I actually liked K-On! and K-On!!, and I like slice-of-life anime in general.
Perhaps 22 minutes of aimless antics seems charming, but you can't expand it to nearly two hours. The entire movie has about the level of "conflict" (like, say, Yui wants a guitar) as a perhaps two episode of the series spread across 2 hours or so. In my opinion, it just doesn't work. This is about 2 episodes worth of content (40 minutes) spread across 110 minutes, and it's really boring.
I say this as someone who views K-On! and K-On!! favorably, so don't be super surprised if you liked the series but
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Dec 4, 2019
Hidan no Aria
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I really liked this show. With the generally negative reviews, I thought I'd tell you why.
It seems like the show has an average score of around 7, but the reviews seem to run a bit more negative. It does seem like the sort of show a critic would pan, considering that it has ecchi and harem elements, and doesn't really attempt anything new. However, I don't really hold those things against a show, per se, although a show attempting something new and pulling it off can score pretty major points by pulling it off well. This show executes on what it does pretty well, *given* that ... Feb 5, 2017
One Punch Man
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I really enjoyed watching this show. I found it really easy to digest. Some people criticize it for just being what it is supposed to parody. I agree that it is what it purports to parody, however, I found that it did the battles so well that I really enjoyed that aspect of it, all parody aside. The heroes have well-defined classes. If a hero in a class gets beat, you know whoever he fought will give another hero in the class a good fight, and possibly win.
I found the soundtrack well-produced and pleasing, but understated and not very memorable. I feel like they really ... |