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Jan 10, 2025
This won't need to be a long review.
Take Yuru Camp. Remove what little plot there was, add in a semi-plot designed for convenience, shorten the episodes to bite sized chunks, and you've got this anime.
If you liked Yuru Camp, you'll like this. If you didn't or were ambivalent like I was, well, you might like this better anyway, because it's shorter and bite sized. With a good dose of Yamanashi prefecture.
And they even managed to squeeze in a plot twist - which they did NOT manage to do in the actual Yuru Camp (at least the first season).
This is distilled Yuru Camp.
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There's no further description needed, because that will tell you everything you need to know.
7 from me, but the only reason I rated it this highly is because, unlike the actual Yuru Camp, it was bite sized.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jan 6, 2025
I don't usually like isekai. My list is littered with isekai I didn't finish. it's either not well done, too trite, too ecchi, too violent, too... well, all sorts of negative tropes you'll find in a genre that anime producers seem more interested in using as a cash cow than a work of art.
This isn't a work of art. But it's better than most.
This anime is a strange, non-ecchi MEGA HAREM. I mean, throughout this anime, more and more people join their little village, and the MC is the only viable man in the village. They're really cagey with the
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whole "sex" thing, so it's only clear that he's done the deed with exactly one person, but since they're so cagey, it's not clear if that's exclusive or not. But the fact that we don't actually know is kind of refreshing in itself. In case it's not clear - this anime is not ecchi. In fact, I'd say it's almost militantly not ecchi. Closest we get is a bunch of lamia, a few communal baths, and a bit of innuendo, but otherwise nearly nothing in that regard.
For a quasi but mega harem anime, that's unusual and refreshing. And quite an accomplishment for over 50 female characters, and one breeding-capable male.
This is an iyashisekai (which is a word I just made up, sue me). There's little conflict, no wars, no real unpleasantness, everything just works out for the MC and his village. What few violent things are extant get dealt with in a cutesy, chibi animation style that deliberately plays the violence down. (For example, when the "dogs" go out to "greet" new arrivals, it's shown as a Beetle-Bailey esque cloud of dust with faces popping out.) Nothing really goes wrong, everyone has a happy life, and, well, that's exactly what this anime is about. A bunch of people forming a happy village. There's really very little plot past that. In fact, I think my major critique of this anime is that it gives a rather idealized and unrealistic idea of how farming works. No need for seeds, no bad growth years, and there's never even rain shown. Basically, the only real accomplishment that the MC does throughout the series is grow plants found in Japan and successfully recreate Japanese food. Well, one other, but that would spoil (even though you can pretty much tell from the episode titles, I'll still refrain).
But, this isn't a food anime. There's no detailed, step by step descriptions on how to make food (and considering most of the meat they have access to is nothing like we do, such as wyvern and blood viper, that's probably for the best) like "sweetness and lightning" or "yuru camp". It's mostly to show that they *can* rather than how to. It really amused me when there was a huge, dangerous animal, and his only question was "can we eat it?"
The animation is alright. Not great, but not awful either. There are a lot of interstitials in a cutesy, chibi anime style - which would typically be annoying, but it works in this one. The sound is alright. There are a few laugh out loud moments but not many. Basically, this is a simple, one-dimensional, mostly plotless anime that still somehow manages to not be awful and even to some degree enjoyable.
Recommend from me. Not a strong one, but it's good for its genre. Don't get used to that.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jan 4, 2025
This anime had some promise, and I was considering watching it through. It was funny in places, but not too much. The characters were a little... one-dimensional, but not overly so, and I was willing to see where it went.
Until about halfway through when there was a plot hole I simply couldn't forgive.
I won't give details as to the context *around* this scene because that would be a spoiler, but if I just limit to the details of the hole itself it should be fine. There is a place where the MC is stabbed by quite a few "silver crosses". They
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are gone the next time we see him, with no evidence they ever hit him, and no explanation as to why they're gone.
You can overlook these kinds of continuity errors in live action. Sometimes these things happen. Mistakes get made in shooting, and by the time it's all over, there is no opportunity to reshoot, and you either have to "fix it in post" or pretend it didn't happen.
Anime producers don't have this excuse. Every frame is painstakingly animated, and the directors, etc., have plenty of chances to fix these kinds of errors before they get put in the final product. Long and short is: someone was very, and unforgivably, careless. I just can't watch any more of this, if this is going to be the level of care put into this anime - especially given the fact that everything else is just mid. If it were otherwise an amazing anime, maybe I could look past it, with some effort. But I can't, because there's nothing else that offsets this kind of monumental error.
