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Sep 29, 2023
I decided to write a small review because I felt like the score does not do this series justice. I have only seen the anime and will measure it's value only based on anime.
"The Dreaming Boy is a Realist" is surprisingly mature series: while it's only 12 episodes it shows a nice example of relationship development. It starts off with a premature-ish boy clinging on to a girl and while their feelings towards each other seem unsorted, there comes a situation - a moment - a literal football hitting towards your face - hitting your head - a realisation - that what if
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I give my partner some time, would anything between us change?
Some people have compared this series with Oregairu (a similar series), funnily enough even the openings of both series have really similar setup, as if used by same template. Why that is so, I have not indulged any further. Just a mention that graphics wise this series may not be as appealing or original so if you are looking for eye candy series that's not really the point.
Story-wise however, I'd say it's pretty good. If you are looking for slice of life series where people are on their path figuring out who they are, go for it. The series does introduce other potential love interests for both main girl and main boy but in the end I liked how rationalised everyone were - I mean sure, the story only has 12 episodes and you could say the story also can continue which it probably does in the light novel - but in anime it was pretty well rounded up. People helping each other out and gaining friends was natural and with no big drama.
One could argue that what was the point of additional characters but every story needs some, as they were like smaller missions towards solving the main story - that is if you distance yourself too much from someone you like, they may end up literally living without you. And if you don't like the idea, act upon it. Show them that you are also part of their lives. And this anime shows an example of that.
Anyways I wouldn't say that considering both art, story and it's length that this series is definitely worth an 8, but it's still better than just a generic roundabout good series. (if possible I'd give 7.5). Just rounding it up because of the story and character development which I personally enjoyed and would love to see more of.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Sep 24, 2022
“I don’t know much about soccer/football” - but I really liked this show.
There's probably a big misconception as if you need to know about the sport in order to enjoy story about it.
In fact you don't. I don’t follow soccer/football in real life and yet I found this series very enjoyable.
What’s more important is the logic behind games, and mainly, behind people. I think more people with various backgrounds should watch realistic sport series. There's just something really wholesome about them.
You don't need to know about soccer/football to understand the essence of this anime. In fact, in this show there are two
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characters who keep saying the same line throughout the series. That it’s just soccer and they don’t know much about it.
It’s kind of funny, isn’t it? The fact that in a sport series about soccer/football there are essential characters telling us that it’s not that important at all. They are pointing it out that there’s more to life than just one thing. It’s cool if you are good at that one thing, but don’t forget that you are a friend to someone, a brother or sister, or a child to your parent.
Don’t get too worked up over one thing.
And don’t forget that you are not alone. This becomes more apparent when you see characters playing in matches. Don’t try to do everything when there are other people out there capable of assisting you. Talk things out, have discussions, stay true to yourself when voicing opinions.
What I want to say is that this series is like a package full of good life lessons. Many sport series have managed to do the same. And it’s a good thing: since every instance of life is different, situations are different and every time you find a good sports anime it all comes back but from another perspective. And Ao Ashi will be my next, newest favourite in that regard. And this time from the perspective of soccer/football.
This misconception I mentioned earlier has probably been fading away over the years since the spike of sport anime after the success of Haikyuu and several others which have influenced animation studios to create similar shows.
Ao Ashi has been created by the same studio which has created several successful sport series. This time as well, they have done very good job with it. Aside from games there are moments of sadness and happiness that comes from focusing on your goals in life. There is cute first-love and love-triangle subplot that I really enjoyed due to how natural they were. I really liked how this series focuses on the thinking part of soccer/football since I never really understood it before.
And what’s great is that you actually can learn some aspects of a soccer/football game. It’s a game that people have been playing for years and have deep connections to. Despite having no particular interest, you can learn to appreciate something on a more deeper level.
The main thing I see this series lacks is that it’s only 24 episodes. But they managed to fit it all in nicely. Overall a really well balanced series that deserves more attention.
