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I'll start the review by making something clear: Oyasumi Punpun was the best manga I've ever read.

Story: 10
To be honest, the story itself is not the greatest climax but its narrative is so coherent and interesting that I ended up rounding the final note, of all the aspects I can cite, I would say that the constant foreshadowing that occurs during the chapters is one of the elements that I value the most and that works very well with the characters that are introduced throughout the manga, there are chapters without any speech bubbles and they are great, there are chapters where the protagonist is ... not even mentioned and they are also great, this eccentricity is admirable to say the least.

Art: 10

A complete and unprecedented artistic show. The layout of Inio Asano is spectacular, an art as exotic as it is beautiful, there is every symbolism and visual metaphor, I don't have much more to comment, it is simply cathartic, both the characters and the scenarios. Not to mention the choice for the design of the protagonist and his family.

Characters: 9

There are some very good characters however there are others that are just annoying and forgettable, but the good characters are very good and this saves a lot of tedious situations from chapters with really uninteresting characters. The best examples I can give are the protagonist himself with his psychological development that is slowly breaking down and also my favorite character from this manga: Yaguchi, in addition to others like Aiko and Yuuichi.

Enjoyment: 8

This is the lowest part, but not because it's bad (not at all really), just because of a considerable amount of uninteresting chapters, but regardless of that, it also has absurd and wonderful chapters.

Overall: 10

Punpun made me several times after reading certain chapters, lying down on my bed and starting to reflect on different things: the world, mental health, the people around me and even life itself, and at least for me, when a work manages to go so far in its experience that it takes a little of its essence to the reader's own life, it becomes worthy of top marks.

Usually I only do anime reviews that I like a lot, but this was such a disappointment for me that I decided to write.

This anime has good comedy elements, good enough to compensate for its simple animation, Olivia being simply the best element of the entire anime and the only character I managed to like, but they take everything I said and send it to hell with rest of the anime:

-The protagonist seemed interesting in his context within the anime but in practice it sucks
-Generating is not necessarily a problem but this anime makes it
- And my tolerance for ecchi is quite high, but the ... way ecchi is placed in this work is ridiculous at another level

Conclusion: If it were focused on comedy, the protagonist's power would be used in more creative ways and the inclusion of ecchi was not done in the totally terrible way it was, it could have been a really fun anime, but that's not what happened.

-From jojo part 2 I seek a part where I could give a 10 and here it is.
-Jojo part 7 is definitely my jojo favorite and the steel ball run manga was one of the best I've ever read
-I'm looking forward to seeing the anime adaptation (although it will take a long time XD)
-Johnny best jojo
-Gyro best brojo

Story: 9
A very specific and disconnected theme from the other jojo parts (though not new) the idea of ​​crossing the US in a horse race worth a great deal of money is something
which I confess I thought wasn't going to be so interesting for a jojo theme but ... I'm glad I was wrong, the theme works amazingly and the journey is worth more than
the conclusion is so good that it is. He had excellent bows and good fights (others not so much) and really structured a great base for the theme.

Art: 9
I don't have much to complain about the art, for me the SBR trait is the best version of Araki's trait, I just don't say it's perfect for some points where the pictures look weird but most
of the pages the art is very beautiful and consistent, and I will not forget to talk about the covers that are wonderful to me

Characters: 10
To me one of SBR's strong points, the characters are amazing: Johnny is a protagonist who may seem boring at first but throughout the manga he is absurdly well built and
to me is the best jojo ever, Gyro is a charismatic character and very well done, and the friendship of these two for me is simply the best thing in the manga, Lucy even not being
As well-exploited as he could still be an interesting character, Pocoloco is comical mainly for the events throughout the race and Valentine is a villain who despite being a
bastard has a decent motivation. Needless to comment on the exotic design of the characters because after 7 parts I already understand Araki's artistic point of view. Is about
the stands of this part, because they follow the standard formula of enemy stand users some of them are bad but others are very good like "mandom", the protagonist's stand is great
in both design and craftsmanship, and Valentine's stand is also well thought out

Overall: 10
In a general consensus for me is the best part of jojo, counting on the best protagonist, best brojo and just do not say better villain because the Yoshikage Kira from part 4 is the best for me. All the
Part 7's structure is very good and works well from chapter 55 the manga begins its best phase and so goes to the end, although I expect more from the end it is acceptable. That's it, read SBR!

SWKNU or your lie in april is one of my favorite anime, it has a very beautiful animation although some scenes leave me confused with the time I understood that they were made purposely
for the viewer to have a wider perspective of the scene. The history of the anime followed a course that I was finding strange but only a few plots twists for me to have another vision and understand
as the story is incredible. As for the soundtrack: it's wonderful, it has a beautiful OST and its first opening is one of my favorites (The second is more or less), not to mention the ... countless songs
classic characters that are played throughout the anime. The characters are charismatic giving a special highlight to Watari (Best friend of the protagonist) and to Kaori a character that although I do not
I really enjoyed it at the beginning of the anime with the time my opinion on it has changed dramatically. The only negative criticism I have to do to the anime is about their comedy scenes with a bad timming
which do not fit with anime in general (Those classic chibi style comedies)

Summing up:
Your lie in april It's a great anime about classical music and romance with good plots twists and a beautiful soundtrack, it takes 9/10 just because the comedy scenes DEFINITELY do not fit
well in the anime, especially at serious moments where an attempt at "comic relief" is made however fails terribly.

"Beethoven would be proud of this anime"