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May 24, 2025
Desperate Housewives+Sherlock Holmes in China is back
Apothecary Diaries is a charming amalgamation of things that are both appealing to guys and dudettes. It got a badass female protagonists that is smart, flawed, strong, and distinct from other geniuses in fiction. It got Chinese-esque aesthetics, rich cultural lore and background, clever case-solving, lovable cast of characters, humor, and great animation. Cases are intertwined, respects continuity, and the aforementioned lead has quite the unique circumstances, disposition and personality. MaoMao is one of the best female protagonist from this era of anime and manga or ever, for that matter. If you came to the show for MaoMao, you
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are already covered.
True to its name, The show has notable focus on apothecary, chemistry, as well as the tribulations of being born on different social rankings, the complexity of politics, and the power trip of being concubines. This review is both of the first and second season which I consider to be just a continuation, with admittedly very minimal alterations to animation quality. Here, the show just flows from episode to episode as we follow our lead going about slaving around the anime forbidden city, making friends and foes here and there and still driven by the motivation of getting pimpin' medical ingredients while keeping her head out of the gallows.
In any case, if you read the reviews of the show, I'm just gonna be parroting most of em because the show is just great. Arcs gets resolved, more mysteries are unveiled, more dastardly plans undone, and more character development for the cast. MaoMao still dips her tongue on suspicious liquids, Jinshi still obsesses on her, and this season, we got frogs.
So yeah. Recommended.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 23, 2025
I'm going to be serious this time. Many shows try their best to make you miserable, depressed or feel down. These shows would proudly taunt you, making it their brand to kick your feelings to the curb and drive a mallet on it for good measure. You should know it coz it's right there on the synopsis. However, I'm not going to lie that this supposedly cute and colorful looking show gave me such a dreadful feeling on my soul that I wished a shower could just wash away.
Ninkoro *is* cute, colorful, funny, sometimes wholesome YES. But also it is fricking dark, cruel, and
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poison for emotion. Here, we watch the lives of a shinobi and an assassin under one roof. Our leads, Konoha and Satoko felt really bland at the start of the show but even then, the show showed its fangs right there. The characters are bright, fun, and distinct. Satoko, the one-trick pony ninja was adorable, sweet, but her naivety is what I would call dangerous. The other lead, Konoha, is one cold bitch. When I mean cold, I mean it. The things she does in the show, man. Just watch it. Ninkoro does not show gore (yet) but what is does weirdly great was showing how lives can be so full of beautiful of meaning but also displays the utter savagery of the profession of assassins. Many anime glamourize and romanticize this profession as badass. This show however makes me dread whenever an assassination happens. This was not because we get to see glory kills or awesome takedowns. The show is a dark comedy that comes in the vantablack variety. Cute girls? Yeah, they are here aplenty. But this is a show where things can be ridiculous, outrageous, absurd and the next, utterly violent. When i mean existentially violent (if a word such as that even exists), I mean that we see consequences of the kills to the lives of others and boy... thinking about some of what the characters undergo here just make me feel hollow. This review is written after the wtfkery that is episode 7. I did not cry. Crying won't do shit to cleanse the sensation. It's a genuine feeling of being dirty, gutted, and lingering discomfort of witnessing something from a distance with inability to do anything to alleviate it.
That is, the show is paced really good, relentless on the execution of its concept, and is admittedly funny, albeit in a psychopathic way at times. It is fun but it makes one contemplative. I'm not sure what to make of this. This is one comedy anime that for me, closer to what Divine Comedy is rather than traditional comedy. The feeling i get is that... "Hmm... that was funny... but feels bad man. I dread what's for next week but i must know!" which I only would usually just reserve for thrillers. This show will make you feel. The aftertaste after each episode is an experience I don't usually find in comedies. This show will change the way you'll look at leaves. It will not be the same.
Recommended for those who wants a different kind of humor. For anyone else expecting a fully wholesome show, leaf this one alone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 20, 2025
Hear me out. or not.
But behold... and look upon those who share the good word. Blot out the prude naysayers. Look and see. The numbers of believers in this show do not lie. Have faith, ye brethren lost in the sea of ecchian mediocrity of contemporary times. For this was what you are looking for. This is what you crave for.
