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Nov 17, 2023
I had to skip the first arc for the most part because it was so boring, barely anything happened that couldn't have been summed up into like 5-6 episodes. I was not interested in anything that was happening besides Deku's stuff. There weren't any stakes that we cared about besides the loose threat of Class A losing to Class B, nothing in most of these episodes really moved the story along either.
Though there were some parts of this season I liked (I haven't read the manga). I liked the villain backstories since they made you think more deeply about the implications of living in a
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world full of super powers.
The Endeavor stuff and even the last arc for the most part, were pretty good. This season had some good emotional moments too.
So in retrospect, most of Season 5 was ok, but, this season had full episodes of some of the most uninteresting parts of the whole show. It got bad enough that by the end of it I began to care more about the League of Villains than most of the students, which is great if it's what they were going for, but the UA characters were really done dirty by this season so it's hard to appreciate the quality of the good parts.
It averages around a 6/10. It's fine because of the moments I liked but I wouldn't rewatch anything from this season besides a few small things, like some of the villain scenes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Aug 13, 2023
Probably one of the best war movies I've seen tbh.
The art and settings are beautiful. The cities are so well done, it actually feels like a real set (MOSCOW IS FAKE). During this one part outside a railroad station where two characters were talking and smoking together you could almost feel the chill in the air.
The animation is top notch as well, I literally had to replay some scenes because they were so fluid.
There's a solid direction and I especially loved how the viewer knows what's going on, strategy wise, in how the war is going from a commanders POV. I also like the
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consistency throughout the movie, like how it maintains that the commies act more politically than militaristically and showed in the last battle how real communist armies were inefficient/immoral with human resources.
Also Tanya is one of the coolest characters ever, that one line towards the end where she chose level headedly to kill Mary (who had confused what her priorities should be on the battlefield), was a great way to contrast her character with Mary while also building on her own character. Also, she definitely wants to prevent WWII making her an anti-hero instead of a Villain. I can't wait for how she handles things tactically in the rear in Season 2.
One theme I liked that they brought up in this movie is the ripple effect of the empire's actions, with Tanya killing Mary's father in Season 1 of the show, introducing Mary Sue as a side character achieved in both connecting this minor plot line to the film but was also symbolic of the human consequences of war (ironic seeing as Mary was given the strength to fight Tanya by Being X, but I guess the motivation / ripple effect is what matters). Tanya didn't even see Mary's father as more than a soldier and literally had no idea what she did to provoke her, which also ties in to Tanya's on POV on how terrible war is (even if she doesn't show that to her men).
One thing I didn't like is how Mary survived after Tanya mag dumped her at the end, since I feel it would have really drove home the message that Mary Sue was just another number (ouch, so brutal!), but I guess this also shows that problems like this can't be solved so quickly, especially on the scale of a war like this (even if she died, her mum or something probably would have gotten OP powers from being X for revenge as well as a joke to spite Tanya lmao). Either way there's a lot more people being affected that we don't see which is kind of the point of the message there's probably a bunch of people on the Allied side that didn't even get the opportunity for revenge, Mary was just one person who wanted revenge against one person. This war is bigger than individuals.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Aug 9, 2023
Tldr: Lots of different perspectives and contrasting viewpoints, even the writing style/grammar changes depending on the personality. The structure of the story gives this story a unique timeline / order of events, but it's not too confusing. An interesting world with a tragic history, a few things need to be inferred (like the scale of the universe) which I personally like, the characters are all important and there is no right perspective. Everything in the story makes sense, eventually, which makes So I'm a Spider, so what? a satisfying series to read.
Okina baba is lowkey a genius, the depth of the world she's created in
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this series is all tied in to the story (including the power system, the past, humanity and the gods) and every single character / faction has a resolution fitting for their character / group. It seems like a carefree story / random power fantasy at first but then instead of it being nonsense everything comes together at some point. There are practically zero loose ends / anything unexplained about the world or story and no character gets more time in the story than required.
Spoiler free section ends here: lots of spoilers near the end, as this is mainly just my personal thoughts about the series (after completing it). Probably only the first two-three paragraphs are safe, if you've watched the anime...
I just finished the final volume and can confirm that the story gets way better after the anime. I watched the anime a few times before deciding to read it, and cannot say I regret doing so. I started from Volume 6, but when I got up to volume 10 I decided to go back and read from the beginning before reading Volume 11 onwards since there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled in coming straight from the anime. I absolutely recommend reading from the beginning, since from Volume 12 onwards the storyline's pretty much caught up to the present and there are a bunch of references to the earlier Volumes, from the perspective of the Demon Lord's side, then it pretty much carries on from there.
