Dive!! is a sports anime that isn’t. Just a few glaring flaws:
- Not enough energy / adrenaline
- No explaination of scoring / scores
- Hardy any explaination of techniques + why they are difficult
- Lack of development of rival oragnizations
BUT I Dive isn't a sports anime. It is a character-driven story about the coming-of-age of our main characters – and it does this very well. Instead of a focus on one main character, the show introduces, and heavily develops multiple characters, showing them experience new things together and alone, growing as teenagers. It is a brilliant coming-of-age story with unique, no cliché characters, using competitive
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Dec 27, 2013
Galilei Donna
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Review #1
Story 6/10 The show had a rather decent story. The characters would move from one location to the next looking for the Moon Sketches. The problem with this format is that it gets quite repetitive and some scenes feel needlessly rushed Art 8/10 The art was beautiful. Some of the "mecha" (using this word REALLY lightly) is creepy at times but overall the art was a pleasure to look at Sound 7/10 Nothing special. The music completes the atmosphere nicely and isn't overwhelming. ... |
