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Jun 23, 2021
In one word - "meh". You know how almost every anime has that fanservice episode involving swimsuits or another random episode that has nothing to do with the story (usually involving Christmas or another holiday)? Well why make a single episode if you can make an entire season?
I like Tensura, it's one of the only well made isekai anime around, but Tensura Nikki doesn't give any of the vibes of the parent show. It seems that they tried to make a gag anime based on Tensura but the jokes are repetitive and it just gets boring after the second episode. I really don't believe I
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actually watched this all the way to the end but since I have I can just tell you this - If you watched a couple of episodes and weren't thrilled you can safely drop this, it doesn't get any better.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Mar 26, 2021
The TL;DR - What a letdown.
This is incredibly disappointing because the first season was brilliant, with so many reviewers giving it a perfect 10, it was one of the best psychological anime I know. On a first glance, the second season appears to be just as promising but this is only for the first few episodes. It then turns into a complete mix of clichés and things that would make you scratch your heard mumbling "wtf". Possibly a part of it is that there will be no 3rd season and they wanted to conclude the story, which may sound like a good intent but with
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only 11 episodes, the story development seems extremely rushed, to the point where things don't seem to make any sense, maybe unless you've read the manga (which I haven't so please forgive me if I'm mistaken).
If this show deserved a second season then the proper thing to do would've been to go for a 3rd and 4th season as well in order to adapt the original material properly. Otherwise they should've just stopped with the first. Such a shame.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 6, 2021
To be honest - I don't know why it has so many perfect score review. Don't get me wrong, it's a sweet slice-of-life anime with a taste of fantasy that's definitely worth watching if you like the genre but it's far from perfect. This review will contain spoilers but these are not about what happens in the anime but rather what *doesn't* happen, which is my main disappointment here. If you prefer not to read that, that's ok. The TL;DR is - The show ends in a way which reminds me of the cases where the original manga / novel continues past the end of
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the anime, however in this case the source material ended before the anime adaptation began and therefore a lot of things remain unexplained.
Basically this is a story about the Haibane, a group of people whose appearance resembles angels - They have wings, although they are way too small for them to fly (they can move them though) and halos (though those are molded and given to them at birth). All of the Haibane live (alongside humans) in a certain (unnamed) town which is surrounded by walls and nobody (neither Haibane nor human) is allowed to go out. All outside trade is done via a different race called the Toga, which communicate only using hand gestures and only to specific people called the Communicators. Haibane are "born" by hatching from cocoons. They already have general knowledge when born but no identity and live in the town until their "day of flight", where they go to a specific point in the woods near town and vanish in a ray of light, presumably finally gaining the ability to fly and leave the town walls.
The story follows a Haibane girl named Rakka from the moment she hatches and her relationship with her friend and mentor, a Haibane named Reki, as well as the group of Haibane she lives with in a dormitory they call "old home". It seems that the Haibane are not exactly perfect angels.
So what exactly is the disappointment? MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
Because the ending completely ignores the biggest mysteries presented in the first episode: What exactly are the Haibane to begin with (the only partial answer is that the Haibane are not sure themselves), what's outside the town walls and why nobody's allowed out (completely ignored) as well as what happens to a Haibane after their day of flight. It's seriously as though the story is expected to continue but never does. Really too bad.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 24, 2020
This anime is basically an isekai anime but in this world. The background of the story is that there are many different "other worlds" that people from earth have been summoned into. In some of those worlds there are dimensional portals, allowing the "heroes summoned from earth" to eventually return and about half of them do. Furthermore, it seems that heroes who've gained superpowers, be it super-strength or magic, get to keep them when they come back. There is a special school called "Babel", intended only for those returnees, which helps continue train them for... some purpose.
