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Haven't wrote any review in such a long time, but after seeing "Yahari Ore", this is a must. Before getting to any details on the ratings, this anime is based quite on the realistic side. It's so realistic sometime to the point where it's irritable. That's exactly why I love this anime, and maybe some of you loner may like it too, because it will, or might, remind you of yourself in the past. Believe it or not, but this anime is probably one of the closest there is to reality. Although some part may seem too great to be true. Certainly people will disagree, ... but the problem with that is because they have never experienced some of the obstacles that were laid down for the characters. Certainly I have experienced some of them, which really brings out the emotions of how the characters were feeling into reality. This is why the story was great and amazingly crafted.

Story: 9
The reactions people may get as they progresses through the first episode is, "What is going on? Who are these characters? Or, What is he saying?" While some anime just go along the plot and missed some explanation, "Yahari Ore" clearly explained everything from past to present as the plot goes on. With such fine details on the characters' life, the rating for this anime being high is normal. Unfortunately, good anime can't have such perfect route, which is why there has to be some part where they "purposely" made viewers hate a certain scene, as in plot twist, because unless they do that, people will act like Keima and say, "I can already see the ending" (Katsuragi). Unlike other anime, some people could really relate themselves to the characters in "Yahari Ore," because it took realistic view and put it into an anime. This is why the plot twists may seem plain to some, and very twisted to others. The story deserved nothing less than 8/10 but another thing could be said for the art, for some may pay attention to it carefully than others.

Art: 7
Most people, or otaku, probably wouldn't care much for the art than the story in a "TV" type anime, but if you reverse that, you have yourself a Hentai watcher. Anyway, the art was nice. It was good, and not disturbing to watch in any way. That is only for how the characters, or the background were drawn. Although I'm one of those who barely pay much attention to the art, there were some scene in "Yahari Ore" that have an obvious mistakes. My rating for art is low for that reason. Other than some missing lines, nothing could be complained about. If the director or editor put on too much shadow highlights to make it more reality like, it would be a bit painful to watch sometime. That is why the amount of shadows, the lighting, and the textures of the backgrounds and characters were very well done. Besides seeing the cover photo and saying, "Oh! This look like a good romance anime!," the sound is another theme which really got my attentions.

Sound: 9
Why did I first started this? Is it because I read the Synopsis? Nope. It is because I saw the famous Yanagi Nagi! That's right, Yanagi-sama herself got to sing with her beautiful voice for "Yahari Ore." This is another situation, which some otaku may have in their,"How to find new anime," list. Some will look at the director, script writer, Character Designer, etc., but others may also look at the theme song performers. Certainly Beautiful. Anyway, getting back to the "real" sound, the OST is quite amusing. Everyone should be able to tell what kind of mood the characters are in just by listening to the anime's background music. Another key to a great anime is certainly the matching OST in the right place at the right time. Some of the time, however, it seems as if they turned the mood upside down too abruptly, making it seems a bit out of place. Other than a slight bit of non-perfection, the characters surely brings out the light and dark or the plot.

Character: 8
There are anime out there, which otaku could relate themselves to a certain character. "Yahari Ore" took this into a deeper level of emotion. The ideology of many humans differs but there are many people out there, including myself, that took a look at humanity and thought the exact same thing as Hachiman. In character part, this is mostly based on opinions. Since Hachiman could be related to very easily, predicting the future is like a piece of cake. Although, no anime which I have consumed so far have a character that follows the exact same idea in terms of how we think. Hachiman is probably the only character that actually did what I wanted him to do, which is great! Again, the is opinion. Those who believed that friends are everything may not see Hachiman eye to eye, but that's too bad, for the characters made "Yahari Ore" much more enjoyable that I have expected. Sadly, every anime has to have the annoying character, which for this anime, they made her the main character. If you don't know who I'm talking about, I'll make it clear. Yui. Nice name, but bad characteristic, in my opinion. But without her, there would be no such thing as a plot twist in "Yahari Ore," which is why my enjoyment is near the limiter.

Enjoyment: 9
Most of this was discussed on the earlier topic but this should be repeated. Enjoyment is solely based on personal preference on the type of anime. No matter how good it is, if one simply doesn't like a theme, they will rate it bad. As for me, I love romance. I would say it certainly lacked on that area, but I suppose they can't be extremely romantic, since it's suppose to be romantic comedy. Very successful indeed in terms of that, because viewers will certainly get a nice giggles off of each episodes, and see some romance in each of them. More importantly, my reason being for a 9/10 enjoyment is because of the connection between me and the character. This is why my overall is also high.

