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Dec 23, 2019
I liked this show a lot more than I thought I would, considering that I watched it out of spite. I've reached the point where I'll watch any Sherlock Holmes content that isn't the weird shitty BBC one just to cleanse my brain. Also, it got an endorsement from Mother's Basement, and I trust his opinion for the most part. A
Anyway, wow, this is a fun show. The mysteries are entertaining and the eventual solutions make sense and are clever and you can usually understand how they were done. I also like the characters, at least so far, specifically Holmes himself- I've seen a lot
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of different versions of him in various different media formats, but I don't think anyone has really embraced the "Rat Man" part of his persona until now. Watson is neat also in an understated kind of way, which is how Watson is supposed to be written. Also, making Mrs Hudson a drag queen was a legendary choice and I'm fucking here for it.
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One issue I have is (here we go) the shows treatment of trans characters. This seems to come up a lot in my reviews, and this time it was more egregious than Carole and Tuesday. I would like to formally apologize to Carole and Tuesday- I now realize it could have been infinitely worse.
Basically the main villain for the first arc, "Jack the Ripper," is revealed to be a minor character who is a trans woman one of the detectives is dating. When her identity as the killer is revealed, her voice drops, she begins acting in a stereotypical "mannish" way, and she starts to smear makeup all over her face in some kind of garish approximation of femininity even though she never had a problem with applying makeup beforehand. She also is presented as a pervert who committed the murders for some kind of psychosexual gratification.
The concept of the "psycho trans person" is a tired and bigoted trope and I'm really disappointed that this show used it. That's basically it, really. It would have gotten 8 stars otherwise, though I might change my rating later because we're only halfway through the series.
Anyway, if you managed to read my whole review, thanks! Have a funky fresh day :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 13, 2019
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This anime, in a word, was /bizarre/. Just stating that right off the bat. Like, wow this was a weird movie.
The plot, first of all, was kind of tropey, but that's ok. A piece of media without tropes is like a book without words, i.e what's the point. What's important is what you do with those tropes, and at first I thought that the writers were doing something interesting with it- I really liked Sakura and I could kind of imagine falling in love with her myself.
In fact, the first two thirds of the movie were pretty decently executed- Sakura and the
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protagonist bond, go on adventures, hang out, etc. There was this fantastic scene where they were both are in a hotel room because of plot reasons and they're playing truth or dare, and it's very clear that Sakura is into the MC but he isn't so sure, and then she admits to him that she is in fact scared of dying. I was really compelled throughout that whole scene.
And then something happened that literally ruined the entire movie for me.
Sakura is discharged from the hospital and she and the MC are planning on going to the beach, but she never shows up. The MC goes home and sees on the tv that Sakura was stabbed to death by a serial killer.
That's right. You fucking heard me. A serial killer.
The terminally ill girl, the girl who's entire story centers around her dying soon due to an illness, is brutally murdered off screen. No heartfelt goodbyes, no miserable hospital waiting rooms. She's stabbed to death in the street. OFFSCREEN.
If the writers were trying to subvert my expectations, they succeeded, but this plot point pissed me off so much that I couldn't keep watching the movie. I'd spent the first 2/3rds of the film preparing for the inevitable, painful conclusion, of Sakura's health failing and her passing on because of it. I was fully prepared to cry salty tears and explain to my roommate why I was weeping like a little kid. Instead, Sakura is stabbed, we don't even see it happen, none of her friends are shown knowing that she was sick, absolutely nothing is actually resolved and all the emotional tension built up throughout the movie falls flat like a popped balloon. What was the point of all the details like her not telling her friends and even being terminally ill in the first place if she was just gonna get shanked?
I watched this movie because Scamboli Reviews raved about it, but in retrospect I realize that that guy doesn't actually really know what he's talking about. He used the word "Gay" as a synonym for "lame" in 2019, like dude nobody does that anymore, it hasn't been ok since like '13 bro.
Anyway, that's my review. Peace out.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jun 21, 2019
Carole and Tuesday, is, first and foremost, a Pretty Good show. The plot is cookie cutter, sure, but the music is incredible and the characters are pretty fun and interesting and the animation ranges from serviceable to excellent. It's also really neat how much representation there is in the show, from a black protagonist to various lgbt/poc side characters. You don't see that a lot in anime.
Now it's time for the the However.
There is a little bit of a transphobia problem in this show, specifically how they portray one of the character's, Angela's, mother/manager, Dahlia, a character heavily implied to be a transgender woman. The
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way she's portrayed is just kinda... yikes. She's shown to have anger issues and to be very mannish, and there's a scene where Angela is thinking about her and it pans to a picture of the two of them before Dahlia transitioned and it's framed as if things were better back then. There's also this group called the mermaid sisters which I think are supposed to be kind of androgynous but they're just dudes with facial hair and lolita outfits swearing. I don't care how fucking funny that song was, you can't turn an entire identity into a joke. I really enjoy a lot of the aspects of this show, especially the relationships of the characters, but I don't feel like I can recommend it to my trans friends because they would be rightfully upset by that sort of bullshit.
Anyway im giving it a 7/10 which for me basically means "it's good but it's not perfect and im mad about it."
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 6, 2019
This is one of those shows that I really enjoy despite everything suggesting otherwise. Like, the animation is bad. Really, really bad. Just unacceptably jerky and awkward and weird. But it deserves better animation, that's for sure. I like the characters mostly, especially Theo and Kohaku- the art style isn't even that bad, considering how just unbelievably shitty the animation is. I also like the gay subtext with Arata and Kohaku (though that just might be me, a known gay, wearing my shipping goggles and being desperate.) It's also neat how the mythical creatures encountered aren't all japanese or european- Huehuecoyotl is Mayan, which is
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really cool because you don't see many mayan myths even in western shows. I'm really looking forwards to seeing what cool stuff they do in later episodes!!!
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 6, 2018
The story is about a young man who has to deal with a cat boy who just kind of shows up and starts living with him. The plot seems to be completely incidental- every event exists only to prompt more cute moments- but because of the short episode length (about 3 minutes each) it doesn't really matter. The characters- mangaka Da Shu and his new roommate, felinoid twink Miao, aren't exactly 3 dimensional jump-out-of-the-screen characters, but they're still entertaining to watch, and there is a massive moe element to Miao- I just want to hug him! The art style is also very fun, simplistic,
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and easy to watch.
One major issue I have with the show, however, is the age difference and strange dynamic between Da Shu and Miao. Da Shu seems to be almost a caretaker to Miao, as if Miao is his housecat and not his roommate, which just rubs me the wrong way personally, especially considering this is a BL anime. Also, I'm not sure how old Da Shu is supposed to be (I'd guess early-to-mid twenties) but Miao is 16. It's mostly personal taste, but romances where one character is underage and the other is an adult really aren't my cup of tea, no matter what the laws are in Asia.
Overall, this is a cute, fun, fairly wholesome BL with a lot of typical BL tropes. But be warned- it's so syrupy sweet that you might overload ~
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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