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Oct 21, 2023
One character... really can ruin a season. An entire franchise, even. And that character is Wiene, despite all who may praise or defend her character. She made the show too serious and too realistic, removing the joy and fun that the series used to be. This season was borderline unwatchable because of her. We want to see Bell's growth, not this nonsense, this moral dilemma about monster rights.
Danmachi started as an ecchi slice of life, much like Konosuba. That's why it got popular in the first place, and it was supposed to stay that way. Thankfully the next season restores the status quo to a
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degree, but the damage from this season has been done. Because of Wiene, Danmachi's reputation as an ongoing franchise has taken an irreversible blow, similar to how Psycho Pass did after the release of the infamous season 2. You don't find Danmachi season 4 in mainstream or at the top of the listings nowadays, maybe you'll see it mentioned sparingly once in a while.
If they killed Wiene off perhaps that might undo the damage from this season, but sadly that seems unlikely.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Oct 21, 2023
Providence is easily better than the First Psycho-Pass movie, which kind of says a lot on how the series can stand on its own without Urobuchi. The SS cases preceding this and Psycho Pass 3 onwards are also very close to season 1's quality, which makes you wonder - with the first film coming out AFTER Psycho Pass 2, why did Ubukata rush to make Season 2 with recycled ideas from season 1, destroying the series' reputation? If Season 2 didn't happen, Psycho Pass could've been up there this year and years prior next to Bungo Stray Dogs.
However, Providence also slightly suffers from its bizarre
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position in the franchise, being that it was probably written before season 3 but developed after that entry, requiring viewers to backtrack a bit or just wait to watch Season 3 to understand fully. There's also a heavy CGI scene that focuses on Teppei, who is still basically the forever background character of the series, and thus you wonder why we needed that scene at all.
Anyways, it does a great job exploring a fresh concepts and a fresh philosophical angle, that being religion. The return of a certain season 1 character also helps this as he provides insight and philosophical commentary.
Another thing the film does right is dethrone Kogami as the invincible martial arts god he's been since killing Makishima. In the first time since forever, he gets humbled by someone else, someone far stronger that he can't compare with. And it's not Ginoza, which makes it more surprising.
The other interesting thing the film does, without spoiling, is that it gives us a look at what Kogami could be if he slipped and lost control. Makishima is still dead, but he also lives on in Kogami as they had essentially synced thought processes at the conclusion of season 1. Kogami obviously isn't the villain here but the way it plays out is what one would imagine if Makishima took the driver's seat in his mind.
Providence also does a great job of setting up/addressing season 3, though it does not answer the question of why season 3 tried to set up Kei Ignatov as a rival to Kogami in fighting skills, with several mentions of Kei having a terrifying "dark side". The given explanation in season 3 is either due to Kei having gone to war, or taking after his brother, but Kogami has also participated in wars.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Oct 21, 2023
Case 3 is all about Kogami. For the most part, it works. Him being outside Japan with foreign characters never quite felt natural, but that aside, as the title says, it's about him moving on from his bad choices and the road he traversed while consumed with getting revenge on Makishima.
Unsurprisingly, Makishima reappears as a ghost to chat with Kogami, because of course. He's even glowing in one scene (because we all know he's the goat). But it also seems to be his final send-off as Kogami appears to have moved on and he's not seen in the next chapter of the series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Oct 21, 2023
SS Case 2 is perhaps the most trivial entry of the film trilogy, but it pulls through because it's a trip back in time to the better days in season 1. But as for why the film is trivial - Teppei has always been and feels like a background character. It's his story and the resolution has to do with him, but he doesn't feel like the MC like Akane, Ginoza, Mika, or Kogami do.
But as for why the film works? Division 1 is back. Kogami, Ginoza, and Kagari's teamwork is a delight to see, especially Kagari who we thought was never to be seen
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again. Aoyonagi and Masaoka also return, and the film serves as a fitting final appearance and send-off to Masaoka, given the unfortunate but also perhaps blessed timing that this was his VA's final project.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 21, 2023
Important to note that starting off, all 3 SS cases do not have Tow Ubukata's involvement in any way. Shiotani, who has been involved with every aspect of the franchise, is in charge here. Production I.G. is also back for this passion project, which is why it feels so much like season 1. Though this film feels slightly different as there's another new writer here, Yoshigami, who is clearly a Mika fan. Anyways. it's a solid entry.
Case 1 rectifies Mika's arc in Season 2. But really, given how badly that season went, it would've fit better after S1 or the first film. Either way, it
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does a great job of redeeming/developing her character and her subsequent promotion later on feels earned.
Case 1 also explores Ginoza's character a fair bit, giving us more insight on his resolved turmoil with Kogami, and how he's been adapting to life after Masaoka's death.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 20, 2023
Season 5 isn't the best season of BSD, that title goes to season 2 or 3, but it does the impossible, and gives us a better adaptation than the manga's version of this arc. I was skeptical of the praise at first, given the current arc in the manga has been THE WORST in the entire series with how Asagiri would insufferably stall on and on, with dozens of half chapters and chapters broken up into parts. It seemed like he turned into a bumbling idiot trying to figure out this arc. But no, he was just biding his time and, given he didn't tell
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the manga readers, he got lucky that the season didn't bomb and give the series a bad rep.
