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May 23, 2024
If you like well-crafted scenes with beautiful graphics and crazily suitable background music, this anime is for you.
Simply put, everything the first season did really well already, the second season took and made it so much better tenfold. The animation was greatly smoothed out, the blurriness sometimes seen in the first season of The Dangers in My Heart changed to sharp focus, accentuating the true natures of both main characters. The background music somehow manages to do its job even better, combining with the smooth animation to create truly breathtaking scenes that would really put viewers in the moment. Already done really well in the
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first season, the second season produces scenes that made me pause the anime, in a good way because I just had to stop and appreciate the sheer beauty of the moment.
The plot, unfortunately, is one of two things that sticks out to me as the one aspect of the anime that could probably have been done better. Yes, there's some character development throughout the two seasons, but one feels like most of the development was done during the first season. As for the romance aspect, the ending had already been established in the first season, and the second season, in my opinion, could have done a little more to continue making viewers glued to the screen. There are hints of a couple between two characters (which I'm not going to name), but isn't built upon enough for viewers to truly care about them. Sure, there's some episodes that really make you laugh and smile like an idiot, but the momentum, unlike the first season, was a bit more blunted. I would also argue that there isn't as much of a conflict this season as there was the first season, which means even less of a pull factor to viewers. However, they do still excel in making scenes that make viewers go "how the heck did they get here?" which is a plus in this criterion at least.
Some of the characters were very disappointing misses. The two characters introduced at the later half of the anime, Andou Kanna and Yurine Hanzawa, were created to add a bit of tension to the season, but not nearly enough to truly make a difference in the minds of the viewers. If they had a bit more character development other than being there just to act as a bit of comic relief and force to push the main characters together, that would have, in my opinion, been a little better for the anime as a whole. The female main character's friends also suffer from a lack of development, not having been built upon enough to make the viewers relate with them. Why can I say this? Because when a character is truly memorable, viewers will remember their names. I couldn't for this anime- for nearly all the characters except for a few.
However, now we talk about the great parts of this anime.
For every disappointing miss, there was a character that really felt as if the producers really nurtured with all their hearts. Sho Adachi, one of the male main character's friends, is one of them. Sure, he's still the typical pervert friend whose only dream is to look at melons all day long, but he gains an extra dimension in this season, which makes him a lot more bearable. Kenta Kanzaki, another one of the male main character's friends, is a great side character, combining with Honoka Hara to make quite the interesting side couple whose names I could actually remember. There's actual conflict, there's some chemistry between them that really grows on the viewers after a while, and they truly were great hits.
With all that said, we go to the main characters.
Wow.
I know I've probably written a lot already, but this shows how much I became invested in the show. A big part of that is with the main characters. Kyotaro Ichikawa still shows a little bit of his chuunibyou tendencies, but he's largely shed all that to show a more socially awkward side of him, which I really like. Another thing that I really like is his smile, which while goes with the "moody guy shows smile for the first time", somehow manages to touch hearts really well. He's also become a lot more relatable, because which boy doesn't go "Does she like me? Does she hate me? Maybe I shouldn't be with her..." all those insecure thoughts that typical males with even the slightest bit of hesitation would have. However, it isn't a romance comedy without the comedy, and he really shines in that aspect with his continued snarky remarks that manages to force surprised snorts out of me. Anna Yamada is also very relatable, with all her anxieties and fears presenting a stark contrast to her outspoken and bubbly exterior. While being quite aloof at the beginning, she does evolve into a character that can be sympathized with, a character whose journey can be cheered on by viewers who see her as someone that should be cared about. From her underlying insecurities to her touching emotional sensitivities, Anna Yamada is a three dimensional character that epitomizes the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover".
And of course, we must talk about the music. As an idea of how good it is, I normally only watch the opening and ending themes of an anime during the final episode of the season. To be fair, I did that with the ending song, which is ok; not too bad, not too good either. However, with the consideration that I've been listening to the opening theme of The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 since I've started writing this ridiculously long review should amount for something. The animation, once again, is top-notch; the producers really poured their time and effort into an opening theme worthy of a great anime. While starting off quite simple, the opening theme goes on to capture my heart with lyrics that truly feel like the main characters would have sung if they had sung a duet together.
TL:DR - Plot's a bit flat, Characters are either 100% hits or 0% misses, but I can just listen to the opening theme all day long.
Review: 9.5/10 (Not as much of an emotional impact as others, but the scenes and music are truly beautiful)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 25, 2024
Things I did during the anime:
Drop my jaw multiple times
"This is actually a really good scene, mY GODS how do they do this?"