I'm going to mark this "not recommended" because of the sheer avoidableness of this error. But, if you want to watch anyway, maybe you'll enjoy it. I wouldn't call that likely, but maybe.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jan 2, 2025
I really have no idea what to make of this anime. I mean, I seriously, really, truly truly, hontouni hontouni have no idea how to rate or review this anime. It's all over the map for me. Truthfully, I only rated it what I did because it's the closest to the average that everyone else did. But, I'm going to try to review it anyway. At the least, it'll help me get my thoughts together, and at the best, I'll have said something interesting you can make use of.
Let me say flat out: this was recommended to me as
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my recommendation for the 2024 Secret Santa, and that is the *only* reason I watched through to the 12th episode. If it weren't for that, I would have dropped it in the second episode. And my feelings about whether or not that was a good idea are still... mixed. I considered it respectful to the person who recommended it to finish it. But, well... umm... I'm still going to be honest in my review.
It did get better. I'll give it that. It got a lot better.
This anime follows our FMC who is a chuunibyou. This is a Japanese word (but not necessarily concept), regarding a child in middle school who takes on a different personality. Apparently a very over the top and dramatic personality, usually. Our FMC calls herself "dark lord shingan", and as the story begins, she just seems, well... completely detached from reality and completely unhinged. But as the series progresses it gets, well... darker, I suppose. There's a reason for it, and that is explored in the last few episodes. I dare not say more, because not only will Shingan get me, well, it'd be a spoiler.
But there's plenty I can say without spoiling.
This anime also follows our MC, who is a "reformed" chuunibyou. He was one in middle school, went to high school in order to escape his chuunibyou path, and, well, ends up being drawn back in. Toss in a middle school girl who thinks she's Shingan's (Rikka's) apprentice, and another girl who is also a "reformed" chuunibyou, and, well... things get weird. Really, really weird. Oh, and how could I forgot the tsundere ladle-wielding older sister?
But funny, too. Thankfully. And a bit heartrending.
The reason this anime is so difficult to review is because I'm not really sure what it was trying to say. It was *clearly* trying to say something, but what it was seemed to change as the anime progressed, and that just ended up confusing the snot out of me. It seemingly started as an anime about regrets, trying to start a new life, and being pulled back in against your will by an unhinged neighbor. It turned into an anime about dealing with unprocessed grief and loss. And it ended up being one about not accepting the status quo and reshaping reality to one's own will. Or something. I still haven't quite figured out what the ending was trying to say. Not being able to stick to one message is its greatest flaw.
Now, all that said, that aside, this anime did a lot of things right. I was afraid when it started that this anime was going to be another one of those anime (like "The Angel Next Door Spoils me Rotten" or "vtuber legend") that makes fun of mental illness or sweeps it under the rug. Very much to its credit, this anime didn't do that, first few episodes notwithstanding. It's questionable whether the FMC was mentally ill, but I think it's clear that something went screwy somewhere. Instead of making fun of it, or pretending it didn't exist, it went deep. The causes and the motivations were explored. Sensitively, frankly, and mercilessly. This is, for the *most* part, the kind of quality story you'd expect from kyoani at its peak. At times (mostly because of the art and animation) I got vibes from Sound! Euphonium, and there was also, I think, a nod to k-on in there somewhere. The animation, music, art, etc., were all top notch - just as you'd expect from kyoani in its prime.
And it was funny. I mean, really funny. The comedy was well executed, especially between the middle schooler and the reformed female chuunibyou (they *hated* each other for a while).
Oh, I kinda have to address its quasi-ecchiness. It's about half ecchi. There aren't any real pantsu shots (think somewhere between K-on and ecchi) but there is definite quasi-sexualization and it would be difficult for me to call this wholesome. Honestly, if they *wanted* to make pantsu shots, they'd just have to, er, draw pantsu. Most of the skirts are short enough to accommodate. But it's not really ecchi either. It's somewhere in between, just on the border of discomfort, and, well... that makes no one happy, right? I don't know why high school uniforms in anime always have skirts that short. It's not realistic and there's only one real reason. Sound! Euphonium handled that well - the girls deliberately hiked up their skirts, and I have it on good first-hand authority that that *does* happen. But if you don't show that, and every single girl has a skirt that short, well, ummm... no excuse, really. That's just to show leg.
