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Netsuzou TRap is a wild ride, but a ride you will enjoy all the way through. I wouldn't be lying if I told you I watched the whole thing in one sitting.
{STORY} A few spoilers lie ahead so you've been warned
The story follows our two leads Hotaru and Yuma, best friends who are both dating guys. Takeda and Fujiwara. It follows Yuma and how she struggles with dating. Luckily she has Hotaru there to show her how it's done. Most of it revolves around yuri action while the girls develop feelings for each other. Although at first, the story may seem a bit controversial, it ... is defiantly worth your time.
{ART}
It's standard, there's nothing really special about it.
{SOUND}
the music was fine, I didn't really notice anything that stood out.
{CHARACTER}
Hotaru: She may seem a tad on the unbearable side at first, but honestly in the second half she is downright the best character.
Yuma: she's the airhead who is very gay, but pretends she isn't.
Takeda: he's a good bean. he deserves better.
Fujiwara: Is actual garbage. A rapist and domestic abuser. Needs to die.
{ENJOYMENT}
I think I enjoyed the drama in this show a little too much. It was really fun to watch and it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Some spoilers are down below so read at your own risk.


(Summary)
In a world full of desires that probably stem from love, lies Kappa folklore, middle school boys, very gay cops and lot and lots of questions.

(Story)
As I said, this show is very different from most other shows you have probably seen. Its main protagonist is a boy named Kazuki who crossdresses as an idol named Sara in hopes of reconnecting with his (adopted??) sister/brother. He blames himself for the fact she is paralyzed because he tried to run away with his biological mother which caused the accident with his sister. His best friend Enta ... struggles with the fact Kazuki quit soccer without telling him. Enta is revealed to be in love with Kazuki, but it's obvious that Kazuki likes another of the characters Fuji. Fuji is seen to have issues with his big brother who is in the mafia. Fuji shot a guy when he was just a small bean and his brother took the heat. There's also a monster of the week feel to the show as they fight Kappa zombies. There are gay cops who are the best characters in the show in my opinion. There were a lot of questions that were never answered, but overall I didn't really need answers for them, as it didn't take away from the story overall.
(Art)
the art was amazing. Every frame was spectacular making the show feel like a masterpiece. It was breathtaking. I really enjoyed the art. It took risks that most shows would never have dreamed of doing and makes them work to its favor.
(Sound)
The op and ed are bops. The rest of the OST is a phenomenal listen.
(Character)
I talked about most of the characters in the story aspect because the story is driven around them. The character all act human making them relatable and none of the main cast was annoying and the side characters were great. If I had to dislike one character it would be Kazuki's little sister/brother. It was never really made clear what gender the character was. They were the most annoying character if I had to pick one.
(Enjoyment)
My overall enjoyment for this show is through the roof. I loved this show and it was one of my favorite of the season. I hope to see more shows like it in the future.

{SPOILERS}
Okay, okay hear me out, When Marnie Was There, is not good. When reviewing this film I'm going to keep the fact it's a Ghibli Film out. Every time I think of a Ghibli Film I think it has to be good and this movie is simply not the case. This movie has many problems regarding a lot of things. I don't like this movie and I never recommend it to anyone who wants to watch a Ghibli Film, in fact, I tell them to avoid this movie.
{STORY}
The backbone of this story is lesbian incest. Yep, you read that right. Anna our main character is ... in a foster family and she finds out that her foster mother is paid to take care of her, so she gets mad like a toddler. Her foster mother sends her to live with relatives on an island for the summer because Anna has asthma. While on this trip Anna meets a mysterious girl that she develops feelings for which happens to be her grandma. I don't know how this works because the film never even tries to explain it. Her grandma Marnie and her become close friends but it's clear Anna has feelings for Marnie that aren't returned. When the film is almost over Marnie's story is told by some random person and Anna learns to accept her foster mother. Weird premise, right? Well, I thought so too. I hate the story that was presented. It makes no sense has lesbian incest vibes and is flat out stupid for the most part.
{ART}
It's standard Ghibli art. I liked it, but good art cannot stand in for a bad story. Ever. That's all I gave to say about art as it's not very important.
{SOUND}
It's okay, there's nothing special about it. I liked the end credits song. The rest of the soundtrack was forgettable and I didn't notice it upon first viewing.
{CHARACTER}
I hate every single character in this movie. All of them. Anna is whinny when she doesn't get what she wants and is mostly a butthole. She's upset because her foster mother gets paid to take care of her. Sound ungrateful to me. Marnie is I don't know where to begin. She seems pretty gay until she meets some rich boy. she eventually marries the boy later in life and has Anna's mom who dies later in a car crash. Apparently Marine has problems with her health, but those aren't even addressed until like the last 5 minutes. Marnie was annoying and I hated her onscreen. At first, I lowkey shipped her with Anna until I found out about the whole grandma thing. I hate this movie.
{ENJOYMENT}
The only thing I enjoyed about this film is that in the dub John C. Riley is in the cast. He only has like 5 lines but still it's John C. Riley.

