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Aug 23, 2024
3 Seasons. 2 Films. 9 Years in the making… Hibike! Euphonium isn’t just an anime, it’s an experience; beginning with Omae Kumiko’s first year of High School and ending with her final performance as President of the Wind Ensemble (Music Club) in the third year of High School.
Kyoto Animation is not particularly known for the most fulfilling endings, in fact, most of their anime end on cliffhangers, leaving fans still desiring a continuation years after their broadcasting has finished. I mean, just look at ‘Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu’ and ‘Hyouka’. Both series’ broadcasting has finished long, long ago, yet they still have dedicated fanbases that
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want them to return. In this sense, Hibike is an anomaly. An anomaly not just as a work by KyoAni, but an anomaly as a High-School anime. Most anime that takes place in High-School usually have a protagonist who is already a second or third year (Clannad, Toradora, Horimiya) and the anime usually wraps up before the protagonist’s life as a High-Schooler ends (Oregairu, Your Lie in April). Hibike Euphonium is different, It begins with Omae Kumiko’s first day at Kitauji High-School and ends with her last performance as a member of the Wind Ensemble. At first she doesn’t even want to join the Music Club because she had already done so in Middle School, but she is convinced by her new friends, Midori and Hazuki to join, and she dedicates her entire High-School life to playing music. Three years spent practicing every day, even on breaks and summer vacation. And that is what’s so special about this anime, we see these characters mature over the span of their entire high school lives.
In the third year of their High-School lives, it is now up to Kumiko, Reina and Shuuichi to run the Wind Ensemble. We actually get to see how messed up their schedules have become as third years, it’s their final year of High-School and with that comes a lot of responsability, the three of them literally don’t even manage to talk face to face anymore, they use a shared notebook to discuss important things.
As they have been taught by Taki-sensei since the beginning, the third years have a lot of trust in him, and he has a lot of respect for them (“I’m privileged to have met students like you” - Taki-sensei) We see this when the new management of the Wind Ensemble proposes to Taki-sensei that they have separate auditions for every competition. This is to ensure that the members don’t become complacent, and that the best of the best get picked as to ensure qualification to the nationals. Even though it would be much easier for the teacher to do one set of auditions and be done with it, he trusts his students' judgment, and goes ahead with the new audition system. In Kumiko’s words, “Kitauji is a meritocracy first and foremost”. This new audition system gives birth to the biggest controversy this season. There’s a new transfer student called Mayu who shows up at Kitauji in the third year, joining the Wind Ensemble as a euphonium player. This new transfer student is unarguably talented, she “produces the exact sound that Taki-sensei wants”. The reason why this season is so controversial is because of a certain choice that was made for this adaptation. Near to the nationals, there is a sort of dual audition as to choose someone to play the solo part, kind of like we see in season one, where two players play the solo, and the members of the club vote on who they thought sounded best. In order to ensure unbiased voting, the girls play the part while hiding their face. The votes are tied until Reina, who plays alongside the euphonium for the solo, votes for Mayu instead of Kumiko. Reina had every intention to play the solo together with Kumiko at the nationals, as she mentions this multiple times to Kumiko, yet she votes for Mayu because, in her eyes, she simply sounded better. This seems to be the source of much of the discord surrounding this season of Hibike, but in my opinion I think it was a good decision. At the end of the day, things don’t always go the way you want them to, and that’s life. Disappointment is a part of life. Acceptance is a part of life. What matters is that Kumiko tried, she tried as much as she could to get the solo as to play together with Reina one more time, and Reina undoubtedly wished for this as well but, to her, Mayu simply just sounded better. Reina had to make a decision: play the solo with her friend one last time, or maximize the chances of winning gold at the Nationals, and she chose the latter.
