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Suzuka is definition of teen romantic drama. As I get older it’s harder for me to endure some aspects of it, but there wasn’t any obvious problem in case of Suzuka. Well... maybe except of an MC. Still the combination of sports and romance is new to me in
anime genre and it was working well. To be fair at some times parts which focused on sports thematic interested me more than
this whole love situations.

STORY:7/10
Plot of the show is nothing super-original as it has lot of aspects of classical teen romance like tsundere FMC, ... love triangle, rejections and settle downs,being confused about own feelings and plus some tragic past. On the other hand as soon as athletics came upon a screen I always found myself to be more interested in the episode so deffinitely plus for sports anime enjoyers, but be aware as it is not main focus of the story as it’s more like nice addition. Romantic sideof the story tends to be overly dramatic which also makes it unnecessarily complicated at some times. On the other hand teen romances tends to be just like that so fair enough!

Thing is that from the beginning it’s obvious where narrative goes and how things ends up as it’s typical for shows of this type, so basically you are here more for the process then culmination. Then you need to ask yourself if the characters and their development are interesting enough for you to give it a chance which you find out right after few episodes. Warning! Don’t expect much of an development until latest parts. Otherwise story has a nice flow uniting sports and drama. Plot is light almost type of slice-of-life with every day life problems of main heroes.

I was little bit dissapointed as I was hoping for some development of an MC in terms of fidning out more about himself and his goals.
If narrative incorporated more of his personal grow I would be able to empathize more with his character and he would make better person not only himself, but also for Suzuka.

Characters:6,5/10
First of all Suzuka as the show is named after her. To be fair I’m not that fond of an toxic tsunderes so my transparency cannot be guaranteed. She is cold, harsh, closed in like a turtle and annoying, but neverthless inside she cares for her close ones even for the little puppy named Yamato who still runs after her like a stray dog. In story it was obvious that she was tsundere type before the accident of the senpai, but this tragic situation only amplified her behaviour and spacing. All of this is making sense as I was in similar situation and understand her worries. On the other hand dwelling on past won’t change anything as she herself understands in the end, moves on and like this has most impactful character development. Thing is that her behaviour is sometimes so extreme as she can switch off from acting good to Yamato to acting like a bitch as it almost seems like she’s bipolar. This was probably my major issue with her as sometimes it seemed unreasonable and without impulse, putting aside her at times ruthless nature.

Yamato my guy yea... If I had a dollar for each time I wanted to punch my screen because of this idiot. Now seriously who acts like that and more importantly WHO writes an character like that? This fella single handedly disrupts my viewing experience. Type of guy who doesn’t think about his actions and it’s impacts as soon as it’s late. He is dense, stupid, SIMP, empathetic like a dead frog, loud, annoying, low-key selfish and persistent in really toxic way. Whole personality of his is that he likes a girl and that’s it. Throughout the whole show he does basically nothing for himself as all of his actions spins around Suzuka, Suzuka this and Suzuka that STFU!
How she can like somebody this pathetic? Don’t get me wrong girl isn’t perfect and has plenty of her own problems, but at least there’s tragic reasoning for her behaviour while all our MC is doing is constatly making stupid mistakes and then wondering what he did wrong and pitty himself like a baby. How he acts while dating Honoka was another proof of stupidity, but at least he properly broke up with her as it was the least she deserved, what a sweet girl which is too good for him. You know it’s show about teenage romance so one cannot expect super mature development and characters I get it, but Yamato is easily in top 10 biggest toxic SIMPs in anime.

Honoka is a typical nice girl which is good at chores and smart. Unfortunatelly it’s obvious from the beginning that she never had a chance in competition for Yamato as it’s easily predictable where things are heading to. Normally she would be my number as I don’t have the patience to deal with tsunderes, but needless to say there’s something missing in her character to the point she seemes little bit too bland or artificial. This cannot be said about Suzuka which is bossy and harsh, but not without reason and this makes her
more humane.

Side characters were alright especially Miki which was supportive for her friends and mainly Suzuka although she had little bit of an crush on Yamato herself. She is cheerfull and maybe little bit too much impulsive at some times, but that is part of ther charm. Same can be said of Hattori which advices are like russian roulette as sometimes he’s spittin some real life shit and sometimes you wish he wouldn’t speak at all. All meant in good, because in the end he is funny character and probably true friend to Yamato.

Others are not that worth of a mentioning as they mostly alright maybe except the blond chick Yuuka which pissed me off. You really don’t want to hear lessons from adult woman which comes drinking every second night to the apartment of an minor.

ART:8/10
There is something about these 90s and millenial anime which always caught my eye. For sure the art work is nothing special, but it has this classical millenial fresh breath which perfectly fits narrative. Honestly if there was all that sparkling overly shining efects as many of nowadays romance anime has, it would do only harm. Authors manage to find a good balance between application of some effects like that and still staying simple.

MUSIC/SOUND:7/10
On point throughout the show and nice atmospheric opening.

ENJOYMENT:6,5/10
Sometimes the toxicity and irrationality was little too much for me to handle, whether we're talking about Suzuka switching in her behaviour or completely disgusting traits of an MC. To be fair Yamato was the main reason I had serious anger issues while watching the show. Still there were more enjoyable aspects in the show then bad ones, but unfortunatelly the negative ones were so major I cannot rate too much high either.

OVERALL:7/10
If you look for some typical high-school romance anime with sports sub-plot it’s a valid choice. Just keep in mind that you need to endure some simping and tsundere clichés. Otherwise Suzuka has a lot to offer for average romance anime enjoyers. If you like vibe of older animes the better for you.

Horror shows with Shoujo demographic are quite rare to come upon as it is unconventional combination. Style in which Ghost Hunt progresses as one case is usually solved in three or four episodes is more typical for animes of this type. Solving of the cases was most of the times enjoyable and satisfying, BUT shoujo elements were occasionaly interfering with the plot. To be honest I’m not a big fan of a shoujo, so obviously this plays major part of me being slightly irritated mainly by main heroine as she has a lot of typical traits of generic shoujo FL. Still if you like shoujo ... and horror it can be gold mine as rest of the things is done on point. In case you are not an enjoyer as me you will be still most-likely able to enjoy it, if you turn a blind eye to these "FL thirstin over MC and he looks like he doesn’t give an F" moments. Ghost hunting remains major focus and border romance is really slight.

STORY:7/10
Narrative of the show is simple as many of you can guess. Story jumps right into solving of the first case where each case usually takes around 3-4 episodes to finish. In first three episodes we have briefly introduction of the main characters, plus you get to know the dynamics between them. Then it’s basically the same thing over and over, but enviroments and cases are diverse. These changes helped to keep show dynamics in flow and my attention as well. At times the outcome was slightly predictable, but neverthless satisfying. Peak of the story was file 7 which exceeded my expectations and steps out of the line in compare with others. It’s story was probably most complex with best atmosphere, antagonist and even culmination.