Our story begins where your usual isekai story ends
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- The hero's, named Ousawa Akatsuki, who, is obviously overpowered but also really perverted (with a signature move of stripping women's bra in a split-second without them even noticing), just killed the dark lord of a world called "Alayzard". Although the kingdom where he resided refused to let him go, he escapes and returns through the dimensional portal and not only that, he also takes a girl with him - Miu, who happens to be the daughter of the dark lord. Since people native to other worlds are not supposed to be able to use the dimensional portals and none ever has, Miu has to hide her identity and pose as Akatsuki's little sister as they both enroll at Babel. Meanwhile Akatsuki becomes one of the school's troublemakers, as he picks fights with delinquents, strips girls and becomes a target of the student council. Still, people realize that, as troublesome as he is, his powers are the real deal.
This anime is anything but mind-blowing, but is a refreshing new aspect of overpowered isekai shows, making it fun to watch casually, but don't expect anything incredibly thrilling. The ecchi aspects are notable, making this show NSFW, but not something that the plot revolves around.
Bottom line - This is the kind of anime I watch when I just sit casually in front of the TV and don't want to watch something "deep".
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 22, 2020
The good news is - the art is amazing. The bad news is - that's pretty much the only good thing about this show.
I picked this one up because I was looking for something similar to NagiAsu and this show, de-jure, is similar - a love story with a twist of fantasy. It's a story about a transfer boy and a local girl who share a unique ability of occasionally seeing or hearing glimpses of the future and how it affects their lives and relationships. Sounds pretty sweet. Unfortunately the de-facto truth cannot be further away. The fantasy element is so miniscule to the point
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that it feels forced - you could actually completely take it away and nobody would notice. The problem is this element it the only thing which is supposed to set this show apart from any generic super-clichéd you've-seen-one-you've-seen-them-all circle love story. I guess it could be enjoyable for those watching shoujo anime for the first or second time but really, seriously, there's absolutely nothing mentionable about this show.
If that's not enough, the last couple of episodes are pretty much random - I literally just couldn't understand what I was seeing. I couldn't spoil the ending even if I tried but it just felt like they couldn't figure out how the not-even-half-baked plot is supposed to end so they just threw a bunch of random stuff hoping that people try to interpret it by themselves. Well, I had decent grades in literature class when I was in high-school and I can't make heads and tails of it. It just doesn't make any sense, and looking at the show as a whole I can just say that it doesn't have any point.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 19, 2020
Probably one of the worst Isekai anime possible. First of all, here's the worst thing - You know how in many cases the anime has no real ending because the original manga / novel continues long after the anime ends? Well this is the first time I see it the other way around. This anime is from 2018 while the light novel began in 2013 and for some reason beyond my comprehension the anime doesn't start at the beginning of the story but a lot later. To be blunt, it's like they decided to skip the first season completely and begin with the second season.
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The result? You hardly know what's going on, and it's not like you can watch the show from the first episode because there is no first episode. There are quite a lot of references to past events that obviously happened only in the novel and to be frank, nothing in the anime makes me want to read any of it.
Even with no real beginning it seems like they tried to cramp too much into a single (second) season 12 episode anime - the pace is too fast leaving you wondering "what the hell just happened".
If anything, maybe it's an anime just for existing fans of the light novel but I hardly think it will encourage anyone to pick up the novel after watching this.
The art and sound are great though, which is the only good thing I have to say about this anime, unfortunately.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Oct 13, 2020
TL;DR - This movie is basically the final episode of the third season, so if you've watched it then watch the movie too to see how it concludes. If you haven't watched the third season you really need to watch it first, otherwise you wouldn't understand anything.
The movie follows Bifrost's final scheme. While govt. Karina Komiya is in the public safety bureau building, the entire building locks-up, all doors, both internal and external, are locked, all means of communications are shut-down and several people are taken hostage. It seems that Bifrost are going after Komiya's head. With surrender not being an option, the teams must
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find a way to take back control over the building and find Bifrost's first inspector, Kouichi Azusawa, who appears to run the scheme as though it were a game.
I'm giving this movie a slightly higher score than the third season since it's a step up and climax, and also since it finally explains some of the mysteries of the third season. It's also a good thing that no new characters are unnecessarily introduced and that some veteran characters are given more screen time, namely Mika Shimotsuki and to some extent Shinya Kougami.
