Mar 24, 2014
This is my first review so bare with me, also, I am relatively new to anime and have only seen a select few so my knowledge isn’t the greatest, but I will still give my opinion on this anime and decide whether or not it is worth the watch. I will say though that I came into this anime with no previous knowledge of Super Sonico so I didn’t have any expectations, and from the reviews that I had read, it didn’t look like it was going to be amazing anyway.
To start off with, like most people had already said, the storyline is seriously lacking,
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there is no real story line and unlike most animes, each episode is individual from the others, there is no continuation which makes you feel like you aren’t really watching an anime, also it doesn’t give you the need to watch the next episode straight away as you don’t need to remember what happened previously, this can be taken as a positive and a negative depending on how you like to watch your anime’s. Overall, the story needs a lot of work, the storylines aren’t breath taking and they aren’t the most exciting thing ever, however I still found myself enjoying them surprisingly enough. 3/10
The sound that this anime provided was okay, it wasn’t amazing nor was it terrible, I will say however that the amount of music did lack considering that this is a music/slice of life anime (Except from the last episode). The opening and ending themes were mediocre and unlike other anime’s, I probably would not have the songs on my phone, but that Is probably due to my music preference. The voices were good and matched the characters quite well, I expected cute voices and that’s what I got. 5/10
This anime provided only a few main characters, so you would expect them to be developed fairly well, however most of them had little back stories and we didn’t get to understand them in that sense, the only characters that had any development was Sonico, and even this wasn’t great, you got to see how she got into the band and how she became a model, but that’s pretty much it. The supporting cast were there just for Sonico, so they really didn’t have anything unique about them, Fuuri (Drums) only really cares about food, that’s it. Suzu (Bass) had more of a personality and was quite fun to watch, especially during the Cruising of the Dead episode where you got to see her using martial arts (if you can call drop kicks martial arts). And then there’s Kitamura (the Manager) who is only seen when Sonico is on the screen, the most striking thing about him is the mask, which can be seen as funny or scary depending on the situation, he is mostly there just to support Sonico but is seen on his own when he gets drunk with others, where he lets his hair down and releases some stress. He is quite a fun character to watch especially when he tries to protect Sonico. 5/10
From this anime, we got to see how someone like Sonico would live in day to day life, and the things that she got up to were relatively normal, bar the model part, compared to other anime’s it is obviously lacking in many areas, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t enjoyable, it is different to most anime’s that I have seen, as I tend to watch the more action orientated anime’s as it find them more interesting. To answer the question proposed at the start, I would say that the anime is worth the watch and gets a solid 6/10, it isn’t the best and it isn’t the worst. I forgot to mention the fan service in this anime, again it isn’t over the top but it is still there, mainly in her modelling shoots, it doesn’t take away from the story as there isn’t really one to begin with.
I don't really know why i liked this anime but i did anyway, it was stupid (especially the cat episode) but i still found myself smiling, take that as you want, watch it if you like and i personally found it decent, but i can see why a lot of people rate it a 1/10. The anime was worth the watch in my opinion and as it is only a 12 episode anime, if you don’t like it, you are not wasting many hours of your time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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