CHARACTERS:8/10
Male characters were much more interesting then the female ones. Again I’m not sure if it is thanks to shoujo demographic clichés or whatever. Ask to yourself how many shoujo animes out there has FL similar to Mai which is good hearted by nature, selfless for others, naive and little bit easy to manipulate. Also there is Ayako which is with her beauty and arrogant on the surface persona typical for supportive character in many shoujo. Hara is low-key Mai rival in love. She is deffinitelly more mature in comparison to Mai and seems like she’s always trying to best her. This ignites the first sparks of jelaousy with romantic rivality and woala shoujo triangle is born. Despite this Ayako and Hara were bearable, in some aspects even enjoyable characters. Although I was able to empathize with Mai as I also lost big part of my family, her character was low-key annoying regardless. Still she fulfilled her role well as her purpose was to always stand for others and contradict Naru’s cold approach, unfortunatelly her ways wasn’t that appealing to me.

On the other hand despite Kazuya being also similar to other shoujo MC’s because of his cold attitude, he is still easily likable and most fitting to the plot with his rationality and perfection at his job. He is little bit of a man tsundere/kuudere but made in a good way. Kudos for Monk which carried other characters like Ayako and Mai, because he had great dynamics while interacting with both of them. John is okay but nothing extraordinary. Each of them having diverse peronalities made them interesting even with not that much of an background. On the other hand this adds somehow mysterious aspect on characters like Lin or Naru which is big plus!

Don’t expect much of an character development. Only development I can see is in Kazuya as he is able to open up little bit more to Mai and trust others. Second would be probably Mai which discovers her hidden talents and adapts more on crisis situations which helps her grow as a person. Honestly there is most of the development in early episodes where characters are starting to lean on each other more which peaks like at the end of the third case and then it’s practically the same throught the rest of the show. Story focuses more on the progress of the bonds between the characters then development of one character as such.

ART:7/10
If you take into consideration the date anime was aired in, it looks fair. Desing of the characters and their clothing is probably one of the main forces. Style in which were some ghosts portraited could be little bit more gruesome and chilling, but that was balanced with solid atmosphere. It’s deffinitelly nothing special and lacks in terms of details, but overall I would say it fits correctly to it’s plot enviroment.

SOUND:9/10
Sound complements and builds atmosphere and atmosphere builds tension and anticipation in the audience. This is one of the most important things in horror genre in order to work properly. Imagine having some chilling scene without escalating background music, it’s not that common... This aspect is made really good. Soundtrack throughout the show perfectly fits the scenes and staff did excellent job. To be fair I didn’t paid much attention to OP and listened to it maybe twice, although it’s a okay match for the anime.

Enjoyment:7/10
Ghost Hunt managed to keep my attention steady almost whole time. There isn’t probably anything which would literally bothered me, although that shoujo part doesn’t fits my taste. Biggest strength of the show is dynamics between characters and atmosphere. Focus stays almost all the time on ghost hunting which is great as I wasn’t that fond of all that girly crushing over Kazuya, specifically the way it was presented in.

OVERALL:7,4/10
Major parts of the show which is ghost hunting and case solving are actually well-done. Problem is there’s unnecessarily lot of shoujo cliché which isn’t that much appealing and pointless. It certainly would be much better show if authors would put this immature romance completely away or made it in different style and stayed with what was best as relationships between characters would still be just as entertaining. Nevertheless it’s the only thing that little bit disturbed my otherwise good vibe while watching. For all horror anime lovers which want to take a break from excessive gore, this is the way. If you like shoujo demographic the better for you.

Did you ever watched an anime and felt like something is missing? First of all there’s gonna be quite a few comparisons of Ice Guy with Wotakoi for a purpose of showing how better Wotakoi managed to handle some aspects.

If you like slow-paced romance anime you should deffinitely give it a try. Thing is that it’s slow-paced maybe little bit too much... Relying mainly on wholesome moments with lot of blushing does not have to be always as rewarding. There wasn’t really anything which would spice the show up and make the progress in neither of the relationships development more obvious and impactful. ...
As an enjoyer of pieces like Wotakoi and The Dangers in my heart I found it similar in several aspects. In case of Wotakoi mainly setting of the show and in case of the second one wholesomeness and childish blushing type of scenes which are like main part of
all their encounters and boy there is a plenty of them! Nevertheless both of the previously mentioned shows had better set up of
these interactions as well as the relationship development throughout the series.

STORY:6/10
Story takes part in office work enviroment which is lately used more often, but I still apreciate much more then generic high school setting. In contrast with classical office theme there is more diverese enviroment as our main characters have multiple tours, business trips, natural phenomena etc. Office enviroment as such is made on point so it makes all of these mentioned only good addition. Nevertheless narrative of the show is special thanks to it’s mythology theme. Show differs from others office romances because of this idea uniting diverse fantasy characters and setting like that. As any effort to be original should be aprreciated and I didn’t see any animes of this type in my 400 completed pieces, I’ll do so.

Plot seems little bit stoic because there is a little of tension building, thereto all scenes that tries to do something close to this are mainly shallow "wholesome" type with again lot of blushing. Obviously it’s slow-paced anime similar to slice-of-life and not drama,
but it doesn’t need overly dramatic scenes just something which makes the whole process of convergence of characters more complex. Everything seems going too easy and smooth and in consenquence these wholesome scenes start to be repetetive
quite quickly and plot as such can be lanky.

Culmination of this series was also dissapointing as it was made in cliché way „we end where we start". In addition there is no major progress in their relationship if you consider they are adults. Holding hands and lap pillow is something which is really not that of an leap if you are older than 18. It’s same thing that bothered me in Wotakoi kissing scene as well, because in my opinion is always better to make things happen naturally then postpone it in every opportunity which drops credibility and satisfaction of important interactions. In case of the Wotakoi there was at least reasonable adjustment to make it like that as MC was introverted geek with no experience who finally acknowledges FMC’s with all her flaws and pluses, so he don’t want to rush anything. If you also consider bad past relationships experiences of FMC it’s only understandable. So what’s the point of me saying this? Simply there is pretty much no reason for authors to make this romance so immature as characters weren’t introduced with any serious reasons to act in such immature way as grown ups. Himuro is the closest to be like that as he has a hard time managing his emotions, but there is literally same type of "teen" reaction used for each character in romantic situations. If you remember wotakoi again we have only two pairs and they are completely different.

