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[Spoilers] Summer Anime Review
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I ended up watching a handful of animes on a schedule this summer, I thought I'd do a review for funsies. A couple crossed over from spring to summer but only what was airing in summer that I saw is on the list. My taste is pretty horrible but ... eh. There's too many for me to go into real detail on, this wall of text too big. ;w;
*Ore Monogatari (My Love Story!!): This climbed up into "all time favourite" rank, it touched all my "AAAWWE" spots. Something similar I loved was Kimi ni Todoke, this has a twist from regular romance animes with the main character being a massively oversized guy. Society always judges him harshly but once you get to know him he's such an awesome superhero. I liked how it dealt with a couple sad relationship situations into realistic and mature ways. I do like all the main characters in this show which not very common for me.
*Gakkou Gurashi: This also got right up there, after the first episode I forgot why I added it to the list, why did I want to see some little girl slice of life? I cheated and looked it up, then I was very pleased with the show and how it handled everything throughout the season. All the Megu-nee stuff is super "AWE", super sad the dog dies at the end, even though he was dead before. A couple things are questionable but I really didn't mind suspending my disbelief, happy cute girls and baddy zombies - can't beat it!
*Dragonball Super: I was wondering why this show seemed to progress so fast but OH it's really short. Yea way to cram the "actual" (?) strongest being in existence and the biggest power-up into 13 episodes. I was really weirded out by Goku's childish Draonballesque voice but came to love it I guess. The scene where Beerus hits Bulma and Vegeta freaks out is my favourite DB moment, the show was really colourful and pretty to watch. I was impressed by the visuals and audio to make energy sound really powerful. I just think it's weird the series was so short. x_x
Kangoku Gakuen Prison School: This is straight up porn. I always wanted it to go a little further to use as actual porn but it only almost got that far. The guys are really unloveable but it's nice to see the focus on a group of guys rather than a group of girls and one guy. The chick with the bangs and shoulder length blonde hair is AWESOME and looks just like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. I have to say the final moments of the show was so satisfying to watch and makes me REALLY look forward to a sequel.
Gate: Jietai Kanoshi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri: Really cool thing about this show was the realistic overpowerdness of the modern world. The approach to the worlds meeting I also found realistic and satisfying to watch bloom. Though it's a pet peeve now for me to see all the girls and one guy, it wasn't as bad in this case. The girls aren't crazy/drooling and mega horny 24/7.
Rokka no Yuusha: Interesting character designs, probably the most troll plot arc for a season though. If you thought they were going to beat the boss before the end then you're mistaken. Not only that, but they didn't even really get anywhere. They handled one situation "who's the 7th?" and right at the end there was the hilarious "AND IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN!"
Overlord: I liked this for similar reasons to Gate, that the main character is hella overpowered. I did start getting bored of it ... He should have been trying to figure out the home/what happened to him situation harder. There should have been some resolve on that.
Charlotte: I liked the unique genre, it was interesting ... I watered up at some obvious points. I couldn't be as interested in it as I wanted to be but it has some very impactful/emotional events like the sister thing, brother thing, absorbing all the powers in the world ... (which I would argue was unnecessary since everyone loses their powers anyway)
Aoharu x Kikanjuu: This is something I'd normally be really into, guys x guys or girl that looks like guy x guy. It's mostly that friend with the glasses that's my favourite character of all the shows. I'm not into guns, I get bored with a guy rejecting someone because it's best for that person. Why is the bully guy so violent?? Why is there a competition going on and it's up to the teams to be trustworthy, nobody's watching to make sure they're not cheating, I get they're hidden by trees but I doubt the area they're in would have so many spots where onlookers couldn't see/hear.
Durarara!!x2 Ten: I have difficulty keep interest in this, there's a good handful of interesting and fun characters with a range of personalities. Really the only thing I care about is seeing Celty with her head on because that voice doesn't match that face.
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (Snow White with the Red Hair): I liked the start of this when it was more about the herbs then it turned into a very romantic thing. I started getting sick of hearing her say "Zen ..." all the time in that way she does every time. I would have dropped it had my friend not said "we've gone too far".
Arslan Senki: ... Meh ... meh ... meh. The characters definitely got some overpoweredness but just so much politics and I didn't care about any of the characters. I had a moment of interest once or twice but I just couldn't perk up interest for it.
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou: I am SO sick and tired of having a large group of stock character girls who all like the same guy. The animes hardly try to distinguish themselves, this one's just playing on girls being mythical beings/monsters. I don't have to say anything more about it because all these animes are the same. ;[
Dropped
Makura no Danshi / Okusama ga Seitokaichou: These were episode shorts, the wife one was typical "bunch of girls like guy" and the other one was cute pillow talk boy but I didn't care to watch pillow talk while watching with my friend.