And one other thing I considered annoying was its penchant for comedic violence. You know, "choppu", comical bonks on heads, pulling girls by their hair in a quasi-comedic way, sisters throwing ladles, that kind of thing. It just wasn't necessary, and I don't like that. The only thing I can say positively about that (and it's a weak positively) is that some of the violence kind of made sense for the story - it seemed to be the only thing that snapped Rikka out of her chuunibyouness sometimes. But still, IMO, that's no excuse at all.
I can't rate it as high as some might think it should be. I really can't. I love what kyoani produces (and they rarely produce stinkers), but at the end of the day, I just can't get past the fact that they didn't seem to know what story they wanted to tell.
I have a personal reason for my feelings on this anime as well. Let's just say that parts of it hit a bit too close to home, and not in a good way at all.
In summary, this is a good, not great anime, that suffers from a *major* flaw, takes a while to hit its stride and even then isn't sure what its stride is, and I wouldn't blame anyone for dropping this by episode 2. But, as I said, if you slog through a few episodes, it gets a bit (ok, a lot) better, and then kinda falls off again before it ends. Unfortunate. But, shouganai.
I give this an 8, and mixed feelings. And, my feelings on this one are *truly* mixed. I don't know if I'll watch season 2. If I do, it won't be soon.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 31, 2024
This is one of those anime where the main character is neither of the, well, main characters. The main character in this one is Japanese history. The supporting character is Kyoto and its historical artifacts and environs. The so-called main characters are really just there in order to provide an avenue for showing those things off.
This isn't really a bad thing, all told. But you should know what you're getting into.
This is ostensibly a romance. But, let's be honest, there's not really a plot here. It's just a series of vignettes, one per episode, about a preternaturally gifted man
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(deliberately presented with some harmless flaws) who is a good appraiser and/or detective, and his high school girl consort who has a talent of her own. They just go around solving mysteries - kind of like the "bloodhound gang" (remember that? Dang, I'm old) in anime form, wandering around Kyoto instead of New York or wherever that was set.
That's all you really need to know about this anime. I've just told you enough to give you a pretty good idea of whether you'll enjoy it or not.
Now, did I enjoy it? Well, kind of. I watched it through, which is something, I guess. The Japanese history and Kyoto stuff was interesting, well, to some degree. However, the romance and interpersonal relationships were... inscrutable, I guess. If you're there for the romance, well... you can probably find better anime out there to scratch that itch.
Basically, if you don't engage with it on its own terms, you're just going to be confused and leave disappointed. Which is why I think the score is as low as it is. This is not a "turn-off-your-brain-and-watch-while-doing-chores" anime. There's a certain amount of intellectual effort required to enjoy this anime, and, well, let's be honest. That gets exhausting sometimes.
Technically, this anime was meh. Just meh. Music was meh. Animation was on the low end of meh. There were a couple of scenes where characters wore patterned kimono, and it's pretty clear that in order to put the patterns on the kimono they did the anime equivalent of a pattern fill. I get that animation is difficult, but that was just sloppy and lazy. When arms move and the pattern doesn't, you got issues. I'm not expecting "girls band cry" or kyoani levels of animation, but there's a certain base level of effort you expect from an anime, and this anime failed absolutely on it.
On the other hand, the other positive things I mentioned aside, this is a reasonably wholesome anime. There is zero ecchi or fanservice, the plot is relatively wholesome (if occasionally a bit violent), the antagonist is not too overdone, and, well... it's one of those anime you can have your kids watch and not feel too badly about it. So, there's that.
Mixed feelings for me. You might like it. But if you're having doubts based on what I said, you should move on. You likely won't.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 28, 2024
Sometimes when doing reviews, I mark them as "mixed feelings" even though I have strong feelings one way or another, because I know other people might like the anime I'm reviewing. In this case, my feelings are truly mixed. I really don't know how to review this.
But, because I can't keep my mouth shut, even when I should, I'll try anyway.
This anime is rated pretty highly on MAL. And, to be honest, I don't understand why. Now, this may be a fault of mine, but I'll explore that in a bit.
This anime is about a bunch of girls who like camping,
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and then go camping, sometimes even with each other. We start with a character Rin who likes to go solo camping, and doesn't like going with other people, and a high school club of girls who also like to go camping, and as the series progresses, they go camping a lot, sometimes even together. That's it. That's all there is to this anime. If you want a plot, that's as complex as it gets. We see lots of camp cooking, lots of descriptions of camp equipment and scenery, and real locations all around Japan that you could visit too if you want.
