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As a fan of dark, psychological anime, I initially despaired upon completion of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica that I’d never find anything quite up to par. These worries evaporated when I completed the first episode of Gakkou Gurashi.

Although it may seem initially just like cute girls doing cute things, don’t let the cover or the first 20 minutes of the first episode fool you. Gakkou Gurashi is in fact an express train to the dark and sometimes horrifying with plenty of feel stops along the way.

From the first episode, Gakkou Gurashi seemed like ... a great anime. With cutesy art, characters and theme songs, despite knowing that there was a ‘dark twist’ to the story didn’t prepare me for the last scene. It’s a pity that nothing is completely perfect. Gakkou Gurashi has it’s share of flaws and it disappointed me at times, however it remains an anime I would recommend to my peers nonetheless.

Firstly, aesthetic value is high. Although the art isn’t particularly mind-blowing, it’s very cutesy and visually pleasing. One downside is that even the teacher, Megumi “Megu-nee” Sakura looks hardly older than her students, however this is easily forgiven. The colours are bright and vivid, the lines are clean and cute and the contrast is big when we view the world as it really is versus Yuki’s delusionary P-O-V. There are a few minor but annoying hiccups, such as the illogical orientation of the ears on Yuki’s hat when her head is turned, however animation is otherwise smooth and pleasant. The zombies are also well animated, gory and disturbing without being graphic at all. In fact, I would even say that Gakkou Gurashi makes good use of the idea that the unseen is scarier than the seen, leaving the viewer to imagine what truly lies behind those ominous shadows.As a whole, the anime manages to remain disturbing on a psychological level without any particularly graphic scenes, which I greatly appreciated. And let’s just also mention that despite the characters all appearing like lolis, they actually had chests, something more gratifying than I thought it would be.
Gakkou Gurashi’s art, somewhat simple yet still very pleasing and enjoyable, is well deserving of an 7/10.

In terms of sound, Gakkou Gurashi is also a job well-done. Although the OP and ED weren’t quite my taste, I found that they complemented the anime quite well. Just like in the infamous Madoka, the cutesy OP has a great impact during later episodes that greatly contributes to the dark, psychological nature of the anime. Think someone giggling during a particularly violent scene of a horror movie.
Voice actors were also high tier. Without overdoing the sugary moe aspect of the anime, each VA’s voice suits her character perfectly. Except for, well, poor Megu-nee, who once again sounds way too young.
I was, however, disappointed with the background music. Though not lacking, I found the background tracks just as unnoticeable as Megu-nee (something akin to a "running gag" in the anime) and was even under the impression that Gakkou Gurashi had none. Background tracks are a tricky thing to get right, and tracks that draw away from the dialogue are undesirable, however to have them so unnoticeable is not right either.
Somewhat weaker than the aspect of art, 6.5/10 is a reasonable score for the sound. Although it’s not something about which I say “wow!” like I have in some other anime, it’s still rather satisfying.

The story is, in my opinion, the strongest part of Gakkou Gurashi. Although the premise is rather simple, the story-telling is superb. Admittedly, the pace got a little slow during some of the middle episodes, mostly during some more moe-type events, however this is well balanced out when the anime returns to the story at hand. Foreshadowing was mixed in perfectly: small elements are hidden into each episode without being too hard to notice - perfect for the amateur detective within.
The first episodes were certainly the best in terms of pacing, and it is disappointing that the rest of the anime couldn’t quite keep up the excellent standards. However, I still thoroughly enjoyed every episode, and the psychological horror factor was pleasantly strong and unique. For once, we have a dark anime involving high school girls that doesn’t rely on bouncing breasts, graphic murders, a harem or a revised script of Madoka Magica.
All in all, despite it’s flaws, I find Gakkou Gurashi to be an incredibly fresh-feeling anime. With twists, plenty of “oh my god, what?!” moments and some moe thrown in to the mix, Gakkou Gurashi’s plot is certainly a prime example of simple excellence. One does not need a huge, 100% original plot with confusing twists and turns to earn a good 8/10.

However, Gakkou Gurashi disappoints in the aspect of characters, which is, in my opinion, the most important element in any anime. Although the characters are in no way boring, annoying or overly stereotyped, they retain a “I’ve seen this so many times before" feel. You have the cute and clumsy type A protagonist, the strong ‘fighter’ one, the motherly one, the serious one and the one whose lack of presence is their main, some might even argue only, defining feature. In terms of twists, the biggest twist one can find in any character of Gakkou Gurashi is that they are actually a lot less mentally stable than other characters assume, which isn’t exactly shocking or particularly valuable to the plot as far as I know. Perhaps its for this reason that I found the moe episodes a bit of a bore. Although Yuki’s hallucinations are an interesting element, she, along with the rest of the cast, bring little to the anime as a whole. This anime would have earned a much higher score if it wasn’t for the bland characters, which earns only 5/10 for me.

Despite all it’s flaws, I still enjoyed Gakkou Gurashi and it was one of the more interesting anime of this season that I think everyone who likes dark, psychological anime with a bit of horror mixed in should definitely give a go. The characters, background tracks, pacing in later episodes and moe moments were on the disappointing side, however as a whole the plot, execution, voice work and art were very much satisfying and up to par of what I expect of, well, any anime. In terms of enjoyment alone, I would award this anime a 7/10. Although as the anime progressed, it did not remain as ‘wow!’ as I found it during the first two episodes, I don’t regret ranting on to my friends about this amazing new anime that I had started watching the night before, fiercely recommending it to them.

Overall, this anime is well worth a watch.

Average score: 6.7/10 (rounded to a 7)

It’s not my favourite genre, but murder mysteries are something that I really enjoy watching/reading about (unless they’re real, of course). The whole ‘whodunit’ aspect is really appealing to me, mostly because of the suspense, and, if it’s done well, the little clues that foreshadow the true answer without being too obvious. Last time I watched such an anime, I got so into it that I forgot to make my own deductions. I promised myself that next time, I would also try to solve the mystery.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (referred to as Higurashi from now on) seemed like such an anime. Unfortunately, it’s ... anything but.