I guess when you are a person who likes to see and understand the essence of things, you can enjoy Ao Ashi despite having no real interest or skill in soccer/football. Impressive. :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 17, 2022
This ballet series produced by MAPPA is odd but great.
But it's difficult to recommend this to anyone. This series is not for everyone.
But there are definitely people who should watch it. Are you one of them, or are you not?
Simply - whether you will enjoy this series comes down to whether you "appreciate art". Classical art? Maybe? It definitely helps but it’s not a requirement.
Ballet? Heck, I don't know anything about ballet yet I still loved this show.
So maybe the short and simple explanation seems vague and a bit lacking. But let's say you additionally appreciate the art of expression. In this show you
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see characters coming out of their "shells": when someone struggles to show a new side of themselves in front of a public. It's that type of moment when people fall into two categories: do you appreciate that or do you see it as a weird thing and laugh at it?
Therefore, you probably need to be a person who accepts "oddities" and differences in people. Even if the show is about ballet, it's mainly about boys dancing ballet. And boys dancing ballet in the middle of a city park lake. And boys talking about ballet. Which is in general terms out of the ordinary. The characters are aware of it. And it’s one of the struggles that main characters have to face as well.
But! There is nothing wrong about doing things you like to do. This is the main message of this series.
Getting it across to other people is a challenge but it can pay off towards your own happiness.
This series also manages to wrap a love story within 11 episodes that interconnects with the general theme of one of the ballet’s most known compositions „Swan Lake”. Pretty clever and pretty adorable. And beautiful on top of that.
Those were the main reasons why Dance Dance Danseur was a show that surprised me. It became one of the series that I started looking forward to every week when it aired.
So in numerical terms
STORY - 7
ART - 10
SOUND - 9
CHARACTER - 8
ENJOYMENT - 10
OVERALL – 9
Perhaps you noticed that I rated story one of the lowest aspects of this series. Which is fairly subjective. It might be that without MAPPA directing this it may have been a good quirky coming up age story. The animation and directing definitely gives it extra points. Perhaps any other animation studio would have failed to deliver it as well as they did. Many scenes are amazingly drawn. Tender moments and amazing fight scenes. Yup, it even had that. The animation gives it the art and dynamic that manga lacks. Overall everything just plays so well together. I really enjoyed it!
I seriously hope there will be a continuation. It might be that many people don't appreciate this series, but I really hope many do find this amusing.
Odd but great. if you are that type of person to appreciate it :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 20, 2019
I usually drop shows that I don’t like. Although this time it was different – I felt obliged to finish this. I love sci-fi. And at first episode this anime left very good impression, so deep down while watching this series I hoped: perhaps, perhaps I was wrong and this anime actually is good. And this is what I realized..
This anime could have been a masterpiece. Had it followed its sci-fi survival route. Instead, we got some teenage soap drama with idiots in space kind of comedy(?) series that couldn’t decide what it was. That really hit on my nerves. In more ways than one.
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I think people who enjoy sci-fi and good writing will dislike this anime.
How can something have such an amazing setting but be ruined by terrible cast/writing?
I guess it’s simple:
1. Add pointless characters.
2. Put them in illogical situations where it’s impossible survive, but they do.
3. Make story boring by making all the problems solvable within half episode (let me remind you they are travelling in vast space and trying to survive on unknown planets).
4. Fanservice (no need to explain this, but in a nutshell you add nice visuals and body parts to cover up the lack of plot)
The explanations below may contain SPOILERS. It is needed to reason my opinion:
- POINTLESS CHARACTERS -
The characters I did (kind of) like at first were Kanata, Aries, the biology boy, and perhaps that snipe-shooter boy, the genius and transgender. All the other characters pissed me off. Why were they there? Especially the character whose entire story arc revolved around singing and some stupid drama with her mother. I don’t even bother remembering her name. How is this related to space travel in any way? Just go sing in your local bar or something, I don’t care about you. Don’t be useless. Later she becomes pretty and useless. What an upgrade.
