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Dec 13, 2017
I typically review romance anime and that ain't stopping here.
This anime was pure romance and will be judged mainly on that subject (there was a little comedy sprinkled on top like a light garnish).
Let's get to the nitty-gritty:
In short, I loved this anime, and loved the manga even more.
In long:
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There are so many things to love about this anime if you are a fan of romance, which you should be.
In any romance anime there are things you do not like about the characters or the story. In Toradora, as with many anime it takes the main characters forever to realize and express their true feelings (although tbh that was great, like how good is Toradora?).
But typically, the characters in romance anime can be infuriating in the way they approach their feelings. What Tsurezure children does well is that it does not leave you to perish with a sinking ship that is a painfully slow romantic development.
Allow me to elaborate because so far this review sucks. I promise it might get better.
There are such a wide variety of characters in Tsurezure Children that you are bound to find ones you like. Although for me it was the case that I liked almost all of them, but BECAUSE the cast is so large I was bound to find ones I did not like.
If you are someone who likes quick development in a relationship, there's a couple for you.
If you prefer a long, drawn out development with lots of slip ups and painful misunderstandings, there's a couple for you.
If you like the loli-esque shy girl who underestimates how kawaii she is but slowly gains the confidence to address the feelings she has about a boy in her class, there's a couple for you.
If you like the loudmouth tsundere who really just wants to tell the boy she cares about how she feels but can't bring herself to do it in a way that isn't off-putting, there's a couple for you.
If, for some reason you like the nerdy kid who refuses to believe any girl will ever love him and freaks THE FUCK OUT whenever he talks to anyone of the opposite gender, unfortunately there's a couple for you.
The point is, the major variety seen in Tsurezure children is what makes it so damn great. There's something for everyone to enjoy. But it doesn't get a 10 from me because there is also something for everyone to hate.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jul 17, 2016
Honestly I only came here because I have only written positive reviews so I felt like ranting about an anime that I thought sucked that apparently every other person on the planet loved.
Honey to goddamn Clover...fuck. Just typing the name irritates me. This review will be short and contain LOADS OF SPOILERS, so stop reading if you do not want that.
Anyway, this whole anime for me was one giant what the fuck.
So I love romance anime, but I kind of only want the romance anime to go well, which may not be a great trait to have but oh well I'm a sap
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for happy endings. OF WHICH THIS ANIME HAS NONE!
So you got this guy Takemoto, immediately falls for this 8 year old girl who, surprise is actually like 20-something and an art prodigy attending his college. My dude Takemoto is the nicest guy in the fuckin world! And he gets NOTHING. NOTHING I TELL YOU!
So he is just being his chill self, helping Hagu, or whatever tf her name is, get accustomed to life and the school and everything and she's like "oh thank you I really appreciate it." And here I am thinking "Okay my boy gettin that 8-year-old-lookin puuuussssss"
But then she sees this guy Shinobu's sculpture or some shit like that and meets him for the first time and BAM, she's in love with him. Shinobu falls in love with her too like instantly and thus the love triangle is established. So what happens next? Shinobu disappears for like 2 months (pretty sure I'm being over dramatic here but it was a long time).THE WHOLE TIME, my bro Takemoto is still being the best fuckin' friend to Hagu, doin' everything for her. Helpin' her when she's down. AND SHE GIVES NO FUCKS ABOUT HIM!
Then Shinbou comes back and Hagu is all about him and they kiss and it's bullshit. Then at the end Takemoto is like "I'm moving because I'm super depressed thanks to you guys, fuck all yall" and they are just like "Who tf is Takemoto again?"
Seriously this dude was so poorly treated. I have never seen someone go from Goku to fuckin' Krillin so quick.
Then there is this other love story between AGAIN this really supportive, amazing girl, and this dude who's in love with his terminally ill boss or something. EVEN THE BOSS IS LIKE "Dude, this chick is amazing and wants you so bad and supports you so much." And he's like eh, fuck her.
I said this would be a rant and I got pretty into it by the end there. Anyway, TL:DR,
The characters treat each other so fuckin shittily and in the end it's one of those "Everyone was happy because they realized how important friendship is and they all got closure" Oh bull-fucking-shit. Takemoto probably offd himself a week later, and everyone else was still probably depressed because nobody ended up with the person that they were in love with.
