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Sep 23, 2022
Well, I wrote this review because I want to come to terms with the praise this anime is getting while justifying my views on it. It does deserve praise but it is far from being a masterpiece, and this just makes my skin crawl.
Story & characters: 4/10
It is funny how often some of the main characters say they have a goal, but you can never tell exactly what their goal is. Well, maybe David just wanted to take Lucy to the moon.
The plot is pretty predictable and characters' actions are hardly justified throughout the series. It feels rushed. A very unpalpable romance is developed in
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3-4 episodes and that would be enough if only it were well executed. We only get to bond with the maincast through little "AMVs" that shows their interactions.
Hell, the most popular character in the show is Rebecca, who has no depth and is basically just casting emotes during her screentime. She's quirky, I get it.
Art: 9/10
Here, the art is one of the best things I've had the pleasure to lay my eyes upon and it is only held back by how the animation handles it. This is a common thing in studio Trigger and it is what carried the anime for me.
I am a simple man, I see good art, I enjoy it.
Sound: 8/10
Another high point of the anime, there is always something playing that just fits the scenario and makes you go "oooh, nice music", often evoking a feeling of melancholy or just making you tilt your head in its rhythm.
The ending theme is pretty good while the opening theme is average/boring
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Enjoyment: 7/10
The enjoyment can be dictated by how much you can just turn of your brain and enjoy frenetic and bland violence. Oh, I know people do like their senseless violence. I am way past that phase. What did it for me was the aesthetic.
Overall: 7/10
This show is nothing stellar, it is no revolutionary masterpiece, and that is why I decided to make a review.
The action scenes are not even that good and if the violence is what is selling this as one of the best anime of the year then I can only cry about it. What this anime presented was a cast of disposable characters and a story that flows, invariably, to their deaths; but ay, they did look cool while doing it, right?
What is good about it? The art/animation and sound. You could take away all the dialogue and still have a decent 10 episodes to sit through and still have the characters' feelings been convened. That said, I do recommend it, and personally give it an 8/10 while feeling it doesn't deserve more than a 7.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 27, 2021
This review reflects, without spoilers, what I could gather from the show as a whole and what I think about the second season, nothing too indept.
Story: 7/10
The story presented in Mushoku Tensei is nothing worth praising. The execution of the story, however, deserves attention.
If you want a deeper story, there are aspects of it that are very much so, but seem rather niche if compared with more complex stories, and one could say that it is often left behind.
Art: 9/10
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The art and animation are amazing most, if not, all the time, that being one of the better points of the anime.
Sound: 8/10
This anime did something noticeable with it's opening. It shows the characters journey and a lot of the scenery during the opening theme, instead of your regular official AMV. Outside of that I can't really say much about the OST.
Character: 7/10
One of the most worthless characters in this anime is the protagonist, Rudeus, but the viewer is compelled to follow him as he tries his best to suceed in a new world. If only it were normal to portray an infant lusting after his mother as a way to convey the fact that this infant kept the memories of an old perverted prick and also use it as comedy.
Characters that appear subsequently often have a lot of their flaws presented as soon as possible, much like the protagonist. When not, they are still shown to have humanizing characteristics, even if it is only the universal lust shared between them.
Enjoyment: 8/10
If you are not easily caught by the art/animation, the story can still keep your attention for a good few episodes. The enjoyment can come from those little sparkles of happiness and growth we notice coming from the protagonist, as well as the scenes where his cunning behavior brings about a small victory against the grown ups.
However the scenes where the protagonist has to face old traumas or learn something new when put on a tough spot adds much to the enjoyment and to what makes this series so good.
Overall: 7/10
The story so far does have it's clichés, nothing too harmful. However, some of the plot points presented in the second season seemed, for me, either badly executed or even pointless.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Mar 17, 2021
The following review might be filled with salt and spoilers.
I will start with my overall view of the series so that you don't need to waste your time.
Overall: 5/10
Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season is a generic isekai with good fundamentals and poor plot execution with bad pacing and it feels as if it doesnt take itself seriously.