CHARACTERS:7/10
Main characters Himuro and Fuyutsuki have nice chemistry, but unfortunatelly in the end of the series they still seem pretty distant. Again probably the main cause of this is either intention of the authors to make it really slow OR stoic scenes which doesn’t really
make such a big progress in their realtionship. There were two maybe three exceptions which were more impactful, otherwise it feels more like teen romance or romantic subtext show without deeper progress then the emergence of love between adults. Still both of their characters are mostly fun to watch with little bit of an reverse characteristic sexual traits where Himuro often acts more femine then Fuyutsuki as he’s usually more blushfull, emotive and sensitive thanks to his Yuki Onna personality.

Now my favourite character Komori-san which could easily had sequel herself and I would love it. She often acts as an "matchmaker" to our main duo and her main purpose is comic relief. Either way she is supporting character, I catched myself to be pulled into hers and Saejima’s relationship development more then into main one. Other supportive characters are fine, but not as standoutish as Komori which brightness the screen as soon as she enters the room. Buddha Manager was interesting way to portrait an office boss.

ART:9/10
What needs to be highlighted is artstyle of the characters which was most likely major focus. The way how especially female characters like Komori and Fuyutsuki look in some shots is almost breathtaking. Some details can be top-notch precise when screen is focusing only on one character. The expressions and emotions of characters are very easily readable because of so well detailed artwork. Surroundings and architecture is made almost just as well. The way how authors worked with colors while creating made the art looked very realistic.

SOUND:7/10
First of all the beat of the opening always made my head bounce like on concert of Busta Rhymes. I am usually not big of a fan of lofi beats, but this one fits my taste perfectly. In comparsion ED has jazz-type like beat supplemented by the singer's pleasant voice which slows things down. Music and sound throughout the show wasn’t anything special.

ENJOYMENT:6/10
As an average slice-of-life enjoyer I don’t mind temperate approach to the story. However this time mainly plot processing and MC didn’t manage to pull me in as easily. There wasn’t any boredom from my side, but neither any deeper interest.

OVERALL:6,5/10
Are you an wholesome romance comedy enjoyer? Go for it!
The main thrust of the are very well made animations and some romantic or funny interactions between few truly interesting characters like Fuyutsuki, Yukimin and my favourite Komori, but other than that it’s nothing extraordinary. Still it’s an above average heartwarming anime to watch to shorten a long evening maybe even with your partner.
Unfortunately The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague doesn’t match my requirements to recommend it wholeheartedly.

Engage Kiss is anime with greater potentional, but unfortunatelly it didn’t manage to utilize it that well. There is lot of scenes where
series completely slips into mediocrity and harem cliché. Thing is there is also plenty of scenes which are commendable either plot-wise, solid fights or nicely done ecchi kissing scenes. All these made me wonder how to rate this show. I’m an average ecchi fan of some occasional fan service with some boobas, asses or kissing if it’s well done and not on children like characters as it can be good
addition to spice things up. Needles to say that this is one of ... the stronger aspects of the series as kissing feels comparatively real
and "hot". On the other hand when fanservice is the only thing on point which can series offer it’s impossible to take it seriously.
Don’t be fooled as Engage Kiss is trying to incorporate more major elements like interesting storyline, diverse characters, relationship drama and romance or sci-fi. This effort not to rely on one aspect makes it piece worth watching. The execution could be better which is the main reason of unfulfilled potential.

Story: 6,5/10
First of all story takes place in futuristic modern city which perfectly fits with each other more then some post-apocaliptic world like Darling in the Franxx or Chrome Shelled Regios for example, plus this setting was used so much in other shows that it’s not a best option unless it’s done in solid quality like those mentioned.

Major issue of the plotline is that it’s easily predictable with a few exceptions. One such exception which I couldn’t predict was in episode 12 relating to memories of Kisara and Shuu, who watched certainly knows. Situations with predictable outcome are much
more often whatever they are most fights, reason of Kanna fighting the girls which was by the way stupid as hell and could be more impactful than average brother complex, villians motives etc.
Introduction of the world also wasn’t precise which is pitty, because more worldbuilding would certainly helped it’s plotline as such. Story jumps right into it and process to focus more on romance from the beginning and not so much on why are things the way they are and how did the world end up in this whole demon situation. In consenquence of that love story often overshadows all that major issues that the whole city is dealing with until few latest episodes.

Romance, drama and emotional side of the plot are main players of the show. In comparison sci-fi elements are not excecuted
as well but still done on point to be interesting enough. Whole memories losing thing makes these interactions mainly between
Ajano and Shoo more dramatic and almost heartbreaking from her point of view that it’s not just typical love drama. Also it reveals
devoted maybe little bit twisted side of an MC, who willingly sacrifices memories of his loved one to save his family without much thinking about it. Obviously it’s extremely hard choice to make and hard to say how would any of us act in situation like that, but it certainly doesn’t feel right. There are nice dynamics between Kisara and Shuu relationship which seems like he uses her mainly at
the beginning, but as story progress he shows the audience his real feelings about her.

Ending was little bit dissapointing as it was typical harem-like ending where multiple girls argue about nosense in front of an MC.

Characters: 6/10
Characters has same issue as story and that is poor introduction. Show starts with every FL already thirstin for MC and we have no
idea why except of Kisara later on. This is especially true in case of Ayano and Sharon which motives of love for an MC are unclear even at the end of the show. In consenquence it was harder to emphatize with these FLs or even uderstand their actions and affection towards Shuu. Shuu is character which has from lead characters the most vigorous character development. At the beginning he wasn’t quite likable and evoked mixed feelings of bitterness and empathy as his problems were complex and obvious, but his actions were at least questionable. In the end he was able to learn from his mistakes that in order to find someone important you can’t sacrifice everything and everyone else, because then it hurts not only yourself but everyone around you to even see you like that. Character development of others was minimal. Each of the girls is basically same as she was in first debut if you won’t count some memory loss which I don’t see as any development.

Overall characters aren’t inovative in any way and their characters traits in general are similar to others from another shows. There isn’t an character which would be literally bad or unlikable to the point I would rather stick my manhood to the outlet, on the other hand there also isn’t character which would be top-notch. Still they are mostly fine enough to be likable and somehow "carry" the show. Most interesting characters were Miles with most impactful character development and complexity, Akino which seems mysterious and rational. From main characters pobably Kisara as she is simply most likable.

Art: 8/10
Artwork and animations are really well done either in fighting, shots from affar on the surroundings or just casual talking and walking in the city. Also design of the characters is stylish and smooth. There isn’t anything bad what can be pointed out maybe except the fact, that there are still better looking pieces in terms of art.This is the only reason why I won’t rate it higher as very good, because the bar for perfection is set high in nowadays anime production.

