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Jul 31, 2023
Usually, I'd put a anecdote here to embellish the review and catch your attention, but honestly, this show doesn't have a single appropriate line worth mentioning.
Suki na Ko ga Megane wo Wasureta (or SukiMega) is your average rom-com highschool anime meant to soothe the souls of those who watch it. It's about a certain middle schooler who has a crush on the girl who sits next to him in class, but guess what? Her eyesight's bad, yet she keeps forgetting her glasses! How moe!
Look. This concept *could* definitely work. On its own, it isn't a bad idea at all, but how this show handled
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it is awful. The protagonist of this anime, Komura Kaede, is supposed to be a nice and innocent boy who's hopelessly in love with a cute classmate, sure, but this anime instead portrays him as a disgusting and perverted boy that is unhealthily obsessed with an unsuspecting girl.
Since Mie, the girl with poor eyesight, forgets her glasses, Komura devoted himself to helping her out. One day matter, you say? No, nigh miraculously does this dunce forget her glasses on a daily basis. It really gets on my nerves, but yeah, that's the setting of this anime, so you get used to it. The situations in which Mie and Komura find themselves in should be wholesome, take a scene where they share they textbooks for example. Cute right? No. Always does this anime manage to make the most wholesome scenes absolutely appalling. He just *has* to think up a ridiculously gross idea that you wouldn't expect from a middle schooler. They even mention that 'young boys tend to be a little gross when they're in love' or something. However, this anime doesn't make him a 'little' gross, but just plain disgusting.
Creepy fella be saying he won't wash his hands anymore after touching her??? Alright alright, the contents of his thoughts aside, Komura's also really annoying. I get it. Middle schoolers get conscious about indirect kisses, cute. But when this guy does it, it just become creepy. At every moment Mie says or does something, he blushes and begins the train of thoughts yet again. In the beginning, it's manageable. But after a while it gets really annoying how he has to comment on everything insignificantly normal action.
You get the deal already, so I'll stop this for now. What did the anime do good? The animation, I'd say. The animation looks very pretty, and makes Mie look beautiful, probably trying to show the appeal of her. But honestly, that's about it. The music is generic beyond belief, and the story (on the surface, and not looking at execution) is pale. I mean, this anime consists of boring skits every other rom-com anime tried before, and manages to ruin them. Walking home together, sharing contact info, meeting at the shoe lockers etc., you get it. There's barely any progression aside from Mie developing false affection and rather dependance for this crazy fellow. He is basically exploiting her for her poor sight, and she has no clue, and sees (not really, she forgets her glasses) him as a dependable person.
There isn't anything else worth mentioning, and I can only name bad things about this series. Undoubtedly did the manga do it better, even if I haven't read it. Usually I would recommend a show I didn't like to a limited group of people, but to be honest, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, regardless of their interests. 'Turn your brain off' they, but my god, my morals aren't something I can turn off, you know? Look somewhere else, this isn't the series you're looking for.
4/10 with a little mercy, but 3/10 if I can be brutally honest with you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jan 14, 2023
Isekai this, fantasy that, every season has them nowadays. It's not surprising that the viewers are beginning to get bored by them. Therefore, these anime are trying to become 'special', in such a way that people do get interested, a way to separate them from the other anime.
Recently, fantasy or Isekai anime where the protagonist opens a shop are becoming relatively popular, bringing contrast to the usual action that most have. These shows are mostly cute little shows, letting the viewer enjoy the mundane life of a new store owner. This show, Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei, is one of them.
So, did this show
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manage to become 'special'? Yes, in terms of concept, and no, in terms of execution. I'm honestly surprised that this anime managed to make a show unique, and clichéd at the same time.
Story:
There isn't that much story in this anime, after all, it IS a slice-of-life anime, so I won't be too critical on that. The story follows the mundane life of Sarasa Feed, a beginning alchemist who recently opened a store. Having lost her parents to bandits, she is taken in by an orphanage at a young age. Inspired by an alchemist who visited the orphanage, Sarasa decides to become an alchemist, and follow in her parents footsteps. After graduating from the Royal Alchemist Academy, her master, Ophelia Millis, gives Sarasa the opportunity to open a store in a peaceful village, far from the capital. But to her surprise, the building is in a terrible state. After receiving help from the locals, Sarasa's store is finally ready to open for orders. The rest of the story (literally after like 12 minutes) will be about Sarasa Feed running her store (though barely even attending it) with her new best friend, Lorea, an honest girl who decided to help her out with the store, and furthermore accompanied by Iris and Kate, adventurers that help Sarasa gather her materials for her alchemy, while working hard to pay of their debts.
