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Oh boy, this is gonna be a long one. Where do I start?
I was going into this expecting to have one of the best watching experiences of my life because of the popularity of this anime. My expectations were high and maybe that is why I am so disappointed, first of all, the story. The story starts very dynamically with sinji being asked to pilot the Eva. So right off the bat, there is action so the viewer gets hooked right away. The problem is that for most of the later episodes all we see are battles between the Evas and the angels, without ... any character development or anything else taking place, it is JUST battles (again, for the most part). All the interesting stuff takes place in the first and last episodes where we finally get some background information on everything and things start to make sense. The ending was also very disappointing for me. We see sinji fight with his inner thoughts and struggles and how he achieves to finally love himself but to me, it seems like he comes to loving himself without any buildup. There is no train of thought that leads him to finally achieving self-love. Also, personally, the Human Instrumentality thing just doesn't make sense to me. I find it very anticlimatic how after all these battles the anime ends with just a computer program

Now the characters. Sinji to me has some very relatable aspects so for that I think he is a good protagonist but he is also SUCH a crybaby. The problem with that is that his actions become so predictable sometimes. For example every time he says he will go away, we all knew that he was going to come back not even an episode later. His constant denial becomes insufferable.

Then Asuka, in the beginning, I hated her because she just contributed nothing to the story, she is just useless, she literally could not be there and nothing would have changed but then I thought about it a little and I realized that her being useless is one of the main aspects of her character. All of her personality revolves around her wanting to be useful and be seen by others but she just never seems to achieve that. That is why I find her to be a brilliant character. We also get some background information on her and her story and it becomes clear why she reacts the way that she does. Such a well-written character I wish they did the same with all the others.

Next Rei is one of the worst main characters I have seen. She has no personality, she just exists to obey orders for Ikari and nothing else. She hardly has her own thoughts. She is just a puppet. The only interesting thing she did was to start questioning her existence but that didn't last more than 5 minutes. I don't find her personality interesting at all as she does not have one.

I don't have anything much to say about the other characters as I did not find anything really special about them, they are good characters for the plot I guess.

So except for Asuka, I don't like the characters so much. I feel like they could have made all the battling a little shorter and focused a bit more on developing the characters and making them interesting. And I know this is supposed to be an action-driven anime but that doesn't mean that there should be only fighting going on. The battles were also mediocre as I did not find myself surprised or in agony over anything that happened during the battles. I would even say that Nagisa being an enemy was very predictable from the start.

What I like about the anime though is the symbolism that it contains. I think every character plays its role when they all come together as one, each one of them representing a part of human existence. Asuka represents the side of us that wants attention,sinji our insecurities, and Rei our fight to understand human nature and ourselves. I just think that they could have done the same and also done a better job at everything I mentioned earlier

Overall I liked the symbolism of the anime but I think they could have done a way better job at, well, everything

Where do I start? Spy x Family tries very hard to be funny but it comes off as rather awkward. All the main characters have this "secret" identity that they are trying to keep private but it is so achingly obvious that it ends up being one of the most aggravating things I have watched. The whole plot also revolves around this very complex political issue which we never get a lot of detail about which makes the story very confusing. The animation and art style are quite alright but they cannot compensate for the poorly written plot and characters. Overall, I would not recommend ... this anime to anyone as it does not provide anything but an example of how to not develop a storyline correctly.

Redo of Healer is a satire of the generic fantasy and revenge plot. (I'm looking at you Shield Hero). It's also a "I can't believe it's not hentai" series. The show's story is as terribly beautiful as its premise. A broken man in a broken world is going to get his sword bloody.

I give the show props for having such a complicated and deep plot but when you are watching a show like this the plot is the last thing you care about.The charcters are badly designed and therefore make me unconfortable.

REMEMBER THAT THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THAT'S OK,YOU JUST HAVE ... TRASH TASTE

Oh boy, the seasonal battle shounen that everyone raves about, what does it do right? Well to be completely honest, nothing, the only thing it got going for it is the production quality from ufotable.I don't understand how someone can like this.The anime includes a cast of pretty basic characters with the same old personality traits while it relies on a little girl to carry it with her little charisma that attracts pedos.The plot is not interesting at all,very predictable.Honestly,the only reson I'm not giving this a 1 is because of the swords.To me this is the perfect example of style over substance and goes ... to show that as long as something has flashy fight scenes it's very likely to be loved by the anime community. If you're not already a big battle shounen fan who's able to watch a series for the action sakuga alone stay far away from this series.

One of the most hyped of 2018.Even though Drama is one of my favorite genres of anime,I gotta say that it is executed very poorly here.All the problems that are created are solved very quickly making the anime boring from the first episodes.The characters may look good but from a writing and character development standpoint they are straihght up trash.I give it credit for its animation and art,which I find to be enjoyable as well as the sound.Overall,I am disqusted by this terrible anime.There is nothing interested to it and I find it painful to watch.I give it a 2 instead of a 1 because ... it doesn;t have many episodes so the pain ended quickly.

Now this is an anime.Highschool DxD is not your typical harem anime as someone would think.The term don't judge a book by its cover heavily applies here.As a person who hasn't seen the series because of all the bright pink colours and naked scenes that it includes you may think this is just a straight up hentai but that coun't be farther from the truth.The truth is that the plot is one of the deepest i have seen talking about everyday struggles that people and even demons,angles etc. go through and how to surpass them.I found it incredibly relateable and helpful.The cast consists of the ... most likeable characters I have seen with the best character development,I was honestly surprised that this hasn't been recommended to me throughout my anime reviewing career so far.It also includes some really catchy songs like oppai dragon which I listen to regularly.I don't want to spoil this masterpiece for you so you just have to trust me and go watch for yourself.I'm honeslty impressed about how forward thinking, difficult to pin down and futuristic this feels.Easy 10 from me.

I really have mixed feelings about this anime but they are mostly negative .The story is just non existent, the anime doesn't build on any original idea but includes so many scenes without any reason at all since nothing is happening. The art of some body parts really appall me and I find them disgusting. On the contrary, it includes a cast of interesting looking characters with different personalities and the sound is one of the most realistic I have heard. Overall, the art is the most important thing in an anime of this genre and this one made me uncomfortable watching.

Story
2

Art
5

Sound
9
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Character
9

Enjoyment
3

Overall
4

This anime is just outstanding.The idea it builds on is very original and executed properly in a way that blows you away metaphorically and literally even in a genre known for having no depth whatsoever.The animation and artstyle are honestly over the top making the experince never lacking and fantasticaly enjoyable.One thing people don't really focus on is the sound and it's a shame since this anime contain such realistic ones you would think it's real life if you watched it in a VR headset,I really can't say anything else about it other than you should check it out yourself.I'm giving this an easy 10