And respected an anime for its greatness.
This is one of those anime where you don't know how good its actually going to be until you watch it.
Many different things one can talk about this anime, from the characters to the plot, and I will be talking about those later, but first we must talk about the moments.
Specifically, those heart-pounding moments typically seen in anime where the girl like walks in front of the protagonist and turns back as the wind blows her hair
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beautifully or something. Beautiful music, especially love the piano and violin and overall instrumental vibe of those scenes. I think those really help make the anime grow into its own as a whole.
Ok, let's talk about the characters. I'll just do the main ones, since they undergo quite a bit more character development compared to the others. Kyotaro Ichikawa is your typical chuunibyou, just with a slight little taste for MURDER and seems quite fixated on this one popular girl in class, our female protagonist Anna Yamada. Interesting first name by the way, never seen something like it in a while. Anyways, both bring their own eccentricities to the table that is The Dangers in My Heart: Kyotaro with his (sometimes) creepy thoughts about taking out Anna and Anna not exactly as straightforward as one might think. In fact, many of the scenes will leave you wondering about whether or not Anna knows more than she lets on. The slow-burn chemistry between the two really rubs off on me as the anime progresses, but most importantly Kyotaro is at least a head shorter than Anna so it does provide a refreshing new look at the romance genre which has been dominated by tall men/boys of late.
The plot is one akin to many romance anime, but where this one truly glows is with the inclusion of its characters. The strange natures of both characters --Kyotaro actually being able to produce hilarious sentences the moment his brain turns on and he starts churning out the most relatable words I've seen in an anime-- really throws a curveball at the viewer. It is precisely because of the nature of this unlikely duo that they get into really interesting situations sometimes in the anime that will leave you wondering "HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET INTO THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?!"
Anyways, in short this anime is really the kind that gets going near the end but has enough twists and turns at the beginning to pull you in for the long haul.
Overall rating: 9.6/10 (imma go watch the second season now :DDD )
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Mar 28, 2024
Throughout this series, I found myself involuntarily doing a few things (not in any particular order, some more than others):
1) Looking away from the screen because of really, really suggestive content
2) Seesawing between incest and not-incest
3) Thinking to myself, "The hell did I just see?"
It's a pretty normal anime with some highly suggestive sexual elements in it. and my gods it took me so long to realize that there wasn't going to be any incest (at least in the anime, I haven't read the manga. Yet). Would it surprise you guys if I was disappointed that there wasn't any incest? Sure its wrong and inappropriate,
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but I am sure it would have been a guilty pleasure of quite a lot of people on this site if it had.
However, this anime does in fact live up to its name as a romantic comedy, even as there are some really weird signals coming from almost everyone in the anime and the comedy aspect is based on a whole lotta almost-ecchi. Exhibit A: My first point, because the anime kept putting...very suggestive stuff, as I mentioned earlier.
However, I finished this anime, and what I am truly disappointed about is the fact that it only got an OVA and not a season 2. Even though the ratings for this anime are quite low, lower than average for a romantic comedy, it fulfills all aspects of a romantic comedy, has really great characters with good chemistry with one another with only the slightest bit of ecchi (episode 12 may yet prove me wrong here), and will make a lot of you laugh. If you like these kinds of shows, then this is for you!
Overall rating: 9.2/10 (Better than Kanojo mo Kanojo for some reason, even though there's a lot more suggestive content)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 26, 2024
Sakurasou, you tricked me. How dare you call yourself a romantic comedy.
When talking about a romantic comedy, one would normally think that it would be mostly comedy, fun and games with a little dash of love sandwiched in between the laughs and the gags. That is also what I expected when I started watching this anime.
But nope, of course Sakurasou doesn't do that. Instead, it hits you with so much angst and sadness that its sometimes hard to breathe at times. Problem after problem after problem, so much that they don't give time for one to even catch their breath and relax.
However,
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the characters are good. Well fleshed out, as expected when an anime has TWENTY FOUR episodes for a single season. We have the really relatable protagonist Sorata Kanda, the clueless prodigy Mashiro Shiina, the rejected girl Aoyama Nanami, quintessential hacker genius Akasaka Ryuunosuke, jealous Yotsubaesque friend Rita Ainsworth, insecure playboy casanova Jin Mitaka, yellow haired Quintessential Quintuplet Yotsuba Misaki Kamiigusa, drunk busty teacher Chihiro Sengoku, the cast of characters is filled with interesting people that all undergo character development as the show continues. And mind you, I did not list all of the characters here. Nuh-uh.