Overall: 9
No one can denied that "Yahari Ore" is a great anime. It's a great anime when you can actually connect to it, and willingly enjoy it. It's very good when you like how cute the characters are to each other, the way they act, or just how cute Saika is. It's a good anime when you don't like how cute Saika, a boy, can be. It's fair, if you can't understand the words that are coming out of Hachiman's mouth. It's Mediocre for those lacking in the field of watching a realistic view on society. It's Decent for people that have many friends and never experienced anything like Hachiman before. It's poor when people just watch anime without even wanting to watch it, or they don't even like this theme to begin with, so they quit at the first episode and say it's bad just because they are who they are and we can never change a mortal in how they think or react, unless we have a specialist. It's dreadful if you seriously can't accept the facts that everything Hachiman and Yukino had said was true, and you shut the certain and put ear plugs on, not viewing what is really going on in this harsh world. The world full of hatred where humans will only think of themselves in times of emergencies, and the world where there are actually people out there without any real friends, like me for example. Last and certainly least, those who think this anime deserves the word Pathetic, please. What the heck are you even doing here? A 0/10? There's no such thing. Every single anime deserves at least a 1 out of 10, because there's no such anime where it's that bad. In fact, if it's really 0/10, that would be like killing yourself right after watching it. This is the conclusion. I rated "Yahari Ore' as a 9/10. Certainly there will be a variety of ratings but I just wish there would be none who rated this below at least a 7/10. Thank you for reading, if you made it this far. :3

Ghost. A fictional creature which some may believe it's real. In Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, the ghost is quite interesting in a sense that, she can both be the scariest thing in the world, or just a beautiful women who means no hard, depending on the heart of human. I believe that this fact is true, since in reality, people "see" ghost because they believe that they're true, and how they see things change depending on what they want. The way they explain the ghost is not really new, but still quite interesting. It's amazing how well this anime is, since unlike many others, the ... setting is pure school. Even with such little background, the plot is quite a piece of work.

Story: 9
Although at first, I was quite confuse as to what is going on, since the first episode pretty much skipped some important events, but I guess it was the style they're using, since everything explained itself afterwards. It does have a good pace to it, but sometime, Tasogare feels like it moved way too abrupt and sometime a little hard to understand. This doesn't happen much, only a little bit in few of the episodes. Even though it is about ghost, it's not really scary, except in one episode later on, which pretty much gave me an exciting goosebumps. The story does make the anime good, and with such a good art, the story pulls people into it more.

Art: 7
This style of art fits very nicely with the plot. The way they made the building, character design, background, lighting, etc., fits with this anime. Although I did say this, sometimes, it feels like the background is way too dark. Of course it's for the feel to make the scene scarier, but it seems too dark, and quite hard to see at some point, and with that, unnecessary darkness at times even when there's not really anything to that part. Not just the background that's not quite good, the motion and the position of the view is quite important, to get the viewer to lean in to the screen more, as in makes it seems more dramatic and all. At a point in the anime, the motion and the movement of the view changed pretty irritably. Changing the view abruptly too many times makes it annoying to look at, and it just doesn't fit well if people want to pay closer attention to look at what the situation looks like. The art could have done a better job, but the sounds of the people, and the nature really make it up.

Sound: 9
It's a, somewhat, scary story, so there are going to be people screaming. The good thing about this anime is, the screams of the characters are not annoying at all. In fact, it fits well where it's suppose to, but the regular conversations are frustrating at times. The background music makes every scenery much, much better. Scarier, more dramatic, and even create a cute, happy background. It's great that the songs makes the plot more interesting, pulls in the viewers to the sad and scary parts. With that, the characters can have something to discuss about.

Character: 8
People are scared of ghost, if they believe in them. That's one part of why I hated scary movies. Every little things that happens can make characters goes berserk. This anime doesn't really do that. The way characters behaves are realistic, and more likely to the reality. The only problem is how quickly the characters hold himself in situations. Normal people usually don't accept situations that are new to them quite easily, but it seems like the male protagonist accepts things very quickly, too quickly. The characters are overall very good since they will not push viewers away by their behavior and what they do.

Enjoyment: 9
It's nice to get this type of ghost story every once in a while. The ideas are creative, and truly enjoyable. There were problem here and there, such as, the art at a couple of episodes, which is quite frustrating, but the plot, sounds, and characters are great. The best part is how they change the feelings of situations. In a moment it was a happy and nice scene, and the next was dramatic. Although not all the time.

