/* Code Geass*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1575/"]:after {
content: "Code Geass: \a \a First season, or rather first half of Code Geass. It gets better the further it goes so stick with it! See second season for my full review.";
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/* Ai Yori Aoshi*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/53/"]:after {
content: "Ai Yori Aoshi: \a \a After Code Geass sparked my interest in anime, I picked it up because I wiki learned that harem is an actual genre, so I had to see what the hell that was about. This one, starting with ''A'', was a the top of the list, and here we are. I wrote the rest of the comment probably more than a year after I've first seen it: \a \a I liked it for romantic+comedy part, kinda funny and nice, but it's too much of a default 'harem' genre and pretty much nothing else... too ordinary. Good when you want a no brainer romantic comedy with some ecchi. But considering how many better stuff there's out there, I can't really recommend this. I didn't drop it for the sole reason I sometimes need a no brainer romantic comedy to relax back to normal after a bad/hard day or a bad multiplayer game, so I somehow ended up finishing it.";
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/* Death Note*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1535/"]:after {
content: "Death Note: \a \a First 15-24 episodes are pure awesome, though it gets bit less great the longer it lasts, everything post episode 24 was quite disappointing, with ending beeing so so. My score is based on pretending everything after ep 24 never existed.";
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/* Haibane Renmei*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/387/"]:after {
content: "Haibane Renmei: \a \a Funny how this obscure title was something I ended up watching so early. Beginning is very nice. The mystery is something special about this anime, it's what keeps you interested. It's a very slow anime, and I was bothered by that at first, but later I realized that it contributes and compliments the relaxing mood of this show. Small number of episodes and mystery/something unseen factor is what makes it really great show, even though it's slow paced. Whole thing is quite serious in the way it's presented. Ending is surprisingly good. Art is unfortunately very outdated.";
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/* Clannad*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2167/"]:after {
content: "Clannad: \a \a Great emotional impact, great humor, fun characters, nice romance. Gotta watch it to get to the second season. Because that's where the magic happens.";
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/* Clannad: After Story*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4181/"]:after {
content: "Clannad: After Story: \a \a Even though it's not perfect, it succeeds so well in direction, immersion and delivering emotions that that's simply spectacular. If you're willing to look past some imperfections and allow this show an unrestricted access to your heart, it can be almost a life changing experience. Second half is really what you're here for, first half is not much different from first season when it comes to everything, with just a couple of borderline boring episodes.";
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/* Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/44/"]:after {
content: "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuiokuhen: \a \a Art and animation are very old, that's what bothered me the most I guess. Story is very interesting although a bit slow. But despite of being old, art and animation is well done. Characters and seriousness of this anime is what stands out. There is lot of bloodshed, but also philosophy which I liked a lot. I also liked the action scenes because they are exceptionally well done, too bad there aren't more of those. I would recommend watching this, I think it's worth to spend 2 hours on it. But note that this is a drama, not a cool action piece.";
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/* Lucky Star*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1887/"]:after {
content: "Lucky Star: \a \a I watched this way too early in my anime watching career. I ought to re watch it someday.";
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}

/* Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/849/"]:after {
content: "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu: \a \a I loved it. Watched it in airing order, also known as the random order. But really if we think about it from a chronological perspective, the first arc is by far the best, followed by the disappearance movie, and everything else is a little less great but still pretty good.";
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/* Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4382/"]:after {
content: "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009): \a \a All 6 episodes are great, the rest of them are endless eight... and yes I've seen every last one. And yes it felt masochistic. I loved the concert scene.";
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/* Air in Summer*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/656/"]:after {
content: "Air in Summer: \a \a It focused only on the ''other world'' within the Air storyline, and I liked that other world a lot more than the ordinary one, mostly because the story had consistency, characters were interesting, environments and situations they were in were also interesting and amusing to watch. It's only 2 episodes though, but I guess that's to be expected from a special. I wish they made a whole season or whole anime about it.";
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/* Air*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/101/"]:after {
content: "Air: \a \a It did kind of got through to me, but the story is fragmented, bit random, bit boring and it's like lot of small stories put together but that just doesn't work that well with small number of episodes. I absolutely loved the opening and ending songs and animation grew on me as well. The ending, even though somewhat predictable, still had some great emotional impact to deliver (especially liked the scene on the beach).";
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/* Kanon (2006)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1530/"]:after {
