spoiler alert but no big plot point recommend for people who did not watched this anime before because all in my spoilter i
will just explain the idea mostly
TLDR: Watch it if you are fan of nishimura junji
Overall from 1-8 as the time i write review i think extreme heart is not focus on anything other than character interaction and depths so if you are person who like yuri and drama nagi style this anime okay
Idol aspect is hollow production and animation utilize okay drama also pull me into
There is a lot of character design and moment slice of life i enjoys but not focus on anything other than that as technical sports aspect is plain and boring
Score of the episode from high to low
Outstanding
Great
Good
okay
Soso
Bad
Terrible
unwatchable
Episode 1
I hope but probably not happen will this anime not to be like birdie wing to only show the character fight without showing the real match of character
Fairly enjoyable because fast paces
Basically goal of the HIYORI OR EXTREME HEARTS IS to make fans of hiyori by participate in sports which is kinda weird
But the thing i am interested in is the character of saki who want to help hiyori in sports
Ideas is of using the future tech nology to compete in sports i dont really understand why not using smae gear or is it safer?
Episode 2
I started to understand the ideas of extreme hearts about having 2 of the profession paly part in playing extreme sports
Using music song to cheer entertain while also needs to play extreme hearts
Anime not focus on the match or on music exactly but on the story of emotional changing and growing of Hiyori and her 2 friends
While the story trying to make stoyr about team sports but wanted to focus one 3 character instead filling up the roles of 3 with ai which kinda genius or could you call it lazy
So interesting journey with 3 friends good musics
I dont really have problem with the fast pacing i think i quite grasp the story
Good
Episode 3
Surprisingly i really liked this anime
Compared to sports in the same genre this anime shows to be really easy to understand
And i understand more concept of the anime as the boots which is used in the future from world building of this anime was used to erase the unfairness of builds of each person since birth
But like the world we born in to the difference environment and brain so it will still i think no 100 % fair but still erase that gap to unfairness of builts of each person bodies
The uses and abily of each character easy to understand in basketball scene hiyori is fast saki is agile and another character is accurate
The fighting scene of shooting 3 score hiyoroii getting in front to get basketball or saki dunking
It actually make sense and easy to uynderstand rather than other anime where it really is linear and not showing any of the match at near the end
But in extreme heart there is also other part of the story that make it not that linear like the saki and sumika is good at sport while hiyori is bad at it so they teaches and help hiyori while hiyori good at sing ing and so she need to teach those two to sing
Because of these difference in preference they need to learn each of singing and sports
This is really interesting ideas as the anime who also doing sports also singing as the two compliment one
Good
The episode 3 did really good so i will continue to watch it until end
Episode 4
The team also cooperate to get into getting better in practicing
I think variance in sport is the key main core of what make this anime being unique
The girls of Rise need to participate in many-many sports also sing a song to win so it has to use the boots to powered up not to be tired
Thats why they are so need to practice vary and a lot of sport and then have only one sport to be in final match
So practicing help Rise to still cath up and gauge level of the team
it really is having a smooth and related connected ideas with it progression
Good
Episode 5’
Yuki past story doesnt pull that she is poor and fucked life that much rather show it in the way that she just have the difference goal and doesnt pull that too much out of scale
Animation is okay in the scene of baseball
Good - great
Episode 6
This anime remind me of robotic;note which has very different in everything apparently
I think style art and style of storytelling much like robotic;note that the group of friend still grows
that ‘s kinda weird
But put it aside i was very excited in this episode about the fact that i like yukino past of her that she is the person that also like the sword path not like she is forced or responsibility only
It’s about the you need to choose one of the thng friend or sword that related to her family
Yuki family wanted her to live her life freely and grandpa suggested her to help her friend to go roundabouts way that the way of giving up the friend or sword is not everything but if you need to choose one choose your friend live your life dont abandon your friend
And later you could get back practicing but these time of adolescent use it the fullest
At least that what i think grad pa try to tell her
But the baseball match quite confused but i think first they foul to score at last yuki go and complete blast them with sumika
So quite understandable with a lot of sports i think this anime doesn't focus on particular one
Good
Episode 7
This anime still good at how the fight rather the sport scene in this case soccer were drawing before the match of saki drawn in smooth easy to understand way that they have teamwork to kick into goal
Due to the fact that this anime have a lot of the sports it is hard to make it has a lot of up and down or tactics out due to individual lack of knowledge though it just and excuses from me for the story
Lack of up and down or tactical fight between sports has became problematic for some viewers because some viewer watch this anime not for the sake of slice of life but these kind of people probably drop them in episode 1
For me although the story doesn’t have much conflict or twist i enjoyed the character development of lise
But the fight scene of saki is more like the more emotional you get the more kick power
Which begs the question if this anime were to only have the character conflict and growth of the character why hired nishimura junji to directed
Why kill him? As a long time fan of nishimura junji i think this anime is not disappointed as he direct the character in a way that i have liked for long time
But the fact that nishimura junji cant directed these future technical sport fight except baseball make other area looks really stale
At this point better that you just do something like have fun chill do other things in the future era doesn't have to be sport or idol i start to understand people who hate this anime because it doesnt focus on anything
At least glasslip focus only spread relationship of the character and supernatural visual yukihira relationship family those human pure emotion
But this anime animation didnt did a good job nothing is even touched the average in this anime
Kinda accept that episode 1 were rush and just show super power kick but after the episode 1 pacing is easy follow sports scene except baseball for me easy to understand
To be honest i quite understand the baseball scene too due to the fact that baseball maniac nishimura junji directed this anime
Despite the fact it i just say that i will still watched this anime due to i am too into the character to get out now nishimura junji doesnt do anything wrong but seven arcs did nishimura junji just try to maintain the career of his love you nishimura
I gave a lot of the score for the sake of story of Lise
Good
Episode 8
I will not called extreme hearts jack of all trade because it is good for nothing but tried to do everything
And that’s what is commendable, dancing costume design fonts of each team character design
To drawn all of the character doing bunch of different character and a lot of plot slice of life moments
Another thing ideas of snow wolf as being one person has strength and two has perception tactics and intelligent type using robots to leads the team
And using the robots is interesting as no need to use real player
I dont understand what is up and down and conflict of idols and song aspect of extreme hearts
While sports i still understand ability of each of the character but that’s still is flat
For the idol aspect it sure is hollow. Just show each team in fact only rise team and that’s all why having this idea and just left their
Having a lot of ideas and not using or focusing on any of them is a waste shouldn’t put it into the anime in the first place just let the anime being the anime about character following their dream and playing casual sport like running in glasslip and focusing on dialogue and character depth instead
You know seven art producer everyone knows that nishimura junji not suited for directing anime about technical physical confilict rather conflict about character and beauty of the natural and supernatural
A lot of animation is okay and slice of life moment is entertaining and enjoyable and beautiful to watch as heavy yuri anime fans
Music is top tier as being kinda pure and otome stuff
okay
