Back to RedCellophane's Profile RedCellophane's Profile

This collection of one shots by Akira Shouko was thoroughly enjoying. I'm going to review each story separately.

1: 18 diary was something nice to read. The characters were quite fun (as they usually are in one-shots) and the main girl wasn't too weak, which I liked a lot. It wasn't anything overly original in terms of story, that said it was still quite mushy and lovely in parts.
Story: 7 Art: 8 Character: 9 Enjoyment: 9

2: 17's Seisho was my least favorite, but don't get me wrong, I still really liked it. It was portraying how sex can interfere with peoples relationships especially with young ... adults. I also felt there was a bit about how we make rash decisions when we're depressed. Character was great, once again the main girl was interesting and strong.
Story: 7 Art: 8 Character: 9 Enjoyment: 8

3: Tadashii Hoshi no Miagekata was my clear favorite of the three stories. The themes were great, and something I hadn't seen before. The main boy was very appealing, the ballet was a nice touch. What I like most about it was the relationships between each character. It had a huge OMG-how-cute moment at the end, which is always necessary in shoujo manga.
Story: 9 Art:8 Character: 9 Enjoyment: 10

Overall: 9
It was a great collection of one-shots,very satisfying and if you're looking for something nice and mushy to read. This a great way to go.

Koe no Katachi is a truly remarkable story. Who would've thought that you could experience such emotion from what? 62 pages, or near enough. It's quite refreshing and worthy of all the praise it's received. I loved how thought provoking it is, I really started to question myself whilst reading it, and the fact that a one shot could do that is incredible. I enjoy reading one shots because there are no emotional strings attached (aside from perhaps a few 'aaws') but Koe no Katachi left me thinking about it afterwards, thinking about the characters. It braved a serious topic of bullying, neglect and self-hatred, ... and for that I feel it is most definitely worth the read. It is, without a doubt the best one-shot I've ever read.

I've always been a fan of the writer Jun Maeda and honestly I started watching Angel Beats! beacause I liked the name, the art style and the fact that he wrote it. Within the first episode I had fallen in love.

At first I thought it was just going to be a high action anime, I was so surprised at how heart-wrenching and saddening it became, though I suppose I should expect nothing less of Jun Maeda. After Kanon, Air and Clannad I thought I couldnt possibly be surprised by his works but I certainly wasn't expecting this. Any anime that can make me cry ... within 3 episodes must be amazing, and that's exactly what happened and exactly what it is. It's an amusing and a beautiful creation.

One of the things I love so much about Angel Beats! is hte story and plot-line. It was creative and really interesting. It was really different to previous works of Jun and I get misty-eyed just thinking about it.

The characters are really impressive, I love the way they mature and grow to accept things about themselves and learn to move on, and when that happens you get so happy inside that you can't help but cry sometimes.

I loved this anime, it's the most amazing one I've ever watched, my favorite by far, and it's going to take something really special to knock it of it's perch.

Well first of, let me tell you that this review is coming from someone who doesn't like it.

First of, I really didn't like Milfuelle. She was overly cutesy, weak and really annoyed me. The character, in my opinion, didn't come across as particularly thought about, infact, I none of them did. Forte's outfit wasn't my favourite, bouncing boob sort of thing and I really don't like that, but hey that's just me. Ranpha came across to me a bit stuck up too. I didn't however mind the characters Vanilla and Mint, but even the names. I was hoping for some cool abilities aside ... from just 'luck' and I stopped watching GA because I didn't really get that.

The story or plot isn't really there in all honesty. But I don't mind a plotless anime every now and then, my problem is more the fact that the missions they go on are so pathetic. I watched this in the hope that they might go on crazy intergalactic adventures but no, instead I got things like: Looking for a lost cat, going through space-junk or even pointless gambling.

I understand it's designed as an anime filled with mindless light-humor but I really didn't find it all that funny. It's rated PG-13. You would think by now people our age don't really get laugh out of this stuff, but like I said that's just me.

I'm sure by now you've gotten the point that really didn't enjoy this anime. Though if you don't mind the stuff I do, then you'll probably like it. Though I just found it painfully annoying. My overall rating, 3.

Well first off, let me tell you that InuYasha has always been a favorite of mine, so if I come across a little biased, let me apologize in advance.

Right, if you're like me and you love an anime with plenty of action, bad guys, good guys, people who were bad at first but then moved to the good side and a little bit of romance added in too, then I would highly advise you watch InuYasha the final act. However, in saying that if you're new to InuYasha it would be best to watch the original series first.

This ... anime has a habit of making me sit and watch it for hours on end. I really loved it. The story line has plenty of super-naturalness to it, demons, half demons, spiritual powers and time travel plays a big part in this too. However in saying that, it may come across as a bit of an annoyance to people who don't like it when characters get an "all of a sudden" surge of power after seeing the love of their life in danger and things like that.

I quite like the characters, though Kagome can come across as a bit of a wimpy and reliant character, but I think that she plays a very important part and you know what I don't mind that much, though it does frustrate me from time to time.

I love the style of art, big eyes and pointy chins. And the sound, people often tell me that it's better to watch anime in subs rather than dubs because the characters sound better but I didn't mind so much in this, I feel the voices were good for the characters.

Overall I loved this, really, really enjoying.