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Mar 26, 2016
There are a millions things I can complain about when it comes to this anime, especially after reading the manga, but honestly, it's really enjoyable.
Using cooking as a way of competition, at a school so strict you could be expelled for using scented shampoo, makes the concept of this show interesting in itself. It does get slow sometimes, especially at the end, where I found myself skipping forward to "get to the point" during the loooong explanations of what a dish is and what the characters used to make it, but once you get through those, it's really fast-paced and exciting. The downside of it
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being fast-paced really hurts the many minor characters, though.
The art is really good, there is nothing I can complain about. The characters look amazing, the dishes look amazing, the buildings, rooms and other backgrounds also bring out the depth of situations well.
The opening and ending themes are great, really fitting and, in my opinion, really good songs. The background music... I didn't take much notice of it, so it wasn't distracting, at least.
The characters are overall pretty good, all of them have distinct personalities and their own roles in the main character's development. The anime does fail to bring out the background stories of the minor characters, though, probably because of the limitations of screen-time.
It is definitely an anime worth watching, though I don't feel like it does the story justice. Getting so far in the story in just 24 episodes was never supposed to happen, which can be seen by how the anime ENDS right before the final of the tournament. It literally has the whole tournament, except for the finals. Why?
Overall I would say it's good, I really liked it, seeing the various dishes is really interesting. I'll also just casually throw in here that you can find a lot of the recipes in the manga. So should you watch it? Yes. Is it going to be an amazing, life-changing experience? No. Does it have potential as an anime in the future? Definitely. Now go watch this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Mar 23, 2016
In one paragraph: It was interesting, had some really golden jokes and even the minor characters had personalities. However, there are a lot of plot holes, they skip a lot of the parts that would be interesting to see and the problems they face have a tendency to be really stupid. They don't really get to any solutions, and there was only one time when we actually saw how they trained. All in all, it's not bad. Continue reading for more details.
Story (6): The story begins, like many other sports related anime, with a character introducing themself and explaining that they went to this particular
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school because of their team in a certain sport. Turns out that this team has been facing difficulties, and they would have to find more members to get the club working again. The first episodes are really slow and steady, you get the information you need, though probably not all the information you want. Later, the time skips start, so you go from one Stride match to another with a small training segment in between (the training is usually along the lines of running a little and jumping over some stuff and suddenly improving a lot). There are always a lot of details lacking, which I guess can't be helped when every second episode is an actual match, and there are still episodes that seem to serve no purpose to develop the plot at all. When it actually gets down to it, the scenes that are included are really good, and considering the fact that it's from a game, you can't really expect too much thought into backstory and such, since it's literally based on just the running part. The sport itself is really interesting, basically a baton style race one a track with lots of obstacles, bringing in acrobatics as a theme.
Art (7): The art is actually very nice, it's a clean style with no obvious flaws. All the characters look very distinct, with individual eye shapes, noses and body types. It's very detailed in that sense. The way the clothes are drawn on the characters sometimes looks slightly off, though. The backgrounds are slightly over the top sometimes. It catches the feel of the situation, but the colors have a tendency to be extremely bright. Most backgrounds are repetitive, with some exceptions. There are also a lot of sceneries in this show that look absolutely stunning.
Sound (7): The opening and ending themes really fit the show, it's particularly cool that they use the idol group from the show to create a theme. The soundtracks in the show are really good, I don't know what their names are so I'll describe them like the sound, the light sparkly tone is really... Light and sparkly, which makes it perfect for those tensionless middle scenes. The "end of summer" track is really upbeat and tells you something is about to go down... That is, if the scene on the screen wasn't enough.
Characters (8): The characters are all very individual, they all have their own respective facial traits and body types. All the characters also have their own personalities, and rather than the standard "everyone is super friends with everyone" kind of style, there is a very realistic parting in who gets best along with who. The characters also have roles in the story that makes them important, which isn't seen way too often. Of course, it doesn't get a perfect score, mostly because all the characters seem to suffer from being way too emotional about things, to the point where it doesn't make sense. The comic relief characters also get annoying after a while.
Enjoyment (7): It's a really light watch, since it doesn't dig into the past of the characters and the story behind what is happening a lot. It focuses solely on the sport itself, and you won't see any of the problems outside of it. Except for one single character in the main characters' class, there is not a single person not related to Stride that we see more than once. This is probably a great "middle ground" anime, a perfect next step after finishing something that leaves you empty, wondering what you'll do with your life from now.
Overall (7): I personally really like this anime, since it does have a line going through the scenes, even though there are some huge time skips here and there. It definitely kept me from not being bored, so it served it's purpose. The best way to explain it is "interesting enough."
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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