Oh, except the chick who moved on from the dude in love with the terminally ill chick. THAT GIRL WAS THE ONLY SANE ONE! And she was the only reason I kept watching. Fuckin; hated Hagu man...hated that bitch.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jun 27, 2016
I have been writing more reviews on anime I think are underappreciated and I think No Index takes the cake in that category. Lots to say so let's jump right in.
The main genre of this anime are Romance, action, and...magic? Comedy? There's so much going on but let's just say it's comedy for convenience. These will be assessed at the end, now for the other junk.
Story (10/10):
Okay so to be honest this was the first anime I watched that was not English dubbed, like the first ever. I watched it back when I first started watching anime in my senior year of HS (like 4
...
years ago),and it is the reason I still watch today.
And it is still my favorite anime of all time. This is in no small part due to the story.
The story is in good old-fashioned arc-mode so the main plot changes a lot, but one thing that remains constant is Touma's struggle with his lost memories. I am sure that the anime gets criticized a lot for how he handles this but I will touch on that later. Anyway, the memory-los part of the story I believe is handled better than most memory-loss anime and it plays in pretty nicely with the story.
Overall the first season is more of a "meet the characters" season, but I personally thought all of the arcs were really cool and I thoroughly enjoy watching them again...and again......and again.
Sorry I do not go more into detail but it is honestly hard for me to put how great the story is into words. But the Sisters arc is an incredible example of how this type of anime should go. One of the best arcs right there, 10/10.
Art (8/10):
I don't really pay attention to the art as most of it looks the same to me, 8/10.
Sound (10/10):
So normally I review Sound and Art the same way, I say I don't care about them then I move on with my life. But No Index is one of the few anime where the music in it makes it just that much better. The intros are all amazing and the fight music is absolutely perfect, 10/10.
Characters (10000000000/10, but 10/10 for the sake of being realistic)
Touma, to this day, is one of my favorite protagonists. Something about the combination of his voice (great job by the voice actor btw, absolutely perfect job), the way he acts, jut everything is amazing. This is also where I am coming back to the memory loss stuff.
Spoilers ahead:
So Touma loses his memories in like the second episode of the show (actually might be 4th?, idk, been awhile), but he refuses to tell anyone. I am sure he receives a lot of shit for this, but honestly I think it is great. It always sucks in an anime when a great moment happens and a character goes "just one question, do I know you?" Touma is smarter than that. His doctor tells him his memories are most likely gone, then all of a sudden this adorable little munchkin (Index) comes into his room to say hi and is so happy to see him okay. So instead of breaking her fucking heart, he lies and acts like he knows her. And soon enough he gets to know her again (remember he only knew her for like 4 days before the accident anyway). It is honestly a very brave and very awesome thing for a protagonist to do and he handles it so well throughout the series even though he is struggling with it internally the whole time.
Now onto my favorite female protagonist of all time. No, not Index, although she is cute and a great character (same for Himeragi). I am of course talking about Misaka Mikoto. Honestly I have tried to get 4 of my friends to watch this anime, 1 stopped watching just because she lost interest in anime for awhile, one stuck through it to the end and loved it, and two stopped watching....mostly because of Mikoto.
Admittedly she takes some time to grow on you, but Mikoto is honestly one of the best tsunderes there is. She is not one of those "i didn't do it for you...baka!" types, but she is the "I know why I am always helping you, thinking of you, etc. but it is too embarrassing because I always fuck up when I try to interact with you" types. And do not act like you do not know exactly the type of anime girl I am talking about. She crushes on him so hard and it's adorable! I have honestly watched the festival arc like 10 times just to see her get all red-faced when he is forced to tackle her because he thinks he's protecting her. There is a reason she got a spin-off people. She's amazing (and the second season of her anime, Kagaku no railgun, is amazing too).
The other characters are good too, 10/10.
Enjoyment (10/10):
My anime list on this web site is not up=to-date, but I used to have a rankings list of the 300+ anime I have watched (not a ton I know, but I'm a college student so back off!) and No Index has never moved from the #1 spot of that list. I just love every arc so much, it almost brings a tear to my eye.
Overall (10/10):
So normally this is where I break down the anime by genre, give my score and composition for each, but I am gonna make it really simple this time:
Romance:
Fucking amazing. Mikoto best girl.
Score: 10/10
Composition: doesn't fucking matter.
Action:
God that fight scene with Accelerator, fucking awesome. Love the fights in this so goddamn much.
Score: 10/10
Every other genre:
This anime proves that anime is a form of art.
