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Jan 6, 2024
Honestly Boonie Bears is kinda a sleeper hit because I fell asleep watching this movie. So apparently Boonie Bears is like a beloved cartoon of kids in China and is to China what SpongeBob is to America [citation needed]. This movie had an oddly sexual twink fox alien character crash land onto the beloved Boonie Bears cast and then the US government wants his powers or something, and then they try to like kidnap the twink fox who I'm not even sure if it was a boy or a girl and then they want its powers for some reason and then some weird villain girl
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who totally pegs her husband tries to like use giant robots to put humans in the race for the strongest species in existence? It really doesn't make sense at all it's like some weird fever dream where they kinda try to emulate the Avengers. For instance, towards the end of the movie they like kill off literally everyone and then bring them all back to life in some bullshit familial love scene. It's just all really tropey stuff that isn't even done uniquely. The movie can be described as follows: we meet the Boonie Bears (I don't know what this means), we meet the new character that is literally the whole problem, shenanigans ensue where the two character don't like each other, then they have to work together, then the villain fucking kidnaps the space fox twink thing and then the bear somehow saves it then they recoup and then prepare for a big fight or whatever and then they fight and then they win. It's just so boring and contrived. You could say that the movie is made for kids and that they would enjoy it or whatever and I guess you would be right but a lot of the jokes aren't even chuckleable. When you watch trailers for kids movies for other films, you could at least chortle a little bit when those trailer-worthy jokes drop but there just weren't any for this. The only reason it's not a 1 is because the target audience is children but even then just like put on a Pixar movie dude this shit BLOWS!
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Jun 26, 2022
This movie can touch my titties like the main girl fucking Mayuri isn't even important until like the last 10 minutes then she just fucking disappears because she's a useless character and literally never comes back because she's not cannon. There was no point to make this movie and the light novel version should've just been an encore. Even the goofiest fucking encores are way better than this. The one where the Yamai hoes were buying school lunch was more entertaining than this like what the fuck! Basically this movie is like oh yeah Shidou your hoes are mad because you literally never ask them
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out on dates unless the world is in a fucking extinction crisis so guess what there's another fucking extinction crisis happening. A massive ball appears over the city and Shidou is like holy shit there's a ball there and Kotori is like you pig how can you even look at the sky then Reine is just like uhhh yeah he's right actually. Apparently the ball is the jealousy of all the spirits so they're just like okay go out on a date because they're all jealous as fuck because they're a part of a fucking harem but like I don't understand how your jealousy would be relieved after a single date like how do you just fucking accept that but okay that happens. They go out on dates with all of them and I mean they are cute but like it's not enough for a whole movie honestly. Tokha is the last date and I remember when watching it I was like "hmm I think something is going to interrupt their date" and guess fucking what the big ball turns into the eye of horus or whatever because the Mayuri girl has been stalking Shidou on his dates and she's supposed to be like a judge of if Shidou is a good enough pimp or whatever and then they fight and then they kiss and I don't even fucking care this shit sucks fuck you fuck
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Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Feb 27, 2022
Objectively, this OVA sucks. There is a whole 7 years of content that needed to be adapted into 1 hour, and well it just didn't happen. I won't say I've read any of the web comic because I don't really plan on doing that. The story sucks ass it's basically Horimiya but worse. The art is pretty, but the OST actually fucking sucks. You can tell the budget on this was very small. There's a lot of dead space and a surprisingly little amount of voice lines. The characters are boring as fuck, it's literally Horimiya again but I still found myself enjoying this. When
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it comes to love in a medium, it's very easy to get sucked into it. Especially when it comes at such a relatable time in life. This is a 4 at best. But I found myself in the chaos of it all again. The clarity struck me and now I'm back underground. Perhaps only knowing the cave and shadows makes the light that much brighter.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 31, 2022
