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First and foremost, what blows me away about “Full Metal Panic the Second Raid” is how shockingly different it is from the first season. The first season, and its successor “Full Metal Panic Fumoffu,” had a heavy emphasis on comedy. Lots of zany antics and bear suits. This one is a full on thriller, equipped with trauma, violence, cliffhangers, and life-changing situations

- The very world of the main character is shaken up. (Shaken? Shooken? Shaked?) Sosuke Sagara faces his worst nightmares, his own personal demons, and he has to deal with them all by himself. We see the main character in the darkest part of ... his life - we feel it. A rather beautiful episode that I think about all the damn time is when a lonely and depressed Sagara hires a prostitute just to talk to her - but he doesn’t do much talking.

- This season is not afraid to get down, dirty and ugly. The main villain is an absurd, over-the-top, borderline Doofenshmirtz who faps to cats and drowns people! The first episode begins with an international border dispute, with Mithrill acting as world police, preventing terrorism and war - heavy stuff. The action is nail-biting, fast-paced, realistic, and topsy-turvy - you never know who’s gonna come out of it and how

- Themes, people! The Second Raid starts the bold, previously unheard of discussion about how much humanity one has room for in inhumane environments. Sosuke Sagara sees death, blood and violence day in and day out, yet still tries to balance school work, relationships, and home life. Can he! Should he give up on one? Which on? Which one i more important to him? To everyone else? Deep stuff, man

The following is a list of things I absolutely LOVE about “Monster.”

- The overall vibe of this show. As it centers on the pursuit of a vicious serial killer most people know nothing about, it makes perfect sense that this show would be creepy, unnerving, and getting under your skin! Shots are composed, and scenes play out in a way that makes you feel like the absolute worst thing can happen - and they often do! Never did I feel totally safe when watching “Monster” - not even at the end - and I love that because of the sheer emotions this show made me ... feel

- The characters. There are many, and absolutely all of them have something going on. With 74 episodes, there is more than enough time to flesh out each and every side story, side character, location, etc. The vast collection of characters is the backbone of this story, as its them who provide the emotional weight. Things like a cheating wife, getting laid off from work, dealing with loss, and other conflicts are what really define this show for me

- Direction and visuals. Favoring a murder investigation in post-cold war Europe over a shiny high school filled with big tits and skirts, this anime looks and feels oh so different from anything I’ve ever seen! It’s well been said that the worst thing you can be is forgotten. I can’t tell you how many anime I’ve forgotten about because of their lack of visual distinction (no, really, I can’t. I forgot), but I will never forget “Monster’s” visual style. I hear “Monster,” and I think of dead trees, sleezy ghetto buildings, guns, European architecture, and the occasional beautiful European countryside. I hear “Nisekoi” and I think: “who?”

Overall, I think what I love most about this show is just how different it is. I’ve seen a heavy amount of anime, and it’s always refreshing to see something that deals with really heavy topics such as the ones touched upon here. With an all-adult cast, really the only similarity this show has with the average anime is the inherently anime base design (pointy chin, big eyes, etc)

A short review for a short show.

Inferno cop is an intentionally poorly-made mini show about a police officer who deals with various super villains, crime organizations, cyborgs, demons and all kinds of crazy shit. Just writing this review makes me recall all the amazingly wild, absurd and stupid things that happen in this show. If you, like me, like surreal humor and enjoy things that make no damn sense, then youll love this show. Very little anime have made me laugh so hard I cried, and this is one of them. The horrible animation, voices, design, story and everything works so well with the intent ... to make a pile of shit. If anyone reviews this critically and say “theres no character development, the plot makes no sense and the entire show looks ugly!” They’re lost. Yes, this show is horrible, but thats the point. Every aspect gets a 1, except for enjoyment which gets a 10, therefore, overall I give it a 10.

Mobile suit gundam seed destiny is the direct sequal to the (in my opinion) very good mobile suit gundam seed. The latter was about dynamic characters dealing racism, war, realizing things about themselves, and giant robots! Seed desinty is about ... characters... and giant robots!

