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Mar 30, 2022
A very short and enjoyable horror/supernatural BL with found families, dubcon and d/s elements that focuses on neglect, child abuse, cults, growing up (and old) with trauma, communication, and so many other things.
The story itself is lovely. I really love the central dynamic, and it has a great cast of characters. All the relationships are great, and the ways each character supports and/or otherwise reacts to other characters is really awesome. The writing is also quite good, and despite the dubcon elements, this work really focuses on the various ways consent manifests in relationships, and responsibility.
Kazuomi is probably my favorite character, in part because he
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fits a lot of my favorite tropes, but also because of the journey his story takes, particularly near the end. He's a really fun character, and has a wonderful arc, and his relationship with Erika is one of the best parts of the story. But I also adore Rihito and Kousuke, though I think I lean more towards Rihito as a very engaging character to watch. He does a lot of awful stuff, but he's entertaining and angsty, and his arc is painful and very well-written.
The art is gorgeous. The beginning isn't the best, but by the end it's quite lovely. I took my time more with volume 10 because every panel was just so pretty to look at. The character designs are great, scenes are nice, and it's just a very well-drawn BL.
Overall I really loved the series. And if you like it, I suggest watching the anime next, since it's quite faithful to the manga, though it does cut some stuff out and add a couple scenes here and there (the latter mostly to the benefit than not, honestly). Don't watch the live-action film.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 26, 2021
Minor spoilers for the show.
Although I would definitely agree that the manga is better than the anime, the anime has its own charm, and it’s a nice addition to the manga, where you can see the characters move around (and in color). The anime also makes certain scenes clearer, and certain dialogue moments more understandable as to who’s talking, which makes their emotional weight stronger. There’s also at least one added scene early on that makes a character’s actions more regular than random, as they are in the manga. The music is also pretty, and the Japanese VAs all did a good job.
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quite accurate, though the show compressed the story a great deal in an attempt to fit 10 tankobon into 12 episodes, and though it’s not the most complex of stories (though it IS complex), that’s a lot of material to squish into that few 20ish-minute episodes, with time given to OPs and EDs every episode. Chapters are frequently chopped up and stuck together in ways that save time while getting the meat of the chapter on-screen. At least five chapters are almost if not entirely cut. It’s not the greatest loss, though one was a nice shippy chapter that would have been appropriate for a BL-marked anime that people question the reasoning for marking as BL. There’s another early chapter that’s massively cut in a way that makes it not make sense to someone who hasn’t read the manga.
In many ways the anime art feels like a visual downgrade from the manga art, which is by and large better. Overall the entire cast is better looking in the manga.
There are some nice things the anime does, visually. In the ED, there’s a moment that makes it appear through a creative transition as if Hiyakawa has dissolving wings, which is pretty neat. And there are little story spoilers in the OP visuals, which is a nice touch, though not something I think someone unfamiliar with the manga or who hasn’t seen the show once already would recognize. And without the manga for comparison, the show’s not bad looking. The animation is pretty, by and large, fluid, and the style’s decent.
On its own, this is still the same story by and large as what’s in the manga, and it’s a good story, with great characters, and decent art. The supernatural world setup is interesting, and the reflections on cults, brainwashing, child abuse, neglect, and dealing with childhood trauma as an adult are solid. There’s also a strong theme that without communication (and consent), things we do to purportedly protect other people can be harmful not only to those we seek to protect, but also to ourselves. There are a lot of BL innuendos rather than just sex you’d find in other series, though there’s a lot of touching and specific body language (and the innuendos get very specific).
The central character relationship is compelling, particularly if you’re into dubcon, though the manga’s relatively strong focus on talking about consent kind of got lost in adaptation, I guess (it’s still there, kind of, and the dynamic fluctuates with who holds the reins). Around them are an array of neat characters and relationships, and they all get development over the course of the story (Sakaki is one of my favorite characters). The pro-cop stuff is still there, which is a bit disappointing, but the story’s also kind of ambiguous in places and focuses a bit on restorative justice, so… win-win I guess? There’s also a bit of humor throughout, and it increases as the story goes.
All in all, it’s a solid short BL supernatural story with some horror elements (I don’t go for horror at all and I was largely fine) and some fun character dynamics and development, with some great narrative themes. I would still suggest reading the manga first. It’s also short, and even better, enjoyment-wise (also the BL aspect is more obvious).
