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Apr 1, 2019
What makes a show good? Is it the story’s ability of positing a revolutionary concept or to delve into deep unprecedented philosophical topics and tackle uncharted themes and ideas? Or, maybe it’s the unique characters present that imbue the show with relatability and separate it from the rest? This season of Mob Psycho 100 has me thinking otherwise. Mob Psycho takes themes like self-identity, comradery, uniqueness and blends them into a tale that I will not soon forget. Mob Psycho tackles the aforementioned themes in a way that most of its predecessors have failed to do. This has me believing that in order to fabricate
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a good story, you don’t need the most original concept but need to execute whatever you have in your hand to a T.
This season, we again go on a journey with Mob (the OP psychic) and Reigen (the conman) as they exorcise the demons present in the world and those present inside of them. The plot is as simple as it gets, we have our exorcisms going on; Mob being taken advantage of and deciding to become a better person; Claw, making a move; the body improvement club being awesome, etc. The plot doesn’t really diverge from what was presented to us in Season 1, though it does take some detours, those are what make this season so much better than the first one.
The previous season focused more on the fights and their aesthetics whereas this season the attention is more on the character development through the fights. Sure, the fights look as beautiful as ever, but more importance is given to how the characters change and what they take away from the fights. Reigen and Mob visit various clients, and most of the time the exorcism of the spirits serves as a catalyst for Mob’s growth as a character and as a human. But, where the anime shines is not the plot, but the characters.
The characters are the heart of the show, which is true for most stories but more so with this one. The characters may look like typical shounen characters if you look superficially, but when scrutinized, one can come up with a different conclusion. One aspect about the characters I love is how human they feel. Mob does not require any catalyst for the instigation of the feeling that he needs to change, it comes from within him. It’s a joy to see him transform into a socially acceptable person from a socially awkward teen. The show handles this change in a way that is realistic and poignant, which is to be expected as the show does such a great job of portraying the difficulties and hurdles faced by Mob due to his awkward disposition. No development feels rushed or out of place and everything is handled at a pace that is not too fast but not too slow that the watchers get bored. As you watch Mob trying his level best to grow up as a person, you can’t help but start to support him. The body improvement club is what our society should be. They are introduced as temporary comic relief characters but slowly they become an integral cog in the growth of Mob. We don’t spend much time with them on screen, but whenever they are on screen the experience is absolute gold.
The two characters in the spotlight are Mob and Reigen with the latter also getting a character arc which is probably one of the best I’ve seen in recent years. Reigen is a conman, he swindles people, including Mob, for his own personal gain, but, despite that he’s one of the most likeable characters in the series. At first, there seems to be a dichotomy between him and Mob, with Mob lacking the very confidence that Reigen seems to be brimming with, but this season lets us view things with a different perspective. We see Reigen’s inner struggles vicariously and realise he’s not much better off than Mob. Reigen when put in a difficult situation where his only ally seems to be him himself, his introspection reveals a great deal about him and his relationship with Mob. He realises that under the pretence of helping Mob control his powers, he was actually taking advantage of him and was holding Mob back from enjoying his youth. After his epiphany, he does not feign ignorance but tires to better himself as a person. Reigen, in Mob’s own words, is a genuinely good guy. Furthermore, his ultimate move – Self Defence Rush – is capable of destroying the whole planet and needs to be nerfed.
The anime also boasts a spectacular cast of supporting characters. We’ve got dimple, the spirit who wanted to take over Mob’s body at first but warms up to him and becomes more and more of a comrade after each passing episode. This change happens gradually which helps audience familiarise themselves with his character. We don’t get any abrupt character change and thus the show avoids alienating the viewers. Another character worth mentioning is Mogami, a resentful spirit who is the perfect depiction of what Mob would’ve been had he not met with Reigen or had Reigen been a selfish person. The serendipitous meeting between Mob and Reigen is what kept Mob and his uncontrollable powers anchored to the ground. The body improvement club is as epic as ever and this season has convinced me that the biggest muscles they have are their hearts. The characters are meticulously crafted and handled with care. That being said, there are some flaws here and there.
