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Jun 8, 2024
Hametsu is an interesting show, if nothing else. It portrays a very particular and somewhat rare world type, where nearly everyone is completely out of touch. For someone who expects characters to behave very logically in reference to their goals, like in death note, this show is a disappointment. To an outsider, it may feel like the show's tone is simply all over the place. Rather, every character is so out of touch with reality that they cannot distinguish the upbeat events from the very serious ones. To characters like Shirousagi, he plays around with them because he's so strong it's only a game to
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him. Everything Adonis does makes perfect sense when you consider him as a small child with the strength and intelligence of an adult. He experiences his beloved mentor/parental figure killed in front of him for the sake of human progress. He decides this is unfair, so he concludes that her life must be worth more than all of humanity's. He slaughter's humans freely because every bit of happiness they have is stolen. It's built out of the bones of someone worth more than them. He also literally just got out of being confined for 10 years so that probably had an effect on him. He's enraged by everything because everyone except him seems to be able to live happily. He doesn't want others to be happy when his happiness was stolen. When you really think about it, everything he does is clearly how a child would behave in these circumstances. Doroka's naivete is also very believable. She understands clearly that responding to evil with evil leaves more who feel wronged and want to perpetuate evil. Thus she wants everyone to hold hands and act like its fine because it's the only solution a child can come up with. She sees Adonis's solution to simply eliminate one side to end all conflicts and cannot understand it because while it accomplishes the goal of eliminating conflict, it defeats the point because of all the death required. She doesn't have the wits to figure this out so she finds herself drawn to this "solution" she can neither accept nor refute. Over time, they both start to implicitly understand that there's some middle ground where they neither kill everyone, nor kill no one. It's actually really well thought out character development. Only problem is the characters are all 1 or 2 dimensional, 3 at most: as in they all only have at most 3 unique beliefs, goals, or desires they work together. They don't even display a desire for survival. I'd rate the characters 7/10 because at least they tried
The art, I liked but isn't that good to be honest. 4/10
The story is interesting because it feels world centric but is actually character centric which explains which explains why they kill off unimportant characters after introducing them so much. That said, despite some plot holes, the story does manage to inspire some intrigue so 6/10
Overall, every individual part of the show is not that bad, but the show is somehow bad when you put it all together. 4/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 27, 2023
This anime should have been 24 episodes. It was instead 12. Let me rephrase. The last 4 episodes should have been 24 episodes. This anime features some of the most likable cliche characters ever, and the plot is pretty cool, with some fairly uncommon themes, and a deep lore to the story with an interesting take on what it means to be a demon lord
We have our himedere with a side of tsun(slightly violent princess girl), our goudere(oddly devoted girl), our mayadere(ex-antagonist with a thing for the MC), our kuudere with a side of hiyakasudere(emotionless girl that teases the MC), and then, of course, the
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airhead that everyone knows is going to be plot relevant. Even the side characters have super cliche personalities. However, the author manages to actually develop them, and give them likable personalities with complex backgrounds that all tie into the story. Easily 9/10 characters
As for the story, if you aren't prepared to roll with the punches, then you just won't like this show. It's a show where you need to pay attention to understand the motifs, but not that much attention. The plotline is simple, but enjoyable and doesn't take itself too seriously. 10/10
Artwise, it's not my cup of tea, but the animation is very good, although there are a few lazy CGI mushroom clouds. It's an 8/10.
