Fumikiri Jikan

Fumikiri Jikan feels and looks like something that's made out of a passion project with said unknown studio and all the things that you could ever have with a decent production.

With that said, this is the best 3 mins short in the season, the others are all trash, Tachibanakan Triangle is pure yuri but mediocre, and the "I don't know whose freaking idea to turn this into an anime" Alice or Alice, a tragic disaster of a lolicon.

With that said, there's no story here, since all of the stories are presented in an omnibus format, it means that every episode is its very own story, ... but with the same setting around the railroad crossing. It's good, but there are others better out there.

The art and animation is surprisingly good, considering that the people behind this have the will to present something out of motivation, and it's not the half-ass deal-breaker.

The music is minimal with just the OP, and I can see why: the stories are given much context and screentime, that the focus reigns on the different characters that come into play, and probably some sprinkles onto certain scenes and such.

In the end, this is a good short to invest your time with, and it takes only a half hour to complete everything in a sitting.

I love shorts, I love the concept itself – interactions between people on a railway crossing is a very fine setting for such comedic slice-of-life pieces. More than that, Crossing Time opens with pretty much the perfect execution of the idea – witty and well-timed romcom skit between two girls. Whether you like yuri or not, it's just cute, wholesome and decently funny.

Sadly, the rest of the series is extremely hit-and-miss. There are some really nice skits, like the text-message bickering between two siblings, and extremely bad ones, like a guy just creeping on a girl he considers sexy, with no punchline to it. If ... the producers did a better job at choosing which scenes from the manga to adapt, it could've been rather excellent for a short-form anime, as the production quality is pretty ok for what it is and like I've said before, the concept itself is absolutely fine. As it is now, I can only half-recommend it – just watch the good parts and skip the episodes that sound creepy or got bad ratings from people. When it's nice it's really, really nice, but when it's not, it's also REALLY not.

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Just personal scratch.
Advised, possible spoilers.
Opinion & Informal

Art: 5/10 Standard. Nothing impressive or noteworthy. Anatomy was believable.

Animation: 5/10 Standard. Nothing impressive or noteworthy. Movements were believable. No fluidity or anything impactful.

Characters: 5/10 Can't really say much in terms of character development. At least some personalities weren't boring or typical. Interactions were amusing.
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Plot: 5/10 Each mini story had scraps of a plot and some even had really interesting setups that I would have really liked to see more of and develop.

Development: 4/10 Stupid. Some of the mini stories had really interesting setups that I wanted to see more of but this stupid show ended up just leaving them at the starting line. The development in this show was stupid and left a bad taste in my mouth. There is nothing wrong with 3-minute episodes, but don't try to create any sort of setup if it's just going to be ignored. Creating open-ended development in this case didn't work and ended up hurting it in my eyes.

Music: 4/10 Wait, there was music? It was more like mood appropriate jingles. Nothing noteworthy here.

Overall: 4/10 The show had interesting setups and some were really cute too, but it only teased you with just that. Developed nothing afterwards. Stupid. Left a bad taste in my mouth.