Most of the villains are underdeveloped and are there only as an obstacle for our heroes to overcome. We don’t know their motivations for joining the evil organisation that they have joined and neither do we learn about their personalities. Not all villains are cannon fodder though. The leader of the organisation has a goal set in his mind and though his motivations are a bit overbearing, it’s not difficult to picture that among tens of hundreds of espers one would come across such a guy. Although, the villains are not as interesting as they could have been, I don’t think it matters much because at the end of it all what Mob Psycho really is, if you ask me, is a coming of age story.
The animation is absolutely fantastic. Studio Bones have outdone themselves once again. If you’re holding out on this show because you think that the animation looks crap then, I don’t know what to say to you except you’re missing out on an acid trip. The facial animation conspicuously shows the characters’ emotion and much of the characters’ thoughts are accentuated through their body language. There is a lot of visual storytelling which is really well complimented by the unique art and animation. Lastly, the fights are stupendous. The animation does a great job of presenting the tension and force exerted by each punch, each kick that the characters throw and receive. Every time someone uses his/her psychic powers to pin someone to the ground, the anime does an awesome job of accentuating the augmentation of gravitational field around them which helps in visualising the incomprehensible telekinetic powers that the characters possess. This one guy has the power to teleport himself anywhere he wants and keeps doing so while fighting. You would think that it would make it very hard for us to follow him as he keeps darting around, but due to the excellent cinematography and clever use of visual direction, you can always keep your eyes on him using your peripheral vision. That’s some next level stuff right there. Massive props to everyone involved in animating the series.
The music is brilliant as well. I’m no connoisseur of music but I can tell whether a piece of music fits a scene or not and in the case of Mob Psycho 100, most of the pieces perfectly complement the ongoing scene. The music during fights are perfect to get you hyped, and those during the emotional scenes will make the feels hit you like a truck. Also, the OP is fire.
Mob Psycho 100 is one of the best character driven narratives to come out in recent years. It’s a near prefect retrospective look into a teenage mind and how everyone is susceptible to change. It sends a message that no matter how incongruous you are with respect to your surroundings, no matter how detached you are with reality, you can always start over.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 25, 2019
Insert obligatory pretentious quote here because I’m not good at starting a review. The Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime or TenSuru is an anime that slipped into the radar of ever hungry anime watchers in October 2018. Since then, the anime has been praised as being a wholesome isekai deviating from the norm and positing a new and refreshed take on the genre. So, imagine my confoundment when only the first 5-6 episodes held true to the preceding sentence. After the first 6 episodes it turns into your typical harem loli bait. Allow me to elaborate.
The anime starts off pretty good actually with
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our protagonist (who is a not-so-social-virgin at 37) dying, with his dying wish being “If I ever get reborn, I want to be OP af and want to screw as many girls as I like”; to be fair, I would probably also wish something along those lines. After citing his wish, “the great sage” reincarnates him into another world as the most OP slime ever. Stuff happens and he ends up saving a tsundere dragon from eternal imprisonment by eating him and also saves a village of goblins from direwolves. He, then names all the goblins and direwolves and takes it upon himself to create an ideal living environment for the monsters to live in. Just because he worked as a “contractor” in his previous life, he’s able to plan out a whole city mostly by himself. He also becomes an expert in holding a conversation even though he was lonely and awkward in his previous life. I don’t know how that works, but good for him right?
After planning a whole city mostly by himself, begins the directionless adventure of the slime. This is one of the main problems with this show, it does not know what it wants to be. There’s no overarching narrative, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but audiences at least need a sense of direction of movement in order not to be bored. There was something about there being a demon lord or something, idk it’s probably the same guy that’s present in every other isekai. What the show does is, it makes one of the characters say “Demon Lord” in some way or the other and the anime is like “well that’s enough plot progression for one episode. Who wants tiddies?”. Instead of actual plot we get “plot”. Not “plot” plot, but PLOT. Every girl the slime ever comes across is infatuated with him because we need to construct a harem or it will not be an isekai. Thus, the slime turns into chad slime and is swimming in tiddies, literally. The second problem with the show is that the danger does not feel real. Since the slime, who gets the name Rimuru by the way, is as OP as Goku in his Rainbow Super Saiyan Ultra Instinct Super Saiyan Legendary Super Saiyan God Ultra BS Level 5 form, nobody stands a chance against him. Anyone who challenges him, gets their ass handed to them in about 5 milliseconds. The fights usually go like this:
