When I first heard of Tokyo Ravens from my friend, I was like OMG! I'm so going to watch it. But then, my expectations of this show died as the series progress. I was practically lost and confused as the series moved along which is something I don't like. Tokyo Ravens is not bad, but it's not good either. It is mediocre at best.
Story: 5/10
This show is about a teenage guy named Harutora who can't see spiritual spirits like his family. Then he met his childhood friend and the Onmyoji drama starts from there. Afterwards he moved to Tokyo and attended a school
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to hone his Onmyoji skills. This where the plot started to fall apart. During the few episodes of the series, it started off with action, explosion, and magic. However, instead of continuing the action, the plot decided to throw a long laid back school life series. It's a nice touch to show their school life and how normal teenagers interact but there's too much. Most of it doesn't push the story forward. It is just there to create humor and well, meaningless dragging of the series.
Then here comes the part where I want to smack my head against the wall. Tokyo Ravens has a lot of CONFUSION/PLOT HOLES. When watching this series, I keep having questions in my head. What happen to Natsume? What are phases? What's Suzu's purpose? How can you conjure up spiritual disasters? CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME?! *sigh* I think the producers needs to execute this series better...
However, there are good points as well. The action and fight scenes were well done. The positioning of the romance is also well done. They kept me slightly interested towards the end.
And speaking of the end, the ending of Tokyo Ravens is unsatisfying. It is like they drop another big plot hole on top of the old one without fixing it.
Art: 10/10
Despite the mediocre and confusing plot, the art in Tokyo Ravens is AMAZING. The colors and brightness are so beautiful. Even though there are some *cough* problematic CGIs, I'm not the type of person to judge the quality of it. All CGIs to me look the same so yeah...
Overall the art in Tokyo Ravens is beautiful. Period.
Sound: 9/10
I really like the first opening of Tokyo Ravens. It brings out the hidden darkness of the series. The song also fits with the ongoing action. The second opening is a little bland for me. It doesn't really bring out the darkness of the series anymore. Instead, it beings out well, action/adventure.
Character: 6/10
Oh boy. Here comes my rant.
The problem with the characters that there are WAY TOO MANY! There's too many characters to keep up with. If there's too many characters, it leaves little room for the other characters to shine *cough* main character Harutora *cough*. It also left me the impression of what the hell is his or her purpose in this story. Then there's one part of the show where they introduced this side character but he didn't appear for like ten episodes but then appeared during the end, claiming that he has an important role to serve. I completely forgot his name and who he is. This shows that they should lessen the characters or give them enough screen time in order to make them more memorable.
Then as for the main cast, I feel like their action in this story is minimal. Harutora has not taken action until towards the end of the story, which is kind of sad. Heck, even the side characters does more actions than him. The side characters help move the plot along until it's time for Harutora to shine. However, the other main characters serve their purpose in this story well. They played their part in the right time and place. But, there's little character development form them.
Enjoyment: 7/10
Despite all those negative comments I said about this series, I actually enjoyed it till the end. The humor made me laugh a couple of times and the fight scenes were spectacular. If only the series explain all those plot holes and give some spotlights to some characters, then it will be even more enjoyable.
Overall: 7/10
Tokyo Ravens has its ups and downs, but it is an enjoyable show. It's just that the confusion and plot holes kill the show for me. I feel like this show needs a season two to explain all those unanswered questions. But that's all in the near future. So if you're a person who is indifferent to plot holes and likes a story about magic, Onmyojis, and romance, then this is a show for you.
Aug 26, 2014
Tokyo Ravens
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