Then the blond chick Quitterie whose name is the only good thing about her: she Quits thinking and wants to Quit all the time. And whines all the time. She is the only person with legit medical background but somehow DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CLONING. I think she is the least person who needs any explanation of what cloning means, but for some reason it was mainly explained to her.
And in the end she becomes a FASHION MODEL so who the hell cares about her medical background anymore.
These small inconsistencies in story is what made me pissed off the most, therefore this character is broken.
I didn’t even care about the parents in this story. Their only purpose is to be bad and I get it. Whatever. Later it turns out that there was something more to them. But that was written so out of blue that I don’t care. Whatever.
And I forgot the small girl because she was just there for the plot sake but nothing more to her that I would care about. I might be heartless, but the writing made me so.
Later I realized that I didn’t care much about the transgender and sniper boy either. In addition, Kanata is stupid (jumps everywhere and loses limbs for the sake of arguments) and the genius boy is there for the plot convenience and some comic sketches with Quitterie. Perhaps the only character I did like was Aries, and that may have been because she had good first impression and some nice quotes. Spoiler warning: In the end she gets dumped by Kanata because even though they are married Kanata freaking travels away on his spaceship. And the biology boy was ruined by the reveal that he was a king’s clone, making him a drama king for the last couple episodes and some commercial hog at the end of the series. In the last episode seems like it is super convenient for him to just do whatever, even kill himself (I mean if you travel to space you always have to keep that in mind that you might). Who cares about the consistency of the world and nation building anyway? People with brains might, but it’s not needed in this show.
- FANSERVICE -
That beach episode was terrible. I don’t ever forgive them for my disappointment.
- ILLOGICAL SITUATIONS -
Of all the planets they go to, only one (in episode 7) proved to be dangerous enough to make the story interesting and realistic. But they failed that!
MAKE STORY BORING -> Lo and behold they find an identical ship on the same planet not too far away and can fix all their issues with few steps! Yay!
Some more notes:
Adding an additional member was at first disappointment for me. I kind of hoped that this is survival show and we are losing members, not gaining them but nonetheless the added character actually made this anime better (for few episodes). She was the only person we could relate to, so having this small mind game of Earth/Astra was pretty good. But the issue swiftly went over to clone soap opera so that’s was about it.
- THE ONLY GOOD THINGS -
The mentality. That in hard times you have to stay together and stay positive. But in the end everything was just so convenient for them, I don’t feel like cheering at all.
Also, visuals were good. But story is more important than visuals.
- END NOTE -
This anime is overrated due to its very good first impression. In the end, this series became a very bad show. Somewhat watchable, but very bad. Being bad is not always a negative thing. At least it’s not average, I will not forget this show. But I will remember it as a show that could have been so much more if it had better writing.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jun 26, 2019
I'll say this out straight : This manga is an underrated masterpiece within its own genre.
Do you like well written characters? And do you dislike clishés? If you answered yes, you are definitely missing out on this story.
What really makes this manga so great are the characters, character interactions and how different storylines intertwine. And the most awesome of it all - the main protagonist Yugami Yuuji. Heck, I really like this guy. It's so nice to have a reassurance that it's okay to do things your own way, whatever everyone else says. Therefore, I am so glad I found this manga in my
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"It's fine since I have myself with me. I am my own ally." - Yugami Yuuji
STORY (10) – While the manga at first leaves an impression of being a high school comedy story about a loner guy and one confused girl who ends up sitting next to him, underneath it has a lot of aspects to it that can be contemplated about.
The main idea is about being accepted by other people. Having "friends" so to speak. Perhaps that is most of our goal in life as well? At least this is the main goal of the heroine Chihiro when she goes to the new school. I think she relates to us as readers the most (at least in my case) because when you enter a new environment creating good connections with people should be obvious. But this can come with a cost.
One could think that to be accepted (and liked) by someone means following someone else's orders or tastes. But is this all really necessary?
