we on kitsu now
DENA = Dumb, Egg-headed Negligent Assgoblins
I'm not a little bitch, I didn't restrict my own fucking list. Go fuck yourself, MAL.
This profile looks like hell now. I'll clean it up when MAL gets their shit together.
Remember like a year ago when I said I'd be doing YouTube stuff? Well, it finally happened.
It would've been nice if this website didn't stop working for a month so I could keep getting views on this thing and grow my brand new channel, but I guess it's too much to ask the largest anime database on the Western web to be functional for a little while.
If you want to ask me something about the Big Order or Hand Shakers reviews, click here, you're gonna have to go fuck yourself for a while because MAL doesn't want to be a website anymore.
If you want to know why I haven't posted any new reviews since Hand Shakers, the above link explains that too, but you can't read it because this website is so well-designed that most of its features are still down after a month due to a "security issue".
This is where I rank all of my anime based on enjoyment, with some neat, recognizable tags for each anime to look pretty. But that doesn't matter because MAL is a trash website.
I don't think a lot about the scores I give. And since I really love certain handy, orderly anime, they tend to be pretty inconsistent. To more accurately show which anime I like and dislike, I made a separate system based solely on how much I enjoyed watching the anime, creative and intellectual integrity be damned.
Anime with multiple seasons will just be combined in one tag if they belong in the same tier. (i.e. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Smaller tags indicate anime shorts (less than 20min. episodes), tags with golden borders are for movies. Specials and extra episodes and the like aren't considered for this list; they'd more-or-less fall into the same tier as their counterparts anyway. One-off titles like Under the Dog aren't added because, frankly, I'm too lazy to make the tags.
The font is Pokemon Emerald, otherwise known as Power Green. Because people asked. The bottom tier is called Greninja-tier because it's an inside joke. Because people asked that, too.
Fennekin Tier = Favorites. I had the time of my life watching them, and I've crammed any of these shows down my friends' throats multiple times. Watching any of them put a big, dumb grin on my face more often than not, and I find myself coming back to watch pieces of them every now and then. Absolute must-watches. Braixen Tier = These are pretty goddamn rad, and I had a great time watching them. I was excited most of the time, if not all the time, and would certainly put in a good word for them, even if they're not quite masterpieces or hugely significant. Recommended. Ninetales Tier = I had a decent time with these animays. Sometimes I was bored, sometimes I had fun. An overall positive experience but with some notable downtime. Some might've pulled some strong emotions from me, but only in short bursts. But at the very least, they're enjoyable. Sorta recommended. Delphox Tier = This is where I start disliking stuff. While not horrible, I wouldn't go out of my way to come back to most of them, and I'd be pretty hesitant to watch more if they continue on longer. At best, they're fun to make fun of. But, all things considered, they are still... watchable, to me. Barely recommended. Greninja Tier = Fuck 'em. I'd rather hose my eyes with chlorine for a few hours than watch most of these again. Whether I literally fell asleep in my chair, slammed my face into a pillow, or just generally wanted my lifespan to decrease, these are shows that I unquestionably dislike and generally wish death upon. Not recommended.
"lucks y dont u jus maek a pastebin"
Because that's boring.
Tuturu, motherfuckers.
I have several names. The truest is Lux. But if you just wanna call me Mozilla or Fennekin or some variant of those, I don't mind.
I am both more and less mature than I appear.
I accept all friend requests, no matter who it is because idc lol. But, if you want to talk to me, you'll have to actually say something. I'm too socially awkward to play the "hi how are you" game. Just get to the point, please, otherwise I probably won't respond.
4.07.16 - 50th anime: Oshiete! Galko-chan 11.17.16 - 100th anime: Nichijou* 2.24.17 - 150th anime: Toradora! 9.29.17 - 200th anime: Made in Abyss we're getting serious now
*after this point, i started including OVA's and specials
This is the ideal mean score. You may not like it, but this is what peak averageness should look like if you could see the fucking image.
Because apparently quotation marks break spoiler tags.