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"The slime isekai" had a decent first season: a lot of characters, good worldbuilding, good visuals and an OP main character. It was overral pretty enjoyable, but I was still surprised when a second season was announced relatively early.
Then, going into the second season, the world is expanded some more, and with the growth of Tempest, new villains are quick to show up.
Story: 6/10
There is nothing in the story that stands out as 'great writing', the fundamentals are well put and exploited properly.
The first few episodes of the second season go by in the most casual way possible, nothing major happens, everything is absolutely fine. The problem with the story is the direction it takes after the arrival of the villains, those being the Demon Lord Clayman, who uses the Majin Mjurran as his puppet, as well as the kingdom of Falmuth, which has the support of the church.
Clayman shows up again using with Mjurran to infiltrate Tempest. The Majin gains the confidence of the people of Tempest and acts as a spy for Clayman. Clayman plots to bring war upon Tempest, apparently planning on gaining power from the deaths caused by it, as stated by Rimuru.
Now let me ask you a question: do you care at all about Mjurran?
If you do I can only assume that either you get attached to characters way too easily or that I am heartless (I did care about how Rimuru would take care of her, and as expected, he did so as if it was the most trivial thing possible). Mjurran does have a fair bit of screentime but nothing too major happens to have the audience fall for her, aside from her good looks and an apparently sad backstory.
Tempest's growth starts to harm Falmuth's economy. Falmuth then plots, alongside the church, to destroy Tempest as soon as possible, beggining a surprise attack on the main city of Rimuru.
A few special individuals from Falmuth are moved first to try and cause chaos inside the city. These three characters are introduced as Japanese people summoned into this world to serve as pawns for Falmuth.
They are villains just for the sake of it. They act as a catalyst for the viewer to despise and wish for the main cast's victory, nothing more than that.
After a scene showing how these three villains are unable to cause much trouble, the church and Mjurran come into action; the church sets up a barrier all around the city, weakening monsters, while Mjurran sets up an anti-magic barrier, compromising the communication between the city and Rimuru.
While the events unfold, Rimuru tries to go back to Tempest but is attacked right away, the enemy sets up a barrier, weakening Rimuru and bringing him close to death.
What follows is the defeat of the city of Rimuru by the three japanese villains and Falmuth's army, bringing a lot of casualties to Tempest.
The episodes in which these events unfold do have a decent pacing and are treated seriously, that is, until Rimuru comes back to Tempest. The supporting characters constantly try to keep the tragedy a secret from Rimuru for little reason. Rimuru heals a few of the survivors and deals with Mjurran. These scenes mostly have a bad pacing, being annoying at times, the dialoges are generic and what follows the seriousness of the tragedy is an even worse comic relief, the characters are almost back to being happy after generic scene N.133092. Apologies made, everything is fine again, some characters provide Rimuru with a plot-driving information, Rimuru sets up a plan to deal with everything.
The seriousness of the previous episodes is all but back, as if it never existed, and I find myself bored and angry at the way the plot developed.
If there is any satisfaction in seen how Rimuru turns everything around, which is already pretty much disclosed on episode 10, it does not make up for the lack of depth the story was developed with.
Art: 8/10
Nothing much to be discussed about the art/animation, it is solid and can be flashy when needed, just like the first season.
Character: 7/10
The main and support cast are decent at best, there are too many characters and too little time to have even the main cast grow at all, since there is no focus even in the drama between the Majin, the hero(s) and Grucius. That said, the design is fine and the characters are likeable and have at least some charisma.
Villains are just that and add little to the story as a whole, no background is shown and there is nothing likeable about them.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Mar 31, 2020
Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu - THE WHAT? Call it Bofuri for short.
Story (6)
Nothing new, we've seen it before, a world where people play ultra-realistic games, in which the players quite literally enter the game's world. But this time, they're aren't trapped inside the game, they are merely playing a game.
Yeah, nothing to be trilled about, it's a "casual" anime, I would say, so this excuse of a story fits just fine for what the anime has to offer.
Art (7)
The animation is solid and simple, there's no real quality drop throughout the show. There are some pretty good
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pieces of animation that stand out, as well as scenes where movement is replaced by stactic frames.