1. Rimuru’s henchmen fighting evil guy.
2. Evil Guy: You are just cannon fodder.
3. Henchmen lose; evil guy laughs; Rimuru arrives.
4. Evil Guy: You’re just a slime, you can’t do anything.
5. Rimuru beats the shit out of evil guy.
6. Evil Guy: *gasp* *starts following Rimuru for no reason*
Seriously, everyone who ever comes in contact with Rimuru becomes as loyal to him as you’re to anime. There’s this direwolf whose father is killed by Rimuru, but he’s like “meh, shit happens. You killed my father and dozens of my friends with whom I’ve spent my life till now, but you gave me a name so I instantly forgot about them”.
The comedy is ehhh??? I know comedy is subjective, but I can distinguish between well written comedy that isn’t funny just to me and just plain bad comedy. There’s this character who doesn’t speak and just says “mmmhh” and whenever he does that Rimuru goes “Speak up, man”. It was funny the first time but became annoying after it was repeated for a million times. There’s this lizardman who’s arguably the most irksome character in the show because his only purpose in life seems to be to make stupid decisions for the sake of tasteless humour. But, the most annoying part is that those actions, those asinine actions that he takes in the show which we took for granted, actually contribute to plot progression. He overthrows his father, the king of the lizardmen, from the throne during an invasion just because 3 of his henchmen told him that he is strong *annoyed nose exhale*.
The characters are painfully mediocre. Except for one female character, all others are there just to show some cleavage and get wet over Rimuru for no goddamn reason. Rimuru himself isn’t that interesting of a character. We never get an explanation to his motivation or what he wants to do, he just does whatever is presented to him. That’s weak writing. If your character holds his/her characterisation only in the context of the story then that’s weak character writing. There’s not even much to write as the characters are the definition of average. If they were on either end of the spectrum you would have something to say about them, but the characters in this show don’t have much of a personality. Only one character gets anything resembling a backstory which was so cursory that I forgot about it as soon as it happened. The characters are introduced as some kind of badasses only to further paint them as only superficially badass. There’s a character who tames the orcs and has a calm demeanour in his first scene but loses his mind when his plan fails. He’s portrayed as smart and shrewd but isn’t even able to figure out that his own slave is going to kill him.
The female cast consists of useless fanservice character #1, useless fanservice character #2, useless fanservice character #3 up to useless fanservice character #10, and Shizue. You can literally replace the female cast with boobs and it wouldn’t make a dent of a difference. Every female in this show, in one way or another, is only present to hold Rimuru between her boobs or to get angry for absolutely no reason in order to provide “comic relief”. I’ve put comic relief if massive quotations because all it does is annoy the viewer or pad for time as every episode needs to be 20 minutes long. The “comic relief” usually (and by usually I mean all the time) consists of girls vying to get wet over Rimuru or having other characters eat food that they’ve prepared; usually (and by usually I mean all the time) the food is very unpalatable and causes the person eating said food to faint. As you can see these are entirely new concepts that have never been executed or seen before in any anime, ever.
There’s a demon loli who runs around in bikinis blowing up whatever she wishes and is supposed to be a “demon lord” who are apparently the most OP people in the world. The demon loli is defeated by Rimuru by stuffing her mouth with honey; a feat which is applauded by his loyal followers quoting it as “A feat which only Rimuru-sama can accomplish” *exasperated sigh*. The demon loli (that’s what I’m gonna call her because she was only present in the show to appeal to pedos and was such a superfluous character that I don’t even remember her name and can’t be bothered to search for it), becomes besties with Rimuru because, well, we need an excuse to shoehorn in a loli with enough helium in her voice to lead to dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of consciousness and ultimately death.
You might be thinking that despite shitting on this show why have I still given it a 4/10. Well, that’s because even though everything about this anime is utterly mediocre, I still had an urge to click the next episode and ended up finishing it in a day so it gets some points there. Even though the fights themselves can’t be considered anything other than one sided massacre, they were still fun to watch.
Oh, almost forgot. The music is ok, the OPs and EDs are just fine and with the exception of one piece (which I just can’t seem to be able to find), all the others are forgettable. The animation is pretty solid though, especially during the fights. But, what good is animation when the majority of the show is as bland and tasteless as frozen dry fruits.