The Duke of Death and His Maid is a strange show. I was introduced to the show from those highly illegal YouTube clips of the full anime episode where the only transformation of content is changing the order of the scenes. I got 2 things from watching these clips: 1. The creator of this show probably fantasizes about having a big boobied blonde maid tease him all the time and 2. This show probably sucks and I need to watch it. While I can't confirm number 1, I can definitely say without a doubt I was wrong on my second point. The entire crux of
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the Duke of Death and His Maid is a curse that is put on the Duke. The Duke is not named for some reason but I imagine it'll be important later down the line (hopefully) and his maid is named Alice. The Duke comes from an aristocratic family, although the time period is quite confusing. The Duke owns a grand piano with a glossy black matte finish but they still ride on horse carriage? There's also a scene where there's a whole ass grand piano in the middle of the fucking town square which confused me because you don't just put a fucking grand piano there, and also, who the fuck put a grand piano there. There's also witches so that just makes the time period even more confusing. I'm just going to assume that it's late 1700s, early 1800s and that the piano being drawn like that is for aesthetic purposes. This means that George Washington is probably alive and kicking at this point in time. Crazy. Okay this doesn't really matter but it sets the scene. This hoe ass stupid ugly faced bitch ass witch put a curse on the Duke where he cannot touch any living thing or be touched by any living thing lest it rot and die. It is like Shigaraki's decay quirk except it's not a quirk and it fucking sucks. The only similarity it shares with the Decay quirk is that it can be bent in some plot device-y ways. Apparently gloves aren't thick enough to prevent the curse but his shoes are just fine? There are dozens of scenes of him walking on grass but the grass doesn't die. I guess gloves aren't thick enough but it seems strange he hasn't even tried putting on two pairs. You are introduced to him and his curse and also his flirtatious and sexy maid, Alice. Alice basically is trying to fucking die. There are so many times when she flashes the Duke or puts her boobs in his face trying to get him to touch her but the Duke never does because she would literally fucking die and he doesn't have any friends. This show is absolutely ridiculous and nonsensical. The whole concept of the curse makes it feel like the author of the manga wasn't good at drawing pussy (probably because he hasn't seen one) so he just decided to make a show where he can draw cleavage and thighs but have the in universe excuse for this show not being a hentai. This show should not work but it just does for really clever and adorable uses of the curse on the Duke. There are some scenes of them about to touch like the near kiss scene on the boat but a lot of the scenes really embrace the curse put on the Duke. There's a beautiful scene of the two dancing in an empty ballroom and another of them ice skating with some witches (yes I will explain) in which the Duke grabs onto Alice's sleeve so they can skate together. This show is so ridiculous in its existence. The animation is CGI which I thought would be jarring but it really never bothered me in the slightest. I don't know how the hell it worked but it just did. It also introduced some really interesting characters, but not too many nor too fast. They got some witches named Cuff and Zain and basically they gonna fuck but they won't yet because you know this show only got 12 episodes but there's going to be a season 2! Also I'll probably just read the manga!!! This show made me cry way too much. The Duke struggles with everything in his life not just due to the curse, but also due to his family. His family is the usual Dad is gone and Mom is a stuck up hoe because they're upper class people. There's so much interest built up with the family and the Duke's curse that just captivated me so much. The Duke only having Alice makes this show so fucking romantic and him struggling is too fucking sad for me. I think I cried or at least teared up every other episode. I've always thought that Kaguya-sama is the definitive romcom, but that show/manga does more com than it does rom. I think that this show is the other end of the spectrum, where it does the rom extremely well but the com can be lacking. Though the fact that the rom is so strong is what makes me love this show so much. All the characters are goofy ass mofos (except Rob) and the Duke makes friends with Zain and Cuff because they're creeps and weirdos just like him. The Duke's family has Viola and Walter and Viola sucks at first but she starts to be a bit better. Though her Rob complex can get annoying later on. Walter is actually super fucking dorky and is kinda like the rival to the Duke because technically the Duke is the first born kid so when their Dad dips to the other side the Duke will be the heir but he actually won't because he's