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Dec 11, 2024
Link Click has stories that make my belly go chill. That's why it good.
Can you imagine being smothered under the rubble of an earthquake? Can you...? Can you...? Are you imagining it now? Well, having to live these events "first-hand" is scary. That's how you make a drama that makes me people go bwah boohoo waaaa~ Slap stories like that on your face!
You know what other story bangs? Your daughter! She misses you. What does this prove? That you should call your mom and tell her that you love her.
I love how "straight into action" it goes, and isn't that superpower so good?
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Pretty creative! If I asked you what super power YOU wanted to have, doubt it'd think of this one!
Unfortunately, the belly gets warmer as the show continues, because they instead decide to go stab a guy and stop following the formula of the previous episodes. Why?!? The subplot of "girl from first episode goes missing" and also the whole child rapture episode were more on the unsettling end than the "makes me cry" spectrum. These stories were not as impactful as the remaining, which I would love to have seen more of!
As a side note, in the second season, they outright stop doing chilling stories and instead focus on their own plot. Good for them! But that's not my jam, hope someone managed to enjoy that.
tl;dr goes directly to action. first few episodes sells a nice premise of creative time travel; amazing short stories; and plots are pretty diverse, so maybe not for everyone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 11, 2024
Space Dandy is quirky. A silly scallywag. Swooshy flow. Big sentences makes head spin, but small ones conquer your heart! Girls love short stories. You get what I mean, baby?
Why care if not making me smarter? Because... Character movement is too adorable! Too easy game.
Believing in physics is a choice, denying it gives you unlimited swishes swashes. Don't be so stiff, man! Things melt when heated.
Story Continuity? Plot? No. I'm going to the mart, want anything? Language is means of communication, and Space Dandy is a haiku. Short, designed for flow, makes no sense half of the time, enjoyable for any day of the
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week.
Is it personalized? Hell yeah. Look at all those alien designs. They all love booba, despite anatomical differences. Ding! This sin counter belongs in the TRASH! It's ruining the sound design!! Sounds are cartoon-quirky, and I can still hear that cat going mnyenyenyenyenyneye while running. You know? You know...
Bottom line for you: Want to watch it? Check the first episode, it sells the premise masterfully. You get the design of all characters immediately: It's triple baka. The short fused delinquent, the lazy grumpy cat, the outdated robot.
Bottom line for me: Can you believe it is my jam?
It is a masterpiece under the assignment "design an adventure with no story".
Nobody is taking themselves seriously! And it's all complimentary: Smooth music with quirky sounds to get you moving; animation that can't stop yapping; characters just enjoying themselves for being there; and no restrictions to the story or plot armor.
Congratulations! You are capable of reaching the bottom of reviews, which means you can read, which means this anime might not be for you. Just kidding, hahaha... Unless?
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 6, 2024
Monster is masterfully written, but its slow pacing makes it an anime that is not for everyone.
Look, it's really well written, so I'll let the ones who loved this anime to point out exactly why. Pay attention on what other reviewers are saying about the plot, not me.
I'm here more to rant about how painful it felt watching the anime. I couldn't get invested in the story, and often I couldn't care for the characters and their motivations. Ironically enough, it felt great reflecting about the episodes after I was done watching all 74 episodes! So I'm in a love-hate relationship with Monster, that I
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don't want to rewatch the show, but want to keep thinking about the ideas and story presented by it.
That's probably just an intuition I have that it was well written, had a great world to be explored, memorable themes and characters. But watching it? Very annoying, would recommend watching it in 3x speed.
Nonetheless, I can respect a well made anime, so give it a try. Might become your favorite show. Because this is top tier, even if my zoomer brain can't hold attention span to enjoy watching it. You might also hate watching it, but if you look back at what you watched, does it feel like an interesting world? Monster is an interesting world to think about, but not to watch.
No other anime has ever made me feel this weird love-hate relationship with it, so just putting it out here.
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jul 6, 2024
Great choreographed fights, Wind Breaker brings good dialogues about the meaning of strength and trust.
Besides that, don't think too much about it, it's an average delinquents-themed anime.