Music/Sound: 5/10
Music and sound effects throughout the show was on point and it fits the anime well BUT...
Opening and ending was in my opinion completely appalling and I awaited my time to skip it as your average gym pump skips leg days. It was so bad that I was embarrassed when it started to play for the first time and didn’t manage to skip it in time, if my neighbours didn’t overheared this creation as it is worse then old german movies for adults. In the end my rating is average mainly thanks to the hauntingly bad OP/ED either way it was solid.

Enjoynment: 6/10
Engage Kiss was for quite a long time in my On-hold section almost to my oblivion. This speaks for itself as I wasn’t eager to start re-watching it at all. After doing so, show delivered me higher quality harem like anime which isn’t bad, but won’t stick in my memory either. One of the biggest positives is that I wasn’t bored during the show at all. It has mostly a nice flow which keeps you steady, but except of few rarities it didn’t evoke any deeper emotions of happiness, anger, sympathy or surprise as well.

Overall: 6/10
If you like classical harem anime tropes with solid animations and action go for it. Still there is a lot of plot holes, bland/cliché characters and basically nothing original in order to count it as quality anime. Most likely majority of audience will be able to enjoy emotionally and plotwise undemanging fun which is exactly what they get. The plus is you get to see well made kissing and fan service scenes which aren’t pointless this time as they are in many other harem shows.
It’s deffinitely not a piece for everyone, but I would still recommend it for majority of other viewers.

Shield hero is Isekai which differs from classical Isekai, or is it? Well it used to be... When I first came across the first season, Shiled Hero surprised me as my expectations were classical cliché show. However story was well executed with a solid tempo, interesting charaters, plot twists and fun fights. All these things cannot be said about third season at all. Thing that latest season does
well is sloping into mediocrity. My boredom was that high, that I occasionally couldn’t even keep my attention from disturbing
elements like phone, dog or scratching my ass. This happens to me very rarely as I ... always try tu fully focus, but my interest was
as low as child workforce costs in China throughout majority of the show.

STORY:5/10
Actually first 3 episodes started promising. Plot makes sense with clear purpose and solid tempo which even builds some anticipation. This doesn’t last long as plot starts to focus on gathering of rest of the heroes, which is exact moment where my enjoyment went down with each episode like Charlie Sheen’s acting career after his HIV confession. Whole story revolves around the fact, that all other heroes are stupid, brainless, useless piece of crap. Why are they even here? All of the side heroes were overpowered by side characters from Isekai world. Wouldn’t it be easier to make them fight instead of heroes which are basically exact opposite of this word meaning?
Mid part of the show completely loses it’s tempo. After joining of the hero of the sword show slips into cliché Isekai narrative which you’ve already seen many times in different animes. There are interactions like obtaining a new monster companion, fighting dragon AGAIN, predictable outcomes or over and over interactions around cooking which are most of the times almost meaningles.

Last episodes are better in terms of pacing and atmosphere, but I just cannot emphatize with bow hero. In consenquence of lacking in quality of his character there was little interest in whole story as a piece from my side. More so there was clear outcome of his
redemption, because they need him in the future and cannot basically hurt him. This resolves in redemption and rescue of the character who doesn’t even deserves it, but it must be done. It’s clear how it ends which destroys any anticipation and intension.

To sum it up MOST of the plot is static, rushed and predictable. Story drags on as a toddler's snot, even looses it’s weight or doesn’t make that much sense thanks to excessive naivety of the heroes. Also situations in which heroes find themselves are very similar
and almost feels repetetive. Last episode was little bit of an redemption which was practicaly a little prequel of next season which seemed much more interesting then whole 3rd season plot. After finishing season three you feel like nothing major happens
and story pass by without any development.

CHARACTERS:5/10
Most of the new characters are bland, boring or generic. Only characters with some pontentional are Atla and maybe Sadina. To be fair Sadina is also nothing special, but at least serves as some funny addition. Other kid characters from the village which names I don’t even remember are just here doing nothing interesting. Then we have generic Kuudere, blonde tanned skinned gal chick or demo version of Charizard. It’s obvious that not all of the characters can be innovative and top-notch, but when there’s introduction of quite a few of new characters I would expect at least half of them to be above average.

Main characters are basically same at the end of the season as they were in the first episode, so expect no major character development. This is probably okay as plot is not focusing as much on them, but more like on other heroes. Speaking of heroes there comes some issues. There are boundaries on how thickheaded and gullible person can be. Well not in case of our STAR TRIO which decided to believe someone which is the least trustworthy person not in this show, but maybe in whole Isekai genre. Thing is they knew what kind of person she is and yet... This wasn’t credible at all and fact that they even want me to emphatize with those idiots by showing me few flashbacks of their past, please don’t it doesn’t matter. Your past doen’t apologize your current stupid decissions.

Melty is character which deserves few sentences separately. Obviously she is a bitch and one of the most hated characters which makes her very well scripted. It’s a pitty that two major interactions of hers are of the same mintage. As was said the credibility of two heroes faling for her promises and even for her as a person after seeing what she’s done to Motoyasu or Naofumi and her trial is at very last low. Character of her qualities either hated or not should be used more meaningfully or interestingly.

Rest of the characters are allright. Main one which comes to my mind is Queen which has my sympathies as a good character surrounded by idiots except of her daughter.

ART:6/10
New artwork looks alright on the other hand it’s nothing mind-blowing. The plus is that this seasons art is a lot better then second and fits the Shiel Hero world well, but not like second season sets a high bar in these terms... On the other hand there are Isekai shows which looks much better in compare like Mushoku Tensei, Eminence in the Shadow, Konosuba etc. In terms of artwork static animations looked very promising just as rendering of the nature and surroundings. Whenever it’s classic animation all looks solid, but some movement kinda seems slopy. CGI of the Gaelion was awfull especially when he takes off and fly, it looked like from some first season of an B tier anime.

SOUND:8,5/10
Opening is very enjoyable song which gets you hyped up for the episode (all the more disappointed you can be later). Ending song of the show is exact opposite as it slow things down, but it’s also nice to listen if it’s style suits you. Sound effects are actually pretty good and fiting. Music throughout the anime also passable.

ENJOYMENT:4/10
Probably because of my wide range of viewed Iseaki I just couldn’t hit the note of this season. It started quite well, but as the show progress I found myself bored, irritated by some stupidities and recognized a lot of generic aspects of Isekai genre.

