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An unwise man once said, "Wisdom lies in the mystique, but do not mistake that for wisdom." If you are here for thought-provoking material, make of that what you will.

You may say art is subjective, which it is, and that Genius Party is a "showcase of animation", but that is by no means an excuse for making it out to be better than it really is. I personally like strange art styles, but I never really hold that as a factor of if I like an anime/manga, unless the art is really bad or really good. The art here wasn't exceptionally bad or good.
Side note: ... the description says "thought-provoking stories", I disagree with that standing.

Gala (3/10): On a surface level, this piece seems to be striving for the same style as Ghibli, yet results in the feeling of a cheap knock-off. The music was fine but not exceptional for an anime (you can find good soundtracks even within the worst of shows, I find tracks that I really like in literally the worst shows I've seen). The plot is interesting at first and seems like it could be something good, but by the end tries to cheat its way to meaning by having a “twist ending”. This twist is not justified due to the “secret world of...” having a completely different landscape than the ending (let's just say the land went from lush earth to barren mars). The ending went to pot (literally).

Moondrive (6/10): This was funny at times and had a fine plot. The ending was also very fitting.

Wanwa the Puppy (0/10): A 13 minute animation about a kid being chased, with weird art.

Tojin Kit (5/10): This did have a plot and was thought provoking in the sense that it made you wonder about the world and what is going on within the story, yet it left the viewers without any explanations and there was seemingly no deeper meaning. Good art.

Dimension Bomb (0/10): Yeah I can see why it's called dimension bomb, it really bombed. Zero substance. There were characters, yet no characters. "It's hard to put into words how ___ it is" because there is nothing for you to base your rating off of; an utter nothingburger.

13/50=2.6 stars=3 stars (even using MAL's least of 1 results in 15/50=3stars)

Personally, I thought OG Genius Party was average 5/10, and for some reason thought "Beyond" would be better because it has higher ratings? But Beyond consists of 5 "stories" that "could not be included in the original".

TLDR: If these did not make the cut for OG Genius Party, what does that say about them? They aren't good. These stories were bland and not thought provoking (an exception being Tojin Kit).

I was scrolling my public library catalog and then I came across this. I had to read it because I like Lilo & Stitch, very good Disney film/franchise. Going into this I didn't really have any expectations other than Stitch+manga=good, but this didn't hold true. In a nutshell, this is just a retelling of the original L&S, but with a Samurai in feudal Japan instead of Lilo in Hawaii. This is basically just a mash of L&S and A Man and His Cat (which is much better). Some notable things I didn't like was that the characters were rather flat, it just rephrased jokes/occurrences from ... the original series, and that the art was contrasting (not that the art was bad per say, but that Stitch contrasted from the rest of the art, he stood out). It could have potentially been interesting if rather than Disney character design for mostly flat colors, if depth or other details were added or character design was altered. I was also confused on the timeline of how this would fit into the main series, because how could he escape to Earth before then (and how would they still be alive), so I just figured it was a retelling.

I wouldn't recommend for someone who hasn't watched L&S because the movies are just better. Even if you do like L&S or have seen it before, I would not really recommend unless you are curious about it or think Stitch is cute.

When I started reading this I thought 'wow I’ve never heard of this' so I immediately went to youtube and watched a 2 hour documentary about solar car racing, which was much more interesting than this [I recommend watching that. If you plan on reading this then watch it after] it had heroes/villains & action & many plot-twists [yeah it was a good documentary, guesstimation of 8/10]. A large part of solar racing seems to be the in-depth work in regards to the engineering that the team goes through in making/designing the car but this manga seemed to skip over a lot of that. The ... characters were fine and motivations & backstories were well done for the two main characters (7/10). I would have liked if they had given more details about solar cars and racing in general, I also didn’t like that they had a completely inexperienced driver lead them to victory because it didn’t really make sense [one of the other drivers was an f3 driver] he did ride his bicycle but they didn’t really show him learning how to race [at least the co-driver practiced racing Suzuka circuit in a game, but mc didn't].
Overall, 6/10

Going into this I did not realize I was reading a one-shot, but rather thought this was the first chapter of another manga with the same name. A few pages in I began thinking, this seems awfully cliche, it must be a one-shot because how could there be 3 volumes of this, if not I'm dropping it; let's just say I'm glad it was a one-shot.

It contains a couple cliches that dissuade the reader from wanting more from the manga, but the main one is ancient evil sword. This sort of began the story with a sense of medieval fantasy akin to King Arthur. Maybe ... if you like that type of story it is your cup of tea then.

If the story was drawn out longer it could have potentially added some twist/originality but it would most likely be the immortal guy wandering around and the possibilities aren't really what it should be ranked for.

I think the enjoyment with this manga hinges on whether one views it as discriminatory or not. From my understanding, it seemed that the author was objecting to the discrimination against the Buraku. If you look past whether you view the story as derogatory or not, the story and characters are decent enough for a revenge plot, with fleshed out motives and well drawn art. The only flaw I really found in it was how ridiculous the crippled fighting was. Also, the inspired story Shigurui, shows just how much better this work could have been with the crippled factor majorly toned down, therefore the 7/10.

Early ... on in the work you can tell why others may not have found it distasteful; the "racism" which is technically inherited classism. I did not see it as being anti-Buraku but instead it showed how unfairly they were treated (if one who discriminated against the Buraku saw this, I think it would show them how ludicrous their viewpoint can be).

It makes sense that if a man’s entire family was slain due to classist discrimination that the man would have much rage... It also makes sense that by the kindness of 1 man amidst the corruption that he was able to control that hatred, yet even then he was looked down upon by those around him. Rather than it being derogatory towards the Buraku this piece seemed to show the evils of the rest of society and it was very interesting learning about this historical issue.

