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The films are even worse, mind you. Because they only put the absolute necessary in there, and even then, i was confused most of the time (the first one, mostly). Because they cut 70% of the content it seems, and (especially the first one) it barely made any sense. Things happen out of nowhere. Characters are barely even introduced, tension arises for nigh unfathomable reasons, etc. Anyone who watches this with an active brain and really wants to connect the dots and get the most out of it will notice all the weirdness. Maybe someone who just binges through it without paying too much attention will tolerate them. They brought nothing useful to the table, and neither films are self-sufficient. You would normally only want to watch these to prepare for season 3, because i believe these 2 films have no value in and by themselves.

I am originally a fan of cinema. But as you stated... cinema sank at the bottom of the ocean long ago. Best example is Hollywood. I gave up on them a decade ago. Animes have been on a downward trend too, but not as much.

Those with whom i have had this kind of problem you depict were almost all americans. Mere fact. All these insult PMs i got for criticising Bang Dream or whatever were clearly from americans, too. They are the only ones i know of that go and attack others any time they disagree with them on something... (not all of them, but many). It is like they feel offended or challenged by different perspectives and feel the need to level all dissent. Disagreeing with people is not a bad thing, though. Sometimes, this can allow one to discover a completely new perspective one never suspected existed. It is like travelling. I am french, as i said, and i don't share these methods. Unless someone gets on my nerves first, i tend to be civil. One of the thing i hate most though, are empty comments and judgments on things with nothing to back the claim. Just cringe one-liners. We are taught from a young age to always support claims with detailed argumentations, and so, this is what we expect to see. Makes me incompatible with those who love to throw empty assertions to the winds.

I believe your analysis to be very accurate. The fact is, Season 1 had slice of life elements intertwined with music and drama. That was a major point of my S3 review. The fact that S3 is all a mix between drama, drama, and drama. Pretty much every conversation in season 3 is related to drama build up. What is more, in S3, Kumiko becomes the club president. While i originally hoped that this would spur her to take center stage, the opposite proved to be true: she starts to compromise in everything and she becomes the center point where all drama converges. To succeed in this role, she has to become down to earth. She has to become the proper sempai and role model. She evolves towards the normalcy she dreaded, and this makes Reina's newfound psychopathy even more noticeable. She is hysterical any time someone dares say that maybe Taki-sensei is not always right (to the point of reaching a really violent dispute with Kumiko where horrible things are said, just for the heck of it...). She is hysterical any time a newcomer she bullies with hard work and harsh remarks hints that maybe it is too much. She is hysterical any time Suichi tries to tell her to relent a bit. Screams everywhere, spurred by irrelevant details, just for the sake of it. And no real SoL elements anymore, since all dialogues are tied to these drama overtones one way or another. This is why i said in my review that the fact they had gotten rid of the SoL and music for the sake of more hollow drama was unforgivable in my book.

But the nail in the coffin of "Hibike S3" is Kumiko's relationship to music and her euphonium. Mayu only exists to destroy all this, and the moment Kumiko definitely lands on Earth and stops dreaming and chooses a very down to earth path... is the moment i started wondering why the heck i was watching all this in the first place. I studied arts, and honestly, i don't watch animes or films for the sake of seeing a boring everyday life reproduced on screen. If you are going to create such a story, make it inspiring, or don't write it at all. This is my take on it.

Side note: i only watched 2 animes in 2023. I actually forced myself to watch more lately, because otherwise, i may have given up this old hobby of mine without even realising it.

"I think perhaps there's a chance you overlooked the red flags in the progression of the series in Season 2, which ultimately led to the product of Season 3."

It is possible. By essence, i wouldn't know :). Although that would surprise me. Because i watched this 3 times. And because my gripes in season 3 are mostly regarding Reina and Kumiko, their characterisation, their development, and the way the characters are usd as plot devices for the sake of hollow drama. By "hollow", i mean drama that is created out of thin air. It doesn't previously exist in the characters, the situations, or the story. It is artificially spured into existence by taking details and making them snowball through overstraining the main character's very nature in an unnatural way. This wasn't the case in Season 2. In season 2, the drama is centered around Asuka, her euphonium, and her dad. In season 2, it is true that Kumiko goes over the top at some point... but that remains in the realm of what animes tend to usually provide. Season 3 really is a completely different beast. Now, i am curious to have you watch it and have your take on it. Who knows? You might see it very differently from me?