The plot is supposed to be about Kanda's growing relationship with Shiina, but along the way a lot more stuff is added in than one would like, really revving up the pace of the episodes and making it feel fast even though there's twice the amount of episodes. In fact, almost everyone at Sakurasou (which is a outcast dorm at a prodigious school) ends up in a relationship one way or another.
And with that said, we must talk about the elephant in the room.
Both Mashiro Shiina and Aoyama Nanami like Kanda, so this show contains an interesting little love triangle as well.
Only instead of a scalene triangle, the writers were really intent on giving Aoyama as much of a chance as possible, giving her even more screen time with Kanda than Shiina, the main female protagonist herself, in order to further that goal. And it worked; I switched from a diehard Shiina fan to being able to respect a possible Aoyama victory. That is how much they fleshed out Aoyama and actually made her look and feel like someone Kanda can be with, which is one of the bright sides to this anime given that in most love triangles, one of the two girls simply gets little to no character development at all and is, as a result, not chosen. Of course, after giving Aoyama the chance to show herself, they reject her at the very end, which was sad because I actually started to root for Aoyama at the very end.
Music is great. Only thing I notice is the ending music changes sometimes, with one being more upbeat and one...strangely sounding foreboding and mysterious, which shouldn't be for a romantic comedy.
I will say that there is comedy, though, and I will not say what it is, only that it made me chuckle at times, so it was a fun experience. Only problem was that the number of funny moments seemed to decrease as the season went on, so there.
TL:DR: The Pet Girl of Sakurasou is quite the anime. Those who like lots of angst, beautiful characters, beautiful art, and quality (not quantity) comedy, this anime is perfect for you. For those who came for the laugh and gags, please watch something else, for you will be more than a little disappointed by the lack of comedy here for what they call a romantic "comedy".
Rating: 9.6/10 (Interestingly enough, 24 episodes wasn't boring, so that also shows how good it is)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Nov 23, 2023
And of course, right after I gave Teasing Master Takagi San my golden buzzer, something else had to come along and utterly obliterate my expectations of a good anime.
Such is my review of Vivy: Fluorite's Eye Song
A stupendous anime, filled to the brim with heart-pounding moments, emotional scenes (that didn't make me cry but they were still memorable) and, as its name suggests, absolutely bangers music unlike anything I've heard before.
So, let's devote an entire paragraph to talking about the music.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song does what many anime have: The right background music for the right occasion, as well as an op
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and ep. The only difference is that it simply did everything much more perfectly. Scenes shift to the beat, footsteps and voices are perfectly balanced with the music so that it doesn't entirely fade into the background while also letting viewers hear the conversations that occur during the songs IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EPISODES WHICH, MIND YOU, DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT IN ANIME. Ending theme was ok, I can see it as a foil to the opening theme, a nice calm piano to the explosive and bombastic opening. Now, the opening theme is Sing My Pleasure. That one, I liked. Beautiful singer, some sparkles to make it just entirely fantastical, and gets the heart pumping.
And then I heard Sing My Pleasure (Grace Version). It's in the sixth episode, only appeared for the duration of a scene but
Holy cow.
It's a slower song, which is quite hard to believe if you've ever heard the two songs together. But there is a clearly established beat that pounds nonstop at one's heart throughout the song. The voice changes as well, and the beat distinguishes the entire song from its original counterpart, adding in a sense of emergency and urgency (again, despite it being a slower song). For a person like me who's just obsessed with bass beats on every song I like, it is not eyecandy, but earcandy. For an anime title like Fluorite's Eye SONG, it has truly lived up to its name.
But I have gone on a bit of a tangent, so I will go to the plot.
The first humanoid autonomous AI is tasked with stopping a human-AI conflict that will happen in 100 years with a super-AI that is to be her guide. That's pretty much the plot. The overall theme is cut into 3-4 arcs, with each arc acting as a singularity point the AIs have to change in order to prevent the war from happening. It's quite understandable, and quite refreshing, really, given the unique situation this anime puts itself in, and is able to weave such beautiful nuances out of. The ending will not be uncovered here, but it does leave much to the imagination as well, which only adds to the beauty of Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song.
Next, the characters.
Vivy (or Diva, her alter ego) is said AI who is tasked with stopping this war. She is a busybody, a troublemaker, and a pretty darn good order-follower. As she is an AI, not a lot can be said about her, but somehow, we do see some character development throughout the anime, with her being able to smile and exhibit emotions more easily and readily, and even being able to make stuff of her own free will later in the series. Really, truly, she deserves an award (her actor got one, actually).