Here we have the main protagonist Yugami, who refuses all of this "bootlicking". Be your own self. Do things your way. If you do things the same way as everyone else just to be liked by them... aren't you forgetting yourself in the process? Viewing Yugami as a character and the way he acts makes you ask the question "WHY?" Why is somebody sucking up to someone else?
If I am my own ally, I don't need any of this stuff. Therefore, I don't need friends. Right? Right?
Hmm.. No. Because life is more complicated than that! But he makes decisions himself and that's what's important. Yugami is a character that stays true to himself. And that can be inspirational.
However, as readers we can see that even Yugami's approach is not always the best approach. Sometimes he makes things better, sometimes he makes things worse. I think that's natural. That is life!
And this is why I really like the mangaka who has written this. They have written very relatable life like characters.
CHARACTERS(10) – As readers we see very different sides and thoughts of different characters. Yugami, who refuses to have friends and therefore depends only on himself. Chihiro, who understands others and wants to be liked by others. Kadota, who wants everyone to get along, and often sees the world in a self-centered way. XX, who was a lone wolf but realised she needs friends. Manager (and some other classmates), who show us that people like Yugami can be bothersome, etc.
We don't get a clear answer of how to approach people: I think that's up to the reader to decide how to communicate with others in their lives. Instead, we get many different interactions, the story progresses, we get to know characters better.
There is a lot of character growth as well, especially for Chihiro, who at first doesn't understand Yugami at all, and later on basically becomes main translator for the people who want to understand Yugami. And at one point she starts to inspire Yugami as well. And that is really nice development. This will happen in the later chapters (so have some patience!) but once you arrive there the feeling of "wholesomeness" just follows you because it's such a satisfying read.
Many things happen during this story. And after all, it's a comedy manga as well. We fall in love with the story and characters. We get this daily dose of happiness and amazing plot/interactions. I am not going to retell the story - read that up yourself! As you read this manga, there are a lot of life lessons to be acquired. From small to some bigger lessons. That's why my ENJOYMENT for this series is a 10.
The ART(7-9) improves over the chapters greatly. Fun fact: This manga was intended to only have 5 chapters at first, which turned into 81. So the first chapters look simpler and by the middle of the series you can notice a lot more detail to the characters. The art basically grows with the story.
So of course, OVERALL (10). It's an amazing series that definitely should have a bigger following. A masterpiece SoL manga with loads of fun moments, great cast and life lessons. Perfect for me. And perhaps you will really like it, too.
--Update after reading chapters 66+
Beyond that chapter this manga reaches another level. That’s why I kept myself from writing any further until I finish this series. This was such an amazing manga to read and I am really glad I did.
Yugami is one of the best anime/manga characters I have come across just because how he sees his own value. And he deals with it. It’s just how he is. He can stand on his own pretty well. However, as it was described by one of the characters – if he had someone like Chihiro with him he could grow many times stronger. Chihiro had great character development: from someone who doesn’t understand any logic behind Yugami’s actions into someone who can be by his side and stand up for him.
I would gladly read Yugami’s and Chihiro’s interactions if there were more. This series really was a SLICE of life – these characters keep on living. And this is one of the rarest times in my life that I WISH I knew these characters in real life. One can keep on dreaming, eh? :)
Reading this manga was an amazing experience!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Mar 8, 2014
I totally recommend this show if you are bored and looking for something light-hearted to cheer you up.
Shingeki no Kyojin Picture Drama is a short spin-off series for all SNK fans.
It has a simple, silly plotline, yet the ridiculousness brings that weird smirky smile on your face. It is a good miniseries. And not to mention it's extremely cute. All the silly sides of each character are brought out and it's entertaining to see that.
You only end up being disappointed if you hope to see something deep from it. This is mainly just for entertainment and gags.
Story-6
Art-9
Sound-7
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Character-7
Enjoyment-8
Overall-7
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 3, 2013
This review was written in 2013, right after first season ended. And when seasonal anime just started to become popular.