== Summary ==
Wind Breaker has one major well-designed arc: The fight against Shishitoren school. This is when it also brings its most important messages. Rest 40% of the anime is just average silly slice of life dialogue, with lower stakes conflicts. Main plot revolves around the characters.
Sakura, the main protagonist, wants to be the strongest, at the top of a new school he joined, which is pretty generic motivations. But soon he starts learning from other
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cooler characters that being strong is more than just defeating people, you gotta also be cool to society, and have fun while doing so.
== Why it matters to me? ==
Shishitoren's fight is an exploration of both the emptiness one feels at the top after chasing empty goals for too long (i.e. like an hedonistic treadmill), as well as a talk about who should be held responsible for poor management: The leader who lost sight of the fun in his life, or his subordinates (like Togame) who enabled his actions?
This kind of talk works really well in a system where the strongest are meant to be found in the top (like in delinquent gangs), exploring other kinds of strengths besides physical ones. In fact, I liked a few curved balls that Sakura threw about the meaning of strength, not associating it necessarily with physical strength, but with but as a combination of (1) someone able to fend for themselves and (2) someone that is virtuous, not embarassed of themselves, not "lame".
== Why is it not a masterpiece? ==
(1) Unpolished characters, side-characters are better than protagonists
Sakura is pretty obnoxious, his introduction cliches to 'i must get stronger because stronger = good'. He often tsundere-denies compliments, outright denying social improvements, rather bringing up his old flashbacks on how people SHOULD be treating him. Sakura follows his own goals for self improvement (which is his winning point against Togame); which begs the question: If he is centered in his own goals and self-improvement, why does Sakura shies out in displaying social improvements? This feels pretty unsatisfying.
Other shallow characters: Sugishita and Nirei are pretty bland, both watered down to fanboys of Furin; and Hiiragi barely has spotlight nor clarity in his goals.
I have no further complaints for rest of the cast, as they often have maturity, displaying tangible development, or helping others, specially for Umemiya.
p.s. On a brigher note, more character development can be fixed in later episodes. I hope the anime doesn't keep him as a tsundere for the sake of an unfunny punchline.
(2) The world sometimes feels shallow
Things that happen in the city are pretty predictable: Protagonist wins fights because he's the protagonist; and Furin school is well respected. Dialogue is average, plot is average. 12 episodes, and the world we got is: The school with the people with good morals is beautiful and clean, and society gives them gifts; other gangs are misguided, evil, grimy and goes against society rather than working with it.
The highlight are the cast of characters, which even then sometimes display some hard-headed moments, which I can't tell if done for comedy or catching on the delinquents being dumdums cliche, but it oftens slows the pace of the anime down, rather than keeping it packed with action and meaningful dialogue.
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All and all, there's some good scenes (specially in the Shishitoren's fight). Action scenes have good animation. So, Wind Breaker is a solid anime, but not a masterpiece, recommended for those who already enjoy the fighting/action genre.
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Jul 2, 2024
What are the many things of this world that you never took care to look closely?
Have you ever noticed how dynamic are the shines of everyday light, how unstable your body feels?
== Main Theme ==
Mushishi addresses the many oddities of the world to mushi, some magical creatures, but they're lovely reminders about how our own world is. There's no denial of science in Mushishi, instead, they embrace these as a way of analysing the world, and claim that Mushi are just a way to explain other oddities we might see. It goes a bit to the extreme at times, but nothing feels too far what
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we would see in previous medical incidents. Could our world also have Mushi in them?
== Why it matters to me? ==
I never noticed that light goes through my closed eye, and forgot the muffled noises that can be heard when you place your own hand on your ear. It's silly things like these, that we used to do as a kids that I love paying attention to. To make an entire anime based solely on the combination of magical creatures and these silly themes is lovely. It feels like I'm relearning things about the world that I should already know.
== Why isn't it a masterpiece to me? ==
There's many bits that are a bit unappealing for me: Rural Japan. No fancy schmancy action or animation. Lack of protagonists, since we see the world through the lens of Ginko, a nomad (I enjoy that he is always travelling, exploring the world, the fact he must do that alone means that we won't revisit many of the same characters). Basic routines, day-to-day dialogue, rather than some defined plot.