Matsumoto is the shining star of this series. He is the guy that provides comedic relief and so much more throughout the series. Many people would like Vivy, but I personally resonate more with Matsumoto. He, despite being a super-AI who should know more about stuff than Vivy, is able to also carve his own path in the anime, from literally being an annoying know-it-all in the beginning to sacrificing himself for Vivy at the very end, it can be argued that he has gone through a lot more than Vivy has and will ever have.
Only sticking point here are the other characters. While I can remember most of the bigger minor characters of each arc, too many characters are introduced throughout the series, which makes them (frankly) unmemorable. The villains are, therefore not given enough screen time to be understood (by me, at least) and to become relatable to the viewer, which is the only blemish in this otherwise perfect canvas.
Nothing else can be said; this anime is a breathtaking one.
I heard about it before, never really got around to watching it until now, and God can I say I should've watched it earlier.
Rating: 9.9 (Beautiful, everything's just perfect except for pretty much most of the characters aside from Vivy and Matsumoto)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Sep 7, 2023
This will be a review of Teasing Master Takagi 2 and 3: What an adventure.
And a particularly memorable one at that; I don't ever think I will be forgetting this duo anytime soon.
Teasing Master Takagi San is truly a beautiful anime, one that deserves lavishing praise from me. Its plot can be summed up in a single sentence, "The one that loves you the most is almost always the one that teases you the most." Such is the plot, simple yet meaningful. And it conveys the message beautifully, with a lot of laughter, some heart-skipping, and a little bit of tears.
Each episode for most
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of the three seasons is generic; 75% comedy and 25% romance. Repeat for 36 episodes. Given the amount of episodes, one would surely wonder how the hell Teasing Master Takagi San is able to keep the viewer hooked. And to that, Teasing Master Takagi San's response is to make every single scenario a new experience, unexpected and unique. You will never feel bored or tired, in fact excited as each new episode brings out a new contest, a new gag that the characters jump into with gusto. And for the romance part? Despite the fact that it shares a smaller piece of the episode pie with the comedy, each moment is memorable, be it holding hands, an outing together, or even suggestive feelings towards one another.
The music is just perfect. The right tone at the right time to evoke the right emotion. There is a bit of fluctuation, but when done well it will evoke uproarious laughter or tears of joy, depending on the situation.
Finally, we come to the characters.
First, Takagi. Truly a teasing master ahead of her time, she is able to constantly outwit her victim, Nishikata, in contests and games. Extremely knowledgeable, very perceptive (given the countless times she sees through his games just by looking at his expressions), she is quite the iron lady. However, Takagi has grown throughout the seasons. From just purely teasing Nishikata out of jest and toying with him to being jealous of Nishikata talking to another girl and exposing her true feelings more and more, Takagi has become a fully developed, dynamic 3-dimensional character that forms the better half of the story.
Next, Nishikata. In some ways, he is more relatable than Takagi. Nishikata is the type to constantly try, constantly fail, but get back up and try again. Even after failing to tease Takagi for 2 years, he enthusiastically continues to dream up elaborate tricks and games, hoping that one day, he will be able to successfully catch Takagi off guard and tease her. Easily emotional, resilient, and loyal, Nishikata is the exact opposite of Takagi, yet they fit well together. Nishikata has grown as well; throughout season 2 and the first half of season 3, Nishikata treated beating Takagi at her own game as his top priority, yet by the end of season 3 he is willing even to lose a game on purpose if it would mean that Takagi would smile again. The amount of effort he puts into designing these teases just for Takagi displays his personality in all its glory, even if he fails every single time.
Great characters, great plot, great music.
Teasing Master Takagi San, you are the anime series I have waited for ever since I started watching anime. Thank you for being the best you can be, and keeping me hooked through 24 episodes of laughter, breathlessness, and tears.
For that, you get my golden buzzer.
Overall rating: 10/10 (I have no regrets.)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Aug 12, 2023
Well, they've made it impossible for me not to watch the second season.
Oh well.
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN has a pretty normal plot, akin to that of the Quintessential Quintuplets. A boy helps his female students study and (hopefully) pass exams and finish the school year with flying colors while dealing with growing affection between the two sides. However, while the Quintessential Quintuplets focused more on family bonds, We Never Learn: BOKUBEN went more into the delightfully absurd and nonsensical end of the harem anime spectrum. I'm not telling you what it is, but it certainly made the anime a tiny bit more interesting. Also, its
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pretty much a comedy, but there are small, independent romantic moments where your heart skips a beat and you just bask in the sheer beauty of the moment.
