1. Story (1)
Unoriginal plot, cringey dialogue, unrealistic goals, neverending cliches, confusing story line and structure
2. Art (6)
Yuni looked pretty good in some scenes, I would've rooted for him more if he wasn't such an asshole MC
3. Sound (9)
Amazing OP, never skipped it at all, decent ED except for the out-of-tune verse, amazing chorus, emotional OST that the anime didn't deserve, not a 10 bc exaggerated volleyball SFX, the volleyball hitting the ground sounded like a gunshot is this a sports anime or a mafia thriller
4. Character (1)
disgusting character design, superficial motivations, shallow personalities, redundant dialogue, contrived interactions, unmemorable/irrevelant extras, nonexistent character development, where
...
is my redemption arc??
5. Enjoyment (5)
stuck with this anime for 12 episodes for 12 weeks, which says something
6. Overall (3)
decent music barely balances out the terribly executed plot and bland characters, OP is honestly the highlight of each episode
Read on for more dissing and hate :c
*** sorry, not spoiler free ***
1. Story (1) PATHETIC
why is this story pathetic? one, their team barely qualifies for the prefectural tournament in past years, but the anime follows their delusional goal of defeating the top contender aka the red team (theyre so irrevelant that i cannot remember their HS name for my life) but what are their skills? NOTHING, they have a so called "a c e" yuni who has limited/nonexistent volleyball skills and absolutely zero passion for the sport
follows their lame, undeep, one dimensional school drama instead of focusing on training and developing experience is this a homoerotic slice of life or a SHOUNEN SPORTS ANIME MY GOD
time line structure - in the first part of the anime, their ages were super unclear, I could not understand if they were in middle or school high school, first year??? second year???
training arc is a slideshow of the calender pages turning or the clock ticking instead of, yknow, ACTUAL TRAINING
so hard to follow the plot when there is no clear time structure, no deep motivations/goals of the characters except "to win" yeah wow everyone wants to win youre not special captain (i can't even remember his name)
2. Art (6) FAIR
The visuals in the OP were beautiful - amazing lightning and nice color scheme
the backgrounds in the anime were decently detailed, if only they could be like that the entire anime but no budget
Character designs are sketchy and it's painfully obvious that they are a ripoff of another popular sports anime
for a volleyball anime, their budget should go to the games/matches but those scenes were the sketchiest Ex) the blocks in this anime were so lame, the hands moved up robotically like a slideshow instead of the characters actually jumping
there was also a painfully obvious lack of muscles on these "athletes" but that is personal peference
instead of explaining specific volleyball techniques and their distinctive features, the characters force themselves to drop the title 2.43 every other line as if it is something deep but it's literally just a measurement of the volleyball net like why is that profound exactly its not
3. Sound (9)
OP is great, ED is great, emotional OST that regretfully doesn't fit the cringe dialogue
4. Character (1) PATHETIC
1) Yuni, our "MC" he heard first his buddy haijima went through a tough time with his "buddies" in middle school, but guess what he does at their first match together?? HE DITCHES HAIJIMA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MATCH WHILE THEY WERE LOSING BC HE COULD NOT GET HIS SHIT TOGETHER DESPITE BEING THE "ACE" even though he consistently received support/encouragement from haijima
furthermore, instead of apologizing for sabataging their team, he shits on the poor dude to the rest of his teammates like a snake, wow were they really childhood friends he DID HAIJIMA SO DIRTY
btw, this asshole never apologizes to him ever trust me i watched the whole anime
then in the second half of the anime, he became a background character with one line per episode talk about inconsistent
2) Hajima(the most decent character in the whole series), our boy deserves better but for the whole anime he carries his shitty ass team in middle school and high school
his ahole BFF Yuni the snake rats out on his "mistake" to the rest of the team, so now everybody hates him, but guess what his mistake was - it was just strongly telling his ex-teammate to get his shit together, and that dude "tried to commit suicide" which was LATER REVEALED TO BE FAKED so yuni just made haijima look bad for no reason
hajima also has an unhealthy dependency on yuni and overestimates him too much, saying that yuni is his "limbs" and dreaming about them going international when he needs to open his eyes and see and that yuni has zero (0) passion and laughable talent for the sport
3) the captain of seiin
he wants to win and has the passion, but so little skill that he isn't even a regular...how is this man the captain if his team can't even consistently depend on him?? (yes, he got booted off the team and became a bench warmer/floor sweeper who doesnt even join the team huddles because hes BUSY MOPPING THE FRICKING FLOOR LIKE A PEASANT), but bc haijima and yuni helped him realize his dream of winning the prefectural finals, he suddenly thinks he can go to nationals
His "character development" is making the match point against that subaru dude which doesn't even get fully shown bc the animators also think hes irrelevant
He's also a pushover by letting hajima dictate the team strategies and position, like is he the captain or not, grow a spine, dude
4) Subaru and his BFF manager kun
he was refreshing at first but became annoying as they milked his tragic past injury and relationship with manager kun
subaru's goal is to get his bff to nationals and constantly forces his goal onto his teammates like bruh do his teammates really care abt their captain's bf's tragic backstory to make it their high school goal
Manager kun's Incident In The Snow - pathetic, embarrasingly overprotective of subaru to the point where he would try to save him from falling on the frickn snow and breaking his neck seriously what a waste of club funds to compensate for his injury, they didnt spend enough club funds on strengthening the team to go to nationals, which is why they had enough to pay for the ambulance to take him to the ER PATHETIC
childish behavior - endorses a first year stalking their "rival" and disturbing practice - poor sportsmanship
5. Enjoyment (5) Mediocre
Honestly I only got through this by watching one episode per week but it was pretty entertaining seeing how the plot deteriorated exponentially each week, roasting the poor execution of plot quickly became a comedic pastime in this household
6. Overall (3) Poor
Never watching this shit again.
Mar 26, 2021
1. Story (1)
Unoriginal plot, cringey dialogue, unrealistic goals, neverending cliches, confusing story line and structure 2. Art (6) Yuni looked pretty good in some scenes, I would've rooted for him more if he wasn't such an asshole MC 3. Sound (9) Amazing OP, never skipped it at all, decent ED except for the out-of-tune verse, amazing chorus, emotional OST that the anime didn't deserve, not a 10 bc exaggerated volleyball SFX, the volleyball hitting the ground sounded like a gunshot is this a sports anime or a mafia thriller 4. Character (1) disgusting character design, superficial motivations, shallow personalities, redundant dialogue, contrived interactions, unmemorable/irrevelant extras, nonexistent character development, where ... Aug 15, 2020
1. Story (2)
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