Despite all that, I still found something to love about Mushishi. Most of the time, I don't have interest for slow-paced, slice-of-lifes, but this anime is an exception to me. Perhaps you'll find something that you will like, too!
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 2, 2024
Tales talking about imperfection, acceptance, and passion.
Shines with its own unique dialogues, metalinguistical commentaries, and jokes.
Often, it feels like I'm doing a disservice by attempting to convey the themes of Monogatari. It's way better executed than any of my reviews, so why should I even attempt to talk about it? This dilemma of mine gets answered by the anime itself: We learn that those who don't express their superfluous ideas online, often become snake goddesses that desire to kill all their loved ones. But I'm getting too far ahead, let's start from the beginning:
== Summary ==
Here's the arcs in a nutshell:
(1) A tiger commits
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arson so that Hanekawa becomes gray;
Beyond this point, it feels like Hanekawa has become really mature, more realistic. She even recognizes that, her names becomes less frail. The main theme here is: "I am not good because I do good things, nor am I bad for doing bad ones". If the world was black and white, this arc wouldn't make sense. The self-reflections provoked here really helped my own ideas about virtue, albeit my own ideas about "The Golden Mean in Virtue" were stolen from me by an old greek philosopher. Anyways, it's a very solid teaching, talking about virtue.
(2) A vampire destroys the world so that Koyomi accepts fate, before learning the existence of black holes that wipe out history;
I don't have much to comment about this one. It does setup an important element of this world: Black holes that devour forgotten mythical creatures. Please, pretend I wrote down here a comment about acceptance of fate, and grief. This review agrees with the same stuff that other reviewers said about this part here. So I'll just go to the next point:
(3) A child deceives herself, and then she kills Kaiki.
Kaiki often teaches others to beware about lies, while being an untrustworthy narrator of the last six episodes. The plot twist is that Sengoku, after murdering him, realizes that her passion is not to be murdering humans, but rather, to draw lewd manga of the 80s. It's a dream so specific, so silly, that it talks volumes: "Yes, that's the dream of my silly loli girl!! I'm so glad she realized there's more to life than being a secondary generic character!" - I yelled to nobody else but me. And that's more or less why I'm writing this review: There's nothing wrong in expressing yourself through the things you're passionate about.
== Other stuff ==
Each one of these arcs mentioned above had their lessons, and the writing and execution of these themes make Monogatari 2nd Season a Masterpiece.
For the music, the songs and sound effects of monogatari are iconical, often having some motifs used for dialogue, or a deep cello for Kaiki. It is its own style, so it becomes quite memeable. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Animation-wise, I think some other later seasons shine more brightly on fancy animations. But the scenes are always representing some new information: Sometimes its a different pallete, sometimes it's just a different camera view, often times these effects are used to convey some idea alongside it, but it also makes the anime pretty pleasing to look at.
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 1, 2024
I like dreaming about the endless adventures that I could have exploring the Abyss.
How many creatures would I find? What would I be eating? What treasures could guide my journey?
== Main Theme ==
Made in Abyss it's about a world ready for an adventure! Look, we all have our reasons to delve into here: Some wishes for great treasures, others for the inspiring landscapes. The abyss provides us with all and much more. The ecossystem here is more complex than what any of us could even imagine, with so much new things to be found.
That's the sublime. The sublime of the abyss is just as
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vivid as that from the outside, but it feels amplified with so many new mysterious quirks. The curse of the abyss is one of them. Do you think anyone understands how it works? Haha, nobody knows! One day, someone a lot smarter than me will figure it out. That's kinda what happens for complex subjects, they require careful analysis, and some really brilliant minds into it. For now, we simply take what we know for granted, and catalogue what can be observed from interacting with it.
Most things we learn from the abyss follow this pattern of knowledge-through observation. We build our own societies, our structures, and hierarchies following our own rules. But the abyss doesn't need to treat a black whistle differently from a red whistle, what matters is how we interact with the world, not the other way around. It all depends on you, so, are you ready to explore it, as well?
== Why it matters to me? ==
I love a good adventure! Many of my dreams involve them, and it's such a cool idea to feed to the mind: Through the day, we live by the mundane; through the night, let the mind explore its own mischievous universe. Made In Abyss provided me with a world to dream about, with its many creatures, treasures, flora and fauna.