cursed rn so his mom was like okay let's just boof him into the other house and until/if he breaks the curse he can be the heir otherwise it'll be Walter. This show is actually very good. I really like Cuff because she has red hair. She's stupid as fuck too. I really like this show :) but I know that my experience with it was probably extremely unusual. I think that for most people this show would hover from a 7-8. I think it's a romcom absolutely worth watching if you are into romcoms, but you would struggle to enjoy it as much if you're a shounen pig. I enjoy the existence of this show. Every single element that makes up the show. The dorky 3D CGI art style just clicks with me and the romance in this is just so entertaining and captivating. Oh yeah the sound track is absolutely bussin if you're into classical and jpop. The Japanese cast did both the opening and the outro and they fucking slap my nuts. The background music is always playing pretty much and it just hits hard. It's a strange existence this show has. Strange strange strange yet it seems to have attracted me. I like these strange shows. It approaches normal romance in such a strange way. It's animation is so weird but it works. It's OST is mystifying but it works. The characters are unreal in a literal sense. Yet I enjoyed it so so much. Why I would cry over something like this is beyond me. It's a show that will cater to few, yet if it does, it'll hit home. I always remember this strange fact. Adam Dahlberg's (SkyDoesMinecraft, yes the SkyDoesMinecraft (also yes I know this is weird)) favorite anime is Angel Beats. I haven't watched Angel Beats yet I know a bit about it because Jun Maeda made it. I know it's not a show everyone can find some enjoyment from. Yet Adam seemed to have called it his favorite. We also know now that Adam is not the greatest person. He is an abuser and a manipulator just to touch the surface level of recent allegations (not really allegations since there are literal police reports). Angel Beats is not really romance but I still would put it in the same category as this show. Why do I bring this up? Well I think that everyone is very strange. I think that this human existence of ours is strange and that we make so many shows that are all so different is strange. What I'm doing right now is strange, yet I feel so happy to have watched this show. I can't tell you what I'm trying to say because it's a feeling beyond words. These literary devices are pointless. They truly are. It's why we value film so so much. That's why I want to give this show a 10. A perfect score for a perfect show. At least to me. For what reasons, you would have to pick out here but I believe this is a show worth watching. If it makes you feel the same way I do, that would be fantastic. Although, I can say with certainty that even if it doesn't, you will still enjoy this show. I feel a 10 on this one. I feel great about this one. I like this one. It's what I've been waiting for. A show just like y̶o̶u̶ this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 24, 2021
Komi Can't Communicate is simply fantastic. I had never heard of the manga prior to watching the show so when I saw that it seemed to be another shitty slice of life, I knew I had to watch it. I tend to only watch anime that are really fucking bad, so when I played the first episode and actually started to like it, I knew something was up with this show. The first episode sets the scene of the show immaculately. Dumb butt fuck boy named Tadano Hitohito goes to dumb butt fuck school with dumb butt fuck people. The only not dumb butt fuck
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person at the school is the class Cinderella, Komi Shouko. She is extremely beautiful (contentious), and makes people faint if she even so much as interacts with them. However, she doesn't. Do you see where this is going? Komi does not communicate, because she can't. BUT, there obviously has to be a meet cute between the butt fuck protagonist and the super hot big titty goth girl. And there is! And it's one of the greatest scenes in anime! The chalkboard scene is wonderfully scored and shows a lot of the virgin beauty of talking to someone new for the first time. Or in Komi's case, having a conversation this long with someone else. This scene? Chills. ooohoohoohoo Chills! It's an adorable scene and it really reminds you of those times when you first meet someone you get close with and talk with them for a while. Or maybe you haven't this is MyAnimeList after all. Komi has a goal of making 100 friends, so a lot of people get introduced, however, the show paces them pretty well so you remember most of them. They are a tad bit one dimensional, but there will be those fan favorites who stick out and you'll fall in love with. It's an absolutely adorable show and there's nothing more to it. Though for such a character driven show, when some of the characters are a bit boring or just down right annoying (Yamai fuck you), it can shoot itself in the foot sometimes with some of the characters. There is no real story, so if you're a shounen pig, you probably won't like this show, but it's cute and has a great OST. Cinderella goes fucking hard, literally broke a piano key playing it. Overall, it's a great show. There are those few (maybe a lot actually) moments where it becomes the kind of anime where people worship Komi and will drop like 10 billion dollars to have a chance to suckle on her teat, but it doesn't tend to get that much in the way of the cute and wholesome moments that you'd be watching this show for. She's not even that pretty though it's all her hair. It's a pretty purple color and I like the color, but if she had any other style she'd be thugly as fuck. The hair barber though :oooo I think I had a dream of someone who looked like her domming me. So yeah, Komi Can't Communicate? 