STORY 4/10

The story is pretty damn bad if I say so myself. Theres not a whole lot to talk about without getting into spoilers, but I can give you a brief synopsis: everyone is happy that the war is over, so countries are enjoying peace. One day some bad stuff happens, people die, people get mad, Athrum gets laid and giant ... robots! I honestly don’t remeber the bulk of the story. Its not all bad, in fact I do remember some of the more competent, intesne, well-written scenes. One of my favorite things about OG seed were the themes about racism, war and society. Although there is much less commentary than gundam seed, the ones present in Destiny I found to be very well done. The politics, reasoning and philosophy behind war are explored and it creates some very interesting scenes in a pretty large pool of average. Id also say that the story drags on like a bitch! If this show was shorter than 50 episodes, then we would have a more straight-forward, coherent and focused story, because it often gets side-tracked. Plot points are introduced and are either forgotten about or resolved oddly quick. The central conflict becomes a mute point later on - assuming there was a central conflict to begin with.

CHARACTERS 6/10

A mixed bag. Seeing as though this is an etirely new series, there’s bound to be new characters, but seeing as though this is a continuation to another series, there would be recurring characters. Throughout the series I felt like the 2 casts of characters were fighting for screen time. My absolute favorite part of gundam seed were the characters. Very well developed, dynamic and interesting. Athrum and Kira’s arcs made the show as good as it was. Needless to say I was stoaked to see them return, but I was not stoked to see them done horribly. For starters Athrum’s character completely resets, making all development in gundam seed null and void. Also, since these charatcers already went through very good arcs in the previous show, they can’t grow any more. A charatcer arc means they start out as something and grow to become the opposite. If the story were to continue after the charatcer has his/her arc, then we’d just start where we began! Athrum grows backwards, Kira doesn’t grow at all, Lacus is replaced by some whore who calls herself Lacus, and Cagalli is depressingly less badass than she was in seed.

So how are the new characters? This is where the good things in the show start appearing. Not all of the new characters are done very well (one of them is the aforementioned whore), but the ones that are make this show worth it at times. Shinn, Stella and Durandal are probably the best parts of this show. Right off the bat, Shinn had an intriguing backstory, clear motives, a goal one can get behind, and to top it off he completely changes in a good way. Although the story wasn’t bery good or memorable, I do remember and appreciate the finale, not because its the most recent thing I watched, but because Shinn’s arc made it happen and made it as good as it was. I’m aware that not a lot of people like Shinn, because he is not a good replacement for Kira. That I can agree with, but I also say that its a good thing. If all Destiny ever did was copy the good parts of seed, then we’d have entirely different problems. I’m glad that most of the new characters go in different directions than I expected.

ANIMATION 6/10

Overall, I bashed on the animation in Seed. The characters looked ugly, every action scene had 5 minutes of recycled footage and the openings were 100% garbage. This show was made a few years later, so you’d think there was time to improve, right? I will say that the character designs have improved, no one looks like weird ape babies anymore. But every thing else, not so much. The action scenes do have less recycled footage on average, but less miscellaneous shots being reused are replaced by an uncomfortably long transformation sequence, that when paired with the launch sequence that starts every battle, adds up to about 5 minutes, which isn’t that different from seed when you think about it. The openings have some how gotten worse. The songs are not bad, but the shots and animatons during the opening are once again bad. Very bad. In all 4 openings there is a drop that leads into the chorus, and in 3 of these openings, the same exact shot plays during this drop, followed by the same action shots, and the same closing shot and its all just Ugh!!

SOUND 6/10

As said before the songs used in the openings are not bad. Much like a lot of other anime, the soundtrack within the epiodes never stood out or were memorable, but not every soundtrack has to sound like “the dark side of the moon,” so its ok. The dub is very bad. The gundam seed dub wasn’t that great either, or at least, not until the last quarter or so when adrew francis came into play and somehow the voice cast magically dscovered how to make themselves sound like humans. Destiny never has this. The dub sucks from beginnign to end. Durandal has a good voice and Shinn delivers a very touching monologue, done pretty well in english, but thats not enough. Watch it subbed please, that voice cast was really good.

