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Mar 1, 2025
All of the other reviews of this anime I came across touted it as "not like the other Slice of Life shows," that the writing was a step above and that the characters were better than your average high school romcom show. I disagree. Besides some above average production value and decent animation, this anime is exactly like every other Slice of Life anime you've ever seen in your life. The protagonist is entirely forgettable, the girls aren't that interesting, their conflicts aren't really that engaging, and the ending is somewhat unsatisfying.
If you like Slice of Life as a genre, you might as well check
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this one out too. Of its contemporaries, this is probably one of the better ones. Just don't expect a life-changing story out of it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Mar 1, 2025
The first season of Beastars was an intensely dramatic romance between Legoshi and Haru - the forbidden love affair between a wolf and a rabbit, whose natures are supposed to drive them towards an existential predator vs prey dynamic. It was fascinating, navigating this conflict with the characters together and wondering whether they would be able to work this conflict out, in the end. Now, two seasons later, the original hook - the romance - feels like it has been completely forgotten by the writers. Haru is barely even in the show anymore. She shows up for one episode and then disappears again except for
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brief cameos here and there. Much of the runtime is spent with the lion mafia, whose presence seems insignificant at best and like filler content at worst. And while the season's new villain would be fascinating and enjoyable in any other show, I must admit I cannot bring myself to care about him or his conflict with Legoshi while he takes away attention from what I feel like used to be the main focus of the show.
I don't want to be one who dislikes the show based on what I wanted it to be, rather than what the author was trying to say with the content. However, I don't think I'm being unreasonable for pointing out that the priorities and the character dynamics have shifted since the first season in a way that interests me less. If you were hooked on the political intrigue of the Beastars world from the second season, this season will continue to please. But if you were looking forward to seeing Legoshi and Haru's relationship develop further, episode 7 is the only one that's going to fill that desire.
Also, as many have pointed out, this is only Part 1 of the 2 Part Season Finale. I don't understand why they didn't just call this season 3 and then call Part 2 the "finale." Nothing is wrapped up at the end, it ends with a literal cliffhanger, and I was almost ready to quit Beastars forever.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 24, 2019
I am coming to this review as someone who read the visual novel before seeing the anime. Because of this, it is difficult for me to separate the two and review the anime as its own stand-alone work, so this will not be what I intend to do.
On it's own, the anime is missing much of the context that is necessary to explain the series of events that takes place. It does just enough to explain the construction of its magic system, but beyond that it gives very little to characterize the motivations of its main protagonist, Emiya Shirou, or his heroic spirit Saber. It
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depends on long time fans of the VN to supply that knowledge for themselves or else be caught in the middle of long confusing expositional info that the show spends little to no time to explain for newcomers of the series.
That being said. for the fans already familiar with the Fate universe, Unlimited Blades Works gives them a story that cuts down on much of the fat of the VN while providing really good fight animations to make up for the still frames of the original novel. The show fills in the gaps left in the VN and breathes life in some of the most memorable scenes of Fate/Stay Night without depending on Mirror-Moon's translations and the imaginations of Western audiences to fill in the gaps. Characters are rendered in more believable detail, and action, which had always been lacking due to the technological limitations of the mid-2000s, are now the centerpiece of the production.
I would not recommend this show to someone looking for a good introduction to the Fate universe; for that obviously, the visual novel from 2004 is the best starting place. Beyond that, however, the show is an excellent adaptation that maintains the spirit of the original while improving upon its biggest flaws and capitalizing on its greatest strengths.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Nov 9, 2019
The First World War is a particularly fascinating case study in human suffering. The seemingly nebulous ends on part of the participating states, paired with the tremendous loss of military and civilian life for very little tactical gain in addition to the premiere of new technologies such as mustard gas and long range artillery, render the conflict one of the bleakest and most anti-humanistic affairs in our long and already violent history. The Saga of Tanya the Evil sets itself up in a unique position to explore the human cost of the war from the eyes of both the soldiers in the trenches and the
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officers seated in high command. Unfortunately, the introduction of the mage system and the decision to turn the punished reincarnated salary man into an absurdly overpowered angry demon loli cause the show to fall flat of this potential.
The plot features Tanya, said angry demon loli, leading the alternate universe Axis powers to a string of laughably one-sided victories against their inept opponents episode after episode. Their forces are never shown to suffer any serious losses nor are any of the "risks" they take shown to fail. Even when members of Tanya's squadron are defeated, they only come right back in the next five minutes of screen time. In this regard, The Saga of Tanya the Evil fails in the most essential task of any good war story: to establish a tangible sense of danger. The characters too are lacking in depth and easily forgotten, and the sound design, important in this genre for immersing the audience in the show's setting, is unconvincing at its best.
If you are looking for another wish-fulfillment fantasy action show to waste a couple hours on, perhaps you will be satisfied with Tanya the Evil, though there are better ones out there than this. Ultimately, my biggest disappointment with the show is knowing what it could have been. What could have been a show about the philosophical musings of a cynical Japanese businessman forced to rediscover his humanity in the midst of the devastation of war is instead reduced to a bland, mediocre tour of the battlefields of World War I without any of the stakes or consequences.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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