Watching Higurashi reminds me of writing an English essay. I know what I want to write it, but I have no idea how to start. I can’t write an introduction to save my life. When I ask for help, I’m told to ‘state my thesis’, but I don’t even know my thesis. In the end, I write sloppy, repetitive paragraphs with no link between them and a confusing introduction. Then I proof read, and, with some help, finally manage to write something a little more readable.
Higurashi feels just like my crappy first drafts. It’s all over the place, repetitive and without a proper conclusion, forcing you to watch the 2nd season in hopes that the story will somehow sort itself out. The murder mystery that seemed to be prevalent in the anime is nowhere to be found. I suppose there is a little bit of mystery, but you really need to dig deep to just maybe figure out what you’re supposed to be asking yourself. The more obvious mystery elements, notably the deaths and the constituents of a strange drug, do not have an answer within the first season. Despite being mainly within the genres of horror and psychological, it has that awful slice of life feel that after 21 episodes, it feels as if nothing has happened. Why? Because the entire plot line is presented within 3 or 4 episodes which are simply repeated with different characters as the focus. It’s pretty much an omnibus format, but you’re given no clues as to where in time the episode has jumped back to, and what things the characters have done differently to get this outcome. Whenever a new arc started, I had trouble recalling what events had already come to pass and those that were still to come. Furthermore, there is no order to the arcs, as if the director wrote down the names of the different arcs on pieces of paper, pulled them out of a hat and decided that would be the order. Sure, Shion’s arc did shed light on Mion’s arc, and thus had to be after Mion’s, but apart from that, there was no evident reason for the order chosen.
On the whole, all there is to it is simply little girls turning crazy and killing each other, the end. It’s repetitive, mostly confusing and boring. Explanations passed mainly like they did in No Game No Life - where once character explains everything and the viewer is left mostly in the dark. The only reason why I wasn’t totally lost throughout the whole anime is because I was accidentally spoiled.
As if that’s not enough, most episodes are full of gore, gore, gore, crazy laughter and more gore. It almost reminds me of Pupa, except it’s not AS graphic (but not by such a wide margin) and doesn’t involve as many pained cries or cannibalism. I’m not squeamish when it comes to blood, in fact I’m a little bit of a sadist, but I found myself looking away from the screen a few times. That fingernail scene in Shion’s arc will certainly haunt me for life. *shudder*
The one redeeming factor would be that the writers know their cliffhangers. The ending theme has a tendency of starting at the worst moment possible. As a result, even if you have a general idea of what’s going to happen next (though, to the anime’s credit, the events do deviate between arcs), you’re still enticed to press that ‘next’ button. That’s the only thing that kept me watching all those 26 episodes.

The characters match the plot line standards. There is some diversity in their personalities at the start, but they’re all obviously based off the same format. At the base, they’re all mentally unstable and quick to kill. Well, maybe except for Rika. Rena and Shion are certainly the quickest to go crazy, and as such there is little difference between them. Rena’s love towards cute things makes her crazy side all the weirder. Shion is an extreme yandere. And by extreme, I mean extreme. The tomboyish, leader-to-be Mion has a girly side. Satoko used to be childish and is now acting like a big sister. Keiichi is a typical male protagonist (and the only one, at that). Nothing I haven’t seen before. Rika is also supposed to be the MC, but Keiichi seems to fill that role better.
Perhaps it’s a part of being mentally unstable, but even though they all become crazy and do pretty much the same things, notably killing, why they go crazy remains mainly a mystery. They tick over almost immediately, without much warning and without obvious reasons. This makes it hard to engage with the characters.
The ‘struggles’ between the characters may have valid themes, but they have all been done before - such as friendship vs. trust. There’s also a weird, deformed love triangle that doesn’t add anything to the plot or characters.

Once you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen it all. That is the story with Higurashi.

If there’s no appeal in the more important constituents of an anime, we could at least that the aesthetic value is high. Nope, sorry to disappoint… yet again. The art is possibly the worst I’ve seen yet. In fact, I was almost put off watching Higurashi by it. 'Never judging a book by it’s cover’ is only partly valid in this case.
Proportions are never exact in anime - whether it’s slightly big head or the huge round eyes, but Higurashi’s proportions were even more crazy. Huge heads and stick-thin limbs are not a good combination. The animation itself though wasn’t that bad (movements weren't jerky or anything). I do remember that there was one scene where the voice acting did not match the animation - hilarious - but apart from that, there were no glaring problems. Gore was disturbing, especially since most of the blood was a disgusting dark brown colour.

At least sound is here to save the day. The opening does get a little repetitive, since it is the same throughout all 26 episodes, but it was a good opening theme, so I didn’t mind that much. The ending theme was good, since the somewhat calm theme was often a large contrast against the previous events of the episode. The bad thing about it is that it’s entirely sung in English, with the least fitting words. And it’s not even like Danganronpa’s OP, where the English pronunciation was decent, but Engrish. The words are also sung really word, like a loud whisper combined with sighs and bit of a tune. I mostly skipped it.
One thing we can thank the VN for is the wide range of BGM. I find myself complaining a lot that there isn’t enough music during an anime. Well, not with Higurashi. They wouldn’t go down as some of my favourite tracks, but there were pretty good.

If I had to sum up my feeling towards Higurashi in one word, it would probably be ‘what?’. What is the plot line? What is happening? What has already happened? What is up with the art? What is the point of this much gore?
What did I miss that made most others give a score of 8 and above?
I’ve had this same feeling with the Monogatari Series. Everyone loves the anime, but it seems as if I somehow missed this vital ingredient. Maybe it’s just me, or maybe it’s easy to miss. Higurashi wasn’t a total failure, but I was certainly extremely disappointed.
There is a bit of a… ‘twist’ to this, however. I believe it is possible that the terrible plot line and characters were actually what keep you watching - especially when it comes to the 2nd season. You’re so confused that you can’t help but want to know the answers. In that sense, Higurashi was simply an introduction - a bad one, but then again a bad introduction doesn’t necessarily herald a bad story/essay/etc. Hopefully, Higurashi no naku koro ni kai will, as the description says, "shed some light on the dark mysteries prevalent in the preceding season.” I suppose it’s up to you whether or not this is an efficient marketing technique… just kidding.

All in all, Higurashi no Naku koro ni is a poorly executed anime with few redeeming factors, but not torturous to watch.