The scenery varies a lot and is well put together, always good to look at, even though it's mostly stactic.
Sound (6)
I don't often have anything bad to say about sound, but once or twice I found myself troubled by the fact that the song didn't match the scene. Outside of that, nothing stands out.
Character (9)
----Main characters----
Maple
The protagonist, I hope everybody agrees, caries this show on her back, she is a cute girl doing weird but cute things inside this new game her friend told her about, and she is lovely. A naive girl exploring a game. One of the best things about watching Maple is her unpredictability.
Sally
Sally is Maple's classmate and friend, the one who presents Maple to this new game. Sally is a bit more mature than Maple, and often tries to do whatever she can to ensure that Maple enjoys playing the game and can achieve good results in the in-game events.
----Supporting characters----
All of the other characters seem and are pale in comparison to Maple, and even their designs can be a bit of a letdown, but they're fine nonetheless.
As the anime intends only on showing the cast having fun, there are no scenes that connect us to them, we know nothing about them besides their personas while playing the game, and that is, almost nothing.
Every other character will, eventually, be affected by Maple's charisma, and they are all there just so that Maple can do her job.
ENJOYMENT (9)
ALL IN CAPS, this anime's name is ENJOYMENT.
If you ever played an MMORPG before, you will may recognise most of the features the cast comes across. That said, do not count on an anime to give you a real game experience, because it absolutely can not do so, and Bofuri does not try to do so. Most of the features are transformed into extreme mechanics that end up being either unpredictable or extreme enough to make you laugh, and it matches perfectly with Maple's unpredictability, which results in a really enjoyable show.
Overall (8)
The most enjoyable run I had in a while, Bofuri is pure fun. The characters are trying to have fun playing a game and the best part is that they drag you with them.
One thing I can't leave outside of this review is the exploration. The characters do explore a good amount of places, but the feeling of exploration is rather faint, even with a good amount of "exploring" scenes, due to the casual way the characters deal with it.
That's it, I had fun, and I imagine that's something we all want, something this anime can deliver.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Mar 27, 2020
Somali to Mori no Kamisama - Somali and The Forest Spirit.
THERE WILL BE SPOILERS IN THE CHARACTER SECTION.
If, by any means you're reading this and haven't seen the anime yet, here's my conclusion: it is cute, it is beautiful, definitely, so if that's what you like, serve yourself, is shows plenty of cute and a cute father-daughter relationship, but you shouldn't expect much more than that.
This is a review from someone who didn't enjoy nor like much of this show, therefore, expect a grain of salt.
Story (6)
In a fantasy world, we follow the story of a child and a father, well, that might be a
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good dynamic, right? And it is. If only it could be backed up by good writing.
Somali is a human girl on a world full of humanoid animals/beasts called the Grotesque, who happen to eat humans. Somali escapes them and comes across a Golem, a guardian of the forest, that decides to help her. They depart on a journey to reunite Somali, properly disguised, with her own species.
Art (9)
The art is one of the selling points of this series, it is unique and feels good.
It works well to the world building, every new place is different, carries it's beauty and it's danger, which makes you look forward to the journey.
Oh, if only this could be backed up by good writing.
Sound (7)
Believe me I am not the person who can talk about sound, but I can discern between extremelly good or extremelly bad. This show's sound was neither, hence the 7, it did it's work.
Character (9)
The two main characters are the best we get, and they're pretty good at first glance.
-The father-
The Golem is by far the most interesting one, being basically a force of nature with the mission to guard a forest, who acts as logically as possible and seems to have no emotion nor the ability to understand it. He's the one who grows. He is the force that keeps this anime going till the last episode, you'll love him.
-The daughter-
Somali is also interesting, a human child who somehow escaped the Grotesque and came across a Golem that decided he would help her.
At first, Somali does the job of a child pretty well, being cute and not being annoying, and, more importantly, she loves her (new) father, the Golem.
All is fine until the second half of the series, Somali never grows as a character, "but she's a child", well, children do learn, Somali doesn't.
