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Short Review:

They had to ruin the most interesting character, and probably my favorite in the entire Raildex franchise. Thankfully this isn't as long as Index III, because if it were, I could see this being close to a 2.

I gave this a better score because I did actually enjoy the first couple of episodes and had my eye on a score of 7 at around episode 3, but it got so bad so quick I was amazed. The story kept getting more and more dull and uninteresting as I neared the end, as well as really predictable and overall trash.

Animation also was a downgrade ... from Index/Railgun. Even though it wasn't that much of a bother to me, I still kept it in mind when rating this. In summary, thank god this was only 12 episodes and not more.

Short Review:

An absolute pain getting through this, 26 episodes is just too much. Had this as a 4 (rounded up) butt ykw I'm moving this down to a 3, really nothing here but suffering due to the super long conversations, hard to keep up with shit, and just so much more. A score of 4 seemed reasonable to me since I could actually remember events after I finished the show (even if they were crap), but still this isn't something I'd want a person to go through. Also, I wish Touma would just shut the fuck up, thankfully they didn't absolutely ruin his character ... with the continuation of the series; Railgun T, because I did enjoy his screen time there.

Short Review:

Was quite gripping for the first half or so, but then things started to get stupidly predictable. There was some poetry I believe being recited, and I found that intriguing to say the least, which made me feel as if this show was about to go somewhere, spoiler: (it didn't). The character sound effects were poor, but fair enough considering this is old. Same goes to animation. Nothing exciting about any of the characters either.

The story was as I mentioned, extremely predictable for the most part, and the concept most likely to all of us is not something new at all. Hence, this probably ... was something great in the past.

Ending was butchered with that extremely cringe scene (it was funny how bad it was), and I really just wanted this whole thing to end. I couldn't bring my self to care anymore.

Would not recommend, and would not watch again.

This was at first really difficult understanding everything being thrown at you, specifically the names of characters and just figuring out what's going in general, so I didn't quite enjoy the first 1-3 episodes. But don't go anywhere, since this show absolutely rocks during the middle when you start to get a hang of things, and I was even considering giving this a 9/10 if it continued delivering. I really loved those episodes, they make this entire show worth a watch (and a re-watch). Sadly, based off the rating I gave you can now probably guess thing's got worse, and you'd be correct, which leads ... me to the conclusion that those 13 episodes should've been longer, for all the potential to be squeezed out from its exciting premise as a story.

The characters I'd say were fine. Nothing really special about any individual character, but there are some characters I enjoyed watching such as Hondomachi for example. I liked Fukuda, and thought Narihisago was just cool I guess. I probably missed someone else that I enjoyed watching, but I can talk about those who I did not really enjoy much as characters. Basically everyone monitoring the Mizuhanome was boring, I just did not like any of them. Yes, they were important in the story, but I just didn't really care about if something bad were to happen to them. As for my relationship with the character Asukai Kiki, I'd say It's complicated. At time's I'd be really sad for her and wish she'd get better, but at other times I'm like why are you still alive? If you so badly want to die then why don't you just kill yourself. Inami I'd say was one of those characters that you care about, not because you love them, but because you really hate them. She kept me going from the aspect of wanting something bad to happen to her. Therefore, I can say her character was portrayed very well and managed to contribute something to this show, even if it were just triggering some feelings. As for the main Antagonist John Walker, I didn't really get it if I'm being honest. Yes, he's the bad character and you're supposed to hate the bad character, but I just didn't feel as if I was given enough reason for me to have said hate towards him during the majority of the show, even if he technically was the cause of everything.

Now for the music, it was great. Lovely opening theme, and I especially loved that ending theme. The adrenaline I had during those middle episodes combined with that ending theme just felt awesome. It really contributed a lot to the show for me, and I could've quite possibly considered lowering my score down if it weren't for the music. I don't have much to say other than the animation being good, and that it felt a bit weird to me at first, but then got used to it in a way.

As for the episodes nearing towards the end, I was kinda lost. I'd say it's probably due to to the lack of interest I developed since the show was starting to just live in the moment - no overarching story basically. It started to feel as if it wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't see an ending I wanted this show to get to. So with all this lack of interest, I couldn't understand a handful of things they were mentioning (again should've been a longer show), and so felt behind. But for the middle of the show, I managed to pick up everything they were talking about with ease, since It had me wanting more. As for the ending, I also didn't quite get everything that was happening in those ending scenes. In general, yes it was a fitting ending to a story, but I wasn't happy with it.

I'd understand if a person were to give this show an 8, or even a 6, but a 7 sits perfectly with me. I consider the ending of a show very important, and the ending to ID:INVADED wasn't disastrous or perfect, but there was no more of that umph I felt during previous episodes, and therefore, I couldn't help but feel both incomplete and (oddly) good for giving this show a shot and wish it's potential was fulfilled.

Lunn Flies into the wind is quite the story. The concept of a boy falling in love with a girl on a coffee poster is one I've never heard of before, and most likely neither have you. But if you're here then this must mean something about the story interests you (or you're just wasting time looking for something to add to your watchlist because why not).