And now, the characters. Pretty normal lineup of characters, except for the fact that Yuiga Nariyuki, the main protagonist of the series, is actually pretty average. He's not a genius like Futaro Uesugi, but the good thing is that he's not as dense as him either. Uruka Takemoto is the sporty gal of the series who's good at sports and nothing else, Fumino Furuhashi the happy go lucky girl who falls asleep the moment she hears a math equation, and Rizu Ogata the busty nerd who doesn't seem to comprehend human emotions and therefore Humanities in general. All equally interesting, all getting personality developments that honestly, should be focused on a bit more in the second season. Adding to this lineup we have Yuiga's purple haired senpai Asumi Kominami and his teacher and former tutor of Ogata and Furuhashi Kirisu Mafuyu. Not a bad lineup, the only problem here is that because of the amount of people, sometimes they don't get nearly as enough screen time/time alone with Yuiga as they should have. Also, the fact that Yuiga spent a lot of time with Ogata in the first few episodes and ended the season spending all of his time with Takemoto is a bit...unsavory considering that he should be spending time with each of them equally.
Also, the music is a bit inappropriate. Not in the PG-13 sense, but more like it doesn't seem to suit the occasion as well as it should be. Sometimes there's upbeat music for sad situations, and other times its boring music for tense situations. Now, this only happens once in a while so its not too big of a deal, and considering that this was pretty much my one problem with We Never Learn shows how well its went.
Finally, the reason why I have to watch the second season: Someone's mom's DEATH, a boy and a girl sharing a room together, and a severe lack of character development and loose ends that I hope will materialize in the second season.
Final Rating: 9.3/10
Second season, here I come.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Aug 2, 2023
My first thought after watching this anime was, "Wow, its kinda stupid."
But then again, I, who finished this entire series, am an idiot too.
Pretty much the only thing that keeps this anime series alive and kicking are the various absurd and stupid antics that the characters get up to. Even at the beginning, I am pretty sure that not just me, but many others, were intrigued by the working viability of an active polygamous relationship. Having one girlfriend is already quite a bit, but two? You'd have to truly believe that this entire thing would work to continue with it. Plus the pacing ran really
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quickly at the beginning, so much so that it went from boyfriend/girlfriend to boyfriend/girlfriend/girlfriend living together. In the first episode. People may call that "rushed", but in my opinion it was stupidly awesome.
Now of course, we cannot have an anime without characters, can we? Naoya Mukai, the main guy of the series (and pretty much the only guy in the series) is a stupid bastard who digs himself a hole with every word he says. Yet, his personality forces him to continue digging, in the hopes that he'll eventually dig himself out of the other side of the world. That being said, he is a very extreme protagonist, often pushing himself to make ludicrous promises and do crazy things to prove himself. Yet all this would never had been good had it not been for his resilience. No matter what, he keeps his promises, he does the things, and he continues digging, no matter the cost. This is a man I can respect, even if he sometimes looks like an asshole doing it sometimes. The girls pretty much pale in comparison to Naoya, though Nagisa Minase, Naoya's second girlfriend, gets a bit of character development ONLY IN THE LAST EPISODES. Adding to the cast we have Saki Saki, Naoya's first girlfriend and childhood friend, Rika Hoshizaki, the girl who really, really wants to get close to Naoya, and Shino Kiryu, Saki's friend. Oh yeah, did I mention that they all have feelings for him?
The one thing I find quite interesting about the series is how much the anime hates on Naoya. Pretty much every single episode he is getting punched, elbowed, or kicked, repeatedly in some cases. Its been done so much its almost comical, and a relief to see it happen. Now, I don't condone abuse of any gender at all, but Naoya being able to get up after every beating is just phenomenal.
Rating: 8/10 (Not good, but stupid enough that I can like it)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jul 30, 2023
For most anime, one is usually able to plug up the hole in their heart that said anime's ending has made, and move on to other things.
Unfortunately, it seems that the Quintessential Quintuplets II is not like most anime.
I never cried like I did during Bunny Girl Senpai. I never laughed like I did during Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid. But maybe, just maybe, I got to experience melancholy and depression for the first time in my entire life, in a good way of course.