Overall: 8
This anime really light the day. It's not like it's the best or anything, it is pretty normal, but fun to watch. Besides the fact that there're supernatural beings, there's nothing that stands out too much about it. It does makes you feel very emotional later on in the anime, but only in one episode or two. I certainly hope people create more anime like this one, where it's relaxing to watch, and not much thinking is involve.

Personally, the title Onani Master Kurosawa, isn't quite a title that draws me in. My impression on this title was that this manga is probably just going to be about a perverted guys doing stuff. Somewhat that's right, but at the same time, Onani Master Kurosawa can not be taken lightly. This manga is extremely well made, even though the title wasn't attractive to my eyes. That was just my personal opinion by the way. Reading the synopsis of the manga, what comes to mind is just a story about student's life and what they experiences throughout their school. It is true, but there is ... many twist to it.

Story: 10
These times around, I don't just give out a 10 for something simple. The plot of Onani Master Kurosawa is just unexpectedly interesting. Unlike many others where you expect one thing to come after another, this manga certainly left you with an aw expression after most of the events occurring throughout the story. The pacing is also very good. It doesn't go too fast, causing confusion, or too slow, leaving you bored. Instead of that, this manga have a perfect pace, giving you time to think and get all information as you read. This manga does not let you be confuse, since all the things you need to know is right there for you to acquire, very explanatory. Don't let the title sway you into thinking that it's going to be just about a guy doing perverted stuff all the time. It's much more than that, which means it's about a perverted guy doing stuff to/for others in a kind of way that may benefit him, or may benefit others. There's only 31 chapters in Onani Master Kurosawa, but it seems much longer, with so many plot twist, give you new excitement every chapter you encounter. People read for stories, but in the case for manga, some others look at the quality of the picture and how well they're drawn.

Art: 7
There's nothing really special about the art, as far as my opinion goes. If you are the type to read for looking at the beauty of the drawing, this manga won't be suitable for you. It's not that the art style is bad, but it's not quite catchy, and very pretty to look at. It's just there to give you enough image you need to see the situation at the time. The most that I could give was a 7, since there's really nothing about average about how characters and backgrounds are drawn. The quality wasn't that great, but that doesn't mean that the emotions of each characters wasn't bought out from the manga. Truth is that, the art style fits well, or even greatly with Onani Master Kurosawa, considering the type of plot it has. With the deep emotion put into each character, this "dark" art style seems suitable for the actions of each characters.

Character: 10
With just only 31 chapters, the character development was quite amazing. Characters changed to a completely different person, good or bad, without making it seem like it's to good to be real. The character development of Onani Master Kurosawa is probably the most interesting and exciting concept of the manga. Unlike many other manga, where you questions the actions of each individuals, this manga act accordingly to how each one of us would probably act in the situations the characters is in. Of course some acted differently than how we think, but that's how it has to be in order to bring up the new ideas in to play. Other than that, it's quite realistic, and may seem like slice of life. The way each person grow is very interesting, and you may just learn from it as well.

Enjoyment: 10
With such perverted title, I can not believe how much I enjoyed it. It's different in a good way. I barely seen anything like this, and it's quite a new experience to learn from. Reading isn't really my thing, but Onani Master Kurosawa really managed to pull me in, and I seriously got so pulled in, that all my surrounding seems like it wasn't there, and it almost seems like I'm in the book itself. This is a really enjoyable Manga, and there's nothing to complained about. After finishing, there's just a feeling of wanting more of it.

Overall: 10
Probably one of the shortest manga I've seen, but it is truly one of the best manga that I've read. Everything is beautifully done, and I have to say that, what makes me want to read this the most was how the character develop over time. I would personally recommend this to anyone who won't judge a book by it's cover, name, or just by reading a couple of pages, for the real events actually start later on in the manga. With that said, I believe everyone should try reading this manga, adults and children. (Not so much children, but I believe they may learn from this)

The love for zombies. Many people have so much imagination on the topic of zombies. What are they like? How do they act? In Sankarea, the zombie are completely different from what we learned or picked up along our ways of "real zombies". In truth, the kind of zombies in Sankarea is much more realistic in my imagination than all other Anime, Movies, etc., except for Kore wa Zombie desu ka, which is a little of what I thought zombie would be like. It makes more sense for zombie to be like the one in Sankarea because in some cases in a movie, zombie doesn't ... even have brain, which is pretty weird because how can they move without the brain signaling through their body? Well, same goes for Sankarea. I don't get this, so if someone could explain, if zombie can't feel pain then that mean all the signal from your whole body must have stop, and so how could they even move if the brain is not really functioning, because if the electrical impulses aren't being sent from the body to the brain, then it goes the other way around too right? Maybe I'm just not that smart on this topic so I'm gonna stop there on the brain thing. In "real zombies", people turn into zombies by viruses, but in Sankarea, it's not really viruses, instead, like an old type of thinking, where you can resurrect the dead by potion, which i think makes somewhat more sense. Well, there's many more things I could ask but I'm just going to skip it because it's boring.

