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In the Manga/Anime media, it is known the existence of lots of shows that can be considered trash. They are produced systematically, and as a watcher, you can notice the used and copied plots, the empty characters, the boring world and the same history of ever. I do not say that to discreditable the Manga/Anime or something like that. I am saying this to put that message clear. There are lots of trash shows and people that have constantly watched them. It is a reality. But some shows try to do something different and send something different to their watchers. And today I am here ... to talk you about one of these special shows that touch me souls and from many others too. It is “The place further than the universe: A Story That Leads to the Antarctica”.

The place further than the universe or like its name in Japanese “Sora yori mo Tooi Basho”, shows the story of four girls that want to carry out their dream of going to Antarctica. Everyone for different reasons but only one aim, to reach that land forgotten for humanity. If you only read synopsis or summaries, you would think this show is “A Cute girls doing cute things” and it seems like that, but in reality, it is a story of self-discovering and even a meta-conversation to ourselves to ask what are we doing with our lives.

Some points that make this serie special is its forms of treat the characters in an organic and realistic way, the sobriety of the plots talks about the friendship. And my favorite one, talk about following our dreams. In this travel, we have the opportunity of being in this adventure and ask ourselves what are we doing. I mean, in the series, one of the protagonists wants to go to Antarctica because she discovers she has not been doing anything she wants to do. She starts crying and lame herself. But the real intention of the serie is that we watched this scene and ask ourselves “What am I doing with my life, Am I comfortable with my answers?”. The serie continue asking some questions to their characters and so to us. When I finish this serie, I was happy because I learn more to myself and can see a new perspective of the friendship, but also, I was sad because I saw that I wasn’t doing things that I enjoy in my life.

Changing a bit the topic, I always want to write criticism and analysis about animes, mangas, videogames, but I left it a time ago because I felt with few encouragements because I felt nobody wants to read what I write and that I will not reach any of my plans. But after watching the serie, I think that I cannot give up so easily. I want to continue with my dream, even if I do not reach anything because everything begins with one step.

Story: 5/10
What can I say? I have watched lots of harem and I know how they work. More and less, it is easy to describe and predict the movements of the series. And Bokuben has not surprise me a lot. I like some of its parts and characters. But from further, I can not say what could they do to bettering the anime. I mean, it is not bad at all, but the story that Bokuben say to me I have watched it in lots of different places.

Something I dislike about the story was the situation. Bobuken tend to exaggerate their scenes and ... put the characters in not common situations. Even If the series do that, is okay if the know how to development it in a good way. But Bokuben does not do that, it uses a lot of repeated situations that everybody has watched. For example, the restroom, see the female characters with a few of clothes, an involuter kiss, etc.

Art: 7/10
For me, the art was great in specific situations but so fair in the normal situations. When the anime tries to express an emotion to us, the art does a great job. The expressions of the characters become more vivid and expressional xd. It is important to send the feeling of the characters and I think that the series do that part. But when they draw a background or a scene, the image is normal, nothing more than the mean.

Sound: 7/10
The sound, like the art, is great for the situations and the characters voices, but when we talk about the background sound, are different things. I think that a good point was the voice actors of the girls. The voice covers the type of personality that characters could have, and the voices were so great. You can see this with Fumino and his potential noises xd.

The background music was okay, but I do not feel it in important scenes, and it does not make me feel anything.

Characters: 6/10
I cannot say good think about the characters. It seems to me so cliche and boring except for Fumuni. The protagonist is the same characters that I have watched in lots of harem animes. He has a lot of things that make him a chicle. He is kind with the girls, helps when it is need and bla bla bla. He is not a human, he is just a character written in paper. But and after watching the final episode I can see that he has a good future. I mean, he can reach more and evolve in a good constructed character.

The other girls like Ogata, Takemoto, and Kirisu-sensei has a lot of problems in their feelings developments. It is like for magic they will love or like the protagonists. They feel empty. In fact, the anime has forgotten about Ogata. I have not seen her in long time. And even in the final episode they were like mere argumental objects that only appear to say that still alive.

But and it is something that I can presume, is Fumino. Indeed, Fumino feels like a person. She feels, analyses, understand the situations. She will not love the protagonist for magic, she has a constructed argument that make her be her. It cannot understand why if the serie can make characters like Fumino, for the other girls it is not the same. And after watched the final episode, I can say that Fumino is that shining star in this black night. Her construction and spoilers were so great. And hers feels has a lot of potential, more in this type of series.