Story (with some spoilers) - 3/10

Alright, so basically there's this boy (I forgot his name) who hates everything, school, his existence, guys who bully him, make fun of him... and all that other good stuff. One day after ... school while going back home, the boy passes through an alley with a bunch of posters on the wall. A certain poster catches his eye, with this beautiful girl on it, when it was basically just meant to be an advertisement for coffee, nothing more. The girl on the poster has the ability to talk, but could not live longer if she stays in that place and on the wall. That alley is very dirty and wet, so the paper will slowly get weaker and weaker until its no more. She also will lose her beauty (color of the picture) and fade away from the water, if she stays there any longer. The boy then takes the poster home and all the way to his bedroom wall to spend more time with girl in the picture. He then announces he has a girlfriend to his father while having lunch. A few days later, he takes the poster to school, and bullies find out about the poster by breaking into his locker. He then safely retrieves the poster from them, and goes back home all beaten up. The boy promises the girl would never get hurt again, but things lead to other things, and he then suddenly wants to commit suicide. The poster thankfully talks him out of it, by explaining that she is just a picture, and therefore she must be a picture of someone, so he should go meet that someone in real life. The boy then retrieves his will to live, and his goal in life was to find that girl and be with her. For over a year he searched for her, and finally manages to find the woman in the picture, but she's just an old woman at that time, married to the artist who created the coffee advertisement poster. The boy then storms back to his room in a fit of rage, realizing he technically just wasted a year of his life, and throws the poster under his bed. Time passes, and he eventually forgets about the girl on the poster - he had moved on with his life, (a smooth one if I may add). One day, he accidentally stumbles across the poster and hangs it up on his bedroom wall like old times. The doorbell suddenly rings and he meets a girl who looks exactly like the girl on the poster. The girl then explains she's the daughter of the woman on the poster, and she mysteriously looks almost identical to her. The boy had invited her to his room by then, and the poster suggests to be hidden because it would be weird if the girl saw her mother on a random boys' wall. The poster then flies into the wind since the boy placed her in a spot were she'd be susceptible to being sucked out. The boy and daughter then appear together on the balcony looking at the poster fly away, and they then basically became a thing from that moment.


My thoughts in short:

Even with a story as intriguing and weird as this, I knew from the moment the boy met the poster, things won't be taking off in a good direction. I thought to myself how could this possibly become any more interesting than that? You just met a talking poster. In the end I was right, the story had lost it's "sparkle" and was all basically downhill from there. The story started to drag, and I by then had lost interest near the end. The main character isn't likeable at all, and the animation was fine I guess. The ending had somewhat of a cozy feeling to it, but honestly I couldn't care less about the boy anymore at that point. This was not emotional at all, and considering it's supposed to at least make us feel some sort of way but failed at doing so, I was disappointed. Would not recommend Lunn wa Kaze no Naka "Lunn Flies into the Wind" to anyone. Don't have high hopes for this. It sadly won't deliver.

Short Review:

I really did not expect to enjoy this as much as I did. In comparison to the first story in "The Lion Books" series, this one blows the other out of the water. Rain boy was very emotional and almost moved me to tears. It was extremely straightforward, and had nothing to really consider or feel like you needed to know in advance. I now have this feeling that I've fully appreciated this story without having the need to fill in some unnecessary plot holes. All was great up until the ending, where it seemed a bit off to me, but nonetheless, I enjoyed ... this a lot overall. From It's simple animation (expected from that time) to great characters, this was all uphill from the previous first story, the green cat.

In brief, this is a sweet and simple story, finely executed. I'd recommend Amefuri Kuzou "Rain Boy" to any anime fan. It's definitely worth the watch, and is something both adults and kids would enjoy. Will definitely be showing this to my kids one day, and I really hope all the other stories in the series will be as good as this one.

Short Review:

This probably was something great at the time of release, but it's pretty bad if you were to watch this today. The story is quite stupid, boring and tedious. I didn't care about any of the characters, and no emotions were being elicited on my side. I really tried to get into this, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so. This was a waste of time I'd say, but just get it off your watchlist if it's already on there. Don't add this to your watchlist if otherwise. There really is nothing special here.

In summary, nothing exciting or interesting, but if ... you have nothing better to do then sure why not, take a look, you might find something for you here. I could watch this again since it's just 20 minutes, but I'd rather not.

This is not a bad show, but it was disappointing how bad it was due to the high expectations I had for it, and all the hype it received. Again, it's not necessarily "bad", it's just that it was disappointing to say the least.

It had an awesome soundtrack (especially that opening theme), great looking characters, animation, and the only likeable character I can think of off the top of my head would probably be Poppo.

The show started off great, with a nice concept that grabbed my attention, and I basically really wanted to know what will happen. Sadly it was just straight up boring ... and uninteresting throughout most of the show, and the only 2 things that kept me going was the curiosity of how they were going to end this show, and that in the very end of each episode something interesting would happen, making me want to move on to the next episode to find out. Also, if it weren't for how people made it out to be, the you'll be depressed and all that for a week after you finish the show, and how everyone cries, etc. I wouldn't of have added this to my watchlist.

Even though I did manage to "cry" somewhere between episodes 7-10, and the final episode, I was basically just forcing myself to do so, just so that I can say this show made me cry. Also the long awaited ending, was just unsatisfying, cringe and a little funny tbh, so that's that. C'mon she died, just get over it, and stop crying. It's almost as if it's some kind of crying contest lol

In the end, it was fine, nothing amazing, nothing horrible, and just left me with a nice opening theme, how I view people who say they enjoyed this, and disappointment.