Story: 9
I have got to admit that there are quite some plot holes in Sankarea. There are many more things they could explain to get the viewers to understand more, but they didn't, which i why I believe that, people who like the anime should read the manga, because it's still publishing, and probably have much more information to fill in the gaps that are confusion. Although there's many holes in the anime, the plot were great. They move the story in such a nice speed, and How they think of the story is what pulls me in the most. I didn't like the way they cut episodes to fill in some of the personal views the characters had though. Okay, it was important, but they put it in between the episode where it's just before the climax, and that's not what I want. Actually, it irritates me, and may also to some of you too. I also like the plot because it doesn't just go with the zombie topic, but instead, the family situation, the depression of humans, and the desire of people. The romance weren't really that great, but it's pretty nice and lovely, if I do say so myself.

Art: 10
The art are just fantastic. I really like the kind of art they chosen for this. It added, not only pure and nice background, but some dramatic scenes fit perfectly with these type of art. Of course I do think that this style that is used isn't really the best I've ever seen, but it fit well in the plot, and for the type of genre they had created. The blood doesn't fit well in this type of art though. I'm not sure if it's just me, but the blood is not really thrilling, and it leaves me to feel neither happy nor sad. In High School of the Dead, or some anime like that where it's mainly based on the zombie, even if High School of the Dead is more on fan service side, the type of art really fits well with the blood and gives you the thrill. In conclusion, I think I over rated the art on Sankarea, but I personally just like the art style, and the character design really make you smile.

Sound: 9
I think the sounds for the background, character's voice, or any other soundtrack are great overall. It sets the mood to where it's suppose to be. The part where it gets serious or not could be tell by either characters tones, or the soundtrack they put in. It also gave the viewer a little thrilling added in. Sometime only, I found the character's voice to be a little irritating, and doesn't fit with some scene. Maybe it's just me though. I just really enjoy the voice and soundtrack of Sankarea. It's really calm and relaxing, if you pay close attention to it, or you might just feel it without noticing it.

Characters: 8
Every characters were great, besides only one. I gave this an 8 just because that character makes me do a face palm for a reason which they didn't explained why she did it. It's Ranko if you wanna know. (SPOILER: Could anyone Please tell me why she threw the thing at Chihiro's gram-pa's face? It's really bugging me, so if anyone could explain with good explanation I would really appreciate it. ) Even though it's only one character, I just don't like that person. Now then, I think every other characters did a very well done job for duplicating human reaction to a specific situations that they're in. I think to myself every time in every anime, if I was in that situation, and I have the same exact personality as that character, what will I do in this and that situation? Sankarea did great on that. There's no surprise on it, which is a bad part in another way, but I like these types of characters, because if they act too differently than how you expect them to act, or hope them to act, it will definitely annoy you.

Enjoyment: 9
I would say that Sankarea is lacking on the romance, but I did enjoy it very much. I'm a big romance fan, so I would say, this is an average romance anime. I would probably enjoy it much, much more if they explain, or at least put more episode in it, just to explain some stuff that are missing in the plot. This is why I'm going to plan to read the manga. I wonder if this is exactly what the creator had plan.To get people to be a bit confuse so they will want to read the manga to get a clear understanding.

Overall: 9
I can't say that it's one of the best anime in 2012, but I think it's one I enjoy very much just as equal as anime i consider in my top 50 of 2012. If I have to recommend this anime to anyone, I would probably recommend it to someone looking for a nice plot, enjoyable setting, and only a bit of romance. I big romance watcher, I don't think they will like Sankarea much, as well as zombie geeks. Someone who would just want to enjoy the plot, and doesn't care about the reality. That's the kind of person I would recommend it to, because it's not realistic as y'all may know already. Thank you for reading, and hope it helps in any way.

