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Feb 5, 2023
[Old Review]
Teekyuu Review - Part 2S
Informative Review
It's basically just restoring the brain cells of Teekyuu. The stories aren't too absurd and whilst it still maintains their humour, it is a little more condensed here. What's left is just some average day in the life of Teekyuu episodes.
1st episode is about Marimo at the dentist getting her teeth fixed. In a Teekyuu manor. There's a doctor/dentist you learn a little about to add to. 2nd episode is about Yuri getting to work as a shrine maiden due to some accident she had caused. The old lady there is a little something too. All in a Teekyuu
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manor.
Audiovisuals are the same as they were in the season directly related to this.
Would watch it if you are a deadset completionist, there's not a lot with this special, but it is there I guess.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Feb 5, 2023
[Old Review]
Teekyuu Review - Part 2
It's comedy. Again. Fast comedy. Somehow the plot flows as it usually would in a normal anime. I didn't even expect there to be someone reasonable here to my surprise. The only difference is that this is fast. There seemed to be an absurd number of references to other major names in this real world. Makes you think, that Teekyuu is reality?
Mappa is still pulling the same visual beauty, so you can expect there to be the same wacky gimmick that you'd be surprised such cannot tear the insides of itself with such speed. Also dumb art for the funny
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moments. The voicing is something that is obviously a magnum opus with lines you cannot possibly hope to catch.
So. Teekyuu. Again. Is nothing about tennis. Just some funny stupidity that makes fun of a little more than you'd expect. Featuring tennis.
10/10. "Smoke Teekyuu every day, people."
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 5, 2023
[Old Review (written way before upload time, opinions may not be the same)]
Teekyuu Review - Part 1
Comedy is funny. But comedy isn't for everyone. Since there are different branches. Teekyuu falls into parody. And usually, dedicated parody anime is good. Very good. Great. Masterpiece.
There is no need to talk about the plot, no need to talk about characters, no need to talk about art, no need to talk about sound. Because they are all irrelevant from what is a ton of random events, speed through at just the right speeds to understand what is happening whilst concurrently not grasping everything, understanding that this parody is
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done well. Usually resulting in laughter.
Teekyuu is not to be taken seriously. It is a dumb anime, about girls and tennis (when it feels like talking about tennis), that thrives off its stupidity making for some hilarious moments, with its abrupt changes within each episode making you think, "I see. God is real."
10/10. "Smoke Teekyuu every day, people."
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Sep 5, 2022
Rating: 7/10
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It's good. Just not for very conventional reasons. Having read through other people's thoughts and feelings on this short, it has become apparent to me that there is obvious room for interpretation of the true intentions of the writers behind the scenes.
I wasn't the most focused on this short in all honesty, whilst some of it has to do with my own faults in how I behave, from what I did gather, I do believe that the execution did not live up to a great standard. It's good, but not good enough. Anyway, this whole meandering through the woods and following the birds'
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stuff seems to be plastered with nothing meaningful behind them other than beautiful images. I suppose beautiful things look nice, but some meaning attached to them would have made for a more pleasant experience. It could just be that I very much had the entire meaning of this short fly well over my head but I doubt it a little on the notion there was no apparent connection between half the small things that go on here aside from the very obvious things like the interactions and the birds changing colours. Something like that.
Anyway, the art here is really something else, and if nothing else about this is top tier, then I would say that you should just go have a look at this for the art. Fluid, detailed, good colour compliments and gradients and whatever is needed to make an animation good, because it's all good at the end of the day here. One may even go as far as to see what else Wolf Smoke Studio has to offer after watching this. I suppose shorts like this have the time and efforts that allow them to be so properly produced, but that shouldn't be used to undermine the efforts. It's all gorgeous.