Score: 10/10
Overall: 10/10. Please watch the entire first season, I guarantee you will be pining for the second and hoping for a third.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jun 27, 2016
Yet again, much like with Hundred, here I am just checking to see how many episodes an anime will be this season and am utterly dumbfounded by the low rating the anime has. Hunred was slightly more understandable but THIS? Not TSE!!!! This was my anime of choice...before i started watching Re: Zero. So allow me to be a diamond in the rough, a review for those of you looking at the 3s and 4s overall in the other reviews and saying "is this anime really that shitty?" well I can assure you that it is not. Allow me to explain.
The three main genre for
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this anime are Action, Shounen, and Romance (even though MAL doesn't even list it as a romance). These will be analyzed at the end. Now for the other stuff.
Story (9/10):
A lot of people might think it is your typical shounen anime. Main character has a rough past, hates his power, girl comes, changes his mind, now he's a total badass. Well this both is and is not exactly what I described. Are those the main components of the story? Well...yeah. But the anime just pulls of this typical shounen story so well.
Rokuro had a legitimate reason to never want to fight again. He was scarred at such a young age, and I honestly felt for him. Then this girl comes along, who is not like our typical strong female in a shounen anime who is basically like "Go main hero! Fight! Save the day! You are amazing!" Nah, Benio-sama don't play that shit. Benio-sama gonna fuck shit up and if you wanna join just do not get in her way.
Anyway, the story is pulled of really well so far, and there have been some plot twists that I shamefully did not see coming. Lumping this in with all other shounen anime would be a mistake, 9/10.
Art (8/10):
Unless something about art or sound really stands out, do not expect anything other than an 8 out of me. I do not give a flying shit about art or sound. Doesn't make my eyes hurt, 8/10.
Sound (8/10):
Same concept. Good voice actors/actresses for what it matters. The little rat dude that Benio has can get annoying, but he shuts up pretty quick. But seriously if you care so much about sound go watch the Sound of Music or something. Bleh, 8/10.
Characters (10/10):
Oooohhhh boyyyy, probably a really controversial rating. But I honestly love the characters in this anime. Rokuro and Benio fulfill there teenage pseudo-lovestruck roles extremely well and make the anime extremely funny at times.
The head exorcist guy (although super sketchy, like seriously he's up to something) is interesting and moves their relationship further which is always good.
Rokuro's other friend with the bountiful feast of melons is your typical osananaj-Fuck it-childhood friend, who is cute and sweet and cares about Rokuro so much, she's adorable and a great addition to the love triangle.
Honestly the only slight flaw so far is that the anime has introduced some characters then just kind of not done anything with them. But with more episodes that would change, sooooooo I can't fault them for that yet.
Overall the characters are entertaining and fun to watch, 10/10.
Enjoyment (10/10):
Every week I cannot wait to watch TSE. It's one of those anime that makes you want to write a review about it when shithea-oops, I mean respectable MAL reviewers who are allowed to have their own opinions- don't give it the credit it deserves. It's funny, serious at times, and the romance has been good so far.
Overall (9/10):
Time to break it down by genre:
Romance:
The kids are supposed to be in like 9th grade, so obviously they are inexperienced and shy and adorable. The love triangle between Rokuro, Benio, and Melons is actually pretty legit. Benio is clearly the favorite so far and I think Melons sees her as a legitimate threat to her being with Rokuro, which makes her act even more adorable and ah, it's just so good. And the blushes from Rokuro and Benio, staples of every romance anime, just amazing.
Score: 9/10
Composition: 40% (meaning I think the anime is about 40% romance(
Shounen:
Yeah...it's pretty damn shounen. But in a really good way. Rokuro is not so overpowered right away that he can one-punch everything (though he can one-punch a lot). And Benio is clearly needed for him to be a totally effective fighter, a trait that not most shounen anime have. I honestly think it is a big upgrade over typical shounen anime like Hundred.
Score: 10/10
Composition: 25%
Action:
I was actually surprised at how little action there is in the series since th first few episodes have quite a bit. However, the middle and later parts focus more on plot development leaving less time for fights. There are still plenty though, don't get me wrong, but the ones that are there are not quite as good as I would have liked and are typically very predictable (as with most shounen anime). But overall the fights keep the anime interesting and are starting to segue nicely into the romance parts...I like romance anime.