OVERALL:5/10
This season is best to watch in situations when you came back from work, school or just had a busy day and you want to switch off while watching anime without serious topic or drama. Moreso you will be able to do another activity while watching and despite this
catch everything during each episode and finding that nothing major happend since it started and you’re 15 minutes through. That’s basically description of the plot for most of the episodes. Season three is deffinitely a step for the better in compare to last one, but
still a lot worse then the first one. Lot of things could be done more originally or overall better. Do I think it’s a bad show? Honestly not, but it has nothing spectacular to offer. Consequently big portion of the audience forget it exist till 4th season will be announced.
Let’s hope that fourth season will be even better than average!

After watching ItaKiss my conclusion was, that classical shoujo anime isn’t necessarily my cup of tea. Still I’m gonna try to be as
much transparent as it’s possible and it would be a lie to tell, that I disliked show overall. Some elements were annoying or disruptive which quite meessed up my point of view. There were repetetive aspects which were used often in terms of character traits and relationships as such. Fortunatelly final part of the anime and it’s last episodes saved show in my opinion and I found them most enjoyable. ItaKiss is basically cliché shoujo romance with solid execution which is easy ... to love or hate, that’s why audience
opinions are so diversed. I’m little bit more on that positive note, although my preferation are other demographics for sure.

STORY:7/10
Setting of the story changes as our main protagonists growing. This idea was more enjoyable than only one cliché setting like high school throughout the show. Narrative tends to be repetetive with some girl misstreating, some conflict which resolves to jealousy
or sadness and then resolution in the end of the episode or episode right after. Usually it doesn’t take longer then 2 episodes to solve the conflict. Still it was solidly executed so that repetetivenes didn’t bothered me at all. There was little bit much of a love triangle
and unrequited love to my taste which doesn’t help originality of the plot. Almost all of the main relationships or crushes started from some kind of one-sided obsession (Kotoko x Irie, Christine x Kin, Keita x Kotoko, Yuuko x Irie, Yuuko x Sudou), this also felt worn at some point. Connections seems artifical and forceful at the beggining thanks to that. Pacing is all right as show can effectively switch between humorous and more dramatic moments, interactions well connected, storytelling makes sense. Next, I will divide each setting and call them "arc".

High school Arc (episodes 1-7) - This is the part which is most annoying and it’s also part where most of the people drops the show. Honestly, I cannot blame them because the start is really hard to endure if you’re not hardcore shoujo fan. Whole plot revolves around Kotoko and her one-sided pursuit of a boy who doesn’t even deserves it which is not credible. There are two main love triangles which were never even an option because of either Kotoko’s obssesive or Irie’s cold personality. You can predict almost everything what is going to happen. Thing is it’s hard to warm up to the show thanks to way it establishes main romance and it’s annoying main characters, you need to fully commit to it. There isn’t almost any evolve in their relationship if you won’t count one kiss as some major part of it which felt extremely random and spontaneous. Still there are a lot of fun interactions between Kotoko and Irie family or Kotoko’s friends.

University Arc (episodes 8-19) - This part should be most major in terms of relationship development. There are few hints of Naoki starting to feel something to Kotoko as well, tho all that harsh treating continues. This is thanks to Kotoko’s perseverance which escalated either in saving Yuuki, helping Naoki finding his goals, gaining Naoki’s trust and overall getting closer to him step by step. Kin-chan marriage proposal played major role as well, as it forced Naoki to finally act and confess to Kotoko in his own bizzare way as usual. His behaviour toward Kotoko during arranged marriage meetings with Chris were awful and I liked that he finally mans up and "took his balls to his hand". Second part preserves it’s humour with all that side interactions mainly thanks to Irie’s mom which is main powerhouse of the humour alongside with Kotoko.

Workplace arc (episodes 20-24) - Easily most enjoyable of all of them. Every relationship and love "triangle" was already solved and plot mainly focuses on strugles of main couple. Last 6 episodes felt more like slice-of-life than shoujo romance. Hospital workplace was great choice and fits perfectly to show. It adds some spice and drama to the story as illnes of Yuuko, comeback of Nobuhiro or random case of 5 year old boy. Couple is dealing with everyday marital struggles like combining of love life and work, pregnancy, child raising, interactions with friends etc. It would be great to have more episodes of anime as this without all that love quarles and triangles in one same way.

CHARACTERS: 6/10
Main characters are major flaw in ItaKiss.
Kotko is main heroine of ItaKiss. Most of the humour stands on Kotoko’s clumsiness which doesn’t need to be enjoyable if you don’t like to laugh at someone who is pretty much useless, I don’t mind. On the other hand she is devoted, kind, hard working and cute.
Girl which is definition of word beta and low-key masochistic is probably a good match for Irie manipulativ and cold personality.
This kind of relationship couldn’t work in real world, but we are talking about show where girl who is despised for no aparent reason manages to pursuit guy for 5-6 years. Her character grows a little in the end as she gets more assertive and confident, but her clumsiness with her dimwittedness remains. Kotoko is not an character to be taken too seriously and it’s not even possible to do so. Still her role is fulfilled on point, but I wouldn’t dare to say she is of good quality.

Irie Naoki is main hero of ItaKiss. He has cold rather even cruel personality which comes hand in hand with his rationality and intellect. In consequence of this he tends to put himself higher on pedestal and look down on other people which are not smart enough.
As story progress this behaviour of his will ease a bit, but it’s still there. His harsh acting in front of others comes out of his extraordinary intellect as well as he has problems to connect with people and find himself or his ambitions. This argument doesn’t apologize his actions, but it is understandable where it’s coming from. Still his character traits were over the line and it would be much more credible if authors take off the gas and made his traits not so extreme with changes in his character more distinct.
People often tends to say that Irie didn’t grow as a character, but I don’t think it’s true. Audience can capture changes and development mainly in last few episodes. Irie is still far from being good character, but he opens up much more and don’t treat Kotoko as harshly. Is it something to be praised for, that you don’t treat your wife as an annoying mosquito rather like a normal human now? Well I think not, but some progress is obvious.

Kin-chan is best friend of Kotoko which is his crush. There are multiple speculations how he was a better choice for Kotoko. Honestly I’ve never seen them as an option. He would be only Irie’s replacement and it would make miserable both him and Kotoko. She never cared for him in way lovers should in first place and that resulted in zero chemistry. Anybody can think what they want, but this is one of the most important things in order to relationship working properly except of good traits and match in personalities.
Healthy relationships is standing not only on trust, communication and honesty, but on some kind of intimacy as well. I felt kinda
sorry for Kin-chan especially because of Kotoko which was so vague and indecisive which only hurted him, friendzone is a bitch.
On the other hand Kin is little bit of an hypocrite, because he was mocking Irie that his misstreated Kotoko all day long and in the end he wasn’t much better in terms of treating Chris at the beginning. As story progressed he finally matures a bit and finds himself much better wife than Kotoko would ever be to him. Honestly he wasn’t enjoyable for me as well.

