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Story - The story of a bully trying to redeem himself was done pretty well, at least at the beginning. The parts when they were little children are really hard to watch (and well done), Nishimiya is such a sweet child, watch her being subjected to bullying was horrible, but it didn't feel forced for drama or anything, I have no problems with the story until they grow up, then we have stupid dramatic moment one after the other, unlike the bullying at the beggining, these moments feel forced and unatural, **(minor spoiler ahead) for instance Ueno's reaction outside the hospital when she goes ballistic ... against Nishimiya and her mother is laughable and unrealistic, Ueno lost all contact with Ishida after elementary school, why go so far for someone you barely even know? I could give more examples like the fight between Ishida and Kawai, and Nishimiya's suicide attempt but I want to keep this short** Doesn't help that the story feels rushed, I always felt like I was missing something, this movie felt like a very summarized version of the manga. In conclusion, the story is not bad per se, but it's poorly executed, oh and one other thing that bother me... you expect me to belive a severely injured patient can walk out of the hospital so easily?

Art - This movie has great animation and character designs, KyoAni, always delivers.

Sound - Some tracks were really emotional, I really liked it.

Character - I loved Nishimiya, she's so cute and innocent, I almost cried when she confessed her love and Ishida could'nt understand her. Ishida is interesting, all the bully turned victim aspect made him a dynamic and complex character. Nagatsuka is the funniest anime character I've seen in a while and Nishimiya's sister with her tomboy style and strong personality was a delight to watch in every scene. Ueno is pretty annoying and she seems like a terrible person, **(spoilers) so I really don't get it when she casually appears at school at the end of the movie, and everyone seems to be ok with it, even our two main characters, Nishimiya who seemingly was driven to suicide by Ueno's words, and Ishida, who knew of Ueno's verbal (AND physical) abuse of Nishimiya.

Enjoyment - Good characters, good animation and music, but you can feel frustrated with all the forced drama and stupid situations.

Overall - 7, this movie is overrated, but not as much as Kimi no Na wa, now that movie was a mess, this one is pretty decent in comparison.

--Sorry for my English, I'm from a non-English speaking country--

Story - Sorry, but Gintama has no story, there is no plot at all. It's been like this since the beginning, to say it can get away with that just because it has stand alone adventures is ridiculous, just look at Cowboy Bebop or Mushishi, these shows also have many stand alone adventures and yet they have a story, Gintama can get serious from time to time, but it doesn't have real character development and it has a 'story' that goes nowhere.

Art - Average, as always. Art is getting better with each new season, but it's ... still pretty average, almost Bleach and Naruto standards, which means it can get pretty detailed and fluid animation in some episodes, but for most of the show it's average.

Sound - The music always seems to convey the right mood, openings and endings are fine.

Character - Likeable characters, but 0 development. All they do is fool around. Some times it feels like I'm watching Family Guy or some stupid show like that, everyone is trying to be funny in their own way, that's about the only compliment I can give them.

Enjoyment - Very enjoyable show, it has some very funny moments. If a review only depended on this aspect, then I would give Gintama a score of 8.

Story - 1
Art - 6
Sound - 7
Character - 6
Enjoyment - 8
Overall - 7

--Sorry for my English, I'm from a non-English speaking country--
Ok, right now this show is incredibly overrated, at first I was enjoying it, there is some gore, action, and even some fanservice, but that's about it, because the story is a total mess, it makes no f**king sense at all! There is this God Deus and he is giving cell phones (or future diaries) to some people so they kill each other in a game and the one last standing will become the new God, that's the premise and I know it doesn't sound so bad (it kinda reminds me of Death Note) but things ... only keep interesting the few first episodes, the rest is just brainless fighting, oh and the characters, OMG, Yukiteru has to be one of the less likeable characters I've seen in my entire life, he's a coward and he's also f**king retarded, for example:
( SPOILER )
There's Yukiteru's loving mother and there's Yukiteru's selfish terrible father, his mother (who has showed love and affection the entire series) is killed by his father, yes his own father kills his mother, and if that's not enough he also tried to kill Yukiterou in exchange of having his debts paid. Ok, here's the problem, Yuki makes more fuss and shed more tears for his father than he did for his mother, it makes no sense, he even was aware of his father's intentions to kill him, and he knew he was the one who killed his mother, but this is Mirai Nikki, the nonsensical anime, so he even forgives him and then he becomes, totally out of the blue, a perfect assassin (he was a coward without combat skills), and all credibility goes downhill from there...
( END OF SPOILER )
Yuno is not as bad a character as Yukiteru is, but she's a very shallow character, she's there just for the sake of gore, I think the writers tried to make her a complex character, but they failed, she's also pretty annoying. In some episodes I was like " I swear, if I hear 'Yuuuukiiii' one more time..." LOL
The rest of the characters are even more poorly developed... there's a detective boy who looks exactly like Kaworu Nagisa from Neon Genesis Evangelion, he's supposed to be the mysterious white haired character, and the three friends of Yukiteru, they serve some purpose but there's no deep in their personalities, the same goes for the villains, there's many of them and they look more interesting than the "good boys" but they get killed so fast we don't get to really know them at the end, the only exception are the cop and the one-eyed terrorist psycho girl, these two are probably the more likeable characters on the show. Oh and I almost forgot, there's this woman with a HUGE head, she looks so out of place, but no one seems to care "Hi woman with the huge face", I know this is anime, it's not supposed to be realistic, but c'mon, she's the only person with such a huge head yet everyone seems oblivious to it (and she's the only character with a huge head).
As I said the story is a mess, a fan fiction could do better, it's full of ridiculous dialogue and laughable plot twists.
Sound is average, opening and ending themes are pretty good, the OST it's just ok.
The art it's not bad, I like the character's designs (especially the character design of the girls), they look a bit generic, but they look great. The animation remains consistently good (just don't expect the quality of Death Note or Code Geass), but it's downgraded in some episodes. If you are expecting a suspenseful psychological thriller, then you may end up very disappointed, Mirai Nikki it's not the next Death Note or Monster, it's all mindless action and nonsense... there's some mystery to the story, but I would rather recommend you to watch Another, it's infinitely more interesting and mysterious than Mirai Nikki.
I'm gonna give some credit to Mirai Nikki, the show is a bit addictive, each episode leaves you wanting more, but that's just because they come up with some stupid plot twist that seems interesting at first, but at the end nothing makes sense.

Story - 2
Art - 7
Sound - 6
Character - 3
Enjoyment - 5
Overall - 4

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