Throughout much of my life, I've watched anime here and there, from the original Pokemon to the classic Toonami, up until 2015 when I started watching seasonal anime. But it wasn't really until last year when I actually got into it. I simply thought that I wasn't watching many anime even though I claimed to be a fan (and was already trying to review them), so I sat down, made a list of ten shows I would watch from the season, and I still do it today. The best part is that Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu came out at that time and made it entirely worth it.
Anyway, that's why I have mostly new shit that no one likes on my list. For older anime, I try to watch anything that's similar to the current seasonal anime, whether it's in tone or just by the same director.
I'm not sure if I have any preferences, aside from whatever the fuck Key does and those stupid light novel battle harems that come out every season. (Where's my special snowflake award?) I'll only drop something if I feel like I have nothing to say about it. Or, I'll drop it if I get through a cour and don't like it enough to care about how it ends.
Outside of anime? I really don't do much. Never had a great education--in fact, the event of me actually graduating high school must be considered a miracle on its own. And I'm both too stupid and too lazy to go to college. I work a full-time job stocking shelves at a grocery store (it's boring but I work alone and get to listen to music so it's satisfying for me) and watch baseball whenever the season's on. Of course, I play a lot of Pokemon as well. You have three guesses to name my favorite. I used to be a drummer, so I still have this huge lingering interest in music even though I don't listen to a whole lot anymore.
I think I'm pretty self-centered. No one's told me that, but I think that of myself. I don't know how to communicate with other people very well because I spent most of my life alone. Not for any particularly depressing reason or anything, I simply went to a small school where most of the kids were interested in things I wasn't, and those I did have something in common with were kinda weird. I do kinda think I was raised improperly, but that's a monologue for another day. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that if I come off as self-centered or awkward, or I just don't really carry a conversation well, that's on me. I don't hate communicating or anything, in fact I really love it when someone wants to talk to me, I'm just really bad at it for those reasons.
Oh, I also write obnoxious anime reviews and swear a lot. Don't like that? Well, that's too bad.
Although I believe I have some interesting things to say, my main objective as a reviewer is to be entertaining. Because I understand that every anime has its fair share of love and hatred. An opinion will be agreed and disagreed upon widely, but if I can entertain both sides, then everyone can get something in the end.
Unfortunately, my reviews aren't as good as they could be because it's hard to express yourself in plain text. Not to mention that the review system on MAL about as functional as a suspending bridge made of saltine crackers, forcing me to work on deadlines just to be noticed. Someday soon, I would like to move on to videos where I can be more free with my work and get fucked by copyright instead.
But aside from all that, I would like to understand the anime itself and why people would want to watch it. I haven't done this very well yet... But it's something I think about. Understanding the authorial intent of something is very important to me, because if I criticize something for doing exactly what it meant to do... that just makes me look like a cunt. There are dozens of anime coming out each season and I watch 10-20 of them, so having different objectives for each anime is important.
You may notice that, at the bottom of my reviews, I say "Score Range" or something. That just means I gave it a specific score, but I can see myself changing it to somewhere else within that range. Some of my reviews probably don't have the same score they have on my list right now.
My main influences are Mr. Plinkett, Yahtzee Crowshaw, Demolition D, A Dose of Buckley, The Pro Crastinators, Cr1TiKaL, Dunkey, George Carlin, Anthony Fantano (the music reviewer, not the increasingly unfunny ironic shitlord) and anything around me.
10 = pretty good
9 = pretty good
8 = pretty okay
7 = i don't actually have a scale
I'm interested in stats (I do watch a lot of baseball) but since my opinions are just kinda weird, I don't think much about my own scores. That's why I have a tiered system instead. For now, just assume that a 10 is for something that I love so much that I overlook whatever minor flaws it may have, and 1 is so horrible that I find absolutely nothing redeemable about it. Everything else is just in between.
Most shorts and OVAs and specials and the like won't be rated; comparing them to full shows is pretty ridiculous considering that their intent is far different.
One time some dude named Kevin invited me to a club, and for some reason I was actually somewhat interested in it.
Flash forward to a few months later, some other dude named Memo asked me to join this trivia contest they were doing.
