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Sep 15, 2024
So the idea was becoming ordinary, but did they even try? :D
Osanai and Kobato are two highschool students that want to become ordinary due to an event that happened in their past. These two really like to solve mysteries, especially together. But this aspect of them actually made harm for theirselves or others many times in their past so they want to get rid of it. Mysteries they solve are pretty hard to accomplish to be honest. I've seen some other people that really want them to be couple (including myself), but I think, mysteries were more interesting than that. There's always events happening
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and they pretty much everytime try to solve it so there's no time to be thinking that...
Next, drawings and colouring. I found the drawing style pretty unique especially the eyes. The drawings were desprate and the colouring was really relaxing, this contrast is pretty hard to accomplish..
I want to add a paragraph to explain something different because it really caught my attention. When these to start to thinking, like weighing their opinions, getting the pieces together, we see a separate universe at the background. These backgrounds had no people in it, filled with silence or natural sounds so there was nothing to distract from thinking them. I suppose, this might be a symbolism. Because these two had a habit of solving mysteries since they were at middle school so they're used to thinking. These backgrounds may symbolise their minds. They think together and they don't get distracted from anything which means emptiness and silence no matter where they are.
Lastly, the characters. I wasn't expecting depth in characters but last episode did include some of their pasts which gave Osanai and Kobato a meaning, they were not shallow.
Overall is 8.4/10. I would really like to give a score higher than 9 but the idea is not that peculiar, just solving mysteries so this is what i gave instead. I think some people might think the anime is monotone, but I enjoyed it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 14, 2024
Somewhat, I remembered Wotakoi when I was watching this anime. To be direct, I think it shouldn't always be about romance and comedy in rom-com animes. This anime surely has a "romance" tag but it didn't really had much romance. Like, the characters just complete each other and the story goes on that way. Of course everyone had a potential partner. (not Mikorin :| ) But I suppose, the producer wanted to highlight otaku culture more. Manga drawing is everywhere and nearly everyone we meet gets involved with mangas. Drawings takes us back to 2000-2010 era of anime and manga publishing, which is really nostalgic.
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I did think that this might be the life of a manga drawer :D
Next is the VA's of course. They did a great job here. Some certain scenes needed really good performance at sounds and I'm impressed! Suzuki's VA even made me remember Taiga from Toradora, haha.
Lastly, draw style. I noticed nothing special at drawings but the colouring is nice. They used shiny colours which is parallel to the comedy of it. Background drawings are surely detailed, some really made me think like "Did this scene come out of Ghibli or something?" :D
Summary, 8.8/10 for this anime. I hope the continuation of otaku culture and school animes be like this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 12, 2024
Isshukan Friends is mostly based on incomplete friendships to be honest. Any friendship needs some time to grow stronger and healthier. Friendships should be based on trust and one shouldn't have a gain. In this situation, there is not even a time to introduce yourself properly, rather than spending time. Kaori isn't a person like Kiryuu but she tried to seem like him because she knew what will happen every Sunday, at the end of the day. I can make empathy with her because I would be afraid of making friends if I knew that I will forget them eventually. Anime basically includes school life
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mostly at the start, which is what I call a slow-pace-start, but ends a little more interesting. İntroduction is always new when starting a new anime but in this case, i didn't feel like it's new to me. Drawings mostly reminded me of Kyoukai No Kanata which is an anime that's in my top 10. Middle of it felt like a normal rom-com but it differed when Fujimiya started to use something that I can't say because its a potential spoiler. İt really didn't end like I expected, I can say that it ends different than %90 of rom-com animes. Beside the ending part, anime didn't include much romantism which is a good aspect of it.
To sum up my mean score for it is 8.6 but I will round up to 9 because Mal doesn't have float numbers for rating :D
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 5, 2024
A miraculous girl,
Ah, what a nice main character to write a story about... As expected, Studio Ghibli made another masterpiece that shines like a star.