OVA
Little Witch Academia: Mahou Shikake no Parade: I really liked the climax of the movie. I liked the previous movie and all the witchy stuff in it, except whenever I see a wizard/witch school I find it horribly unrealistic that all students wouldn't be A++ students. If you could fly on a broom wouldn't you master that shit instantly?
Ongoing
Naruto Shippuden: FFS I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DREAMS OF THESE CHARACTERS.
*Ore Monogatari (My Love Story!!): This climbed up into "all time favourite" rank, it touched all my "AAAWWE" spots. Something similar I loved was Kimi ni Todoke, this has a twist from regular romance animes with the main character being a massively oversized guy. Society always judges him harshly but once you get to know him he's such an awesome superhero. I liked how it dealt with a couple sad relationship situations into realistic and mature ways. I do like all the main characters in this show which not very common for me.
*Gakkou Gurashi: This also got right up there, after the first episode I forgot why I added it to the list, why did I want to see some little girl slice of life? I cheated and looked it up, then I was very pleased with the show and how it handled everything throughout the season. All the Megu-nee stuff is super "AWE", super sad the dog dies at the end, even though he was dead before. A couple things are questionable but I really didn't mind suspending my disbelief, happy cute girls and baddy zombies - can't beat it!
*Dragonball Super: I was wondering why this show seemed to progress so fast but OH it's really short. Yea way to cram the "actual" (?) strongest being in existence and the biggest power-up into 13 episodes. I was really weirded out by Goku's childish Draonballesque voice but came to love it I guess. The scene where Beerus hits Bulma and Vegeta freaks out is my favourite DB moment, the show was really colourful and pretty to watch. I was impressed by the visuals and audio to make energy sound really powerful. I just think it's weird the series was so short. x_x
Kangoku Gakuen Prison School: This is straight up porn. I always wanted it to go a little further to use as actual porn but it only almost got that far. The guys are really unloveable but it's nice to see the focus on a group of guys rather than a group of girls and one guy. The chick with the bangs and shoulder length blonde hair is AWESOME and looks just like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. I have to say the final moments of the show was so satisfying to watch and makes me REALLY look forward to a sequel.
Gate: Jietai Kanoshi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri: Really cool thing about this show was the realistic overpowerdness of the modern world. The approach to the worlds meeting I also found realistic and satisfying to watch bloom. Though it's a pet peeve now for me to see all the girls and one guy, it wasn't as bad in this case. The girls aren't crazy/drooling and mega horny 24/7.
Rokka no Yuusha: Interesting character designs, probably the most troll plot arc for a season though. If you thought they were going to beat the boss before the end then you're mistaken. Not only that, but they didn't even really get anywhere. They handled one situation "who's the 7th?" and right at the end there was the hilarious "AND IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN!"
Overlord: I liked this for similar reasons to Gate, that the main character is hella overpowered. I did start getting bored of it ... He should have been trying to figure out the home/what happened to him situation harder. There should have been some resolve on that.
Charlotte: I liked the unique genre, it was interesting ... I watered up at some obvious points. I couldn't be as interested in it as I wanted to be but it has some very impactful/emotional events like the sister thing, brother thing, absorbing all the powers in the world ... (which I would argue was unnecessary since everyone loses their powers anyway)
Aoharu x Kikanjuu: This is something I'd normally be really into, guys x guys or girl that looks like guy x guy. It's mostly that friend with the glasses that's my favourite character of all the shows. I'm not into guns, I get bored with a guy rejecting someone because it's best for that person. Why is the bully guy so violent?? Why is there a competition going on and it's up to the teams to be trustworthy, nobody's watching to make sure they're not cheating, I get they're hidden by trees but I doubt the area they're in would have so many spots where onlookers couldn't see/hear.
Durarara!!x2 Ten: I have difficulty keep interest in this, there's a good handful of interesting and fun characters with a range of personalities. Really the only thing I care about is seeing Celty with her head on because that voice doesn't match that face.
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime (Snow White with the Red Hair): I liked the start of this when it was more about the herbs then it turned into a very romantic thing. I started getting sick of hearing her say "Zen ..." all the time in that way she does every time. I would have dropped it had my friend not said "we've gone too far".
Arslan Senki: ... Meh ... meh ... meh. The characters definitely got some overpoweredness but just so much politics and I didn't care about any of the characters. I had a moment of interest once or twice but I just couldn't perk up interest for it.
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou: I am SO sick and tired of having a large group of stock character girls who all like the same guy. The animes hardly try to distinguish themselves, this one's just playing on girls being mythical beings/monsters. I don't have to say anything more about it because all these animes are the same. ;[
Dropped
Makura no Danshi / Okusama ga Seitokaichou: These were episode shorts, the wife one was typical "bunch of girls like guy" and the other one was cute pillow talk boy but I didn't care to watch pillow talk while watching with my friend.
