I don't typically write reviews because I'm bad at it, but its quarantine and I'm bored so here I am. (Potential Spoilers Ahead)
GOH another Webtoon comic based Anime like Tower of God but honestly worse. I haven't read the Webtoom Comic so I went into this not knowing what to expect but having higher expectations than normal seeing as a friend of mine told me its "a potential Anime of the Year." Needless to say, I highly disagree. Lets get into it.
Story 4/10 - The story in itself was relatively unoriginal in that it took the route of your classic martial arts competition. The main
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character Jin or whatever his name was, is your classic OP character that climbs the ladder in the story's tournament with relative ease. The first couple of episodes do a decent enough job to keep you somewhat hooked but the pacing gets relatively worse through-out the show. The first instance of this that stands out the most to me was the wedding. Maybe its more fleshed out in the Webtoon but in the Anime its so incredibly rushed and poorly written for the sake of Character development that I was seriously considering dropping the show at that point. Some point later, the green hair dude summons a clown with a scythe which made no sense as throughout the show to me it seemed like all these flashy effects were made to emphasize power as some sort of a symbolism similar to that of the Kimetsu No Yaiba but I was mistaken. Apparently these "Martial Artist's" actually have magical abilities or whatever that they can channel through Gods or Ancient Figures. As the show progresses, you really have no clue who the main antagonist is and that still stands true at the end when the MC is for whatever reason more powerful than the "Fox God" that is the only one capable of killing Gods... Im confused just typing that out and trying to think back to what actually fucking happened in that mess of a story. Anyway, it was poorly written and I feel the show may have suffered from only being 13 episodes and if the pacing wasn't absolute dog shit I likely would have rated the story higher.
Art 8/10 - Personally I think the art style was relatively refreshing. It wasn't amazing or breathtaking by any means but it was clean and.....different? The noses were exaggerated a bit but I assume that it was based on the Webtoon's style. What I really liked was the fight scenes. Despite the story's dogshit pacing I feel the choreography and overall animation during fight scenes are what really kept me from rating this show lower than what I did. The character designs were nothing special but other than that, visually I'd say they did a good job.
Sound 5/10 - The sound track to me was relatively average. I can't rate it any higher than that because I feel if I come out of a show and can't remember a single tune during specific scenes then that means it didn't do well of enough job in the sound department. What I found a bit jarring was in the last episode they played a song during the final fight that honestly had no place being there. It ruined the mood for me personally and wasn't as impactful as I'm sure they thought it would be. If it wasn't for the Opening and Ending theme song being pretty damn catchy I likely would have rated the sounds of this show lower.
Characters 5/10 - The characters themselves were nothing special and like a broken record the backstories for these characters I feel suffered due to this show's dogshit pacing.
Enjoyment 6/10 - I'm not gonna nitpick like other people who critique shows do. I don't watch anime like its my job, I simply watch anime for enjoyment so overall I rated my enjoyment of it a 6. Its one of those shows you watch because you really had nothing better to do and have that feeling of having to finish it because you started it and its not so horribly bad that you feel it was a waste of time.
Overall 5/10 - I think 5/10 is a fair score. I thought deep about wanting to rate it a 6 but honestly this show at its core is pretty average. If it wasn't for the Animators carrying this show and doing such a great job with the Choreography, etc. I wouldn't have wasted my time continuing to watch it. Another thing I take into account when I pick scores for Anime that I watch is if it's something that I would recommend to a friend. Now would I recommend this show to an avid Anime connoisseur? Probably not. Would I recommend this show to someone new to the realm of Anime and looking for something with fight scenes because they like Naruto or whatever? Sure. Then I can leave it up to them and they can give their own opinion on the show.
Anyway, if you took the time to read my horrible review I'm sorry you had to sit through it. This truly was an act of boredom.
TL;DR: Show has shit pacing but is saved slightly by good animation.
Oct 6, 2020
The God of High School
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I don't typically write reviews because I'm bad at it, but its quarantine and I'm bored so here I am. (Potential Spoilers Ahead)
GOH another Webtoon comic based Anime like Tower of God but honestly worse. I haven't read the Webtoom Comic so I went into this not knowing what to expect but having higher expectations than normal seeing as a friend of mine told me its "a potential Anime of the Year." Needless to say, I highly disagree. Lets get into it. Story 4/10 - The story in itself was relatively unoriginal in that it took the route of your classic martial arts competition. The main ... |