Plot: 4/10
Characters: 4/10
Art: 4/10
Sound: 7/10
Enjoyment: 4/10

Overall: 4.6/10 - rounded to a 5

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Ugh, romantic comedies. They are usually a mix of romance, slice of life and, of course, comedy. I’m not a particular fan of any of theses genres, as Romeo x Juliet, Yuyushiki, and a number of other anime have successfully proven to me. If I dislike all these genres, why on Earth would I like something that is a combination of all three? The pleasant surprise of Chu-2 gave me hope for rom-coms, however, and I’m pleased to say that Mikakunin de Shinkoukei held up my expectations.

MdS is about a girl called Kobeni, who on her sixteenth birthday is suddenly told that she is engaged ... to the mysterious Hakuya. Not very original, huh? I can imagine that people would be a little bored just by reading the summary and thus reluctant to watch this.
MdS is not anime to be watched if you are searching for a fresh plot that has plenty of twists and turns. The premise, along with some other elements, is quite generic, maybe even a little stale. However, if you get past that, and rather concentrate on the way the story is told, focusing on the characters and the humour, you’ll realise that MdS is an interesting and very enjoyable anime.

Watching MdS was somewhat… refreshing. As I said, the plot is not original, but it’s told in such a light-hearted and humorous way that you can’t help but like it. It masks the cliches and the ‘I’ve-seen-this-a-million-times-already’ moments so well that you don’t even realise that they’re there, save for a few moments that don’t hinder the enjoyment in the slightest. I usually hate romance anime because the romance is so soppy, slice-of-life is usually so boring that I can’t force myself to watch it any more, and comedy elements are usually entirely characters being dumb, slapstick, or the old manzai layout with the bokes and the tsukkomi. I felt none of this repugnance in MdS. I was cheering for Kobeni x Hakuya all the way and found the little romantic actions unbelievably cute. Their relationship is really well paced, too. As slice-of-life anime often go, after watching a few episodes, I asked myself what actually happened in the 2 hours or so that I'd watched so far, but it just didn't bother me because, hey, I had fun. The comedy revolved mainly around Benio and Mashiro, and was at times subject to the usual exaggerations that I don’t like, but no episode failed to make me laugh. The events and relations between the characters and just so relatable, even if few of us have been plunged into an engagement planned by our relatives. Even fewer of us have known people who aren’t really human, but the way the characters react mirrors how most of us would probably react.
In short, the plot line of MdS really accentuated everything that I like about anime - the great story telling, as well as the fun of it.

The characters are definitely the strongest point of the anime. They’re just all so loveable, and every extra minute they’re on screen only adds to the overall greatness. Similarly to the plot line, there are some stereotypical elements in their personalities, but their highly amusing personal quirks and characteristics simply drowned this out. Let’s take Kobeni. She's the average high schooler that we’ve seen so much before, with slightly low self-esteem, but at the same time, parts of her mindset are completely different from... pretty much every other female lead I've seen up till now. She is the first anime girl that I’ve seen who is self-conscious about her figure and wants a smaller bust. All females I have seen till now are perfectly slender and find being flat-chested a curse. Kobeni does have rather big breasts - something which is pointed out a few times in the anime - so maybe it is our human nature to want everything we don’t have, but still, this was just such a relief. There’s a lot more to her though, but I won’t elaborate too much. The way the seemingly stoic Hakuya’s emotions are portrayed are definitely giggle-inducing, and despite being apathetic most of the time, he can be amusing. Mashiro is by far the cutest character, mature for her age… but not completely. And for once, there are actually adults living in Japan.
Benio and Suetsugi let the cast down a little. They’re both amusing characters, but they were blatantly stereotypical. Benio’s little sister complex and popularity were over the top, dragging away in an unneeded fashion from the realism of the anime. She also broke the fourth wall a number of times (“this reeks of love comedy”). Suetsugi's yandere-like love towards Benio was a little annoying.
Despite some flaws, all the characters were very loveable and greatly added to the general enjoyment of the anime.

The art was nothing special, but it was really well done. The character designs were very well done, and the general drawing style was really appealing. There were some flaws, notably the chibi-like feet at times, without the actual details of the shoe, or Mashiro's dress alternating between blue and green, but apart from that, the art was fine. Good backgrounds, good characters. When I think of anime, this kind of art pops to mind.

Voice acting was really well done. The voices suited the characters so much. They didn’t sound overly emotional, kids didn’t sound like adults, etc. Once again, this is the type of voice acting that I expect from anime. My main complaint would be Mashiro’s voice. It bothered me a little at first, since it sounds obviously fake, like the voice actress was voicing with cotton balls or the likes in her mouth in attempt to sound ‘cute’. It wasn't like that all the time, though, and I soon came to like it. Benio’s voice in particular was really well done.
There wasn’t that much background music, which is a bit of a shame, because the bgm tracks were quite nice. The OP and ED are one of the better ones I’ve seen so far. I usually skip the OP, but in MdS I listened through it every episode. The ED was cute and well done as well. I would have listened through it every time as well if I wasn’t so eager to get on to the next episode.
In summary, the music that this anime had was really nice, but there should have been more.


If I had to summarise Mikakunin de Shinkoukei, I would have to say: simple, but fun.
This anime was by no means flawless. It does have some stereotypical and failed-comedy elements. However, it is so enjoyable, the characters are so loveable, that it outweighs the flaws. I really enjoyed it, and finished it within 2 days. The ending is very open, so I’m in high hopes that we’ll get a second season!

Let me just finish off by saying that for me, contrary to most other anime I’ve watched, first impressions were correct. If you don’t like the first few episodes, this anime is not for you.

Even if you’re not a huge fan of rom-coms, like me, I still suggest you give Mikakunin de Shinkoukei a try!

Plot: 8/10
Art: 8/10
Sound: 7.5/10
Characters: 8/10
Enjoyment: 9/10

Overall: 8.1/10 - rounded to an 8

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AnoHana is an anime that is probably just as infamous as Angel Beats! for it’s tear jerking ending. Despite not being a huge crybaby (AB! is actually the only anime that has managed to get me to squeeze out 1 or 2 tears so far), I was… quite sure I would cry in this anime. Maybe I shouldn’t have, because then ending felt hella disappointing and anti-climactic when I didn’t cry. Call me inhuman if you wish, but this anime just isn’t as touching as people seem to think it is.