9/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 17, 2021
This show gave me food poisoning so I will be discussing spoilers to the same degree that the food poisoning spoiled my appetite. This show is very much just a classic isekai. I mean you got the dude who lived a somewhat tragic life, as the Assassin (which is his official name apparently because???) was born as a tool, not a person as it were. This becomes the whole sort of exigence of the show and is the sort of message that the show is trying to push. You ought to enjoy life and not live as a tool or something like that. I don't
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think it's a bad message at all but it's just quoted so oddly throughout the show. It's almost ironic, yet the show clearly tries to take itself seriously. The way they use the quote would be like if everytime Batman came on screen, he said "I am the Dark Knight Rises." It's goofy as fuck and gives me horny dreamer vibes. There's no clear reason for the show to exist. The story is mid as all hell and the final villain is literally named "Hero." Oh but don't forget, before the "Hero" becomes bad, he has to slay the "Demon King." The show just falls into the tropiest cliches and still tries to take itself seriously. The main character is some fuckin Joker Shitsona 5 rip off with silver hair instead of black. Oh but in the middle of the series he dyes his hair black when he has to disguise as someone for two years. I don't wanna see Joker anymore! I admit Persona 5 Royal Third Semester is good, please just stop making Joker ripoffs! This show is white bread as fuck. I don't dislike it, but it's just so predictable. The whole twist at the end is that he has to assassinate Dia Viekone, who is basically his girlfriend but is quite literally his cousin. It was such a predictable thing to guess, but I will admit, the cousin thing did slightly catch me off guard. I noticed the little foreshadow at the beginning of the show, but I just completely did not connect that when Esri (MC's mommy) said something to Dia, that meant that Esri was doing aunt things and talking to her niece. It made me enjoy the show a bit more because of how fucking nutty that is but it's not really that important. The story is very disjointed, and there were many times when I thought I had skipped an episode. If you turn off your brain, I think that you could be inebriated enough to give this show an 8 or a 9. If you actually use your brain and stop looking at the cute girls, you'll realize that this show is pretty dogwater. The art is pretty nice though, and the characters are kinda awesome actually. Not MC, but the girls are pretty neat. Tarte is a character you can feel really bad for and still like. Maha is smart and pretty horny. Oh yeah everyone is actually very horny. MC is very bland but not unlikeable. His mommy literally suffocated him with her tits while he was blind after a surgery. Dia is fun but she gets shockingly little screen time. Tarte gets the most, which is probably why she's the most developed but that's also why you feel so bad for her actually. This show sucks a lot more than I'm giving it credit for. Well the OST kinda fucking sucks. The outro is dog, the music that plays during the show is forgettable, not even because of a poor melody, but because there's not even a leitmotif in this show. Or if there is, I forgot it completely because of how poorly music is used in this show. The intro is nice though, kinda like King by Kanaria. It's ebic. There is one really interesting episode though in episode 6. It kinda completely diverges from Lugh (MC) and Tarte, but it basically follows a gaggle of girls that get kidnapped into essentially a sex trafficking ring and shows their struggles there. A girl stabs herself in the face and it's an extremely uncomfortable episode in a good way. I don't agree with exploring discomforting concepts such as this just for the sake of it, but I think that it's a story told very well in the episode. A definite highlight that is then ruined by Lugh coming and buying the girls out of slavery and then killing all the bad people with no consequence at all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is all I have for this show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Dec 12, 2021
There will be spoilers because this movie spoiled my ass. The shit I took after watching this movie stank!
