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Nov 16, 2020
It is starting to piss me off that if a show is largely loved, the same amount of haters will always arise after. Not because the show is necessarily trash, but because people act butt hurt when they feel unheard. Neither group will make it easier for people to properly judge if a show is worth it or not. I would even argue it makes all reviews more worthless.
So here is my review.
Just frickin watch it and decide for yourself if you like it or not. It has an original enough premise to give it a try. Regardless, it's only (going to be) 13 episodes,
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so it's not that much of an investment if you end up hating it. There are many good things, but certainly many debatable things about it too. I just think people sometimes wind themselves up too much about the good and the bad and forget to just enjoy their time.
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Now, if you really care what I think other than 'just watch it'; I think the show is average, apart from the enjoyment factor, which is most of the time quite good. Characters seem to be purposefully extremely stereotyped, which is equally baffling at times as it makes me chuckle at others. It doesn't stand out as much to me as it sometimes did in shows like Danganronpa or Future Diary however. Their designs are in bright shounen/shoujo colors probably to make you think it's going to be something that it isn't. Sound and music design is not bad or even interrupting the scenes, but they are not something exceptional either.
The main reason why it may be more enjoyable that it's quality might show, is the way the main character deducts other people's real thoughts, feelings and actions. Which can take you by surprise, regardless if you tried to speculate on the outcome of an episode or not. I see shows that manage to deviate expectations like that, usually as a plus. That doesn't make every other aspect it fails in less bad, but at least it my proof to be a fun thing to watch and speculate over with family or friends. Like a classic detective series.
TL;DR it might be worth your time if you like a good mystery or something with a pretty original premise, deviating from expectations. But, if you usually prefer a more realistic settings and less cookie-cutter characters or a more traditional shounen, you might want to look elsewhere.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 30, 2018
A magician does a trick for you and when you don't know how it works, it is super intriguing. But if he explains how it works, it is usually a lot less amazing. It might even be that when you know how it works, you feel like he is more a con-man/fake than an actual magician.
The protagonist in this Anime is a bit of a magician. Although he doesn't boast much, he always smirks like he knows more than he shows or says. And when he does something, we only know that it's amazing and out of the ordinary, because the side characters tell us
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it is. And this is only because they don't explain much about the game itself. We just have to wait until the MC does the nice "trick". I noticed after a while that I was mostly surprised by his "tricks", because I could not see them coming. But I did not see it coming, because I was not given the tools and info to figure it out.
In 1929 Roland Knox codified the rules for most of the classic detective stories. This became known as "Knox's Decalogue" or "Knox's Ten Commandments". Basically they were rules to make a good detective story, because if you followed them, people would always have the opportunity to solve the mystery, WITHOUT the nowadays called "plot-conveniences". If it was done correctly, you could even read it again and notice the clues and sometimes you could solve the mystery before the main character explained it! And I know you are probably bored right now, so let's tie this in with our Anime:
I enjoyed myself very much while watching Quanzhi Gaoshou (season 1)(although the pretty graphic certainly helped of course), but I couldn't help but feel that the MC, around whom the entire Anime evolves, was kind of a con-man. That he wasn't as good as they said he was. I felt that way, because the Anime didn't show me proof of anything. How would one do that in an Anime, you say? Well, give the viewers all the tools and info to let them discover for themselves that the MC is very smart and show them that he figured shit out before we do! Like in the detective rules; don't just let a random unknown character be the reason for entire plot-twists. Don't tell the viewer that something is the solution/truth of a mystery "magic-trick"(like a powerful move or a special weapon) , show them what they need to see and let them figure it out, help them understand... or at least... give some lead-up to it. Explaining how the game works would help! Don't assume we will just assume that that's how the game works.
I did not however say I dropped it, nor did I say I even dislike it. It was certainly amusing and the action-scenes, flashy art and animations were a pleasure to watch. I think apart from the art and animation(which is obviously not that hard to achieve with the amount of sponsorship openly visible), the comedy might have been one of the best things about it. I feel that might be due to that the character interaction felt really smooth most of the time. The premise is pretty unique. We already have plenty versions of gaming themed Anime, but this is pretty much the first Anime about gaming from a professional standpoint. I just wish that they put more effort into the earlier mentioned flaws.
- - TL;DR / Conclusion - -
If you can suspend your disbelieve in a show that does not explain or give lead-up to actions by the Main Character to proof how bad-ass and good he is in the game... I suspect you will have a good time watching this show. If you have a soft spot for flashy/pretty graphics/animation... you might have a great time too.
Have fun watching everyone!
[Source for "Knox's Ten Commandments/Decalogue": search "Golden Age of Detective Fiction" on Wikipedia.]
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Mar 10, 2011
It's not easy to explain this anime, but what I think, I will tell you.
The story begins with a house. There live several cat's in that house: mom, dad and 2 kitty's. Their lifes is full of psychological thing. The oldest kitty is sick, cause a demon stole his soul. The youngest child is try to cheer him up by going to a circus, but everything goes wrong...
Yet it does have a bit of a happy atmosphere, even though the story seems a bit sad.
I really like the OVA, because it is so random you can always watch it!^^
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Feb 15, 2011
-- Bungaku Shoujo - Literature Girl --
This movie is about a boy and a girl. His name is Konoha Inoue and her name is Touko Amano. She is the Literature Girl and he was a writer.
The Literature Girl eats books. She does, because she loves reading books so much she wants to taste them. She can't eat anything normal.
Konoha was a writer. He stopped writing, because his childhood friend, Miu Asakura, got into a accident 2 years ago. He's blaming himself so much that he promised to write never again. But than he meat the Literature Girl.
Touko loves Konoha's
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story's and want to help him across his trauma so he can write again!
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The protagonist of this movie is Konoha.
I recommend to watch the OVA first, called: 'Bungaku Shoujo Memoire', because you get to know Touko a bit better after that. It's only 3 episodes long. (20 minutes x 3)
Really ward to watch!! I cried really much, because it reminds me of myself^^
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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