Score: 8/10
Composition: 35%
Total:
(8)(.35)+(9)(.4)+(10)(.25)= 8.85/10, rounded up=9/10
Hope this review helped. I am trying to review more anime that I do not think get enough credit, and this certainly fits the bill.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jun 23, 2016
This is my second actual review so I am still new to this, so bare with me.
Honestly the only reason I am writing this is because I was checking to make sure the series was only 12 episodes then saw that everyone apparently hates this show (which I laughed at because I thought it would have a really good rating).
So Hundred has 3 main genre to it: Ecchi, Romance, and Action. These will be assessed at the end. For now, the usual garbage:
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Overview:
I was not expecting much when I cam into this anime. I saw the first episode and thought "oh joy is me,
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another freakin harem anime." DAGA SHIKAAASHI, this was not the case. The anime was not like...Rakudai Kishi levels of good, but it also was not Kodomo no Jikan levels of bad.
Story (7/10):
I know what you are thinking, "for someone trying to tell me this anime is not bad, a C for story is not a good start." Well you know what they say, C's get degrees. But seriously, if you are looking for the next Clannad or DBZ in terms of original, great story, then move on buddy.
The story is not amazing, your typical shounen protagonist gets into typical shounen situations and exhibits typical shounen badassery. He is part of an academy of warriors which...honestly now that I really think about it is comprised of like 98% females...like even the staff...but anyway he fights the bad monsters. Yay! Shounen!
I for one like to unwind with a good shounen anime every now and then and just watch the protagonist go through his hard life of being TOO awesome and TOO attractive and grope TOO MANY boobs by accident. It is hilarious and just...so excessive in the best way possible. But yeah the story is pretty basic, 7/10.
Art 8/10:
Not gonna lie I am not exactly an Art major. "It didn't suck," I guess would be my best analysis. Like what makes good art for anime? I did not get a headache watching it but I was not half chub every time a scenic landscape was shown. Didn't suck, 8/10.
Sound (8/10):
Again, not an artsy guy. I said that in my Rakudai Kishi review and I will say it in every other review. The soundrtrack was fine, not out of palce in fight scenes. The opening was not bad either, but I swear I have heard it somewhere else and I just could not put my finger on it. Ears still intact, 8/10.
Character (8/10):
Okay there are like 3 characters in this anime, and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. Everyone else is meaningless. THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE LOVE TRIANGLE BABY!!!
That's right, triangle. 2 chicks, one dude. Harem? I THINK NOT! Anyway, I am gonna assess the three characters separately:
Hayato (10/10):
Dude fulfills his role flawlessly. He protects his friends, like every other shounen protag, and looks good doin it. Not to mention he is dense as all hell, which is of course a shounen prerequisite. But...he ain't no indecisive lil bitch when is comes to his kokoro. My man knows what he wants! Plus he loves his lil sis. It's touching really.
Emilia/Emile (10/10):
Honestly I hated her in the first episode. My thoughts were basically "Here she coooomes, Ms. First to join the haaarreeeemm (to the Ms. America song)". But she was SO. MUCH. MORE! I am a man who likes his romance anime, and Emilia converts this would-be-harem anime into a purebred romance. She is funny, adorable, badass, and straightforward which is a lethal combination not seen since the almighty Stella of Rakudai Kishi.
Claire (6/10):
Fuckin...Claire...Harvwayey (Harvey, but nobody can pronounce the fuckin V because it's Engrish). Honestly she is a good addition to the love triangle. She is pretty much the opposite of Emilia in that she is shy about her feelings but really should not be because she is hot as fuuuuuuck. The only reason, and I mean the ONLY reason she has such a low rating is the fact that she calls everyone...EVERYONE...by their full name. Every. Time. Someone shows up, "ah, Kisaragi Hayato". Oh Emile is being close to Hayato, "What are you doing, Emile Crossfode, Kisaragi Hayato???" Seriously by the end of episode 1 I had everyone's name down fuckin pat. And the worst part is a lot of the names are European...not Japanese...SO SHE CANT SAY THEM PROPERLY. It is clearly a serious struggle on the part of the voice actress to pronounce the names that are not purely Japanese.
Overall, good stuff, 8/10.
Enjoyment (9/10):
Honestly I did not even enjoy this that much until the last few episodes. It was definitely good before that, but the last few episodes rounded the whole series out so beautifully. Not much else to say, I like my romance and this anime had it in spades. Boobs were nice too, 9/10.