I have mentioned a few times already that first impressions ... of anime are not to be trusted. Unfortunately, I say this about AnoHana as well…
My first reaction to this anime was, and pardon my language, “Holy shit, this is great.” After seeing about 3 episodes, I was ready to add it to my favourites, along with Menma. I wish the whole anime was like this. I guess great things don’t always last.
The story element of this anime was seriously disappointing, along with the characters, which I’ll get to later. In fact, the two really go along with with each other, more than the other anime I’ve seen.
AnoHana is about 6 childhood friends that drift apart after 1 of them dies (Menma). Two become somewhat stuck-up prep-schoolers, another becomes one of ‘those girls’ if you get what I mean, and two drop out of school - one to become a NEET and the other to become a chubby traveller who ends up living in the shack the kids would meet in regularly.
I daresay that, as expected, the NEET is our main character who is the only one to encounter a matured version of Menma’s ‘ghost’, because she loved him. So sweet (sarcasm) - I kind of expected it from the start.
The plot then essentially follows him as he meets up with his other, disbanded friends in order to grant a wish that can apparently only be granted when all the others around. Underline ‘apparently’.
In a sense, it was a little unexpected for me to enjoy AnoHana quite as much as I did, considering that it IS a slice-of-life, but at the same time it had that annoying slice-of-life feel - where you sit through 9 episodes and then ask yourself: “What actually happened in these 225 minutes of anime I’ve been watching?” It’s a puzzling question, really. Something did happen, of course, but it doesn’t feel like it. I was wondering when they would actually attempt to properly solve Menma’s wish. In the end, these efforts were crammed into the last 2 episodes.
The main thing I disliked about the storyline was that it was really, really anticlimactic, and by that I mean I was expecting something so much more deep and touching. I kind of feel like the rest of the anime just went to waste, in a sense. Menma’s wish suddenly came true when she remembered it, since she had already granted it herself, and she didn’t even need the others. Talk about misleading. This links back a little to the past, when Menma died. I was hoping that I would get to know exactly how she died, but oh, of course I wouldn’t. It’s like an annoying cliffhanger. Worst part about her death is that it was… anticlimactic. It simply turns out that Menma was trying to make Jinta cry, and that turned into all… that. I simply cannot put it into words. It was simply a disappointed ‘oh’ moment.
My other main problem with AnoHana was just how melodramatic it was. At the start it was light-hearted and funny, but near the end we were plunged into a tearful love pentagon, including all but Poppo. Seriously though, that scene (before the end) where they all burst into tears was just so pathetic I started laughing. It sounded really weird, too. True, there were some sweet and sad moments, and I ALMOST felt something resembling tears near the end, but the rest was just overdone, to the point that it was practically unrealistic.
To summarise, I really like AnoHana at the start, but near the end, the plot line just went down. That being said, I still enjoyed it, so it's not a total wreck.

Characters were similar to the storyline, kind of. They all had their individual quirks, and I found them nice, but I soon came to realise how stereotypical they were. I’ve kind of already mentioned this, but we have the smart, handsome guy who is a little stuck-up, the emotionless but emotion-ful kuudere who cares about her school’s reputation to the point of not talking to the other surviving girl, who resembles some kind of a popular tsundere (but not exactly), the jovial guy who has had the oh-so-tragic past of always acting dumb to be noticed and our NEET. And let’s not forget the cute, childish main character, Menma. Traditional deredere. We also have some somewhat-stereotypical side characters that aren’t even worth mentioning.
As mentioned earlier, all these characters form a love pentagon with Poppo excluded and Menma at the centre. There’s honestly not much more to say about them. Unoriginal.

Really, the characters and storyline remind me of Nagi no Asukara. They’re almost the same, actually. I gave that anime a good score, but god knows how much it annoyed me. I’m surprised that I actually liked Menma, since she’s like the ever-crying, childish Manaka who is only in my good books because she’s hella cute.

Art was probably the strongest point in the anime. The scenery was really nice, the characters were nothing special but I still really liked the artwork. Clean, simple figures that are still pleasing to the eye, with nice colours surrounding, you could say the artwork is… peaceful. It’s definitely not the best I’ve seen, but it was a nice change to the ‘generic’ artwork in most anime, and plus, it’s easy to draw. In any case, the characters definitely looked nice, Menma was adorable, and it suited the anime.

I didn’t really notice music in this anime, apart from the OP and ED, which weren’t great, but still nice, I guess. They suited the anime and the art, with a simple, calm, pretty tune and singing. I’m a little disappointed that there wasn’t more music in the anime - or at least that it was more noticeable - because I love music. It runs in my very veins and I cannot live without it. I suppose AnoHana had potential for some good music, but it didn’t exploit this potential. The… nature sounds were good, though.
Voice acting was really good, and it fit the characters quite well, especially Menma’s voice, but the crying scenes were way too melodramatic and exaggerated in terms of sounds as well.

Overall, I liked this anime, but it was quite disappointing.

Story: 6/10
Characters: 6/10
Art: 8/10
Sound: 7/10
Enjoyment: 6.5/10

Overall: 6.7/10 (rounded to a 7)

“Hey, you’re not the moe character here!”
- how to break the 4th wall like a pro, curtesy of Yuuta.

Let’s start this off with a bit of a discussion revolving around the title.
Personally, I believe that MAL’s translation of the title, coupled with my small Japanese vocabulary in comparison to most people on this site, mislead me a little. A more accurate translation (from kissanime.com, and, coincidentally, also under 'Synonyms') is: Despite my adolescent delusions of grandeur, I want a date!