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 13, 2021
This is a fascinating premise that is kind of bungled and basically a modern knock off of “Shounen Onymouji”, only with mostly bad storytelling. People have pointed out that it’s a bad follow-up to “Natsume Yuujinchou”, and I definitely see the comparison (and that “Natsume Yuujinchou” does a far better job with the premise than both this and “Shounen Onymouji”), but “Shounen Onymouji” actually starred one of Abe no Seimei’s descendants (and Abe no Seimei), and focused on his abilities as a spiritualist.
The art itself is reminiscent of the manga’s style, but also a bit prettied up (e.g., character models aren’t as wonky-looking, at least
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in the same way, backgrounds are more detailed), while simultaneously being quite stiff and uncomfortable to watch most of the time. It actually highlights the failings of the manga, which is that the style of the Anothers doesn’t quite work with anything else in the story. In other series dealing with the occult, spirits and demons can range from being extra bizarre and goulish to somewhat artistic. But they by and large fit with the theme of the story. Here, any Another than isn’t the Tengu look… cheap. The copy-paste angels, the moth princess and her kids, the fairies, Yuki… This isn’t helped by how obvious it is that this show was hamstringed on either time, money, warm bodies, talent, or a mix, or all. The art gets rapidly worse around episode 9, and it’s even less comfortable to watch. Hands, faces, and torsos look too small or too thin, eyes are too large, characters move funny, characters standing next to each other don't look in proportion... It's not great.
That being said, it does have at least a few great human crowd shots, with a surprising variety of character models. …Which is odd, when you have shots of large number of angels that are just copy-paste the same character.
The opening is actually reminiscent of “Soul Eater” meets “Durarara!!”, and is probably the strongest in terms of art. But even it is a bit overly slow and stilted.
A lot of these shows try to have their own spin on the supernatural, but it’s kind of glaringly odd why this show insists on going to the lengths it does to stand apart, like it’s just trying too hard to be special. Canonically, Japan has a history of dealing with the supernatural (it’s got a whole agency, units, gear, and scientific study for it, as well as basic knowledge of the history of the supernatural and practitioners). But rather than calling them supernatural creatures, spirits, youkai, or otherworldly creatures, the supernatural creatures are referred to as “Anothers”, I guess because it sounds Different TM than every other show that deals with supernatural creatures. But rather than create its own system of special creatures, it’s just normal supernatural creatures that have a weird name Just Because, I guess? It’s not like the normal words don’t exist in this universe - at least one character says them - it’s just that… they wanted the Special Name TM. Because TM.
The way it handles spiritualists is also… bizarre. At first I thought all the spiritualists died out or were killed off or these agencies intentionally ignored them… but it was growingly obvious that actually, the agency does make use of the spiritual community. It’s just that none of them can communicate with Anothers. But it’s not at all presented that way for the first… 60% of the series. I also have to wonder why, with all these spiritualists and researchers… sign language was never an option? What about using pictures? We can make dogs talk in sentences, but you can’t communicate by Pictionary to another humanoid?
It doesn’t help that one plot centers on the fact that the protagonist’s style of doing things is “different” and unneeded… when it just seemed like the agency was massively out of their league and pretty incompetent. But no, they were competent… he was just assigned to the team that was bad with field missions. For some reason. It’s weird. At least “Natsume Yuujinchou” had in-universe reasons for why the protagonist only learned really late about the spiritualist community.
I think I actually benefitted from watching this before watching the manga, because the manga actually feels like a sped up version of this, with bits of the story cut out that you’re just supposed to guess at. If I’d read the manga first I would be completely confused about what’s happening. The anime steps in to make the story flows at a better pace, and give a better sense of where characters are and what their relationships are, and includes crucial dialogue to explain what’s happening and make the flow less jarring.
Unfortunately, without drastically departing from the manga, the anime can’t fix what is an okay but kind of meh plot, with a kind of underwhelming cast of characters who had potential, but overall aren’t that fun to be around. I mean Theo and Kyouichi are fascinating characters with unexplored potential (Kyouichi gets a backstory that’s kind of cliche, and ultimately has a solid ending of sorts, but his relationship with Theo is… eh; I wasn’t expecting BL from this, since it’s shoujo, but SOMETHING would be nice?). I mean, Theo walks around wearing a dog collar AT WORK! They could have done so much more with that!
