Series in one sentence:
This flat-chested little girl humping this teenage boy's crotch is definitely the same age, definitely.
Series in more sentences:
A group of childhood friends disbands after the death of its most loved and envied member. Couple of years later, the ex-leader of the group gets haunted by the ghost of said girl and becomes convinced that there's a wish that needs to be fulfilled in order to send her to the afterlife.
But first, he needs to convince his old friends that what he says is the truth.
It's a cute short story. And that's all it is. There are people who consider this series a dramatic masterpiece, but besides the background music and the 2 or 3 sentences uttered during an important scene, nothing made my heart tremble.
I'm not feeling most of the characters and their motives, but worse yet, the girl this story revolves around annoys me. She's this typical high-pitched, noisy, cutesy anime girl who loves everything and everyone. This isn't a personality, stop writing these types of characters.
The way this group of friends gushes over their inoffensive friend makes me believe we're dealing with a top example of a Mary Sue. These kids nearly kill each other and themselves over her and it's insane. Stranger yet, she's in every way the ghost of a dead preschooler, despite looking "grown up" to match the age of her aged friends, so I don't understand how the main guy is still charmed by her unchanged behaviour and wants her to stay on Earth. No teenager raging with hormones would have the patience for a person like that or obsess over an insignificant crush drenched in puppy love. I can't imagine 15 year old me going berserk over the ghost of someone I had a crush on when I was 5.
For what reason did this girl's spirit even appear grown up? The anime gives no reason. In combination with her youthful act, it makes her look like she's mentally challenged, for real. If her spirit had shown itself as her normal self... I still wouldn't have liked her, but at least her behaviour would've fit the look.
There's also no chemistry between her and the guy she supposedly has a crush on, while this is an important plot element. His relationship with the redhead had more depth.
The two lovers show off an older brother-younger sister relationship, which makes sense, since the ghost is officially 5 years old. Making the scenes where the boy gets an erection over her very inappropriate.
Hm. That has to be the sole reason she was made to look older; you can't have perverted scenes with a 5 year old.
Anyway, would not watch again. I didn't find the story exciting and didn't care enough about the characters to care for the drama.
Series in one sentence:
Drop Dead Diva, but with Japanese teenagers.
Series in more sentences:
A popular girl is tricked into switching bodies with a troubled outcast and tries to convince her friends of who she is, but naturally isn't believed. It doesn't take long for her boyfriend and best friend to see the truth, though they both have a different way of responding to the discovery.
I enjoy these kind of stories, I used to watch Drop Dead Diva, until that became a tedious watch. This Netflix series also feels a bit awkward to me.
It's the first Japanese live-action series I've ever seen, and I noticed they act and edit their stuff the same way they do their animes. It gives some of these scenes a very unnatural flow and the actors follow a cartoony script.
I liked that the famous pretty girl wasn't written to be this uncaring bitchy teen, but was surprised to see the outcast being the 2-dimensional one in the story. When asked why she switched bodies, she only brings up that she wants the main character's boyfriend. Alright?
What about the fact she lives in a dump, with an uncaring mother, that she has no friends and nobody who pays attention to her? Why does her life revolve around this one boy, when there are better reasons for her jealousy? If her motives are this lame and she smiles like an evil Bond villain every time she sees her victim cry, how are we supposed to care for her?
It's a rare take on a bully victim and I like the idea that being nice will make everyone like you, but it's not something I believe in. Being mean and creepy towards everyone won't get you friends, but being nice is no guarantee either.
The series speeds through the story as well, I was surprised by how fast people realized these girls switched souls. I mean. We're talking about magic here, you need to be a special kind of person to buy into that the moment you see something weird going on.
The plot twist with the boyfriend was rather bullshit too, as for the ending. I think the "villain" was right saying they only cared about her because they needed the other girl's body back, and the series spent no time in convincing me otherwise. But there they were, all suddenly friends.
There were good things. I adored the best friend, he had alot of energy and I loved watching him.
Series in one sentence:
Put all your time and energy into a girl who obviously adores you for it, then wake up from a coma to see she fucked some other guy.