Boobs and ass galore. Yeah this show has em in spades. Babes and animation which are treat for the eyes, heart and anything that throbs in the male species. It could have been enough right there and there but then the show also has
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the audacity to present a fun story, great opening and endings, memorable characters and moments, and an interesting battle system.
Lest ye doubt the words of thine, witness the first episode. Thou shall thirst, brother but push through for there are scenes of wonderful skinship and immaculate jigglery that shall satiate anyone of their carnal fervor.
Do not watch in summer. Not recommended to watch with parents or your significant other. Do not watch in public. Do not watch with guy friends coz thy wont want no circle of throbbing disco sticks near ye. Actually, just watch it only on your lonesome for maximum enjoyment. NO. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY.
we are not a cult btw. We just like this awesome horny piece of art
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 18, 2025
Yeah. At this point, I'm going to eat anything with 'Umamusume' in it.
I've not missed any Umamusume show. The only thing I missed was the game it was based on which was not even my fault coz it has not even been released yet. I started season 1 thinking it will be just a throwaway, forgettable show about silly girls running around with horse ears and tails. Now this franchise is one of the reasons why I keep looking forward to tomorrow.
Umamusume Cinderella Gray is the latest season of the franchise wherein we gonna be watching who among the demihuman girls can kick the ground
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the hardest and hurl themselves into the finish line first. Again. For the sixth time. And this is not a complaint.
We watched a country bumpkin rise... rivals breaking their bones just to win... we get to see races which so intense you can crack eggs in the screen to make sunny side ups...
Now, we watch a protagonist who was merely a goofy cameo character seasons prior.
This is about Oguri Cap. The grey-haired glutton born almost unable to walk but became a strong due to hardwork and utter determination. For the longest time, I fought on the hill that Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen were the best leads the show ever had but now, I am afraid they will be dethroned. Oguri Cap, who was barely relevant nor notable seasons prior was actually a very inspiration figure and from what the show has shown, her tribulations is different from the other Uma leads and the vibe of the show definitely feels different.
Even the Opening is different. In prior Uma seasons, shows begin with Jpop bubblegum songs which were nice and all but sometimes does not give justice to the ferocity of the show at times. In Cinderella Gray, it was full-on JRock and the show reflects that. It is way more gritty, the designs are less bright, and characters are not as bubbly as the others. It feels like a shonen show. Umamusume shines when it shows intensity and while the show seem to lack Agnes Tachyon(my absolute favorite Uma), I'd say this is shaping up to be the best season among them. The comedy is still top-notch, the dances were back, and with a protagonist with striking flaws, lovable personality, and different circumstances. Definitely a step-up from the flawed third season.
Edit: watched it all. still a goddamn 10. show has better lightning and aura effects than most fighting anime. like goddamn
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 1, 2025
25 episodes and never have I seen the elusive box that is blue anywhere.
Regardless, if you want a light show that is light on romance and sports, this is a show that should fit that oddly specific taste.
If you come in hoping to see intense love rivalry, ya aint gonna get it. If you come in hoping to see strong rivalry and nail-biting badminton whackfest, you'll see glimpses of it. What you are served is a story with relatively lovable cast, a somewhat slow but I suppose realistic pace in terms of character relationships, and a general feeling of looking into a window of
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teenagers going about their everyday lives... only that the setting is a school where sports are high priority.
Production-wise, everything looks gorgeous.
Character design is somewhat torn between shonen-like and shojo which comes in to what I think makes the show somewhat fall short: none of the characters look striking nor memorable except for Hina. Character-wise, some of them have depth while some are just generic. The show flows from scene to scene smoothly and sensibly with a feel-good vibe however I think it deprived the show from forming any sense of identity. It looks stylish but without discernible style, if that shit even makes sense. After 25 episodes, I just nodded and went on my merry way, feeling neither satisfied, disappointed, nor want to talk about it with someone. It sort of happened and I can remember most of the show's scenes. Sure it made me smile but I almost always forget this is was also a sports anime. For how often it features badminton and basketball, there sure did not do much to affect the overall narrative.
However, i know that this feeling is fleeting and eventually it may fade out to obscurity. If I were to sum it up, I would say the show is... safe. Romance is there, seen through the lens of mostly laid-back, non-assertive characters. Badminton scenes are animated really great but none of the qualities that make other sports anime like Slam Dunk, Haikyu, or even Keijo (for fucks sake) tick. Blue Box treats the sports shown (badminton, basketball, gymnastics) as things the protagonists did rather than the heart of the show. Maybe that was the intention but for me, I was just Blue Balled.