There are occasions when good art and good story come together, shake hands and make love. This is one of those times. For some the content may be too violent, but people who like survival, action, suspense, tragedy, nice art and soundtrack, it's great.
But let me be honest here and very blunt – Attack on Titan, as an anime, is more like a commercial to the manga series. Why do I say so? Like any commercial, it is attractive, interesting, it may have something so
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catchy in it that might get addictive. Just like this series: After episode 5 it’s like a roller coaster ride that you can’t stop until you have reached the end point. But like a commercial, you just get a glimpse of the product, but you won’t get a complete conclusion. This is either a good thing or a bad thing – depends on the person.
I am one of those who finds this as a good thing. When the anime series started, the manga was no where near completion. So many series makers decide to do fillers to give anime some kind of an ending. Edit: This was especially common in 2013 and earlier. And you do not know how deeply i hate and despise fillers. I am quite sure many people would agree with me on this. But this amazing series actually followed the manga so well! And I think this is the reason many people liked it. But still, even close to following the manga, they had to end anime it at some particular point. And that particular peak had to be epic. And oh boy it was epic. But to reach that point there had to put more detail on some aspects (aka some people call it as a slow storyline, or a dragging of storyline, but i see it more like detail that adds more beauty to the anime as general - Marco's cape scene for example). To my mind they ended it at a good part.
They also left little wonders for us - so we, now, as we have finished watching the ’’commercial’’, shall go and buy the product.. the manga. Such a perfect little scheme, eh? And i still loved it. Because I am glad I found this series. As far as the manga is out, it won’t be a letdown.
Spoiler free, a and kind of simple review i wrote some time ago and added some things to it:
STORY: 8 - Story is very good: it's well thought out and complicated enough to keep your interest up. Bunch of people living inside a walled community that is surrounded by threat– Titans, oh those Titans. What the hell are they? What do they want from humans? Is it just the flesh they are after? Or something else? And why do some look so retarded that you feel like laughing out loud sometimes? Are they really the only enemy? Can they become allies instead?
I thought at first that the story was just good people vs. bad Titans. But nope. It’s way more complicated (i am especially hinting to the last episodes) And that’s why i liked it, the surprises can either be obvious or quite surprising – depending on the person.
ART and ANIMATION: 11 - Ok, this is where this anime SHINES. Art is truly outstanding. I think that's what really caught my eye in the first place. What i really love is the detail they give to the eyes, and some other aspects for example: the backgrounds, the visuals, the freaking 3DMG scenes that make you drool of awesomeness. Spider-man people! (Drooling like Hanji here, haha okay a joke) I really do not see anything bad about it. The scenes are great and epic. They really give out the ''wow'' effect. Definitely the reason why i really love this, because i love good art and good animation. Any video you try to edit with this anime will turn out awesome. Really, if I could, I'd give this section a 11/10.
SOUND: 10 - Also, nothing bad to say. The OST is nice. The first opening spread like a disease, but i think in a good way. I guess many people have replayed it lots of times? Some say they are getting tired of it because they have heard the opening so many times already. But hey, you can't deny you hated it, otherwise you would not have listened to it so much. I discovered that second opening song is actually better as a whole, and if you put them together you get some kind of special effect with them.. It’s up on yt somewhere. Anyways, very good music.
CHARACTER: 7 - I have noticed that every character has some kind of trait to them.
A bit typical main character – Eren – trait: strong will and determination
Then there is the heroine – Mikasa- trait: good fighting skills and intuition
Their friend – Armin – trait: smart
etc, I think every trait meets its purpose in the series.
My favourite is actually Armin because he is one of the smartest characters around. At first he is weak, but your opinion will change of him as you reach in the middle of the series. Something he lacks he replaces with great mind, and I like that. The other one who will get a lot of character development will be Jean. As for other characters, the Sasha and Hanji are very funny. And Rivaille definitely makes this show ’’cooler’’. The way he stays strong at times, i really felt sorry for him and at the same time my admiration towards him grew.
