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Where should I start, the rhythm yes, don't tell me that the rhythm of monster is cool because it's not, only the beginning is good and at specific moments I really wanted to watch the next episode and another detail is that it has bad episodes for example Tenma hitchhikes with an irrelevant elderly couple another example Tenma goes to a village and helps a doctor's mother to do a very forgettable operation outside that monster makes a series of ups and downs that is, sometimes it stays good others bordering on monotonous but not bad.

The premise is nifty, Tenma decides to operate and save ... the life of a child who had arrived at the hospital before the mayor of the town he was told to operate on instead. This was mainly him coming to the conclusion that all lives are equal and that we should not discriminate on the basis of age, wealth and social status and that we are not the people who should decide who lives and who dies right after the operation. Years later the boy he ends up saving is a serial killer and Tenma, being the type who likes to blame himself for everything, decides to hunt him down and that's how it starts, well the premise is excellent in the execution it should.

Characters, starting with Tenma, Tenma is a multidimensional character and a pile of brooding and was used as a scapegoat to make the plot more tense, apart from that it kind of self-refutes, I'm going to kill Johan for my mistake of having ló saved, ok, but along the journey Tenma helped a terrorist to be killed because he is benevolent, apart from that you doubt a lot of Tenma's ability to execute Johan, but that's exactly where the monster is funny and it's unpredictable that is until the end of the anime you can't know what will happen, and when it's at the height of Tenma supposedly shooting Johan as he was forced to make a quick decision is a secondary thug that does the job, so can I say at least what the journey was for ? I didn't understand, (maybe for nothing) if Tenma questioned that it wasn't his fault for saving Johan or if pulling the trigger wouldn't make him an evil being or to defeat Johan he needs to become a monster or killing Johan would get rid of a big one bad, but that kind of development was lacking and Tenma always hits the same key which is to correct the mistake of the past and only he can undo it, but it seems that the hero destined to end the villain failed.

Johan, simple question, why do people like him so much? Johan is practically a ghost, he appeared very little but I confess that all his appearances, he gained all the space on the screen, he was cited as the real monster, the pure evil and another that a totally evil being is unthinkable, and where is his monstrosity? in reality this is never shown, compared to Berserk's Griffith achieved a much greater feat, of course Johan killed innocent people in cold blood and two more monstrous things he did was make the detective commit suicide and manipulate a boy and as a consequence the same almost committed suicide, but Johan's way of acting is behind the scenes and uses his almost extras puppets to do his job (except Roberto is the most memorable and toughest lackey in the fall) taking advantage of his weaknesses and traumas, through manipulation and being kind and comes to be forced by chance Johan has Geass to control the person in the palm of his hand reaching the extreme point of committing suicide, he also says that Johan is extremely intelligent being sincere the greatest feat shown was to disguise himself like Anna but in reality it is never shown how smart Johan is, not to viewers for example, cited that he bankrolled and got rich, and didn't tell how he did it. The end maybe we expect an explanation of Johan's motivation but all he did the whole anime was to gradually erase the trace of his existence, or the message "we all have a monster inside us", and have a perfect suicide.

Well, Boogiepop Phantom has a well-structured and enigmatic atmosphere in an urban city and throughout the episodes they give information about light and neo-humans, the entity dedicated to Shinigami, the aliens and the serial killer, and gathering all this information will arrive understanding and characters are used in the puzzle although they are just passing disposable fragments for the final plot and are not the main solution, the anime provides all the information needed to get to the ace of the matter but watch marathon or not watch closely, possibly lack holes without resolution to the viewer and such understanding will be contained in the ... anime that passed and can draw the conclusion and interpret that Boogiepop Phantom too complex but actually it's not quite that, sometimes Boogiepop lacked to make its main objective more explicit by the way after watching what can I say I learned from anime? I must get over my traumas and move on or past and present are linked or people should be happier, honestly I don't know, and Boogiepop Phantom reminded me of Serial Experiment Lain having some similar aspects like the dementia genre, and themes about criticism social and especially the ambiance and even layers of realism, I even wonder if Lain and Boogiepop pass on the same plane but it's just a thought.