Huehuecoyotl is fun…? But he feels like a bad attempt to recreate Madara or Touda, both of whom were far more compelling as characters, and got far more time to be explored in better overall stories. Huehueocoyotl all but disappears after his first two stories. And Yuki is yet another poor attempt to mimic them, but Yuki’s just annoying, with an ugly design. Miyako also had potential, and I like him. But they’re all let down by a story that has little to no interest in developing them. Dark things happen and the reaction is the equivalent of someone looking up at the sky and saying, “Oh dear, I think it might start to drizzle.” Natsume sought out help when he didn’t know what he was doing. And when he struggled because he didn’t ask for help, he learned how to do better next time. Miyako is well-intentioned, but static.
Overall it’s a meandering, kind of emotionless story with meh art quality at the best of times. Many other manga and anime have done this plot before, and they’ve done it better. It has less boobservice than some of them, but “Natsume Yuujinchou” is a long series, “Shounen Onmyouji” exists… There are other options than this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 23, 2020
I utterly adore this! A beautifully drawn and written story about two guys navigating their various issues with themselves and each other with an oddly sweet lust/romance story, and a good cast of extras.
The story is so tragic and compelling. You fall in love with the characters almost from the get-go, and their dynamic is just wonderful. They also have adorable mannerisms and just... they're so wonderful.
The art is just so gorgeous. I particularly like the way Oyoushikawa draws arms. When the protagonists are just holding each other is just... really beautiful.
Overall, love it, beautiful story, 30/10, please get an official English release!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Oct 15, 2020
Spoiler warning, I guess, although there's really no major plot to spoil? The central relationship happens in the first few episodes, and the rest of the show is them being together, really.
So remember that time the protagonist, Takeo, who is physically stronger than everyone else in the story, manhandled his "best friend", Suna, against a wall and forcibly kissed him, for what is apparently his best friend's first kiss? And the show reminds us that this was TRAUMATIC for his best friend, because of course it would be??? And I think it was played a bit for laughs?
Yeah, see even the show doesn't really
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let you forget it did that. It comes up again about halfway through the series.
But it's cool, they're buds, it's fine! ...Totally fine. /end sarcasm
The story's... fine. It's... outside THAT^^^, kind of bland, meanderingly soft sexist stuff that skates alongside what is a warm love story. Hey remember that episode about the dumb guy who just negs the girl he likes and they end up together for reasons the episode fails to explain and actually spends most of the episode showing us don't exist?
The art is polished for a typical modern anime, but basically every face in this show is pretty ugly to look at, even people who aren't Takeo.
But it's fine, here's an episode about Suna's stalker. ...That being said, I do appreciate that this double episode, the one about Suna's stalker going on a date with him (which is a bit of a common thread in this show), depicts Takeo really being a friend to Suna. Like there's a powerful moment where Takeo thinks, Suna is the kind of guy who will just go along with something even if he doesn't like it HINT HINT, and then says, "You don't have to do this," and Suna is grateful, but also says, "I wouldn't do it if I didn't want to." Divorced from the rest of the show, this is rather sweet. It's not just a pair the spares narrative - it's two friends looking out for each other and respecting that about each other.
The ending double episode is also rather unenjoyable. It's... I guess a unique take on a guy being territorial, in that he's not really doing it? But also still kind of doesn't take into account Rinko's thoughts? And yet MORE negging (although not from Takeo, thankfully), I could go without a show with a guy negging a woman. At least he's the antagonist, but still...
The music is unremarkable, although the OP was decent.
I honestly think this show might work better for Jojo fans. The art style and story seems very reminiscent of that (particularly Takeo and his family). Unfortunately I'm not a Jojo fan. If you want a cute romantic comedy (sort of?), watch "From Up on Poppy Hill". It still does kind of veer into the "dude teases girl he likes" and "boys will be boys" territory, but at least the art is pretty and it's sweet and the music is nice and most of the story is fun. Or there's "Whisper of the Heart", really most of the Miyazaki films that aren't "Kiki's Delivery Service", or "Kimi ni Todoke" season 1. Skip this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Oct 13, 2020
Spoiler warning, I guess.