Overall (8/10):
Breakdown time!
Romance:
The anime was surprisingly romance-based. Do not let the "Harem" tag on MAL confuse you, this dude has made up his mind by the end. The two main love interests (if you can even call one of them an interest) are both interesting and have their own advantages, and in the end Hayato chooses who he wants to be with, so the viewer gets closure, which is always great.
Score: (9/10)
Composition: 50% (meaning I thought the anime was 50% romance)
Action:
I mean it had action...so there is that. Honestly the action parts were not amazing. They had some really cool moments and Hayato started to be seriously BA by the end, but the fights were too short-lived for anything super badass to happen. The anime clearly wanted to focus on plot development which I was fine with. But if you are looking for a hardcore shootemup-killemup anime then go elsewhere.
Score: (6.5/10)
Composition: 40%
Ecchi:
Honestly the ecchi was not really too prevalent, but what was there was the stuff you wanted to see. None of that "Oh no I walked in on my classmate who looks like an 8-year-old girl while she was changing!" Man I do not want to be confused about whether or not I should be aroused. The main focus of the ecchi was the big-breasted Claire Harvwayieeii, which was just... the correct decision, plain and simple. Like I said, not too prevalent and you do not even see full nudity, but it is funny and entertaining, so it does its job in my mind.
Score: (9/10)
Composition: 10%
Final score:
(9)(.6)+(6.5)(.4)= 8.0
oh hey right on the dot, what a coincidence.
Hope this review helped. Helped me put off homework that's for sure.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 23, 2016
This is mainly a review to help those who ready some of the negative reviews or just heard bad things about the anime and decided not to watch.
Some spoilers ahead, but I will try to limit them:
Story 8/10:
The story is interesting. Satoru is sent back in time for reasons he does not know at first. But he quickly assumes that it is to prevent the death of his classmate. Not to find the murderer, not to find what caused him to go back, to stop HER death. A lot of say he is sent back to stop the killer but why does he not go
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look for the killer?
That is simple:
He does not understand why he is sent back at first. He knows he has to prevent a tragedy, so he assumes it was the death of his classmate.
The story follows this, has some plot twists, and keeps you interested for sure.
Characters:
Honestly these are the only two things I will talk about, story and characters. I have talked to friends and seen all sorts of stuff online that rip on the main characters: saying they are boring, flat, and inconsistent.
I believe that to be very untrue.
Satoru has been criticized for being reckless and having unclear motives for the things he does. Why does he run from the scene of a crime he does not commit? Answer, he is freakin terrified.
Kayo is thought to be boring, but gets better as the series progresses. Yeah ya know why she is boring in the beginning? Because she is terrified of her own parents. The two people who are supposed to make you feel safe in the world scare the crap out of her. I would be a little hesitant to jump for joy all of the time too if I was in her shoes. But Satoru opens her heart up the best way he knows how...by kind of flirting with her.
Which brings me to another point:
It is pointed out SEVERAL times in the series that he acts really weird when he is a kid. His mind is still that of an adult, but he is trying to live his life as a kid, so it kind of screws with his head. Most of the time he has these really innocent thoughts like "aw, she looks kinda cute today", like any adult would compliment a little girl they know (I have two young cousins I call cute and I am not immediately labeled a pedophile), but the words just kind of slip out of his mouth, so it seems like flirting.
Then there is the villain. I have seen so many people on different forums tear this guy apart for being stupid and having no real motive. He does not change his victims for a reason that is stated towards the end, but I guess
everyone just forgot about that, and he gets sloppy when it comes to Satoru because he is kinda freakin out about how clever this kid is. He becomes sort of obsessed with Satoru and starts making dumb mistakes.
Conclusion:
I know this was not a super helpful review, buy I have had these discussions with people and it seems like so many people do not actually pay attention to the anime and then hop on their laptop and talk shit about it.
Is it the best anime ever? No.
Can the characters be frustrating? You bet.
But if you sit down and get through some of the hardships and, you know, actually think about what the characters are going through and pay attention to the plot, then you realize it is a damn good anime, and pretty much everything makes sense. The cliffhangers too man...oh damn waiting a week was tough.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 20, 2015
Hopefully this review helps some people, but it is my first attempt at one so not really sure if it will. Anyway, I have read quite a few reviews where people analyze the art and sound and stuff which is always cool, but I am not a big connoisseur of these things, so I will only touch on them briefly. I will go through the usual breakdown of each category with my own at the end where I will talk about how the anime is with respect to its main genres.
