Feb 18, 2008
As a fan of shoujo and magical girl series, I started watching Kirari because it looked adorable. And while it -IS- adorable, with cute character designs and a few notable tunes, namely the second opening theme "Balalaika", the series proved extremely predictable and had very few new ideas to bring to the genre. Each episode reads like a script and you can see things coming from a mile away.
Kirari is your stereotypical cute (and somewhat gluttonous) dense school girl who falls in love with an idol singer (Seiji, who ironically is equally naive). And of course, there's his co-idol, Hiroto, whom she doesn't get
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along with at all in the beginning who is yelling at her to stop getting in Seiji's way. Sound familiar? Kirari's cute, sure, but she has no experience in show business, yet she decides to try to become an idol anyway just so that she can prove herself and be closer to her new-found crush.
I would like to recommend this series, but I can't. It seems too much like a poorly done rehash of Full Moon wo Sagashite with every other overused shoujo plot device thrown in for good measure and a "na"-ing cat that seems to be even smarter than his owner. The abundance of optimism, happy feelings, and cartoon-like hijinks keep this idol's journey from being at all believable. It may be a fun romp for some in comparison to other plot-heavy series. The characters fill their roles well enough, but they don't really stand out. The music is cute, but average. The animation is mediocre.
Kirarin Revolution is incredibly saccharine, and while it is likely to appeal to young girls who don't mind that the show lacks in creativity, it probably isn't for everybody, and some viewers will find themselves bored.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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