Tl;dr
If isekai is your thing, then go for it, but again if you really like isekai then you’ve probably already watched it. If you don’t like isekai and are going to try it because you’ve heard so many good things about it, then I’d recommend you to refrain from watching it. This is another one of those mediocre isekai that has been hyped to high heavens by the anime community. It’s literally like any other isekai.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Feb 13, 2019
I’ve never been a fan of the “isekai” genre. It was never alluring for me and neither is it now. The mere fact that a person was “transported” to another world, for me, invalidated everything that happened to the said person in that “another world”. I could never fathom (and I still can’t) why the hero can’t start off as a regular person in the fantasy world instead of being transported there from our world. Originality is lost in this process as the “another world” of most isekai anime are basically the same with similar power system and the same old cliched stereotypes that have
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become quintessential trademark of the isekai genre.
“The Rising of the Shield Hero” overcomes some of the immutable traits of the generic isekai anime and is, not a refreshing take on the genre, but is a good take nonetheless. The story is similar to what you’ve probably seen a billion times - world is in danger; four heroes will appear and save it. That basically summarises the plot. Four “heroes” are summoned to an alternate world to try and stop the dark forces who are trying to eradicate said world. I have heroes in double quotes because they consist of two college students and two high school students, not the kind of people that comes to mind when hearing the word hero.
Here’s my first problem with the show. The four main characters show no confoundment when they are magically transported to a world different than their own. They all adjust to it as easily as adjusting to a new shirt that is ever so short. They simply accept their fate and are ready in minutes to risk their life and save a world with which they have no connection whatsoever. It’s like they’re the most complacent people in the universe. It is not yet explained as to why the heroes need to be summoned from a different world, because to me it seems like there are enough magicians and warriors in their own world who could help cull the demons.
Second problem – the setting. It’s set in medieval times (like the billion other isekai anime), but it doesn’t feel like it (like the billion other isekai anime). There is no atmosphere to encapsulate the feeling of medieval-ness. It basically feels like a village from the past or something.
Our story really starts when the shield hero, our main protagonist Naofumi, is incriminated of sexually assaulting his party member who also happened to be the King’s daughter. Everyone in the world, for some yet to be explained reason, had a deep-seated feeling of aversion for the shield hero from the beginning which is only augmented after hearing the about the harassment of the princess. The shield hero is kicked out of the palace and left alone to conquer his quest while avoiding everyone’s contempt.
The characters in this show are what differentiate it from other of it’s kind. Though there are some cardboard cut outs, the main characters, Naofumi, Raphtalia and Filo are all disparate from the characters present in other isekai shows. Pro No.1 – the show eschews fanservice; this really shouldn’t be a pro, but given the current state of anime and fan-service, it is. At first, I perceived Naofumi as a typical insular otaku but there’s more to his character than just that. We see his compassion through his actions and not by monologue. His magnanimity is shown via his action of saving Raphtalia and is not just pushed onto the audience. Raphtalia, another character whose temperament is shown by actions she takes and not by monologue, is also a great character. She was a slave who was orphaned due to a demon Cerberus killing her parents and is rescued by Naofumi. We see this friendship develop between her and Naofumi which feels candid and not just some forced “nakama” shit. The character writing is eloquent and we have new character Filo introduced in episode 5. I hope she gets the same treatment as the rest of the characters and is not some expendable loli. Since we’re only 6 episodes in, other characters don’t get that much focus but that’s to be expected since we’re only 1/4th into the show.
The animation is awesome, the background looks realistic but the character animation is nothing to fawn over. The character animation is pretty untenable and sloppy at times but when it really matters, it gets better.
The music isn’t remarkable and with the exception of the opening, most of the pieces are instantly forgettable. Still, fire OP though.
I binged six episodes in two and a half hours and it was a ride. I’m gonna put this show on hold and binge it once it finishes airing. Overall, it’s a pretty good isekai (never thought I’d ever say this), and I hope the quality doesn’t degrade as the show goes on. I can’t put my finger on the one reason as to why I like this show, I just like it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 3, 2019
One thing I never really understood about romance anime is why do most of them have to utterly fail at the one thing they set out to do. I’ve seen a plethora of romance anime which start off strong with an interesting setting and a likable cast just to throw them into a dumpster fire and follow the old, clichéd way of progressing the story. Domestic Girlfriend, unfortunately falls into the aforementioned category of romance anime.