Weathering with You? More like waterboarding my ex-wife! This movie is the definition of a mid anime movie. You hear the greatest things about it and then you watch it and you're disappointed it doesn't change your life. Watching Weathering with You will not: lengthen your penis, clear up your face, get you a girlfriend, give you god like powers, give you the best orgasm of your life, end world hunger, make you smarter, improve those grades in those classes you've been neglecting, nor will it make
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you taller. All I wanted to do after watching this movie was to never watch it again and to maybe visit McDonald's. This movie is in no way bad, but it just doesn't live up to everything that you've probably heard about it. Because the director of this movie also directed Your Name, Weathering with You is often compared to Your Name. I can't do that, as I have yet to see Your Name, but the I certainly feel as though people simply rate this movie the way they do because of the name behind the film. There are a lot of issues with this movie. The meet cute between the two mains (I forgot their names) is well, a meet cute. It's tropey and I suppose it's cute but it's nothing particularly groundbreaking. The dialogue between the two is pretty realistic, considering the extremely unrealistic circumstances under which they met, and that's certainly a strong point. The characters aren't anything mindblowing either. You have the "uncle kinda guy who is a crippling alcoholic", the "big boobied girl who doesn't do anything except for the important scene when they need an extra character to cut the Gordian knot", and the "little brother with the sister complex". The supporting cast wasn't super unique but I still liked them. The main guy was kinda awesome, but the main girl was pretty lame. The whole dilemma of the movie is basically "is this (teenage) love worth destroying an entire fucking city?" The answer should be yes. I 100% believe the answer is yes. However, the movie just doesn't justify it. The rising action towards the climax is just very confusing and all over the place. The girl fucking summons the power of Zeus to strike down some low level peon officer, then she fucking dies, then the dude is just like okay time to save her ass then the supporting cast comes in they help him, main guy falls through the fucking sky, takes the girl back and then they just don't see each other again for 3 years? It doesn't make any sense. I mean maybe I could have justified the fact that the development between the two prior to the climax was enough to say that their love was strong enough, but then the kicker that they just never see each other again for that long? It's just weird. Tokyo is literally eviscerated (not really it's just Venice now but no one likes Venice) and then they don't even like talk???? What????? I just don't think the concept was strong enough. The execution was pretty strong, I mean the animation and music are fantastic, RADWIMPS we love you! But the story just wasn't long enough to justify any of this. It didn't leave an impactful message. Even Persona 5 Royal left a stronger message! And I fucking hate that game! I think the movie is good during the watching of it. I watched it with friends so I think that definitely helped my enjoyment of it, but when some of the fridge logic hits you, it just becomes a really weird movie. It's good enough to watch once, but it's not the masterpiece that people hail it as.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 12, 2021
This show is pretty fucking bad. It's pretty kinky with the crossdressing and everything but otherwise it fucking sucks. It's only about 45 minutes though, considering each episode runs at around 4 minutes, so if you're curious enough about it, it isn't too much of a commitment. I imagine this would be fun to laugh at with friends, but even then I could see this being a miserable experience even with people. The story is pretty much, hey my dead/disappeared parents put me in debt now I am currently being a sex trafficked slave who caters to the sweaty men who like girls with pee
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pee. Now there's nothing wrong with liking girls with pee pee, the only problem is when they are forcibly put into prostitution. Already, the entire story clearly tries to find comedy in the absurdity and questionable legality of Hime's situation. Basically what happens is something something, two guys menacingly approaching "girl" in maid outfit, the deus ex machina student council saves her ass and then they induct her into the council because they think she's cute. Hime says he's a boy, something something "tragic" backstory, something something, student council says "we'll pay off your debt if you continue dressing as a girl for highschool." Did you catch that? If you did, you must not have hands because that makes no fucking sense. The story and the sentence I literally just wrote. Basically, the whole series is just like putting Hime into extremely discomforting situations that are all either morally ambiguous or down right illegal. There's a lot of groping of Hime, sexual assualt, and every thing else in that gamut. There's also incest. Vice president hottie also wants to fuck Hime. A lot of the show involves flipping up Hime's skirt to show his dick. I'm pretty sure there's at least one in each episode. The characters all fucking suck, you got the airheaded klutz girl, the big boobied mommy domme, the silent one, the incestuous brother and everyone else in the gaggle of Santa's forgotten presents. However, there is a big boobied maid who I like a lot. Mainly because she isn't fucking ear piercingly loud, nor is she a bad character. I don't actually remember why she's there. Okay she's not actually a good character she's just in a maid outfit so I like her :D
Overall this show is like a big poopy gorilla shart on the roof of your car. Kinda funny because you wonder how a big poopy shart from a gorilla got there, but then you realize there is gorilla shit on the roof of your car. This show blows! And not even my dick! However, I do take great pleasure from imagining myself in the situation of Hime, being in severe debt from my parents and having to sell ass dressed as a girl in order to pay it off. I also hope that a cute, red-headed student council with a stubborn mind teases me to no end and smothers me with her boobies. mmm mwah mwah mwah I love you so much mwah mwah let me touch your boobies mwah mwah mwah ooo yes so soft ahhhh yes I'll dress however you want if you let me touch your boobs ahhh mwah mwah mwah, wait wait wai- hrrrk- I didn't achually wan yoou to choke mwhe