I don’t mention the senpai Kominami because I do not know her to say something about.

Enjoyment 7/10
I said. The serie has good intention but make the same errors that lots of harem animes has done. I enjoy the serie as a watcher of the anime, but I will not re-watch or recommend it because it does not give me a lot of good moments of memorable things.

Overall 6/10
It is said. This anime lacks argument, character’s construction, good or funny situations. Even if it makes some excellent points, it does not compensate the bad things. I hope that with this base and the characters they have now, can reach something better in the second season.

Story: 6/10
I have checked the manga or whatever it was, and I’ve seen that there is no story present. All the thing that happened and would happen have a kind or temporal relationship. I mean, it happens in a determinate space of time. For example, one grade. And it tries to build an argument line, but it does not work well. It could work best if we watch it like separate elements, one independent to others.

In the manga, the things happen in a total disorder if you watch the anime first while the anime tries to give them a line. In the anime ... “Tsuredure Children”, the things happen in the different part of the same episode. The episodes were like some part of arguments all together. And Hitoribochhi tries to do it in the common form, with a temporal line.

In summary xd: It is a Daily-life Anime.

Art: 8/10
The art used in the anime is great and it know how to combine with the comedy and the different scenes. Something that I like was the rascally change in the style of the scenes. For example, the pouts of Bocchi, Nako, Aru or the different faces of all the girls, the strong face of Bocchi and Kako.

Also, in the common scenes the drawing and the details of the girls was amazing. Something that impulse me to declare that Nako is the best girls of the anime.

Sound: 7/10
I have not much to say about the sound. It was okay in the common scenes. I mean, I don’t hear the real power of the music a lot, maybe in one or two times. The sound was more for background and give an environment of comedy, but in do does not contribute a lot on the feels.

In the begging of the anime I thought that the voice actors were irritate, but with time I see that were great to the serie and their characters.


Characters: 9/10
The characters of the anime were the central focus. Starting from Bocchi and finishing with Mayo, all the girls have a constructed personality, make them unique.
Bocchi with her extreme shyness, Nako with her strong but cute personality.

Even the teacher xd.

Enjoyment: 8/10
I enjoyed watching this anime. The only thing I can say here is its rhythm of the anime. In some episodes, I felt that was incredibly slow. I do not why, but it hurts me in my time.

Overall: 8/10
It was a great serie. If someday it is announce a second season, would be great.

Spoilers
Plot
Two super-intelligent neet are transported to another world where everything comes down to games. You can't kill, assault, etc. The only thing that's allowed in that world is to play for what you want. There are 16 races that exist in the same world and compete to further govern the world.

Not that I hate the series, but if I have my problems against this one. Even if Here I'll just talk about the plot. First, it's the rhythm of the series. I mean, he's a couple of protagonists and his way of advancing the world. It's okay for them to arrive and prove that they're ... capable of kicking some, but it feels like in this world it's settled for them. And this affects from the characters, their rhythm or their own games. For example, the same rule of The Whites (Never Lose) can ruin the experience. It's the same as with One Punch Man, you know they're going to win, so you stop asking the question when and you start to wonder how.

This can get tiring, because the series feels like it's smart and that it always fools us. Like he's teasing us like his characters. But if you consider that they always win, you start to wonder how, you look for clues and pay attention to what happens, ending the magic of discovering the mystery. Something else in this regard. There are some moments that feel very forced, especially in the games, make the protagonists have everything done effortlessly. And this does not series bad, if only this told us something, once again as One Punch Man, that tells us about his world and how the purest heroism unfolds, but No game No life it just tells us that the protagonists are very bad and that they will always win, nothing more or nothing less.

Art
I can't say that art is bad, but if at first you use it as an expressive medium, don't abandon it. The series separates the "boring" world is gray and dry, while the gaming world is full of light and colors. It also happens with Shiro or Sora, who almost lose their color when their being or motivation is lost. But from now on, it all comes down to lights and colors that are sometimes saturated.

Sound
Sound plays an important role, but I can't say it's outstanding. Obviously in games and in important moments the music rises and gives power to the scenes. But when we talk about music in general, I can't say that it's much that gives the series.

