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Apr 24, 2018
Alright, first and foremost before we even start this review: *Read the damn manga.*
It's already completed and the story, arcs and characters are way better portrayed there.
The anime adaptation, however, was only a poorly executed atempt to advertise the manga. But don't get me wrong, it is, in fact, not a complete trainwreck. Each episode mirros the original source really well and the humor is pretty much the same. The voice acting is decent to and Inori Minase as (best girl) Nagisa is, as usual, masterfully well acted from her part.
The weak points of this series is the fact that it's only 13 episodes long,
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which barely covers all of the character development the manga has in its totality, not to mention that some characters that are of great importance in the manga don't even appear in some of the episodes. So yeah, if you manage to finish watching them all, you'll feel that something was missing and that something just didn't feel right. And that's exactly why: it only showed a portion of the whole thing that comes after the arc that was covered in the anime.
If you're a fan of romantic comedies and monster girls, this series is definitely for you, but only watch the anime as an introduction of the whole thing that the manga of Jitsu wa Watashi wa is, because it is absolutely incredible and I cannot recommend it enough.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Sep 28, 2017
BOY OH BOY, love sure does turn you into an idiot.
Gamers! was a great surprise to watch this season and I'm glad so many people made this series one of the most popular. The story is mostly about our 5 protagonist who are avid videogame enthusiasts (most of them anyway) and how they deal with teenage romance. And man, was it also really fun to watch.
The strongest point here in the series is probably the way these guys handle misunderstandings, or actually, how much they suck at handling them. Yes, this story is more about misunderstandings with romance than games and that's good! I was
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expecting yet another club-based series where we see the daily shenanigans of our characters while they play games and just be kawaii and shit. But that was absolutely smacked down to the ground on the very first episode. This isn't a club anime, this is a story about love and friendship, and how if we don't express what we really feel then silly things are bound to happen.
One of the biggest, most incredible things about the series is the punchline delivered midway through the season, a scene that took several episodes to build a momentum so high so they could drop the bomb on us in a way that made that episode one of the best ones I can remember from recent years in a series. From that point on the story takes another turn and focuses more on the relationships between characters and the way they really feel about each another.
Every single character is also great, each having their own personalities and quirks but without forgetting that they are all still teenagers, and the way they handled romance and failed miserably was hilarious. The situations they are presented, either during their romantic ordeals or afterwards were also well handled and awkward but in a cute and good way, they're teenagers after all living in the real world.
One of the negative points here is probably the production. The animation in some episodes is just terrible, but that's fair considering there's not even action here. There's also not really a set story, nor a progressive plot, just teens being teens and playing games from time to time. But I guess that's my only complaint with the series, everything else was just pretty damn good.
So in short: this is a romantic comedy, not a club-based series with a slice of life. The comedy is hilarious and the characters really charming. There's not too much of a conflict here, so this series will be enjoyed by people who are more into harmless stuff and comedy than action packed conflicts. And I? As a romantic comedy junkie I enjoyed it a lot.
FINAL SCORE: 9 out of 10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 28, 2017
"Tragedy is worse when you cannot do anything about it..."
This one really hit me hard in the end, but I'm glad I watched it after all.
I'm a sucker for series that I'm promised will give me feels, either happy or sad, and this one didn't disappoint me that much in the end. SukaSuka (let's abbreviate it so we don't have to read the whole damn title) is a story that is more of a tragic romance than a fantasy adventure packed with action, with a touch of reflection about our imminent mortality and how can someone deal with that when a special someone
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appears in your life. Our main heroes, Willem and Ctholly are the main couple in the series and ones whose chemistry develops amongst the chaos of the world they live in, and along them comes a charming supporting cast that also enrich the story more.