Overall, I'd rate the show on basic anime an 8/10 on just those factors, but the humor and the personality of the protagonist himself tie everything good about the show into a neat little bow, making this a masterpiece of an anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 24, 2023
This anime is just truly abysmal. You can sum up every single character's entire personality in a single sentence. Not just a single sentence, but a 10 word sentence. Two side characters are developed enough to receive 15 word descriptions. The plot of each episode can be described fully in three sentences to the point that you would learn literally nothing new about the series beyond said summaries. This show is literally like what if we took a 10-minute backstory and stretched it out to be an entire series, and the writers are not paid enough to add depth beyond what you would've seen in
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those 10 minutes? Although the art itself is good, the animations are just garbage. At times, you could probably recreate the art with PowerPoint in 20 minutes. To get into the plotline, there's nothing interesting or noteworthy about any of the characters. Not one female character in this show has a personality beyond "I think the main character is hot." beyond his sister and the FMC(if you can even call her that). They are "I hate my brother" and "I can see beyond surface-level traits" respectively. The male side cast is actually somewhat interesting and even though they have similarly few personality traits, actually have interests and receive the spotlight. They are somehow more interesting than the main character who can be summed up entirely as "I was bullied, but I have a big heart." Not a single time throughout the entire series insofar does the main character have any of his interests mentioned. At least 5 minutes of every single episode are literally dedicated to talking about how hot the main character is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Apr 24, 2023
It's an all-around good show and one of the real gems of this season. The art direction speaks for itself. The first episode's fight scenes are some of the best I've seen in any non-mainstream show, 9/10. Fights later in the series are more 8/10 but still great. The story is interesting, and the writers clearly understand how to maintain interesting drama, create cliffhangers, and even develop characters 10/10. The only thing I can say that isn't to love about this show is that there's a lot of fan service and that the character interactions, world building, and whatnot are the strongpoint of the series,
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if you are into more structured plots.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 20, 2023
It was a good story, all things considered. You usually expect this sort of story to be really weird with really mentally ill characters all around. Yk regular torture porn. But overall it was an enjoyable story, with an exciting plot, an interesting main character, with an interesting character arc, and nearly every single character had an interesting and well-thought-out character arc, which is rare in this genre. Honestly, I think the manga should have been 100 chapters long. Chapters 50-60 were really contrived and had too much exposition, and they kinda fucked up the pacing around halfway through but overall I recommend it. It's
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short enough that you could finish in a single afternoon.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 27, 2023
The entire plot of this show is "Just because you did X to my Y, did you think that was enough to X my Y?" and then anos pulls out a second Y "because he's the demon lord". Is it ridiculous? Yes. Is he a walking deus ex machina? Yes. Is this bit actually super repetitive? Absolutely. Is it still absolutely hilarious every single time he does it? Yes. Does the show have a surprisingly well thought out world? Yep. Maou Gakuin is what happens when Comedy meets OP. Similiar to how in OPM, the bit is "saitama can literally kill gods, but is unable
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to get around mundane inconveniences", its so repetitive and overdone, it ceases to be a bit, and becomes the theme. Maou Gakuin is an example of an OP character used well to create funny scenarios, reinforce the wacky relationships going on and the surprisingly interesting plot.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jan 10, 2023
I think someone else said it best. Watching this is like going into a burger place expecting some okayish burgers, and finding out they make some really good tacos. Most of the plot of the show would be exactly the same if there were no superpowers. The main character's power does not allow him to fight at all. It's a rom-com with some funny, but not super original characters. If anything, the show's big selling point is probably that it's a rom-com with much less annoying versions of our favorite archetypes that don't feel like the characters were simply strewn together. There's an actual connection
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between them, and it's a great show about friendships.
Characters 9/10 - MC: Yuuta Togashi is the better chunnibyou MC. He's a more dynamic and interesting character. Tsundere: She's a fairly layered character with an interesting connection to the MC, and isn't violent towards him. Kuudere: She's a more boring, less cute, and less psychopathic version of Satori Tamaba. Oujodere: Very cool. Classic oujodere. A more boring but less whiny version of Utaha Kasumigaoka. Main loli: Cute, but lacking in a lot of personality. Side loli: Bubbly but doesn't get enough screen time.
Overall, the characters aren't super original or interesting themselves. They all have 2-4 main personality traits that drive them as characters and the author is consistent with them. Where the characters shine is not as standalone but in their relationships.
