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DNA² (Anime) add (All reviews)
Feb 20, 2020
I have seen too little reviews here, so I'll add my two cents about the anime.

To be honest, what made me give this anime a try was its synopsis, I mean, an average guy with some allergy towards girls ends up being a mega playboy due to a bullet from the future and impregnates a lot of women, sounds not as cliche as the shows of today right? I actually didn't know what to expect here, maybe just some rom-com which it's, in fact, something like that.

The show's indeed somewhat cliche after all this anime was from the previous century, but the plot it's fun and odd at the same time. I think this show has a good pace for the most part, but that's the thing 'most', it starts well, three episodes later it fully hooked me but at some point on the 8 or 9 episode the plot devolves instead of going up, all this because of the inclusion of the antagonist and his ridiculous power and toxic behavior, the cast of characters is generally ok with some flaws but the antagonist is really awful both in the plot and on the writing side.

Another thing's that even if I didn't know what to expect from this I knew this wasn't supposed to be a battle shounen anime but toward the end, it heads toward that direction (BTW I heard that DNA2 mangaka and Dragon ball creator are friends so it's clear he received some inspiration from that). And I won't spoil anything but the end is good and bad, decent, but a questionable execution.

summary:
Story - 7: Interesting premise with a rom-com feel and a simple development but I think it works for the most part.
Art - 8: Decent, but being a 1994 anime it has very good animation and a nice art style
Sound - 8: I liked very much the opening performed by L'arc~en~Ciel and has good ending and insert songs.
Character - 7: I especially liked the mc and Kotomi, Karin it's alright, but I especially disliked Ryuji which I think is 'somewhat' intended as he's the antagonist.
Enjoyment - 7: Good at the beginning and middle part of the show but it lost its charm in the last episodes.
Overall - 7

As I said, the most interesting about this was the premise which has some elements of time travel on it, I liked the first 8-9 episodes but after that was like watching Dragon-ball with the super saiyan transformation and all, and the ending is acceptable but left some bitter taste on my mouth.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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