Sep 14, 2023
Welcome to the unmotivated@review, where I attempt to get my lazy ass to actually review an anime without giving up on it like I have many others (rip my onimai review). So here we go.
This show is a bit of a mess. It’s a light novel adaptation by Shaft with a bit of action, a bit of fanservice, a bit of drama, and a LOT of Japanese mythology to completely go over my head. Sasami, our cute little protagonist voiced by my beloved Kana Asumi, becomes a NEET after running away from her responsibility of becoming the next tsukuyomi shrine goddess. The rest of the
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cast includes Sasami’s faceless, siscon brother and the three Yagami sisters, which consists of a robot, a perverted high school teacher, and a blonde binbo who is also apparently 9 fucking years old.
I can’t say I was ever really emotionally invested in this show, and frankly, if this wasn't made by Shaft, I probably wouldn't have liked it at all. But it is a Shaft show, and so I ended up taking 468 screenshots of it in total. Yep, you heard me right. FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT. So if nothing else, it was very good wallpaper fuel.
“In the previous episodes, stuff happened” -Sasami in the episode 11 preview. So true. That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the actual plot of this show. The first half is pretty unfocused, just sort of feeling like whatever crazy shit the author was thinking of at the time, but episode 6 onward becomes more focused by way of two arcs. The first being about the conflict between Sasami and her mother caused by the whole ordeal at the shrine. Some time travel shenanigans ensue, and it’s eventually resolved. This was the weakest part of the show in my opinion. It’s more serious and just not super compelling. The animation quality also fell off pretty hard during this middle section because Shaft moment. I guess it did have a decent message somewhere along the lines of escapism bad and why being an overly authoritative parent is bad.
The last arc involves this girl Edogawa who grows a dick sometimes because reasons. She also wants to destroy the world because uh… reasons. I’m being vague because I actually don’t remember the exact details of what happens in this arc. I did like it more than the previous one though, and Edogawa has a fun personality and great design (all the characters do in fact). The action climax of this arc and end of the show is pretty eh for reasons I’ll explain below.
My problem with the action scenes is that due to the characters' god-like powers (did I mention that before?), there really isn't any stakes, and it’s not like these powers are ever really fully explained. It’s at its best when it just goes full weird, like in episode 1 with all the chocolate stuff. The second half of the show tones down the weirdness a bit, replacing it with weaker drama.
I know this review sounded mostly negative, but trust me, I did overall like this show. But do I recommend it? If you like SHAFT and weird shit in general, then sure. Otherwise, you probably won’t get much out of it.
Thanks for reading my unmotivated@review that I cobbled together over the course of a couple months when I remembered it was actually something I was trying to write. I don’t think it turned out very well but at least it’s something. It is in fact words on a page.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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