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Sep 23, 2022
Yuurei Deco
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Another summer 2022 showing us that a good idea and good art style are not enough to carry an entire show. I felt like this show had overwhelming potential -- the animation is great, the art style is very colorful and vibrant (although maybe a little prescribed), and I thought that, at first, the story could be interesting. However, it basically just turned into the same old litany that we've been hearing since 2005: "social media is bad!" "not everything you read on the internet is true!" etc. etc. Basically Babby's First 1984, except not nearly as engaging or compelling. Had this been released like
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Sep 23, 2022
Bucchigire!
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I'll keep this short and sweet: this is a classic example of wasted potential--a pretty common occurrence when it comes to anime. I started it on a whim honestly; it didn't look that appealing to me at first glance. The art style is really colorful and vibrant though, and not in a forced way like a lot of anime is, so that kept me invested. And the story honestly had so much potential! But it just wasn't executed well enough. It's not bad or anything, but I think it completely deserves its score (which is currently 6.14 - "fine"). If you enjoy sengoku and edo
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Jan 23, 2021
I've never written a review before, but this was such a travesty of wasted potential that I felt compelled to do so. I'm gonna keep it short, this show is not good. With re-boots, there's always some element of nostalgia bait, which is fine, but with Yashahime, that's all there is. The story is actually good if you don't consider the writing. And of course, the world and characters of InuYasha are pretty decent and already well-established, so you'd think there's no way they could fuck this up, right? But the studio is very clearly still stuck in bloated-200-episode-shounen-from-the-early-aughts mode, and it shows. Let's be
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