Seriously, there's nothing more to this anime than that.
In this anime, there is no: violence, gore, ecchi, drama, conflict, trouble, multi-dimensional characters, or plot.
Now, as to why my feelings are mixed: it was boring. Just plain boring. As I mentioned, this may be a fault of mine, because I don't like camping. It's boring. I'm the type of person that would go to a campsite, say, "oh look, there's a mountain, it's pretty. Can I go home now?" So the whole idea of camping is just completely and totally foreign to me. I won't go so far as to say I'm a city boy or can't appreciate the outdoors - I can. I remember once driving through the Columbia River Gorge and I was very much struck by its beauty, or driving past the Medicine Bow Mountain in Wyoming (when my truck wasn't actively flipping over, long story), but spending an entire day or night out in the cold is my idea of a personal hell. So, while many people might really enjoy this anime, I just... well... didn't.
But there are some things about this anime that were just objectively bad. For example, the irresponsible sensei going to a camp as a club advisor, being the only one who could drive, and getting smashed. What if there were an emergency? If they had called that out, I'd be fine, but they just played it for laughs. Also, as I mentioned, the characters are one dimensional. There's very little (but not zero) character growth, and all that growth is entirely centered around camping. All the rest can be excused as being just what the anime is, but there are some things that are required for a good story, and this anime just outright refused to do them.
It wasn't all bad, though. The anime was full of funny moments, mostly related to how the girls interact, and all of them really were very cute. For a CGDCT slice-of-life it really is about what you'd expect, I guess.
This wasn't a bad anime. I wouldn't call it trash, or anything like that. I also wouldn't call it a work of art or masterpiece. It was just your average run of the mill "iyashikei" anime with slightly above average art.
Now, that said, I haven't said anything about the music. It wasn't above average. The OST was mostly awful. And that's because it had jarring musical and instrument choices that occasionally took me out of the story (such as it is) with "wow, that's jarring." The ED and OP were alright, though.
Anyway, if you liked it, great. I can see how someone who enjoys things like the outdoors and camping would. I just didn't. So it's mixed feelings, both because I don't really know how to rate it, but also because I can imagine a certain type of person would really like it. I'm just not that type of person. The odds of my watching seasons 2 and 3 are low at this point, but who knows, I might get bored.
Mixed Feelings from me, and that about covers it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 23, 2024
This review will assume you've watched season 1 and 2, and there may be spoilers for those series. But I consider that acceptable, because it's probably not a great idea to jump in on season 3, particularly with *this* anime. Watch those first.
I'll wait.
Gosukomushi... Gosukomushi.. hey, wait. Sumire! Put down that rope! And that palm frond!
Okay, here we go!
Wien Margarete might be the most interesting character in the whole "Love! Live" franchise, and might be one of my favorites in all of anime.
In season 2, Wien (Margarete? I guess there's some discussion/debate/otakufights (which consist of smacking each other with
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waifu catgirl tails) on that, but I maintain Wien is her LAST name) was a secondary character, who ended up being the "Big Bad" towards the end of the season. She ended up losing, and the reason she ended up losing was made very clear. She didn't know how to be an idol. She was a spectacularly competent dancer/singer, but she had absolutely no idea how to connect with her audience. In point of fact, she became an idol just to stick a fork in the eye of all the "real" idols.. and she failed. Hard. We left season 2 when she donned a Yuigaoka uniform and was going to go to school with Shibuya, for reasons we didn't understand at the time.
In season 3, she has been upgraded to a main character, along with Tomari, the other new addition to Liella!. Well... maybe.
I think it's fair to say that this season is, in part, an exploration of the redemption of Wien, who left the previous season absolutely *hated* by pretty much everyone. I refuse to say how that turns out, clearly. But given the way Wien's character was introduced, I think you can probably take an educated guess or two as to how it might turn out, and you have a decent chance of at least coming close to the mark. Let's just say I think she's the most interesting character for a *reason*. But...