One of the most pleasant things to come out of this story is how human most of the characters are, even if only one of them is one actually, but case the point, this anime has little to no clichés other series with similar premises show and that is a giant breath of fresh air in an industry oversaturated with old tropes and clichés to pander the average anime fan. The characters act according to the situation they are presented to, either as a grown up or a child. Situations where other animes would make their characters flustered or embarrassed are instead presented with normality because the context of the interaction between them is, in fact, non sexual (ableit the animation managed to always make fanservice out of some these moments, but that's up to one's interpretation). The romantic side of this story is also pretty well done: Ctholly starts with a standard crush with Willem at the beginning for helping her and also because he's probably the first male she's ever interacted, but then this relationship starts to evolve into a deeper and more personal love the more time it passes, and the same happens with Willem, who is probably one of the best MCs I've seen when handling these romantic situations. In short, it all feels human and natural, and that is an impressive prowess among other main characters.
The battle scenes are also pretty well done, even if there's not too much of them. The sound is well done, and the dub (both English and Japanese) was fantastic. The animation is pretty solid as well and the music superb. In fact, "Always in my Heart" has become one of the best songs I've heard from animes this year. So yeah, the production for this anime is pretty spot on and it won't disappoint avid fans of the animation.
The negative side from this series, however, is the story. I'm not saying it's bad, nor that it was boring, but I feel that it lacked just a little more exposition and exploration in a world such as impressive as the one SukaSuka builds above an already doomed Earth. The ending also feels just a little bit rushed and more closure to the characters (either main and secondary) would have been better. But again, this story makes a fantastic job as a romance. But as a fantasy story? I feel the studio couldn't adapt many more things from the source material given the time constraints of each episode, but that's ok.
In the end this one is one of the best series of the season and one that people who are fans of fantasy worlds and romance should check it out. But beware, the feels may hit you by the end of the season. Not everything has a happy ending, but even so, the hope of a better future will never die.
FINAL SCORE: 9 out of 10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 26, 2017
Anger, lies, betrayal, disappointment...
That's what I would describe this series that managed to get my attention at first for its premise and somehow was able to drop the ball so hard with its ending that I genuinely felt cheated for first time in my life. I cannot express the level of disappointment after witnessing it, honestly.
The premise is actually pretty solid and original, the setting is realistic and had potential, and you even get characters with honest motivations (get to stay with the person they love) and that would do anything to accomplish that... except they didn't, or even managed to AT LEAST set a
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course of action to accomplish that. The childhood love interest kind of doesn't want to let go the MC, but she kinda wants to; the assigned wife, suddenly loves the MC but decides not to in the end because she became very good friends with the former one BUT STILL kind of wants to be with him; the surprise and unsuspected third person in this love square appears but says "screw this" and just gives up in the end; and the bland, generic main character decides to make the LAZIEST and CHEAPEST choice for a romance series I've seen in an ending. I actually realized I wasted 12 weeks of my life waiting eagerly for a closure (or at least an open ending for future seasons) and got nothing. You just don't do that. Not even if an anime is trying to advertise a manga or a light novel. You'll hurt the source material BADLY.
Not only that, but at some point some plot elements I even gave the benefit of the doubt turned out to be absolutely unrealistic. Yes, I'm talking about the goddamn eraser (not spoiling it, but if you ever watch this you'll see). Some characters just appear for the sake of the plot and we never get to see or hear about them again. But what infuriates me the most is the fact that the premise is absolutely WASTED into teenage insecurity and angst. Yes, the main cast somewhat manages to be better people after meeting each other, but even so it feels like all of that meant nothing in the end. They could have fought for a change, they could have gone against the system and shown that even with adversity they'd fight for their ideals, they could have even faced the worst of the worst and been disowned by their families just to be true to their feelings but... but no. They sort of just go with it and never question the system. I honestly don't know how the manga managed to keep it up after where the anime left the story (which was an original ending for the series, and because of that, it made things worse), but if making such a bad writing decision for the ending so people could check out the manga instead was their plan from the beginning, they succeeded then.