In the end, the show has character development, Taiki and Hina were fairly given depth. Chinatsu, the main girl right there on the cover was just... bland, yo. The show is not very deep, with very little tension, with good animation, sounds, and feels like peering at a binocular at the lives of some laid-back jocks and their simple wish to be the best and maybe take their crushes on a date.
Recommended to watch binged since there really isn't any episode that stands out over the others. It's a slice of life and better take all the slices together if you want the freshness stay longer while eating them.
Probably nice to watch with a date. Especially if interested in sports.
I'd watch a second season though I'll probably just wait till it finish airing everything.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 24, 2025
And just like that, Umamusume has once again risen from the ashes.
I do not play the Umamusume game mainly because I find gacha games very dubious and that I can't really read Japanese. Nevertheless, I was a fan of the first and the second season of the anime series. When I heard of this movie, I was quite hesitant because while it has enjoyable moments, the third series was just a notable let-down in my opinion. I've watched cute horse girls run the shit around loops of grass and soil for dozens of episodes already, I've seen them lose, win, cry, sing, dance, eat piles
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of carrots, and run around loops of lumpy terrain some more. Surely it would have ran out of steam now, right?
Apparently not.
This movie is basically a short season of Umamusume, which manages its time well to avoid repeating the training montages which were already plentiful in the series. Compared to the rather down-to-earth protagonists, our main character is the cocky and downright feisty Jungle Pocket who actually give some new flavor to the staling portions of the series. The story kicks up fast... almost breakneck in its initial minutes. Jungle Pocket is no different from any shonen protagonist and while her motivation aint really that compelling, she is much better a protagonist than Kitasan Black. There are scenes involving some characters from past seasons and was always a delight to see them again even when they were just for a few seconds of cameo. HOWEVER, what stood out here in the movie were the rivals.
I've loved Gold Ship and always elevates any episode with her in it but goddamn is Agnes Tachyon a bombshell of a character. Her introduction, her personality, her voice, and her motivation was interesting. It would've been enough but the movie had the gall to give her the coolest running sequence in the series. I shit you not, her running animation and specially the sound design was spectacular. She is the best rival figure ever introduced in the whole series and that was not to mention that she is the only horse girl with a default yandere face. Also there is another rival, Manhattan Cafe who is a downright adorable goth with a mysterious affliction and mental condition. Oh and Dantsu Flame... is there. Ok so 2/3 of rivals are actually good but Agnes was just the absolute scene stealer.
The best thing in the movie was the sound and art. It just oozes style during its gorgeously animated running scenes specially with the aforementioned Agnes Tachyon scenes. I thought S3's sequences were already peak but apparently it just got ran over with this. Characterization was alright for most supporting characters. The resolution was just alright as well though I suppose this was again based on the real careers of the horses the series based them off. I doubt Umamusume as a whole will top the climax of season 2 but this was a good attempt. In the end, Jungle Pocket was worthy of rooting for, ended with a great dance number, and most of all, I was blessed with a lot of yandere glances in the Umamusume universe. I thought it would never happen
However, the movie has janks I just cant ignore. The slapstick humor around Jungle Pocket just...did not work. Her VA voice acting just sometimes does not match the needed energy for certain scenes. Likewise Dantsu Flame was forgettable and barely has presence despite her screentime. I needed to google her name just for me to remind she was part of the movie. It still uses the same athletic anime formula with some tweaks here and there. I still watched girls with horse ears and tails running in goddamn high heels going mach 4 around an arena of grass and soil. Only this time, with prettier graphics, greater sound design, and a new girl with a stare that sees through my soul. Hell, Agnes was enough to see this movie.
Watch this with the best audio setup available. The running scenes here are equal or better than most shonen fight sequences. Action-packed, mostly strong characterization, a differently-built protagonist, and Agnes Tachyon.
Just as some people adore watching race in an oval for ungodly amount of laps, I will continue to keep watching horse girls run some more dirt tracks. More Umamusume please. And more Agnes.
9/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 30, 2024
This aint no Cardcaptor nor Madoka. This is borderline smut. Aint complaining tho.
Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete is a risque comedy show with the aesthetics of the typical magical girl genre which has been deliberately deconstructed and reconstructed for the past decade already. Some good, some awesome, some deplorable, some mediocre, and this one I would say sits above the median line. While there's the typical glossiness expected to most anime today, the artstyle is quite striking, namely with the main villainess role of Utena whose costume was midway between sexy and silly but memorable. This review is written three episodes in but it already
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did quite the impression on me. The show does not pretend to be anything it's not: a plot about a seemingly accidental villain discovering her inner sadism and the outrageous magic-based BDSM she causes upon her beloved foes and all played out humorously.
It's a perverted show filled with fun main character, initially derivative but gradually improving side characters and rivals, interesting costume designs, and seemingly focused dedication on the concept. The magical girl aspects have been used effectively as gags and Utena, the main character was just interesting as hell as her inner conflict has genuine reflective quality to it. So far, I was surprised how much boobage and nudity there is in here and I am sure this show will awaken some inert fetish in some of yall.
Give this one a shot, folks. Not for kids. This show will raise boners
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 25, 2024
This show's season just went by like a breeze, didn't it?
To make this brief, I adored Spy x Family ever since it aired. It has a lovable cast, nice setting, and an easy-going vibe despite its handful of zaniness and sprints of nice-looking action set pieces. Season 1 started strong and gave us weekly injection of humor, drama, and spy shenanigans. This season, it was mostly the same and I am fine with it.
With such an intriguing premise, I assumed the show would lean more on the thriller side of things but it was just not and I've learned to accept that the show was
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mostly slice-of-life with assassins, spies, and espers at the center of it. It was definitely not what I expected but what I got, I liked. Lloyd, Anya, and Yor's dynamics were fun and honestly enviable as a family. The side characters compliment them well and the plot has been minimal. That was season 1. In season 2, things were shook a bit. Namely, the action has been ramped up since Yor was predominantly featured this time around and it was a blast.
The action was sparse but when they happen, it was a delight. The hand-to-hand combat were choreographed really well, with dynamic action camera, fast-paced but still clear movement, and when the violence happens, the result is surprisingly bloody. Yor really stood out and made me adore her a lot more than the previous season. Surprisingly, the side characters were quite sidelined in place of the main arc. Anya's adventures were still fun and she keeps her antics still strong. My main complaint about season 1 was quite diminished as well, namely that the plot about the family disguise feels stake-less and that the inclusion of Bond(the clairvoyant dog) feels like asspulls are now assured with such characters. After this season, i warmed up a bit to the dog but I still aint sold on his role. The school aspect were quite minimal.
The humor was much the same. Anya's arsenal of lol faces, Yor's superhuman feats during mundane moments, Lloyd's slipups, and what I liked before was still prevalent. Yor being shot in the ass was the high point of this season and it was in the first episode. However i noticed something about its approach to humor that grew up as a bit of annoyance to me: I dont like that they say that they are shocked or whatever, when it was already obvious on their expressions that they already are. Sure, it was mostly Anya but still.
The OP was not quite my taste to be honest but the ED was lovely. The noir-jazzy soundtrack still fits like a glove. The voice acting remains good.
The season felt like it just went by after the explosive Yor's battle arc and while I would still watch the show in the future, I now realize that I am in no hurry to catch up to it. The show remains easy-going and keeps leaning on its dysfunctional-family-but-actually-not aspects well. What it was, I liked, not necessary loved and well, sometimes, it is enough to keep me entertained. All high points on this season goes to Yor Briar.
Yeah. I would say watch this episodic except for the whole Yor-on-a-Boat arc that spans several episodes. That was a banger.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 25, 2024
Horror and anime just seem to be an elusive puzzle that is still on the process of perfecting. The Japanese animation medium just seem to have a hard time getting that perfect blend to make a show effective in inciting the dread, disgust, terror, and sheer feeling of discomfort that any good horror wear on their sleeves. It was a different matter to manga for so many things go right on that medium. Translated to the screen however, with numerous changes needed to elicit the same effect and more often than not, it was just worse with unfitting color schemes, off-note pacing, and unfavorable sound
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direction just to give an example. It takes a lot of effort to make one get terrified of drawings. Now, is 2023's Dark Gathering the elixir to cure the issues of horror anime? Well, not quite to be honest since it still is a horror-comedy in its heart but when the horror stuff comes in, it goes hard, and boy it goes hard.