Characters
Characters are what hurt me the most and I liked. The series has the potential to bring its characters to life, but is crushed by the series and its way of drawing our attention. Sora suffers the same disease as Kirito de SAO, is an emptycharacter,emptyenough to identify you with him,and set aside this super OP. You feel that you can be him, whocando what he does and that because he has something that you don't, in this case, his intelligence and ability, want to be like them. Without a doubt, it's a character that doesn't convince me and I know that it's built just to trick me and that it points to the series.
Another example, Shiro, who wants to give him an importance in the series as the special girl, but only gives him an echii companion role of the protagonist, taking away everything special that supposedly has. The amazing character that surprised me the most at first was Steph, who, although he is a clichédcharacter,but is the one who stays true the most to his own construction, there is as a spectator and companion of the protas.

Like I said, a lot of potential but few applied.

Enjoy
It's true that I've enjoyed the series and some games, but I still keep my point that the series uses a Deux ex machine in excess.By not showing me real watering, it does not give me much interest, let alone if they do not justify the Deux.

Net Juu no susume

A series of romance and Love (ROMCOM) that explores the lives of a 30-year-old Nini who left her work for problems related to it. And a company worker of the same age who are players of an MMORPG, the series tells us about their relationships in and out of that video game, that is, real life. He wants to touch the issue of how relationships roll, move and grow. Of course, all this with a very special touch of comedy derived from our two protagonists.

Story *Spoiler*
The story begins with a girl who leaves her job to become a Nini. Tired of ... her working environment, she decides to escape reality and form her own virtual new life. On good terms, go. And we also talk about the other side of the coin, a salaryman that in the evenings and weekends enjoy spending time in these virtual worlds. At first, it was believed that they would pull the easy way because the girl playing with an avatar of a boy and vice versa, the boy played with a girl's avatar. I thought they would run and hide, not knowing the identity of the other person, but fortunately not, they took a better path (at least from my eyes). The argument itself is explained in that these two people, who, by the way, are called Morioka and Sakurai respectively, met by coincidence in this new world. The argument takes a turn when it teaches that both Morioka and Sakurai already knew of another game, but without knowing it. And the impact is when they realize that these two people who in real life were not more than known, in the virtual world were best friends, who speak their personal things and trust them. Now, taking this into account, and that in the virtual world they were two developing each other, by bringing those feelings to reality, these people explode. Something that played a very important role in this series was the shyness of the characters, really that, if they had not, would not be the same, but this will speak later.

Art
The art, though simple, had a very efficient use. Since many scenes happen in the virtual world that normally has a fantasy aesthetic, the series does not spend more funds in scenes that were not important. For example, the monsters, the background, the villas and in the real world did not put much detail into the buildings, to the people in the background, to the extra things. Only more detail was put into the important scenes, for example, to the sunset scene in Chapter 2, to the photo of Morioka with the menu and a glass of wine or the moon in the last chapter. The art and details of the characters were also good. Virtual characters looked like people from a game, not as real people out there. In real life, you could also see these differences, a more stable and less fantastic drawing. Art also influenced much at the time of romance or humor, because one could clearly distinguish the facial expression of the character according to his facial expression. You could see the surprise, the laughter, the shyness, the beauty of the characters in the art.

Music and sound
The sound, although it was present and I am a fundamental part in some scenes, does not contribute much to these series. For example, they would put light and clear backgrounds in the scenes of comedy, tense and something strong in the scenes of uneasy romance and action in the fights. But most of these sounds were relegated to the same series. The argument could have gone on without these. Although there was a special scene where I saw the power of sound, and that made me rewind several times for how well it had been. I mean the final song they put when Sakurai and Morioka had the courage to hold hands, fighting their shyness, the stigma, and will of Morioka. This music of power, of Action, the intro of the game, telling us that, from now on, these two are facing a great adventure. The final ascending with the two hands taken and Hayashi and Lily (their avatars) seeing them from afar was great. Another thing I just remembered, the sound along with art gave life to the moans and faces that these two put.