I think Bones was smart to air Season 4 and 5 basically back-to-back as a 2-part season, since our antagonists are around for several arcs. However, they broke tradition and actually went a chapter ahead of the manga, instead of animating a light novel this season like they usually do.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Oct 20, 2023
I'll give you a quick summary of my review. Watch it if you want to see cute scenes with Yanagi, and chibi Miyamura. If you're not a Hori fan, skim through the episodes carefully. Most of the cute stuff is adapted, but not all of it.
You might be wondering why I rated Piece as bad, despite giving it a 10/10 the first season. Well, it's simple. They wasted time this season. They FUMBLED the ONE THING they needed to get right, which was adapting the Meowmura chapters. A whole episode was wasted on a new filler chapter around the teachers (who are minor characters) and
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Kyousuke & Yuriko's romance was also VERY unnecessary for the same reason. Especially since Hori's parents' romance is something that would probably justify a full OVA episode, allowing more important chapters to be adapted. The finale was also wasted, given they literally just reanimated the same graduation chapter twice but from Hori's point of view this time.
Yes, the Yanagi chapters were animated, and it was important they cover the babygirl, but... again, Meowmura was left out, along with the Boys Parfait Date and probably a few other chapters. As of now, it seems unlikely that we'll get an OVA for that. And since the main story was basically covered the first season, Piece should've been focusing on all the cute and silly antics the boys got up to.
Anyways, aside from that, Hori is also still rather insufferable. It's not pleasant having her hit Miyamura every episode because of her tsundere outbursts - especially since CloverWorks is pretty faithful to the manga and gives us plenty of chibi Miyamura scenes. Patience with Hori was considerably less this season considering she's abusing our baby (Miyamura) in most of it, and really - Miyamura is the one carrying Horimiya. Hori is mostly in the title because that's the ship name and because her brother Souta basically started the series. Most of her good moments are overshadowed by those tsundere outbursts.
Most of us fans/viewers are watching the series because it's cute and bubbly, not for tsundere tropes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jun 4, 2021
THIS BRIEF REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS.
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Island was a mediocre seasonal show. But it was rather special in that it set itself apart from the others in the first two minutes of the pilot. Seriously, how could that not picque your interest? It's one the funniest cold openings to any series, ever.
It's rather decent for the first half. It's the second half that crumbles apart a bit, due to the time travel elements and the heavy implication of incest. Other routes from the VN also aren't explored as thoroughly, which makes the series feel a bit choppy.
Though to the series' credit, the art is pretty well done and the time travel concept is a bit like Re:Zero, which is to say it's a refreshing take on it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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May 28, 2021
Reading the other reviews, I don't get the hate for the series. Of course, I haven't yet watched some of the series that the other reviewers have, but that shouldn't matter.
Bunny Girl Senpai is a masterpiece and unquestionably one of the best series from the fall 2018 season. But you've heard a lot of this before.
And yes, it's a supernatural slice of life romcom, but it also masterfully explores grief and tragedy in ways you wouldn't expect.
It's also a coming of age series, and it's rather fitting it premiered when it did as that year was when us kids from the 2000s transitioned from teens
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into young adults.
Anyways, every character gets their development perfectly.
Kaede Azusagawa, our beloved panda imouto, might be the only exception to this.
For most of the series, she's a wild card. She loves cute things, she's a shut-in, but she is also questionably clingy (and even comes off as comically incestuous at times) to Sakuta up until her own Adolescence Syndrome is revealed.
With Kaede, the series takes one step forward and two steps back. She loses the clingy attitude around Sakuta, but with that comes the loss of her cute personality and her role as a series regular. Original Kaede returns, but we have no idea who that is, and it comes at the cost of Panda Kaede, for better and worse.
That said, the season ends on a good note.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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May 28, 2021
The final chapter in Gen Urobuchi's Psycho-Pass. That said, the franchise hasn't completely strayed from his original vision, just that he stepped away from his creation after Ubukata royallly goofed up on Season 2.
It's in a weird area of the franchise. Close to Season 1 and 3, much better than 2, but not as good as the following Sinners of the System movies or First Inspector.
Sibyl's presence outside Japan is almost completely forgotten in following seasons, so the movie can be interpreted as canon or non-canon as you prefer.
In that sense, it's more like a love letter to the fans.
Given that the movie takes
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place outside of Sybil's Japan, it doesn't have the philosophy that season 1 was so well known for, instead, the movie sets itself up more as a political action thriller.
But if you're watching this, it's more for a nostalgia kick, so let's get to that.
Akane and Kogami are reunited! They share quite a bit of screentime together, but it honestly doesn't add up to anything meaningful here. So their reunion is nothing more than a tease to the fans.
We get to see some follow-up to the first season, as Kogami deals with the fallout of killing Makishima, manifesting in the form of a hallucination. Makishima died a physical death, but his essence is very much still in the series, continuing to affect Sibyl and occupying Kogami's mindspace, because he still has much to talk about with his philosophical equal.
Ginoza is in a much better headspace as an Enforcer - having come to terms with what happened in the prior season. He reconciles with Kogami, which might be the only meaningful development in the movie.
Animation and visuals are top tier as always, since it's under Production I.G.
Fight scenes are still unrivaled, since considerable time is spent in dojos observing martial artists.
Yugo Kanno still composes the music, so the new compositions here are also nothing short of being classical masterpieces.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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