And that is exactly what it is - pretty much a romantic comedy that has a lot of, well, romance, or at least wills of ... romantic relationships. And, once again despite the title, these extend to all characters, not only the main one and even less only the ones who suffer from ‘chuunibyou’ - otherwise known as ‘eighth grade symptom’ or the titular adolescent delusions of grandeur. There’s no real magic, in any case - which is what the title and cover art lead me to believe, but that is really my own fault more than anyone else’s.
At a first glance, it’s a regular slice of life and there’s really nothing special about it. It’s a barely-there plot line stacked with fluff. Apart from the fact that it was most I had laughed with an anime in a while (indeed, I found the humour quite acceptable, as opposed to many other anime that I have seen recently), nothing was particularly interesting. In fact, I didn’t particularly like it because, as far as I was concerned, the episodes were further split into different parts and progressed through ‘arcs’ of events - which I had already gotten enough of with Bakemonogatari. I guess that is a bit of characteristic of slice of life anime though. The romance had no… element of surprise, you could call it. It was pretty much obvious who was going to fall in love with who - at least with the two main characters. Although that there is technically a whole class, there are actually only a few characters, and as such all the relationships are obviously going to be between them. And, as with most anime, there was a fair share of exaggerations (characters banging their heads/fists/whatever on the floor at an incredible speed; Tooka-san who constantly carries around a metal ladle, etc), time skips and, of course, the sob story. Lastly, since it is a slice of life, there wasn't much plot line.
As it turns out, this anime is absolutely full of false first impressions. Despite the truly average beginning it grew into an anime that I thoroughly enjoyed. A little past halfway through, many more deeper themes show up in the background, and I absolutely loved this deeper meaning. This anime (surprisingly) deals a lot with growing up and, more importantly, coping with and accepting change, especially change that we do not wish to see. This is actually a topic that I can relate very well to, due to the fact that I do not like nor do I deal well with change.
What makes this anime very commendable in my eyes is that despite my hate for romance and slice of life, I still liked this anime - in fact, I got the pleasure of judging it good enough to add to my favourites list (something I never thought I would have at the start).
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai is overall a light-hearted anime full of humour (even if they’re not the best jokes, I still laughed a lot), and it really touched me close to heart. I really enjoyed it. Deathly so!
Taking into account it’s flaws as well as good aspects, I have decided on a score of 8/10. It’s great how such a simplistic plot line has been produced so well. Do keep in mind though that it IS a slice of life, so of course it's not going to have such a prominent plot line, as I said earlier.

Kyoto Animation obviously kept up to it’s great standards. Whilst scenery wasn’t the best I’ve seen, it was still very pleasurable to the eye, and corresponded very well with the general feel of the anime, considering that it was quite realistic.
The character art is one of the best I’ve seen. The characters are not overly moe, but still manage to be absolutely adorable. The eyes are not huge and deformed like in the 5 minutes of an episode of Ouran High School Host Club that I saw a week or so ago on t.v. (sorry! Just had to bring it up!).
Lastly, I love the contrast portrayed between the ‘imaginary’ world of the chuunibyous and reality. One of my favourite scenes was sometime in the first few episodes when the magic circle was set up - the initial blue light that shone up in true walls of light which turned out to be feeble blue LEDs, or the fight scenes in the chuunibyous’ heads in contrast to reality. This has a little to do with the humour element, but I still really liked the visual aspect and changes of it. This further deepens when Rikka ‘grows up’ and loses her eyepatch - everything becomes less colourful, though not to an extreme measure.
It’s no surprise that this deserves a 9/10, since it was very pleasing to the eye.

The music was one of the aspects that I barely noticed in this anime. I guess I was a little too focused on what was going on to notice it. What I did manage to pick up was good, but by no means exceptional, music. The opening theme was one that I much preferred to skip rather than listen for a minute and a half. As it happens though, I enjoyed the ending theme more and more, though I don’t entirely know what to think about in the global context of the anime. I wouldn’t say it’s the most fitting ED, but it doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb either.
I really enjoyed the voice acting. The voices were very befitting of the characters. For instance, I thought that Dekomori’s character was really accentuated by the way her voice was done, especially the ‘des’ in every one of her sentences.
Upon rewatching certain scenes, I realised just how beautiful the music really is. It would never compare to tracks in PMMM, but as a whole, it was great - 8/10.

The characters are a little hard to judge. On one hand, their personalities were, for some of the characters, somewhat predictable and shallow- the seemingly nice class rep who has a very mean side and does all to get on the good sides of the adults (to be simple, the double-faced popular girl), the soft, constantly sleeping senpai, the boy character who is much too obsessed with girls for his own good, and the disbelieving male protagonist. On the other hand, we have our two main chuunibyous, whose imaginations run wild and are absolutely full of quirks. After the first two episodes, I was so in love with Rikka that I decided I would add her to my favourites list. Upon meeting Dekomori, I couldn’t decide who I loved more. This in itself could be interpreted as a flaw - it means that the two characters are very similar. Rikka’s character does change during the course of the anime, though, but some of the changes are a little too brisk, and I wondered where her initial spunk had suddenly disappeared to.
In the end, I really liked Dekomori because not only is she an adorable chuunibyou but I could relate to her very much. This kind of character will of course vary for everyone, but the fact that I found such a character in this anime was definitely a plus.
I came to realise that maybe I was just looking for aspects in the characters that are similar to other anime characters. I still believe that they do have some stereotypical aspects, but it’s actually not that bad.
Overall, the characters are really amusing and entertaining despite being a little shallow and predictable, and each of them adds something to the show. And so, I give this aspect an 7/10.

I honestly can’t say much about enjoyment because I’ve mentioned most of what I would say in previous paragraphs. But, let me summarise: despite my first impressions and my hatred for both romance and slice of life, this grew to an anime that I really enjoyed - so much that I was actually scared that I may just have to give it a 10 (at least at the spur of that moment). Overall, it’s a lighthearted anime which does touch close to heart.

Story: 8/10
Art: 9/10
Sound: 8/10
Characters: 7/10
Enjoyment: 9/10

Overall: 8.2/10 (rounded to 8)

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“I’m sure you know what this means.” - Jibril, Episode 6.
Me: Actually, I have no idea.

I know that the unimaginable hype surrounding this anime has long since passed its prime, but let's just ignore that.
From what I've seen so far, everyone either hates or adores this anime. In fact, so much that it's almost black and white. I found that, as a whole, it is neither as bad. Or as good as most people make it out to be. It had its fair share of flaws, and wasn't something that left me sitting at my computer in amazement, but I will say that it ... is enjoyable and a decent anime.
The plot of NGNL is a plot that we've all seen countless times in the past, yet the makers of the anime were still able to squeeze in a touch of originality, such as violence is forbidden (as opposed to being encouraged in similar situations in other anime), and that everything is decided by games. That even, upon further thought, leads me to wonder whether it even is a game world, since no one in there apart from our main protagonists have the slightest clue that our own world exists. Also, the two MCs are glad to be in this world.
Apart from this, there was frankly nothing worth mentioning in terms of plot. Sure, now and then there were some plot twists (a partly accurate term) and cliffhangers, but other than that, there was no particularly evident plot line. Most of the aforementioned twists came seemingly out of nowhere and ended just as suddenly with a sudden burst of epiphany from the part of either Shiro or Sora. Most of them had no further consequences or effects on the story line.
Furthermore, it was another one of those annoying cases that despite being rushed, it was incredibly slow-paced.
My poor soul also didn’t realise that it was an Ecchi until it was too late. I would expand more on it, but let it suffice to say that it did nothing for the plot line. Coupled with this was a sense of forced and exaggerated comedy element, full of exaggerations (such as characters bashing the walls with their heads), somewhat sexual and shallow jokes. Dialogue goes hand in hand with this - for instance how Sora is constantly obsessed with underwear, or how he promises the soldier chess pieces the right to ‘bang’ any woman that they want.
Overall, I give it a 6/10, because despite it’s flaws, it’s safe to say that I found it interesting and watched a number of episodes in a row.