OVERALL 6/10
This didn’t need to be made. There were no interesting plot points, commentary or character arcs that weren’t done better than seed before it. Everything, except for maybe the action and animation, was done better in seed. This show has left me with such a hollow experience, that I really just stopped caring altogether towards the end. Come episode 37 or somewhere around there, I cared so little I was contemplating dropping it. But the potential for greatness, good new characters, cool action scenes and occasional great episodes kept me watching it. In the end, I don’t regret watching it, but if I didn’t watch it, nothing in my life would’ve changed. In fact I would now have a free 25 hours I couldve spent watching something else.

The original anime based off of the highest-rated manga of all time (according to MAL). With a product of such magnitude, Berserk manga readers expect absolute perfection out of this anime and its sequels. Do they get it? No, not really

STORY 3/10

The first episode of this anime would have you to believe that this is about a troubled badass roaming the land, slaying giant demons, stepping into hell and engaging in an epic quest to rid the medieval land from tyrannical demon men. Unfortunately this is not the case, in that the first episode actually takes place after the events of the series, aka, after ... the boring stuff. The entirety of the anime (until the end) is just a group of mercenaries breaking into castles and beating up a dickhead who sounds like Dr. Eggman. There are occasional points of interest, involving poison and assassination, but absolutely none of it matters in the long run. In fact, there is no “long run” because this show ends before the story ends! Cliffhangers are always great, but only if theres something following it, which isn’t really the case for berserk. Yes, you have the 2016 berserk, but thats... yucky. Instead, this anime drops one of the coolest, darkest, most intense hellish nightmare of a finale only to give us a big middle finger with the words “read the manga biatch!” written on it. As said before, the show gets you hyped up in believing that its going to be filled with giant, creepy demons and different species in a fantasy setting. Unfortunately, that first episode was a huge tease. Demons and horror is almost nowhere to be seen throughout the entire series until the end and this creates an expectation that isn’t fulfilled (again, until the end). Having the knowledge of demons and cool things existing in this world immediately makes corrupt kings, strong dudes and assassins very boring.

TL;DR. The anime begins and ends with a disappointing cock tease. Read the manga.

CHARACTERS 6/10

So if the story is almost nonexistent, then how are the characters? Better. Somewhat. Guts, the main character, has to carry this entire anime, and his arc must be the centerpiece of everything. However, Guts is very boring and doesn’t have the necessary qualities of a good main character. He has a cool backstory, but its never used as motivation, nor is it brought up past episode 10! Come to think of it, he doesn’t have much motivation or goals. He’s just a strong guy with a sword who kills big people because his team told him to. With that said, you see some super strong motives and goals in Guts, but only in that cock tease of a first episode when things were interesting. So Guts isn’t that great at all, how about the other characters? Yes, they are much better. The other 2 main characters, Casca and Griffith are by far the best thing about this anime. Their backstories, their relationship, personalities and everything else about them is super great! Why they’re so well-written is because they have layers. Upon their introduction, you think certain things of them, only to be surprised later on when you learn more about them, and it challenges everything you thought about them. Guts isn’t that great of a character, but Griffith and Casa are.

ART 7/10

I've been complaining about the bulk of the series being pointless, and only the very beginning and very end are good. In terms of animation I have the same exact thing to say. The middle 21 25th heavily rely on the mercenaries engaging in action, but the action is rarely that great either. Seeing as though this is old, a majority of the time the anime didn’t have the budget to animate full on action scenes, and instead shows us a series of panning shots of Guts slicing big dudes. Outside of the action scenes, the animation is not bad. Again, its old so if the look of older anime isn’t a thing you like, then be wary. I happen to like the animation overall. Also the sound! Aside from some characters, the music is one of the best things about this anime. For starters I love the opening. Tonally it is the complete opposite of the anime itself, so much so that it seems comedic at times. The in-episode music is also great, using various wind instruments to help build the atmosphere of a medieval setting.