Now, I want to talk about some of the problems I have with this season. There are very, very few performances, and considering this is an anime about a MUSIC club, it’s a pretty big problem. Sunfes performance was completely cut, and we do not get to see the Wind Ensemble perform at any other time other than the Nationals. So, we know that Kitauji plays really well, I mean they’re going to nationals, winning gold left and right in the prefecturals, but we don’t actually see how the Wind Ensemble evolves over the span of this season, we just have to take the writer’s word for it. There was something really interesting going on near the end, all the first and second years seemed really demotivated to play and completely distrusting of Taki-sensei. I was excited to see where this would lead, but it didn’t actually go anywhere. One speech from president Kumiko, and boom, we’re ready to win gold. There was another interesting thing as well, at the beginning of the season, everyone seemed really tense due to practicing nonstop, there were parallels to the first season and how the third years back then put their desires over what everyone else wanted, but this doesn’t really go anywhere. One discussion with president Kumiko, and boom, we’re ready to go. I guess you could say this highlights the maturity that the club members possess, I mean they did say they would focus on winning gold at the beginning of the year, so they knew how tough practice would be, but come on, these are still High-School kids, you really expecting me to believe that no one just got up and left the club? It seems to me the writers chose to favor mediocre drama that doesn’t really go anywhere instead of musical performances this season, which I very much dislike.
Now, let’s talk about the characters, which is undoubtedly this anime’s biggest strength. We have a large cast of characters, not everyone gets screen time but that’s okay, the main focus is on Reina and Kumiko, Sapphire and Hazuki. And also when the writers are feeling generous, Shuuichi gets screen time. Around the end, there’s some discourse between Reina and Kumiko, about the direction that Taki-sensei is taking. As the president, Kumiko feels like Taki has been making some bad decisions lately regarding the auditions, while Reina believes in Taki 100%. They fight over this and then Reina throws in the “then you’re a failure as a club president”. I thought it was great that there was finally some discourse and was wondering where this would lead but guess what, it goes nowhere. They resolve the situation in the following episode.
The relationship between Kanade-chan and Kumiko is a very special one I'd say, they're both euphonium players so they work together very well, it's a relationship very similar to that of Yuuko and Kaori, kind of a mentor-student relationship.
There’s also another thing, Kumiko does not really know what she wants to do with her life. This is something prevalent throughout the season, her parents tell her that they won’t force her to do anything in particular and that she should think it over. She even goes to a sort of convention for Universities, yet she’s still undecided. She doesn’t want to do Music School but still feels lukewarm about a standard University. We also see her discussing it with her homeroom teacher once. I thought this would climax into something really interesting, like we’d have a scene with Kumiko where she’s doing a deep self reflection about what she wants from the future, near the end of the season, her hopes and ideals, but nope, she decides to become a teacher. As we know from the movie, "Chikai no Finale", Kumiko kind of finds it a pain in the ass to deal with those younger than her, so this decision kind of comes from nowhere. If I were to characterize her, I'd say the reason why she becomes a music teacher is that she wants to continue playing music, but at the same time wouldn't like to play in a band/ensemble setting. In the epilogue she has become the new music teacher of Kitauji High School.
In conclusion, I liked this season of Hibike Euphonium, I do have some issues with it and generally feel like seasons one and two were stronger than season three, but I still really enjoyed watching it, and like I mentioned earlier I find it fantastic that we actually get to see the beginning and end of these characters High-School life, we get to see them grow and mature over the span of these three seasons. There’s too much drama this season that just straight up goes nowhere, but other than that I really like the characters, the soundtrack, the animation is absolutely stunning and even better than the first two seasons, the voice acting is also amazing. I recommend it to everyone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 1, 2024
Well, well, well. The so called 'Battle Of the Garbage Dump'; the fight between generations, the fight that has been teased ever since Season 1 finally happened. What can I say? The pacing absolutely destroys this film. They did Shimizu and Tanaka so dirty, they've got no screen time. The theatre definitely added to the experience, at the beginning of the film, when the lights were dimming, some guy shouted 'Eren Yeager' in the most lunatic ass voice ever and I started shitting myself laughing; and some girls sitting next to me started crying. Considering this was a theatrical film release, I really wish there
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were more moments with the cheering squad, I think it would've pumped up the audience a lot; it would've felt like we were in an actual stadium. This is one area Kuroko's Basketball has always excelled at better than Haikyuu: Pumping up the viewer.