Somali faces a lot of challenges throughout the story, at times, showing of her childish behavior at it's best, other times, after facing a bad time, she seems like a grown up and fully developed character, which isn't the case.
-The sidecharacters-
As the main characters travel, they make friends along the way, face some danger and depart.
The supporting cast is not bad, but they feel a lot like they're disposable and too bland.
Enjoyment (6)
And here's the problem, FOR ME. The father and daughter's journey can be enough for many people, it wasn't for me.
Every other episode seems almost pointless, to the point of boredon since it's either an episode just for the cute scenes or for a danger as unpaupable, bland and cheap as possible.
Overall (6)
One of the big points of this shows should be, and it is for most people, the world building. I disagree. All we know at the start is that this is a fantasy world where human beings have been eaten by the Grotesque, so Somali is in constant danger. Nothing wrong with that. What is wrong, however, is that we continue to see beautiful places and the daily life of the Grotesque and the main characters... repeatedly, with little to no change, and for me that doesn't make for a good world building.
The show focuses on the relationship of both main characters, from episode one Somali shows to be attached enough to her new father, there isn't much room for growth (the Golem is the only one that grows).
That's going to be all, I won't tackle all of it, and I doubt I would be capable of doing so. My opinion was stated at the begging of this review. I had high expectations for this show, my overall is 6/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jan 16, 2020
Yay, spoilers!
This is Code Geass at it's best, and I didn't believe it could get better before I watched this.
Come on, Code Geass has mecha, so it is full of unrealistic technology, supernatural powers, Kururugi Suzaku and Big Brain plays everywhere. So none of these characteristics are new to anyone who has watched anime once before.
Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch first came out in 2006 and ended in 2008 with one of the best and saddest anime finales I've ever laid my eyes upon. If you can't relate to this, maybe consider we are very alike and/or Code Geass is not your kind of anime.
When
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I first knew Lelouch was coming back in a movie I couldn't help but think that they were going to butcher the great ending to the series for the sake of making money on Lelouch and his crew again, and that Code Geass and Lelouch's death, as I came to accept it after watching the series time and time again should remain untouched.
This movie shows us all of the great and not-so-great characters again, and does so the same way the series used to do, as we should expect. That's it, the movie does nothing different from what the series used to give us.
To have Lelouch back for one final display of his Big Brain's abilities is just too satisfying for someone who had invested themselves in that 2006 anime.
----- Story (9/10)
The story just works, it is Code Geass, and the movie's plot puts together everything we know it for, it is no masterpiece and there are a lot of questionable points in it. The conclusion to the story elevates my view on this
----- Art (9/10)
The artstyle is the same and the animation is filled with money and time, which means it's well made, something I've come to expect from what we call movies. I am no expert, I just like it. A lot.
----- Sound (6-7?/10)
I can't give it my best view on the soundtrack since I often just lose myself while enjoying the ride and even though the sound plays a role in it, I can't tell how good it is, what I can for sure say about it is that it was just enough so that there are no wierd soundless scenes or out-of-place sounds. I will be revisiting the whole series and I will try to pay more attention to this.
----- Character (10/10)
The old characters remain as good as they were and only a few go through some kind of development, as the other don't really need it and the movie is more of a re-encounter between them to achieve a common goal. The only new characters are the antagonists, which receive a brief introduction throughout the movie, we know too little about them to care about them, and enough to understand their motivations, or, if you are a bit more critic, just accept their role as antagonists.
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As the movie hints you that "Lelouch doesn't know if he'll be allowed to exist tomorrow" I began to accept that Lelouch would, at some point, perish along the other world after achieving his goals, similar to the 2008 ending. He does make a new visit to the other world and at this point I was sure he wouldn't come back. I could not be happier for being wrong, as Lelouch was saved and came back to end the series.
After the "CC is leaving without telling Lelouch" drama, I was gifted with the most satisfying conclusion I could have asked for, and the best part of it is that I didn't ask.
So Code Geass: Fukkatsu no Lelouch is a masterpiece for those who can enjoy Code Geass to it's core.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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