OVA
Little Witch Academia: Mahou Shikake no Parade: I really liked the climax of the movie. I liked the previous movie and all the witchy stuff in it, except whenever I see a wizard/witch school I find it horribly unrealistic that all students wouldn't be A++ students. If you could fly on a broom wouldn't you master that shit instantly?
Ongoing
Naruto Shippuden: FFS I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE DREAMS OF THESE CHARACTERS.
Naruto worse. The kakashi flash back. ??? Obito. Lee. & more
I got bored too when the first sage talked to both boys
Pretty crazy. So obito turned good cause of naruto? Then madra took over and they played a game of tail beast tug of war?
All that time growing the fucking plant and he absorbs it?
And. For the record
I hate the bogger man I hate the helicopter dude I hate the old man with the G letter obsessing
The guy once mafia now. A disgusting sloppy baby man
And. The onece bodybuilder now a sumo dude
Their already fighting....
I gave both time off and i gotta wait more?
Oh and i hate opening 18. Piece of shit has been stuck in my head
17 & 06 are good
Also where the fuck are brook? Sangie & chopper? At the boat?
> I gave both time off and i gotta wait more?
Yep got I some bad news, but just to give a number of how many other fights end before luffy and Doffy go at it is about 7 and that maybe be missing 1 or two. It really sucks for people who aren't into whats going on right now.
> Oh and i hate opening 18. Piece of shit has been stuck in my head
I do too
> Also where the fuck are brook? Sangie & chopper? At the boat?
Bad news part 2 is that people kept track and they were gone in the manga for over a year, so you got a while. They're not seen until after the luffy doflamingo fight, which means like over half a year from now.
Am I seriously reading that right
OR what about black beard? Opening 17 has him & luffy duking it out
But no show
Or vega punk
Like what's left after you *actually* become the most powerful being in the universe? Obviously some tougher being from another dimension! Or a different time! The possibilities are endless! XD
Then skipped over GT to Super, I think my friend said that GT isn't canon but Super is so it all worked out for me. I think the androids is maybe sillier than powerful beings in another dimension, the androids being super tough kind of annoyed me. I'm in too deep to care about how they make up new challenges now. ^^
Rokka almost lost me with the whole "I LOVE YOU!!" uncalled for bombshell... but I was so far into it already I just sucked it up and finished it. =_=;
Charlotte? I was really happy with how it hit some dark tones without loosing too much of a sight for itself. The whole travel the world and plunder thing was a bit over the top.... but he didn't want to see kids suffer like in his prior memories from the hospital timeline or in the case of Pooh dying for everyone later on.
Gakkou... omg the Megu feels. ;n;
Need to watch Gate. Need to finish Ushio and Tora. I miss Log Horizon. Soma was a disappointing arc. Need to catch up on so many old animes....
Animuuuuu. @_@
The Rokka love thing ... I was surprised as of course I thought he'd go with bunny chick, then I wasn't sure if he was totally serious when he said it or not. In Plastic Memories the main character also loved the smaller/emotionless girl so if it's a thing then it's a refreshing character choice albeit unfitting?
Soma was a disappointing arc?? D; I'm on like episode 6 and if nothing else I'm really into cooking. x_x
Gourmet Girl Graffiti is no where near as good as Soma (imo) for story and food explanations. But there's another season of Soma coming right out I believe, I need to catch up quick.
I should probably read the manga one day and not feel as fillerish as the anime did.
Other than that I'm excited for Noragami and Haikyuu! I can't wait, I cannot wait.
Is Haikyuu going to be anything like Free! ? (Something I thought I'd love but couldn't stand x_x)
Noragami looks fun and it's short/finished I might take a look when I get through my long to-watch list!
As of right now, no I don't think so. Haikyuu isn't much of an eye-candy type of anime (the first episode starts with them in middle school) and it's just about the teammates and their interaction on the court, and the trials they face as the underdogs basically. The first episode sets the stage basically for newcomers. Also the soundtrack is gorgeous!
Omg did you see Rokka? The light novel was spoiled for me so I'm a little put off by it in general (the story just feels like it should've just resolved the arc and headed forward for the demon king thing). I do love Hans though, he's my favorite character.
What's been your favorite anime of all time?
But I liked the characters and their design is unique. My favourite anime of all time ... I have a list that's all rated so it's easy to grab, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (Watamote) I just really resonate with the character or something. How bout you? ^^
For me my favorite I think would have to be Ergo Proxy, the setting and the music really get to me plus some of the characters are memorable.