content: "Kanon (2006): \a \a I'm actually glad i watched Clannad before I watched this, otherwise i would feel like Clannad ripped off a lot from this... but the same guys made it so you can't really say it's ripped off. It's more like one is spiritual successor to the other. But still it has too much elements from Air and Clannad. If i watched this anime before those maybe i would think better of it. What bothered me the most is that all of characters keep having emotional breakdowns all the time, rationality/logic/reasoning is pretty low with all of them. Story is too fragmented (consists of too much small storylines). Real life problems get solved by miracles... that's such a cop-out. All in all I'd say it's like Air with story and place being different. There are couple of episodes that are rly good however, but the ending episodes were a bit too weird and abstract. I'd say KyoAni and Key learned from this and fixed most of their mistakes and Clannad happened. This anime is like Air trying to be Clannad. The positive stuff is lots of cute girls, great soundtrack and great visuals. The major pitfall for me is lack of realism, or to put it differently, it's a bit naive.";
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/* K-On!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5680/"]:after {
content: "K-On!: \a \a Moe gateway drug.";
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}

/* Elemental Gelade*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1250/"]:after {
content: "Elemental Gelade: \a \a Comedy adventure fantasy and some romance, It's exactly what this anime is. It failed a lot in having a solid story, it delivered a lot in being entertaining, mostly because of comedy and romance in an unusual setting, which makes it interesting to watch. Story isn't solid, by that i mean it's very often very naive. Some episodes had fun and interesting story development which was very fun to watch, but then again some other episodes were incredibly boring, predictable or just plain stupid, for example the episodes where they fight in that ''illegal tournament'' or whatever. Another example of a stupid development is (minor spoiler warning) main character surviving a sniper headshot for no reason, or the evil guys retreating for no reason in ''we'll meet again'' fashion, when they clearly had the advantage to finish of the good guys right there and then. I have to say character design is mostly excellent, other than rare characters that are hilariously bad (for example that edel raid hunter and his small sidekick girl). The main girl protagonist Ren is really the embodiment of moe and the romantic side of the story is handled well, although through the first half of the anime it seems immature. If you're after comedy and cute romance then it's an anime for you, but for a solid or serious plot look elsewhere.";
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/* Full Metal Panic!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/71/"]:after {
content: "Full Metal Panic!: \a \a First 14 episodes are mostly 9/10 quality, and then last 10 episodes are mostly really bad... like 5/10 or whatever. The ''serious'' war/combat/mecha/action part of this anime is not so good, Code Geass is 10 times better at it. Here, when whole episode is about combat mecha action then it really seems like it's just some naive mecha shounen for most of the time, but sometimes it's also interesting. It's very funny in a great way. The episodes that focus on Kaname and comedy are the best.";
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}

/* Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/72/"]:after {
content: "Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu: \a \a Loved it! Amazing comedy romance!";
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}

/* Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/73/"]:after {
content: "Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid: \a \a It's like first season, only much better.";
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}

/* Ergo Proxy*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/790/"]:after {
content: "Ergo Proxy: \a \a Oh that was cool! \a Umm, what the hell just happened? \ Oh now I get it... I think... wait, no I don't. \a \a Although i do have some complaints about this anime, particularly entire episodes 15 and 19, which this it could do without. And if the storytelling was a bit less confusing that would be great as well, but I also have to admit that confusion is one of things that make this anime stand out. It's very original and immersive. The world it creates, and how it draws you in, is incredible, provided confusion and ep15/19 don't completely break the immersion. That's what impressed me the most, it really appealed to my media preferences. It could also be said that characters are great. If my sub didn't have explanations at the end of every episode, I wouldn't get 90% of the references and symbolisms. So that take that any way you want. Overall plot is also quite convoluted and 3 years later I'm still not sure what exactly happened in the end, but I remember it was pretty cool. Production quality is a bit old, but it's unique style totally makes it work.";
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/* FLCL*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/227/"]:after {
content: "FLCL: \a \a Old comment, don't really feel like adding to it: \a \a Wow... it's actually pretty epic and original in it's crazy randomness-insanity. Great soundtrack. ";
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/* Zero no Tsukaima*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1195/"]:after {
content: "Zero no Tsukaima: \a \a A very good comedy that feels harry potter inspired at first, but then goes in an entirely different direction. It's very funny, although a bit retarded sometimes, bit too easy to predict at times, especially in romantic situations. Expect some ecchi fan service. Characters are pretty good, although not all of them, but Guiche de Gramont is just epic in so many ways. It's a surprisingly memorable comedy, though story and fanservice are a bit too cheap at times. Still, it definitely has fun and memorable moments. It's something you'll watch for the great character cast, silly plot, good comedy, and some actual romance along all that fanservice. I'd say it gets slightly better the further along it goes on, which includes the seasons 2,3,4.";
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/* Zero no Tsukaima 2: Futatsuki no Kishi*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1840/"]:after {
content: "Zero no Tsukaima 2: Futatsuki no Kishi: \a \a It's as good as 1st season imo, read the comment for 1st season.";
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}

/* Zero no Tsukaima 3: Princesses no Rondo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3712/"]:after {
content: "Zero no Tsukaima 3: Princesses no Rondo: \a \a It's as good as 1st season imo, read the comment for 1st season.";
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/* K-On!!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7791/"]:after {
content: "K-On!!: \a \a Good but not as great as first season. It goes more into their everyday lives and doesn't deal enough with the music itself. Some episodes are almost boring, but most are funny. As episodes get nearer the ending of anime, they get better. Also it had some songs that I loved.";
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/* Excel Saga*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/379/"]:after {