Maybe I need to brush up on my media comprehension skills. I was a little mixed on this so I can't say this is entirely worth the watch, but who doesn't like good-looking images? Give it a go and see what conclusion you run into.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Sep 5, 2022
Rating: 8/10
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Butter Chicken is an MV that I have a pleasant (and healthy) addiction to. A euphoric wave of epic vocals and fluid visuals, unlike many others before it, has led me to praise it and listen to it on end seldom of any fatigue. The concept matches, but the expectations are not met in a literal sense. There is no apparent Butter Chicken here, but all the imagery and connotations fit well together regardless. As mentioned, it is all fluid and the entire MV promotes this harmonic union between the simple things in life and the celestial wonders of the universe. All crafted with
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this seemingly brittle pastel texture. I don't know what implications would come from there, but maybe it isn't too far off from, I suppose, a wholly ingrained idea.
The music is magical and enticing, there is simply no escape from it once it is processed inside you. You come back wanting more, maybe like the taste of Butter Chicken… Whatever it is, OOHYO's voice is not to be underestimated here, I'd imagine it would be somewhat plausible to imagine a few would go seek more of what she has made. It's amazing.
Now, I have to say that this is probably my favourite OOHYO song, so whilst I don't believe she has made it better than this exquisite piece, that isn't to say that there isn't any good remaining out there too. A talented artist I would encourage people to take more a look at (I mean, there are other MAL entires on her songs too).
"I named this song ‘Butter Chicken’ because I started working on it the day I made Butter Chicken Curry for the first time. But this song is not about the food, it’s about discovering meaning and joy in something that many people overlook the value of - something cliched, trivial, or even stupid." - OOHYO
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 31, 2022
I will put out there that I don't exactly know every theme of this story, or what exactly the messages were. Whether that is up for individual interpretation or predetermined is something else I will not know for the time being. I am simply here to give my thoughts on what I have seen.
I saw a beautiful and artistic story on a moderately relatable institution and arc we may have gone through in life. School and friends. Mukougaoka Chisato wa Tada Mitsumeteita no Datta is a story about Chisato trying to reach her friends after being in an unfortunate incident.
It all comes across as
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a coherent piece of art conveying relatable and important feelings well enough to give these characters strong humanity and room for clever ideas in their radius. What we have here is not just some cheap take on school-related works; it is an innovative material that has the power to class itself in its own category of works, fusing art and themes well enough to obtain the standard of what makes good shorts so impressive. I liked what I saw for the most part, from the writing of the story and what could slide into the many frames to create this sophisticated message, to just the fluid dynamics of the art, even for something as old as this. It's very impressive.
That's all I have to really say with this. It's not a traditional MV, but it is still something I would recommend people spend the time having a look at.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 9, 2022
There is literally already a well-made review on this OVA already, but since I was in the middle of writing a lot of reviews in one go at the time, I felt inclined to write something on this OVA anyway. I will make this a short informative review.
This OVA follows Kanade in some more ludicrous choice-making nonsense, only this time in a VN dating sim-type game. We have roles allocated as usual, from what you'd expect of these games: Kanade - protag, Nozomi - main heroine, Yuuouji - yankee, Yukihira - alien space ranger, Chocolat - well, Parfait. Basically, everyone who isn't Kanade is a
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choice in this harem.
It's a fun little short and something I found as a pretty cool and imaginative idea to extend on the whole concept that NouCome had for itself. No real reason to not watch it if you are a fan of the series, why not take the extra content just because it is?
But I mean, at least watch it for the ending reference…
ERABE!
1. Yes, I liked the series and will watch this for the end reference.
2. No, I hate this series, the ending will make it worse… .-.
6/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jul 9, 2022
(TLDR review below, as usual, thanks for reading c:)
Everything you do is based on some kind of choice (discluding reflexes). Subconsciously choosing which path to take on, big or small. Imagine that being made apparent with a twist of being always bombarded with asinine decisions.
Enter NouCome.
It's your choice from here, but you have to choose one.
1. Continue reading.
2. Discontinue reading.
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3. Look at the score, agree with it, and click helpful vote (the most recommended and most popular choice these days).
NouCome is an unprecedented anime that takes daily routines to an outrageous degree, very literally, resulting in a relatively funny anime that would fit the generation it resides in. I'm not one to snipe "generic" anime and present them from the head as the disease that intoxicates this medium. Whilst NouCome takes this unique premise and falls victim to standards of its origins and generation every now and then, one has to steer clear of the clouds and draw vision to the fact that it is one of the better anime of its time, something to not take too lightly.