I tried… so hard to care about this two-part OVA, and ended up playing solitaire for half of episode 1. Lima isn’t interesting, and the way her story ends is… so very bad. The mini stories in episode 1 aren’t interesting. The stakes at the end of episode 1 were slightly exciting, I guess? Pinion negging Lukkage and Bellows has never been interesting and it’s not interesting here. The one interesting part was actually seeing more types of ships in the Gargantia fleet to confirm that it is a fleet in the military sense, as well. And then the plot took some
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extra stupid pills, which even put the main series to shame.
Land is apparently an actual thing, and with multiple countries, no less! To me it’s not so much a plot hole as it’s really the only way a lot of things make sense. Like is it randomly added here? Yeah. But does it actually make the main series less stupid? Yeah. It doesn’t fix most things with the main series plot because the story is still bad in other ways and it sounds like what this new plot thing would fix is not how things work, so… This series is just bad all around, really.
Anyway, there’s a beach episode. …Woo. /sarcasm. I guess you can expect it on a show that’s mostly on the water, but still. In a series that is already quite boring, this really doesn’t help.
On the spectrum of OVAs, I think this one’s budget was really low. A lot of the animation is downright ugly. Not to mention how bad the writing is. But hey, you get a lot of Ledo and Amy hugging, I guess. So on the balance, it’s only… mostly bad.
I do not understand why precisely one commander on the Gargantia is a woman. We don’t even see female underlings outside Lukkage and Bellows’ bikini/short shorts-clad henchpeople. Even Lima appears to be the only woman on her crew. At least Vacation Island has at least one woman in charge, I guess.
Overall… if you’ve gotten this far, I guess it’s worth watching for completion’s sake? There’s nothing new about the music that I noticed - it’s just reused from the main series. Otherwise, skip this. Watch literally anything else. “Macross Frontier” and “Promare” are great for mechs and stupid and drama and good music and fights. Heck, if you want a swimming show, watch “Free!”. Don't waste your time here.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 11, 2020
We're in the weird situation where you have a "show" made of two episodes where one is a largely decent episode and the other is... forgettable backstory we didn't really need. All of the good points go to 14, but unfortunately 15 is... also there.
For those who like the LedoxAmy plot in the main series, probably the best parts of episode 14 are them spending time together. They're rather adorable. Ledo actually comforts Amy at one point and it says a lot about how he's grown as a character since he arrived on Earth. (-cough- a lot more than he did in the actual show
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That being said, the episode does kind of attack your disbelief when something happens to a new character and they just... walk away mostly fine. The rest of the "character development" in the show is kind of stupid, like much of the series.
Episode 15 is about Kugel's time on Earth before Ledo "finds" him again. It's emotionless and silly and seems to exist because someone was bored and had no idea what else to write for episode 15. I guess it gives a character we never really meet some screentime? And it gives some more ships for Kugel stans?
So if you want, I would suggest watching episode 14 for the cute, and skipping 15. But I also wouldn't recommend watching the series anyway. Just watch "Macross Frontier" or "Promare" if you want drama and mechas and good music.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 11, 2020
First off, I really love the soundtrack. It’s just beautiful. There’s also two lines in the last episode that are really hilarious and honestly, this should get a point for each of those lines making it into a show.
The art on this looks very polished in a kind of typical modern anime way. That being said, the art style itself is kind of bad. Faces look overly cartoony in a way that’s cringey to watch, the women’s clothing is frequently stupid (I guess all the guys can wear normal clothes, but the women all elect to wear ever more ridiculous versions of “bikini” and short
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shorts combinations by and large). And the mechs are just ugly. Because of how the mechs are designed, they’re rather static, so most of the time when you look at them, you’re staring at what’s clearly a 3D model on a 2D show that just doesn’t move beyond maybe the eyes flashing or when the mech kneels, and a battle during the climax. The big head (cockpit) combined with the floating gravity orb(?) thing is also just… strange-looking.
The story itself is a bit of a mess, and about 2/3rds of the way through the series, everyone starts taking their stupid pills in large quantities. Pinion takes the spotlight and does some nonsensical stuff that’s just dumber than everything else he’s done, somehow. Other characters - basically anyone who isn’t Amy or Ledo - are static, and largely uninteresting. Ridget’s character arc seems to be… “Responsibility is hard, but oh yeah, I was trained for this. But it’s HARD, though! Mostly because I’m the one woman in charge in a fleet apparently chock full of entirely male commanders.” Which is just as gripping as you can imagine.