OVERALL 6/10

My feelings for the berserk anime can be summed up as this: about a week before every marvel movie, a prelude comic is released. This comic is just a short story used to set the scene for the upcoming movie, and give some potentially necessary background information. Before reading those comics, I expect a full-fledged story that gives me a taste as to what the movie will have in it. However, I’m always disappointed to see that they’re exactly what they are advertised as: a commercial to a much better story. This is exactly what Berserk is. You only get a somewhat brief taste as to how actual Berserk is like at the end, but everything before that is rather boring and dull. If you really want to get into the berserk franchise, just read the manga. Its the first manga Ive ever read, and I started reading it out of sheer disappointment. Its still pretty decent. It has its merits.

So To love ru is about a hot alien girl braking into a dude’s house via the bathtub. Accidental groping, panty shots and tentacle rape ensues.

STORY
Ha! What story? The story can be summed up in 2 sentences, and is only important for about 5 episodes. A large majority of the series is episodic filler, and when i say a majority, i mean a majority. So how can I talk about the story of an anime if there isn’t even a story? Easy. I don’t.

CHARACTERS
Ha! What characters? There aren't a whole lot of characters, and absolutely none of them are developed or super well-written. The ... only one who has any semblance of a conflict is the main character. He has Lala, a beautiful girl willing to marry and have sex with him at any time, but he really has feeling for his classmate, Ms. I-forgot-her-name. The only character or story arc is the main character deciding what to do with these girls and try to make himself look good in front of Whatshername.

ART
Art? The animation and sound are both passable, and the only sand-out thing about the art is the opening, and... ahem... the...

FANSERVICE!
You might have noticed that I haven't done a whole lot of talking about this show, because Ive been looking at it critically. Thats is clearly not the way to look at this show, because once you do, you'll notice that there is absolutely nothing this show can offer in terms of development, intrigue, or emotion. There are really only 2 things one can talk about with this show: Fan-service and comedy. Why? Because those 2 things are the only 2 things this show ever does. Although I’m more of an ass man myself, id be lying if I said i didn’t love the fan-service in this show, especially in the last episode👌. BUTT I must say this: this show is credited as being one of the sexiest, fan-serivce-y anime out there. I’m here to tell you the truth in that its not the sexiest, fan-service-y anime out there. If you’re here to exclusively watch tits and hot girls, then watch actual porn. You’re not going to find much fapable content in this anime.

COMEDY
This is the other aspect of To Love-ru that really matters. If there is no story, nor character development, nor that much fan-service, then what is there? The silly antics of course! The ridiculous, zany situations are what this show is really about. Every episode has another weird and unbelievers story to it, and i must say that the humor is the best thing about the show! The jokes and situations pleasantly reminded me of western cartoons like phineas and ferb or fairly odd parents. If you, like me, enjoy that ridiculous, all-or-nothing style of humor, then you will enjoy most of this anime. With that said, there is a good mix of horrible episodes and great episodes. Some of these episodes are really fun and ridiculous while others are downright cancer.

OVERALL
Something doesn’t have to be Shakespeare in order for it to be entertaining. Yes, there is no semblance of plot, character, or intelligence, but such things are expected when you have a dumb ecchi written like a dumb cartoon. I really did enjoy the humor is this show, and seeing as though thats pretty much all this show is, i can safely say that I liked this anime. If you want something smart, or well-made, then look somewhere else. If you’re looking for hot girls exploiting their giant breasts, then look somewhere else. If you’re still riding off the high of seasons 1-3 of spongebob and want something similar to that, youve found the right place!
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Fate/stay night is about a magical death match between 7 masters and their respective servants killing each other in order to get a wish from the holy grail. That sounds really awesome, but is the anime itself all as it seems?

