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Dec 22, 2016
Death Parade is a truly exceptional anime. Dealing with the concept of life and death in a way that I at least had never seen or thought of before, it's incredibly deep and psychological. When you finish watching it you just won't be able to stop think about it, it's just that good.
Story
To get a brief synopsis, you can always read the description on MAL, but in this case I don't think it quite does the anime justice. The actual center of the story is not just Decim, the bartender who sorts people after death, but a young woman who is appointed his assistant.
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A large part of the series focuses on her, letting us find out where she came from, who she is, what role she plays in the grand scheme of things and how her story ends. The anime begins with her arrival in Quindecim, and ends with her departure.
Half of the episodes (or pairs of episodes) are almost episodic, telling us the story a pair that pass through Quindecim. The way that these stories play out is unpredictable and beautiful.
The weak point of the series is episode 6, a comedy episode that wasn't really necessary, as it features jokes about underwear, manservice and a conclusion that is so dumb it's almost unwatchable, but it doesn't take away from the series as a whole, one of the characters that appears in it becoming reaccuring shortly after.
Art
Death Parade has a very mature art style. The anatomy is more realistic than in most anime and it has quite a dark colour palette, contrasted on odd occasions with some very warm and some very cold, pale colours.
The character designs are excellently done, if maybe a little forgettable in the case of the less relevant characters.
The animation generally very fluid, as is particularly apparent in one scene in which the woman ice skates.
Sound
I think it is in the sound department that Death Parade really stands out among it's piers. Yes the opening is catchy and fun, but I find that some of the sountrack pieces are even better and they really make the series emotional. For an example of this, listen to the OST track Regret of death.
The voice actors for Decim, Nona and the woman were well chosen.
Character
The relationship and character development of Decim and the woman is one of the key elements of the anime's storyline. These characters, as well as Nona, Mayu and the people that pass through Quindecim are well rounded, intersting characters that had a clear history and motivation, as well as some character development.
The problem with the characters is that there is a lot of wasted potential. Clovis, Quin and Oculus (among others) all could have been very interting characters, but they are given no real development with the excuse that "they don't feel emotions". Ginti is a little agrravating because he seems to be perpetually angry, even though he's not supposed to feel anything at all.
I'm not going to write a section for enjoyment because I find that it's very subjective, but I loved the series as a whole and hope you do to if you decide to watch it. Hope you found this review helpful!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jun 5, 2016
Although it admitedly isn't a particularly deep series, it's charm points being quite obviously fit teenage boys and their relationships, Free! is very well executed, engaging and overall every enjoyable.
The Story
Free is about Nanase Haruka, a teenage boy who likes water more then land, and his experience in re-etering the previously abandoned world of competitive swimming due to the return of his chilhood friend, and now enemy, Matsuoka Rin. Haruka reluctantly forms the Iwatobi Swim club at his school with he and Rin's old teammates Nagisa and Makoto, Rin's sister Gou and new member that can't really swim Rei. Rin joins the rival schools swim
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One of the best parts of this series is trying to figure out what's going on in Rin's head, as the viewer is never quite sure what his true intentions are until almost the last episode.
There's plenty of comedy, drama, shonen ai (not really, but seriously, they are all so gay) and semi-tragedy to enjoy.
A couple of stories appear to repeat themselves, and a suprising number of the swimmers have childhood trauma with people drowning, which they sort of seem to forget about.
It's nothing spectacular, but the characters make up for it.
The Characters
It's easy to assign roles to the main characters of Free. Haruka is the silent serious one, Rin is the devilish one, Makoto is the gentle loyal friend, Nagisa is the silly one and Rei is the geek. That doesn't stop them from being extermely enjoyable to watch and likeable, thought.
The side characters are unfortunately a little more lacking. Gou is a female pervert, obsessed with guys muscles (even her brother's), Ama-sensei, the advisor, is a little yandere, Nitori, Rin's kohai, is all senpai notice me, etc...
I'm eternally grateful for KyoAni's decision not to put Gou in a bikini at any point, it's extremely refreshing to have a non ecchi anime for girls to enjoy.
The Animation
Animation is KyoAni. I don't really need to say much more then that, flawless. The amount of detail put into the water graphics is ridiculous.
The Sound
The opeing theme for the first season of Free is possibly one of the catchiest songs of anime 2013. The voice acting is good, althought quite a few of the minor characters sound quite similar. The voice for Rin is particularly good.
Overall conclusion
If you are looking for something light hearted, cheerful, emotional and well animated that can be watched fairly quickly and plesurably, Free is the show for you. Just don't go expecting any amazing plot twists, trust me, there aren't any.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 21, 2016
Hentai Ouji and Warawanai Neko was in every way a pleasant suprise. It went from being something quite mediocre to having a face paced, interesting and entertaining plotline, with more story arcs in 12 episodes than most series get in 25.
Story:
The story of WaraNeko starts of as your typical cliche boring ecchi romance: perveted mc who's in a love triangle with a kuudere and a tsundere. But it quickly becomes so much more and this is where it excels. The later arcs involve consequences of wishes, dead parents, time travel, the importance of memories and some truly touching moments, all leading up to a suprisingly
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satisfying conclusion.
The ecchi is a bit unnecessary at times and in a couple of curcumstances it ruins the moment, but overall, once you get past the first couple of episodes, it's actually very good.
Art:
Apart from the overall loli style, that may annoy some, the animation is good and fluid, with few derpy moments. The character designs are a little bland, but they each fit the characters well.
Sound:
The voice acting is fairly solid and both the op and ed fit the show, but are pretty forgetable.
Characters:
The characters are where the show falters a bit. They're all just walking steriotypes. Apart from the two leads, Yokodera and Tsukiko, it's rare from any of them to do anything you weren't expecting.
Enjoyment:
For me personally the show was enjoyable as a whole, although some scenes made me cringe.
Overall:
I would recommend to anyone who has some time to kill or wants something fairly silly, but still with a solid plotline. It might suprise you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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