Feb 14, 2025
Watching this anime is eating a big bowl of pure sugar, full of teeth-rotting empty calories. You've got a cute little girl who is some writer's embodiment of wish fulfillment for a perfect daughter. She's smart, easy to care for, loves her daddy, and doesn't cause trouble. And the daddy MC never stops going on about how cute she is, that it gets annoying. The characters and situations just lack any sort of authenticity and don't resemble real people at all. If you don't mind that and just want some cheesy happy cute series with no drama, then maybe you'll enjoy it. But if you
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Jan 31, 2025
Maomao no Hitorigoto
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For a chibi short, this is a bit different than some others that I've seen in that it follows the story of the main series quite closely. (Don't watch this without watching the main series.) You can watch it in parallel or watch after the main series as a recap.
You could probably classify this as an educational series, as mostly it adds a bit of explanatory context to the plot, such as some properties of herbs or poisons, and some symbolism. If you have watched Kimetsu no Yaiba, this series is very similar to the Taisho secrets segment at the end of some episodes, though ... 
Dec 7, 2024
Tomorrow's Leaves
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The animation is really very nice, and the designs are very nice, but I can't say I feel anything after watching it. The story is a bit of a head-scratcher, but I don't think it's really worth trying to decipher the full meaning. The basic meaning is clear enough: getting people from around the world to play together heals the world. But I don't know what these little elemental spirits are supposed to be, or what they have to do with the Olympics. Maybe worth watching for the animation, but your life will be no different if you skip it.
Nov 22, 2024
Sennen Joyuu
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Here's a nice movie with a basic plot told in the most interesting way possible. It's definitely style over substance, and I respect that, though I prefer something a little deeper. Like other Satoshi Kon movies, it blurs the line between reality and imagination in order to tell the story. The main draw of this movie is the imaginative way that the story is presented. We see the story of the actress's life presented through scenes from movies she's acted in. Compared to Paprika, Millenium Actress is a lot simpler to understand, since there isn't really that much that happens. It gets a bit repetitive
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Nov 7, 2024
I unfortunately gave the 2nd Season a poor rating before watching these special episodes, but rewatching the series after watching this makes the series a lot better. These special episodes really do tie everything together for season 2, and season 2 shouldn't be considered complete without this. So, I feel like I have to give this a 10 to make up for the poor review of the rest of season 2.
My main criticisms of season 2 were that Yuxiu and Ling'er don't do much and all the fighting is by random side characters we don't care about. Well, these episodes really do put the spotlight ... 
Nov 4, 2024
Totsukuni no Shoujo (2022)
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I haven't read the manga, so I don't really understand anything about the story of this anime, and yet, that's alright. Despite explaining nothing, it really does stand on it's own, based on style and atmosphere alone. It's an hour of vibes and feelings, and that's all it really needs to feel worthwhile.
The animation is simply phenomenal. It's not the most polished look, but it has a vibrant storybook style to it which creates a strong mood. It has a very stylized, dreamlike quality to it while simply being beautiful to look at. The plot and characters are not complex. It spends most the time just ... 
Oct 30, 2024
What's the point in remaking a show if the remake isn't better than the original?
The remake is nearly line for line, scene for scene identical to the 2008 show. Even the episode/chapter timings are basically the same, so you could actually watch episode 1 from the OG, episode 2 from this, ep 3 from OG, etc, with no confusion. So the main difference is a slightly different art style from a different studio. Unfortunately, the new art style is not clearly better than the old. I actually think it is a bit worse overall, though there some scenes that look a bit better. Despite the similarities, ... 
Oct 22, 2024
Steins;Gate 0
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How do you make a sequel for a story that absolutely doesn't need one? Simple, you do the impossible. Nothing is out of reach for the mighty Hououin Kyouma. Despite being an unnecessary addition to the series, everything this show does adds to Steins;Gate and does not take away from it.
It's not a perfect series, but still worth a 10, because it's still better than pretty much everything else but Steins;Gate. So if the whole series occurs in a world-line which is going to be replaced, what is there to do? Character development. A lot of character development, especially for Mayushi (who is the real hero ... 
Oct 8, 2024
Yosuga no Sora
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Honestly, a laudable attempt, but they tried to do too much with too little screen-time. They tried to squash 5 VN routes into 12 episodes, so of course sacrifices were made. It feels like Haru is speedrunning to have sex with each girl. I think it would be better if it concentrated on one girl's route, and maybe you would see a fuller development of the romance and drama. But then they would risk alienating the fans of the VN who have a different favorite route, so I understand why they did what they did. Still, since they couldn't fit all 5 routes, they took
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Oct 3, 2024
Do we really need a training arc after all that has happened? Come on, I thought we have moved past that already. Honestly, the only thing good about Demon Slayer is the well-animated fight scenes, so who cares about some training, unless we can see some fighting during the training? Alright, we do get some fighting among the hashira, but with no stakes and lower animation, it's hard to care.
What we get is the hashira training a ton of generic nameless dudes who are all totally useless whose only purpose in life is to show off how much better Tanjiro is than them. Why do ... |