{SPOILERS}
Happy Sugar Life is an anime that many people compare to Magical Girl Site because of an absurd plot, but I don't think that is the case. Happy Sugar Life is an adventure about morality and how morals differ between people because of our desires. The show had something that managed to bring me back each week, and it did up until the very end.
{STORY}
The main story follows a girl named Satou who feels love for the first time through a girl named Shio that she found abandoned one day. Satou meets a variety of people all after Shio and the show shows that ... she will stop at nothing to protect this love. Satou will do anything even kill to protect this love until the very end. I have a tiny issue with the end of the show but it's been forever since I watched it, so I don't remember the ending all that well. Overall I enjoyed the story and I wished there were more shows like this one.
{ART}
There's nothing special about the art. It was fair and it didn't make me disgusted when watching, so I didn't pay much attention to it. It's not a show founded on art, so I don't hold it up to a high standard there.
{SOUND}
I like the op and I think it's catchy. The ed I didn't care for it as much. The background music is nothing special, but still enjoyable. It was a typical soundtrack, so...
{CHARACTER}
Overall I liked the characters in the show and I thought they provided a unique supporting cast. Everyone had different morals which is what I thought made the way they interacted so different that I would like to see more shows do the same. The characters were fun to spend time with and learn their desires.
{ENJOYMENT}
I enjoyed this show a lot. I came back every week and never missed. I hope to see more shows like this in the future.

[SPOILERS]