Other side characters were well done especially Irie family. Irie mother was one of the most enjoyable characters and I loved everything about her. Also small interactions between two fathers makes you laugh. There are few romances of side characters which are interesting addition, but as I said they tend to be of similar type coming from obsession and perseverance.

ART: 6/10
Art style is nothing special maybe even average. I liked how authors worked with some outfits, but yeah in terms of charcter faces designs medicore and surroundings are also nothing which would put you down on your ass.

MUSIC: 6/10
Opening was easy-going chill song which fit humorous atmosphere of the show although it doesn’t fit my taste. Ending was similar type of music but instead of male vocalist there was a female vocalist. I’m not sure if it’s singed by voice actors of MCs and I didn’t do my research on it, but it sounds familiar. Voice acting throughout the show is allright.

ENJOYMENT: 7/10
Despite my reservations I was able to enjoy the show to some point and I’m not classical shoujo enjoyer if you look on my statistics. On the other hand I didn’t take it seriously in any moment, because my expectations were quite low from the start. Consequently ItaKiss could only surprise me and it did. Still I’m not gonna watch shoujo of this type for some time, although it’s interesting to see something different from my usual type of anime from time to time.

OVERALL: 7/10
Part of audience which look for "real romance" rather than exaggeration of romance in the form of comedy won’t enjoy it. If you decide to give it a chance and you won’t look for deeper meanings at any cost in this piece, it will reward you with good comedy, unconventional romance, funny side characters and satisfying ending with little "after" story.

Have you ever came across cheap Spanish telenovels? Yeah, this is basically Japanese animated version of one of those.

Never in my years of watching anime I had such a problem to finish any show, not even shows which I rated lower then this creation. What Rumbling Hearts does very well is exaggerating situations in order to make fake drama. This fake drama should evoke emotions in audience at any cost only to be dealt in most stupidest way to make you even more angry, sad or anything. As a result, it establishes totally unrealistic wannabe flawless interactions and is losing it’s credibility. Narrative of show ... was promising and at first I was really curious about the story, unfortunately execution was so poor mainly in second half, that I even regreted to waste my time on this.

STORY: 2/10
Pacing of the story is standing on cheap dramatic interactions. No doubt it tries to be unique and aim to more matured audience in terms of not being childish, always happy, not having pitiful problems or being shallow yet, I just didn’t believe almost any of it’s situations because it was overplayed just to make it more dramatic. More so stupidity in which story progresses thanks to it’s even more idiotic characters overshadows all these efforts. Setting of the show tries to be perfect which even more degrades it’s crediblity and reality aspect. Story progress relies on artificial flawless conflicts and plots which are often trying to be with perfect outcome, but instead the solution is as much stupid as it can be, mainly thanks to Narumi AGAIN! Finale and "great" story climax is just as dissapointing. Characters which were worst and in the end did not take any responsibility for their terrible decisions are getting the happiest ending. This is unreasonable icing on the cake which make me sure to hate this show.

CHARACTERS: 2/10
Except of Haruka there isn’t single main character which I could relate to or even emphatize with. Rest of the main cast must be accountable and intelligent as your average girl walking in Pattaya Street in 2AM. Their decision making corresponds proportionally to their mental development which is stucked since they reached puberty. Main hero Narumi or should I say disgusting SIMP which cannot make rational decision for himself and in consenquence of that hurts everybody around him. His whole character is so stupid, because only thing he does whole show is pitty himself. This pathetic fool doesn’t even know who he loves or not so he decides to date girl which is crazy in love with him only to toy with her feelings and see outcome, because he doesn’t want to hurt anybody despite the fact that this is exactly what he is doing. This is what kind of person he is. Short after when he finally pull his shit together and confess to Haruka it doesn’t even feel real, because it looks like he is doing so because it’s expected of him and not from his own desire, FAKE.
When Haruka falls into coma he’s having a hard time, but what about her parents, sister, they having even more hard times yet they aren’t acting like spoiled hurted child. I was heartbroken from love, lost my brother and father all in 2 years time period and seeing him acting like that was so annoying and unrealistic "thanks" to my previous painful experiences. All he should do in lot of the situations was communication. Do I think he is the worst character? No, no, no there is even worst piece of crap and not one.

Let’s talk about Mitsuki and Shinji. Mitsuki should be rated between top 20 worst female charaters in romance anime. Let me tell you why... She slept with her best friend boyfriend even if it was on purpose to "save him" while her best friend is in coma. Sleeping with someone is not only way to help hurted person. Do you see where am I going? She made it completely from her own selfish desires.
She basically seduced him in his weakest state, although she could help him as friend. Authors probably thinking that only thing your friend of opposite sex can do to help you is sleep with you. Later after Haruka’s waking from coma she becomes jealous and lonely so first thing she does is going after first man she encounters to sleep with him while being in relationship. This part is actually similar to situations which happens in real life, because hoes often apologize they’re cheating with loneliness. Then she has that audacity to tell the MC not to blame her or Shinji? STFU it’s mostly your decision and your fault. Ofcourse there are always two sides of coin and Narumi bears part of the blame, but that doesn’t apologize your cheating! Mitsuki is manipulativ, self centered, selfish, evil character which is one of the main drawbacks of this show.

Now worst character of all is MCs "best" "friend" Shinji. When Mitsuki doesn’t get the opportunity to throw herself on random guy she jumps on her boyfriend best friend and HE doesn’t stops her. Shinji short after encounters Narumi and has the audacity to speak some moral shit on him and even punch him? Bro you are the biggest crap yet you think you did some kind of weird favor, because
his girl didn’t slept with random guy but you? It’s even worse because he wasn’t betrayed by one, but two persons close to him.
Again all you could do is to talk things through with her and be emotional support to Mitsuki as her friend instead of sleeping with
your best friend girl. God, I was so mad at this point that I was thinking about quiting with this crap.

There are some positive characters which I like mainly Haruka and her family which were most credible for me and easy to understand. Especially her sister which has every right to be angry on that blue haired traitor chick. I loved how devoted and supportive she was to her older sister and I found her character development also most interesting after that 3 years time skip. Side characters are allright but nothing to be praised for. Unfortunatelly main characters destroyed whole piece so much for me, that this is only small plus in compare to that cons.

ART: 5/10
Meh, it looks okay I guess considering it’s older anime, but I could name a lot of even older anime which looks much better. Thing which I didn’t like was motion of the characters it looked weird and funny. On the other hand I liked how creators worked with shadowing and colors of the sceneries.