Somehow I did well enough to get selected as a backup finalist for a live competition, and despite that I ended up winning the entire thing. Because of course that would happen.
Anyway I got these cool tags out of it. They're so cool that you can't see them. Or maybe that's just the website being trash fucking garbage.
I am still the undefeated champion. I did NOT lose 2017 trivia, no matter what anyone says. The results were RIGGED by RUSSIAN BOTS.
Also every two seasons there's this thing called the Fantasy Anime League: out of 269 players out of 450 players out of 381 players
FAQ:
"How's it going?"
My life is consistently mediocre, thanks for asking.
"do you actually like hand shakers and big order"
Yes.
"why"
Yes.
"Why aren't Big Order or Hand Shakers scored on your list?"
Their scores are 653, which MAL does not allow for some stupid reason. No other number represents those anime well enough, so their scores are left blank.
There was a funny meme image about Mirai Nikki being on my favorites despite a 5/10 score right here. You'll just have to take my word for it until the developers of this website replace the fungal matter in their skulls with brains.
“You say there was nothing to it, but I felt it was perfectly functional. The characters, the story, the presentation, it was all more-or-less passable to me.”
Then you must have extremely low standards for that kind of thing.
As Stark said in his review, just about anyone could’ve made Mahou Shoujo Site. I called it “barely functional” because it feels like no effort was placed into it. The studio even only adapted this shameless trash because they wanted to promote their idol group i⭐️Ris rather than because they thought the material was actually worthy of being honored. It moves along, but everything about it felt like the laziest, blandest, most repetitive, tone deaf and plagiarized thing you can do with the idea. Even the presentation of the show features ugly character designs occupying a flat and lifeless world, colored in with only hideous shades of grays and browns and sickly reds. Fight scenes don’t have any flow. I don't like when a creation renounces the concepts and ideologies of creativity and art. For the record I do admire trying, even if a show is not perfect.
I don’t know if you remember back in Summer 2015 but there was a series called Rokka no Yuusha. If you haven’t seen it yet (I can’t tell) it had a typical setup, but approached it in a unique way, combining mystery/suspense with a fantasy adventure in a Mesoamerican setting. The characters, while not amazing, were all distinctive in design, appearance, and even speaking mannerisms. Despite having some horrendous CGI and being a prologue to an incomplete story, it was a show I admired because it felt like it put effort in, using a setup no other light novel show attempted to assess the idea of true companions. It bombed in sales for being different but convinced me to continue on. If you haven’t seen the show I’d recommend it but note that it is an incomplete story, just like MSS. The point being that shows that feel like they are trying to be something unique in spite of flaws will earn points in my eyes, but Mahou Shoujo Site comes as nothing more than a passionless product of interchangeable characters, no sense of tone and a ripped off setup.
“Do note that I don't think Mahou Site is an amazing show by any means, but it was one that got the job done for me. My ratings don't really make a lot of sense--I'd probably give it a 5 or a 6 if I were more honest, but since a lot of people only look at the number beside the review, I need to make it stand out more.”
I don’t mind that you liked it, I mind that you’re speaking out to oppose anyone who dislikes it. I’m not sure what job it did that shows like Princess Tutu or Revolutionary Girl Utena couldn’t have done way, way, way, WAY better. Because they actually RESPECT the audience, understand tone, have focus, pour depth in their characters and style to their artistry. MSS is below average at the VERY best and insulting bad otherwise. I brought up The Room and The Happening because they are very entertaining, but are still 1-2/10 films for being fundamentally broken.
“I wouldn't even say you're wrong about things like edge being more of a result than a thing that just exists, how it can be better incorporated into the story, but part of that makes Mahou Site funnier to me. It's so unnecessary. The point that Aya Asagiri has a shit life could've been made in about two minutes with just a couple brief examples, but instead we have to sit through like twelve minutes of one abusive moment after another. It's like it was trying to show off, and like I said, it's a cute attempt.”
