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Mar 24, 2024
Watched the whole show in one go today, which may have helped my rating, because this kind of anime tends to become a drag if you get it in the weekly doses of 20 minutes during the original publishing routine. But binging it was fun, because by binging you're living the moment and don't get to think about the deeper logic and contingency that, well, let's be honest, you don't find in any other isekai anyways...
I am not sure what I enjoyed more: this spoof of a genre that I like, but which has been churning out so many forgettable shows in the
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last years that I find myself "discovering" new ones, only to realize that I have already watched them some seasons back and completely forgotten about them. Or reading the many comments here of people who very clearly lack absolutely any sense of humor (either that, or they are trolling me by claiming stuff like the show having too many tropes, the MC being too overpowered or there not being enough character building - as if this weren't the case in pretty much every isekai out there).
So I can only recommend one thing: don't be like me, who let myself being deterred from watching the show when it came out, simply by its title and a general impression that it will just be yet another isekai series I'd immediately forget after having finished (or dropped) it. If you're up for a refreshingly ironic view on the genre for a change, give it a try! I will deliberately not mark this as a spoiler: in the end, the Big Bad gets killed off just as unceremoneously as any of the side characters in the episodes before. If you get this kind of humor, you will absolutely have expected this to happen by that time, and you will not care, because you will have understood that this is absolutely not the point of the story anyways. If this ending annoys you, well, this show isn't for you to begin with, and I have just saved you the time watching it, thank me later!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 30, 2018
If you disregard the fanservice nonsense, which admittedly is rather difficult to do with the way they are pressing their oppai into the viewer's face, it's actually quite an entertaining story.
Luckily, it becomes more balanced in later episodes, up to a point where the fanservice scenes actually go along well with the story and could even be considered important for the development of the whole plot. Sort of High School DxD in its best moments, which means a lot.
After all, with stories like these, you don't relly care about logic and character development. Not that the characters are overly remarkable to begin with. The show
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does what it's supposed to do, and it could have done it far worse.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 30, 2018
Tranquil, witty, not the worst characters around, and a great way to promote the city.
I personally would have liked a little bit more about art, collecting and counterfeits, and less about the romance (the two are obviously made for each other, no need to show them dancing around, and the fact that he's a few years older isn't really shocking to me).
Admittedly, I can understand reviewers who were underwhelmed, as they were expecting some more Sherlock-like criminal cases and drama, although I wonder just how much mystery you can build into a 25 minutes episode.
Nevertheless, I found myself looking forward to another half
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hour of relaxing TV each week. Not all shows have to be about sword fights or giant robots.
The animation is mediocre, but with such a show, who cares?
I wish the Kyoto Tourism Board would sponsor a second season. Shoudn't be too expensive to make such an anime, and I definitely would be happy!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 19, 2018
This is another way of how to tell a story – one long summary. Within 24 episodes, you tell everything, starting with the humble beginnings, where a young and talented mage girl meets a lowly hedge knight and forms a partnership with him, all along to the ultimate end, where they unify all people, become the emperors of the whole world, end the bloody wars, terminate the dark forces, and take an early retirement to withdraw to their chateau and become whine makers. A lot of story that is, and consequently the story is rushing along much more than anything you would expect from a
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TV show.
If you are able to go along with this pace, if you accept that there is not much time for character studies or extensive discussion of tactics and strategies, you get an entertaining fantasy story with a number of ups (and rather few downs, as there aren’t really many setbacks for our protagonists). Foes become friends, allies become traitors, Prince Charming with the golden locks finally demonstrates his skills as a warlord, and there is a “merrily ever after” for all (I don’t think this is a spoiler for anybody, right?)
Okay, much more, so much more could have been done with this very unique relationship formed between our heroes, the young woman with great magical talent and even bigger political skills, and the idealistic knight who more than once appears somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer force of this woman who decided to support and even love him. But, hey, you get a cute talking cat (black, of course), and a viking king dying in a battle scene bloodier than the entire Elfen Lied. This should – and I really don’t mean this in a condescending way – be more appealing to most anime lovers anyway, right?
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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May 17, 2018
I came to this show about 10 years after its initial broadcasting, in order to do some more research on the tsundere phenomenon - and I was not disappointed. The Palm Top Tiger is simply one of the most astonishing teens I have ever seen in a TV show, anime or not - a girl who is so unsecure about everything in and around her live that she becomes violent beyond what would be socially acceptable! And yet you feel the sweetness and the longing for a normal life in her. If you are unable to take this wonderful little ball of fury to your
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heart, it is probably because you prefer the easy way in life and in your relationships! Good for you, maybe, but not all of us are like that…
Definitely not our main hero, Ryuuji. He puts up with her and all her antics. Not because he would immediately understand that no matter what he may be suffering from her, the one who is suffering most is Taiga herself. No, as pretty much any 16-year old high school kid, he generally doesn’t understand a lot, and girls the least. But he has this one character flaw, quite unusual for a boy his age (and teen shows). He is a cleanliness freak, and so the disorderly state in which he finds Taiga immediately peaks his interest, then his paternal, and finally his brotherly feelings. He rather inadvertently manages to turn Taiga’s life around, a point he realizes when he discovers that she actually separates her waste on her own (I guess the deep symbology of this small scene is lost on pretty much anybody outside Japan, except us Germans…)
So in the end, his feelings have become more than brotherly, and more than that, they are reciprocated. I fully understand the displeasure of some viewers with the story’s ending. Yes, it is rushed, and yes, while it is more than understandable that Taiga wanted to go away from Ryuuji until she fully managed to be on her own, it came too abrupt and felt too constructed. But that is the way these soap operas are, once the end approaches. Such series are never completely thought out from the beginning, and more often than not the ends feel somewhat hasty and like something the writers pulled out of their hats in the very last second.
Unfortunately it also did not leave enough space for a little more detailed look into Ami’s development. She had definitely not been nice deep down inside in the beginning, but the acceptance and friendship she received helped her find her way. While it will never be possible to completely flesh out every character in such shows, she definitely would have been worth to have some more time dedicated to her own coming-of-age.
All in all, one of the nicest “regular” teen shows I have ever seen (“regular” meaning that it does not involve slaying vampires or the like). Admittedly with its share of exaggeration bordering the unrealistic (a katana fight in the classroom), some strange genre-specific tropes (but maybe 16 year old school girls living on their own are indeed a thing in Japan, after all, how would I know?), and some of the shenanigans of loves-me-loves-me-not and if-the-only-had-talked inherent to soap operas that do not really contribute to the overall story arch. But, hey, we get to spend some quality time with a number of lovely characters, and there are definitely worse things to do with your free hours!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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