Dark Gathering is about a trio consisting of two adults and a little kid who goes around the cities of Japan hunting down spirits and getting on all sorts of supernatural conflicts. Sounds generic right? It could've been easily a run-off-the-mill ripoff of Supernatural, Gegege no Kitaro, or Yuyu Hakusho but somehow, it does not feel like any of the spirit-busting shows I've known. It is much, much closer to Higurashi than Yokai-Watch and most surprisingly, this show feels like a spiritual successor to Shadow Star Narutaru, which was a fucked-up show that deconstructed the beloved long-running Pokemon. Yes: Dark Gathering is an amalgamation of Pokemon, Shin Megami Tensei, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hostel. So much reference, yes, cause underneath its numerous arsenal of inspirations, Dark Gathering feels somewhat unique... and that's why I love it. Namely because of how they do the spirit busting, which unfortunately would go on spoiler territory. Just note that the show is named very appropriately.
My favorite aspect of the show was its hardcore horror elements which were surprisingly haunting, disturbing, and shockingly gory in comparison to what the show feels in its first few episodes. The show is VIOLENT. Like don't be fooled with its colorful presentation and at times shonen-like aesthetics during uneventful bits for there are matters discussed and experienced in the show that was way beyond what is initially promised by its synopsis. The psychological horror lands well during the story segments but it does not shy away from getting visceral during the hauntings.
The characters I thought were serviceable at first but then things happen in the show that just elevated them quite nicely. Well, aside from the suspension of belief that a middleschooler can do exorcism feats like a brat-sized John Wick, the show managed to make viewers feel the codependent dynamics of the main trio. The main dude is a determined scaredy-cat, the main badass is the aforementioned kid wonder, but the most memorable one is definitely the driver Eiko who was just as unhinged or moreso than the ghosts in the show. One needs to see this chic to believe it. She is terrifying as a person irl.
Speaking of which: The ghosts. Oh man... the ghosts in the show are not your typical lame-ass spooky-dorky stalkers who just possess and blow wind on your faces. No... the ghosts in this show will wreck your shit up and I am pretty sure most people will not survive these terrifying forces of nature. These ghosts can bend reality, has their own domain expansion, rip you apart not unlike those from cartel videos, and boy do the supernatural battles get so hype. Not only that, the tension was quite strong from midway beyond, with high stakes, fucked-up villains, and plotlines that just keeps outdoing the episodes prior. The show did horror well, complimented with its animation, sound effects, and atmosphere, the latter which I revere to be one of the most important aspect horror shows must have.
Now lemme complain a bit. I love the show and after it ended, the void came on me... just how good shows must be able to do. However, I do know that the show will not be for everyone. For starters, the violence and utter craziness of most of the stories were nauseating to think about. This is not a show for pee wee little boys and girls. There are R-rated stuff in here that is conceptually worse than most gore movies I've ever watched. The show is not a slowburn, it is in-your-face brutal like Made in Abyss. This is a ghost show that just straight up has the nihilism of those German fairy tales. Likewise, there are genuine discomfort on how some of the resolutions came to be and the protagonists have done a lot of ethically questionable stuff as the show went on. Also, I will riot if season 2 wont come out. Me and my dog too.Also, the main protagonist Yayoi looks ridiculous but I adore her personally despite her superhuman feats.
The OP feels like a mid2000 Jrock loveletter and the accompanying visuals werent far off either. The ED was ok. What stood out however are the effects for the spooky stuff. When bones get crushed, they sound like it. When someone screams, boy does it feel like someone was being murdered thru the mic, and when meat gets torn... yeah... you get it. In short, it does sound effects extremely well. The animation was mostly above average, however packed with sakuga moments during some of its supernatural battles and some during the nastier side of things. It could've used less colors though.
In summary, Dark Gathering is way too hardcore for what it looks like. There's genuine terror and the protagonists undergo numerous developments during their affairs, with long-lasting effects on their psychological states and body. The ghost-busting is fun as hell, the characters grew on me, plot was hype, and has some of the most fucked up ghost stories I've come across in anime.
Watch it binged. Definitely watch it at night. But really... don't watch this with kids.
Unless you want to torment them for a lifetime
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 2, 2024
This review is coming from an anime-only who was surprised how good a show about anthropomorphic girls running is.