This is a very predictable story. The main plot points are mostly telegraphed from miles away - I don't even really know how you'd spoil this anime because there aren't any plot twists worth speaking of. You pretty much know how it's going to turn out from day 1, and, well, this isn't ""Hibike! Euphonium", where you *thought* you did but they pulled one over on you and made you cry in the process. This is "Love! Live". We're not here for a coherent story, or realism, or anything but a barely realistic musical where a bunch of girls have a dream of winning a competition, and nothing is going to stand in their way. Not common sense, not realism, not typical high school girl competence. These girls make professional music, professional costumes, professional stages, professional everything, even though in every other way they're just typical high school girls. But, as with the previous two seasons, don't let that get in the way of enjoying this series. It's a musical, and no one ever watches a musical with the idea that they're going to get a real or realistic *anything*. It's just there for entertainment, and it delivers. Nothing more than that, but if you wanted more than that, maybe watch "Wake up girls!", "ID@LMASTER: Cinderella Girls" or maybe "Girls band cry". Even "Bocchi the Rock" would be better for that. But if you can accept this for what it is, you get to watch eleven girls singing, dancing, and sometimes even being nice to each other.
You get a new idol song, new costumes, and new venue at the end of each episode. All the songs are typical idol. Which is to say, not interesting whatsoever. But if you like idol music, well, there ya go. You get lots. You know, looking back on it, I'm not even sure why I enjoyed it. The music is mid (as with most but not all idol music), the plot is mid, everything's mid. And yet, well, I did. Go fig. Maybe it's just because Love! Love is that kinda franchise - it's turned mid into art.
Gosukomushi, gosukomushi.. *ahem*. Oh, yeah, that costume makes an appearance. Poor Sumire...
Anyway, that's my review. If you liked seasons 1 and 2, you'll like this, because it's more of the same, with an extra dose of Wien. If you didn't like seasons 1 and 2, you'll probably not like this. If you didn't like Wien, well, give it a chance. She's not a bad girl. Just really driven, and a little socially inept.
Song for me! Song for you! Song for all!!!!
Recommend from me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Dec 22, 2024
What a strange, but in the end, funny, anime.
This story follows a rather busty young woman with an absurdly long name, her rather one-dimensional coworkers, a section manager that's also a bunny somehow, two high school girls, a small obaachan who can't stop talking, and her uptight socially awkward banker grandson as they work in the ward office in a nondescript (non-existent) town in Hokkaido. Or, more accurately, as they have contrived social drama in a ward office in a nondescript town in Hokkaido, while somehow occasionally also managing to do work. Basically, it is almost literally a slightly rougher version of "My
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Tiny Senpai" - even right down to the self-aware ahoge.
This is one of those anime that it's difficult to spoil, because there's nothing in particular to spoil. There's a plot, but it's the kind of slice-of-life plot that really only exists so that the show isn't completely boring. Basically, this is a comedy anime. It's not even really a rom-com, though there are romance elements. It's just comedy. Silly, contrived situations that end up being funny, sight gags, that kind of thing.
If that's your thing, then this is an anime for you. I mostly liked it. Well, maybe more accurately, I didn't hate it.
So, a few notes. This is not an ecchi anime. It's also not really for kids. As I mentioned, the young woman is busty - VERY busty - and a lot of "humor" is derived from this fact. But if you don't like big breasts and rather frank and crude discussion thereof, you might as well skip this. It won't get better. But if you're looking for floppy breasts brazenly bouncing around to timpani sound effects, well, you'll be disappointed as well. That's not what this is about. Well, mostly, anyway. Only one female character is so "blessed" as well, so that's a good thing.
There's no gore. But there is violence. It's played for laughs, but it's still violence. People get hit, slapped, etc., and a particular stuffed anime gets whalloped several times. I never think this is funny, and I didn't here.
Also, the animation and music in this one are just average. There's nothing at all special about it. If you're looking for a well animated, beautiful work of art, go elsewhere as well. This is just for fun, it's not meant to be taken seriously, and it's pretty clear the staff didn't much take it seriously either. But at least they weren't hell bent on telling you how seriously they didn't take it, so there's that.
In summary, this is a semi-but-not-entirely wholesome comedy anime, that's pretty much only good for wasting time if you want a laugh or two.
Recommend from me, it's not awful, but keep in mind the caveats above. This won't be for everyone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 19, 2024
My one-sentence summary of this anime: It's actually a rom-com.
I mean this in contrast to most of the other anime that call themselves a rom-com, but are really just avenues for girls/women going bouncy-bouncy and getting into awkward situations where one or both characters ham it up. This anime isn't like that. It is genuinely funny, with no reliance on ecchi or any such thing.