Even Volumes 7-11 reference the present alot on the human side. Ngl, it was kind of cool doing things in reverse, since the scenes being referenced in the later volumes actually happened earlier in Volumes 1-6 but the newer context gives these scenes a whole new meaning; like when Leston gave Shun that sword that one time or when Sue was getting jealous over Shun talking to Katia (OR THE FORESHADOWING SCATTERED ABOUT LITERALLY EVERYWHERE) etc. The humans were done dirty by the anime, though the dialogue and actions they didn't cut out is pretty much verbatim the LN does a better job of getting you to actually care about the human characters, and especially the side characters / minor characters. They even gave two of the reincarnations (Asaka and Kunihiko) an entire character arc on the side, which doesn't get resolved until the very end in Volume 16 (in a weirdly bittersweet way that ties in perfectly with their own struggles). It makes all the characters important to the story, even those who only had a little bit of screentime/storytime from when Volumes 1-6 were given a lot of attention and later on. It's still somehow really consise though, not giving anybody more story time than they're worth. Even Araba gets referenced a lot still, here and there, even though he died like 60% of the story ago.
I mean... Julius and his party got an entire volume, which actually makes you feel for Shun and Hyrince more. When White killed Julius, from the demon lord perspective of the war, it fully sunk in the weight of the battles and what they're trying to do.
And about Shun, he's in such a terrible position. Even though he did nothing wrong, everything keeps getting taken from him (kind of like White's sub-commander Phelmina lol) and his personality and logic puts him in even worse positions, but you actually feel for him building up towards the end. But the reason he is the hero in the first place becomes clear in Volume 16, when he literally doesn't change his approach at all but then ends up recruiting so many crazy characters, who we've grown to like (Nia, Hyugan and Reise) to fight with him for his unrealistic goals, which was a really nice twist.
He is definitely not a fan favourite, but his character is sort of refreshing in the end. He stuck to his ideals, even if everybody was against him and even though nobody understood why he was doing all this, it makes sense in a "It's what my character would do" kind of way, except he's probably the most normal person in the whole series by Japan standards (he's just a dude with a moral code). Kumoko getting angry at his plot armor was pretty funny though. But even right up until the end he stood his ground, then when it's revealed that even though Kumoko called her self an "Evil god", her goals actually lined up way closer with Shun's than with anybody elses, it felt like the perfect way to wrap up both of their motivations / character arcs regarding how to prevent the end of the world and humanity.
This is why this series is definitely a 10/10 series for me, the contrasts between all the different characters and their backstories is what has kept me hooked for so long. If it was all Kumoko energy, ie only her as a protagonist, I don't think I would be able to stand it ngl lol. It's super fun, but the contrasts and perspectives are what give the story depth. She's my favourite character overall still, but all the different characters is what makes her so for me.
This story is all about perspective, so seeing all the viewpoints and hardships the other characters, like *hhhhh* ; Wrath, Dustin, Humanity, Guli, Ariel, the Orphanage, Potimas?, Oka, Asaka and Kunihiko, Julius, Yuri, Sophia, Mera, Ronandt… These are the main ones that come to mind at a quick thought. Even if the characters didn't all struggle in a comparable way (I mean Ronandts' main struggle was his self worth / dealing with his arrogance after realising how weak he was, compared to Wraths being forced to eat his sister) seeing everything these characters have went through and seeing the story through their eyes (over and over again) is what really elevates this series for me. The way all the different factions came together in the end was so good, because literally every single character in the final few chapters were the ones that we cared about and were relevant to the story (no more background characters) and it's so satisfying seeing them all play a part in not only the final chapters, but in the final fight as well. Kumoko probably does still have the most satisfying character arc out of all of them.
She even ended the whole series with the phrase, which has throughout the course of her whole character evolved from something funny/eye catching to something really satisfying to finally hear, in the context of her sitting in a garden in a maid outfit... "So I'm a Spider, so what?"
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Mar 10, 2023
There is a new main character every few chapters and I love all of them. It feels like each MC was ripped from their own manga series.
It's easy to get completely lost in some of the stories / lives of the characters, and the amount of world building (from mythology + some extra manga specific lore) makes this series interesting even if you have some knowledge of these characters already. The creativity and liberties in some of these stories makes the series worth reading on their own, but then the art just brings it all together.
The art in every single fight is amazing, it's
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so detailed. The art direction, pacing and hype of every fight is controlled to a point where sometimes it feels like you're watching an animation. You can really feel it when a character is meant to be exerting pressure on their opponent. The character designs are on point, both in terms of the characters mythology (such as with period / lore specific clothing) and also the personalities they display whenever they're on screen
The characters are super expressive as well, if the art wasn't as good as it is then the faces some of them pull would look goofy af, but they actually do a good job of showing off the emotions of some of the characters.
Note: Removed a bit of this review to make it spoiler friendly. totally would give some examples here and there of what I love about this manga, otherwise.
All in all, worth a read. Start with this instead of the anime if the concept of this story piques your interest.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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