Sure is fascinating that the series basically only uses women as eye candy, and the women in charge are so objectified it’s ridiculous. I took a break on this one and when I came back, the second shot was Ridget in her frilly lingerie, with her boobs taking up most of the foreground. Bellows wanders around in a tube top and short shorts, like Amy and her friends, and Lukkage and her girlfriends are wearing… whatever the heck it is they’re wearing. There is one female character who comes in during the climax who’s wearing a normal shirt, but she’s still almost comically running around in short shorts while working on an otherwise all-male crew of guys just wearing normal clothes. But, well, I didn’t have too high hopes for a series that practically starts with Ledo patting Amy’s ass in slow-mo after kidnapping her. Which is shortly followed by pirates attempting to sexually assault three of the other female cast members. And I almost forgot about where it’s revealed there’s a section of Gargantia which appears to be where the LGBTQAI+ folks live, and it’s “dangerous”, and it’s implied that Ledo gets sexually assaulted multiple times while passing through it, because I guess what this show really needed was a message about how terrible gay people are and how sexual assault of male characters is a “great” joke.
It would be easier to ignore how objectified the women are if there were like… more of them. Crowd shots of crew are frequently all guys. During a funeral, when Ridget speaks to the crowd, Bellows is not only the only other named female cast member in the crowd shot, but she also appears to be the only female character in the shot, and all the people who speak up in support of Ridget are guys.
Maybe this got explained and I just forgot, but what happens when they run out of like… metal to work with? You can’t just keep re-purposing stuff. It weakens. The ocean’s gonna run out of things to salvage, too. I’m guessing the hope is their greenhouses and gardens don’t ever die because their medicine stocks will be screwed, otherwise. And what do they make clothes out of? Is there some giant greenhouse somewhere providing enough product for food AND clothing AND paper? Do they have silkworms for Ridget’s lacy bra?
Honestly I was just bored with this series after a while. I stopped caring about any of the characters pretty early on. The story itself was silly, but not enjoyably so. The art is functional but stylistically ugly and rather sexist. Part of the problem might be that I don’t tend to like post-apocalyptic narratives, but I was drawn to the at-a-glance-pretty art and nice music and sometimes decent Ledo angst.
It’s not the worst mecha series I’ve watched (hello, “08th MS Team”), but it’s definitely not one I’d recommend, either. At least “Macross Frontier” had a decent story and characters and art amidst the boobs (and music too, but that’s beside the point).
If you want a good mecha story… I mean “Macross Frontier” has a load of issues, but the series and the second film are pretty good, and they’ve got even better music than this. “Gankutsuou” actually has a mecha subplot that’s… well it’s not better than this, but that anime’s story is better so if you want a story with mechas and idiots and good art, pick that one. “Promare” is also stupid as all get out, but it’s way more enjoyable than this, and the art is way better.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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May 26, 2020
I really wanted to like this because someone I follow was just SO into it. And it made me cry a little, too, so clearly it connected with me on a deep level very few films ever do. But like... I just... don't like it all that much. And not because it made me cry. It gets a higher rating because of that very poignant moment.
This is a truly gorgeously animated film. The fight scenes are wonderfully made. The environments are breathtaking and beautifully detailed, with bright colors and fantastical landscapes and hyper-detailed towns that we really get to explore. The characters are for the
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most part really well designed and the humans are pretty diverse in design, too.
The biggest drawback is probably Nezha's regular human form. I just don't... find that appealing. At all. He's not cute. He's not funny. He's honestly kind of just cringe in a way that just grates at the back of your mind the entire film. Maybe if I liked animated features starring very young children more I would have been okay with this, but I just watched "The Legend of Hei" and that featured a very young child protagonist who I didn't mind at all, and found rather endearing.
That being said, it is Nezha in this form that made me cry, so it wasn't the sole thing that broke the camel's back for me in this film.