Now let's talk about the story... Oh man, it's a little rough around the edges. The pacing is definitely this movie's biggest problem, if you even blink, you will miss 90% of what is going on. Also, characters were done really dirty. This movie mainly focuses on Shoyo and Kenma, the other members of either teams get little to no screentime. Shimizu has NO LINES, Tanaka spoke ONCE, Yamaguchi serves ONCE, coach Ukai just straight up doesn't talk. At the end of the day, Volleyball is a team sport. If you don't value the other members of the team, it'll turn to shit. I think it would've been a much better decision to make this an Anime series, everyone would've gotten their fair share of screen time; Especially since this match is very important to both Karasuno and Nekoma; they have a very symbolic relationship. I also didn't really like how the match ends, I thought they'd go on deuce for like 30 points each, but Karasuno won 26 to 21. I disliked the fact that there were no big "MO IPPONNNNN!!!!" moments, the game ends very awkwardly, the ball is very sweaty and it slips out of Kenma's hand, like MY MAN WHAT??? This is the most important game in Haikyuu and this is how you're going to end it?
Now, I'll talk about what I actually liked: We got to see some of Kenma and Kuroo's backstory, them playing Volleyball while they were young and how they advanced throughout the years. There was also a POV, first person tidbit right at the end, I thought that was very cool, it's the first time that time of camera angle has been used in Haikyuu. I also think it was very interesting how Shoyo was able to overcome the trap that Kenma had laid out, I will always appreciate this Anime Series for their symbolic visualization, like he was trapped in a bird cage, and then he escaped from the bird cage, cause he could jump. Also, animation is very good, it's very smooth, there's none of the problems that 'To The Top' had.
Overall, I don't think it's that bad, but I believe this movie has some big flaws, that could've just straight up been solved if they had made a Season 5 instead. There's going to be another one of these films, and that's probably going to be in like three, four years from now. They could've wrapped this anime up in a few seasons, but now we've got to wait, a much longer time, for them to make these movies. I have one wish: Please make the next movie longer than 90 minutes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Nov 2, 2023
The slice of life genre has always been plagued by a significant issue, that mainly being the lack of character development for side characters. I believe this is due to time constraints anime studios have, an anime studio is less likely to focus on a slice of life anime when there are other, more popular anime they need to adapt, which studios generally consider more important,thus giving a slice of life show a 12 episode runtime or, even worse, a movie adaptation. And even if the source material is much longer, they compress it, focusing only on key characters and story events. We’ve even
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seen this with “A Silent Voice”. A 7 volume manga series, compressed into a 2 hour movie.
Adapting a visual novel is extremely hard due to its length. For example, “Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works” adapted by Ufotable studio in the year 2014. As someone who has read the entirety of the “Fate/Stay Night” visual novel, I have massive issues with the pacing of the anime. Compressing around 30 hours of text into 24 episodes is obviously going to result in the anime having pacing issues. Of course, I understand schedules are extremely tight for anime studios. The “Unlimited Blade Works” anime visually looks fantastic however it misses a lot of the ambience the original source material had. For example, in the visual novel the world of “Fate/ Stay Night” is presented as a quite somber one, dare I say melancholic. The soundtrack enhances this effect. On the first in game day, it feels like something is very wrong. It’s a very interesting sensation that I have yet to feel again. Also, many character interaction scenes are lost, thus resulting in less interesting characters that you may or may not care about.
I will not mention anything more about “Fate/Stay Night”,as to not spoil anything, however for whoever’s interested I’ve also written a bad review of it.
The point I am trying to make is that adaptation is extremely hard. So that is why “Clannad: After Story”, and perhaps even the first season, are so special. The anime takes time to develop characters; and I mean everyone. By episode 4 of “Clannad: After Story” you start truly appreciating these characters, and understanding them. For example, when I was watching “K-on” I didn’t care about anyone, because there is no development of the characters, it is as if they were caricatures. An anime youtuber made the statement that “Watching K-on is like watching your favorite animal at the zoo” And to be honest, I completely agree with him. “K-on” doesn’t treat its characters like they’re human. In comparison, the characters that inhabit the world of Clannad feel like they’re actual human beings, with emotions and goals.