The anime starts off pretty good with two high school students having sexual intercourse and then becoming step-siblings. Sounds like the most complicated hentai, right? Much to my
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dismay, that wasn’t the case. The first two episodes are handled pretty thoughtfully, and the characters’ actions are meticulously crafted and make sense when you realise the very awkward situation they’ve been put in. But, by episode three the fact that they became step-siblings after fornicating is pretty much forgotten.
Our main trio, Natsuo, Rui and Hina do not really compliment each other well. Interactions between them do not feel candid, instead they feel like forcibly inserted melodrama. Natsuo has a crush on his teacher (Hina) since the beginning of the show but tries to suppress his feelings when they become step-siblings as an intimate relation between them would be immoral; but he puts his brain in abeyance and goes for it anyway. This wouldn’t be an issue if he only tried it once, but he tries it three times and succeeds once and that’s about the only hint of drama I could find in this anime.
This show introduces interesting concepts and forgets that it did such a thing. Rui, as we learn in episode 1, has social problems and doesn’t really wants to make friends and such, but in the later episodes, (by later, I mean after 2 episodes), she has no problem whatsoever asking Natsuo’s friend to let her stay the night at his house. Ergo, it invalidates the only thing we know about her. Natsuo gets no characterisation at all other than he wants to be a novelist and that he’s a “nice guy”. The other characters are not really that well fleshed out which is to be expected as we’re only 4 episodes into the series.
The music is average af, but goddamn that OP is fire.
The animation is pretty good but the character designs are as generic as they get. Also, Natsuo is supposed to be in high school but he looks like he’s in his second year of college. The background art is fantastic though.
Well, this anime has been pretty boring till now and, with the exception of episode 1, I was basically dragging myself through it. Episode 4 was a cringe-fest. Still, hope remains as it hasn’t been completely trash.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jan 29, 2019
"What is life, if not a Gamble?" - F.E. Higgings
You should do all kinds of things in your life, go on an adventure, waste your time on a crazy idea that you know is not gonna succeed but do it anyway because your mind desires it. But, if there's one thing you must not do is to waste your time on this piece of trash.
Plot: 2/10
This has to be one of the most banal anime I've ever seen. The story, whatever it is, revolves around a crazy compulsive gambler named Jabami Yumeko who transfers to (insert generic Japanese High School Name here) and gambles
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with the students there. Also, the school has no faculty members so students are free to do whatever they please, which includes but is not limited to, sexual harassment, discrimination, physical and mental torture. Oh boy, do I want to go to this school.
There is some kind of stupid clan this season out there on a mission to choose the next in line to rule their clan. To whom do you give this incredibly important responsibility to you ask? Well, of course you give it to some school students because all the adults in this world are either extinct or are too retarded and asinine to carry out their jobs. This just adds to the realism with which the show progresses. Did I mention there are no teachers in the school? Because there isn’t even one goddamn hint that there exists such an entity as a teacher.
But who cares about the plot because we’re all here for the gambling. The tension that builds up in your body as you lay transfixed on your couch hoping that the character you want to win, actually wins. We’re all here for the thrill and the excitement we feel as adrenaline rushes through our veins, of which we get absolutely nothing. Not even a scintilla of zeal is to be found when watching the matches. The “gambling” feels like two monkeys fiddling around with torture equipment they just discovered. There is no sense of dread as Jabami is probably going to come up with a BS strategy and win anyway. The only good gambling match was the very first match all the way at the start of the series, all the matches that come afterwards are full of crap. There’s a gamble in this season in which one wrong move can end up slicing one of your fingers, but the fear of losing one of your fingers is shitted into oblivion as all the characters are psychopaths with no regards to their own or other’s safety. What a great way to set the atmosphere! Also, how the hell do these shitty teens get so much money to spend on the gambles? Do they collect garbage? Or maybe they prostitute themselves. This would be a much better plot than whatever pretentious shit we have been given.
People, apparently can do anything in this school and not face any repercussions. One of the challengers’ poisons Jabami and the students act like this is a regular occurrence in their school. People go jail for this shit, but the characters just laugh it off as if it was the same as stubbing your toe. The school students also employ what is basically slavery with extra steps. The students who have “lost it all”, which usually means losing a large sum of money against someone, become the prerogative of the winners. How the hell is this school still up and running is beyond me. And, the student council are like the Gods of the world or something with enough power to put the Chinese army to shame. Those annoying shits can apparently plan out your whole life, literally.
