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Aug 21, 2024
Unless something changes drastically this is the best produced anime for television ever made. And it's not even close.
Direction, storyboard, script, voice acting, sound design, key frames, animation. You can usually pick two of these and say that they are exceptionally well done in one of the hottest animes each season and they are indeed great, no questions asked. But Makeine decided to do everything on that list to an absurdly high level. It's really hard talking more about it because it would be me gushing about it for 10 pages or containing myself and going for 1 paragraph and saying 'it's great", just how
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I'm doing it now soooo let's talk about the elephant in the room: the story.
The story of Makeine is the bad derivative type, really it could've been anything else and would hardly make a difference, but sometimes is kinda hard to remember that an anime is not a book. A story is indeed really important but it should not make or break an anime (considering that nothing ridiculously offensive is happening), specially when such anime, that has indeed such a weak story, compensates this by building their characters layer by layer using the wealth of production quality that is available to itself.
It really feels and shows how they 20+ minutes of the anime are concerned in fleshing out the characters, through all the tools available possibly but considering what's best for the moment. It sometimes can be the voice acting, in other times a slight movement of hands (not with a zoom of the hands, just they moving with the character in view), but really what is amazing is that the things are not happening only when they are happening.
Usually on animes you have pivotal moments where they focus one of the body parts and you can write pages about the feelings of the characters in that moment. Makeine is like that but through a bunch of times and having the characters still present as a whole.
It's hard to explain but the anime doesn't direct your view, it gives this job to the spectator and it bountifully rewards those paying attention. I don't know how many times I was watching and went back 5 seconds just to rewatch and get a bigger glimpse of a character's personality through some physical expression, and all this while maintaining it's anime roots (it doesn't feel like actors while having the same amount of care put into physical expression).
I will rewrite this eventually but what I want you to know is: what a fucking time to be alive and like anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 31, 2024
Self-insert protagonist dates with the perfect girl.
I don't have a problem with literature as escapism, or self-insert for that matter, but it just bothers me so much that the main quality of the protagonist is just that they aren't a huge piece of shit (at least at the beginning).
I don't know, it just feels like the bar is too freaking low, y'know?
It ends up feeling more like the light novel is a public diary of the author delusions than something made to be consumed as self-insert, which I sincerely think is more due to the lack of experience as a writer than anything else.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Apr 22, 2024
Mangas are by nature formulaic and cyclical, even when there is actual development in terms of general plot or characters, and while this seems like it would be a help for mangakas since it can help them to find a form for their thoughts there is an overwhelming percentage of mangas that do a really poor job staying true to its intention while trying to not be blatantly formulaic.
It's easy to lose yourself trying to gain more popularity by doing the next big twist, a really cool fight, an overambitious arc, while losing sight of what you were trying to write in the first place.
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So many people have done a second couple on romance mangas to change perspective a bit, the big tournament arc on shounen that makes absolute no sense but they give their readers good battles, and also the sudden drop of a force for evil (be it in terms of blackmailing, sheer strength or something along these lines).
I really like "Takane no Hana wa Midaresaki" but I have no particular interest in BDSM, and it is a really good chunk of it, but I can't help but be amazed of how this manga just flows. This chapter is the usual thing? Good! It's well written, has good pace and the art is pretty nice. Oh, some things happened so we have to develop these characters feelings this chapter and maybe even a few more? Fine by me. The conflict does not need to be resolved in one chapter as the characters struggle to adjust to the new things in their relation. A little bit of side characters to break the monotony? It's fun getting to see they are just good people. They're fun to read through a chapter or another but they are not the focus of this story and never will be, so don't worry about them taking over the manga. The same emotional problems are being used as the theme for this chapter again? I like it. People do not get over things so damn fast as it is usually portrayed, they worry over an over again to a mortifying degree. And hey, I trust wholeheartedly that they will keep being developed, because that is how things have happened. Not through big emotional cries in the rain, or someone screaming at the top of their lungs, just they doing their usual thing, getting to know themselves better, and slowly but surely closing the gap.
I can always be disappointed at the end, because I can only infer what the mangaka wants to write, but sincerely, as I write this review, I've never read a manga so devoted to following it through with the vision of a mangaka while not being some overblown "let's save the universe" or "life sucks" thing. It is definitely an unusual relationship but also more human than any other. Fresh but not ground breaking. Paced more humanly, but not being boring.
I love this manga and it's probably the best thing I ever read. Do I recommend? No, because if you're not tired as I am of what manga is I don't know if you'll even want to keep reading, let alone like it.
Be my guest to come back and give it a try at a later time though, it will give you some hope for the future.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 25, 2024
If you're in the "third season" you know what this series is, how the production is, and how it works. You probably also liked the first two parts (as did I, they're a joy to watch). So, here what I'm gonna do is go over the things particular to this part, and sometimes draw comparisons to the standard the series has set up for itself.
The main thing about Ragnarok is the characters. Since the animation is not particularly eye candy, the battles can be engaging but you usually are still invested in what happens because you like/dislike the characters, and that is what made me
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The fighter of the Gods is boring, pain and simple. Let's take a character that has one characteristic and extended the fight for 5 episodes, oh, and let's have him be the perfect counter for the fighter of mankind in the most silly of ways. Also, let's have him be this unknown creature whose characteristic is be evil. Oh, but that sounds silly so let's give him a backstory that....is even more silly (probably to just introduce what is one of the most famous characters in mythology, which is even more disappointing).
While the other fights were more about letting the characters shine using their own fighting style against their opponent, this is just a poor attempt to mask (I'm hoping they were trying to mask what they were doing, because if you make this and think its good I start to imagine that the author has changed). Sorry, parenthesis were too long, let's try this again.
While the previous fights were about people fighting their own way and that's gonna be it, never letting them be sucked by their opponent vibes and just stuck to what they do best, this one is a big evil strong guy that is strong...because he can cancel the opponents abilities. But no no, he can overwhelm the opponent because he is strong and not because of pure convenience. Also, he is boring. His first form is also boring as heck. Completely one note with a depth of a pond.
Let me remind you again that this can get even worse because he is fighting against a cool character (for Ragnarok standards).
So you made a boring and convenient fight, wasted three characters potential, did the most undeserving first appearance of one of the most famous characters in mythology, and that thing took 5 freaking episodes.
Btw, I'm writing this review on the anime but I cannot see how the manga could be better for this arc in particular. Heck, the manga is probably worse because it must have taken way longer to see it through.
My recommendation, watch in 2x or just jump. I did this for episode 14 since I could not care anymore (I did try, I watched 4 full episodes of the 5, but when the 14th hit I could not bother anymore).
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Dec 10, 2023
It's a normal fantasy story about an overpowered character, if you just want a good fun brainless time go for it.
BUT, the last few seconds of episode 11 (pls watch everything cause it won't have nearly the same impact if you don't) were really well made. No ridiculously fancy animation (which I do like too, don't get me wrong), no bombastic sound effects or soundtrack, just honest-to-goodness good direction with just on point facial expressions and good solid work from the voice actors. Am I recommending you to watch the whole thing because of 15 seconds or so? Welp, guess I am.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 31, 2023
This is only a warning and nothing more:
As of episode 5 the production value overall takes a nosedive, and it wasn't what you would call good before. It comes to a point that there is a character on first plane with their hands like they are catching something but there's nothing there, and this goes for several seconds (10+).
I have watched many anime but I don't remember seeing something so obnoxious as that before, and to be honest even disrespectful to the viewer, like is there even a basic quality check prior to shipping this?
Maybe go check the light novel if you liked the premise,
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people seem to think it's kinda good.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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