Kizuna no Allele

It has been five years since AI Kizuna disappeared from the virtual world. Despite being an AI, she has captured the hearts of her fans, including Miracle, an aspiring virtual artist, with her performances. As Miracle attends ADEN Academy, a school for virtual artists, she makes new friends while learning more about singing, performing, and streaming.

Miracle's ultimate goal is to win the prestigious Lapin d'Or at the Virtual Grid Awards, an achievement Kizuna has earned five consecutive times. To do this, she works to improve her channel ranking through streams and performances, trying to stand out among other students at the academy. Determined to fulfill her dream of inspiring others the same way Kizuna inspired her, the budding star will not give up.

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Miracle Main

Hinohara, Ayumi Japanese

Chris Main

Kodama, Hikari Japanese

Quan Main

Kawaguchi, Rina Japanese

Riz Main

Hanawa, Arisa Japanese

Noelle Main

Nukui, Yuka Japanese

Kizuna, AI Supporting

Kizuna, AI Japanese

Ximena Supporting

Arai, Ruri Japanese

Zoe Supporting

Furuhata, Nao Japanese

Sofia Supporting

Kitahara, Yuuna Japanese

Auris Supporting

Tazawa, Masumi Japanese

Chino, Takatoshi Producer

Nakashima, Naoto Producer

Muramatsu, Sayako Producer

Ootani, Joe Producer

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Jun 19, 2023

Logikx

Mixed Feelings

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TL;DR This show would have been great if they'd kept it to their youtube channel.

Trying to appeal to a huge base right out the gate was the biggest mistake - most foreign anime watchers are shonen watchers (see the crunchyroll demon slayer awards) with a smattering of people who enjoy other more common genres. Kaigai vtuber fans are often cringe and toxic....don't read chat in English usually because it tends to make my blood pressure go up. The negative reviews make sense because the people leaving them are 1) anime watchers who aren't into vtubers or 2) toxic kaigai niki's who hate on whatever ... vtubers arent their oshi or oshis friends

The closest "genre" for this show to fit into would be idol.....but 1 song, albeit with lyrical variation, in a season, is not really acceptable for that genre. Every episode should ideally have a song or at the minimum each character should, in order to stand up in the idol genre. It is kind of a school slice of life also but there isn't really much emphasis put into the school portion other than a location for things to happen. Technically a portal fantasy but the real world side is again not explored in any real depth.....

The VA's are great, though it is somewhat obvious from the awkwardness from all but Noelle's, that they are a little new to doing it. Fine for youtube but comes off a bit weird in an anime. I think they all gave solid performances despite that, but solid is not necessarily professional.

The music is good but held down by being musically the same song every episode, every time. It would be fine as a vsingers original but it couldnt be the only song they ever sang, let alone 5 vtubers.....all singing the same song just with varied lyrics.

I enjoyed the show, I enjoyed my time with it well enough despite a few frustrations. I like the characters as vtuber characters...a little less in their anime form since they feel a little hollow without chat interaction, but still they were not terrible. I find it hard to recommend this show generally, but there are a few people I know who I think might enjoy it for what it is, like I did.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 5, 2023

chw___2

Mixed Feelings

A girl wants to become a kind of virtual idol and is met with some hardships on her way. Luckily, she finds other idol-in-training friends at her school to help her overcome her struggles! I liked this anime because it was easy to watch and just gives you a good feeling. The different performed songs are really good overall. There is character development which I really appreciate and the animations are nice to look at. Do recommend for people who enjoy watching idol animes in general or for those who are looking for something cute to watch from time to time!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 20, 2023

BirbSMB

Not Recommended

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“Vtubers were a mistake.”

Vtubers. You've probably heard of them; they're the best (and worst) thing to come from Japan as of late. Based off of the idol concept of the still-popular Hatsune Miku, many early ones, such as Kizuna Ai, Kaguya Luna, Mirai Akari have catapulted the concept into what we know of it today; especially Hololive, which had my personal favorite, Uruha Rushia (rip) and Nijisanji. They’ve even gone as far as having collaborations in notable mobile games such as Counter;Side and Azur Lane. However, there's one territory VTubers haven't explored; TV anime. Basing it off of Kizuna AI, the most popular of the ... 'Four Heavenly Kings', as a main character would be a no-brainer, right?

This anime has been lying to us the entire time! Given the name of Kizuna no Allele, one would expect this anime to be mostly about Kizuna Ai. Nope, you've been lied to. She only appears in a grand total of 3 or 4 episodes. This should be a huge red flag for anybody who is a fan of Kizuna Ai. To make matters worse, they even try selling us on the concept of NFTs in the anime. Yes, NFTs, the digital stuff you can just screenshot. Oh, they also get into the idea of OtakuCoin, a cryptocurrency. The exact stuff they ban you for advertising on an average large community discord server as it’s often a scam.

The anime literally takes place when Kizuna Ai has been on hiatus for five years. Yes, five years. It wasn't even five years ago (early 2020) when the popularity of VTubers started exploding outside Japan. They use this idea to try and make a story about several girls (more on this later) who are inspired by the legacy that she leaves behind. Not the most original story, but this has worked in several other shows such as the Love Live! Franchise and D4DJ. These shows are also quite heavily based in the drive of their characters by making them distinct, fun, relatable and likable. Unfortunately, the show fails at this basis too. The idea of a story being even loses its way so much, one of the episodes turns into a generic isekai, despite simply being a VR game setting just because one character wanted ‘to discover herself’. After seeing the comedic misadventures of Konosuba and the horrifying deconstruction that is Re:Zero, any intelligent person would know that these fantasy Isekai worlds are far from the ideal world that any sane human being would want to reside in.

If you’re into VTubers, think about your favorite vtuber for a second. They can be bubbly and fun! They can be as multi-talented as Suisei! They can be extremely cute and then snap at the drop of a metal bar! They can be a complete and total dork who makes the dumbest mistakes! Whatever it is that makes them your favorite, they all have one thing in common; they’re larger than life to us. Our heroines, Miracle, Chris, Quan, Riz and Noelle, who are all essentially as flat as Rushia's chest, both visually and figuratively. Miracle is literally the most airheaded, dumb and bland protagonist you can think of who also tries to get into selling some ‘hip’ and trendy ‘stuff’, such as NFTs and crypto. She’s essentially like Ayumu Uehara from Love Live, but flatter than paper.



Oh god. Please. If you’re gonna make a music anime, please use more than one song. Can I just have the strawberry frap that Miracle so badly wanted to write a song about? It would be more interesting than the one song they just keep using.

A closing note:

If you're interested in the idea of VTubers, just go watch some vtubers and find one that suits your taste best. This anime is just not good. Why even bother wasting your breath on this anime when there's things such as college midterms? Heck, if you want to explore the dark side of being a VTuber, or any showbiz related things, Oshi no Ko is your best bet; it even aired the same season as this. This anime was doomed near the start and only made dumber decisions as it went on. There not much value in terms of watching this anime. Kizuna no fucking thanks.

Alright, I gotta stop before Rushia lashes out at me and kills me for making fun of her chest, even after she stopped her activities. Don't bother with this show. I guess I'll go bowling and practice for short patterns and targeting the 2 boar-

EDIT: I originally had this show at a 2/10. However, I realized that the show tried to also sell us on cryptocurrency on top of the bullshit that is NFTs. Gross. Yet it’s not even the worst show of Spring 2023; there’s Opus.COLORs.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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