You know, i may be weird, but i always watched "Hibike" with a very sociological perspective: nothing in this story could happen here in France. More than anything, no french person could have written such a story. A japanese person did. By taking everything life, education and culture made her to be. These all made her into someone that couldn't be produced by our french context. This is fascinating. This set of circumstances is what defined the author as a japanese person compared to me being french. And i am fascinated to see what almost otherworldly (to me) creation that can spur into existence. So, i was perfectly fine with season 2. I am, as long as the writting makes sense. Would you think season 3 makes as little sense as season 2?

I am an old timer by now (born in the early 80's). I watched Hibike Season 1 and 2 almost a decade ago. The reason i maintained my rating of 10/10 is because i still believe that it is well done considering what they tried to achieve. There is drama indeed, but it still makes sense in the japanese society. Everything would be solved in 3 minutes in my country, just by simply talking. But this is Japan. There were melodrama undertones but characters and story did make sense. Even though Asuka was annoying more often than not (she would be pretty extreme in real life i guess). In Hibike, all characters put tatemae above anything else (which, in my opinion, can turn everyday life into Hell, since it isolates people, makes the idea of distressing loneliness inside a group very prevalent, and imposes on people many considerations that we would never have to consider here, since sharing one's life problem with someone else wouldn't be regarded as lacking restraint). Season 2 is the natural result you would expect from this. AND this is because it is the case that Kumiko and Reina were so refreshing at the time, since they were the opposite of all this: they were harsh and straightforward and had atypical expectations of life, and that made them special. You could feel their nature as MCs, and imagine good prospects when it comes to their character developement. This contrasting state of things between our MCs and their environement, which made the whole thing so appealing, reached a sort a balance i thought was deliberate from the author. But maybe it was an accident that was reached through sheer luck instead.

Indeed... season 3 betrays all that more than i can even explain (and it looks like fanboyz are getting irked that i dared criticize their waifu series so openly. Not that i care though). Characters' problematics do not articulate themselves organically with one another as was the case before. In Season 3, it is hamfisted, exaggerated melorama with shouts and tears over nothing. And characters stop making sense. Reina becomes way over the top for the sake of drama, and Kumiko loses everything that made her interesting at first. I was talking about character developement... so imagine developing Kumiko's character in a way that basically makes her as boring as everyone else, and we are told that she finally found her true purpose... Wut? I am not japanese, so i feel it is plain wrong. Worse, they even felt the need to introduce a whole new character (Mayu) for the SOLE purpose of introducing more drama. NOT because they even had ANYTHING worthwile to tell about her: it was merely to ramp up the melodrama (and KyoAni made it even worse by rewriting the end). Now, both films that come after season 2 are failures. Particularly the first one. Kumiko's second year is sabotaged more than i could tell. It is like adapting "The Lord of the Rings" in a 30 minutes OVA: not only the story would hardly make any sense, but you would lose the very essence of the books: its feel, nature, smell, everything that define its atmosphere (they did exactly that with "Gunm", too). It is the same here, somehow.

And now, add to that that in S3, pretty much all character interactions are shown not to depict everyday life and interpersonal relationships, as was the case in season 1, but for the sake of building up drama... as well as the fact that music (what i loved most in season 1 and 2) basically disappeared... and everything that follows season 2 turns out to be a MASSIVE let down to me. Worse, i am pretty sure that most people who manage to still watch some animes from time to time at my age would reach the same conclusion as me. I noticed that one tends to regard such things very differently at 10, 20, 30, or even 40. I went through all these steps, so i know :)

probably one of the worst review raters on myanimelist.. DO NOT listen to his reviews!

I dropped Pluto after the second episode. It felt like a middle-school ethics class imparted by a fat menopausal trot who can't make wrap her estrogen-filled head around any deeper perspective other than "WAR/VIOLENCE LE BAD".

I was felt compelled to watch Pluto because it was a work by the same author of Monster, but my first watchthrough of the latter happened so long ago that hardly I could connect it as an influence on my opinion about the latter. Perhaps it shouldn't discourage you from watching Monster whenever you can, I recall it as a completely different type of story.

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Good rating legend and good review of Pluto. I knew something was off with Pluto and was undecided to commit to the show after watching 2 episodes. Looking at your review helped me out to save some time. As you get older, everting is vying for your attention, saving time helps watching another anime that's worth your time. Thanks for the review.

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You my freind have got some based takes. We might not agree on some things, in terms of what we like, but we're both great at spotting crap. Much love brother.

Why are PPL hating you so much, It's just a review lmao, I stopped caring about ppl's opinion. I do appreciate their insight but don't take it beyond that. I used to be like them too but at the end it's pointless/waste of time

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Sending hate for your review of Pluto

Bro has a Mary Sue as his pfp omfg