SOUND: 3/10
Not my cup of tea and mostly generic romcom type of stuff.

Enjoyment: 2/10
To be fair I enjoyed first 3-4 episodes where main plot was starting to build and I didn’t know what type of crap is about to come. When characters started to act brainless and plot basically stop making any sense at all, I also started to have serious issue to finish it.

Overall: 2/10
If you are lover of generic drama shows which are downright dramatic without being credible go for it. In fact I cannot understand how anyone can say it relates to the real world, because you must be living in some fucked up reality man. Everything what is happening in this show is exaggerated and pointless with even more stupid outcome, while at the same time having much easier solution. CHEAP DRAMA!!!

There are plenty of much better anime in it’s own genre, so my suggestion is don’t do this to yourself and look for something which won’t lower your IQ.

Gosick is must watch for all mystery and detective genre lovers.

Although Gosick isn’t outright detective story it has a lot of similarities which I appreciated as you average detective stories enjoyer. It’s very rare to find anime which can unite so many aspects and do it in good quality. Do you enjoy romance, mystery, historical setting or maybe comedy? There is plenty of all these elements. Often detective stories rely on one or two main narratives which are repeated on and on for even more like one hundred episodes and you can get bored over time. Thing is Gosick is not your typical detective ... and this mystery genre helps it a lot. Every "case" is somehow different and you almost expect some supernatural stuff to happen although culmination is always rational. Thanks to this it keeps you expectant and sharp. First of all I love detectives and I’m not trying to disgrace them or anything, but it’s always nice to see some show which is special and emerges from this rather cliché way of execution AND BOY THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT GOSICK DOES!


STORY:9/10
At first it was little bit harder for me to recognize where this story takes place just from watching. Obviously it’s said at the beginning of the show right at first episode, but I just had that impression it looks more like an end of Edwardian era and early 1910s in England than 20s in France and Switzerland. First half of the story feels more like mystery with lot of case solving by our main duo Victorique and Kujou with "help" of Victorique half-brother Grevil. Second half focuses more on drama and main story line which is basically background of Victorique and Kujou and their family circumstances with some struggle for power.

Subplots were all really enjoyable and dynamic although maybe sometimes predictable and easy to solve. If I should choose only one favourite it would be "cursed" ship. Episodes about this micro-scale part of the story had major mystery touch and it was best part in first half of the anime for me. Romance between main characters is wholesome and Victorique can be a little annoying from start, but you will quickly warm up to her as soon as you learn something about her past which will fully allow you to emphatize with our little loli blondie. Their relationship went through biggest progress probably in first half when Victorique started to open up to Kujou (open up in her own meaning) and Kujou was slowly but surely gaining her trust. It doesn’t take long since you are able to observe first sings of her affection to Kujou and that starts rght in first half, yeah and again affection in her own way.

Later parts of second half are exact moments where things starting to fit into each other like puzzle and story is completely shifting on cases and mysteries which are directly connected to the main plot. Storytelling is very detailed and keeps you in some kind of uncertainty to the last moment. Pasts of our main duo are fully revealed which allows the audience to fully understand their motives. It’s revealed that there is big conflict between two major sides which is practicaly ongoing whole time and even long before the arrival of main heroes. You could say it’s conflict between science and occultism or supernatural which is trying to manipulate population. This is directly connected to Victorique family situation and both conflicts are dealt with at the same time.

Last but not least is kinda like World War II part. Dates doesn’t fit at all and I’m not sure if it’s just mistake or if it’s intentional. Otherwise it’s not something important which would make some difference to the show. War and department of Kujou was solid dramatic icing on the cake. Latest two episodes went by really quickly and it felt slightly rushed after watching all these rest of the episodes which were dynamic but not hasty. Final scene is something which I will remember for sometime along with Kujou shouting Victorique!

CHARACTERS:10/10
Forming of the bond of our main charaters is one of the main selling points of this show. Obviously Victorique seems a little toxic from start, but she is Tsundere so that’s nothing unusual and majority of the audience will like her later. She is most complex character which almost everytime tries to act rational and cold in front of others. In fact the opposite is true, because she can be pretty hot-headed and irrational when it comes to the people she cares about most. Her extremely high intelligence causes her to be bored easily as long as she’s not dealing with some case or spending time with Kujou whose is like distraction and toy for her mainly at the beginning. Her character development is by far most radical as she is almost different person in the end of the story. Let me say I usually don’t like tsunderes, but Victorique has a special place in my heart.

Kujou is the lead role of Gosick. Unfortunatelly I didn’t find him much interesting in compare to other characters in Gosick. It’s not like he’s bad, but more likely other characters are that good and mysterious. Kujou is pretty much your average good-hearted Japanesse anime main hero and has every character trait like that. On the other hand it was really easy emphatize with him right from the beggining thanks to simplicity of his character. Still I think his role was fullfiled as a contrast with Victorique.

Honestly there wasn’t almost any side character which would be boring or useless and each of them fits their roles perfectly. Show focuses a lot on explaining the motives, personalities and pasts of major side roles and there are not just some meaningles flashback like some other animes have, but everything has a their own reason. Each of the villains or characters which should represent villain like figure (even though they don’t need to be quite completely) had mysterious almost supernatural touch. Incorporating tricks and "magic" as some character abilities was great choice and it perfectly corresponds with show atmosphere, especially Leviathan whose backstory with queen is breathtaking. There are little bit plainer characters like Cecil and Avril. On the other hand every character cannot be perfect, but they still can do their job and enrich the show. I would definitely point out Grevil which seemed like prick for most of the show, but he managed to redeemed himslef and changed the most after Victorique.

ART:9/10
Art style of characters and action scenes is for sure on more basic note which fits better than flashy and stylish animations ever would. Imagine if Gosick would be made 10 years after by using classic generic animations nowadays! Do you know what happened to Berserk? Yeah, I’m afraid it could be similar situation. Okay, that was a little bit extreme example, but still I prefer older and simple animations lot more in this piece. On the other hand every detail of dressing and interiors of buildings were so precise. Creators must studied fashion a lot before making, because such details takes a lot of skills and knowledge. Interior of buildings and background is almost as detail as dressing mainly library where Victorique spent most of her time. Also cities looks splendind and I loved how creators worked with materials and architecture used in that 1800s era where I guess most these buildings were build like all types of rocks and stuff, it looked really realistic.