Why should I reward an author who did nothing but write out a checklist of every edgy awful thing that could happen? At least The Room and The Happening were misguided passion. Nothing about Mahou Shoujo Site feels earnest even when it desperately, DESPERATELY wants to be. And it’s too earnest, trying to sell the leads’ relationship and pulling a moral at the end for standing up in spite of injustices LIKE that bullying from Episode 1. Laziness is most deserving of contempt for me.
“The original manga's author previously made something similar, called Mahou Shoujo of the End, and what little I know seems to imply that it has all of the good 'ol family fun that Mahou Site offers, which makes me continue to believe that it was all just for kicks rather than a calculated attempt at writing a good story.”
I’m not going to judge an anime story based on another lazy ripoff that hasn’t even been adapted yet. I won’t instantly forgive all faults of Golden Time because it and Toradora were by the same author. I wouldn’t give Mayoiga a high score just because the director for it directed on one of my all time favorites Shirobako. A work needs to be good on its own and judged as its own story. It’s way too cloyingly sincere about the main characters and willing to indulge in fetish fueled repulsive comedy for me to say it is entirely a joke. It’s not smart enough to wink self awareness, and hell, is lazy enough to have at least 6 different girls of the group have Yandere moments while having enemies because friends way quickly than ever should be. Hellsing Ultimate is a “just for kicks” show, but one where EFFORT was placed. MSS has no effort.
“Though, the one thing I would still disagree on is the Madoka comparisons. I feel that it's just so easy to see a dark Mahou Shoujo anime and immediately scream "MADOKA RIPOFF!!" I heard it a lot back when Magical Girl Raising Project was a thing and I still don't get it. The point of Madoka was the tonal slap in the face, that being a magical girl is not as flowery and fun as it's appeared to be. Madoka worked because it presented both sides very well, whereas Mahou Site is just constant suffering. Does it pay homage? Sure, I can see the comparisons. But I don't get how everything that even slightly references Madoka is a ripoff now.”
The similar elements are painfully obvious. As I said in my previous comment,
“The #2 Girl controls time JUST LIKE HOMURA, and forms a lesbian-ish relationship with the shy lead who gains confidence through seeing horrible violence. The fights try their damndest to be like Madoka, the Site Administrators are a poorly conceived dead ringer for the Incubators, the Tempest is just like Walpurgisnaught, and they pull the “ones we fighting were like us all along” twist the same way. It’s a dead ringer for a braindead Madoka cash in”
There are way too many similarities to not see it as a Madoka ripoff series. It’s not like everything compared is entirely a ripoff of each other. Log Horizon is often compared to Sword Art Online, but aside from the basic premise, their ambitions and focus are completely different. And a show like DanMachi is basically just Sword Art Online but not an Isekai, Greek god themed and with a dense blandly nice guy compared to the more confrontative Kirito. It has different window dressing but is the same type of show.
The entire IDEA of Madoka is that a fun concept like being a Magical Girl can be dark, depressing, and full of hard choices for how consequences in life are dealt with. MSS also rolls with the seen as a fun concept thing of Magical Girls and tries to make it dark. But also goes Team Force Friendship with everyone, and tries to be SINCERE with the two leads’ relationship. As I said, it is DiC Sailor Moon wearing the mask of Elfen Lied and Mirai Nikki to appeal to the edgelords.
No offense to you personally, at all. Your Hand Shakers review is incredibly funny and others are solid too. I just want to clear up a misconception that people are “wrong” to despise Mahou Shoujo Site
Interesting way to tackle the show. But you know, it’s not JUST the edge checklist that makes people despise Mahou Shoujo Site.
Edge ridden shows like Akame ga Kill, Mirai Nikki, Another, Tokyo Ghoul, Elfen Lied, God Eater, Deadman Wonderland, Overlord and Ousama Game aren’t only bad because of their edginess but because of shoddy quality in other areas. Whereas shows like Parasyte, Psycho Pass, Devilman Crybaby, Higurashi and Hellsing Ultimate are loved more as glorious spectacles with edge because they deliver on other levels. Mahou Shoujo Site doesn’t even consistently edge with the repulsive fetish comedy and barely functional heart. Edge should come from fault and human drama, not because a lazy writer used a checklist.