Later on you will see that some characters can be either good or bad..
ENJOYMENT: 10 - Anyway, this anime is overall very enjoyable. One of the anime you have to watch in High Definition if possible. It just keeps you on your seat and time just flies when you watch it. At some times the anime should be renamed Attack on Feels, yet that is what makes Shingeki no Kyojin a good anime that deserves the hype it gets.
Overall - 10 - Because the enjoyment I had with this anime was just way above anything else I have seen recently. Awesome art and animation. Great adaption. :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 3, 2013
Is your loved one struggling to reach her dreams? Well, man up! Dress up as a woman and help your darling to become part of the top idol group. At least that's what our main protagonist Urayama Minoru did. And is it working out? well.. that's for you to find out, or you can get a glimpse of hint by reading this review.
STORY 7 - Well there is this one girl Yoshinaga and her wish is to become a part of AKB idol group. The guy Minoru is her secret lover. Cute right? And then there were auditions or something along those lines. And because
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Yoshinaga is so insecure, Minoru went to help her out. But oh-my-couldn't-predict-it-at-all they both get accepted.
Surprisingly, Minoru himself is doing quite well. And maybe he is a better idol than the person he tries to help. Yet, there are always those ''but'' parts of the story...
He can't stay forever as a female.. Right.. so this is why the story intrigues me. I really want to see how this mess of hiding your own gender turns out in the end of this story. And for that i am ready to read it until the revealing happens, even if some arcs get too long and predictable at times.
ART 9 - Art is really great. I like the details, characters look nice and beautiful, amazing angles, etc. Nothing bad to say.
CHARACTER 7 - Characters are good. Minori is quite strong-willed and i quite like ''her'' and i think ''she'' is the best character of the story. In addition, Minori/Minoru's gender hiding dilemma makes him a very interesting character overall. Anyways, this manga has many female and some other weird characters in it and i guess they all fit into the plot. They haven't impressed me much though. But there might be characters that some of you might really like. There are a lot of cute girls.
ENJOYMENT 9 - So far this has been very enjoyable. I just really want to see how Minoru will end up after all that mess. The excitement got a new push at chapter 119 so lets see how it turns out. The story gets also very enjoyable around 200th + chapters.
Overall I'd rate it 8. It has its ups and downs but overall quite enjoyable gender-bender manga. The latest chapters are very enjoyable. Even if you do not know all that idol system you can understand what is going on.
Tip: if you happen to get bored just skip few chapters, but there might not be a need to do that. For now, this hasn't been a let-down and if you are interested, give this manga a try.
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Update: 6 years later I finally had the chance to finish reading this series. I must say I felt quite lonely after finishing it, because the atmosphere drew me in.
So even if some arcs felt a bit unrealistic in their solution, i didn't really mind it much. Because I find stories where main character has to hide who they really are really interesting and hiding your gender makes it a unique story that is hard to forget.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 26, 2012
''If you have never been at the bottom, you can't get to the top. If you've never lost hope, you can't understand what's truly important.''
Ahh, BECK. After rewatching anime two times, i finally gave BECK manga a shot. I don't regret one bit. The story in manga goes 70 chapters onward. Everyone who has watched anime and wants to know what happens with our loved characters afterwards should give this manga a try, too.
And if you don't know anything about this story - think about this: Have you ever wondered what would it feel like to be in a band? If you ever wish
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to find out, BECK would be your choice. I've seen quite many anime and manga already and this is one of the best among, really.
~The story starts with a boy who doesn't have a goal in his life. One day he meets a very strange stitched up dog and its mysterious owner. That meeting has an important meaning to his days onward. Our main character Koyuki and the readers of the manga get introduced to the music world.~
The thing you learn most of it is that going through a hard path is something that gives you the best results. Don't give up and just go forward! Be true to yourself! That kind of stories are one of the best ones because they can leave an impact in your life as well.