This story made me feel like, wow, how can they make such a good and long storyline? The film itself is 2 hours but it feels like a season of anime actually. And beside being long, it's fascinating... Princess Kaguya's life is just like the princesses in our child stories. The one who seeks for true love and honesty, not wealth and power. Princess meets a bunch of noble people, who just cares about valuable things in this world. But the
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truth is, she never cared about tangible things. She wanted to feel like living. She wanted to have fun with some true friends. She wanted to have a honest husband who loves her because he treasures her. We see a breathtaking life story of Kaguya which explains why these values are important to us. The movie has a lot of settings, static and dynamic characters. Most important dynamic character is Kaguya. The growth she shows... amazing. Her personality changes drastically throughout the story. She meets every kind of people, but just some of them could have a place in her heart, the ones who understood what her true wish is. And the Moon Song she says; we see that every child in the village knew the beginning of the song, but not the second verse. This later connects the story in our minds and helps us understand who Kaguya really is. In addition, there's a big situational irony, of course.
The last thing I wanna talk about is the art style. I've never seen an anime with this art style before so I'm interested. The fact that I mentioned this story being similar to our children stories, makes the art style connected with the characters. Pastel colors feels nostalgic somehow, and honestly, I'm pretty satisfied with this art style.
Overall is 10, a masterpiece. I mentioned what my ideas about this film is, and why this film rings the bell in my memories. I hope my explanations about the symbolism are clear enough for someone to be curious about this anime, then watch it. Because this is the only anime that could make me feel different types of emotions at the same time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Mar 28, 2024
Now I have completed the anime, I can really say that I'm satisfied.
As I mentioned in my preliminary review, this anime has a unique topic because of portraying everything like a game or dungeon to pass, calling every social interaction a misson and trying to level up. Some of the members thought that this doesn't belong the general society just the ones who play video games. But I think, this anime not just focuses on the gaming part. At the first season, okay, gaming sessions were a little bit more dominated but that's because they wanted to express the life Tomozaki had. This second season
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opens a new page and includes romance in our story. Fuuka is a bit more fore-staged here and last episodes are more about Fuuka, Tomozaki and Mimimi. Generally, they held the tides of the course of story sucsessfully, not even once get bored in any episode. The last thing I want to talk is information about life. What I am trying to say is, they gave us how emotions work, by hiding this behind a whole story. They build the story part of it, but also, we learned how to live. Fuuka mostly talked about her feelings, how she was feeling, how her world ideals are. She compared and contrasted other people's feelings, told her own idea honestly. Mimimi mostly symbolised the bright side of the life, she brought happiness to her friends and us, viewers. Tama was honest and solved her own problems with great courage. Erika was probably a nice girl, just trying to look like a badass thinking that this is cool. Aoi told us how to approach people, how to make friends, how to live on our own. Lastly, Mizusawa symbolised a person who doesn't have a problem talking to girls even he doesn't know. He guided Tomozaki, and probably he was the most helpful to him after Aoi. All these characters are maybe a person that really exists, or a way to live. Tomozaki listened everyone, thuought carefully, then took action. So, gathered everything up, this is when a theme approaches: Teamwork and Friendship.
Furthermore, the artstyle. Especially I liked the color picking for characters. Mimimi's long straight hair is blue and Tama's short hair is yellow. These colors are bright and relaxing to see. The animation is what needed for a slice-of-life and romance anime, not more or less.
Overall is a solid 9. This anime's world is too small to be a masterpiece, but we can't ignore the fact that it taught us important lessons sometimes. Comedy of it is really nice though. Especially Tama and Mimimi :D Well, that's all from me. See you at S3.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 18, 2024
Do it yourself is a unique, original anime and it has many side's that made it unique. I'm going to talk about 6 things that I noticed while watching.
Firstly, the building ideas' creativeness. The fact that the club house was once done by the early club members is interesting. Also anime explains how it works and processes it carefully. The final product of them has wonderful details and this makes it original itself, just as Serufu mentioned.
Secondly, the idea of team work's importance. The club gains it's members day-by-day, even members who cannot join this officially became interested and decided to be a part
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of it. Once they gathered, it can be seen that every work that has been done was done as a club, not individually. They organized the funds, get the items they need by a special way and had fun while doing these things.
Thirdly, opening sequence's song. It can be seen that this anime is a cheerful anime, and the song of it makes it even more enjoyable. I watched every episode's opening sequence, just because it is really suitable for the themes the anime has.
Fourthly, the name choice of Serufu and the pure heart she has. 'Yua Serufu'...I haven't noticed that she has a name like this until she joined the club and leader justifyed it. This suits with the personality she has, which is pure. Her personality is just very amiable. She brings joy to the club, which the other club members declared this joy she brings is needed for them to have the courage to start something, then finish it properly.