Series in more sentences:
A man without passion and the power to see ahead of time is one day framed for the murder of his mother. In his moment of panic he manages to rewind time itself, and ends up as a child before a series of child murders occurred. The man concludes it's all connected and he has to stop them from happening in order to save his mother.
Good, but could've been a lot better. It's like two stories in one that don't fit together, but are awesome separately.
The first half is basically about this adult man going back in time to save the life of a classmate he used to ignore. A very obvious romance blooms between the two of them as he does this, but the moment that story arch is "over" and the girl moves to a different home, she's out of his heart and mind and the guy moves on to the next child he has to protect. Who is taken care of in way less episodes, as if the creators didn't care anymore and just wanted the show to end. Both instances were a bit insulting.
So much time was spent on him and the girl, but then she's never heard of again, until the end where she shows off her newborn baby that she had with a character she never even had any chemistry with.
The anime closes off with the main character meeting up with his old colleague from the first timeline, as if she's been his one true love all this time and fate brought them together, but.. no, not really? It was weird.
Series in one sentence:
Saiki K, but where the main character's motive for keeping distance is hardly upheld.
Series in more sentences:
An eccentric girl wants to survive her days of high school by being less than average, though this proves challenging, since something crazy happens every day.
This could've been another Disasterous Life of Saiki K, but it lacks the humor, speed and decency.
The anime was funny at times and I was entertained enough to keep on watching, but I don't remember laughing out loud over its jokes, and the perversion was really distracting.
Why I'm shown a high school girl's crotch while she's talking to herself I'll never know. Why there's a female rapist, homeless pedophile, and little girl ramming her fingers up in people's asses I'll never know.
I wish some of the storylines had more screen time; the one with the criminal could've been its own anime, but for what it was, it was fine. There isn't much of an ending to this, though.
Series in one sentence:
An asexual boy sitting on the autism spectrum and a bland high school girl fight against a great evil they could've easily sent the cops after.
Series in more sentences:
After
a harsh break-up, a young girl plans to sell one of her grandfather's
vintage possessions so she can buy a train ticket home to scold her
ex, but the clerk in the antique store can't be fooled and seems to
know everything by just looking at her.
As
he feels empathetic, he offers her a job in the store to help her get
the money legitimately. While working alongside him, she's often dragged
along for all kinds of assignments that seldom have something to do
with appraising art. The clerk seems to be a real Sherlock Holmes and is
a wanted "detective" by many people in the neighbourhood.
The series is so lame, it's a shame. The ending alone doesn't make it worth watching it.
The clerk detective-guy, called Holmes, is disappointingly boring. The main character will often comment on his mannerisms as if that actually gives him a personality, but it didn't convince me. Holmes is boring, she is boring, the romance is boring, some of the episodes are quite idiotic, and the main villain is the saddest little shit I've ever seen in fiction. Like damn, what a loser. The people that see this guy as a genuine threat are even worse.
The way Holmes gets upset over fake clay pots is a character trait I care nothing about, I couldn't take him or the main story seriously.
There are glimpses of an interesting script here and there; scenes that make the characters seem like actual human beings, but for the most part they're just smiling faces.
Series in one sentence:
YES YES, BEST FRIEND DADDY, FILL ME WITH YOUR MAGIC, AHUEEEEE!
Series in more sentences:
An anti-social boy suddenly finds himself reincarnated as his in-game character in a world similar to the online RPG he played just the day before. Summoned by two girls from that world with the intention to enslave him, the enslavement spell ends up reflecting back at them, making him their master instead. Even so, the world residents quickly learn that this overpowered demon lord of mysterious origin is not that bad, despite him roleplaying as a villain.
I've watched alot of video game animes now, and I'd say this is the best one so far. Then, why the low rating?
I liked the story and the characters, but both were defiled by the random perverted, sexual moments and costumes. I don't understand why this happens so often in animes. This would've been a FANTASTIC series for all ages if they just left that shit out, but who would show their 12-year-old an otherwise cool series that takes every opportunity to show erect nipples and inflated breasts?
Why do we have these semi-sex scenes and weird romances between the three main characters if the anime argues they're just tight friends? Why is the main character fingering his friends?! Why does Japan keep doing this?