In many ways, this season was better than the first. For one, it got a lot more drama, and things got heated
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up for once, which almost never happened during the first season. This would be partially due to the plot, which involved the quintuplets getting a lot closer than I would ever have expected to the main protagonist/tutor, Futaro Uesugi. And I noticed quite a bit more character development in all of the characters. If the first season was the stable foundation that this series was meant to be built on, the second season would be the stunning structure built to compliment it. The only sticking point I really had with this anime was that Futaro's hair and eye color changed, which threw me off a bit but I was overall fine with it.
And as I had mentioned before, the characters really started to shine through, no matter good or bad.
1) Itsuki was probably the weakest out of the five girls, and I still don't quite really know her personality, even after 24 episodes and 2 seasons.
2) In the first season, I noticed Ichika's thoughts and feared the worst. To my guilty delight, my fears that Ichika's love for Futaro would become a whole lot more manipulative and obsessive (albeit not as extreme as a true yandere would go) came through, and I got to watch the first true antagonist of this entire anime series.
3) It was around this time that the internet ruined it for me, and I found out Futaro would end up with Yotsuba. But despite that earth-shattering news, I continued to watch the season. Yotsuba has really come a long way, from being a happy go lucky child to a truly mature student who understands when to be serious and when to laugh and play. She truly has grown.
4) Nino...I did not expect the haircut. But truly, she turned from the tsundere I labelled her as in the first season to an awkward little girl who really, really doesn't know how to love someone. It's a good thing, I will believe, that she tries really hard in this season to keep the girls from breaking apart in their love for Futaro.
5) No matter how much people talk, I will always root for Miku in my heart. She, out of all the girls, really got the most character development and grew into a truly mature and appealing character that many others like me will follow to the ends of the earth. Truly a great character.
6) And last but not least, Futaro Uesugi. Man, I never expected him to have so much feelings other than being serious all the time. And as much as he worked to help the girls in the first season, he truly sacrificed himself this season, actually slacking on his own perfect grades to help the quintuplets pass, and, after a challenge by the 2nd highest scorer in the school, rallied and got ranked 3rd nationally in the national mock exams WHILE CONTINUING TO TUTOR THE QUINTUPLETS WHO CAN BARELY PASS. He is a man I will respect forever, a person I will always strive to achieve for the rest of my life.
I almost never talk about the music, but in this case I will make an exception. The background music was timed perfectly for every single scene, and the OP and ending theme was just phenomenal, with the consideration that I don't ever listen to theme music unless they make me feel something.
I started with a 9 here, but I think maybe, just maybe, if I cannot find any other anime that's truly perfect for me, the Quintessential Quintuplets series will get my golden rating of 10.
On to the movie, where I will finally see the ending of this godforsaken series that has captured my heart.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jul 28, 2023
After watching so much anime in one go, I decided to try the famed Quintessential Quintuplets.
Who knows; even while binge watching so much anime in one go that they almost all blur together, this one can still make me feel something.
Plot is a pretty simple one; "5 girls fall in love with one guy" was the general goal, but how they achieved it was truly phenomenal.
Each girl gets her own fair share of screen time, so we are never able to find out who Futaro, the main protagonist of the series, ends up with. Even at the end, during Futaro's marriage, the bride's hair color
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was so ambiguous that it could still have been 3 of the quintuplets. But this show would never have taken off without the characters, whom, surprisingly, complimented the plot really well and made the entire series bloom in wild colors.
Each of the characters are, in my opinion, a role well played. Yotsuba, the happy go lucky little sprite that honestly, probably still has some secrets she's not willing to divulge. Miku, the quiet, mild mannered "geek" who has a love for Japanese warlords and has made it pretty clear about her feelings towards Futaro. Itsuki, the kinda-sorta tsundere who hides everything in her heart and constantly butt heads with Futaro. Ichika, the big sister/actor who really is the only one who has dared to try anything with Futaro. Nino, the definitely-a-tsundere who likes the past that Futaro would never go back to. And Futaro himself, who, despite being a lonely little nerd, seems to have a lot more secrets than he's willing to let on. Each of these characters are unique in their very own way, and really turn this anime into not a one dimensional plot, but six? :P
As I said before, when I feel something for an anime, it, in my opinion, has surpassed my expectations fully. For Bunny Girl Senpai, I cried even before the episode started, knowing what was to come. For Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, I was laughing so hard it was truly reinvigorating to finally find such an anime that truly is funny. And for Quintessential Quintuplets, its a truly great anime that left me breathless and shaking.
On to the second season.
Rate: 9.8/10 (GODDAMN IT ITS SO CLOSE, ITS NOT PERFECT THOUGH)
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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