It’s the tonal homicide, the barely developed relationships, the poor pacing, characters definable only by fetishs or stock traits and an incredible tendency to rip off Madoka. Yes it does rip off Madoka lazily. The other Magical Girl shows like Revolutionary Girl Utena or Princess Tutu are nowhere near as similar. The #2 Girl controls time JUST LIKE HOMURA, forms a lesbian-ish relationship with the lead. The fights try their damndest to be like Madoka, the Site Administrators are a poorly conceived dead ringer for the Incubators, the Tempest is just like Walpurgisnaught, and they pull the “ones we fighting were like us all along” twist the same way. It’s a dead ringer for a braindead Madoka cash in minus artistry, effort, focus, or tonal cohesion.
A 7/10 “good” feels wrong on every conceivable level for a series that had no effort, no passion, and no creativity on any level. I never got the intention that the show was meant to be a joke. It’s too genuine about trying to sell the relationship between the leads and the death of the apple butter idol girl. Even the animation is dull and flavorless, with dull character designs, overuse of awful black and greys, and no fight scene flow. The Room and The Happening are shitty, shitty movies that happen to be fun to watch because of their straight face to stupid characters. However, they are still 1-2/10 when judging them as art. MSS isn’t as straightfaced as Ousama Game, while the awful comedy with cliche setup combined with how much it pushes heart and dramatic stakes prevent me from viewing the whole show as a joke. Enjoyment is subjective, but being a guilty pleasure doesn’t make something a good show, in my opinion.
My favorite web browser combined with my favorite Pokemon...who but you (whoever you are...I don't even remember how I got here...lmao) would have thought to do that!? :D
Due to the comment below, I took a quick look at your reviews. The funniest part from what little I saw was the hand-holding thing. :D
I see where you're getting at but I can't tell what makes Aki 'unlikable' for you. I understand we might have different impressions for a character. I can't blame her if she had a hatred for boys especially if the one she liked from her childhood broke her heart severely that would also cause her to be a glutton. There were probably errors in how the anime presented the scenes that caused some people's misinterpretations to Aki but those errors were so little that the story still made sense if further analyzed. Well, aside from the ending that would have been understandable if they were planning a sequel.
Having said that Aki's heart was broken, I believe that part was subtly shown in the anime where Aki was seen holding the flowers Masamune brought and Yoshino was in the background, I must also point out that *spoiler* Aki wasn't the silhouette who rejected Masamune in the beginning. More or less, the events weren't abrupt but more like some things weren't really explained well in the anime during its early episodes. That was why I said I was disappointed they ended the anime at the part it was about to get good.
I just finished watching Hinamatsuri and I can definitely see why it's a favorite of yours from this season. For me, Hinamatsuri isn't just a heartwarming story with CGDCT antics; it's also a really sincere and heartful show that I want to see more from. Also, Anzu is best girl.
I scrolled through your Watching list and I saw that you don't happen to think very highly of Golden Kamuy. If you don't mind, I'd like to know what has turned you off about this anime?
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Then you must have extremely low standards for that kind of thing.
As Stark said in his review, just about anyone could’ve made Mahou Shoujo Site. I called it “barely functional” because it feels like no effort was placed into it. The studio even only adapted this shameless trash because they wanted to promote their idol group i⭐️Ris rather than because they thought the material was actually worthy of being honored. It moves along, but everything about it felt like the laziest, blandest, most repetitive, tone deaf and plagiarized thing you can do with the idea. Even the presentation of the show features ugly character designs occupying a flat and lifeless world, colored in with only hideous shades of grays and browns and sickly reds. Fight scenes don’t have any flow. I don't like when a creation renounces the concepts and ideologies of creativity and art. For the record I do admire trying, even if a show is not perfect.