CHARACTERS
Characters. The most important thing to a story. They’re what makes you care about the story and want to see more. In any media that has ever existed, the most important character is the main one, he’s the one who learns the important lessons and the audience relates to him. But what if the main character is an absolute moron who only does stupid ... things and single-handedly ruins the show? Well that’s not good. Shiro Emiya is this show’s “hero,” even though instead of courageously fighting his enemies, standing up to his problems or learning from his mistakes, he stands around and yells at other people for doing what they’re supposed to do within this war. He has this illogical, impossible ideal that “everyone needs to be saved, and if anyone is in harm’s way they need to be taken out (especially if they’re a woman).” It’s because of this character’s ideal that absolutely ruins this show. His servant will be doing badass things and actually getting stuff done, but because she’s a woman, she can’t fight and needs to stay home and cook, right? Even though there are literal demons who are fucking killing people, Shiro wants to have a peaceful conversation with them and maybe they’ll become good, right? It’s not just that, but Shiro is an overall asshole and an idiot. For the sake of saying others, he steps into obviously dangerous and impossibly stupid situations even though he has literally no experience with fighting. The worst part about this, is that he never learns otherwise. He doesn’t grow as a character, other than him learning spells. There’s hardly an arc! Yes, that is the only character I’m going to talk about.

STORY
It’s a hell of a lot easier to understand what quarrels I have with the story after knowing what’s wrong with the characters, because it’s mostly the same thing. Basically, because of Shiro’s personality, he stops any and all plot progression. Forbidding his servant to do much, refusing to kill his opponents only making matters worse for him and his allies are all common staples of the story, and because of this lack of an arc with him, it becomes really boring and really repetitive fast. That’s the biggest problem, but there’s also the fact that the climax kind of happens 3 quarters of the way through the show and almost everything after that just feels like filler. Shiro and his servant have a really forced romance that was painful to watch. There’s a multitude of convoluted plot twists that don’t make any sense if you haven’t seen fate/zero (which you totally should). The plot is far from the worst thing about the show, it’s not even that horrible, but it is all Shiro’s fault.

ART
Now to talk about something good in this show. There’s 2 parts to art: animation and sound. The animation isn’t extraordinary, nor is it horrible (expect for a scene involving a CGI dragon), the animation overall is acceptable. It’s the sound that’s really good. I loved both the openings, sometimes that was the only motivation to watch the next episode. The voice acting is also really good. The English voice of Rin Toosaka is a standout, I thought her character and her voice actress were the some of the best parts of the show.

OTHER THINGS
Yet another problems I have with this show is the obvious, cringey and mildly autistic fan service in this show. Let me clarify. Most instances of fan service would be a panty shot, or characters revealing their big breasts. This isn’t the case, the fan service in this show is a little different. Every female character treats the main character (Shiro) as the most handsome, glorious, talented and handsome man who has ever existed. As the show progresses, Shiro becomes a harem-lord for no good reason! Any female character, wether or not they’re evil, eventually lives with Shiro and wants to ride on his dick. Even though this is a fantasy show about fighting for the holy grail, we still have a loli, a tsundere, vanilla, quasi-incest and a few others.

OVERALL
I have many, many, many problems with this show. More problems than i have compliments. Yes, i enjoyed the voice acting and music, but i don’t need to tell you that thats not enough to get you into watching a show. Mostly everything in this show pissed me off somehow, and now i feel like the only purpose of this show is to make unlimited blade works look a million times better! I’d recommend you not watch this show.

Mobile suit gundam seed is actually my first gundam show. After hearing so much about gundam and it's universe, I thought it's about time I got into it. I decided to start with gundam seed because it's detatched from the rest of the gundam universe and can standalone. This is very true as I didn't need much background information walking into this show, and I wasn't really confused at any point. If you want to start here, you very well can.

STORY 7/10
Gundam seed revolves around the earth forces fighting off an evil space organization named ZAFT for reasons that would spoil a really great plot ... point and aren't revealed until much later. Yound Kira Yamato is more or less thrown into piloting a gundam mech and fighting in this war. He must protect himself, his friends and his planet from some bad dudes in space. The story, while great overall, is still the one of the damaging parts of the series. The first arc (episodes 1-13) is pretty boring, aside from cool action scenes. The entire series is on a gradually increasing slope, as it starts off boring, and becomes orgasmic by the end. To change gears for a minute, let's talk about Star Wars. Overall, the movies are really well-made, exciting and filled with touching and really interesting characters. Despite that, we can't forget about the 3 hours worth of endless talking in a senate, or the obvious CGI, or forced romance and such. That is exactly what gundam seed is. It's all 8 Star Wars movies released at this point meshed into one - good and bad. There are amazing action scenes, incredible character developments, at the same time there's 10 minute conversations about space.