Fifthly, the art style. Personally, I've found this artstyle really exclusive. Those pastel colors is really sufficient. The detail here is, characters' hair has a color in the front, and a different color hidden beneath it.
Finally, Serufu's pig. This just takes place in the beginning, but this was funny too. Every time Serufu's mom said 'pork' the pig hid himself and trembled in fear :D
To sum up, Do It Yourself is a nice, amiable anime to spend time with. There aren't much conflicts, but there is some character resolving. Dynamic characters don't have a change that effects the story, and the static characters just completes the story. I had a great time watching and hoped a second season to exist, but there isn't a second season..
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 17, 2024
So, I have been watching this anime and waiting for the time the last episode Aires then i could write a review about it. But i can't wait anymore...
Every single episode made me smile like I did back when i was a child. I would write everything in detail but i realized that there is not much to explain in detail. I just want to be simple: the best aspect is having your weekly serotonin. I don't know if I just felt like this. But I can't wait for the next episode to come every week...
I definitely recommend this anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Feb 15, 2024
So, I've just finished this manhwa and I have some feelings and thoughts to express. I'm going to go thourgh every detail: the introduction-development-result, the characteristics and its symbolisms, the relationship Hyuji and Kisung had(others too), the balancing between romance-comedy and the artstyle it has.
To begin with, even if this is a short manhwa compared to the others, the main event is decorated with a variety of side events. Despite the relationship Hyuji and Kishung had, the relationships between side characters are not disconnected and funny to read.
The introduction is really short but explanatory enough for someone to get the idea about the life
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that Hyuji had. It was just ordinary until Kishung entered the scene. He seemed like an enemy, but at the first sight, I've seen the future between them honestly. Anything happened between these two wasn't just an side event, it was a part of the main event to develop the relationship between them. They are not as close as they were in the last chapters at this part. The way that Kishung protects her and admires her is just soo cute.
After that, when the things got a little more spicy, we have the development part. I think it was the best time to confess their feelings to each other, also they thought the same thing for that day which is amiable... After they started dating, I noticed something between them: Hyuji was always the dominant part of their relationship. Of course, Kishung thought the same things that Hyuji expressed openly, but just became embarrased to step up a little. I thought in my mind, Hyujji must have felt really empty sometimes. Because the same love that she shows just didn't match with the way Kishung did. I would have said nothing if it was a small gap but it felt like its a huuge gap to close. But despite everything, I'm glad she became aware of this even if it led to their breakup.
Lastly, the result, this parts just determined the fate of the whole manhwa. The only negative thing I wil say is, not being well-balanced. What I mean is, nearly 65-70 chapters were really amusing, nothing serious happens for them to break up, just the joy of being a couple at junior-high. After those chapters, it got really pessimistic in a flash. Honestly, the breakup is just a lot for someone to handle but at the same time while ignoring Kishung, her mind is being manipulated by the white-haired guy. This was too hard for Hyuji to handle because while she wasn't completely broke up with Kishung, she just allowed the other guy to drag her at a cafe to meet and have more than a chit-chat. This makes the reader think that she won't return to Kishung anymore, just go in with the other guy. After being clear that she still wants to be with Kİshung and rejecting the white-haired guy, she became more stable about her feelings. She thought about everything they had at those 1,5 years, took everyone's opinion about their relationship and asking if they know what he was doing at the time while she was thinking about what to do. This is the best aspect in my opinion because sometimes it becomes hard to be aware of our own feelings and if we don't talk with anyone, just shutting the door of our room to the outside world, it results as a disaster. She did the right thing, and it was a really insturctive thinking-thorugh even for me..
In addition, the traumas and events that Hyuji had was really original too. Until I saw the scene where her trauma of being fat while being a daughter of a beatiful actress, I thought that the family had something in their genes about being beatiful :D
I've mentioned the couple's aspects and symbolism they had above, so I'm going to proceed with the side character's romance. Even if those were not included in the main path, making a rejection a little more funnier by giving a cold answer and not thinking about it a second, that made me happy. I just forgot the pain that it includes, and the comedy of it became a friend of mine while reading :D
Finally, the artstyle. The thing is, the best thing is its colors! I really liked the way that the author used colors, but despite them, it don't have a nice quality of drawings. The important scenes were driwen perfectly, but the other ones inevitably felt liike its a little blurry. I don't know if its a print mistake, but if I'm wrong, this wouldn't be a negative aspect at all...