Yeah, the writing and plot are absolute balderdash with enough volume of crap to fill 20 Olympic sized swimming pools.
Characters: 1/10
The characters in this show: if it’s a girl, then she’s either psychotic and hot or psychotic and grotesque; if it’s a boy, he’s either the biggest cunt or a pathetic forlorn beta cuck. You would think in a gambling anime the characters’ personalities and their motivations would be deftly woven into their characteristic disposition, but instead you get a high school girl who has a hobby of collecting human nails. A hobby that is very fitting of a girl that age and is not out of character at all.
Also, for some equivocal reason, the girls start fiddling with their tiddies in between matches. For some reason, which is definitely not to hide the trite writing and woo in audience by employing fanservice, girls get orgasms if they win a match… or even if they lose them? The apocryphal “G-spot” was gambling all along? Wish I knew that earlier.
The character writing is cursory and all over the place with characters doing a 180-degree personality change in mere seconds. The ephemeral enjoyment you get thinking, “finally, a normal character”, is stuffed inside a box and thrown deep into the Mariana Trench never to be found again, as you find out they are basically Jabami with a different face.
You can replace the entire cast of characters with baboons and it wouldn’t change a thing. On second thought, the baboons would probably impart some sense of enjoyment to the show.
Art and Animation: 7/10
The animation is awesome but the characters’ faces make me puke. They make these grotesque faces sometimes which looks so out of place. One moment the character is happily discussing the rules of the gambling match and the next moment they turn into a monster from Courage the Cowardly Dog. They look more like caricatures than faces.
Enjoyment: 3/10
I’m still gonna finish this show because according to my girlfriend “it gets better” and I’m too deep into it to drop it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Sep 29, 2018
This is a story about a kid,
who never really understood much of anything she did,
she wants to die but doesn’t want to be killed,
I can’t figure out a way to end this.
This is an anime starring a girl called Rachael Gardner and a psychotic retard called Isaac (Zack) Foster. We follow them on their quest to escape from a certain hospital which also doubles as a hunting ground for sociopaths who kill the unfortunate souls that enter the damned building. Each floor of the building is occupied by one of these psychopaths who will kill anyone who enters their “level”.
One of our main
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characters, Isaac is in charge of the bottom-most level where he tries to kill Rachael but fails to do so. Rachael, then remembers some stuff that happened to her in her past and comes to the very obvious conclusion - that she needs to die; but she doesn’t want to commit suicide because “God will not forgive her, for suicide is a sin”. So, she does what any sane person would do, she asks for Isaac to kill her to which he gives her the stupendous reply that he won’t kill her because her face doesn’t look good. So they decide to team up and escape the building together and thus starts the abomination that is Angels of Death.
You might think that a premise like this must provide some sort of entertainment to the viewer, and it does, which is immediately ruined by the introduction of some cardboard cutout character who wants to kill Zack and Rachael. The characters that occupy the floors of the building try to kill them because how else will we progress our non-existent and a sorry excuse for a plot?
Let’s talk about Rachael. She wants to die but won’t let anyone kill her and neither will she kill herself. This state of ambivalence is never clearly explained. You could argue that she promised Isaac that she would help emancipate him, but why the hell does she care when she just wants to go to the afterlife? Also she doesn’t speak much and is brooding all the time for some equivocal reason. That’s all there is to her character.
Isaac on the other hand is a very irksome character who does absolutely nothing but shouts and swings his scythe around to decapitate someone or to spill someone’s guts out. Apparently, he was abused as a child and became a killer because he saw someone in a movie killing a girl. And that’s all there is to his character.
The writing is utterly balderdash and it’s filled with banal, edgy clichés. There is copious amount of blood for some reason. Zack gets his stomach cut and keeps bleeding out for 4 episodes straight without inching any closer to death. A person gets shot, he/she goes flying backwards 2 meters because there is no such thing as Physics. Prisoners in this anime can apparently survive for months without food or water. There are four lines of dialogue in this series which are delivered in subtly different ways. It’s like the writers put their brains in abeyance when making this atrocity. All that the characters do is kill, and when they’re not doing so, try to kill.