Worst OP movie. The concept idea was once again good as a treasure hunt race, but then IMMEDIATELY discarded as a non-treasure hunt and replaced with typical shounen hero battle scenes (to no surprise). As soon as the treasure is shown, you immediately know what Luffy will do when he gets it... and then everyone is shocked.

Characters: 1/10
The "cool" past characters that they threw in were essentially just there to draw in attention and acted as no meaningful substance to further the non-existent plot of the movie. The perfect example of my frustration with the characters is the following:
A new side-character was introduced with an ... explanation of their Devil Fruit, oh that's cool it MUST serve some IMPORTANT use later, no... it did not... it was used as an otiose summoning of a past "cool" character.

Plot: 2/10
In a nut-shell: giant evil dude claims he is strongest and they fight him. OP movies keep overusing this trope, but this was the most cliche villain characterization. As other reviews have said, "It really follows the synopsis", that is NOT a good sign in a movie. If the synopsis quite literally spoils the whole movie, there is clearly something wrong (if you claim the treasure was a plot twist, that is ridiculous cause it was clear instantly as to what would happen to it).

Sound/animation: standard for OP

Comedy 2/10: (which OP is known for)
The comedy fell flat as if they were not trying to be funny at all. 2/10 because the movie was so ridiculous that I found myself yelling AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH with them as they punched for 15 CONTINUOUS SECONDS. True story, I was very bored and it was very funny.

The only 2 good moments in the movie was when the OP started playing (not a huge OP fan, but that made me tingle) and when a character was beginning to have an "emotional moment" but it was cut short to cram in more action scenes.

A. Illogical. B. Weak characters and motivations. C. Bad crazy characters (coming from someone who enjoys crazy)

Just because "It's not like da school and da shounens with da cliche characters" does NOT mean it is avant garde and some amazing show, it literally just means it is a different genre... unlike some reviews for this tend to claim. Also, if you use shortness as an excuse, a lot of trash things could be given leniancy, the show simply did not perform well enough to warrant it being any longer. This did have potential, yet the potential was squandered.

Characters 5/10: Reverse character development for protag Juu-sama, ... started out as a tough guy who "would take someone on in a fight whenever" and even searched for and confronted a mysterious serial killer, but later digressed into a weak-willed persona and didn't even step in when a crazy lady was attacking someone at the end and instead sends faithful servant to deal with the "crazy lady with a knife". The characters have a few "philosophical conversations" and that is enough for people to claim they have depth (although I did enjoy a few quotes such as "even crazies have their own rules or something" and "everyone is insane so they don't realize how twisted the world is" but those are fairly normal crazy quotes). The servant girl aspect was interesting but was never expounded upon and mainly used as a stepping stone to move the plot forward.

Plot 3/10: The first episode's plot begins well and is enjoyable, until the whole reveal is bungled out of nowhere and dumped onto the viewers. With the horrific murders taking place, you would expect an insane villain, but surprise, that does not happen. The episode had no conclusion and did not even show what happened to the villain. The second episode's plot was even worse, with the conclusion yet again being spoon-fed to the audience with a similar conclusion as the first one but then something funny at the end but they should have actually gone through with the *plot-twist*.

Motivations/crazies ?: Illogical. There was no depth behind the craziness. With literally "stringing" people up and setting off explosives, you would not expect such flimsy characters to be behind them.

Very short review: Just read the first sentence.
Akame ga Kill but in the style of shows like Monogatari/Penguindrum; in other words everything is lengthy and drawn out. Characters were merely a medium for mainly bloviations. There is practically the bare minimum of character development throughout. Also it is slightly funny that characters just tell their opponents their abilities before or during the fight (which seems to be a parody, yet overdone and non-realistic, just another tool for blabbering). If you like dialogue-heavy you may enjoy this.

P.s yes I am dumb and realized after watching that it is by same studio (White Fox - AgK) ... then author (Nisio - Mono). CHEERIO!

6 but recommended because it could be beneficial to self improvement. Extremely simple manga. It did nothing wrong, and by means of the concept, there is not much room for profound wisdom or anything to improve upon, yet they do say, "It's the simple things that count". And yes, the message was quite simple, taking it easy, which is also explicitly stated in the last chapter. I would say this manga would probably be beneficial to those who get upset, feel anxious, or who are stressed out frequently/easily. I personally like the message that it conveys about not being upset when unfortunate occurrences happen. It ... is also nice that the message is plain rather than vague personal interpretations.

Hear me out. I like Kazuo Umezu and his fever dream manga. I like horror, especially comedy horror and am even ok with gore in manga. Horror can be engaging spookily or it can be funny. But this, this was neither, instead it was disgusting and bland. I personally, big surprise, do not like reading manga about CHILDREN getting tortured and/or killed in grotesque ways (such as Corpse Party). For the first, however many chapters went by, it is absolutely disgusting.

The plots of the stories were not anything remarkable to speak of either. They were sporadic and random (which can help with other stories such ... as crazy Fourteen), seemingly just serving as a medium for gore. I am not the most reliable resource to speak on the plot of the later stories because after ~4 stories my mind began checking out from how negatively I was viewing it. Non-spoiler example because it is at the very beginning of a story, one major issue of being sporadic was when 4 children randomly chose to murder their teacher just to see what her face looked like when she died... tremendous lack of logic.

The art? I like his art-style, I usually do not care about the art.

Potential questions:
Why do you like drifting classroom then? Because there is a solid plotline and it is more of a survival scenario (akin to Lord of the Flies) rather than gore.

Why do you like Midori then if that is about a child? Yeah, that's different. They do not show children having literally worse than Alien 1979 shooting stuff out of their chest. Also Midori is a tragedy with a more logical plot-line and "I like circus freak-shows", whereas this is just gorey fever-dream.