The characters of this anime are pretty flat and unoriginal, especially the protagonist, who obviously looks likes she's from Atelier. To add on that, she's OP. Yes, a SOL anime about running an alchemy store, and the protagonist is overpowered? Yeah. The anime doesn't even elaborate on why that is the case, she just is. Lorea isn't as bad as the other characters, neither is Kate. Iris on the other hand, is a stereotypical klutz, always messing things up. She is usually the person that causes the problems. Not to mention that all the characters have a lot of energy, and always seem to be happy and proud. Sure, not that weird for a SOL anime, but when they do get 'down', the situation is very forced, to a degree that you can't even take it seriously.
This show is very predictable, filled with clichés, and not funny whatsoever. Of course, the latter is subjective information, but this anime has the objective of making the viewer smile, and that didn't happen to me. Basically every episode has the same layout: they first show a problem, then give a 'plan' on how to handle it, and lastly they deal with it without any problems. It gets predictable, and that's already from the very beginning. As I mentioned before, Sarasa is really overpowered. The anime makes a big deal of certain troubles, but the viewer can already guess that Ms. Protagonist is going to save the day valiantly and everything will be all right. Most anime at least let the main character have trouble, or even fail once, so they will come back stronger and to keep the show interesting, but this anime never does that. Because of that, the fights aren't thrilling at all, nor does the viewer feel hyped up by the combat, because Sarasa is so strong that she finishes every anime in one or two strikes.
The last hope, the CGDCT, the SOL, is that good? It's so-so. It has it fair share of problems, but it's probably the best, and most important part of the show. It isn't an action anime, that's already a given. The viewer may find themselves enjoying the conversations between characters, but there are some problems with this as well. As mentioned before, the character designs are bad in terms of appearance and personality, they're overall unoriginal. Most conversations are rather annoying, like for example: for a surprise the side characters exclaim loudly in a 'Eeeeeeeeh?!?!', and for receiving a compliment, it's the usual 'Haha, you flatter me~', dyed with an embarrassed expression. These stereotypical conversations may be very boring if you don't turn off your brain entirely.
Now, whether I recommend it or not, I don't say it's a terrible show, it's just that it's not that good compared to other similar shows, like that one of a witch that lived for 300 years, only killing slimes. The former is a good example of what this anime failed to become: a cute slice-of-life anime, with a slight 'action' subtext, whereas this anime was inconsistent in that perspective. I recommend to only watch this if you are certain that you can enjoy this, because this show is not entertaining for everyone.
TL;DR: This is a flawed show that can be perceived as boring and predictable, and only ever enjoyable if you turn your brain off. This isn't a good show, but some may be able enjoy it.
N.B. I am not an experienced reviewer, simply a regular viewer of anime, so I'm sorry if this review wasn't useful, or was poorly written.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Sep 27, 2020
Nichijou is by far my favorite comedy anime out there. Sometimes i just wish there were more episodes.
Nichijou is mostly so funny because its just surreal and weird, like when Nano tripped and caused an nuclear explosion, or when something annoying happens they just look at each other like ( ͡°ʖ ͡°).
It's the surrealism that makes this anime so great. Normal comedy anime don't do major jokes like once destroying the whole neighborhood for a joke, that's what makes it so great.
This anime was boring for me at first but after a while i started enjoying it and was laughing my ass
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off sometimes. If you want to cheer up then this anime is perfect for you. 8/10, very good.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 18, 2020
Unlike Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari focuses more on character development and some new important side characters, like Kaiki and Ononoki. From all the reviews, you might think that this is a unimportant side show merely for fan-service, But you’d be wrong. This show introduces some people that will appear in future seasons, and adds extra detail on some of the main characters, just so we know more about there backstory.
If you still didn’t enjoy this show after watching it, then rest assured. Because straight after Nisemonogatari, is the second season, which includes; Nekomonogatari White, Kabukumonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari and Koimonogatari. All these shows make up for all
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the “fan service” we got in Nisemonogatari, after this show comes more mystery like we got in Bakemonogatari. So please don’t give up on the series because of this show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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