The art is possibly the weirdest that I have seen. Whilst it’s not actually that bad, the colours are way to vivid and weird.
The main thing I didn’t like about the art was that often, physical traits were much too accentuated, such as Shiro’s numerous huge ahoges as well as cat-shaped mouth and the bags under Sora’s eyes. Also, when it came to other characters, the shape and size of their breasts was often very evident - not to mention that their outfits were often very revealing.
Still, I guess it is commendable that the art style is fresh and new - it’s unlike anything I’ve seen before. Just saying that perhaps some must have to be careful. 6.5/10.

Music was possibly one of my favourite aspects of the show. Some of the themes were quite… epic (in terms of genre, I mean) and totally befitting of the show. Whilst they weren’t my favourites, I really liked the OP and ED of it.
Voice acting is another story. In order to suit the characters perhaps, the voices were not all that pleasant - for instance Shiro’s was almost always monotonous and soft. Sometimes, different character’s voices sounded so similar I questioned whether or not it was the same person voicing them. To summarise, it was as if they were trying to use the voices for the character’s personality to come across better.
I would give it an 8, if not for the voices. As such, it stands at 7.5/10.

And, onto the element that I disliked the most of this show… characters.
The characters essentially brought down the entire show. They might have been a little interesting if not for the fact that they are entirely unrealistic (in terms of personality) and that I’ve seen them so many times before. We’ve got the usual girl-oriented gamer brother (Sora), along with the genius, not-understanding-human-interactions kuudere little sister (Shiro) - the two of them make up the very stereotypical NEETs who stay at home all day and are scared of the sunlight, outside world and being more than 10 metres apart from each other - the typical idiotic fan service character (Steph) and Jibril. I’m not entirely sure what category she would fall into (perhaps the bookworm), but let me assure you that her character was not fresh.
I will admit that the character’s little quirks did provide for a little entertainment, but they were just much too stale. I give ‘character’s a 4/10.

As a whole, this anime was okay. I wouldn’t really watch it again (or recommend it to my friends), some scenes made me feel plain awkward, some of it was ridiculous, some of it was funny and some of it was interesting. In the end, it would be wrong to say that I disliked it. In fact, I liked it more than I thought I would.
I might just add that this is an anime that shows that you must not judge by first episodes. If it had kept up the same standard as the first episode all the way through, it would have been a 4 or a 5. However, it comes to:

Story: 6/10
Art: 7/10
Sound: 7.5/10
Characters: 4/10
Enjoyment: 7/10

Overall: 6.3/10 (rounded to a 6)

Such a score means that whilst it was a little below average, it was still enjoyable. Just don’t start watching it with huge expectations.

One more note: This review was really hard to write. I would expect that it would be below the norm of my other ones. Sorry!

--- WARNING! THIS REVIEW CONTAINS A KAREN BEE SPOILER! ---

Despite not particularly liking its prequel (Bakemonogatari), I still decided that I would like to watch Nisemonogatari. You could say that there’s an unspoken rule that whenever you start a franchise you should finish it - one of the main reasons why I decided not to watch Shakugan no Shana quite yet. There was also the fact that I was excited to finally see Tsukihi and Karen Araragi.
Do not be surprised if you read the same things that where in my Bakemonogatari review. I’m not sure if someone told me that this is better than ... the first, but in reality, I found it worse.
(Note: my review’s structure will be a little different from the norm: plot, characters, art, sound, enjoyment.)

The first episode started out great. Araragi had gone to see Nadeko, but along the way encountered Hachikuji and thus made a little detour. Of course, as always, he was primarily focused on his mounting desire to see her underpants. While our MC spends some time with my favourite character holding handstands for longer than I, a gymnast as of 6 years, can do, Nadeko dresses a little sluttier than usual in order to impress Araragi and support the harem genre. The whole time they spend together is full of unneeded sexual undertones such as the classic story of playing twister in revealing clothes. When he goes off to see yet another member of the female cast, Sugura, the latter takes the opportunity to strip and so Araragi finds her still in a state of undress. When he’s heading back, he encounters Hitagi, who takes the opportunity to try and act all tsundere are usual but instead comes of as as yandere. We then discover that Tsubasa has cut her hair.
Why am I telling you this? Because these events are happening in the time which is SUPPOSED to be the Karen Bee arc, but instead tastes overwhelmingly of filler. This personal synopsis is pretty much what happens during the whole anime.
When it is just about to say that it is possible to say that the anime resumes on it’s predetermined track, pretty much nothing happens. Once again, we confronted with a plethora of flashbacks to explain the situation, and confronted with the aftermath. We meet the sole villain yet, who is extremely stereotypical. The whole episode when our main characters are dealing with the wreathe fire bee is actually just dialogue and Kaiki going out of character in such a brisk way that I was left dumbfounded - and not in a good way.
Our conclusion? Barely there - we find out a bit of Hitagi’s life and then the lovely Karen Araragi returns to normal all by herself.
{[Repeat pretty much the same events for Tsukihiki Phoenix]}
We also have the issue of it being, all of a sudden, fan-service laden. Maybe it is not explicitly naked girls (albeit thanks to Suruga there is a bit of that too), but the whole thing is absolutely full to the brim with sexual references, undertones, etc. The only way to describe these, apart from ‘disgusting' is just ‘ridiculous’. Since bashing my head against my table is reserved solely for soppy romance, I found myself numerous times leaning back in my chair, rolling my eyes and sighing "By God.” Thank got there was no one in my room to see what the subtitles read, or perhaps they would have questioned what I was watching. The genre of ‘Ecchi’ is well deserved, though I would also add ‘Harem’.
Secondly, whilst I KNOW that this is in the genre of supernatural, some elements which are linked more tightly to real life just cannot be supernatural. For instance, cutting all your hair with a key (I highly doubt this is possible), kicking someone so that they fly five metres back, or smashing walls when someone gets knocked into them.
To conclude on this, the characters also broke the fourth wall a number of times - not as much as in Bakemonogatari, but nevertheless a notable amount. This could perhaps include the continuation of the random, often long bits of text that flash on the screen along with the classic 'Black - unnumbered cut', inserts of real life photography and way too many cutscenes. I give the story element a ‘4’ because it was even more painstakingly, tear-jerkingly slow, bland and disappointing than Bakemonogatari.