The protagonist of this story is Okazaki Tomoya. During the first season, for the first few episodes he’s a very uninteresting guy, who kind of seems like he has given up on life. His mother died while he was young, and his father is an alcoholic. This is reflected by the color palette used in the first episode. It’s black and white, until he meets Nagisa, and his world gains color. He starts gradually becoming more lively. By the end of the first season, dare I say he becomes a hero.
I’d like to mention that every side character is great, and has a deep backstory. Perhaps this is the best thing about Clannad, the world feels very dynamic, and everything has a reason for happening.
In conclusion, I believe Clannad is a tale of forgiveness. By the end of the series, Tomoya begins to understand his father, which he hated for most of his life. He lets go of the hatred and fills his soul with goodness, as a father should.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Aug 22, 2023
The Steins;Gate 0 anime is not an adaptation of the Steins;Gate 0 Visual Novel. It would be more accurate to call it a re-imagining of the story.
In the Visual Novel, there are 6 different endings (routes), written by different authors. You may visualise it as each ending being a piece of a puzzle, and only once you finish all endings, the picture becomes clear. Of course, this is impossible in the anime medium, so they combined different parts of each of the routes to make a singular timeline. Unfortunately, this leads to the anime having a few loose unresolved plot threads. For example, in
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one episode, they are trying to find the origin of a song that Kagari recognizes. They discover that Kagari learned the song from the future Mayuri, Mayuri learned the song from Suzuha, and so on and so forth; we continue this charade for quite a bit until we discover that the song originates from Okabe; however Okabe has no recollection of ever knowing the song. This segment has no meaning, you can cut it out and the anime is the same.
The encheplaitis disease is not at all explained, either. Leaving the viewer extremely confused.
Another example of this is the fact that the motives of the villains aren’t explained all that well. Of course, everyone wants to get their hands on the time machine, however neither Stratfo nor DURPA's motives are explained in a more reasonable manner. In the VN, it is explained that Stratfo will sell the information referring to the time machine to anyone, and DURPA is doing it to “protect America”. In the anime, Reyes is not relevant to the plot, only appearing twice throughout the anime. This leads the viewer to be only more confused.
The biggest difference between the anime and vn is the utilisation of Amadeus [Kurisu]. In the anime, she is only really used as a plot device so that the story can progress. In the VN, it is very clearly explained that Dr. Leskinen wishes to use Amadeus for military purposes. In addition, at the end they need to destroy Amadeus’ data because they discover that it is Amadeus that leaks the info regarding the location of the time machine. I believe the anime’s utilisation of Amadeus is absolutely awful and pretty much just ruins our understanding of Okabe. It is an exciting moment when Okabe announces that they must destroy Amadeus’ systems, because it means he’s moved on, he refuses to be swayed by an AI no longer.
I also wish to talk about the action scenes in this anime, because god damn, they are absolutely awful. Everytime there’s a little bit of action the camera cuts to another angle. Also, they use extremely goofy sound effects for the guns that just make any type of tension disappear.
Steins;Gate 0 also lacks the ambience of the first Steins;Gate anime. In addition, the SCI-FI elements are missing completely. They talk a bit in the first episode about the brain (neurology is a part of science), but never again.
I have been quite negative so far, however I truly do believe that the anime does some things right, and even better than the visual novel.
I believe that Daru’s and Yuki’s relationship is handled better in the anime. We actually see it developing, which is something that didn’t happen in the vn.
Also, “Houoin Kyouma’s 30 year long time leaping adventure” is handled better in the anime. In the VN, it cuts straight back to 2011, but in the anime, we actually get to see him leaping back.
As well as the final episode, I actually am glad we got to see what happened to Suzuha and Mayurii while time travelling. It's kind of just left up to interpretation in the VN, but here it's actually very clear what happened.
If we compare this to the original Steins;Gate, Steins;Gate 0 is lacking. It’s fantastic that we got to see these characters again, however it could have definitely been handled better.
I would still recommend it if you enjoyed the original anime, because it isn’t awful, and we get a better understanding of the world of Steins;Gate.
7/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jun 15, 2023
According to the Cambridge dictionary, the verb "To Watch" means: "to look at something for a period of time, especially something that is changing or moving". So, by that definition, Oreimo Season 2 OVA is not something you "watch", because you are not "looking"; You are observing in pure awe an author's descent into madness.