Friends... What can we do without them. I thought at first that Kokoro Connect was going to just be pure romance, but I was totally wrong. This anime truly brought about the emotion that the characters are feeling in to play. I would say that those who want something realistic probably don't wanna try to watch this, because it's filled with phenomenon, which I believe could be possible in a way. In any case, Kokoro Connect is a great anime, with amazing drama scene for viewers to enjoy. So if you like drama, romance, and some comedy, only some, then I really recommend this to ... you.

Story: 10
I've been seriously trying to find an anime that's like this for such a long time. The emotion that was in this anime was just enough to match many others that could be considered the best. The plot was arranged perfectly. Not too fast and not too slow. It might not be as sad as Clannad, but it may match it in terms of friendship wise, or relationship. For me, I personally like it because it explained so much about friendship, and how that bond could overcome many obstacle, as long as it doesn't break. I'm not sure if it's just me or not but I don't really like how they start off the anime. I'll give it about average, but since episode 1, everything after that was just amazing. Kokoro Connect exceeded my expectation, since they put "new" ideas that they came up with to build such a great anime. That's just my opinion, since this anime is probably one of those anime where you either like it or you don't.

Art: 9
The art style looks very adorable, cut, smooth, and very eye catching. I'm not so good on the art and animation stuff, but I think that the color, texture, and the motion of the movement characters make are very well made. That just might be where I watch the video though. Since the art looks like K-On, I though it was just going to be a nice, happy, and romantic anime with good comedy, but now I realize that this art style really fit into making the tears of the characters looks more "realistic". What that means is, not a Huge amount of tears flying around, comedy wise, or just a touch of tears, making you feel only a little heart breaking. Not all that, but instead, it brought out the true emotion of how the characters, or should I say, how the people should really feel, the serious emotion that all anime should have in order to make viewers sob over it.

Sound: 10
The voice acting and background noise is really, really realistic. In some anime, they tends to bring emotion, or how serious the situation is in the scene by adding either serious, sad, or funny background noise. Sometime they over did it and it sounds too serious than it was suppose to. I'm sure this happens to some of you. One minute ago you just watch and watch and sometime doesn't even realize the background noise, but a second later you just realize it since the sound doesn't match how serious the scene should have been. Kokoro Connect is what I believe to have an outstanding quality in sounds. The timing and all were very well arranged to where it's suppose to be, and the background noise isn't what really set the mood, but the voice actor who really put their feelings into every word that they spoke. This anime had a great voice actors and a great sound track which is why I gave it a 10.

Character: 9
I probably said this already, but the characters is the subject which is the building block to make an anime good, and the voice of each individual characters brought lots of emotion to the listeners, which makes the anime more realistic in terms of life situation, if this was actually going to happen. This is another anime which I believe to not have that bad of an annoying characters, but I do admit that some characters could really get out people's nerves. But that is what they want you to feel, which is great in another way. The role characters have really fit with the situation that they're in. When characters cry, they could be annoying for other anime, but Kokoro Connect made sure that you Will feel sad when you actually pay attention to the scene and what's going on. This certainly doesn't apply to everyone, but only those who truly believe in friendship, and how hard life can be if no one support you.

Enjoyment: 10
This anime certainly made my week, and a great start for new year, even though it's been a couple weeks past new year, and this anime came out in 2012. I've been watching many, many sad anime over a year or two, but this anime really bought me closer to tears than any other (doesn't apply to Clannad, 5 centimeters per second, or some others which I forgot). So I believe That to be the reason why i gave this a 10 for enjoyment.

Overall: 10
Maybe I grade this a little too high, but in my opinion, it truly is a great anime which I would totally hope for more. If you read this review and gotten to this far, thank you for reading. I don't really care if you agree or not with me, but no one can change who you really are, so you can say this is either helpful or not, but I hope it did help even if it's just a little bit.

This anime... has been out for so long, and I have absolutely no idea how I missed it. "5 Centimeters per Second" has a really deep story which fills my emotion so much that I just got to write a review for it. Although I didn't expected to be this sad, it was pretty dramatic all the way to the end. The ending is definitely was unexpected for me, so that's one of the reason I gave this anime a 10/10. Just a warning that if anyone doesn't like romance, and doesn't want to shed their tears, I would suggest skipping this one. Although it ... may not be so sad as I think for many people, probably more or less than Clannad After Story, but I personally think it is indeed more deep.