Comparing to the previous movies (the first and the 3 "Sinners of the Case" movies) this is by far the best one, but it still not as good as the first season (at this point I'm not sure whether any future season or movie will).
Art it same as always. Sound gets a perfect 10 for good use of 5.1 surround.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 13, 2020
The good thing is that compared to the movies this is a huge improvement. The bad thing is that it seemed like nothing could compare to the first season and after watching season 3 my opinion has not changed.
Season 3 happens after Japan has rescinded its isolation policy and is willing to accept immigrants. The story begins with two new inspectors joining the police force. One is an immigrant and the other is a mentalist - a person who can see mental thoughts from traces such as corpses and crime scenes. They attempt to uncover a complex criminal organization which uses a sophisticated chain of
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command to keep the hue of its operators clear. They tend to bend the regulations but need to be careful not to piss the chief too much with their creative methods.
Overall it's a nice story and for a change is neither a repeat of a previous season nor a bunch of people shooting each other without any other plot.
The major bad thing is, in my opinion, the complete change of the main characters. None of the original main characters plays a significant role in this season - Tsunemori apparently became a latent criminal and is only seen briefly in a couple of episodes, Kougami joined the ministry of foreign affairs and is also only briefly seen and the other enforcers have also changed. The only people from previous installments who play any mentionable roles are Mika Shimotsuki, the inspector from the 2nd season, who is now the chief, and Shion Karanomori, the analyst, who is the only person who retains her position since the beginning. Other than that everyone's new, to the point that the season feels like a spinoff rather than part of the main story.
Art and sound - Same as always.
Bottom line - It is worth watching but don't hold your breath.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 12, 2020
This movie is pretty much a sequel to the first movie (the full feature) and if you thought that one was so bad it couldn't get any worse then this movie is the definite proof that it can.
The movie follows the former enforcer Shinya Kougami after the events of the first movie in SEAU. He takes a ride to the Nepal-Himalaya alliance, yet another country in a middle of a civil war. He rescues a girl who happens to be half-Japanese and who wants to learn how to fight, purely to take revenge on the one who killed her father, then somehow everyone ends up
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shooting everyone else.
This movie is awful even by American standards. It also has really no real connection whatsoever to the Psycho-Pass world. In fact, the term "crime coefficient" is only briefly mentioned once in the entire movie, probably just as an excuse to make this part of the Psycho-Pass franchise. Also, the only character from any prior installments that appears in this movie are Kougami (technically also Frederica Hanashiro, who appeared in the previous Sinners movie - for five minutes). And forget about dominators or any advanced technology, you won't find any of that stuff here. This is purely a generic action/war movie, nothing more.
Regarding art and sound - Nothing too special, same style as ever.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 12, 2020
TL;DR - What a letdown...
This movie focuses on an enforcer named Teppei Sugou, who used to be a soldier, telling the story how he became an enforcer. The entire movie (except for the first five minutes and last two minutes) is a flashback a few years back, which, in my opinion, is a bad thing by itself because it feels like the first minutes of the movie are a spoiler of the entire thing.
Not that the actual story is really noteworthy - An attack on the ministry of defense building resulting in multiple casualties is carried out using a drone who appears to be operated
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by an ex-soldier who was declared MIA, presumably dead, in a military operation a few years earlier (yes, a flashback within a flashback, yikes!). The public safety bureau arrives in a military base and questions Sugou as a suspect of being an accomplice but the reluctance of the military personnel to cooperate with the investigation hints that they may be trying to cover something up.
Yup, yet another coverup story, been there, done that. Seriously nothing impressive. The link between the movie and the main Psycho-Pass world is very thin, to the point where you could just change the character names and turn it into a standalone movie, but then again, who would watch it?
Really too bad, because the first episode of Sinners was quite good. Like I said, what a letdown.
Art and sound - Same as the TV anime, nothing surprising here.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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