Characters
The characters, I think that certainly the best point of the whole series. A Nini who grows up with stigmas, shy, and constant underestimation thoughts are those that correspond correctly to his character. After going through what happened Morioka, it is easy to imagine that these features are present. For the character, evolution is presented. After Sakurai's great phrase to Morioka, as she underestimates, and as though she does not believe it, many people take it into account. In the end, these words were the one that would give him the necessary motivation to take a step forward and give his final handshake. Proving a strength upon his shyness which he had not before.
For Sakurai, even though he had grown up, they are insecurities, he is given a good background. The death of their adoptive parents, who would then follow a change of home. It is this point I want to deepen, which Sakurai has done this indicates that he did not want loneliness, is more detested, and therefore joined a virtual world, to fill that emptiness that in reality did not. Although Sakurai's shyness is not directly explained, we can infer that this real isolation was what I believe. After all, spending a lot of time alone is not good either.
Both Sakurai and Morioka were experimenting with infatuation at this age. A change in the characters that are constantly exaggerated in the anime, here the series the regular deal.
The impression and beauty of Morioka were impregnated in Sakurai, while Sakurai's kindness and attention came to Morioka. And while this was developing in the real world. In the virtual world, they already enjoyed a very good friendly relationship.
Together these two physical people together (with all the characteristics already defined), plus the feedback of their relationship in digital, their shyness and stigma, plus their feelings of love, and Boom!!! You have the storyline of history.

Enjoy
Definitely, I enjoy this series. I am not degrading, and although I am aware that it will not have attracted much attention is its time, I can assure that this series is not generic.

Summary
More than that. Maybe if I had another rhythm or more drama would have been better, but the series as this is very good to hang out and have fun with these characters and more if you identify with Morioka or Sakurai

Value or theme to highlight
-Virtual life.
Seriousness touches the issue of creating a virtual life. Although if it is presented as it is, an escape route for some, a hobby for others, we must bear in mind that this is not anything in this world. We see Morioka suffering from the stigma created by being a Nini, for throwing away the towel and having fled. But in real life, the stigma created by being a Nini was degrading. If you played a video game you were weird, and if you were a weirdo besides other weirdos, you would get closer. Although that was a few years ago, now you're even special for playing video games away from home. Bear in mind that more than the stigma created by being Nini now affects loneliness more, causing depression and anxiety. Because despite being communicating with a person, it's on the other side of the mirror, where hopefully they can meet, it's not always like that. Many times it's like this, a friend on the other side of the mirror, someone you never really see. Despite having more friends than ever, you're more alone than ever. That is why it is not necessary to devalue real or physical human relationships.

Gakkou gurashi
I think that gakkou gurashi is triying to tell us "Don't matter the problems, because you are bigger than them". I can see it from Yuki, that finally, overcame her ravings.

The series has terror, drama, cute moments, intrigue, and despair. All in one, and they do not get confused in the developing of the plot, they make a rough division between those moments, and it is awesome, how the anime take care of every thing in differents ways, styles, and finally, hat everyone form part of the same story.

The characters, the plot (again), the zombies, the feelings, and the cries make ... this show one of the best that I've watched

I can undestand why you dislike or do not mind this anime, but, for me, it was incredible.

Thank you, Megu-nee, not, sorry, it is Sakura sensei, for keeping alive the protagonist

Asobi Asobase is a greatfully amnd enjoyment serie. I recommend it.

It has passed a lot of time that I laught watching an anime, I had just laught with Konosuba. Now, I have seen Asobi Asobase, and it is incredible.

The characters is a point that i like so much, Their internal structure (Emotion, behavior, thoughts, etc) has lots of points that play with the history, and contruct it. In fact, a lot of jokes are watch what is the reaction of the girls when something weird happen. I can see them as a realistic personality. Their are not always sad, or are not always screaming, ... is only a part of their personality, as same as everyone has their parts.

The art is a important factor. The serie use many times the wierd faces, the exagerate facial expressions, the colors. With this manner of art, the serie make the "common situations", add the personality, and the differents ways of drawing the scene, to change the normal to something funny.

I recommend the serie. If you want to pass a good time laughing, Asobi Asobase is for you.

AnoHana is a prickle in the hearth. You now that something happen, but you do not want to se what is going on. All, the characters, the envioroment, everything is hidden back a happy smookscreen, when, in the reality you can know how serious is the situation.

I just finished Anohana, and I feel sad and happy, how if something come to my room and give me a hug in my soul. How if I can apologize everything.

You can not hate the characters. MAybe you could feel a little angry with some of them. But in the moment, and when you change places with ... them, you can feel their pain, their ilusion, their life, you can feel thier prinkle in the the hearth

Thanks, Menma.

Thanks, Guys