content: "Excel Saga: \a \a It's insanely random and quite entertaining with pretty unique humor, mostly relying on absurd but it's funny as hell. Note that production quality is old.";
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/* Black Rock Shooter (OVA)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7059/"]:after {
content: "Black Rock Shooter (OVA): \a \a Warning, this review is very old and might not reflect my current standpoint: \a \a Good, worth seeing indeed. Mostly because animation is epic, in the true sense of the word. The story was somewhat interesting but an end was a bit too sudden, I thought there was more story to be told, and then it just ended. So I figured... yeah I should have seen it coming. The authors made up this really cool plot and then had an uncool way of getting out of the mess they created... in a way. It somehow all made sense in the end, but then again, you could also say that nothing made sense in the end. It depends on how much of an explanation you would expect from such a plot I guess. But as far as I'm concerned, I prefer when authors finish the plot in some awesomely unexpected way that finally reveals that everyone so far made sense. And this here... maybe it's just too abstract in some way. tl;dr: great animation and graphics make up for weak plot.";
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/* Kakurenbo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1192/"]:after {
content: "Kakurenbo: \a \a Just some children running around playing hide and seek. Pretty visuals but relatively convoluted everything else.";
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/* Kaichou wa Maid-sama!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7054/"]:after {
content: "Kaichou wa Maid-sama!: \a \a I liked all but two episodes. I loved the trippy episode. It's a fine romantic comedy. I remember the first quarter of episodes being quite good, but the rest of them were a somewhat forgettable.";
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/* Lucky Star: OVA*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4472/"]:after {
content: "Lucky Star: OVA: \a \a I liked it even better than the series. Loved the references, pacing, humor, moe. Definitely a fun thing to watch.";
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/* Bakemonogatari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5081/"]:after {
content: "Bakemonogatari: \a \a My original review of this is worthless so there's no point in pasting it here or reading it. Back when I watched this I wasn't qualified to comment on it, hell, I still don't feel qualified. I'll have to rewatch it in a couple of years when I educate myself some more, or just watch it while reading bobduh's commentary. Doing so with Monogatari Second Season is making me realise how I was missing many subtle things that make this series great, once one knows how to spot them.";
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/* Oreimo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8769/"]:after {
content: "Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai: \a \a First season is more like an introduction to the second season, it's really all one big story and there's little point in reviewing them separately. But I'll mention that I found second season to be better, as is often the case with works where the point of the first half is to really set the stage for second season. The possibility of incest is a theme that gets most of attention, however it's infinitely less shallow than many other incest themed anime out there, but one mustn't judge this purely on first season. Also this show is extremely spoiler unfriendly. If someone spoils it for you, it's hardly worth a watch anymore, as a huge part of both emotional investment and humor are treading a fine line, skipping around the unknown variable. The way the viewer interprets it makes or breaks this show, so think hard, and think twice about what's really going on, if you're thinking of dropping this. And also check out my second season review for a reflection on the show as a whole.";
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/* Yosuga no Sora: In Solitude, Where We Are Least Alone.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8861/"]:after {
content: "Yosuga no Sora: In Solitude, Where We Are Least Alone.: \a \a I'd just like to make it clear that it isn't a hentai by any stretch of the imagination. Excerpt from the top review on mal: \a \a ''Believe me, this is NOT a hentai. Yes, the main character does have sex with multiple girls over the course of the series, but these scenes have a meaning.'' \a \a And I tend to fully agree. Hentai, originally meaning strange/abnormal, stands for porn, not for sex. Calling this hentai would be the equivalent of saying that any movie that contains a sex scene is a porno. \a \a My opinion of it is that it's interesting for it's decision to include sex scenes in the anime. Story wise it's a romance that's heavy on drama but suffers a bit from being a VN adaptation of all routes, hence harem. Overall not all that great, but the art is beautiful. I found ending to be a bit dissapointing and cop-out-ish, but I've heard it's supposed to be symbollical so I really have no idea.";
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/* Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8795/"]:after {
content: "Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: \a \a Impressions: \a so It's a freakin weird anime. Now whatever you imagined, triple it. But it definitely kept me interested and entertained. I like how very heavy stylization was not used to lower the production cost, but they actually had a ton of animation and action shots there. Direction and soundtrack are great, which makes it interesting to watch. Also it's worth mentioning how extreme stylization is also used all the time for totally random stuff that you just don't see in other anime. It's completely non serious. Loved the 4th episode. 5th not as much. 6th was pretty epic. 7th pretty good as well, 8th also great, 9th pretty good. 10th....... W T F... mindfucking weirdness of this episode makes all other episodes seem normal in comparison... although the ''concert'' in the end was pretty awesome. 11th... first half was fun and very random, second part was unexpected but it seemed a bit lazy on the animation side. 12th pretty good. 13th quite epic.";
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/* Spice and Wolf */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2966/"]:after {