The thing that makes this anime good is mainly execution. This is ridiculous, from Amakusa's social life being scorched to something unrecognisable to the other weirdo girls in this show, there's a good mix to play around with and create a ton of funny situations for a wide magnitude of reasons. Slipping over banana peel = le comedy 100? Or maybe some absurd cringe choice like stripping in public. It is so asinine, so wild, it shouldn't work, but it does because that's how wild this whole situation is. Some common harem tripe like this shouldn't have humour like this that exponentially makes it better, but imagine if you were in that situation? (assume no deconstruction plot no one asked for too.) It would be a ridiculously unbearable life, for anyone. It's really good stuff made by someone who seems to have some understanding of how people work, I suppose in this case it is more of a comedic legend, but either way, still very good on this team's behalf.
If the earlier paragraph didn't give it away, there's not actually a lot of substance to this anime; it is an unfortunate fate given the number of times this anime opens doors to something potentially well worth the time than just silly antics continuously for 10 episodes. Is it the curse of being a light novel? Was it the standards at the time? It's disheartening this anime would not break out of the mould, but it is what it is. It's also slightly annoying to hint at going on potential tangents in the plot only to not do anything about it, or in other words relating to this anime, literally go back to square one. As if change = new episode idea, nothing more, nothing less. Maybe down the line, if this anime were to continue, this cemented reality would be false, but I wouldn't know and I don't have intentions to continue reading as of this moment. What can I say though? Despite the unwanted leftover taste, the changes that arise every now and then are still pleasant to see. I guess it depends on your tolerance.
The characters in this anime are what you would expect of your typical harem cast and main character. They are nothing special, but the atmosphere they reside in makes for a somewhat special time, which is why the content is so loveable. I say this all, but these characters actually do a decent job at, well, being people. As strange as it sounds, Yukihira, Yuuouji, and Chocolat have more to them than just being some cardboard harem girls. They felt particular ways, want particular things, and have some story to them (more true for Chocolat, but that's a given). Whilst it doesn't suddenly give them free tickets to live rent-free in you, one would still have to respect the time given to elaborate the personality of these characters more than to just poop them out as in done elsewhere, everywhere for the most part. You average viewer may not care too much, but I won't go out of my way to lambast these girls unfairly.
The production here is very much so as you would expect, however, I noticed no apparent flaws with Diomedéa's work. From what I recall, there was no rushing and everything was clean. It's pretty standard stuff; nothing amazing to see here. The same is also true for the soundtrack, seiyuu, and all the other audio stuff. Nothing more, nothing less. Everything was really just centred around the story really.
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TLDR Review:
Story - 7: Good original story that isn't entirely bad. Also has some meaningful moments that come up every now and then; just doesn't nothing with them in the long run.
Visuals - 7: Decent enough for their time. Looks clean too.
Audio - 6: Basic whatever you usually get.
Characters - 7: Characters that aren't just "harem girl" full stop. Have some life to them.
Enjoyment - 8: It's very funny and this humour doesn't die out so fast.
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That's all I have to really say about NouCome. It is enjoyable, very enjoyable. Having a look at the old comments I have made on this anime, it is apparent I enjoyed this quite a bit. It should be noted that it is not a dauntingly hard task to make me laugh though; this anime was clever in its jokes, however, so it is nothing too box standard, even for its time, but those jokes crop up as a little treat that every now and then. I would recommend this anime to all looking for a nice and fast harem series that doesn't demand too much. Again, nothing special, but who cares, if you are here for some fun, and some potential reflection on a comical premise in reality, then NouCome awaits you.
Also, best girl is Yukihira.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 9, 2022
(TLDR at the bottom)
I watched this some time ago but never wrote anything for it at the time due to planning to release reviews for all 4 seasons that currently exist all at once, but that might be very troublesome knowing how fast I get with anime. Oh well, here's a short review.
It's an episodic SoL that features siblings behaving in the way siblings would usually behave. Being annoying, terrible communication, getting at each other and all the rest of it. It's something that anime is seemingly incapable of doing from time to time, so I guess we just leave that to donghua.