Overall is 8/10. I've mentioned the parts that I don't like and like above and I hope this helped for someone to be clear about what happened in the manhwa. I've seen 0 reviews about this manhwa but I would like to see other reviews under mine, too. I am the person that likes seeing a relationship in a diffrent point of view and make new discoveries about the manhwa or manga I read :D
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Feb 14, 2024
I've read the interviews they made with the production team and now I have some thoughts to write.
To be honest, when i first started watching the first episode, it seemed really a foreigner to me and i had a difficult time adapting the developing events. I couldn't get the idea where is Wonder Egg Land and the real world. It was difficult to separate so i concentrated on the missions they went and get it a little bit late.
While thinking about the parallel worlds they are talking about and the difference between two worlds, the art style made me really satisfied. I liked the
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use of colors which are really bright and shiny, and the harmony between AI's personality. While other characters entered the scenes, i was carefully observing the style they drew them :D
About the personalities, Ai was very lovely. Again, at first, i thought that she was just an introvert avoiding contact with her family and real world because of the bullies at her school, just escaping reality. But after new friends like Rika and Neiru entered the scene, she showed her true personality. She was nice, not thinking a single bad thought about her friends, solving conflicts and trying to understand what broke their heart or blurring their mind.. The atmosphere those 4 had felt like a high-school friend group meeting each. They were giving the idea that they didn't want to grow older yet, because they couldn't handle the situations they were in at first. After getting a little closer, they discussed ideas and supported each other. Beside them, another interesting character is Frill. Acca and Ura-Acca gave her a life full of emotions, made her happy. I thought when Acca had a baby, she would sympathize with her mother and be more careful around her. İnstead, she felt jealous and ended up killing her mother. When Acca threw her to the basement, her screams made me feel sorry for her, until i remembered what she did to her mother and her sister. Other than Ai and Frill, Neiru had a different aura, too. Despite her looks, she was really smart enough to operate a company by herself. She is a dynamic character because there is a scene where she changes her style of hair. This didn't happen earlier because she was just doing what her assistant was saying. Later then, she started to give her own decisions, which made her more free. And of course, Momoe. Momoe brings herself up as a tall girl, who doesn't want to be recognized as a male because of her height. She was also a symbol because at the first 2 or 3 episodes after she entered, she didn't even talk about her own problems, just having a breakdown on her own at her house. The time when she changed her mind and decided not to care what others thought about her, was when she met with Miwa. She was a girl who felt like boy. This was similar with Momoe's situation because she also didn't like to be recognized as a girl. When Momoe finally rescued her, they had a conversation which made both relaxed and relieved the fears they had. And lastly, Rika. She seemed like a teenager who didn't care about life and it's hardnesses. Because of the idol life she had, she liked having attention herself. Like Ai and Momoe, her true personality became visible after they knew each other a while. The sympathy she felt for one of her fans changed her completely. Even if she calls her "wallet" in deep inside she doesn't want to call her like that.
The scenes where their animals got killed and forced to eat it's meat, they felt true fear which was visible like crystal clear in their eyes. My opinion was after succeeding in their mission, they would have a nice moment hugging and crying both. İnstead, after they released their most precious ones, both their friends faded away.
Most of the reviews i read were a little disappointed about the ending. But i think it's been settled perfectly. At the first watch, i did thought that it was unpleasant. But after that i realized that Ai has solved the conflicts she had, finally. By talking with herself who came from a different dimension, this occasion helped her to decide what to do. She realized that having two different eye colors is unique and a special personal trait she had. And personally, i think it went well with her personality. Everytime I saw her eyes, she felt like reliable person even to me. Lastly, the scene where the Ai that came from the other world gets stabbed from her eye, i got significantly depressed for a moment :D
To sum up, every aspect was thought carefully. Having a deep meaning meanwhile creating a original anime is a success. The 1 star I decreased is because being hard to understand at first, which is unexpected. The art style and the animation is the best aspects it had, and the protagonist Ai is used as a symbol smoothly, making itself visible for who thinks about it a little.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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