content: "Ookami to Koushinryou: \a \a Impressions: \a I was only going to check out 1st episode before going to sleep... but then i realized I was already on episode 5... so that's good. Didn't seem really good at first but it gets better rather quickly. A bit heavy on economics on some parts, such that I can't follow all of it. Also 5th episode had this totally senseless part, but it didn't actually change or influence the plot so I just just let it go... or maybe it was me not getting it. On 10th episode so far... I'm sure it's much more understandable in Japanese, because in English translation some sentences sometimes just don't make sense to me. Also there are some economical terms in English that I don't even know what they mean. \a \a I was hoping for a better ending. It's like there were some inconsistencies... It's hard to pinpoint every single one of them, but then again, you'd have to be an expert in feudal age history to really know if half of ''mistakes'' in this anime are really mistakes. However, letting an average viewer (someone with just basic knowledge of feudal age) believe that there were mistakes, is actually the author's fault, they should make themselves more clear. Many times it even seems as if authors are cheating by twisting plot with some stuff only historians could tell is wrong, and you just can't be sure... and you are like... ''oh, so that's how things work here?''. Also I find it hard to objectively grade this anime, since I kinda fell for Horo. Characters are nicely done, they are very interesting to watch, and they act consistently almost all the time. Relationship between two main characters is entertaining to say the least. On the whole I feel this has potential to be even better. Also after finishing first season... i just feel like something is missing in the way everything turned out it the end, but I dunno what it is... maybe there's not enough drama or closure in the ending itself. Unusual thematic makes this very refreshing to watch. \a \a After rewatching this 6 months later, I figured this was better than what I have originally thought. Also reading the light novels cleared up a few things for me, but some impulsive aspects of Horo's character still remained strange, like how she acted in the sewers for example. Even though novel goes in more depth with economics, it doesn't really get explained any better than in the anime. It still remains a hard thing to follow.";
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/* Spice and Wolf II*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5341/"]:after {
content: "Ookami to Koushinryou II: \a \a Horo. More of her. Yay! Same like first season, this one also suffers from lack of buildup regarding ending story arc, I guess that's my biggest complaint. What really makes this anime fun to watch is relationship between main characters - to watch them tease each other while both of them are sharp with words and pretty smart. And also the voice acting is great, especially with Horo - I'm amazed at how unique her character becomes through the magic of voice acting.";
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/* Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5118/"]:after {
content: "Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu: \a \a Freakin hilarious! I loved it. It's a comedy based on randomness, references and good sense of humor. I can't give it score higher than this simply because it would be unfair to anime that actually have a real storyline and stuff.";
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/* Munto*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5702/"]:after {
content: "Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai: \a \a Well it's a pretty good anime, I liked it for the most part, action sequences were especially good. Also the overkill in action sequences is just hilarious to watch imo. It's such an overkill that surpasses bad and becomes good again. Cuteness of main character is consistent with KyoAni style (meaning it's moe at it's best), also her voice acting really impressed me, she had a very distinct voice with a good act which really carried out her personality to me. Excessive use of vibrant colors can be seen as both good and bad thing, but I thought it contributed to this anime, to make it feel more fantasy and pretty. In last couple of episodes when stuff gets explained and intense situations get resolved, it asks for too much willing suspension of disbelief too often, mostly when explaining the inner workings of this magical world, although it can be a little annoying you can just relax and go with it and almost enjoy this anime entirely. Almost because in the ending, there really are some facepalm moments.";
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/* Toaru Majutsu no Index*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4654/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Majutsu no Index: \a \a Magical fights that make little sense but are fun and well animated, mixed with some semi-romantic humor. Thematic wise, this anime is playing around with religion and science duality while adding psionics to the mix... however it's all for the purpose of unique world setting that supports magical fights, which is somewhat silly but then again I can't deny it's also entertaining occasionally, while it's not philosophical at all. I almost quit number of times, but I kept going, and I liked second season is a little bit better. One thing that somehow didn't seem to fit were a few brutal scenes, which are rare, but are overly brutal for what one would expect in this setting. I don't think they fit at all with this anime's style, although it does make it seem a bit more serious than it is. Too bad that seriousness is lost in the silliness of the fights and world setting.";
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/* Dragon Crisis!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9330/"]:after {
content: "Dragon Crisis!: \a \a Quite an underrated action harem romance comedy. It's really good at all those things. Humor is great, story is actually not bad, it has likeable and memorable characters, good soundtrack and great production quality. It's a bit heavy on fanservice from time to time, but it isn't too blunt. Action scenes aren't the best story wise but are at least well directed. OP/ED great. It was a good anime and I quite enjoyed it, and I'd recommend it to fans of the genre.";
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/* Karas*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/389/"]:after {
content: "Karas: \a \a Starts off with a mid-air swordfight between two jet planes. Yeah. \a \a All the action scenes are 3D, FFVII:AC style. Other than that story is not bad but it doesn't suit my tastes. Too brutal, too scary sometimes. If you like scary brutal and fucking epic action scenes and also not knowing what's going on for the half of the anime, then you'll love it. More virtual blood was spilled in making of this anime than would fill an Olympic pool.";
