I thought this was going to be another music anime, but I was wrong. I wasn't really in it for a full-on romance drama, but as the plot unfolded I found myself drawn in by the characters and the story.
A very decent anime. Deserves its 8/10.
Love is a complex beast, and sometimes life doesn't take the course we'd like it to. When we're young, we sometimes make mistakes and hurt the people closest to us. This is a very honest show. It doesn't pull any punches or hide any of the pain that these characters inflict on each other. I don't know if I
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Aug 16, 2014
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
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This may be the deepest anime I've ever had the great pleasure of watching. A perfectly, beautifully crafted story that transcends genre. How can one even begin to review such a faultless series?
The intrinsic concept of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is the duality of the universe. The unmerciful equality of it. If you look hard enough through your daily life, you can see it underpinning everything. Every concept has it's twin. Light has dark; love has hate; hope has despair. For every good thing that is done in this world, an equally bad thing happens. Every pleasurable activity carries pain hand in hand. Think about ... 
Aug 15, 2014
Bokura wa Minna Kawai-sou
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-MILD SPOILERS-
This anime really had the potential to be at least a 9/10 across the board. It has all the essentials, all but one extremely important one: Denouement. It might be considered artsy or avante-garde to deny the watcher the resolution they desire, but in my opinion it's downright cruel. It's unfair to string viewers out for a series, to get them interested in the lives of the characters and the developing storyline-only to leave it hanging open-ended. I can't in good conscience rate this any lower than an 8, however, because other than the crushingly disappointing ending, this show is great. It's hilarious and the characters ... 
Aug 15, 2014
Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo
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I've been trying to figure out why this show resonated with me so deeply. Because it did. I'm still thinking about it now, as a matter of fact, even though I finished the final episode last night.
I'm thinking about Sorata and Mashiro, about Misaki-sempai and Jin. Aoyama and Ryuunosuke. These characters that meant nothing to me just a few short days ago, but now evoke strong feelings in me. Why do I love these characters so much? I think it's because even in though they are somewhat caricatured, they are so human in so many ways. Their experiences remind me of my own when I was ... |
