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Jul 4, 2020
I rarely write reviews, but this time I felt the urge to do it, with sensations still lightened up. My votes : Story 10; Art 9; Sound 9; Character 10; Enjoyment 10;
I was undecided between 9 and 10 initially, but you know what? Objectivity is important, but fuck that, emotions count too!
Saying this is just the typical tearjerker movie is reductive, lots of shows can be moving and make you drop a couple of tears, but touching you at this level of depth is extremely rare.
Characters are perfectly depicted, since the beginning I was amazed by how incredible the character of Sakura is, and
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later, how her bursting personality (despite her condition) upsets the life of the male protagonist, taking down his barricades (revealing the name is a spoiler). Without a single trivial line of dialogue, the relationship between the two students evolves in a perfect balance between irony and seriousness, between joy and suffering, without excluding a very heavy and hard moment. This story, combined with the atmosphere and an unexpected painful epilogue ends up hurting so bad, a lot more than I expected. I was demolished by this movie and fatigued to accept the events, even if fictional, but to me this says a lot about the value of this work.
This beauty deserves to be watched not just by anime viewers, but in general by who loves cinema, not to be confined in a single community.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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May 3, 2020
I think the main points of strength of this series are two : the idea behind the main character and the creativity in the design of monsters and heroes
Usually in action-based anime the main character evolves through difficulties and struggles, becoming stronger while the story unfolds, eventually (often) the strongest. This is the complete opposite : an average, ordinary man is already the strongest man on the earth, probably in the universe, but no one knows.
Apparently insignificant, he keeps fighting the misterious creatures, unseen, protecting the world just for hobby. Also, Saitama is affected by a form of depression (I think that kind of apathy-oriented
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depression) because he doesn't find challenging opponents, which causes him a deep boredom.
So original and well written character. Most of the others are nothing special, except few ones.
This is more or less the premise of the story, which developes in a linear but catchy way, with him gaining more notoriety, while facing his unpopularity.
I haven't seen particular messages or philosophy in the story, except the theme of determination that leads to improvemnt, and the loneliness of the first one. Still amazingly entertaining, with lots of action seeing a wide variety of monsters and heroes, all with their particular powers, some cool, some bizarre, some a bit cringy, but always a display of fantasy and creativity from the author. I also liked the idea of an insistution of heroes.
Definitely an anime that is worth watching to have a good time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 30, 2020
I partially edited this review to make it less generic and improve it. I Will update it again furtherly(19/10/2021).
THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW
Steins;Gate follows the events of the self-proclaimed "mad scientist" Rintarou Okabe, a young but brilliant student who, with the company of his friends Itaru and Mayuri, create a device to sent messages back in the past. This device allows the user to make change from the past, influencing the course of the events until the present.
Thanks to this premise, the story is set up and will follow our crew embark in a journey of doing/undoing/redoing the past, and therefore, the present.
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had good expectations, but I didn't imagine it would evolve like this. Because evolution it's one of the strongest point of the show, probably of the best example of how to handle the climax of a story. The first episodes has lots of jokeful scenes and humour, but the more the plot goes forward, the more the plot deepens and becomes mature. The mood gradually turns from comedic to thrilling and dramatic, with some peak scenes that are extremely moving and cathartic. This end up in an amazing plot, in which all pieces eventually fit perfectly like a puzzle. A story that deserves my 10.
Through the course of the series, new characters will be constantly added, increasing the complexity of the plot. Even if I expected a bit more realistic reactions by characters in some cases, I found the well written, both in term of characterization of the single ones and in terms of relationship between them. About the latter, a honorable mention goes to the love story, which I think is one of the best in anime. 8 For the characters.
I wasn't amazed by the opening theme at the beginning, but eventually I get affectioned to it. I don't have any particular complaint to the soundtrack, the design and the graphics looks solid to me. In general I haven't found significant flaws in the artistic and sound production, so I give this an 8. (When I wrote this review for the first time, this rating was more an impression, I might justify it better after a rewatch.
The absence of useless episodes, the perfect pacing and the well-deserved and satisfying ending combined with all the emotional aspects made my personal enjoyment worth a 10.
So overall I think 9 it's a fair score, one of the best anime with a few flaws in it, but not that far from the status of masterpiece.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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