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Dec 15, 2021
As an art high school graduate I might be a bit biased – however, that doesn’t erase the fact that Blue Period portrayed the process of making and understanding art in a brilliant, quite realistic manner. Once you know the rules, it’s hard to break them and that’s a tough experience Yatora has to go through.
As a very character and concept driven anime, it unfortunately fails to make some of the interactions and friendships as dramatic or dynamic as they could have been. For instance, lots of scenes were poorly delivered, thus failing to awaken any intense emotions in the viewer. There are many moments
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that were trying to be impactful but ended up being quite forgettable. The dynamics I enjoyed the most were probably Yatora and his mother (the scene where our blondie gives his mum a drawing of her actually made me cry) and Yatora with his delinquent friends. The first episode was fascinating but the series sort of drops off significantly.
Honestly, at first I didn’t think there were any problems with the pacing. However, looking back I realize I wished Yaguchi’s progress was more detailed and filled with even more struggles. For a beginner, his first work was actually quite good. After a short period of time, all of a sudden he has reached an intermediate level. My first still lives were a mess and they only started looking better after years of practice as I started to understand shapes, values, shading etc. better. My point is, the time in which Yatora manages to make such big improvements isn’t very realistic. (Especially considering the fact that he isn’t supposed to be a prodigy.)
This might be an unpopular opinion, but this far Yatora is my favorite character in Blue Period. The others were quite boring and the similar fringe lots of female characters have is driving me nuts. Their design aside, I do appreciate their contribution to what art means to them. It’s always nice to hear new perspectives.
The art is ok, not the best but not the worst either. I wish it was more vivid. The art pieces themselves were great though! There’s not much to say about the soundtrack, I mean, there was hardly any to begin with. And when they did insert some background music it mostly just made me feel oddly anxious.
To non-artists Blue Period doesn’t have much to offer (since lots of episodes tend to feel like art lessons) but it might be a fun series to watch if you’re into art or a fan of “hard work is more important than talent” type of stories. I’m enjoying it mostly because it’s feeling my nostalgia; Blue Period reminded me of all the hardships of creating art but also about how spiritually rewarding it is to just focus on what you’re passionate about.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 22, 2020
Absolutely disappointing.
(Please only read this review if you have read the whole manga as this little essay of mine is full of spoilers.)
I am aware that is an extremely abrupt and harsh beginning, but that's how Junai Tokkou Taichou! made me feel.
To begin with, the story is simply just all over the place. A story that could have had SO much potential ended up being a total chaos because it was taken to the wrong, perhaps worst, direction. I mean, a story about two deliquents falling in love? Sounds good, right? Nahh.
The pacing was rather quick, especially at the beginning when Hirata's confession occured in
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the very first chapter. There could have been so much room for developing an actual, good base for their "love" - I hesitate calling what is between these two love; it's almost like they completely lack chemistry. I think this is an excellent case of two people who like/love each other but aren't supposed to be together. That's why when [spoiler] Akifumi Hirata broke up with Chiemi Yusa [/spoiler] during the whole Tachibana "arc", I actually felt relieved and fully agreed with poor Akifumi - they just aren't suited for each other. Unfortunately the author kept forcefully pushing these two back together.
In addition, instead of focusing on Hirata's and Chiemi's relationship, everything just became a foolish chase of a final sex scene (there were at least 3 cockblock scenes by the way, which became super annoying). Is being intimate everything there is to a relationship? Well, for Chiemi Yusa in particular I guess it is - throughout the whole manga that's everything she thinks about, "being intimate with Hirata, kyaa", while pretty much ignoring her boyfriend's actual feelings for her.
Now I understand that they are young and horny, but that doesn't exactly justify all the mistakes Chiemi has made.
Chiemi is a problematic character to begin with, because she falls under the idiotic cathegory of poorly executed shoujo protagonists who just wAnt tO sEe ThE beSt in OtHeR peopLe uwu, she's so kind and thoughtful! Yet Hirata's problems are always the ones that get ignored while Chiemi just happily hangs on to all toxic people who have ruined her relationship *cough* Tachibana.
I have no problem with flawed chatacters, quite the opposite. However, when Chiemi's actions are portrayed as being right and Hirata's wrong, when Chiemi blames him for the crap she did (and poor Hirata believes her), well, then I do have a problem.
Akifumi Hirata on the other hand, is literally the embodiment of the ideal boyfriend - handsome, strong, sincere and hardworking. It just sort of feels like Hirata put much more effort into keeping the relationship alive than Chiemi, which is sad. Truthfully, Hirata deserves someone better.
An another thing that really made me mad was how the whole manga was pretty much just a continuous circle of "OH LOOK a new love rival" even though many of these characters wouldn't even have been necessary/relevant to the story, especially [spoiler]the trap dude who miraculously fell in love with Chiemi at the end[/spoiler].
So was there anything good about Junai Tokkou Taichou? Yeah. I found myself hooked on this manga mainly because of it's humour. The comedy in manga is actually good and not dry like in the majority of shoujos and some panels made me laugh out loud (especially some of Chiemi's faces hahah).
An another thing I enjoyed was Yukari's and Ohno's little love story (it was more enjoyable than Hirata's and Chiemi's to be honest). It was cute.
And as much as I have given Chiemi and her personality some cruel critique, she actually has a less naive part to her as well, which was absolutely amazing to see. I mean, some of her actions and words were unexpected in a good way, so kudos for that.
Perhaps the biggest plus of this manga was Hirata Akifumi himself. If it weren't for him, I would give this manga a 5, but he's an incredibly good character, at least on the shoujo manga scale.
All in all, Junai Tokkou Taichou! failed to make use of the potential it had and only remains as a fun little manga with a bad storyline.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Mar 5, 2020
I'm going to be brutally honest - at first, after reading about 8 chapters I wanted to give it a very low score. Good thing I didn't drop this manga,hahah.
What really stirred my interest for this manga was its rating. 7.90 isn't actually that bad for a shoujo. That's exactly why I was so outraged initially! Just thought Kiss/Hug didn't really deserve it.
This manga has a bunch of problems, the way Ryuu, the male lead, suddenly just falls in love with Yukino, our protagonist, being one of them. Alright, I get the idea of "love at first sight" but the whole thing
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between them was totally rushed and out of nowhere.
The story itself was a little bit of a mess and it only managed to get a grip of itself towards the very end.
An another issue is Ryuu and his painfully one dimensional personality. He's being portrayed as the typical exchange student who excels in everything he does. (While also running a whole ass business.) So perfect, right? Nahh.
Yukino was a little more enjoyable, I daresay. Even though a little clueless and shares a lot of common traits with your usual heroine, she doesn't exactly fall into the category of a helpless crybaby. She isn't great, but not that terrible either.
The "romantic" scenes could have been done in a less cheesy way, I think, but hey, it's shoujo. It just felt a little cheap, not to mention the fact that Ryuu's way of showing affection seemed slightly forceful.
I have to admit that I found myself enjoying the last chapters since there was a nice little twist to their relationship. It made everything seem a little more realistic.
Also as a side note, here are some things I enjoyed about Kiss/Hug:
-the other guys that were in this story were quite interesting, at least three times more interesting that Ryuu, whoops
-at the beginning of Kiss/Hug the artwork wasn't exactly great but you can definitely see some improvement!!
-the little sketches of the side characters at the end of each chapter were great!
-the fact that each chapter has been named after a flower was a nice touch since Yukino's family owns a flower shop and all
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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