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/* Toaru Majutsu no Index II*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8937/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Majutsu no Index II: \a \a It's better than first season, and also gets even better near the ending of the season. Some episodes are even 9/10 material, almost woke up my roommate from how much i laughed at episodes 19 and 20. Characters also get a lot of depth and personality this far into the anime. There is this one character which is so original that I've never seen such character development before. This quote works well for this anime: ''Does anyone notice a pattern with the quality of this anime? even in s1, all the (purely) magic-related arcs suck, while all the academy-related are infinitely better...the author's really inconsistent...'' It should be called Toaru Majutsu no Inconsistency. Near the end, like in around episode 21, there is such awesome multi-path story progression and epic storyline buildup... and then last two episodes screw up everything. Imagine if instead of last two episodes of code geass R2 story gets cut off and you just get two filler episodes with random stuff... ok it's not that bad, but I'm just trying to illustrate. There is still some great stuff in this anime making it worth watching. And about magical arcs sucking... well, mostly, yeah, except the story arc when they go to Chioggia, that one is amazing. First magical story arc in season 2 is quite bad, although Agnese is an interesting character later on so it's somewhat worth it.";
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/* Byousoku 5 Centimeter*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1689/"]:after {
content: "Byousoku 5 Centimeter: \a \a Also known as 5 Wallpapers per second. It's a couple of romantic stories about the distance that was forced between people. 3 arcs with 3 love experiences. But there no real ending, no closure, it just decides to end suddenly and I'm like... huh... wait that's it? Damn. Now I'm depressed, tyvm. It's pretty much great for crazy awesome visuals, and those couple of emotional moments that were pulled of right. \a \a The way shots were carefully and creatively chosen, motives, camera angles, creative way of drawing something, even sound is amazing. There are just so many scenes that can leave you breathless, some because of what they show, and some because of how they show it, but most of them excel in both. It's a somewhat of a must watch based on all that, and because it's Shinkai's most prominent work.";
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/* IS: Infinite Stratos*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9041/"]:after {
content: "IS: Infinite Stratos: \a \a Impressions: \a Cheap fanservice vs incredibly animated high budget fights that left me impressed. 3rd episode was gr8 but 4th was kinda lame. Actually considering later episodes, Karas and Final Fantasy AC have way better fight scenes. Episode 8 was cheap but epic in so many ways. Episode 9 had ridiculous amount of fanservice, but it was funny in the same time so I'll let it slide. \a \a Last 2 episodes were fail story-wise. Story here fails so much, but it's still kinda entertaining to watch, mainly because of great visuals and high quality animations that manage to seamlessly mix 2D and 3D in such a manner that I couldn't tell which is which. Background art is pretty nice as well, as well as character art. OP and ED are meh. This anime has a nice pacing most of the time, which keeps things somewhat interesting, and there is a nice buildup towards the ending, making it feel like the finishing fight and like an ending. Too bad the plot mostly sucks. The good side of it is the humor, but even that isn't anything special, just usual fanservice-harem-based humor, still funny though, and mixed with nice visuals, reason why I didn't quit halfway through, as it makes it somewhat entertaining to watch. In the end, I wont be recommending this to anyone.";
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/* Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8841/"]:after {
content: "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?: \a \a Can't remember last time I laughed so much in a single episode of an anime. It's a silly fantasy parody, and it totally succeeds at it. I recommend it to everyone who don't mind some fanservice, as there's plenty of fanservice but most of the time it's so hilarious it's totally justified. Soundtrack is great, OP is awesome, graphics and animation are great. This is as good as harem comedies get. Heavily recommended!";
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/* Toaru Kagaku no Railgun*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6213/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun: \a \a Remember when i said ''I'd rather watch biribiri go shopping than watch Stiyl shoot more fireballs at people'' - I guess I wasn't the same one with that idea, in fact it turned out they did that, and it's called Toaru Kagaku no Railgun! (okay at least somewhat!) \a \a It could be split to thirds. 1/3 is first story arc which was my favourite. 2/3 would be second story arc, slightly less great. and 3/3 are just random slice of life events and comedy along with some quite bad action focused episodes. Again with the horrible inconsistency in quality from episode to episode. One could argue that first story arc is making this totally worth watching, well, that is if you can get over a few bad episodes. First OP and ED were great, while second OP and ED were kinda lame. Other than occasional facepalming, I rather enjoyed watching it because of fun characters. I loved Saten's character development in the first story arc. Also this anime was my first time actually noticing and correctly guessing a voice actress (HanaKana).";
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/* Azumanga Daioh*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/66/"]:after {
content: "Azumanga Daioh: \a \a ''Rather disjointed and occasionally surreal story of six high school girls and several of their teachers. Being episodic to the point of resembling sketch comedy, and largely lacking serious conflict or drama, the show has little in the way of conventional storylines, preferring to set up and deliver the animation equivalent of several comic strips per episode.'' ~tvtr \a \a At first I thought it was exceptionally weird. Animation and graphics are a bit older and not particularly impressive. There were a few semi-boring episodes in the first half (too much Sakaki, to little Osaka). But it only gets better towards the end. That episode 22 epic wake up scene, I couldn't breathe from laughing. It has a really unique sense of humor that you gotta figure out (in similar way Family Guys humor takes some getting used to). OP and ED are... weird, not worth watching at all. Osaka and Chiyo-chan best girls!";
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/* Akira*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/47/"]:after {
