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Apr 12, 2017
Looking for something short, that'll cheer you up?
Well, look no further.
Tonari no Seki-Kun is an anime that's far from spectacular. Although, every episode leaves me in stitches. At the time of this review, I have only watched 7 episodes, though I expect the anime will have the same content throughout.
The story is thoughtless. As the synopsis states, it's a dude doing various elaborate activities during class and not actually studying whatsoever. You never know what each episode will bring. What will he do? Play dominoes? Make eraser stamps? Polish his desk?
Now, I know this anime sounds boring. But, trust me, Seki-Kun seems to make
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everything enjoyable and hilarious. There isn't an episode that I haven't enjoyed or laughed at. What's even better is that the show is only 7 minutes long and has 21 episodes. And then there's Yokoi, the girl at the desk next to him. Her reactions are priceless. She's the stereotypical study girl who's reactions are huge and so funny.
My ratings (as of episode 7):
Story: 7
Art: 8
Sound: 7
Character: 7
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 7
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 2, 2017
Corpse party. The first anime I ever watched. And wow, has it stuck with me?
Yes, yes it has.
Corpse Party had this effect on me, of which most anime fail to do. I felt almost every kind of emotion during the four episodes. At the beginning, I was happy like the others. However, the story turned bittersweet and left me petrified.
The story, though I enjoyed the anime, was nothing I hadn't seen before. Not to mention the various holes and how abrupt most of the show seemed to be. One thing that I thrive on when watching anime, is that characters have backstories. I need to
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know how they all became close, in order to feel more engaged with the story. Corpse Party only displayed a backstory nearer to the end of the last episode. Even so, the backstory was about the antagonist, and the protagonists received nothing at all.
The art style couldn't have been more fitting to the series' mood. It was dark, eerie, and everything I had hoped and expected from the synopsis. Although, I felt as if the artist spent the most time on the violence, rather than how the characters looked and the settings. This is evident in almost every scene. The characters are simplistic and look more like backing characters, rather than the centre of the show. The same thing can be said about their personalities. All of the characters seemed the same. In my view, I would have preferred the characters if they were more cliche, like in a lot of shows. At least they may have been more iconic.
However, I feel as if this show really brought something new to the horror genre. It felt like I was watching a horror movie. The sounds were spot on, which made the show so eerie and creepy. As for the opening, Hoshikuzu no RING is definitely an underrated opening in anime. Since I first heard it, it has stayed as one of my favourites of all time.
Although the story wasn't the best, a proper story-line would have removed the show from what makes it stand out in the horror genre. It would have changed the whole effect of the show entirely. The audience for the show would have been entirely different. A story-line would have distracted the audience from the main point of the series. The gore. The series was entirely made to scare and horrify you, not to make you engrossed by a story. I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did, if the plot was to differ in any way.
My ratings:
Story: 6
Art: 7
Sound: 9
Character: 7
Enjoyment: 9
Overall: 8
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 1, 2017
Mirai Nikki. After finishing all 26 episodes (and the OVA), I rate this 5/10. There will be some spoilers in this review.
The openings and endings in the show, are nothing overly impressive. Although the first opening to the show (Kuusou Mesorogiwi) absolutely astounded me, the second opening (Dead End) wasn't as impressive and sounded similar to a lot of other openings. I found both endings forgetful and unimpressive. I liked the old sound, like a gramophone, at the start of the second ending. However, I was only impressed by the first five seconds before the gramophone sound disappeared. The rest of the ending was almost
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identical to Kuusou Mesorogiwi, however not as catchy or interesting. However, I'll admit that the OST is interesting compared to most of the horror genre. It explores various themes, whilst many are still memorable. It fails to stick into one genre, which is a plus in my opinion. You never know what you're going to expect with it, that's what makes it so memorable to me.
The characters are my main problem with this show. I couldn't connect with Yuki or Yuno. In fact, Yuno's obsession over Yuki was annoying rather than cute. Yuno felt more like fan service than an actual strong character. The only reason Yuno was such a memorable character, was because of her yandere personality. Out of all the characters, I found that the diary users (apart from Fourth, Yuno and Yuki) were the most interesting. The death of Third was too abrupt and I would have preferred the show if it went into more detail surrounding him. Eighth was the biggest let down character wise. She appeared as a kind-hearted woman and I would have loved to see more of the story based around her. However, I did take an interest in Ninth (Minene) and liked how she became more of a main character near the end. She acted the most humanly out of all 12 diary users. At the beginning, I assumed she would be the conventional crazy antagonist with pigtail and the cliche dress and voice. However, as the series progresses, you begin to understand more about Minene and how she is anything but the crazy girl cliche.
The plot, where do I start? The first thing I noticed about the show, was how promising the plot seemed from the synopsis. However, the plot had too many holes. One minute the parents were having a fight (for no reason), the next thing we know, the mum's dead. It was too sudden to have any sort of affect and it felt like she had died just for the sake of someone dying. Another fault in the plot, was it's use of unnecessary episodes. Episodes 8, 9 and 10 had no affect on the main plot at all. They had a problem, it got resolved, they carried on killing other diary users after. However, there were some decent points in the plot, which I thought were interesting and engaging. I liked how they decided to flip the story on its head in the last quarter of the show. I was comfortable with the plot, I knew where it was going and didn't see any twists. Although I was correct for the majority of the show, the last quarter in no doubt surprised me a lot. I could never have guessed quite how the story ended up, even if it wasn't exactly satisfactory. Overall, the plot had too many holes, was dragged out for too long, only became interesting nearer to the end, and was a huge mess.
My ratings:
Story: 4
Art: 6
Sound: 7
Character: 3
Enjoyment: 6
Overall: 5
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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