Oct 28, 2017
I had to write this review because I felt like others have reviewed this series far too poorly.
Let me go over just some of the reasons I rated this Anime as high as I have.
Art and Sound:
Initially and throughout the story I struggled with the shoujo big eye artstyle. That's just personal choice. interestingly, I really like the big eyes art style of Basilisk. Why score 8 then, you may ask. Throughout the series the art team as well as the voice actors worked incredibly well to add detail to the scenes. Go back and watch the climactic moments in this anime and
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you'll notice incredible body language which adds so much values to those scenes. The tension and power both sound and art add to this anime is astounding.
Character development:
For me what shines about this anime is actually the characters. By the end of episode one I already cared deeply for the two main characters. The scene in the playground at the end of ep. 1 was incredible. I have never felt so many feels in only one episode before.
I really liked that character of Ririna. She wasn't tsundere and she never made sexy jokes or acted over the top. It's actually really hard to make two female characters that aren't polar opposites of each other. I respect how they made both female leads actually very similar.
I loved Misaki, of course mainly because I love Hanazawa Kana-san as a voice actress. I always fall for her characters (Kuroneko I'm looking at you!!) But I also liked this character. She was well balanced and I didn't feel like there were too many "fake anime moments" with her, you see, I like realistic things to happen in the story and I appreciate it when dialogue and scripting reflects what a person might really do in that situation.
I hated Yukari for nearly the entire time. It was only at the very last episode when he spoke about himself to Nisaka that I realised that although I might dislike him, it was their intention to make him that way- his character was just one I detest. Then again, had I have been in his situation.... I hated how apologetic and stammering he always was. I hated his stupid shocked face EVERY time one of the girls said something. GOD it was ANNOYING.
Nisaka... well I can't say too much without spoiling the story. I( loved how the story developed his character, quite subtly. I did feel his character was ever so slightly generic, but every now and then there was a sparkle of nice narrative.
Conclusion:
Overall, interestingly, I ended up rooting for Ririna over Misaki, in spite of my bias. For me this just goes to show you how well designed Ririna's character was. I really enjoyed this and I will be looking for more like it. The ending was................................
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Well, how do you end a story like this anyway?
Thanks for reading, please enjoy the show!
Luthien
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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