content: "Akira: \a \a There's lots of explosions. And I mean a lot, meticulously hand painted explosions. I liked it overall, but I can't say I loved it. There were some things I liked, some I disliked, I can't really tell much spoiler-free. It's a bit hard to follow on some parts. Visuals are crazy good for their era. So that means a lot of details and some pretty cool looking scenes, though it naturally lacks the modern post production, as is to be expected. In other words, don't expect it to look as pretty as Angel Beats or something modern. The epic feeling near the end is well articulated. Although some things are a bit of an overkill in my opinion. Worth watching for the visuals. I can't really speak for the story or characters, they certainly weren't bad, but they didn't particularly impress me.";
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/* Appleseed (Movie)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/54/"]:after {
content: "Appleseed (Movie): \a \a I had two minor ''plot holes'' problems with it, but other than that it's a really amazing movie. Fantastic visuals and production values. Story is rich and has just the right amount of complexity, and it also flows very naturally. World it presents is beautiful, unique and compelling. It argues philosophy and social questions exceptionally well. It's very entertaining to watch and I heavily recommend it.";
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/* Dog Days*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10155/"]:after {
content: "Dog Days: \a \a I was annoyed with some stuff at first, but later I really enjoyed it. I loved the visual contrast between the drawing and colors of real world and fantasy world. I mostly liked everything else. This is pure fantasy with it's own rules of physics and stuff, but it keeps it consistent so it's cool. Cute fantasy anime that doesn't take itself very seriously. Fanservice is not overdone. \a \a When it comes to visuals, vibrant art style gives it a lively and happy feeling. Only major annoyance was the way it ended, it almost ended good, but then it screwed up badly in order to offer a satisfactory ending, kinda like Clannad After Story. It was just done in a ridiculous way that just left me in disbelief of what just happened.";
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/* Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9493/"]:after {
content: "Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera: \a \a Very ecchi, ridiculously funny, weird and original. Art and animation quality are amazing, as well as soundtrack and OP. I absolutely loved the spotlighting and its sarcastic/cynical humor. It was just one big laugh fest. Well, maybe I'd find all of this much more weird if I haven't been through Panty and Stockings, FLCL and Azumanga Daioh already, but somehow this anime does seem a bit more mainstream kind of weird, whereas, you'll probably like it if you don't mind the rich fanservice, which is actually comedic in nature so it's not actually bad. If you don't usually watch EDs, note that there is always a minute or few minutes of anime after the ED animation/song, and you gotta see it since it's part of the story.";
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/* Appleseed Saga Ex Machina*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2969/"]:after {
content: "Appleseed Saga Ex Machina: \a \a I wish it was as good as the first movie, but the story just isn't nearly as great. However, it's obvious they are pros and it was a high budget production, so they tell the story in an interesting way, which makes it interesting to watch. Also, the epic CGI is epic. It's really reminiscent of a classic hollywood popcorn movie. Which can most often be summarised as great production and action, fun to watch, super high budget, okay story but nothing special or very memorable.";
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/* A-Channel*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9776/"]:after {
content: "A-Channel: \a \a Nice OP and ED, nice soundtrack music, nice animation and graphics, really a nice touch of originality in drawing and animation style itself, visually appealing. Interesting that it's labeled as yuri, there's barely any yuri at all, and if there is, then it's on emotional basis. It's so subtle one could almost mistake it for a very good friendship. Well it's like K-on, it's fun to watch because it's cute and funny and there's no real plot, just slice of life stuff, as expected. Characters are fun to watch and interesting, especially Run and Tooru, I found them pretty original, and the only valid reason to check out this anime. While other two girls aren't really original or very fun to watch.";
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/* Omamori Himari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6324/"]:after {
content: "Omamori Himari: \a \a In the end story did end up failing a lot... just regular seen-it-a-million-times anime story where guy has some lame power that he can't even use at will and then he meets a few girls, most scenes are there just for the ecchi. Admittedly, it was funny occasionally, and OP's kinda nice, nothing too fancy though. It does succeed as a somewhat memorable fanservice heavy harem comedy with action elements, but isn't anything special really. Can't recommend.";
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/* Gosick*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8425/"]:after {
content: "Gosick: \a \a Impressions: \a Seen 2 episodes so far, and so far been able to figure out two mysteries before they were solved, not really Agatha Christie level of difficulty. I'm annoyed by lack of common sense in characters. Facepalmed a few times. Although it's interesting enough to watch so far, kinda original. But that originality came at a price way too high (when something is original because no one ever tried to twist a story in such a stupid way)... edit: gets really good and interesting the further it goes, 4th and 5th episode were pretty great, wow! 6th was great, it had an amazing immersive ambient. Art is awesome in this anime, and by that I'm referring mostly to background art. \a \a Review: \a What the hell is wrong with whoever made story decisions here... good characters, great and sometimes amazing art, story manages to get immersive and emotional occasionally, it's original enough, it keeps getting better... and then last few episodes get some freakin amazing scenes and some freakin epic fail scenes and when you mix that together... well you get a weird mix, but I simply can't forgive the amount of epic fail so.... damn, this gets pretty low grade considering how highly I thought of it before. OP/ED are very nice and artistic, which is natural for Bones studio. I wish they prolonged the story and approached it more seriously in the end, instead of bunch or random things that got packed together in attempt to make last few episodes stand out.";
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/* Rec*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/710/"]:after {