The author that created the source material of this anime is Mr. Tsukasa Fushimi . Since his debut in 2006, this man has only written two series: "Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai" and "Eromanga Sensei". You would believe that after spending 7 years writing Oreimo (2006-2013)
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he would try writing something different, maybe a different genre, but no, Mr Fushimi decided to write a second series with a initial setting similar to his first work, "Oreimo".
"Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai" starts out with an interesting premise. A brother who finds out his little sister is a otaku and he helps his sister hide her hobby. Of course, characters get introduced along the way, and the plot becomes more complex. Unlike this blasphemy, season one of Oreimo actually has a story it tries to convey. "How do a brother and sister reconnect through the power of Eroge?" and it does so quite well, since when it originally aired, in the Fall of 2010 it was critically well recieved.
Season 2 of Oreimo was a romance harem that people also enjoyed.
Oreimo Season 2 OVA is a vile piece of garbage that has no direction in the slightest. It feels like the writer just gave up and wrote this with the philosophy of "Whatever happens, happens". Characters do not act like themselves. Kuroneko ended her relationship with Kyosuke because (it is implied) she didn't want her friend (Kirino) to be upset that she was dating her brother. So why is she upset that Kyosuke will not continue the relationship with her, after she quite literally ended it? It is nonsensical, awful writing that contradicts her entire character arc in season 2.
Now, I will say something controversial. In fiction, I believe that covering Incestual thematics is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as it is done right. It is not done right in Oreimo. There is no real reason as to why Kyosuke and Kirino want to bone eachother, it just comes out of nowhere and absolutely destroys everything the show had built up. And then, they end the relationship, which literally makes no sense. If Mr. Fushimi wanted to do an Incest ending, fine, whatever, this is a piece of fiction; However, they just end their relationship. The reason for it is that, obviously they cannot actually get married since they are siblings (AND ALSO THAT IT IS DISGUSTING TO DATE YOUR BROTHER/SISTER). So then, why would they even start this whole charade? why? it was pointless, and a waste of the viewer's time. Listen, humans have obligations. We need to go to work/to school. This anime has, in total, 32 episodes. Let's approximate an episode's length to 23 minutes. Which means, the viewer has spent 736 minutes in total watching this anime. That is 12 hours. These are a few suggestions on how you could spend 12 hours: a) Studying b) Hanging out with your friends c) Playing Video Games d) Watching a different anime, etc.
Of course, I am well aware that no one was forced to watch Oreimo. We all did out of our own will; and I'm sure most of us had a good time watching it (including me). Of course, I am not saying that it was a waste of time to watch this anime, it has great historic relevance (as far as anime goes), and is pretty funny. However, I am quite upset that Kyosuke does not end up in a relationship with anyone. That is what I mean when I say that starting this whole charade of "LETS GET MARRIED, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SIBLINGS" Was a waste of time. Because, they do not even end up together in the end. They end the relationship after Kyosuke graduates. So what was the point of even starting it in the first place? I believe it is what Kiririn said, "I had to convey these feelings to you, no matter what". But, was there really no better way for them to express their love for eachother, since they knew they would stop dating anyways? Listen, I would not be this mad if the series ended up with them together (obviously, I am not condoning that you date your sibling in real life) , however it doesn't.
This review has been a little overdramatic, but it is because I had faith in Oreimo. That is why I wanted to write this review. Because I knew that the ending could have been better than what we recieved.
To end it on a positive note, I did enjoy Season 1 and Season 2. I thought they were funny.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Apr 30, 2023
"I am going to keep on living... as Hajime Hinata." - Last words in Danganronpa 2
And in this stupid anime he's back to being Izuru Kamukura GG 10/10 plot consistency
I just love that the DR2 cast is murdering helpless brainwashed mercenaries. They don't even stop to consider: "Hey, maybe instead of killing these guys we should try to turn them back to normal." Absolutely fantastic morality.
Also, who the hell will enroll at the new Hope's Peak Academy after the actual apocalypse was started there.