Story 10:
This anime has an outstanding story, which appeal to many people, even if they're not a romance lover, or drama. For those who actually likes romance, I believe that this isn't really the type of romance that anyone would really want, but as for drama watcher... this is a must watch. I did give this story a 10, but my real intention was to give this story about a 5 or somewhere along that score, and the reason being is because of how they end the story. I'm not saying that it's bad, in fact it is spectacular, but this kind of ending really doesn't suit my taste. Anyone that finished "5 Centimeters per Second" should know what I'm trying to say. It is not the type of ending for a romance fan, such as myself, would like that much. The story's pace was very good, but sometimes it feels like it's going to fast, or maybe a little slow.

Art 7:
Personally, I could care less about art in these type of anime. I focused completely in the story, but there're just a moment where the art looks, somewhat, off. One example would be the lighting. In a scene where the rocket, or a some type of device that was meant to shoot to space, was shot, it have the left over smokes. between the left and right sides of the smoke, the color of the sky on the side where it's further from the sun, was much darker than the sky that's closer to the sun. I believe I should say sun set, but that doesn't make much different. That pretty much bothers me, but not that much.

sounds 9:
The sound effect really fit the scenery of the anime. The wind blowing, the train running, the wave of the sea, etc. It's really nice how the sound goes up and down to fit the position of the "camera" where they are showing the anime. Maybe it's just me, but I couldn't be so sure.

Character 8:
The voice actor for this anime really fits the looks of the characters. Although I would say that the subbed voice was much better than the dubbed since the pinch sometime feels higher and lower for some characters. I especially like how the characters were acting, but it's really disappointing, if I do say so myself, in a certain scene, where I totally didn't expect the character to do this, because the type of situation that he's in, he totally should do this. I can not tell specifically what happen because it would be spoilers, but what I can tell is that it happens at near the end of the story. That's probably the only reason why I reduced the rating of "Character" by two.

Enjoyment 9:
I feel like this is one of the anime where I should watch it, but at the same time, never should even try to approach it. Like what I explained, I am a romance fan, but not This type of romance that they have in "5 Centimeters per Second". Of course, I rated the enjoyment at nine, because I changed the way I view this anime to the eyes of those who likes these types of Genre. If I didn't, then I might give it a lower score, except if the creator decided to create this anime again, and Change the ending to what i would expect, then i might reconsidered.

Overall 10:
This was a pretty "worth my day" moment that I haven't experience for quite a long time. I am looking forward to watching an anime that shows emotion, and is deep as "5 Centimeters per Second".

This anime has been finished not too long ago, and unfortunately, it didn't actually seem to ended ( if you watch the last episode ). Many people probably know this anime and some people may want to know if it's worth wasting their time to watch 77 episodes or so. In my opinion, it really depends on what your personal preference for anime are. Even though I rate SKET Dance 10 overall, it really didn't mean that this anime is the best all the way. It just so happens that in Some episode of SKET Dance there're just ones that really interest me, and inspired ... me to move on to the next.

Story: 9
The story of SKET Dance is what made it especially appealing for everyone to watch. It does not just stick to one genres all the way, but instead switch to others such as, horror, romance, action ( maybe a little ), drama, etc. Although it doesn't really switch up that much, since most of the time it sticks with school, and comedy ( in fact, i got really bored in some episode until i reach the 2nd half of the anime where romance started to come up, and I'm a sucker for romance). the comedy, however, was half of the time not That funny, or maybe not as funny as other comedy mainstream. In my opinion, Gintama has much better jokes and more funny moments than this, but what this anime have that Gintama doesn't is A REAL PLOT. You can't really skip much episode, since one episode connects to the other, and there's no sudden change of feelings ( ex. in Gintama the scene gotten completely sad in an episode but just when the tears almost escape from the viewers eyes, they ruin it with something funny or happier things, which really ruin the mood). In SKET Dance, if an episode was i intended to be sad, they keep it that way or they might bring in livelier mood shake down on excitement. This anime, especially the sad part, really bring out the emotion that the character feels in the anime.

Art: 9
Not much to really say here since I think that all the art are nice. The best part in the art of SKET Dance is how they made the character and background really match the mood in the plot.

Sound: 8
No complain on the sound. Every object and people in SKET Dance sounds much like how they should be. The voice really match the face, the sounds of moving object, etc. really give off details and shake things up in this anime.

Character: 10
I really like the Characters in SKET Dance, for every characters ( or most of the characters) have their own unique personality. This means that most of the characters that keeps appearing in the anime will make things more exciting and not so boring.

Enjoyment: 9
I have quite a few episodes that I personally didn't like, but most of them were "extra" episode that wasn't really in the main plot of the story, so I don't mine it that much. Like I said, the actual part of this anime that i truly like are episodes in the 2nd half of the anime.