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Dec 9, 2021
There will be spoilers. I do not care. I am not wearing the yellow flannel for this one. I think that this show could've been really fascinating. The first episode was probably one of the greatest first episodes of an anime I've ever seen. It's a 50 minute long special of just butt fuck stupidity and anime cliches in one beautifully rolled burrito. It had a good twist that really set up the show for something great but it definitely fell off. I think it was interesting to introduce Nagisa in the way that the show did, but the whole arc where they have to
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rescue an idol just really didn't sit right with me. It was long, out of the way, and blocking the real important question that we wanted answered. I understand the show wanted to delay that reveal of how the detective actually died but the recruitment of a fucking kid to stop the organization feels like a very empty setup for a second season. The entire concept of the show simply can't be stretched into a 12 episode season, nonetheless, two 12 episode seasons without falling off somewhere. I think this show would work best in 4 episodes honestly. It could've been a masterpiece if they just had it end relatively quick. The ending of the season reveals how the detective dies and Siesta is just like okay you guys need to stop the organization that killed me because yes, but I'm also still watching over you literally because I'm a fucking demon or whatever. I could literally do it myself because I have level 1000 plot armor but I want to see you dumb schmucks try to figure it out. The ending of season 1 heavily implies a second season, but there simply isn't enough content in the detective already being dead. I truly want to love this show. I think that the concept is wonderful, the OP/ED are perfection, the world is interesting and the art looks really nice in some scenes but I really can't bring myself to like it. It just has cute girls doing ridiculous fucking shit which is funny sometimes but not funny when you have to watch 12 episodes to wait for a funny scene. This show is like if a pretty girl farted in my face. I'd want to like it because she's pretty but it's still a fart. The characters are cute but they are so fucking boring. Nagisa looks like Uni from Hyperdimension Neptunia but that's really the only thing I like about her. She is the weirdest tsundere ever because the show can't morally have her liking Kimi. But they probably will anyways because the detective is already dead!!! Anything is possible when the detective is already dead. Fuck man! I just want to watch a good show!
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 26, 2021
I think that this anime is a masterpiece. On the other hand, I also completely recognize that this is not an anime that everybody can enjoy. For one, it's a slice of life anime. That genre in of itself already drives away a decent chunk of people from the show, but on top of that, it's also a romcom show with a dumb premise. Neet otaku (not really) boy talks to super popular smart chick, but smart chick through some deus ex machina meets the "real" him and he's actually super fucking hot and a bad boy. This whole anime shouldn't be good, and I
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read the synopsis thinking this would just another stupid ass anime I could watch while doing chemistry homework. However, I am glad that I watched this show because it really clicked for me. The characters -though extremely numerous and with little time to develop over the show- are just impeccable. Everyone falls into a trope, but they aren't awfully far from real people. I don't remember half of their names, but I really remember their stories. The show is somewhat set up as a menagerie of random stories in a teenage life, but they are all relatable in one way or another. There is no overarching story other than the relationship between Hori and Miyamura, as the show is quite poorly paced; something that can be recognized even if you haven't read the manga as evident by me writing this sentence. In a way though, this is exactly what I needed and wanted to watch. I view the show through the lens of Miyamura looking back at all his memories and his journey to where he is now. He looks at everything, good and bad as an omniscient narrator, telling us about events he wasn't even present for. Some of these moments are heartwarming and wholesome, but others are gut-wrenchingly relatable. I don't think there's a large number of people who will enjoy this show. I would say out of maybe 500 people, about 2 would enjoy it to the extent I did. It comes to how you view the show when you watch it. I think it's a masterpiece in comedy and storytelling. Horimiya is about the joy of being alive contrasting with the painful reality of your life. The same reality where you experience all of your happiest moments. It's such a fickle thing, reality is. Dreams are such a rush of catharsis yet Horimiya pleads with you to stay grounded and with us. That's what Miyamura learns in the show. Life leads up to something and there are so many boring moments that you don't care about. So many lives that aren't your own but still happen. Of course people wouldn't enjoy it. The show isn't really set to entertain. It's just to tell the story of Hori and Miyamura. Two quirky (normal) people who fall in love. The show is so normal. The show is so bland and banal that it makes people want to rip their eyes out. It's just another romcom! And it really just is. But I loved it to bits. I don't have any idea who made any of the executive decisions on the show but they should be fired. The show makes no fucking sense, but neither does the human heart. Some things work for others. No one man can have everything for themself for no man is everything. But for me? Horimiya?
I think I was high when I wrote this. It's a 6.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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