Story: 6/10 - The story isn't terribly interesting, and isn't delved into a lot. For some of the episodes, if you were to reorder them, the story would still make perfect sense. The character arcs/relationships arcs are the most interesting part of the story, as opposed to a somewhat classic plot-driven story. It teeters on the edge between being a slice of life, and a thriller.
Overall: 8/10 - A lot of it has been done before, and the title is misleading, but where the show shines carries it really hard: The relationships between the characters. If there was more focus on the dynamics between the main cast that don't involve the MC directly, I'd have rated it higher, but it primarily focuses on MC-to-character interactions or group interactions. The other great thing about the show is that the writers don't do weird baits to drag out the story, where they tease a confession or some other major plot event, and then have some really convenient interruption that prevents it, and the whole scene turns out to be filler.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 26, 2022
Renai flops is undoubtedly one of the greatest harem anime ever made. It's such pure genius, it's hard to stress enough how well put together the story actually is once you've seen the whole thing. The first episode just isn't funny at all; it's as if they took slapstick to its very extreme, to the point everything is just shocking. That said, nothing about the anime is actually enjoyable if you take it 100% seriously. If you're looking for a serious anime, this isn't it; that said, it's actually really really good if you pass off the entire first two episodes as bad writing. As
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far as the characters go, they are cookie-cutter rom-com love interests, to their very very extreme, and then built upon in actually interesting and inventive ways. The story is really really interesting, and there is heavy attention to detail across the board. Every single thing in the series fits together nicely with nothing out of place. There's mystery, romance, thriller, and a lot more.
Story - 9/10
Characters - 10/10
Art - 9/10
Sound - I'm beyond listening to OPs and EPs
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Dec 26, 2022
To start, just looking at the premise and the characters, I went into it thinking it would be the worst parts of a few anime. Almost as if love and lies, nisekoi, and gal girlfriend. The "you're stuck with girl A but you want girl B and girl A wants guy B but then slowly wants you, guy A, as does girl B" premise, the oblivious MC, the "main girl seems like a slut but is secretly a kissless virgin like MC" bit, the "weirdly oblivious MC who can't tell how bad like 10000 different girls want him" bit. It seems like a recipe for
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mediocrity, but somehow it's not half-bad. Its a well-paced, well-written show with exciting drama, and funny, likable characters. As the audience, many of his actions are utterly ridiculous because we can see the full picture, but the MC is an insecure loser, and his thought process is believable. No one is annoyingly oblivious, it's just no one has it in them to confess their feelings, or ask the other person what their feelings are because they're all terrified of rejection. Overall its a good show and will have you on the edge of your seat wondering who will break first and confess
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jul 29, 2022
The story just isn't that good. It's abysmally boring. If nothing else, it's world building visually. There's no plot because the MC doesn't do anything. All his questions get answered immediately, so he's just taking actions. There's also just so much monologuing it might as well be a book. The majority of the things said on screen could either be easily determined just by looking at what's going on, or are said as worldbuilding related exposition. The characters are at most 2 dimensional and have no depth or flavor.
I don't mind that the characters are boring and generic, but ultimately there just isn't anything
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interesting about the show. There's no power progression like in most isekai. He just gets powers mainly offscreen. You just get to see him use the powers the writers say he has. The MC doesn't have a goal for the audience to relate to. The characters aren't dynamic enough to make it a slice of life.
The ultimate problem with this show is that they mix the first and third person perspective. Melfina is actually the words of the writer being communicated directly to the audience, and thus you just have to trust her on whatever she says. There's nothing to look forward because the writer tells you, and the MC everything out of the box, completely removing any suspense mystery or intrigue.
You can take a generic helpful character like kirito, and have him do the exact same things, and just improve the dialogue of the show enough to have a compelling story. That's what SAO abridged did and they created a compelling and interesting story just by editing the dialogue to add personality into the things characters say, but the screenwriters of some big anime studio can't do that?
tl;dr the writing is dogshit, the dialogue is boring and lifeless, and the writer didn't see that having an omniscient character directly server the MC would prevent him from ever being challenged in any way
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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