I don’t know if you remember back in Summer 2015 but there was a series called Rokka no Yuusha. If you haven’t seen it yet (I can’t tell) it had a typical setup, but approached it in a unique way, combining mystery/suspense with a fantasy adventure in a Mesoamerican setting. The characters, while not amazing, were all distinctive in design, appearance, and even speaking mannerisms. Despite having some horrendous CGI and being a prologue to an incomplete story, it was a show I admired because it felt like it put effort in, using a setup no other light novel show attempted to assess the idea of true companions. It bombed in sales for being different but convinced me to continue on. If you haven’t seen the show I’d recommend it but note that it is an incomplete story, just like MSS. The point being that shows that feel like they are trying to be something unique in spite of flaws will earn points in my eyes, but Mahou Shoujo Site comes as nothing more than a passionless product of interchangeable characters, no sense of tone and a ripped off setup.
“Do note that I don't think Mahou Site is an amazing show by any means, but it was one that got the job done for me. My ratings don't really make a lot of sense--I'd probably give it a 5 or a 6 if I were more honest, but since a lot of people only look at the number beside the review, I need to make it stand out more.”
I don’t mind that you liked it, I mind that you’re speaking out to oppose anyone who dislikes it. I’m not sure what job it did that shows like Princess Tutu or Revolutionary Girl Utena couldn’t have done way, way, way, WAY better. Because they actually RESPECT the audience, understand tone, have focus, pour depth in their characters and style to their artistry. MSS is below average at the VERY best and insulting bad otherwise. I brought up The Room and The Happening because they are very entertaining, but are still 1-2/10 films for being fundamentally broken.
“I wouldn't even say you're wrong about things like edge being more of a result than a thing that just exists, how it can be better incorporated into the story, but part of that makes Mahou Site funnier to me. It's so unnecessary. The point that Aya Asagiri has a shit life could've been made in about two minutes with just a couple brief examples, but instead we have to sit through like twelve minutes of one abusive moment after another. It's like it was trying to show off, and like I said, it's a cute attempt.”
Why should I reward an author who did nothing but write out a checklist of every edgy awful thing that could happen? At least The Room and The Happening were misguided passion. Nothing about Mahou Shoujo Site feels earnest even when it desperately, DESPERATELY wants to be. And it’s too earnest, trying to sell the leads’ relationship and pulling a moral at the end for standing up in spite of injustices LIKE that bullying from Episode 1. Laziness is most deserving of contempt for me.
“The original manga's author previously made something similar, called Mahou Shoujo of the End, and what little I know seems to imply that it has all of the good 'ol family fun that Mahou Site offers, which makes me continue to believe that it was all just for kicks rather than a calculated attempt at writing a good story.”
I’m not going to judge an anime story based on another lazy ripoff that hasn’t even been adapted yet. I won’t instantly forgive all faults of Golden Time because it and Toradora were by the same author. I wouldn’t give Mayoiga a high score just because the director for it directed on one of my all time favorites Shirobako. A work needs to be good on its own and judged as its own story. It’s way too cloyingly sincere about the main characters and willing to indulge in fetish fueled repulsive comedy for me to say it is entirely a joke. It’s not smart enough to wink self awareness, and hell, is lazy enough to have at least 6 different girls of the group have Yandere moments while having enemies because friends way quickly than ever should be. Hellsing Ultimate is a “just for kicks” show, but one where EFFORT was placed. MSS has no effort.
“Though, the one thing I would still disagree on is the Madoka comparisons. I feel that it's just so easy to see a dark Mahou Shoujo anime and immediately scream "MADOKA RIPOFF!!" I heard it a lot back when Magical Girl Raising Project was a thing and I still don't get it. The point of Madoka was the tonal slap in the face, that being a magical girl is not as flowery and fun as it's appeared to be. Madoka worked because it presented both sides very well, whereas Mahou Site is just constant suffering. Does it pay homage? Sure, I can see the comparisons. But I don't get how everything that even slightly references Madoka is a ripoff now.”