== Other Stuff ==
The world-building, and adventure vibes are what make Made in Abyss a Masterpiece.
As for the characters, it feels like it favours a certain aesthetic which I enjoy. Some young passion, and quite some fluffiness. Each one have their own past, their own mysteries. A powerful robot! A smart child! A fluffy doctor! They're having fun in their own way, exploring a beautiful, gruesome, natural ecossystem around them. And it doesn't feel purposefully staged, and gore-y (unlike other shows that attempt to achieve this same contrast), but that's mostly because the world feels so alive, even without the main cast of characters.
There are some very valid critics against some themes explored in Made in Abyss. But as an alternative to them, I'd say that nature plays dirty in its evolution, slowly sculpting preys against our interference. The many parasitic beings of the abyss may be horrifying, but aren't the ones found outside just as bad? I hope that these lens are how the show guided itself through its writing. Sadly, the negatives of this show do become worse in later seasons, to the point they start getting annoying, diverging the sense of adventure felt from the first season.
I didn't feel a strong appeal to the main plot each character goes through, whether it involves finding your lost mother or killing your immortal transfigured childhood friend. It's so specific, that clearly it's something attributed to these characters, so it's hard to sympathize with them. But this rolls back to my previous point: We don't care what brought you to the abyss, what matters is that you're here, and you're exploring it. And that's what I want to see, to learn about this world.
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 1, 2024
Anime that addresses thoughts you may have on your death bed.
You only realize what you want once it's gone.
== Main Theme ==
Sousou no Frieren finds beauty reminiscing the virtuous words from someone you loved, but never realized it. With memories left to nobody else but yourself, you witness the birth of the legacy your old comrades. Most are remembered by their good deeds, rather than the silly day-to-day mistakes and defects you witnessed so many times. Some even got their legacy after you split up. While meeting this ozymandiesque fate of life, Frieren also begins a "new" journey, but around familiar scenes. Like revisiting
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your home town, you can see some continuity of past events, yet so much has changed. As the world around you has changed, perhaps you have changed too? This time, what will you do differently?
== Why it matters to me? ==
[1] The writing of the anime shines the most, with the theme of life and death mentioned above. It's great to witness how we, people, treat our own old legacies. There's nothing wrong with it: The living happens to be more within our scope, that's what we end up focusing on. And perhaps, we're overlooking some great things we have right now.
> i.e. [Sousou no Frieren] provokes self-reflection in search for gratification in your day-to-day.
[2] Still talking about old legacies and the past. It's great to the first-hand exploration of the past, through the lens of an unaging elf. It also feels like Frieren is going through a rebirth, by starting exploring a newly shaped world with a new party - yet she can't let go of her old memories. It's weird having to start new beginnings, while maintaining your old self intact. In adulthood, every single new action you begin requires this sort open-mindedness, acceptance of all the differences you may encounter, while attempting to find consonance with all the experience you previously had.
> i.e. [Sousou no Frieren] talks about what's reminisced about the past; and how to tackle new challenges in the present.
[3] We need more anime that treats life not as a competitive way of showing off quantity of power; but quality of love. I'm all in favour of more anime like this. Specially if it throws this themes alongside a genre that involves a bit of action and adventure, since I may get too bored to watch a slow-paced drama.
> i.e. Because the theme is fun, and want to see more anime attempt to talk about these, specially in an adventure scenario.
== Other stuff ==
So, to be clear, the Main Theme is what makes Frieren a Masterpiece. To add colour to the world, there's some great animation action scenes, and the sound design is satisfying for the most part. The world itself is pretty basic: Some kingdoms, magic, forests - The usual vast fantasy world with kingdoms. I like the pacing, slowly naming the location of our current mission, rather than throwing in a map with way too many names of lords. The comical scenes of the anime are average, and so are some side-characters. These sides characters often have their own quirks: Some are prideful, others are still finding themselves. These subtle quirks communicate well with the main theme.
Now, what do you think matters most to someone such as Frieren? (For a comical answer: Collecting new scrolls, since that's her favorite hobby). But for a realistic answer, what do you think it might be? If I learned anyting, is that a reasonable answer to this question should come naturally.
Have a lovely day.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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