content: "Rec: \a \a I didn't intend to marathon it I swear! It made me do it! With animation and graphics as old and kinda low quality as they are, I didn't expect this to be so good, even though graphics could be pretty good for their era, I wouldn't know really. This is realistic seinen romance anime, with exactly the right amount of realism to keep it entertaining. Sometimes it feels a bit too SoL but overall it works as a story. Voice acting is pretty great, which is to be expected considering it's also a major part of the story. It's short in a good way, but I wish there's more of it. Female character is so well designed, unique, lovable and well voiced that I kinda fell for her in the first 5 minutes, so I can't guarantee complete objectiveness here, but anyways, good job character designers. The story is realistic in a way that it lets us find out many interesting things about Japanese culture. I recommend not reading the plot summary because it's spoiler-ish.";
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/* Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9379/"]:after {
content: "Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko: \a \a If it's worth watching, then it's because of Erio being ultra cute. Sure, she's completely nuts, but she can be so moe from time to time that it simply makes your day... voice acting, along with animation/graphics win in those situation. Characters can sometimes be too annoying for acting weird or stupid, but if you can find it in yourself to blame most of it on cultural difference or whatever then you can enjoy the rest of the anime. Story can sometimes be annoyingly retarded, but more often than not stuff gets explained, and main character is non-superstitious so that helps a lot. I found it annoying that we get 2 hints that fantasy alien stuff might be somewhat real after all, but nothing is made clear... whatever, value of this anime is in funny dialogues and moe girls. Ecchi is also present, but rare and pretty subtle. Graphics style is reminiscent of Bakemonogatari, which makes sense since it's a Shaft production. OP is kinda lame, but ED is nice.";
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/* Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10080/"]:after {
content: "Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II: \a \a It was close to being as good as first season. I'd definitely say it lives up to the first season. But why not as awesome? The only real complaint is that martial arts girl, I find myself not remembering much about what happened in those episodes, meaning they weren't as good. OP was as good as first season, probably better, ED didn't live up to first season. But the overall impression of the anime is very positive, I liked it and it's almost as good as first season. Third season was announced, and I'm definitely looking forward to it.";
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/* Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8525/"]:after {
content: "Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: \a \a I love the protagonist. It's a very entertaining anime. I also like how it's somewhat original. It's perfectly executed, seems Manglobe studio really knows what they are doing. Graphics and animation are great, voice acting as well. OP was perfectly executed although I wasn't a big fan of the music they used, I can appreciate the perfectly executed intro. ED was amazing. From girl characters, Kanon and Elsie were really something, outstanding characters with great voice acting and appearance, not to mention the cool songs that Kanon sings.";
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/* Toradora!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4224/"]:after {
content: "Toradora!: \a \a The way the animation is in the same time amazing and expressive and perfectly in harmony with voice acting... holy shit this is awesome. Both story and direction are so excellent. Characters here are simply amazing, their personalities are well articulated, deep and nuanced. At first Taiga might seem a bit too crazy of a character, but she quickly becomes more normal, and most stuff gets explained so bear with it in first episode or two if that bothers you, as it's worth it. It's great how it manages to stay refreshing and interesting during the course of all 25 episodes. Both OPs and EDs are amazing. Some people might be bothered by subtle/indirect approach to confessing/rejecting/accepting, but it's simply a staple of japanese culture and you either like it or you don't like it. I personally like it more this way, although it's less practical, it's more romantic. Ending is a little unusual, as you are left to conclude what the hell happened. If you're not the greatest follower of the story and end up confused just google it.";
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/* Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10079/"]:after {
content: "Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi: \a \a It's too ordinary, too cliche. Though it wasn't the stupid kind of harem that Infinite Stratos is. Then why the lower grade you ask? Well infinite stratos is at least much more memorable than this, because of it's somewhat unique setting. This is just so ordinary. A normal guy, normal girls (in different flavours as usual (tsundere, bigboobs, shy, baka,...))... and then, it pretty much comes down to a romance anime, unlike most harems which are most often stupid comedies with lots of fanservice. This was not a stupid comedy, it was more serious than that, and therefore had to deliver more romance/drama/plot, and it kinda did, so that's what kept me from dropping it... well, that, and the nice drawing, nice OP/ED, and I was rooting for the tsundere girl since she at least had some freakin character. All in all, it was relaxing and somewhat entertaining with some comedy some romance and a bit of fanservice and pretty anime girls and some moe and nice overall visual/audio quality, good thing when you wanna watch something that's all that without having to actually use your brain while watching, as romance/drama/plot, even though present, are nothing special.";
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/* Hanasaku Iroha*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9289/"]:after {
