You know how sometimes the finale of a show can ruin the whole thing and negate even the episodes and aspects you really liked? I feel like the opposite of that is what happened to Yamishibai 3. Allow me to explain:
Up until the final episode, I hated most of the episodes because the stories were shallow, the monsters looked goofy and the characters had a total of 0 personality. The reason I picked up Yamishibai was because it had a mature way of dealing with horror. The scares weren't purely based on shock value or visuals, but worries and fears that are innately human. That's
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May 9, 2020
Yami Shibai 2
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Like Yamishibai, Yamishibai 2 is very hit or miss, mainly misses. In a lot of ways season two is worse than season one but in some ways I think season two is actually better than one.
The writing's overall quality is improved in the sense that even though the bad episodes aren't scary they're at least interesting. What hasn't changed is that some stories feel like they were written by or for children. In episode 11 the moral of the story is literately "Plagiarism is bad" which is like ???? obviously we all knew that? Thanks mom for reminding me to play nicely lol. The way ... 
May 8, 2020
Yami Shibai
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Yamishibai is very hit or miss. When it's good the art and sound fit perfectly with the story making it both unnerving and thought provoking. However, when it's bad it's like watching an animated version of a story written by a middle schooler who thinks they're deep. Fortunately all the episodes are independent and just five minutes long so you're at a minimum risk of wasting your time!
Like I've pointed out the stories vary in quality but it's really the combination with lacklustre direction that makes them bad. Sometimes it's better to tell rather than show, especially when it comes to animating horror. A description ... |