To be brief, the show was not as lighthearted as the first series nor has the strong drama of the second one. Likewise it is not a copy of either nor did it break new grounds for the franchise as a whole. It never quite reached either the peak of what its predecessors but retained the spirit of what made the show special, and while with notable changes in its some aspects in regards to direction, there wasn't that much satisfaction story-wise.
The show focuses on a new
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cast of members of Uma Musume or horsegirls Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, both of which were about elementary kids from last season but now in their teenage years as they entered the campus. Yeah, the world-building wasn't really that strong in the first place but damn... puberty is such a level-up here. The protagonists from prior seasons, Special Week and Silence Suzuka (s1) and Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen(s2) are now side characters, an understandable shift from a director's standpoint but still a point of contention for us audience.
Lemme bitch a bit here. I love the series but there's something I have to speak about.
While I think s2 was superior, the way it downplayed the previous protagonist's victory has always felt underwhelming and the concept of speed was kinda wonky. Special Week and Silence Suzuka had godlike speed in the first season and seeing their achievements not even mentioned later on annoyed me like a piece of rice stuck on the molar for days. Here, it follows suit as the new batch of Uma Musume were told in-universe to be stronger and much more capable that even s2's protagonists which were literally on the verge of life and death during their powerups. I know this train of thought becomes irrelevant on s3's final episodes but the show needs to find a sweet spot to keep the new protagonists interesting while keeping the past victories of the protagonists relevant and lasting. Because damn, Special Week deserves better, man.
Kitasan Black, while I thought to be generic and uninteresting at first grew on me because of some of her interactions but I find myself without much tension during her races because it was already confirmed she is strong asf and that there wasn't that much at stake this time. On the other hand, the deuteragonist, her friend Satono Diamond was a lot more dynamic with a strong storyline. I kid you not, episodes that featured Satono Diamond were probably one my favorites in the series. Kitasan managed to redeem her initial blandness in the last few episodes but never quite matched Satono Diamond's. Funnily, while I praise Satono Diamond's storyline, her arc somehow ended flat while Kitasan's spiked up. Deliberate? Who knows. Either way, the storylines were sadly not as interconnected as I hoped it would be.
S3's side characters were built up to be just as fierce as S2's fantastic ones based on the OP but somehow, we're fooled because not only were we blueballed, they just didn't have a place in the main story. Reading about Uma Musume revealed that the show were actually based on real life events and that the races were actual loose recreations of canon history. Maybe the writers just did not have the material to work the side characters in to the story or maybe something else but it just felt flat and aside from Nice Nature and surprisingly, the spectators, the narrative was tightly set to Kitasan Black's career for better or worse. In general, the show subverted a lot of my expectations and most of them, Im not really fond of. So much build up for some moments but just were either dropped or ignored entirely. Some moments of supposed glory were not given enough time to marinate, and some headscratching decisions as to why some of the show's notable concepts were held out until the end.
Overall Negatives:
-Ending was not as satisfying as its predecessors
-Disjointed storylines
-Only one Winning Live the whole show wtf(it was amazing but still...)
-Some characters just became the focus so suddenly and some became almost non-existent
Now to the positives:
-Kitasan Black's arc peaked in the last few episodes with her predicament
-Final races were hype
-Protagonists loses as much as they win so it keeps the audience guessing
-The show managed to make me appreciate and love Special Week again, with her scene-stealing bits and overall, a better depiction that what season 2 made her to be
-The animation was still gorgeous and some of the final races have very special camera angles and tension-filled atmosphere with its music and tasteful shots. Probably some of the best running animations in anime.
-More Gold Ship
-Probably the best OP and ED in the series
This is a sports show that kept me entertained consistently and this season, I find myself so whiny because it changes a good bit of what I have gotten used to. It is a step to keep things fresh probably and hence I lay here somewhat accepting what I had. Among the seasons, this one probably has the lowest rewatch value for me and it serves inspiration to people, which is the spirit of a good sports anime. S3 is a good sports anime but just does not have the best of Uma Musume. Don't get me wrong; this does not mean the franchise has declined nor on a plateau. The season probably just is a different kind of different, like how a sweaty hand makes playing the guitar different. Sure the notes were right, but the feel and comfort was just not there.
Overall, it is worth watching, enjoyable on its own right but personally, not as cohesive nor as intense as the prior seasons.
7/10 it is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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