CHARACTERS 10/10
Things get really interesting with the characters, but it's not because of any backstory or distinct personality. The central character conflict is Kira Yamato (representing the earth forces) facing off his best friend - anthrum Zala (representing ZAFT). It's the dynamic between these characters and their affiliates that make up the meat of this show. Some characters might be working for the good guys, but are they really good? Some bad characters learn important things and switch sides. Point is, the main cast is dynamic and well-written enough for it to not be super 1-dimensional. On top of things, the motivation of these characters is super real. In this future world, some humans have been genetically modified to perform better. This brings up a major moral question that is explored brilliantly in the show, and Kira is one of the modified. The earth forces don't like those people, so it's up to Kira to make a good name for his race, while saving the life of his best friend on the other side. Kira is not the only one with a conflict as this. Anthrum has to answer the question of wether he agrees with ZAFT. The characters and their moral questions are no doubt the best part about the show.

ART 4/10
Ew. This show was made in 2002. While I normally like the early 2000's style of animation, like full metal panic and such, this doesn't look all that great. The character designs just look really weird at times, and everything lacks detail. The art in this show is just a lot of bold colors with some shading, which is lackluster even on 2000's standards. There's also an embarrassing amount of recycled animation. Every missile fired, every gundam launch off, every opening has the same exact shots being used while in space. Part of why the show gets better as it goes along, is because eventually they leave space, meaning that recycled footage is practically thrown out the window, since the backgrounds are filled with stuff now. The openings aren't special either. Instead of showing off kickass animation or telling a brief story like the best OPs do, this just shows pictures of characters with mechs in the background. All 4 of them have recycled footage, and it pissed me off a lot.

OVERALL 8/10
Despite its apparent flaws, this show was a blast. It was a very good introduction to the gundam universe for me, and hopefully it will be for you. I do recommend you watch gundam seed, but just keep in mind of the pacing and the poor animation. Also, while I did find this show very good, I would totally believe it if someone said there's a better gundam series. What are some other great gundam series that don't require a lot of commitment to them?

No game no life: zero is the prequel film to the pretty amazing series of the same name. Although no game no life is in the title, this is incredibly different from the series.

STORY 8/10
The story takes place thousands of years before the show; before Tet became ruler and made things fun. This world is engulfed in a giant war that kills many people. It follows Rikku, a general ad his new robot girlfriend. The story heavily relies on the 2 main characters' relationship growing, which is really emotional, well-done and touching. When the movie wanted me to care for either of them, oh lord ... I did! There is a war aspect to this movie, though. Most times, the situation that the humans are in reminds me of your average dystopian future story like hunger games or divergent. Not only were aspects of this movie generic-feeling, but also really dark from a tonal perspective. The first 2 thirds of this movie focuses on the relationship, and the humans hiding from war. These thirds of the movie were really slow and dare I say - boring at times. The story picks up very well in the last act, when things get exciting! The climax is when the real action, feels and intensity strikes better than a lot of other things.

CHARACTERS 9/10
The characters in this movie are really unique. Most of them have the same voice and similar design to a character from the original series. Every main character from the movie is a counterpart to a main character from the original. That is really good, and seeing their similarities and differences from the original characters I also though to be creative. As said before, the bulk of the movie is seeing the 2 characters' relationship grow, which besides the action, was no doubt the best part. Although the 2 main characters are the only ones with real focus on them, they were developed perfectly! There are some characters that I wish had more screen time, one of them was recurring from the original series.

