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Dec 27, 2018
If you like it, you like it. All the same that doesn't mean this show doesn't eat donkey dick.
I love Taco Bell and eat there like four times a week, but I would never, ever in my life eat a crunchwrap supreme and tell you with a straight face that I just had a quality meal.
GS stands in opposition to typical fantasy genre. Indeed, Goblin Slayer is about Goblin Slayer slaying goblins. I like that it doesn't pretend to be anything other than that, but that in itself doesn't make it a good anime--in fact it implies the opposite. It's like when you
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try to crack a joke in middle school, but no one laughs. When someone calls you out, you hit them with, "It wasn't supposed to be funny!"
This show is driven by sensitivities. In fact, PTSD is like the only thing motivating GS and happens to also be the only remotely interesting thing about this show, but that horse not only gets beaten to death, it gets raped, stabbed, gangbanged, poisoned, humiliated, spit-roasted, then chained up in a dark dungeon somewhere.
Goblins are bad because they do all the aforementioned shit. This isn't some clever allegory speaking to the monstrosities committed by humans. Nope. In this show, goblins are literally the only creatures doing evil. Humans=good. Goblins=bad.
Nothing about this show boasts any depth extending past the distance covered by a wart-covered goblin dick. Calling it graphic content implies that it had content to begin with. It's hentai but with worse writing and more censorship.
Goblin Slayer is a drive-thru soft taco in a gordita wrapper and not only did they forget to give you sauce, goblins took turns fucking your food.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Nov 15, 2018
Don't let your initial impressions turn you off. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I'm enjoying this anime.
At first the bored-sounding, monotone character voices bothered me, but I've since changed my mind. I think it's brilliant. They bury earnest desires for fears of pain and social expulsion. They retreat into a shell of generalized apathy to cope with this; however, this in turn perpetuates the atmosphere.
The "atmosphere" is a clever way of describing the status quo.
When kids graduate from middle school and go into high school, they fantasize about how much they'll change and how much their lives will improve. When they do get
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into high school, they feel a bit let down--I know I was. The question hangs in the air, "Is this it?" They go about their days, dissatisfied.
This show shines when the characters do fight against the atmosphere, when they detach from their detachment. For better or worse, their suppressed desires and frustrations find release when they whisper quiet vulnerabilities and when they shout at the top of their lungs.
It makes me want to root for them.
And it makes me want to root for this show, hoping that you'll enjoy it as much as me.
I can't wait to see the rest of the season.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Nov 12, 2018
Trial and error is a good way to overcome a hurdle in a video game, but a horrible way to tell a story.
For those who've said this anime is a roller coaster, you are right. I went from somewhat liking it in one moment to hating its guts the next.
In short, it's gore ad nauseam. In this instance, nausea is not brought on by how grotesque the anime tries to be, but by how tedious it becomes to watch. Every death is inconsequential and it's come to the point where I actually expect one of the main characters to die at any given moment. You
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can't look forward to seeing how they die because they turned up the suffering to ten from the start. There's zero room for escalation in terms of both consequences and intensity.
The universe revolves around Subaru.
I can appreciate that Subaru is breaking down mentally after suffering many grotesque deaths, but that thematic groove quickly turns into a plot rut. The real reason this show is gory is to distract you from realizing how annoying and problematic the respawning premise really is. The anime takes time to lead up to genuinely cathartic scenes, but immediately undoes it when Subaru, or another major character, inevitably dies for the 50th fucking time for nonsensical reasons (Curses, stabbings, dog bites, emo Paul McCartney, etc.). It's infuriating.
The reason I didn't drop this anime was because I was interested in why Subaru can respawn and what his connection with the Witch is; however, Re:Zero makes every effort to misdirect and deceive the viewer. These questions are left unanswered.
I might've been okay with all this if Subaru were any fun to watch, but his stupid behavior and bloated monologues prevented me from developing any fondness for him. Emilia and the other characters do little in the way of redeeming this show.
I wish I could return by death so I could have my time back.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Nov 11, 2018
Let's forget about Vladimir Nabokov. After the Rain is a literary masterpiece. The saying, "Love knows no boundaries," is often used to justify love between two people separated by age. After the Rain speaks to something similar, but in an unexpected way.
I'll say it now, I loved this anime.
Contrary to what others are saying, this anime is very much a romantic one.
The symbolism was sometimes a bit heavy-handed, but never obtrusive.
Youth is a large theme in this show. Through Tachibana, Kondo rediscovers pieces of his youth. Previously bright hopes and dreams that were shunned and broken throughout the course of his life.
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He looks at these pieces through a nostalgic filter--wistful and bittersweet, like coffee.
Life isn't easy to navigate and neither is love. Tachibana and Kondo push and pull on each other as they attempt to reconcile their own lives, as well as each others' places in them.
It's been a week, but After the Rain continues to hang over my head like a cloud. =]
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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