Everything here
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makes sense. From the time at school to time at home to just about anything really, the two come across as real people all in all. I suppose it is a little more exaggerated with Shi Miao being the stronger of the two, but hey, comedy is needed somewhere. It all works out to create this—albeit not unprecedented—comedic and wholesome love-hate relationship (it's more love than hate by the way). Individually, Shi Miao behaves as a typical high school girl would: she has crushes, she gets annoyed at her brother, she has friends to talk about things like crushes too, I'm sure you know the whole book of high school girls' law if you've ever interacted with one; be assured, it checks out here. The same is true for Shi Fen, hanging out with his bro, doing dumb nonsense, you know how this goes, and yes, it all checks out with him too. Could say the same for the side characters but they are more there to keep up with the main guys, as they don't have the most personality to them other than being a slightly eccentric friend. It's whatever though.
The production here is kinda lame. It's like, partly animated. You have the model and you just move it a bit to make it seem animated. This is not always the case, but there was something about watching this that made me feel the production to it was very lazy. What I have described is just it. Sometimes it would kill a funny moment but for the most part, this was all pretty liveable. It's just a shame coming from a good-looking manga into something more low-quality, but it happens. Just not to a greatly noticeable extent like this.
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TLDR Review:
Good comedy between very real siblings in a very real place. Just the animation is a little sucky. Worth the time if you are down for some shorts.
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That's pretty much all I have to say about this. Anyone could enjoy it if they don't have the highest standards in the world, but I'd personally recommend reading the original thing since it is organic over there compared to this adaptation, but people don't really like reading it seems. This is very time-efficient however, with 3-min episodes; whatever floats your boat.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 17, 2022
This is easily one of the funniest anime I have come across in a while. It is a little funny that I like this so much because I wasn't the biggest fan of the series when I first picked it up. Something about watching this made me realise just how great Aharen-san wa Hakarenai is.
It's a gag comedy about two strange people doing strange things in the most normal way (there are other strange people too). It's hilarious. The number of times this anime can create a scenario for the main two and elevate it into surrealism is seemingly neverending. I do find myself laughing
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at a lot of things, but Aharen-san is a little different, with it being able to make me laugh more than other comedies have made me do so. The contrast between everyday life and just downright nonsense is not to be underestimated. Like, who the hell thinks doing a spider-man in the corner of the classroom is a good idea? But it is funny because no one seems to give one, as well as it being in the array of choices for these two. But wouldn't you know? They are strange people in gag humour. Lol…
I'd imagine people would be *very* quick to point out how this is generic or some "criticism" like that. I'd argue that is not (entirely) the case with Aharen-san. Sure, the usual plots used in episodic anime do find their way to the anime, but it's not like Aharen-san then became devoid of what makes it good in the first place. It just uses its skill to create something with a touch of itself. So even if it did indeed lack plot originality, the quality of this show is simply amazing anyway and it still feels like you are watching Aharen-san wa Hakarenai instead of some rip-off of a 2015 school comedy or whatever.
The main two are something that I like quite a bit too. The relationship doesn't have a bias on one of the two, you know the one, the whole "everyone cares about her more than him" sometimes vice versa, or in other words, one character being more interesting/important than the other. We have Aharen, the one with terrible distance comprehension, and Raidou, the one who overthinks literally anything beyond belief. The chemistry between them just goes through the roof. In addition to making everything, they do way funnier and more enjoyable than the norm. It's a relationship that makes sense, one that you want to see bloom into something more meaningful and more wholesome because these two are simply meant for each other. Who doesn't like sweet stuff like that?
A little on the side characters, whilst the attention isn't focused on them, I did find it that they are respectable people too. For example, Ishikawa and Satou behave like genuine people in this moderately strange world, to the funniest of the lot Toubaru-sensei (bless her) who, well, does the most amazing gags. So hey, there's more to love here.
I don't really have much else to say honestly, I've said everything that needed to be said. The story of this whole thing is just well… everyday life, an absurd one at that. This is easily the best thing in the season of Spring 2022 too, so another good feat to point out if you want to go and watch this. It's nice to see this get a pretty good adaptation too although I guess everyone anticipated this would happen soon with other similar titles getting the anime spotlight.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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