The former Remnants of Despair take responsability for the Future Foundation killing game, which works out just great because the main
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cast doesn't have to take any resposability.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Mar 11, 2023
Sword Art Online has always been focused on Kirito. In seasons 1,2 and 3 the show revolves around him. But this movie is special. It's focused on relationships. The relationship between Kirito and Asuna, as well as Asuna and Mito are, in my opinion, the peak of Sword Art Online so far.
Mito and Asuna have a special relationship, because they knew eachother in the real world. Mito truly feels upset with herself that she left Asuna to die in "Aria of Starless Night". The fight between them is great. Great animation, great use of flashbacks. What Kirito said to Mito about Asuna needing support from
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her friends because she will soon join one of the top guilds surprised me because I could not believe Kirito actually being so compassionate, and that is, in fact, Mito's reason for participating in the floor 5 boss fight.
The movie begins with floor 4's boss fight, and we realise something is kind of going wrong. The ALS and DKB are not fighting with a very good flow. Although, they do seem to defeat the boss without any problems. Because of mischevious Argo's appearance, they are able to get the water out of the boss chamber before they drown to death.
The 5th's floor boss is a masterpiece. The soundtrack fuses with the animation to create a harmony never seen before in SAO.
Since they skipped four floors, they do make references to the events of the light novel. Although I am quite upset they decided to neglect Nezha, the blacksmiths existance, especially since they made references to Asuna's Wind Fleuret, which she melted down into a new weapon.
I don't think Asuna and Argo had a fair fight, I mean, Asuna had a leek and Argo a banana. A leek is way more powerful if you really think about it.
In conclusion, SAO Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night is, in my opinion, the best SAO property. It really proved to me how much potential SAO has.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Nov 26, 2022
**This review contains spoilers**
'Sword Art Online' is the "black sheep" of anime. Just a mere mention of it is bound to start some controversy. To understand why, we must go on a journey through time.
The year is 2012, and 'Sword Art Online' just started airing. And you absolutely cannot escape it, even if you don't watch anime. You go online, people are talking about it. You go to school, you overhear your classmates talking about it.
But why did 'SAO' get so popular? There isn't really a definitive answer. I personally believe it was because the story was really easy to follow.
Ten thousand players
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are trapped inside a 'Virtual MMO' and forced to complete 100 floors to escape, except that death in the game leads to death in real life. Sounds simple, right? Is this going to be a story about forging alliances? about defeat? about despair? No.
For the first 15 episodes, they really had something. And then... The 'Fairy Dance/Alfheim' arc starts.
The 'Alfheim' arc is garbage. The show is called "Sword Art Online" and yet they spend only half of the first season in Aincrad.
Asuna, who until now has been this crazy, ruthless, warrior, who is not afraid to fight until her last breath, Will gladly die in the glory of battle, who got invited into the best guild in 'SAO', gets reduced to... I don't even know who she is anymore.
So, Kirito kills Kayaba Akihiko, the creator of 'SAO', the game ends, Kirito and Asuna make a promise to find each other in the real world, and everyone leaves the game. Except for Asuna who is being held prisoner in 'Alfheim', another 'VRMMO'. And you may be asking how this is possible.
So this guy, who owns the company that owns the servers of 'Alfheim Online', has an arranged marriage with Asuna and is holding her inside the game... And Asuna doesn't even try to fight back, she just lets this guy push himself onto her.
If I could rewrite this, I would just burn the whole 'Alfheim' Arc down and continue until floor 100.
Also I didn't even mention the part with the little sister.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 30, 2022
**THIS REVIEW CONTAINS STORY SPOILERS**
An above-average attempt at transforming one of the greatest visual-novels of all time into anime format.
Studio 'Ufotable' did everything they could, considering that this is half of a 30 hour VN route compressed into merely 12 episodes.
One word I would use to describe the fight-scenes: Amazing. The animation is fantastic and beautiful, the way Saber's sword moves is excellent, and realistic of physics. Although Half-Hour battles are compressed into 4 minute fight scenes.
An example of this is the battle against Souichirou. In the visual-novel, this is a heart-wrenching fight, when he started throwing those punches I truly believed
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that Saber would die. In the anime however, it happens so fast you don't even understand what is happening on screen.
This is a great anime adaptation, albeit with flaws. I would recommend the 'Fate' franchise to all otaku.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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