8th_Sin said: Personally I like Nanasaki Ai's character the most, but her story was average. Ayatsuji ep24 was kind of weak too.
I can't imagine anyone ranking Rihiko and Sae at top :P
No joke ^^
My rankings:
#1: Ai and Tsukasa: Definitely my two favorite arcs. I would have enjoyed watching a series of either character, and it's a shame they went with only four episodes with these two stories. I was about to drop this series at one point, but Ai was really engaging and fun to watch, so I kept going. Tsukasa would have been ranked higher, but ep. 24 mostly dragged and didn't provide a satisfactory ending for me. While it was nice when she stopped holding back her true self, this episode really epitomized the weaknesses of the omnibus format: Not even the 'best' arc worked in the end. If this was a longer series, I wouldn't have minded the reversion back to her fake happy side for an episode or two, since they could have given more substance to the story. There just didn't seem to be much conflict while she was like that here. Just a lot Junichi moping around and feeling depressed. "Want to hang out, Junichi?" "No, I don't really feel like hanging out with you." "Okay, let's watch this festival from a different perspective for the sixth time."
#2: Morishima Haruka: If I didn't enjoy the first arc, I probably wouldn't have kept watching the series. Ep. 3 was when it started to get entertaining, and overall I enjoyed it.
#3: Tanamachi Kaoru: I remember mostly enjoying this one, but the story just didn't gel with me at times.
#7: Nakata Sae: Yes, I skipped a few numbers, just to show how much the enjoyment dropped off for these last two arcs. There were a few laughs, but I very much disliked this arc.
#10: Sakurai Rihiko: Ugh. I hated everything about this arc.
So overall, it was a fine/average series, though I'm being very forgiving considering how much I disliked two of the arcs. Amagami SS according my ranking of each arc: 7+7+6+5+3+2=30/6=5.0
I imagine I'll enjoy the one-hour bonus episode (hopefully it surpasses my expectations), so a 6 for the series seems fine. The problems I had were ones I expected to have, since I'm sure it's just a means to an end: "Please buy our DVDs, games, or whatever to get more of the characters you like!" Definitely better than I expected it would be, at least.
edit: And wow, these forums are so screwy... |