I would say that the main flaw with Nisemonogatari, along with it’s almost non-existent plot, is the characters. The characters were no longer quirky but stale and stereotypical. Araragi was no longer a character who could be enjoyed in spite of his Gary Stu-ness, but a full-fledged Gary Stu who is in peak form. In fact, he’s almost as bad as the king of all Gary Stus, Kirito (SAO), except that he is not all that strong. Females, including his own sisters are drawn to him like moths to a bulb. He is al of a sudden also naive (not exactly, but this adjective is the most fitting) to the point of tears. Whenever someone says something that is obviously a joke, or do something strange, a loud VoiceOver will express his feelings of shock. For instance: Hachikuji continues her antics of mispronouncing Araragi’s name, and he will call her out on it. However, upon her second time of insisting that she merely stuttered, Araragi will exclaim something like “She really did?!” in a very annoying fashion.
Hitagi’s character also took a turn for the worse. It seems the producers are trying much too hard to insist on the fact that she is a tsundere. I wonder if they know what the term means? Tying someone up with five handcuffs on every hand to a pile of chair and threatening to kill anyone who puts them in danger is a YANDERE characteristic. To be truthful, she acts like a cross between a yandere and a kuudere.
The other characters did not change too much, so I don’t have much complaints on them. Shinobu’s promised role of a main characters was not fulfilled.
I give characters a ‘5’.

The art continues in the same style as Bakemonogatari - typical Shaft. The art and animation is okay, I guess, but we still have the trademark weird, depressing colours, inserts of real life photography, really weird 'camera' angles and cutscenes which are supposed to indicate the feelings of Araragi but are just confusing instead. Nevertheless, art is enjoyable enough, and apart from the things I just listed, I pretty much liked it, though it is not my favourite art style by any means.
Art gets a ‘7’ - same as Bakemonogatari.

Sound is another thing that didn’t really change. It was a little weird, such as sudden inserts of classical music, and a lot of the themes, although nice, were very repetitive. I didn’t really notice as much music, and personally, I didn’t find the tracks as nice, though the tracks didn't feel as much out of place as before.
In my subjective opinion, the quality, amount and enjoyment that I got out of the music went down. Thus, I give it ‘6.5’.

I enjoyed Nisemonogatari much less than Bakemonogatari. Whilst my expectations had already been lowered thanks to the first title, I was further disappointed. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just not seeing what everyone likes in this anime, because otherwise I don’t know how it got such a high score. I’ve just got to hope that everything drastically improves in Monogatari Second Season or I just might drop it - I’m not going to watch another 26 episodes of something this quality.
Enjoyment gets a ‘4.5’

To finish up:
Story: 4/10
Art: 7/10
Sound: 6.5/10
Character: 5/10
Enjoyment: 4.5/10

Overall: 5.4/10 (rounded to a 5)

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Sword Art Online was an anime that I did not particularly enjoy. I found many aspects of it either annoying or plain stupid.

Nevertheless, I still watched the Specials. I found that they were much more enjoyable than the anime itself.
Since these are pretty much OVAs, they don't have any particular storyline: instead they are presented under the form of news bulletins.
What I really liked about this is that most of the points that I did not enjoy in the original anime were drawn out and made fun of. Basically, the anime was making fun of itself. It was a little ridiculous, but I really ... enjoyed that it was mocking SAO in essence.

The art was decent, and I can understand that some might not like it, but then again, chibis are really an acquired taste.

Overall, I can say that I enjoyed this more than the original, though it is by no means a noteworthy title.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is easily one of my favourite anime. For that reason, I was super excited to see the third movie. My friends warned me it was confusing - I was sure it wouldn't be too bad. I ended up putting it off... Until last night. Needless to say, I was even more excited when I finally got to watch it.

Right from the start, I found it a little confusing, but that cleared up later on, more or less. I loved how I got more of Sayaka, Kyouko, Mami and even Bebe. The art was depressing, but apart from scenery it wasn't ... too bad. However, once we approached around the midway point, things just went haywire and I struggled to make sense of it all. Concepts which were introduced and built on in the tv show (and, I presume, the first two movies as well) were discarded.
The ending left me feeling confused, cold, and wishing that I hadn't watched this.

The characters were generally the same, though some went through inexplicable changes. The prime example of this is Homura Akemi. Once my favourite character, this movie stuffed up her character to the extreme - so much that I found myself incapable to like her anymore.

I did like the art in Madoka Magica, but in this movie the colour scheme and the repeated cutscenes just became more and more depressing. I certainly did not enjoy it as much as in the t.v. series.

I don't know why they even bothered with this movie. Except for the music, everything just went downhill. I suppose that a continuation of the story was a good idea, but this simply changed everything - and not in a positive way, I might add.

I honestly don't know what do say, perhaps why this review is so short. I simply cannot express my disappointment enough.

[Araragi makes a Doraemon reference]
[Nadeko makes a Doraemon reference]
Araragi: Why are you referring to the minor stuff that only shows up in movies?!
- Episode 11 dialogue
Me: Why are you referring to Doraemon in the first place?

I was planning to watch Shakugan no Shana before this. But after having looked at Bakemonogatari's character list for a few minutes, having seen the video 'Courage to tell a lie' and my love for Karen Araragi based on her picture alone, my desire to watch this simply went through the roof. Because of this, I started watching this anime with huge expectations, expecting an anime to which I could ... give a nine and place on my favorites list. The synopsis sounded interesting and compelling. In the end, though, I was quite disappointed. Why, you ask? Well, let me expand. Starting, as always with the story element.