Tl;Dr
If you want to watch an anime filled with interesting characters and a grand story then is not the anime you’re looking for. But, if you want an anime that you can enjoy with your brain turned off, then this is definitely not the way to go. Don’t watch this anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Jul 27, 2018
Let's just get straight to the point.
Plot 4/10
Eureka 7 is a mecha show about a boy called Renton, who has a chance encounter with a girl named Eureka, stuff happens and thus begins their "adventurous love story." The story shifts focus so many time throughout the show that people just stop caring. At first it's about Renton's desire to join the military and follow his father's footsteps and become humanity's saviour. Then it's about this religious cult who were oppressed. Then it's about this imbecile guy trying to take over the world. And finally it's about inter dimensional beings, a library purgatory, saving the
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earth from this interstellar creature who has taken over earth. There are many elements of the plot that are introduced but are never resolved.
For example, the show was delving deep into the question why are the mechs shaped like humans, and that was a really intriguing plot point but it's forgotten as quickly as it was introduced.
We know very few things about the world of Eureka 7. There are these mysterious occurrences called "trapar waves" but we never get around to discussing how they are created and why people can surf on them like they can on regular water. The story goes full on Evangelion at some points, and frankly those 2 or 3 episodes were the only ones that had any semblance of good writing in it. The world building is just bad. We don't know what happened to earth until the third last episode. At the end of the show our main cast has to fulfill a mission and they are transported underground which looks just like earth but we don't get any logical explanation as to what caused that. Sure we do get a half assed narration as to why earth became a barren wasteland but why the underground looked just like earth is never touched upon.
The show itself doesn't know what it wants to do. The initial 17 episodes were boring and banal, but at the end of episode 20 or so you get a scintilla of hope that this show just might be good, but it's cruelly snatched away from us.
Characters 3/10
Eureka 7 is praised for its characters and "romance" if for nothing else, but that's just empty praise. The characters act like cardboard cutouts, there is no sense of depth to them with the exception of a few. Holland, the haughty captain of the ship gecko is angry at Renton all the time, because apparently Eureka like Renton more than she likes him. Our main couple Eureka and Renton just need to have some drama between them. Renton, the most irksome character in the show, is also our protagonist, unfortunately. Characters start beef for no apparent reason, get angry at each other for the sake of drama etc. Renton didn't know his father very well so he jumps at every opportunity that could give him more insight into the life of his late father. People tell him about his father, he listens calmly; Eureka says she knows his father, he goes ape sh*t. Just for the sake of some awful dramatic moment. He is 14 and is stupid enough to take a girl on life support out of the hospital to "take her to a better hospital" knowing that she was from a rebellion group and no hospital would take in a terrorist, but he does it anyway and the girl dies. You might think this would've changed him as a character and made him more scrupulous, but he just forgets about it and does more stupid stuff. I was ready to give up on the show when he purposefully broke his arm using a rock so Eureka wouldn't be the only one who is different.
Speaking of Eureka, she has 3 children; kids whose parents she killed in front of them and to rectify her mistake takes them in as her own. The kids show no sign of rebellion towards the girl who killed their parents, they warm up to her instantly. Sparks do fly (between her and the oldest of the kids she rescued), and such an heavy issue is resolved without them even talking about it.
Another couple worth mentioning is Holland and Talho. Some stuff happened to them in the past, of which only glimpses are shown, and apparently Holland runs away from his problems. Let's talk about a normal day in Holland's life inside the Geko ship:
1. Wake up
2. Be a douche to Renton
3. Occasionally hit Renton
4. Get hit by Talho for hitting Renton
5. Go a secluded place
6. Talho arrives and says - "Don't run away"
7. Holland - "I'm not running away"
8. Go to sleep
9. Repeat
The rest of the members of the Geko are plain forgettable. They kill off the only two interesting characters in the show in the most stupid conflict ever. Conflict that could've been resolved with a simple chat. Characters abstain themselves from interaction, are clandestine about their feelings, accentuate their own problems just to create some misunderstanding which in turn gives birth to melodrama. The villain is just horrible. He had multiple occasions to kill the good guys and achieve his superflous goal but chooses to take the "what can they do to me" path.
