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Prepare yourselves for the most biased, ranting, fanboy review you will ever receive so humbly into your anus:

ANGEL BEATS- doesn't have to be perfect- to be perfect.

The themes it covers are astronomically profound: loss, the meaning of life, the nature of death, regret, acceptance, camaraderie, love, existence, etc. This show is incredibly dynamic, stirring up multitudes of emotions. Starting out, Angel Beats has a lighthearted and funny overtone. Because of this, the dark and tragic moments or the sad and endearing moments have quite an impact.

Angel Beats partially conveys this in a personable way through the MAIN characters' past. These characters have some serious ... development, translated through their realizations and the entirely new role they play as a result thereof. Angel Beats also made the interactions between these main characters very engaging.

No, unfortunately not all the characters got this kind of attention and depth that played so beautifully into the plot. They may have all been unique, but some of them definitely lacked a real purpose. This is a direct result of the length of Angel Beats. Ok, so the anime is too short, needed to be a little longer. i agree. but it doesn't mean the character development is bad. actually, that means that it's SO GOOD that you wanted more and couldn't stop bitching about it. Again, the MAIN characters hold up the fort in this area.

As for the supposed plot holes... IT'S THE FUCKING AFTERLIFE. does everything have to equate to perfect logic?? do YOU know the true nature of death? or what comes after? if you need to have everything explicitly explained and laid out for you, you're not smart enough to appreciate the art. This is an anime that provokes thought. and if you don't get it in the end, or it doesn't make sense, that's your problem not the anime's.

The music in this anime is unparalleled in both style and execution. It really adds to the emotion and theme of every scene. Also, Girls Dead Monster is my fucking jam and all you haters can go get obliterated. TKkissyou OUT!!!

I know what you're thinking... another SAO review?? WELL GUESS WHAT... You may as well bite your NerveGear, cuz i'm going in dry.

SAO is a continuous downward spiral. However, I will try not to forget that it was quite interesting at one point. Even though they weren't perfect, I thought the first 14 episodes were a complete joy to watch- mainly in terms of aesthetics.

The action is very engaging, dazzling, and composed in a way to make it feel epic. As a gamer, i really liked seeing the items, abilities, and stats of the characters as they developed. And yet, the anime was not ... completely focused around that. Lets not forget that the animation itself is awful purdy too.

The main plot was very simple and left little room for big twists (yes, even episode 14, don't act like you didn't see that coming). However, I think it was cool on a conceptual level. The subplots kinda kept it alive IN THE BEGINNING because they were still valid. They were about discovering the world and the people in it. As the show went on, they became filler and completely pointless and forgettable. Really, the same thing happens in the main plot when starting episode 15. I just stopped caring. SAO started trying to be something that it wasn't. While I enjoyed the first half (and so incessantly remind you), I will point out that is was very rushed. You jump from thing to thing and inevitably feel left out.

While all the characters in SAO are somewhat one-dimentional, they are still memorable. My main quarrel, however, is with the main character Kirito. He's just so bland. Yeah, he might get all mad and worked up during a fighting scene, but I never saw a lot of internal conflicts... OR EVEN WORTHY PHYSICAL CONFLICTS FOR THAT MATTER. He is the stereotypically perfect hero who is unmatched in power and will. Just plain OP. Never saw him develop that much.

If you're like me, romance is always a nice touch. And at first, SAO presented it fairly well. There were a lot of cute moments within Kirito's harem of blacksmiths and druids. I like romance where there is a definitive choice so was fun seeing him grow with Asuna... at first. Yeah, this romance was good until the show started emphasizing it. It became something cheesy, forced, and kinda ridiculous. I know their kid was basically a plot device, but OH FUCKING BROTHER. And then the awkward incestuous subplot with his sister... why bother at that point?

idk guys... to be honest, this one wasn't that great, but i liked it.

ok, first order of business: do NOT watch the dub because it makes Nyanta (cat man) sound like even more of a seductive pedophile.

ok, fine I'll be honest i was kinda into it too.

I'm going to start with the bad. What killed this anime for me was the FILLER EPISODES (trust me, so far the second season is three times as bad). The main plot was REALLY engaging, but in many cases, it barely moved. There was tons of distracting and petty shit that got in the way. FOR EXAMPLE: romantic development was annoying and disappointing. also, the whole food thing. WHY? also, NOBODY ... CARES ABOUT THE JUNIOR MEMBERS OF LOG HORIZON. at all. idk there were multiple episodes where there was no pressing matter or nothing was really at stake.

But really, the only reason LH let me down so much, is because it got my expectations way up. For good reasons too.

While LH is often not as visually enticing as other anime in the video game genre, it instead focuses on developing the society and world. LH is an anime of opposing factions, politics, power struggles, and social ethics. Almost all of the plot is derived from how the game world is changing since it became reality. As a result, the character development is rather good, while still maintaining at least an illusion of subtlety.

Because of this focus, LH takes a step back from action. However, part of me (the gamer part) would have liked to see them actually go out and explore the new DLC and get more powerful. While character development is important, the whole point of the setting being in a video game is so the characters can develop as players. I would have liked to see them gain new items or more abilities or progress their builds in some way. But that's just me. I WANT MORE MONSTERS AND I WANT MORE SHINY SWORDS.

One of the things LH did right was the main character: Shiroe. He is not the bland, all-powerful, game breaker such as Kirito from SAO. But he is also not the sniveling, pathetic, unwatchable Haru of Accel World. He plays as a supportive battle strategist who has a place in the world like anyone else. It is his own intuition and discoveries that make him special. This allows the anime to revolve around cunning and plot. As a result, the power struggles can be on a larger, more sophisticated scale.

I'd say it was a fun watch. Yes, disappointing in some ways, but refreshing in others.