SOUND:10/10
Let me say that Gosick first ending is one of my favourite anime songs to this day and I would give this a 10 just for this soundtrack. Luckily it isn’t that case and ending is not only thing to be praised in this category. All openings are great as well with dark and mysterious touch which is great addition to the show. It’s almost half a year since i watched Gosick, but I still remember that I never skiped any of these. Opening got me hyped on each episode as ending got me awaiting the next one. Singer of the ending song reminds me of Amy Lee from Evanescence little bit. Rest of the sounds and music throughout the show are also nice plus to the atmosphere, but not nearly as good as OPs.

ENJOYMENT:9/10
There was not any time of boredom for me. As story progressed I was able to predict some things, but that’s thanks to me being little bit of a nerd and spending quite some time by watching a lot of shows. More shows and movies you watch the more similarities you can find and more things predict. When I randomly started to watch Gosick i did so without expectating anything and even more so surprised I was. Believe me that Gosick authors knows perfectly how to build anticipation of audience which is like main plus for the dynamics of the show. First three episodes are slower and you need to fully commit to the show, but it’s worth the patience.

OVERALL:9/10
There are few pieces which I would put higher on my pedestal and that the is reason of my nine rating, but Gosick is undoubtedly show of a great qualities. Anime combines a wide range of themes, genres and other aspects that work well together which can attract wide range of audience. It’s not only mystery, romance, historical, drama or detective it’s all of it.

Give it a shot!

It’s been a while since I rated some show 10 and I think this is perfect opportunity.

Paris sequel does perfect job in matching pace, depth of the story, character development and overall feeling of first part. It’s always hard when authors make good first series to keep that same quality or even surpass it. I perssonally got high expectations after watching "vanilla" series and my expectations were satisfied.

STORY: 9/10
This time plot revolves more around Chiaki and Nodame relationship as a "lovers". Irony simply because it’s really atypical love relationship and really fun one as well. It doesn’t mean there is no depth in it ... tho, because they support each other as much as they can and it’s so sweet. Story is kinda slice of life you could say? Except of romance, story show us development in Chiaki’s proffesional career as a conductor and Nodame as a pianist in order to keep up with him. Thing I loved was how narration describes each emotion in each classical song and little bit of backstory. It wasn’t as comprehensive as it was in first part, but it’s still there and you can appreciate it as me average classical music enjoyer. There was little bit of time skips like for example in case of Chiaki which were on tour with Steresmann where he met one of the new side characters pianist Rui. Shame that show didn’t portrayed how they met and Chiaki’s play as substitute conductor, because it felt little bit rushed. Riu is interesting character and deserved more intrudoction.
On the other hand I like pacing and flow of this part more then first one, because story was already established without any flashbacks and Paris arc focused only on the most important sections.

CHARACTERS: 10/10
Let’s put a 10 right here. One of the biggest carriers of this anime are characters of course. I loved especially development of Chiaki which really softens up and opens up to Nodame. Needles to say she is complex personality and difficult to handle as soon as you know her better, but contrast and chemistry between her and Chiaki is awesome. Her ability to work hard and devote herself practically for Chiaki shows how much she cares about him and not only admire him as his lust fangirls. Both of them have their goals pretty much already set so you won’t see as much character development in terms of their ambition growth.

There was little bit of side charaters diversification and some old ones jump into the scene as well. First of all let me say I’m really curious about development between Tatiana and Kuroki. In first she felt shallow, but as story progress I got more into her and just as in case of our main characters, they are complete opposites which is fun to watch. As I said Rui needed little bit of more introduction and screen time in my opinion, because she is diverse character and we don’t know much about her. Hopefully we get more explanation in last part. As far as characters goes there wasn’t single one which I would not enjoy even the toxic concert master was interesting in his own way and in the end even kinda redeemed himslef. Probably I’m in minority but I enjoyed Paris side characters more than in Japan arc.

ART: 8/10
Nothing flashy and special which I liked. Why not to keep it simple? It perfectly fits with that classical music narrative. I loved how animations portrays the beauty of Paris architecture and atmosphere while still keeping it simple especially that part when Megumi and Chiaki were walking together in night Paris. There was more CGI while orchestras were playing and let me say considering year of release, it really isn’t bad and stands its ground. I saw a lot of people pointing on how bad it is and sure you can easily recognize CGI from other animations in this show, because it looks little bit slower and stiff. Still there are newer anime with a lot worse CGI and I liked how lively it feels in compare to usage of subsequent images/drawings. Expressions of characters when they play or conduct perfetly captures their emotions and you can see lot of signature facial expressions of characters.

SOUND/MUSIC: 10/10
Well it’s anime about classical music what more do you need to score high? Also opening is worth to mention as it perfectly fits whole setting. Part with Mozart was expecially enjoying for me as well as last episode of Chiaki’s conducting. Voice acting on point and sound througout the anime is perfect addition to the atmosphere.

ENJOYMENT: 10/10
I mannaged to finish this piece in one Sunday evening only with one toilet pause. It pulled me into the story just as easily as first part if not more. There wasn’t moment of boredom or major dissatisfaction. Nodame Cantabile evokes almost every emotion in you which good anime should and always makes you await what is gonna be next. It made me eager about last part and it’s resolution.

OVERALL: 10/10
If something deserves praise it’s this show and it’s pitty that more people doesn’t know about this piece. Or maybe it’s exactly the opposite, because it feels more like a hidden gem. It’s definitely for more mature audience which can appreciate all these aspects and I doubt I would enjoyed it as much in my adolescence.

Let me say something about this show to you in short, because I don’t think this anime needs longer reviewes.

There isn’t anything outstanding and it’s simply generic harem comedy. Still it has some good moments and aspect you could enjoy. If you enter this series not expecting too much (which would be weird expect too much from harem comedy), you can have some lighthearted "cheaper" comedy which actually works. My favourite part of it was probably Guri and her animations looking like egg with eyes and one hair.

Story is again nothing revolutionary and every problem is solved in the end of the episode except ... for last 2 episodes which is like the biggest "plot twist". Plot tries to parody Death Note from time to time and there are even few references throughout the show which I liked as a normie fan. Most of the characters were bearable for me and needles to say all of them were somehow extreme. I usually hate when there is MC which is constantly attacked by females or even males from jealousy like it usually is in harem anime, but it was put in a funny way like Akane with her knife so I took it with a grain of salt. If I should pinpoint something I really despised it was MC. If he would be just another generic virgin MC it would not be such a pain in the ass. However on top of that he was even more clueless, useless, dense, dumb, bad around girls and all that other traits of useless harem MC you can think of, but multiply that all by 10! He was such an Homo Erectus he couldn’t even realize when he did something wrong even it was obvious and he was told so.

To sum it up even though there is lot of things wrong and cliché, it can be still nice popcorn fun at the evening. If you gonna watch this just turn off your brain and have fun or simply choose another activity to it.