At first Eureka's kids didn't like Renton for some reason but they accepted him at the middle of the series, but at the end conflict arises for no reason whatsoever.
Art and Animation - 8
The animation is pretty good and the art is fantastic. The mech and ship designs are awesome and the fights, though largely unimportant, are very well choreographed and executed.
Sound - 5
It did its job of creating a cacophony of noises and forgettable pieces with the exception of the first opening and an insert song.
Enjoyment - 6
Ehhhh...
Final thoughts
Eureka 7 is part wannabe Evangelion and part wannabe Gundam. The plot is basically non existent until the last 15 or so episodes and the pay off is so disappointing. The characters are annoying and the only redeeming quality about this show are Ray and Charles.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 8, 2018
Do you know how to spell disappointment? T-w-e-l-v-e K-i-n-g-d-o-m-s; this is how to do it. The anime started off pretty good actually introducing the characters and the world to us, but, alas that lasted for 3-4 episodes. It goes downhill really quickly.
Plot - 4/10
Our protagonist, Youka, along with her two friends, Sugimoto and Asano, is taken to another world by a man named Keiki. At first the anime pretends that it has some grand story planned out for our characters, but it was just a "Oh I brought you to this world because you're destined to be king" kind of story. The pacing is all
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over the place and characters do a 180 degree personality change in seconds.
Most of the time someone's "secret" identity is uncovered not by actively trying to do it but because they just happened to be speaking to themselves. It's like coincidences the anime. Characters find out about "secret plans" not via investingating, but they just happened to overhear a converstion.
Characters - 2/10
The characters are my main problem with this anime. They range from OK to annoyingly stupid. Sugimoto is infatuated with fairy tales so much so that she thinks all that happens is planned for her; even though she is 17 years old her mind still doesn't register that she and her friends are in peril danger. She, at first doesn't trust anyone, and that's to be expected as you won't trust someone who kidnapped you and who doesn't even speak your language, but then some random lady whom she has never met tells her that she has a "mission" for her and she agrees in an instant. She just felt like a plot device to give the story some sense of progression.
Characters in this anime change as quickly and as often as people change clothes. Conflicts in this anime could've been resolved if the characters spoke to each other for even a minute. People do stupid stuff just for the sake of drama. This one girl, who was one of the main characters for one arc, hits a soldier with a stone while an execution was going on. Who in their right mind would do that? It was done just so that that girl would meet up with Youka, our main character. Another girl has supposedly lived for 112 years but lack basic communication skills. She and a boy had an argument over who was more unfortunate between them, and it's actually a serious conversation. It goes something like, Girl - I was sold, Boy - My parents died in front of me and my home burned, Girl - At least you can return home.... The only interesting character in it is a Rat, a freaking Rat.
As I said, this anime relies heavily on coincidences and out of character actions taken by characters. I could go on about the imbecile characters and the degenarative decisions they make, but that would take at least one hour for me write.
Animation and Sound
I don't judge animation while watching an anime because older anime would definitely lose the newer ones, but the animation, for its time, is good.
The soundtrack is fine. The opening was pretty good.
Enjoyment - 6/10
I was facepalming myself the whole time but I did finish it in under 48 hours so I guess it earns some points there.
TL;DR
This anime is bad but it could've been worse. I personally wouldn't recommend it to anyone but if you wanna watch it, then who am I to stop you? Oh, I forgot to mention that it doesn't end. I wasn't expecting anything from the ending but it still ended up disappointing me. The purpose of my review is not to deride this show it's just that I was wondering where did it go wrong. The premise was pretty good and after learning about the world of 12 kingdoms I can easily say that much thought was put into creating this wonderful world with its own set of rules and regulations. But the just above average writing let it down. Maybe it was the studio who didn't adapt the source material properly, it is Studio Pierrot after all.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 16, 2017
Garbage anime. The plot was looking good in the first few episodes but by the end of the show it turned into a parody of itself.
The characters are nothing special, none of them get any development, except Ban and King, all the other characters feel bland with little to no depth to them.
Meloidas, "captain" of the "seven deadly sins" is a pervert and that's pretty much all we get to know about him. The main characters are called sins, because, hey it sounds cool!
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This is just another mediocre anime with fanservice to hide the terrible writing and "cool" character names to conceal the
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lack of depth. Don't waste your time with this show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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