To be honest I didn't that I would be writing this review. After episode one, I was thrilled for next week's episode to come. Episode one of the series is almost word for word of the original, which was what made me hopeful for this new series. Then episode two came and it was fair, but it didn't quite live up to the expectations of the previous episode. Then it kept getting worse. Much worse.
{ART}
Now let's get out the art and animation out of the way. It's pretty, but that's about it. It doesn't add anything or even begin salvage how bad this ... reboot is. I cannot excuse some pretty frames for an awful execution. Most of the time the art is only pretty when it wants to be, there are countless frames that look ugly and sometimes downright scary. That's mostly a problem in far away shots. Not to mention this new art doesn't fit very well with the show's comedic moments, well when there is any, and I'll get into that.
{SOUND}
I don't really have a lot to say about the sound, other than I don't like it. the music is nothing special, and the ops and eds are pretty sucky. Especially the first op, I have an extreme dislike for that one. There is also one background track that the show uses during dramatic that feels really unfitting and makes whatever dramatic moment that is occurring less shocking. That track honestly makes the scene less dramatic.
{CHARACTERS}
I have a lot to say about the new characters. Tohru, the main character, has been demoted to a pretty doormat. Tohru does pretty much nothing and waits for the plot to happen to her. She feels like a doormat that the plot and people constantly step on. her two friends are the best characters because they are the only characters you can't screw up no matter how hard you can try. Now let's get into the Zodiac, Hatsuharu and Ayame, my two old favorites, have been demoted to extra and exposition about Yuki. They only to serve that purpose and are not onscreen for any other reason. Ayame essentially lost all of the charm and comedy that he had in the old anime. Hatsuharu is the same way, the prove that's your real hair color scene is no longer as effective in pulling a laugh from me or anyone else I show it to. It gets worse, now let's talk about Kyo and Yuki. The old Kyo, the hot-headed, but soft-hearted Kyo, has been replaced. has been replaced by what, you may be asking, well, he's been replaced by a straight-up asshole. He's mean to essentially everyone, even Tohru and doesn't seem to give a crap about anyone around him. this new Kyo doesn't give me a reason to care about him or anything he wants to achieve. Yuki is just as bad, the sarcastic and satirical Yuki we all knew and loved, has also been replaced by a dry cracker. This new Yki has zero character, whose jokes always fall flat. This new Yuki has nothing, he's a cracker. A stale cracker that's out of date. Kyo and Yuki have some sort of trauma, but I don't even know what it is because it's only briefly implied, so I don't know the true extent of it. Like Yuki's backstory just seems like Akito painted freaking Picasso on the walls and it somehow scarred him. I don't even know where to begin in the supporting cast. Momiji and Hatori are characters only there for exposition as well. They don't do much of anything other than show up, give exposition and leave. I'll get into their backstories and how bad they are now, but other than that they don't really need to exist. This new Momiji is excruciatingly annoying, and I hate when he's on-screen. Now let's get to the most egregious examples of bad reboot characters, Shigure, Kisa, Hiro, and Akito. Shigure and Akito suffer the most in this reboot. Shigure lost everything that made him funny, for the sake of making him dark, mysterious, and sinister. That's his whole character now and it sucks to watch on screen. This twist was also revealed pretty early on making me hate every time he's on screen. Kisa is very crappy now. She's pretty much if Tohru and Yuki had a baby. A pretty doormat that has very mysterious trauma. She was bullied and stopped talking and then learned how to do it in like maybe 5 minutes because Kisa'a episode became Yuki's. I mean honestly, the show should be called Yuki's basket. Hiro is very bad too, like, I mean I know we all remember the old Hiro episode. And how dramatic the whole thing was, well they replaced Akito's slap with just Shigure and Hatori talking about it. We don't see it, we don't even see a reaction from Akito about it either. It's not very good. Akito, on the other hand, suffers another way. all of what made Akito scary and fearful in the old anime is gone. I don't know where it went, but it's gone. In the one scene with Hatori, I know we all remember who Akito threw that vase at Hatori then it hit him and then Akito went all crazy asking "Hatori what's wrong? Who hurt you?" Well, that's not there anymore. Akito isn't abusive or borderline bi-polar. This new Akito doesn't feel like an antagonist either, Akito feels more like an anti-hero and I don't like that. I don't even know what new Akito is. I guess he can paint though. It almost feels like this new show is trying to excuse Akito's actions on a sad childhood, and I will not stand for that.
{STORY}
The story suffers greatly because of the characters. The plot just kind of happens and nothing feels genuine. The story doesn't feel like it has an antagonist, and there's really only one protagonist with a bunch of extras. The story of the old anime goes as follows, A girl learns that a family is cursed and she goes down a path she never expected learning new things about herself and those around her, while ultimately accepting the curse as a new part of her life. You see that sounds great and that's what the old anime accomplished. This new anime however I don't even know what it's trying to do. the story feels like it has pacing issues, it goes fast then it slows down. Every element to the plot feels out of place as well. There is comedy, but only where you least expect it. The actual comedic moments in the show aren't funny, not even close. The funny moments come from the dramatic moments. Whenever one comes on I burst out in laughter because of how poorly they are handled. Like when Momiji's mom tried to commit suicide well when she tried to stab herself this big bass drum pounds. The music also makes the moment funny because right, when whatever is shocking, is shown all you hear is a bass drum pounding once. The bass drum is so random and it makes the scene funny.
{ENJOYMENT}
The only thing I enjoy about this show is how bad it is. I only come back weekly to see if the new episode can stoop even lower than the last. I don't recommend to anyone who hasn't watched the old one. If anyone is saying this show is a masterpiece then they haven't watched the old one. If you get anything from this review watch the old one if you haven't.