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May 15, 2012
Preliminary (21/24 eps)
Now before i begin i've got to say that Animes of this type really sink or swim based entirely on the protagonist. If you don't get on with the main character then you're not going to get on with the Anime as a whole. It is for that reason and that reason a lone that after watching 21 episodes of Shuffle! i decided i had had enough and to drop this Anime entirely, probably never to finish it ever (much to my shame and annoyance)!

It started out promisingly enough, similar in many ways to other Animes of the genre, and the main character held the illusion of being a likeable character for much of the early episodes, tho i must say that he doesn't really stand out too much. Once i got to the mid point of the series i was finding myself getting more and more getting annoyed with him every time he opened his mouth but as i was watching the dub version i put this down to the voice actor, whom on the English dub is pretty awful (when you're shouting out at the TV "Have emotion damnit!" it's not a very good sign your getting quality acting). Having changed to the English sub on episode 15 i continued on hoping that i'll be able to reconnect with the main character and get back into the story, and it worked for a whole 3 episodes, but as the Anime got closer and closer to the final episodes his actions became more and more moronic and his emotional abuse of one of the girls got worse and worse (obviously intentional but i couldn't get on board with the way they were playing it out at all, that it was supposed to be for her own good kind of thing) and once it hit the point where you've got two of the girls just saying how much they wish this moronic arse happiness and how being with him makes one of them so very happy i was like "That's it i'm done! This scene is supposed to mean something but i've got literary no connection to it cause i just can't bring myself to root for that dick!"

So yeah, that's it for me for this Anime, which i feel is a shame as so many of the rest of the cast is so likeable and the various side stories (involving OTHER characters) were both interesting and enjoyable, tho overall this is probably just an average Anime at best. As for you if you want to give it ago i suggest watching the first few episodes yourself and make an assessment about whether you like the protagonist or not, if you do keep going and hopefully you won't be put off by his actions later on as badly as i was, if not then get out of it fast!
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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