| did you enjoy or not and why? :D personally it surprised me how amazingly dark it got towards the end. i thought it would be one of those cute magical girl anime but far from it! it was good. |
sugarplumfairyMay 7, 2008 10:58 AM
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| I liked the fact that Ichika received supernatural powers but used them for quite ordinary things (at least at the beginning) instead of fighting against evil monsters from space or stuff =D The idea of the powers changing her view of herself and also of others was also decent. What I liked best about the show was the music though (OP and ED were very nice in my opinion =)), it was really fitting. However, I loathed the many panty / bra shots. They were absolutely unnecessary and ruined the atmosphere a bit for me since they didn't serve any purpose and in my view, didn't belong there... |
SaorinJun 21, 2009 4:27 PM
| hm? This anime is hard for me to say, but I think that when it ended I was ready for an ending. In the middle I got tired of the same old plot idea, after it switched to the dark side the episodes were more interesting. Although I loved the relationship between Ickika and her partner it was kind o forced at times. Also the characters enjoyed a lot of time bending the rules of the game that no one else seemed to get the chance to share. In the end i think I liked the hinting at Sei and Kai's story better. They were strangely more developed then the girls. The ending was supposed to deep and clever, but I wasn't really fond of everyone sacrificing themselves. Everyone is way to willing to give up their lives in anime. So I guess I thought it was kind of cheesy. I liked it enough, but it was kind of cheesy. The very ending was disappointing, why would she choose a human in Japan again? That was just strange. Also as a whole note, why was it needed to see all of those transformations in such detail? It was really uncalled for. |
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| ummm. is this game based on Golden Sun's Djinn thing? cus' i remembr quite a long time this game had something called Djinns or w.e o_____O'' |
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| I agree with draker, but with this "hot" i pass. Anime is kind good but nothig special, it could have max 6~7 ep becouse most of 2nd plan charakter and action are boring like hell. Main plot have potencial but it wasnt full taped, we can easily trash first 6 eps and start to watch from 7ep and we wont lose anything special. My rate~ 5/10 |
| At the beginning 1-5 I was really into this show, after that the mistery thing was getting a bit annoying. I really liked the characters of this show, even most of them were 14 old they acted pretty adult more adult than high school kids in other shows. At some point the plot became really serious. The girls looked good better said attractive, I enjoyed the cautious fanservice. It wasnt like "T&A in your face" The opening theme was great I never get tired of it. the way Ichika used the powers was a bit lame, no fights I would have liked to learn more about Manatsu, cause I really liked her, she talked like Hakufu and looked like Hatsune Miku. I also would have liked if they had shown more dialogs between Ichika and Manatsu. Their relationship seemed a bit stiff sometimes. What I really disliked was that the Seya villain wasn't punished for what she did. The impale scenes with the scythe were disguisting to me. I was not really satisfied with the ending I expected a deeper impact from it. 7/10 |
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| I also hoped that Saya would get her comeuppance for putting innocent children through all this crap as some sort of test of character. That said, who is she working for? God, or something? Sounds like some jolly ol' fellow on the other end of the magical phone. I just finished watching the series, and I think it'll take me a bit longer to digest it, make sense of it, and think about how good or bad it is. I definitely did enjoy the journey. The ending turned out somewhat different from what i was expecting, but...oh well. The soundtrack was definitely really pretty. On the other hand, the fanservice--such as the random panty/crotch/boob shots--was annoying. I was enjoying seeing a cast of mostly innocent children gradually growing up. I didn't enjoy seeing them displayed as sexual objects. |
GlennMagusHarveyJul 20, 2011 9:55 PM
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| When kai or sai (w.e the difference) block the halberdier with his hand I was like wtF, then Ichika pulled her hands out of the daggers I was like wTF, then the other guy kissed the other dude I was like WTF. Then Ichika and mana kissed that was pretty cool. Saya pisses me off since the start of the show and she still does. Anyways I guess that's about it for the show can't really see it go any further then this. |
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| Definitely a surprising anime. Rough start, yeah, but it ended pretty well. The fan service and the strange djinn usage made me expect a bad show at first. Yeah, the ending felt incomplete and the philosophical issues are mostly left for the views to figure out, but Uta Kata was still pretty good. |
| I like the soundtracks, Opening and Ending kept me watching this series until the end, but I really hate the side character, Saya Who she is, she had the right to do all kind of thing like that =.= this ending was too hard for me to understand correctly |
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| I absolutely loved this anime, it's a 10/10 for me. I thought Manatsu was an amazing character and the ending was everything I could have hoped for. I loved that the OVA picked up right after the last episode; I thought it wrapped everything up so well, seeing the two girls get back together one last time was just wonderful. Such a sad anime overall, even hearing the OP and ED just puts me in that melancholy state of mind. Uta Kata is just one of those shows that left a lasting impact on me and I'm so glad I picked it up after seeing it as a recommendation on the Madoka page. |