How refreshing that is, because, how rare that is.
This anime is an exploration of the concept of marriage, by two socially awkward people who are trying to muddle through a fake one and completely, well, futzing it up.
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Every episode, they find yet another way of miscommunicating, being awkward and cringy, and just basically screwing up. And this isn't one of those anime that treats marriage as such a wonderful thing that is just great for everyone. This treats it realistically. The themes of divorce, the awkwardness of dating and romance, and everything in between, is explored. But it's never allowed to get too dark or deep - every time there's something that threatens to get serious, they do something funny to offset it and keep it light. That might not work in every case, but it did in this one. Because of that, we get a lot of emotional exploration without it becoming too sad or tearjerking. And, believe me, it could have.
There's nothing particularly surprising about this anime - either how it progresses or how it ends. My only real criticism of that is that the ending felt a bit like a deus ex machina - it seems to be going in one direction, and then it shifts for no good reason. But, I guess given these characters, that's not too unexpected, either. I would call the actual plot about average. Mid, if you will.
So, in this anime, art and animation are two different things. The animation is so-so. The art is beautiful. It uses real locations around Japan, including Kumamoto prefecture (a place I've never seen in an anime before), and it's obvious much care was taken. (Considering this is set in a travel agency, I guess that makes sense). But the animation is just your run of the mill anime animation, nothing particularly bad or great about it. Voice acting is amazing, and that's not something I usually say. There's one point where they, well... you'll see what I mean. Sound design is also pretty good, with good use of panning (and most anime don't actually pay any attention to that, it seems). Music is meh, but it's not like this is a music anime.
There is a surprising amount of time spent on the details of glassmaking, and they got it right. That's the thing about this anime - there were some things they really took care with, and then kinda phoned in the rest.
If you want a decent romance and rom-com set in a workplace rather than a high school, with somewhat (not entirely) relatable characters, fairly well done comedy, and beautiful art (but mid everything else), you'll love this. Otherwise, you'll probably want to pass. No action, ecchi, or any such thing here.
Recommend from me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Dec 16, 2024
I want to start this review, right at the top, by saying that anyone who says you should not watch this anime based on the title alone should lose all their social media accounts, and be hounded by a particularly randy pikachu. It's not only an undeserved criticism, it's a particularly stupid one, and I find myself actually a little angry that there are people out there who would try to cancel this wonderful anime based upon a characteristic but misplaced ignorance. There are some anime that may deserve that kind of criticism. This one isn't it.
Okay. I said that.
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Right at the top. Now, let's move on.
The fall 2024 season has been mostly a disappointment. There are only two anime that I particularly cared to watch this season. "Love! Live Superstar!" and, well, this one. I thought this anime had a very promising premise, but I wasn't sure at all about the execution. In fact, the first three episodes made me wonder what they were playing at - if you'd stopped there, you would have thought that it might go in a particularly unhealthy direction.
But it didn't. It didn't, at all.
This is an anime about grief, about love, about family, and about letting go when a loved one dies.
You might think from the title that this is a particularly prurient anime, having to do with an elementary school girl being put in ecchi situations and, well... you know. Let me assure you this is *not* the case. It isn't. Not even a little bit. Not even the littlest, tiniest, eensiest little bit. This is about a girl who shows up at the doorstep claiming to be a reincarnated wife, yes. But it's not that simple, and as the anime progresses, well... you're gonna cry. A lot. It's that kind of anime. This anime would never stoop to that kind of cheapness.
I can't think of anything to criticize about this anime, and if you've seen my reviews, you know I have a very critical eye, and I always try to find at least one thing that could be improved. I couldn't, in this anime. For what it was, it was absolutely perfect. The animation was good (and amazing in spots), the music was good, the voice acting was good... everything was good. This was as much of a flawless anime as I've ever seen, and, well, I've seen a few.
While it's not ecchi or anything like that (not even a little), it does deal with adult topics, such as infidelity, adultery, betrayal, verbal and strongly implied light physical abuse of children (by which I mean nothing worse than a slap or two) but even so, it deals with those things sensitively, and what they do is absolutely necessary to the story. So it's fine, at least in my opinion.
Watch this anime. And don't listen to the people who tell you not to because of the title. In fact, don't listen to them. At all. Ever again. I'm serious. Just don't.
Recommend and a 10 from me, and quite frankly I'd give this one a 10+ if I could.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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