This is probably piggybacking on the overall story, which is "spoiled child terrorizes townsfolk". We get backstory that actually there are reasons he's the way he is - and it's not because he's a reincarnated evil spirit - and they are very sympathetic, and if you're watching the scenes where he's terrorizing people, he isn't actually don't that much that's really "awful", outside of one instance where he's using a giant wooden mallet to hit people poking their heads out of a carriage, and one instance where he nearly murders a group of children with a boulder. Mostly people just drive themselves into a panic and he gets close to them and they make things worse for themselves through self-injury.
That all being said, I don't really enjoy the story. It's not compelling. Particularly given that a good chunk of the story is just Nezha being a spoiled brat. Sure, he has reasons for how he is, and like I said, his story is sympathetic, but that's not... enough. I guess you have to remember this is a literal 2-3 year old who just wants friends, despite how mature he acts, and people are mean to him. But that's not a thrilling story for me. Yes, children shouldn't be bullied or ostracized, particularly because of their birth. And water is wet.
There are some very good messages at the core of this story. Messages about loving your family, giving people a chance, being a good neighbor, avoiding stereotypes and prejudgment, making time for the people you love, and I think that core message of making your own destiny, of choosing to do what's right, even if no one cares, even if it doesn't change how other people perceive you, even if you don't win accolades, even if you don't get to see that better tomorrow, is a very good message. It's painful, but it's a good message. I think. It's kind of just sad, really. And it's nice to see a story about parents with a cursed kid where the parents don't just kick the bucket before the principal story starts, or they're not incredibly abusive towards said child. And hey, Nezha's mom has lines! Multiple lines! In different scenes! And a story arc! And she fights AND cooks well! That's all a bit out of the ordinary. Usually that character is dead, abusive, or either cooks well or fights, not both at the same time! And dialogue lines on top of it all, jeez! Although it's more of an indictment on other writers/companies than praise for this, since the bar is so low.
I didn't find the fart and dick jokes and general gross humor all that funny, but that's par for the course, and they're not as bad as they often get in similar media. Although they are a bit more disturbing than usual when you consider that one party is a 2-3 year old. I didn't find the alcoholism interesting. The pig jokes... had their moments. Mostly the remote control nose thing. I even generally liked Taiya, but the gross humor frequently featured him, so he was really an eh character overall. His scenes also tended to turn flat really fast, and he does some of the more blah things in the story, so... Eh.
Ao Bing's cute. And apparently smart but completely oblivious to the entire reason for his existence, but okay, he's the info dump character I guess.
The music was pretty good, or at least it was used well. Probably the best two jokes in this are around the music and they're amazing. The other good jokes I can recall are also repeated, but used quite well, and these are all rather minor jokes. But good on that.
Overall I just... find this film kind of okay at best. I wish I liked it more. I wish I wanted to rewatch it, or watch a sequel, or watch a story in the same universe. But I don't.
If you want to watch a Chinese animated film about spirits with good fighting and gorgeous animation, if you can find it, watch "The Legend of Hei". That's pretty great. Or if you want something that's got spirits and stars an ostracized child who's working on changing his destiny, watch "Natsume Yuujincho". Or if you want a fantasy story about changing your fate with the central theme, watch "Revolutionary Girl Utena".
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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May 10, 2020
A gorgeous, adorable, sweet, fun film.
The story is heart-wrenching and funny. Perhaps the only issues it has is that things are kept overly vague for the entire story. You can imply what the mysterious organization does, but it's probably not a full picture, and the story doesn't attempt to clear things up, giving the audience obscure hints and teases like they have more to show without making good on the promise. I guess it helps build up this sense that Hei is rightfully conflicted, and the characters demonstrate through actions rather than overarching dogma which is the side to choose, but it still leaves
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you wondering what the organization is. Maybe this is supposed to lead to another film or another animated series or more graphic novels, and I support that idea. It just has the downside of making this feel less like a complete story and more like an unfulfilling prequel.
The characters are wonderful. Hei is adorable, and the art style for the humans is quite cute, too. The character designs themselves are excellent. The fluidity of the animation is just... a joy to watch. Whether it's Hei running and jumping or transformation sequences or combat, it's just great to watch.
The music was great. It was kind of Ghibli vibes for the most part when it wasn't focusing in on small character moments - a lot of greenery and landscapes and emotional build. During the character parts I didn't notice the score as much. There is a notable shift in music for the climax during a particular fight scene that I greatly enjoyed.
Overall, a great, heart-warming film with an interesting universe.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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