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| Still trying to figure out what I think of this show. What this show is actually about. It seems to be about coming of age--how, even if you have superpowers to help solve problems doesn't mean that problems that people face are easy to solve. And that's a mature concept to grasp. |
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| Uhh, wtf? Super crazy ending! So Kai and Manatsu sacrifice themselves because they develop strong feelings for their partners o_o and in the end Ichika and Sei are alive but they only have mirror fragments to remember them by. So sad that they have to lose friends :( But when the scythe touched Sei's hand and Ichika's chest I was like "WTF??????" Same thing when Ichika's hands broke through the knives and as well when Manatsu was walking through the scythe. Geez it's crazy watching people get impaled by sharp objects. Although I still don't feel closure about the whole djinn and Saya thing. Why do the tests happen? Yes, they talked about how these tests can lead to the 14 year old hating him/herself or having cynical thoughts about society, but it's only 1 person. Why do they have to test these teenagers with the djinn? And the biggest thing that annoys me is: why is Saya even a part of this??? Yes, she looks like the overseer of the events with the djinn, but why would she be okay with killing and causing pain on innocent children? And who's that guy on the phone??? Overall, I'd give this a 7/10. Not bad, but not amazing either. The soundtrack was good (i especially liked the ED and the BGM when Ichika would use the djinns' powers in the second half!), and there was some interesting character development. The second half was really interesting. However, the first half was kinda dull. Mostly slice of life stuff, and the djinn really didn't do anything. I wish that the djinn had a bigger impact on the events of the first half of the show instead of just giving Ichika superhuman eyesight. Lol and the camera angles were a bit much...they really didn't need to add the fanservice and I think it just added to the "drabness" of the first half. Anyway, I'd definitely call this a good show. |
Noodle070Jan 21, 2015 7:30 PM
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| Uta Kata is a hidden gem. I'm so happy that I was able to finish this one. The first half is just a bunch of slice of life episodes. I love how they turned it around on second half. Overall I will give this a 8/10. |
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| This anime touched me a lot. I know it's a one in a million chance but I really hope one day we will get to see a continuation, a sequel, a movie, ova, anything... I was desperately looking for the contact infos of the producer group's members to ask for it but failed... |
| When we consume a piece of media, of course we all interpret it differently. This anime sits comfortably between a 7 and an 8 for me. While there were things I wish they expanded on (or didn't show so much, like the panty and boob shots), for what there was, I loved it a lot. Its message and big overall theme of loving yourself / accepting yourself is precious. It's essentially saying, only you can dictate and interpret the way you live your life, so live it as a god of your own person. Take care of yourself like you would take care of a friend. The bond between Ichika and Manatsu is what struck me the most. Because they're a reflection of each other, whenever they trusted and supported one another, of course it was like saying hey, this person is fighting for their own happiness. At the same time, we can view them individually. Two halves of a heart. Something akin to a soul mate. Manatsu loved Ichika, and Ichika loved Manatsu. Yep, lovely content right here. |
| There were a few things I wasn't sure about, but they ended up wrapped up relatively well! Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this series, and heck some things actually annoyed me. The fanservice was like...??? Mn. Also, how Saya was always there-- like we got the picture. We assumed she was always watching, but they always showed her anyway.;; Despite those things, overall it was a nice show. There were some things that I thought were some pretty interesting takes on the genre. Ending was fine with me too. ouo)b It's been a ride. |
| Quite an interesting anime. Felt like a darker and more intimist Arjuna. Thought the coming of age exploration was well done, especially with how the secondary characters are used, but the final rationalisation in the last episode was tragically plain. Why do they keep mentioning humans and humanity when the whole point of djinns is inhuman power and perspective. Sure being powerless is a staple of the human condition, but when experiencing it you only gain miser, so Ichika wasn't wrong in that (and humans overcome that with cooperation, but that has nothing to do with coming of age or the anime). I guess the only thing that relates to puberty in Ichika's supernatural experiences is the out-of-control aspect, a term women often use to describe the inevitability of the change in their own body. Which lead us to the so-called fanservice. While the body is showed, it's nothing like the gratuitous shots at the beginning of Strike Witches for example. It's more about the gaze of the viewer and Ichika's own gaze. There's a nice mirror effect between outter/inner perceptions and inner/outter changes. It creates a limbo space between reality and imaginary friends, parental and romantic love, friendship and rivalry. In a word it recreates puberty. Thank you @Archaeon for getting me interested in this anime. |
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