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Jun 21, 2022
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This is one of the most stacked seasons (imo) ever. It’s genuinely the first time where I can point out SEVERAL shows I can easily rate 9+: Kaguya S3, Koumei, Spy X Fam and Summertime Rendering. Tomodachi Game had the opportunity to be up there, but it fell short in so many ways.

After watching the first episode, I thought it’d be some edgy cringe shit so I did a quick scout of the manga to see if it was worth continuing. Lo and behold I end up catching up to the latest chapter overnight. That’s how good the source material is. But the anime? Yikes.

Quite frankly, it’s sad and a disgrace to the two mangaka behind Tomodachi Game (Manga). Everything you could possibly give points for/find good in the anime, is purely from how strong the source material is. If you want a better experience of the greatness that is Tomodachi Game, go read the manga.

So what went wrong with the anime? The main faults are two-fold.

Firstly, the animation sucks. The outlines aren’t very crisp/clean, movement is VERY stiff and janky, and faces are inconsistent as fuck (especially when they do shots where the characters aren’t the primary focus/dead-center). This kills a lot of the hype scenes from the manga since the art just doesn’t do it justice. Speaking of hype scenes, the 3D effects they add (falling feathers, shadowy tendrils, etc.) for Yuuichi’s dark moments just seem so edgy and cringe. Unlike other anime where the blending between 2D and 3D is more homogenous, these scenes in Tomodachi have a stark contrast which just makes the crappy animation stand out even more.

The second detractor is the pacing/storyboarding. God it’s awful. From skipping a lot of content which can make it easier for the viewer to follow (in an already dialogue/reading heavy series mind you) to horribly sequenced episodes for the sake of creating a “tense cliffhanger,” Tomodachi’s direction is subpar at best.

When I first heard about Tomodachi and saw the trailer, I was expecting a trainwreck shitty series because it would just be outright bad. Instead, I’m even more disappointed than I imagined because it’s a trainwreck shitty series DESPITE having so much potential and an amazing source material to boot. Pain peko.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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