This is a really unique anime with mixes of many genres. I think most people could really enjoy this if they put in a little time on it, but those who doesn't like comedy probably shouldn't watch this, because it's mostly intended to be funny. I'm not going to give any spoilers, but I really have to say that the ending really makes me angry in how they could continue so much from their, which i really hope they do, since I am dying here to see what would happen next.

Ok... Finally finished SAO, and this is an edited review.
Before I start this, people there will probably be many who may disagree, but also agree, but before that, I just got to say that this anime is probably one of the most spectacular anime I have seen in many months, or even year. Aside from that, there are people who hate this anime for whatever their reasons are, and those who love it and think this is a masterpiece.
I believe that most people considered this an amazing anime, i wondered why at first but ever since i started the first episode, i just couldn't ... stop until the latest episodes that had aired. (the anime club i'm in decided to watch this anime) i basically though this was like .Hack, but it was much better in every quality aspect (my opinion, you have the right to disagree.) everyone who likes games and Is an otaku Should, or maybe Need to watch this. Now what I'm going to review and write is my own opinion so... you know... :3

Story: 10
Even though i say this, i don't COMPLETELY think that it's the best in the world. In fact, I think that some part of the story of SAO is moving very fast, or even abrupt. The main reason why I said this (my grading) is because of my personal favorite genre. Adding action, game, romance, adventure, some fantasy, but I kinda believe that someday in the future it maybe possible, and only Some slice of life to it. The timing is just right also. Instead of making us sit there and wasted like 30 eps so the main character could lv up, they just skip the little things and go to the main things, which keeps viewers, like me, excited and mostly on the climax. SAO is pretty easy to follow. It's not some sort of complex anime, like Durarara where you skip back and forth between the present and the past, and not really anything to think about, so the viewers who dislike using brain power probably will like this. So yea... that's why I rated SAO as 10 for the story. Not much side tracks so you should be able to enjoy it much much more than many others. I actually thought at first that SAO would probably be like other typical anime where it will get boring sooner or later as you continued to watch, but it's, in my opinion, the complete opposite. The genres, however, did slightly change. If I'm not mistaken on this one, I would say that the first arc had a slightly more action than the second arc, but the second have more romance and tears of joy instead of tears of depression and sadness.

Art: 9
Yea.... will people these days are pretty good, and better than in the past. They got more Waaalaaa to the art now, so i don't really think there's anything to say. One thing that really stands out are the emotion that the characters are giving in the anime. The face clearly expressed the situation and the motive they have. It has feeling that could be expressed without words, and that, for me, is really impressive. The movement, the face, the shadows etc. really fit in and there's pretty much nothing to complain about. I could be wrong, since the story pulls me in, and I don't have that much energy to pay attention much to the art. I gave SAO's art a 9 instead of a 10 is because sometime, I feel as if the characters expression are sometime over done, and can be seen with a little too much emotions. Just my opinion of course.

Sound: 10
I especially like this anime because the sounds are great to listen to, and it feels smooth, reeling me in more to the anime. The background fits in to the environment nicely, surrounding SAO and makes this anime more realistic and natural. What excites me the most is how they used the sounds, making the anime sounds much like you're watching a game, or better yet, making you feel as if you Are in it.

Character: 10
The characters are very nice. Not boring, not annoying or anything that just makes you wanna smash whatever is in front of your eye on to the little PC or device you're watching from. I experienced it before. Not sure if anyone of you guys have, but anyway... Since I now have completed SAO, I can see that the characters are the same whether they are in the game or in reality, and what that mean is, if Kirito is perfect then, he will always be perfect now, although that's a debatable matter. Romance anime have the type of crying that I would say are annoying, phony, and irritating to my ears. For SAO, I could really grab on to them and kind of interact with it, as in, the reasons of why they are crying the way they do or take hold of the situation and imagine f I was in their place, which really matches on how I would feel. This of course is based on who you are, and your personality. Those who just love seeing their friends, or just anyone close to they suffer or die would definitely disagree with me on this one. Romance anime usually have people crying about useless things, but SAO made a lot of senses in the timing of when the character should be happy, sad, angry, or derpy.

Enjoyment: 10
Nothing to say here, since I mostly put the enjoyment rating the same as the story. It's good to have something to enjoy, and I've been waiting so long for these kind of anime to come out. Although this anime has the time in the story where you Cannot help but tightens your fist as hard as you can, since the scene are unbearable to watch. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I"M TALKING ABOUT. HOW DARE HE TOUCH, AND SNIFF ON HER EXCELLENCY?!