The similar elements are painfully obvious. As I said in my previous comment,
“The #2 Girl controls time JUST LIKE HOMURA, and forms a lesbian-ish relationship with the shy lead who gains confidence through seeing horrible violence. The fights try their damndest to be like Madoka, the Site Administrators are a poorly conceived dead ringer for the Incubators, the Tempest is just like Walpurgisnaught, and they pull the “ones we fighting were like us all along” twist the same way. It’s a dead ringer for a braindead Madoka cash in”
There are way too many similarities to not see it as a Madoka ripoff series. It’s not like everything compared is entirely a ripoff of each other. Log Horizon is often compared to Sword Art Online, but aside from the basic premise, their ambitions and focus are completely different. And a show like DanMachi is basically just Sword Art Online but not an Isekai, Greek god themed and with a dense blandly nice guy compared to the more confrontative Kirito. It has different window dressing but is the same type of show.
The entire IDEA of Madoka is that a fun concept like being a Magical Girl can be dark, depressing, and full of hard choices for how consequences in life are dealt with. MSS also rolls with the seen as a fun concept thing of Magical Girls and tries to make it dark. But also goes Team Force Friendship with everyone, and tries to be SINCERE with the two leads’ relationship. As I said, it is DiC Sailor Moon wearing the mask of Elfen Lied and Mirai Nikki to appeal to the edgelords.
Edge ridden shows like Akame ga Kill, Mirai Nikki, Another, Tokyo Ghoul, Elfen Lied, God Eater, Deadman Wonderland, Overlord and Ousama Game aren’t only bad because of their edginess but because of shoddy quality in other areas. Whereas shows like Parasyte, Psycho Pass, Devilman Crybaby, Higurashi and Hellsing Ultimate are loved more as glorious spectacles with edge because they deliver on other levels. Mahou Shoujo Site doesn’t even consistently edge with the repulsive fetish comedy and barely functional heart. Edge should come from fault and human drama, not because a lazy writer used a checklist.
It’s the tonal homicide, the barely developed relationships, the poor pacing, characters definable only by fetishs or stock traits and an incredible tendency to rip off Madoka. Yes it does rip off Madoka lazily. The other Magical Girl shows like Revolutionary Girl Utena or Princess Tutu are nowhere near as similar. The #2 Girl controls time JUST LIKE HOMURA, forms a lesbian-ish relationship with the lead. The fights try their damndest to be like Madoka, the Site Administrators are a poorly conceived dead ringer for the Incubators, the Tempest is just like Walpurgisnaught, and they pull the “ones we fighting were like us all along” twist the same way. It’s a dead ringer for a braindead Madoka cash in minus artistry, effort, focus, or tonal cohesion.
A 7/10 “good” feels wrong on every conceivable level for a series that had no effort, no passion, and no creativity on any level. I never got the intention that the show was meant to be a joke. It’s too genuine about trying to sell the relationship between the leads and the death of the apple butter idol girl. Even the animation is dull and flavorless, with dull character designs, overuse of awful black and greys, and no fight scene flow. The Room and The Happening are shitty, shitty movies that happen to be fun to watch because of their straight face to stupid characters. However, they are still 1-2/10 when judging them as art. MSS isn’t as straightfaced as Ousama Game, while the awful comedy with cliche setup combined with how much it pushes heart and dramatic stakes prevent me from viewing the whole show as a joke. Enjoyment is subjective, but being a guilty pleasure doesn’t make something a good show, in my opinion.
Anywho, welcome back, man. I saw your Spring 2018 impressions video and I really enjoyed it. I'll be looking forward to seeing more from you.
Due to the comment below, I took a quick look at your reviews. The funniest part from what little I saw was the hand-holding thing. :D
LMAOOOO
Having said that Aki's heart was broken, I believe that part was subtly shown in the anime where Aki was seen holding the flowers Masamune brought and Yoshino was in the background, I must also point out that *spoiler* Aki wasn't the silhouette who rejected Masamune in the beginning. More or less, the events weren't abrupt but more like some things weren't really explained well in the anime during its early episodes. That was why I said I was disappointed they ended the anime at the part it was about to get good.
I scrolled through your Watching list and I saw that you don't happen to think very highly of Golden Kamuy. If you don't mind, I'd like to know what has turned you off about this anime?