Oct 14, 2022
The first episode is great. It really does it job of luring you in and making you curious. Unfortunately the rest of the show, especially the later episodes, don’t pull their weight. It really starts to grind to a halt around episode 8. It sort of just loops round in circles with exploratory dialogue thrown in but unfortunately I didn’t feel like the explanation was actually helpful or really satisfying. There are so much more ways this could have ended and we got a very banal one. It’s still an interesting show up until the later episodes but I think the wheels came off the
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Oct 4, 2022
Occultic;Nine
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Mixed bag really. It has such good twists and turns but is dragged down by the machine gun paced talking and the vague beginning. The world is interesting, but there is no focus for the first half and then the second half is just exposition shoving the plot around.
The art style is nice however, it’s a little bit different than most. It makes it stand out. Well that and it’s plot. The plot pivots of into absolute insane directions. If it wasn’t for the earnestness of the acting, parts of the plot border on Riverdale. Which isn’t a bad thing because it’s that insane ... 
Sep 13, 2022
Fumetsu no Anata e
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Absolutely beautiful. It’s got heart and gravity. It’s pretty bleak at times but it’s really beautiful to watch. It has so much heart. It’s so great watching the main character grow and build relationships. It’s so good. The story is interesting too. It’s a very painful show and deals with heavy themes but I think it does it in an impressive way. The side characters are all so personable, they end up finding a place in your heart after old a couple of episode. The animation is also great. There is an animation moment in the second or third episode that is burned into
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Sep 13, 2022
Digimon Adventure
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Even though this series was created to sell kids toys, it ended up being such an incredible series. It holds such a special place for me, I know it’s nostalgia and other things that contribute to it but even without that, this series is great. It shows things that other kids shows wouldn’t dare show even though they are things that happen in normal children’s lives. Adoption, divorce, bad relationships with parents. It’s unique for that. It’s also unique that is had stakes. There is loss that the characters deal with, there are victories that they celebrate and grow from. It’s funny too, even the
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Sep 6, 2022
Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai
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This story is so special to me. The themes that it explores are so complex and very difficult to explain. It looks at love and friendship in a way that isn’t strictly romantic and examines connections between people. It looks at death and facing mortality. Knowing that life still goes on after you don’t. The sadness and comfort from being lonely, the work it takes to put on a happy facade. It is so good. That are sounds stupidly pretentious but I can’t describe it any other way. It just talks about everything that I find interesting. It’s so gorgeous.
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