Something i also noticed was that when you are nice to your enemies it can even be more effective than just having a fight with them.
For example, when someone says something insulting to you and you reply like Koyuki: '' Still, you are one of the best i know because ..'' or
''But, you are excellent at what you are doing..'' etc it can actually make the other person think of what he/she said wrong to you. It's weird but it works!
So overall 10/10,
STORY was truly a masterpiece, nicely wrapped into 103 chapters, which 33 first chapters you can see in anime.
A hard path where something good can't always be on top. Something that is always on top is not always the best. Good things, bad things happen but in the end you need to believe in yourself and give it your best to make something amazing happen. It really makes you interested in music. Not to mention, this manga is the perfect example of showing why anything that is ''popular'' isn't always the best. Usually the real gems are hidden somewhere below the surface.
''Sometimes the greatest trial can lead to the greatest success.''
ART what i truly liked is how you can see characters grow, change as they mature. There are so many manga and anime where characters look the same for years, I'm happy BECK isn't one of them. This just shows how close to real life can sometimes story be.
CHARACTERS are one of the best parts of this. You will start to like every character in their own way. Its how different people make up a great group.
''I'll follow my own inspiration. It's okay for a person to have a different way of living.'' - Koyuki
Koyuki was just too good for the world he lived in ; Ryusuke was so called the ''bad boy'' who got all the girls and got into deep ****; Taira was a collected person and the most mature one. He had really nice skills. He followed by his own instincts not how others told him to (i think i want try out bass guitar one day because of him hehe); Chiba was that mambo-jambo drunken kung-fu panda - anyways, very charismatic and funny character; Yuji - always smiling, growing talent, close relative to Takeshi from Pokemon - never opened his eyes, except one chapter but I was not sure if it was him. Maho was interesting female lead, really excentric, something that you don't see in every story.
ENJOYMENT I'm not sure if I'll enjoy any other manga or anime like I enjoyed this one. Those face-drawings they made were just hilarious. And those city ''parkours'' when Koyuki was in hurry to somewhere and a cop was chasing him. Also that great sensation which not many stories give -
I think that is what makes this manga great - that unexplainable feeling of reading something nice that you won't regret. I think it's the power of band. Of a group. You feel like you are there, with them and never wishing to leave! This was just so great!
I think the questions that anime left unanswered were:
Why did that dog look so weird? Because hey, that dog looked really weird..
What was it about the dream they all saw?
.. Beck was a silly name but if you decide to read this manga you will find out why it was perfect for them.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Mar 7, 2011
Edit: I am keeping this review because it's my first one i ever wrote in 2011. If i was to read this manga again my opinion of it might have been changed or i wouldn't rate it this high anymore.
Hello, this is my first review, it's quite short but spoiler free. I'm writing this because I want others to read this manga, whether you are guy or a girl. I think it really teaches you to value life better, that when you are given something, you should be happy, because you are lucky to have it in your life. :)
I'm glad that when i started
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to read it, i had only read half of the summary, because i didn't know what kind of ''secret'' the main girl has.
I thought it was another common love manga, so i just clicked the first pages through and until I see what her ''secret'' was, and then decide whether i should drop it or continue reading it.. but dang i was wrong to think it would be bad.. so wrong.. because this manga imo turned out so great! GREAT.. oh yeah, 10 stands for OUTSTANDING :D!
What i really loved was that how the main guy started to care about the girl when he found out about her secret, the fact that he didn't even understand at first that he was in love with her. It was just so cute seeing him blush like that whenever he saw her.
And the main girl was so weak and so strong at the same time. It's hard to explain without spoiling anything, so you should just read it yourself.
And the story with the main guy's sister touched me deeply, that was really something.
Anyways, if you want something short, but decent and something that teaches you to value something better then go ahead and read it now. :)
Or read it until you get to know the secret and then decide. If you can, don't read the summary at all, and let the manga itself surprise you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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