I'm honestly sad by how the show managed to decrease its own value. Having that said, check it out if you can ignore the weird scenes. Or are into that. There is real porn you can find on the internet, though.
Series in one sentence:
I love y.. I mean.. kill me, you promised.
Series in more sentences:
Rachel ends up in a strange underground location after her parents were murdered and she lost her mind. She finds out that the place is far from safe and houses a small amount of serial killers, each given their own floor to rule over.
When the girl regains her lost memories, though, she comes to the conclusion not to deserve life anymore and manages to strike a deal with one of the murderers, Zack: She'll help the simple-minded criminal escape to the outside world, if he promises to kill her afterwards.
What to think of this one.
It was like I was watching an alternate reality, one where people are unrealistically evil and insane murderers are considered "pure angels". Where wanting to die and someone willing to answer to that is an act of true love.. But then the last episode kicks in, and it becomes clear we're dealing with the real world. So then, how come some of these characters have superhuman strength? How is it possible for characters to keep cheating death? How does it explain all the magic elements we've witnessed episodes prior? It's never explained.
Nevertheless, it's an interesting anime, I enjoyed the two main characters for the most part. It was cool seeing these two opposites joining forces getting through the puzzles set for them, but every time I allowed myself to believe that their relationship was growing into something charming, they say some dumb bullshit that tells me I'm wrong.
I love how they interact, but on the other hand, the way they express their "like" for each other is messed up. Not once have they expressed themselves in a normal human way and they always seemed to be dancing around the subject.
Whenever a character in the show asked either one of them about the other, they always replied with something like "Well, I want to die and he promised to kill me, that's why I want to save him!" or "I never lie and I promised this girl to kill her, that's why I want to save her!".
What the fuck kind of script is that?
Why can't either one of them say "I've grown fond of you, we complete each other, I'm no longer lonely, bla bla"? Why is their tight bond always referred back to this moronic promise of death? It makes their otherwise cool friendship totally pointless. Fake, even.
Also, for a girl who wants to die so badly, Rachel sure resists alot. Even when Zack is seemingly about to kill her, she resists. Because of reasons. Messy character arc in this one. If the story doesn't actually want her dead, then why does everything revolve around her wanting to die?
I think Zack and Rachel aren't people we, the viewers, can understand. Maybe that's the point, they're insane, not meant to be understood by normal folks. But why then have us emotionally invested in their relationship? This is obviously what the anime tried to have us do.
You can write two fictional characters to be mentally insane, but still able of showing signs of humanity, thanks to having each other. But having Zack doesn't "cure" Rachel from her wish of wanting to die, and Rachel doesn't "cure" Zack from wanting to kill her/people. So again, what is the point of their relationship?
The anime could've also gone without this God, angels and death nonsense. I didn't think it had a place in the story.
A story about an eccentric rich dude who collects famous murderers as a weird hobby would've been better, opposed to some priest locking himself up with serial killers because whatever the reason even was..
But alright. I think it's worth the watch, but be ready to sit through shit excuses from the characters and a lacklustre ending.
Series in one sentences:
This shit gonna be illegal in a year, if it isn't already.
Series in more sentences:
A 13 year old boy gets a stepsister who is openly infatuated with him, despite being 17 herself. While he's visibly bothered by her, he learns it could've been worse.
Some anime descriptions sound like a train wreck and when I read about a 17 year old girl lusting after her 13 year old stepbrother, I expected/hoped this show was going to be horribly disgusting. It would've given me something to rant about, but I actually couldn't find anything too objectionable.
The series' saving grace is probably the fact the sister acts like a small child herself and there really weren't any dubious scenes. For example, animes love crotch shots and perverted humor, but the show was pretty tame. The sister's love for her brother was similar to how someone would adore a puppy. She didn't show sexual desire for this small child, thank heavens.
So, what does the anime offer? Little, as the episodes are very short and there's not much time for a conflict to grow or get solved. But the pacing was excellent and the episodes kept me entertained enough to keep on watching. I guess you could describe the whole deal as "cute", but not life changing by any means.