ART 10/10
Beautiful! This movie is a joy to look at from beginning to end. Although this movie lacks the bright colors and atmosphere of the show, this still manages to be really well-made in an animation and cinematic perspective. The sound was also beautiful. The voice cast returns from the series, which just as always, there really good. The sound effects, music and all that stuff was pretty chill too.

OTHER THINGS
Don't get me wrong, I loved this movie a lot, but my biggest and most apparent complaint is the tone of the movie. This movie lacks any of the humor, fun and clever-ness of the show. It's not a grand story about people conquering races to face God, nor is it about the clever strategies used to beat people with simple games. What made the show so great were these things: humor, fun and cunning. Those things are clearly replaced by feels, intensity and a darker storyline, but I just prefer something fun and optimistic over a war story. It's this that stopped me from enjoying this movie as much I should've. But that's just me, don't let that stop you from enjoying this.

OVERALL 8/10
This movie is really good! Yes, it's really dark and slow at the beginning, but these flaws are over-shadowed by the really well-animated action, touching story and everything else that makes movies good. It's when you realize that this is part of no game no life that makes you see the flaws. Regard this as a standalone movie, that'll make it seem a lot better than it already is.

Jojo's bizarre adventure: diamond is unbreakble is the 4th part of Jojo's bizarre adventure. The preceding parts of Jojo have been overall enjoyable, but noticeably flawed, to the detriment of my enjoyment. Is this the case for DIU? No!!!!!

STORY 9/10
The story is f*** amazing! It begins in the small Japanese town known as Morioh. Jotaro (from part 3) goes there to see a reletive of his. Josuke, his uncle, is now attending high school (yes, the uncle of a 30-something year old man is attending high school), and making friends with little people, a manga artist, a yandere and there's also a few serial killers. ... The actual story doesn't kick in until halfway through the show. Before then, it's a collection of stories about the mystery behind Morioh and it's residents. Once the story actually starts it's OH MA GAAAHHHD!!!!! The last 10 episodes or so are as intense as the Cold War, the main antagonist is one of the best anime villains out there, and there's actual character arcs!! Starting this show, I was worried that this would be another part 3; a collection of useless stories that hardly impact the overall story. This is not the case. There are exactly 4 episodes that are as formulaic and pointless as the average stardust episode. There were plenty of times where I thought it was going to take the generic route again, but I was quickly proved wrong after seeing some of the most unconventional and cleverly-written episodes of Jojo ever!

CHARACTERS 10/10
OH MA GAAAHHHD!!!!! The main cast of characters are Josuke, the charismatic Jojo of this story, his friend Koichi, a short, puny kid whose character arc is one of the best ones in this show. Rohan, a seclusive manga artist, and Jotaro is back!!! The first half has a similar style to stardust crusaders; a different character fights someone every episode or 2. Again, a delight, seeing every character have their own time in the spotlight. The last time I watched a Jojo part, the villains as a whole were pointless and never brought up again and were 1 dimensional. While there are very few of those types of people in it, every "villain" in this show is super important! Almost all of the villains appear again in later episodes and contribute somehow. The greatest delight is when a villain character now becomes a good guy and fights alongside them. Actually, a majority of the villains are dynamic and developed enough to effectively do that.

ART 8/10
Jojo's art style continues to impress me. Although it's still not as trippy and colorful as part 2, and the characters don't look as real as they do in part 3, what this show has going for it is color palette. A lot of purple, yellow, green, pink and blue make up what this show looks like. Not to mention the sound, which is also great. The 2nd opening is one of my favorite OPs ever, and although the soundtrack doesn't have stand-out tracks, it's still fun to listen to.

OVERALL 9/10
Jojo part 4 improves upon Jojo in almost every way imaginable. From Pink Floyd references, to invisible babies, to memes, this show is great! My only apparent flaw is the pacing of the first half, and the few episodes that aren't important to the grand story. I give it my best recommendation, and urge you to get into Jojo ASAP. It's things like this that makes someone appreciate Jojo so much. If you're anything like me, you'll watch part 1 and 2 and say "why is this so popular?" Trust me, don't give up on it.