As a whole, the storyline is quite disappointing, living up to my (low) expectations of Shaft. Instead of a storyline of some kind, the anime progresses through arcs, representing events that have little or no effect on other episodes. Not only that, but the snippets of storyline are very repetitive - find a girl who has encountered an oddity, take her to Oshino and perform some kind of ritual to get rid of it, usual with some kind of revelation in the meanwhile. There is barely any suspense. In fact, whilst writing out the storyline, I would mark barely anything as a spoiler.
Similarly, characters are introduced, stand in the spotlight for 2 or 3 episodes, then are promptly forgotten about, perhaps appearing as background characters in the following few episodes, or merely being mentioned. In fact, apart from Araragi, the characters from the arcs all get roughly the same amount of screen time, apart from Karen and Tsuhiki, who appear solely as a villain force of two teenage girls who take up violently waking up their older brother as a profession, the reason he does not wish to return home on Mothers Day and MCs at the end of episodes; and Shinobu, who does nothing except looking at men and women differently and eating donuts, helping out Araragi on occassion.
In typical Shaft style, they prefer not to show events themselves, instead showing the aftermath and getting someone, usually Oshino, to explain. What's wrong with showing them? Also, arcs are often interrupted with other story elements, mostly focusing on the romance between Araragi and Hitagi.
The element of humor, whilst not completely unwelcome, is a little forced, relying on shallow jokes, slapstick and sexual jokes - sometimes even chibis. I won't deny I laughed a few times (that's already better than the humor in Kyoukai no Kanata), but I do wish they would actually give a shot at deeper, non-sexual jokes.
There are also numerous... strange elements which don't add anything to the anime, such as an ahoge with a will of it's own and random bits of text that flash onscreen, especially 'Black'. I don't even know what section this fits into, so I'll just put it in here.
To the anime's credit, though, everything I found confusing was explained in the next episode or so. Whilst I still remained confused about certain elements, it was nowhere near as bad as the other Shaft anime I've seen, Mekakucity Actors. I am also able to say, for almost the first time in a review, that romance was not soppy. It was a bit fast-paced instead.
To conclude, there is almost no storyline to speak of, character appearances are very inconsistent and most add nothing to the storyline except a couple of episodes, the show and characters are overly sexualized and the romance is face-paced. However, elements are rarely confusing, which is definitely a very good point. I give it a 5, because frankly, it didn't impress me at all.

Watching this, I treated myself to more of Shaft's depressing animation, such as strange, alternating colors (blood turning light pink, then blue, hair becoming golden under the light, yellow skies) and inconsistencies with everyday life (deserted streets, houses all looking exactly the same). There were a lot of repeated scenes, for instance, in the driving scene of Episode 11, the same message written on the road is shown about 5-7 times. What bugged me the most though was that I felt that the producers were trying to be smart in trying to make everything look as lifelike as possible, like the strange tear ducts, eye veins and, horribly, actual pictures, mainly of scenery and in black and white. The worst of the worst was the telephone calls though - the same image every time of a REAL hand holding a REAL phone and random things going on onscreen during the conversation. This is absolutely unacceptable. When I watch anime, I expect animated art, not pictures of real life sceney and things/people. Somewhat ironically, when the scenery is animated art, it looks bland and unrealistic. Maybe if they put a little more focus on the art instead of trying to make enverything look life like, it would be better.
Despite all this, I really liked the character art. Ignoring the tear duct and especially visible nostrils, their art is quite nice - in general, I liked them, especially Hachikuji and Nadeko.
Overall, I give art a 6.5, because it is too good for a 6 yet not good enough for a 7.

The music is undoubtedly one of the stronger elements of the anime. There was a lot of it. Unfortunately, most of the tracks were very repetitive and they often felt out of place. I really enjoyed the ending theme and the different character openings.
I give sound a 7.

Surprisingly, the characters were the saving grace of this anime. Ultimately, they are likeable, their quirks and characteristics are unique (between themselves at least), memorable and enjoyable. Despite this, I came to realise that they are very stereotypical (luckily, I haven't seen much anime so it wasn't all that bad for me).
Some characters are much better than others. My favorite character was definitely Hachikuji - she is not only adorable and extremely cute, but her personality is fun, fresh and entertaining.
Araragi felt a little stale - he was pretty much the typical male anime protagonist. Despite this, his character was still rather enjoyable.
Hitagi is a character I don't quit understand. She is one of the most popular characters, yet her personality is so off and confusing. At first she's mean, as soon as Araragi helps her she, all too soon, becomes a girl in love, sometimes jealous, her personality swinging around a lot. She is called a tsundere, yet she sometimes becomes a kuudere, sometimes even something of a yandere.
In general, the characters were quite strong, though as I mentioned earlier on in the 'story' aspect, some of them get way more screen time than others, and all the girls are overly sexualized. I mean, Nadeko didn't have to take off her bra when showing Araragi and Nadeko her scale marks, did she? Kanbaru didn't have to take every opportunity to strip. Araragi didn't have to ask Hachikuji (even jokingly) to show him her panties either. Hitagi insisted too much on the fact that Araragi is a virgin. All this is needless, and drew away from the pleasure of the characters.
I give characters an 7.

Overall, I can't say I really enjoyed this anime. After hearing so many positive things about the show, I started watching it with high expectations, hoping this would be an anime I could add to my favorites list. Perhaps I set the bar too high. I was very disappointed with the uneventful, repetitive storyline which is organized in seemingly unrelated arcs, shallow humor, sexual references, characters that are introduced then almost forgotten in following episodes, the art, and some of the characters (whether it's as a whole or just parts of them which are unnecessary in my opinion). Upon telling this to my friend, she told me "Shaft tends to concentrate on the art and not the storyline." I disagree - they seem to focus on neither.
I give enjoyment a 5.5 because although I can say that liked the anime to a certain extent, I was very disappointed and would recommend to my friends not to watch this.

To conclude, this is not an anime which you can start watching with a serious complexion, looking into things and trying to find ulterior motives, particular reasons for actions and whatnot. It's something you've got to be really light about, never delving below the surface, because once you do, you'll realise just how simple and bland it really is.
In one word: Meh.

Story: 5/10
Art: 6.5/0
Sound: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Enjoyment: 5.5/10

Overall: 6.2/10 (rounded to a 6)

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