionally, Joseph Joestar. While I thought he wasn't as cool as Jonathan, he was pretty damn cool and actually had a personality. Not to mention he had wile and guile in spades enough so to defeat nearly omniscient beings that had lived for over a millennia. He makes a return as a grandpappy in this season and apparently old age has addled his brains because he's more often that not a liability the whole show. The only thing I ever had to look forward to from Joseph was his comic relief shticks of screaming "OH NO," "OH SHIT," and "OH MY GOD," in English which is probably the most enjoyable part of this show.
Reason 3: Length. They drag this shit out so far. Let's compare. Prequel, they essentially go through two story arcs and 2 generations of Joestars in the same number of episodes. This show, they got to Egypt. IT'S HALF A FUCKING STORY ARC. I was so hopeful. I enjoyed the prequel so much that I struggled to get through this. I'm like, "it's okay, this happens. I'll just get through this and next season will be better, I'm sure of it." Imagine my growing sense of dread as I come to realize that the next season is more of this. But you know what, I'm going to watch it anyway because I liked the first installment so much. I'm really going to try and see where this goes.
I could keep going but those are my main complaints without going off on tangents about every little thing. Plus my disappointment has drained me so I'm going to get ready to steel myself and begin the next half of this travesty. Good luck to us all.
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May 4, 2018
24 of 24 episodes seen
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1
people found this review helpful
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
Ore Monogatari is the ultimate feel good romance anime. It's a break from the standard love triangle/trapezoids, unrequited loves, and shows that either end when the protagonists finally pair up or even end vaguely. You're not going to see the level of drama common for the genre here. There are no big plot twists (though plenty of pleasant surprises). And this is exactly what I think is this story's greatest appeal: subtlety. Many of the episodes could be seen as downright mundane. For example, one episode they go to the zoo. Exciting, right?
I'll say it clearly, this
show isn't for everyone. If you need drama, excitement, and suspense, you'll find it lacking here.
Personally I found this to be something really special, and more often than not I was grinning like a fool from ear-to-ear or laughing out loud. I just finished watching it a second time a month or so after my first viewing, in English this time (not typical for me but I wanted to recommend it to some friends that don't like subtitles so I checked it out and was VERY pleasantly surprised). The interaction between Rinko and Takeo is downright sickeningly sweet most of the time. It's like fanservice for hopeless romantics.
But what really brings this show together for me is the characters themselves. I'm not going to go into too much detail in what makes the individual characters unique, wouldn't do it justice if I tried. What I will say is that the show itself is much like a relationship with a person. It's at first taken at face value and perhaps you form opinions or ideas about the characters that are larger than life. Then you spend more time with those characters, time in which nothing seemingly significant occurs. But you start to notice things about them. Like the way Rinko is sensitive to hot food. Or how Takeo actually scares really easy in theme park horror rides. Each piece is a tiny part of what makes that character who they are. And the characters themselves sometimes observe these nuances about one another and appreciate those aspects of them. That's love right there. Taking a seemingly arbitrary, mundane aspect of a person and thinking it's cute or endearing simply because it's part of who they are and for no other deeper reason. You start to see they do get jealous, even though they have a fairy-tale-like relationship. They get nervous and misunderstand things and even sometimes think that maybe they aren't right for one another. Maybe someone else that has more in common with the person I love can make them happier than I, who seems totally mismatched, can. You start to discover that there is always something else to learn about the people in your life, no matter how long you've known them. One of my favorite lines Takeo says regarding his best friend of over 10 years, "I know his birthday is on September 13th. I even know what kind of underwear he wears. But there is so much I still don't know about him." You come to find that this larger than life guy who seems so strong is just a normal guy at heart, despite all his amazing qualities.
Sure there is some introspective discourse about love and friendship and all that. But that isn't what really makes this show special. It's a story that's more shown than told, through the mundane day to day relationship of a boy and a girl. Through the friendship of two polar opposites. It's the subtlety of it.
Now to some people, a dude is going to save a girl from a groper in the first episode and then pretty much nothing else is going to happen after that. And they're not wrong to see it that way. If you don't totally fall in love with this show in the first few episodes, I can pretty much guarantee it's not going to be one of your favorites. However, I definitely like it enough to recommend anyone who's a sucker for romance give it at least a few episodes. I just wish there was more of it.
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