The mysterious paranormal events that occur to the characters about the powers shortly after the mysterious light are portrayed in a unique way, as a kind of human psyche reflected feelings of anger, denial, pain, etc., and each faces an ordeal before reality and some characters advance more in the plot than others, adding to the final mysteries and even intertwining in other episodes forming a connection between episodes and for some reason they are abandoned to make room for others and that's precisely why they become forgettable, maybe not having more uses or Boogiepop does not have a central protagonist each character has its screen space and some plots are better than others such as Jonouchi Hisachi is possibly the most memorable, the characteristics of the characters are common for a citizen, high school, to be any human not having any prominence what they both have and share is the problems that seriously surround them, and the even his features are portrayed more realistically and it is even difficult to distinguish them, because of this aspect it can become monotonous to watch not only this characterization, other factors imply such as rhythm, episodic, style, dull, added to all of this can influence the discontent and as a consequence for not watching carefully, something useful can be lost from the anime.

The art, the environment, characters, everything was intentionally used a somber color palette, made by MadHouse in 2000, I usually don't rate this kind of thing as it has to take into account various elements, so skipping these bureaucracies I assess in terms of I like simple personal and saying auto and of course I didn't like it, but obviously I don't take points for that because it's essential and crucial to have this darker aspect and I led to believe that Boogiepop Phantom had a low budget for animation, even because it's a stopped anime that doesn't need consistent animation but rather create an ambiance and setting to give the idealism and feelings of dark and realism, seriousness.

Well, Durarara !! it was interesting to follow, coupled with a series of events that involve the characters and end up intertwining in the plot, not that they refer to the dramatic personal story of each character, some stand out, such as Celty with her mysteries wandering in ikebukuro looking for his head with uncertainties and doubts about why and what led to this event, another was Masaomi at first is given as a friend of the extroverted and generic protagonist without delay however in the course we realize that this character is not only a superficial layer, his problems connect to the past doing ... rebuke him to the present making such finding himself in a difficult position, I just didn't understand the part of a fifteen year old boy becoming the leader of a gang, maybe at the beginning it was supposed to be a small group but take on bigger proportions anyway, but in general the Durarara characters!! are interesting as the cunning and sadistic manipulative Izaya, this season hasn't covered much about it but realizes that Izaya sees everything as a game and with his twisted rules makes everyone fall into his hands for pure entertainment another is Shizuo being charismatic even with his way brute generates comic scenes or Ryugamine not showing a different feeling, he is a typical protagonist who does not stand out so much but when the "power" he has in his hands is revealed, it becomes intriguing and we observe the fear and doubts of the proportions that this can take.

The story of Durarara!! it is not his strong point because at first the base is Mikado ryugamine adopting the new city and facing urban legends and problems, such as Celty, Izaya, Shizuo, gânsters, dollars and later Saika, however where the point is concentrated strong point of the story is that Durarara!! he orchestrated the positioning and development of each character well using the twenty-four episodes and made one get involved with the other even if indirectly or directly generating several conflicts, one linking to the "x" that leads to the "y" that links to the "z" ", each character has its turn to stand out making the protagonist stay in the background to open others widely and was well divided, the dialogues were well explained nothing boring being something good to follow.

I don't usually evaluate animation for reasons that you must take into account the year, studio, anime style, art, scenes, frames, environments, scenarios, characterization, etc. I skip these bureaucracies and stay with the staff, and without more self explanations, Durarara!! has an animation okay, nothing exceptional or below, delivers what you want.

Original Sound Track I don't rate but if an anime has a great sound track it should stand out and in Durarara!! lacked, but obviously it has to be songs that fit well with the anime I searched the playlist of ost de Durarara!! and I didn't see any that stood out from the others, they are in the pattern matching the aspect of the anime.

Final stats story six and a half, characters six and a half, entertainment seven, final note seven, well, I plan to watch the other seasons of Durarara!! I have good expectations, the first opening is good, the closing is also good.

School Days does not have the luxury of being just any anime and being that school anime with a romance and being forgotten having no significant ones, but it does not mean that it renewed something or anything like that, only that School Days goes further by addressing themes like rape, psychological, gore, sadism, betrayals and etc. These themes are complicated to handle due to the reception it will cause, however, the main trio are the ones that stand out the most, they may even be one-dimensional, they work and move the story in a direction that seems to be cliché, and that in fact ... is, but as the episodes progress, School Days puts the cards on the table. The conduct of the characters leads to immorality and lack of character, so they are hammering and persisting in the error and causing viewers to be angry for their immoral conduct. It must be at this point where School Days becomes hated by people, which ends up depending a lot on who is watching, some may feel disgust, anguish, anger, or may even like it, or just feel nothing at all. School Days gives us the rotten side of the characters that are the right gear for the anime to show us what it set out to show.