Overall: 10
I'm sure that not everyone will agree with me here, but at least everyone could agree with Some thing I typed down. I personally think that SAO is very emotional from the beginning to the end, and that is really just what I think. I've seen many who does not seem think that way. Well then... I would gladly say that this is one of my favorite anime. Of course there are others which I seem to enjoyed as equivalent as SAO. I hope this help anyone who are planing to watch this someday.

Since this was in storage for quite sometime I finally decided to watch, and finished this anime. This is pretty much action-y, but at the same time, it has a pretty deep story to it, and is kind of entertaining. For people that love action, I think you guys may or may not like this anime, since the action isn't really the main focus, cuz they focus more on the plot I would say..

Story 8/10
Started of pretty good on how they kind of went to the future, and then goes back to what happen to get there, like a lot of anime I know. It ... moves at a good pace, and that's good since in my opinion it explained to me more about what's going on. Mostly this anime probably wants the watcher to be sad when they watch it, but it turns out to be a pretty happy story after watching all the episodes.

Art 7/10
They could make some more improvements on the way the made the characters, since in some scenes, after they got beaten up pretty badly. They came back fighting looking fresh as new in so little time. Of course, they have quick regeneration skills, but still I don't think it's suppose to be that quick. Sometimes, the motion when the character walks seems kinda unrealistic and that's, for me, a disturbing thing.

Sound 8/10
Not bad at the sound. The pitch when the characters scream, sweep, or are cheerful is very good. The best part of the sound I liked is the part where they make the crying of some characters pretty short. In some anime they just made the crying very long, which is pretty annoying, maybe because they want to waste time cuz they can't think of anything.

Character 8/10
It's great to find anime were the character doesn't piss you off so much that you just wanna smash your head into your keyboard. The characters are well made. The way they act, and talk to each other seems pretty much like real life. On top of that, a character tries to make this anime sounds like it's really "not" an anime, and that it was real life for them.

Enjoyment 9/10
I don't really think I could say much, since I saw the rating on this anime, and it's not that good at all. For me, it was a nice experience watching this, and I don't really think a fan of a serious action would wanna watch this, since the action in this anime is not quite that great, and the moves the characters have are repeated a lot of times, and there a not a lot of new moves.

Overall 8/10
I guess this is my final say on how good the anime was during my time watching it. This is, I think, a pretty girly anime.... I say that cuz of the not so violence parts ( even though there was a lot of blood ) in this anime. Maybe if they increased the intensity of the fights, that might have helped to give it a higher rating..

at first i though that this was just an introduction of characters for an anime that's coming up, but i was completely wrong. instead it was a very short anime that moves at an extremely fast pace.

story-7
i it was a real disappointment how they begin the story. it begun like it's already pass the first episode, and moving to the middle of the story. seems like they really rush in making this, since when the scenery change, it's like changing a slide with a blink of an eye. it occur to me that this anime is terribly made, for the story line is ... hard to understand. starting out barely even explaining the characters, and doesn't even tell about the background of the anime.

art-8
the art is in a really bad quality, for the people right now, but looking at the date that this anime was made and published, i would say that it really wasn't a bad job. the scene was nice, having a nice color and image in the anime, although the shadows of things weren't really that great i think it looks just fine.

sound-6
for some people that might have watch this, few may not realize that the sound are started, and ended like movies from the old days, such as the 90s. the sounds of the characters talking was sometime low and quiet, but abruptly changed to a loud tone that just freak me out. the people talk and talk, switching from one person to another with very little pause in between. talking like they don't even have to breath in between.

character-7
i think the characters are fine. it's not bad how it is, but it does have rooms for improvement.

enjoyment-7
though i thought that it would be great, it's not really that good. it's a very old anime, so i don't have much grudge for it. probably the only part that actually interest me was that there's many girls in the school that like the protagonist. that's probably the only thing i do like, but some other people may enjoy something different, and dislike something that i don't

overall i gave it a 7. it's really not that good in my opinion, but it's an old anime so i kinda understand how people don't really put much effort into this 2 episodes ova. who knows, some may like it more than others, but i think that the rating of this anime is just completely wrong. HOW in the is it rated R if it doesn't even have any sex appeal or violent to keep away from children? i think that no one really cares about this anymore but just putting it out there, if you don't really wanna waste time then i suggest that people don't have to force themselves to watch this anime, since someone, like me, would probably be pissed off after watching this, wondering how the hell they made this an anime.