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Nov 10, 2024
If I were a firefly, then he'd be the moon - Xu Shu when asked by Cao Cao how he compared to Zhuge Liang.
This is without a doubt the best anime adaptation of the romance of the 3 kingdoms. Call me a communist, a C C 瓶 simp, but the mandarin dub was the best even if I couldn't understand most of it. You should watch it.
Stopped by the C C 瓶 again:
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Is the story unique? If it was predictable, did you enjoy it anyway because you like this
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genre/set-up?
- The story is a retelling of the ROTK novel in a format accessible to a kid growing up in the 90's, aka a millennial. A certain amount of attention span is needed there's no ecchi and no one cares about characters like Cao Cao.
Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?
- The art is gorgeous as of most back in the day, because free labor for passion was a thing.
Were the characters well-rounded? Did they have flaws and strengths, or were they unusually strong/smart/stupid?
- Refer to the ROTK and all the literature reviews that have been written since history existed. I'm not going to enter the lions den and attempt to answer this question.
Did the characters react to situations and events in a realistic way?
- If realistic was fictitious non-fiction. It's like me saying because I lift 5-lb weights I can go solo Lu Bu, in Dynasty Warriors the game.
Do you think others will enjoy/dislike this series, even if you didn't? Why?
- Just watch it. People will tell you to do less worthwhile things so you might as well listen to me, the creme de la creme as it comes to internet strangers, to give you sound advice.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 14, 2024
They brought back season 1 Kira, invented the delulu beam, nerfed SEED, put Muu into a trash Astray, made a horny chick pilot a suit for no reason, reused all the seed troupes: Archangel/Murrue bridge gets aimed at from close range with a beam rifle, Lunamaria lets her target get away again, Destiny plan, Requiem, ZAFT terrorists, Yzak's hot mom, you get it.
Black knights (the antagonists) are horribly drawn, they're neither gundams, zakus, or GMs, so what are they: https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Knight_Gundam?
The premise had potential but the execution is all over the place. There's hardly any character development and they had to nerf common sense to make
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the plot work. Unlike the main series, the music is out of place and uninspiring. This whole movie ended up being a gunpla ad.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Apr 5, 2021
If you know you're going to die soon, how would you live? Would you live your life to the fullest with those around you, knowing that your death would create a void in their hearts? Or, do you isolate yourself to protect everyone, and let your plain existence belie the inevitable sorrow.
Plastic Memories attempts to provide an answer. 13 episodes long, the narrative focuses around the two main characters, Isla and Tsukasa. Their well developed, innocent, comedic relationship will take the viewer on a roller coaster ride towards the inevitable. Along the way, details are revealed about humanoid androids called Giftias, of which Isla is
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one, inspiring fear, regret, hope, and perhaps even joy.
If you are looking for low hanging fruit to cop out a few feels, Plastic Memories is not a bad choice.
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Giftias have a fixed lifespan after which they become uncontrollable machines of destruction. During this lifespan, they function essentially as any human being would, capable of memory, emotion, and rational thought. Throughout the anime, Giftias are portrayed as having roles such as lovers, care takers of children whose parents have passed, children for the elderly who don't have any biological ones of their own, etc. This fact alone makes you lower your guard at the possibility of any threat or danger that might come from a Giftia, making them believable as though real human beings. Yet, if a Giftia is not collected or disabled after its lifespan, it has the potential of becoming a Wanderer, an unstable version of the Giftia. A Wanderer has its machine limits removed and loses its humanity. In short, a Wanderer can be thought of as a deadly killing machine (though the progression into violence isn't necessarily immediate, and isn't well understood). The first Wanderer which the Tsukasa and Isla pair face results when a Giftia is abducted and left active long after its lifespan. Flashbacks during this episode give insight into Isla's distant personality (at this point she acts almost like a robot - living lifelessly to avoid cementing herself in the hearts of those around her).
This dichotomy of "a controlled death" vs "a fate worse than death" is what cops the feels. Throughout the anime, Isla through interacting with Tsukasa learns to confront her "death" and comes up with an answer to the "how would you live" question. The pair share a pleasant romantic relationship and Tsukasa's willingness to love Isla despite knowing that he will someday lose her gives Plastic Memories its charm. Personally, I would have wanted the author to take the risk and explore having Isla become a Wanderer, and showing how Tsukasa confronts this change. The current ending works and is an easy way to wrap up the story, but it doesn't go beyond expectations. 7/10
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 21, 2020
I'm writing a review since I couldn't stand the fact that this got rated in the same ballpark as Gundam Build Divers, which is an atrocity.
Most people are comparing NT to Unicorn, which in context took 4 years to develop and spanned 7 episodes. I don't think people should be biased coming into this, since as a stand-alone it definitely doesn't deserve to be rated under 7 (for context Yugioh ArcV is at 6.88).
Gundam has been pretty disappointing when it comes to fights recently. But I disagree with the shits who prefer fights from spinoffs like Gundam Build Fighters to Thunderbolt or NT, Thunderbolt
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and NT's stories may be substanceless but undeniably the art and soundtrack make them much cooler (and the whole point of watching gundam is robot freud manly coolness). The fight from the trailer between NT and Phenex was badass and more hype than some of the Unicorn fight scenes. The final boss fight and ending is kind of meh, but it's passing, a 7/10. The art definitely carries, and I don't think the soundtrack is bad - people hating on the genre probably shouldn't be allowed to rate it, it would be like telling someone who doesn't drink to rate a chardonnay.
The MC is kind of a pancake but given the amount of content they wanted to cram and the story direction it's kind of hard to do any meaningful character development. I've seen worse for less satisfaction. A lot of this is really based on how cool the suits looked, the battles, and the consistency.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 14, 2018
Tsukumogami Kashimasu is a slice of life set in 17th century Japan told in mystery format. At the heart of the story are Seiji - serving as Nick Carraway equivalent (see Great Gatsby), and the tsukumogami - everyday objects turned sentient. Each episode features a nuance on human relationships, while building towards the main mystery surrounding Seiji's sister's (Oko's) past. The tsukumogami themselves, though initially wary of humans from insecurities of a previous ownership, face the respective realities of their past, and slowly come to terms with their existence and role in the siblings' lending shop.
While the mysteries themselves aren't something to write home
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about, the underlying character development of the lending shop's clients between the start of each mystery and the end has a certain allure. That said, the character development of Seiji himself is lacking - though one may argue that's just the way he was written.
I found the series overall a gentle and charming experience, each mystery had a meaningful (albeit sometimes obvious) plot twist, and the character relationships felt genuine. Solid 8.
P.S. My bias is that I think Tsukumogami is deserving of a higher score than its current score of 6.61 at the time I penned this review.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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