I insist, if we even got an open ending for a season 2 or an actual, plausible choice for the love interest in the ending, even if it went against the source material, that'd have been THOUSANDS of times better than the garbage we got in the end.
I'd recommend either reading the manga or not checking the anime at all. The only saving point of this series is the OP by Frederick which is really great.
FINAL SCORE: Garbage out of 10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Sep 26, 2017
"Isekai wa Smartphone no Tomo ni, a series so generic that yet manages to be enjoyable in a way."
If anything that's how I'd describe this series.
Having already watched in the past other series of the genre "Isekai" I couldn't help but to roll my eyes so far up my skull the first time I knew about this one that I could see my brain for a second; and even so I gave it a try, you know, just for the sake of it. And in the end I gotta say... I was surprised by how this series managed to actually do things in a
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way it actually ended up being fun.
Now don't get me wrong, the series is STILL trash in many ways, and uses so many of the clichés in the book that I'm surprised I didn't actually dropped it halfway through. In some scenes the backgrounds were so badly rendered into the final product you could tell they completely overlooked the quality control. The story is nothing extraordinary from the Isekai genre aside of the elements where the MC uses his smartphone and the fact he's probably the most powerful being in that world, and on top of that it's also a freaking HAREM. And BOY, don't even get me started with the animation.
But still, what I found enjoyable was that despite being bad, it wasn't being a total tryhard in becoming a serious series and just focused on being exactly what the premise shows: a fun adventure in a fantasy world. The MC (who is possibly the blandest, most generic character at the beginning of the series) doesn't get too much of a progression until the end of the series where he actually starts making decisions a normal 15 year old teenager would do. It also manages to break (in some really, REALLY few occasions) some clichés from the standard anime harems, which was also a pleasant surprise. The MC's absolutely ridiculous overpowering is put to good use and he knows it. He has the power of God and Waifus on his side anyway.
Back to the story, and as mentioned before, there's nothing extraordinary aside of the character having a smartphone and being super OP. Not only that, but it also manages to actually go through so many stories in the span of 12 episodes which gives the viewer something to be entertained despite knowing that in the end it's all gonna be ok for the cast. Other Isekai series would probably go for 2 or 3 arcs per season, but this series managed to solve everything on the span of 24 minutes and then pass onto another scenario to bring more elements to the story, becoming an actual episodic series. A missed opportunity for character development? Sadly yes, but it doesn't really matter for this story.
I also found some magical elements and the world building to be pretty decent and even interesting too. For a character who can wield virtually any type of magic, he knows exactly what to do when the situation arises, and even bringing stuff from our world into there. A decision so painfully obvious anyone would do had we also get that amount of power into another world.
The characters are also just archetypes, they're not characters per se since none of them have any actual motivation other than wanting to bone the MC. Despite that, they manage to be charming in their way and provide good support to the cast in the end. They sadly get little to none progression in the season, but hey, at least they manage to set their feelings straight at some point. A prowess so monumental in other series that it's impressive a series like Isekai wa Smartphone beat them in that. Bonus points there. If a Season 2 ever hits, I hope we get to see more of their pasts and deeper, more meaningful motivations. But who am I kidding? We probably won't see that.
So in the end, this series is bad but not a total trainwreck. It's not mediocre either, but not a masterpiece at all. I'd say it's pretty decent at most. The story moves fast so it's not boring or slow, and the characters have their own charm, which compensates for the lack of character development. It's just a series to have fun with and not take seriously in the end. Anime elitists will pan this one, obviously, and younger viewers with not too much experience with anime will probably love it. And I? I personally liked it. I knew it was gonna be bad, but at least it managed to make me invested in Touya and the girls for 12 weeks straight. Here's for a better produced season 2 someday. Or also just read the LN.
FINAL SCORE: Guilty Pleasure / 10.
Also watch the dub for a better enjoyment. There the characters sound less painfully bland and it has more humor. No, really, they managed to do a good work with that. Major props.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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