Overview:
I freakin' loved this anime. I texted my friend after the last episode explaining that
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I could not stop ejaculating after completing the series (not really, obviously) because it was just...that...good. I am a huge fan romance anime. They are always my go-to and having action with it is a huge bonus. As someone who can not STAND when anime beat around the bush and drag shit out, especially romantically, this anime is absolutely perfect for me. Now you may be asking why not give it a 10/10 then, well just shut the fuck up and read I will get to that, or just skip to the bottom because that is where I will talk about it. Anyway let's get into the nitty-gritty stuff:
Story (8/10):
I personally loved the story of this anime. It was only meant to be 12 episodes so obviously you can not expect much, but I was legitimately interested in the story when there was one. The main character (Ikki, as Stella so kawaii-y calls him) has a life problem and the determination to solve it, great, love it. Short, sweet, simple, good stuff. Moving on.
Art (9/10):
Like I said I am not a big artsy-fartsy guy. I like most art styles, from "Bakemonogatari", to "katanagatari", to "ping pong the animation". This art style was good old-fashioned anime art. It was crisp enough to make the ecchi parts outstanding so it had to be good...right?
Sound(8/10):
Listen...the way I see it if I don't notice the soundtrack then it means it's blended so well into the mood of the moment that it does not stand out, which is what happened with this anime. I would give it a higher grade but that Engrish in the opening ruined a perfectly good song in my opinion. Can't stand Engrish (most of the time).
Character (10/10, easiest decision of my life):
From the very beginning I loved Ikki and Stella. How could you not just fall in love with them after their first encounter (do not want to give away anything, but it is hilarious and amazing)? Stella is an amazing counterpart to Ikki. She is pretty sexual on the outside but a bit shy and reserved on the inside, worried what Kurogane (Ikki's last name) might think of her. Kurogane seems reserved and focused on the outside (which he is), but is actually pretty much a teenage horn-dog at heart. Even the side characters are great. Alice is mysterious and just genuinely intriguing, Shizuku (please let that be her name I was way too focused on Stella in this series) turned out to be a fuckin' bad ass and just an overall cool person. Then there's the perpetually-vomiting professor, the caring-but-stern father, really it was one of the few anime in recent history that I have seen that did not have a single character that just annoyed the shit out of me. The development is pretty fast-paced but not in a way that seems rushed, just overall the characters are awesome, that's all you need to know.
Enjoyment (10/10):
I'm at half-chub just writing this review, god damn this anime is so good.
Overall (9/10):
I do not give out 10s so easily, so here is my breakdown:
For the purpose of reviews I want to be methodical, so let's analyze each of the main genres: Romance, Ecchi, Action.
Romance:
It is rare that a 12-episode anime has a fantastic romantic aspect like this one. There was no fuckin' around (in more way than one), they just got straight to the point, right out of the gate. Both Stella and Kurogane knew what they wanted and were not coy about it. I personally have gotten sick of the suspense built up in romance anime, cheers to Rakudai Kishi for breaking the trend.
Score: 10/10
Composition: 60% (meaning I believe the anime is 60% romance)
Action:
For all of the romance in the anime I almost forgot that it is also technically an action anime. Some of the action scenes were rather lacking but there were also some scenes that I still talk about with my friends weeks after the episode it appeared in, they are that bad-ass. Can't ask for everything in such a short season, so the action clearly to a backseat to the romance, which I love, but it did hamper the action aspect for those of you not as into romance as I am.
Score: (8/10)
Composition: 30%
Ecchi:
Surprisingly there was not a ton of ecchi in this anime. Personally, I am not a huge fan of overly-echhi anime. You know the ones, where at one point you just go "oh come on that's just excessive! There should not be tits in this scene! I'm not gonna complain but still, come on!" I was also a huge fan that the ecchi scenes stuck to one character, Stella. It made sense, it was rewarding, and there was not too much of it. The balance was great, and that is the key to a good ecchi.
Score: (9/10)
Composition: 10%
Now to calculate the overall score.
10(.6)+8(.3)+9(.1)
=9.3/10
I can not bring myself to round up from a 9.3, so I had to round down.
In the end, overall score: 9.3/10
Seriously if this gets another season I will weep. Hope you enjoyed my first review, stay classy everyone!
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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