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Jul 16, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (5/12 eps)
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Okay, I dropped this only five episodes in because it was so predictable in storywriting, and its character trope. For those that don't know Kabuki is a dramatic Japanese theater play meant to be outlandish and downright erratic. It's one of Japan's most popular forms of playwright and has been around for hundreds of years.

If you want to learn a bit about kabuki, then this anime would give you some pointers about it. But if you're looking for a decent story involving it, you may have to wait longer on that. The story is cliche, following a generic looking boy who loves kabuki maybe a little too much, and he ends up making a club for it. Here's come the part where it starts to become cringy. When it comes to kabuki, you're supposed to be doing exaggerated acting and display it loudly for your audience.

The guy does this...out in public, with no context or warning. Maybe its due to my Western culture, but anyone doing stuff like that in public gives me second-hand embarassment. I'm not sure how the Japanese handles things like this, but I wouldn't think clapping and cheering would be one of them.

As for the characters, well, there's nothing to say. They're just typical tropes that aren't really explored or expanded on. There's your "I'm a professional kabuki, why should I join an amateur club?" character, there's your "i'm a girl, but I wanna play kabuki even though its male only" character, the "i'm a popular lover boy" character, etc. There's nothing really interesting about them.

I dropped this show five episodes in after seeing the main character (boring, brown hair guy whose only personality is liking kabuki) faint and then everyone has to pitch in to save the play because that is just what he wanted.

If you like kabuki a lot like that guy, then be my guest. Otherwise, maybe check around for other things. (As I written this review, the anime is oddly only viewable on Prime, and some random streaming site.)
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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