content: "Hanasaku Iroha: \a \a At first there was lot of drama involving interesting characters and very interesting situations, it looked very promising, then it escalated into an amazing drama, at which time I thought this was for sure going to be a masterpiece. But then, after the story arc is concluded, the following many episodes can pretty much be watched independently, or at least almost, which was a big change from a continuous drama storyline that was presented at first. Well that was kinda disappointing about it, although near the end, there was another great story arc that somewhat makes it up for all the slice-of-life episodes, but not completely. At least the ending is pretty well done. But in the last arc, two retarded stuff happened and I just felt the need to hit myself repeatedly on the head with a blunt object, because double-facepalm just didn't cut it. But most of the time the story is serious and mature. I liked most of the characters and their developments, which were pretty deep. Although some characters were kinda lame or annoying, which was curious. The best character-story related thing in this anime is the way it handles character relations and progressions of those relations, they really change and fluctuate so that's really interesting. Comedy wise it was ok. Voice acting is great. Graphics and animation are PA-Works studio, meaning spectacular. I didn't actually notice the soundtrack, which is neither positive nor negative. And both first and second OP and ED were great. This anime was unique in lot of aspects, but not as memorable at is was unique, for which I mostly blame slice of life episodes, but hey, even those were fun to watch, hence the high grade. The great ending arc really contributes to the overall positive feel I have about this anime. The last time I saw such a nicely edited ending was... ...Angel Beats *khm*PA-Works*khm*, although I still preferred the AB ending to this one, it had more of an impact somehow.";
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/* Macross Frontier*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3572/"]:after {
content: "Macross Frontier: \a \a Anime about epic mecha overkills and music...in the same time. Outstanding animation quality, visuals blew me away. This is hard to rate, sometimes it's being all 10/10 and then 3 minutes later I find myself searching for the nearest blunt object... Don't approach this as if it were SF, rather, consider it a fantasy and you'll freak out less when laws of physics and probability start getting raped. Sometimes such retarded things happen that I was actually literally laughing my ass off at how little sense that just made, which... I guess makes the bad parts bad enough to become good again? maybe? \a \a Voice Acting, soundtrack and music are also top-notch. So from an audio visual standpoint, this is a masterpiece. Story wise, this is a sequel to an earlier anime which I decided not to watch because it seemed old and not something I'd enjoy. Instead I read the synopsis. And to spare you the reading, what you need to know is that it's future, humans sent big colonizing ships towards center of the galaxy, they encountered hostile alien race of giants called Zentradi. They spend 50 episodes pew-pew-ing each other, along the way they discover that Zentradi can be pretty much stunlocked by playing them music because they don't have a real ''culture'' so they weren't familiar with concept of music and how awesome it is. This of course spawns an anime in which you have a space warfare where music is used as kind of a weapon, which is in itself an awesome concept (rule of cool all the way) but hard to pull off. Anyways, all ends well and Humans and Zentradi end up as friends. That's all you need to know about previous anime. So... funny thing, it just so happens the new enemies we'll encounter now will also be vulnerable to music. At first silly, but when you think about it, it's the core concept of this anime, so without it, it wouldn't be Macross anime. It would be like Code Geass without Geass. Anyways, nobody knows why that is so this time, and nobody seems to care that sound doesn't travel through space, which is slightly annoying, and lasts for most of the season. This anime seems filled with confused characters that have no idea what's happening, but you can't really blame them since you have no clue either... So if you can suspend your disbelief, you can actually enjoy this, and surprisingly enough, most of the problems actually get addressed in the ending story arc (that sound doesn't travel through space for example, indirectly explained though). Although what this really lacks is spotlighting. \a \a 20% of this anime is AMV-like, which is quite nice actually, and with music and visuals being good, even ocasional nonsense moments can be enjoyable to watch. By the time I finished this anime, I had 15 new songs in my playlist, and that's one of the greatest thing about this, as songs are seriously good. Characters are kinda original and definitely fun to watch. At some points I was close to quitting, but in the end I'm actually glad I finished it.";
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/* True Tears*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2129/"]:after {
content: "True Tears: \a \a This anime is... simply beautiful. Story, animation, art, characers, voiceacting, soundtack... PA Works is now definitely my favorite studio, along with KyoAni. I highly recommend this to anyone who finds artistic romance dramas interesting to watch.";
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/* Ro-Kyu-Bu!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10572/"]:after {
content: "Ro-Kyu-Bu!: \a \a There's a mix of innocent moe with funny fanservice going on. It depends on how you choose to look at it, but if you're bothered by it just go with censored TV version. But generally it's a very fun to watch sport themed moe comedy, with great animation and voice acting, it even features HanaKana as protagonist v/a, moeee... anyways, story revolves around a grade school girl-basketball team which start as team of nobodies and actually progress towards having some skills. There are little hints of romance being thrown around, but don't expect any closure, as the first season only adapts first 5 out of 13 volumes. It pretty much succeeds in being an enjoyable to watch cute sports comedy with some SoL elements and a dash of romance.";
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/* Kobato.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5678/"]:after {
content: "Kobato.: \a \a Slice of life-ish moe comedy with unique and fun to watch main character. The pace of the anime is kinda like K-on!, slow but then again moe and entertaining, without too much plot going on. It's mostly episodic but not entirely. It ends with a story arc which is actually unexpectedly great. It's a moe comedy so it's funny and cute. But it's not made to be watched many episodes in a row. More of a side-anime, to get your moe-fix and laugh a bit. But still, character design is by Clamp and that really shows (Code Geass character designers). All in all, I think this should have had 12 episodes instead of 24. Although you could most likely randomly skip 12 episodes while watching and if you skipped the right episodes you'd never know you skipped anything.";
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/* Nichijou*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10165/"]:after {
content: "Nichijou: \a \a It's hilarious, some episodes much more than other, although it can't really be broken down to episodes effectively, it's more like a webcomic than an anime in that regard. Too bad I can't give this higher grade since it was hilarious... but it just had absolutely no storyline so yeah... still recommended, kinda, if you like KyoAni-moe style and you like random and original comedy or you liked Azumanga Daioh, then you'll probably like this. Mio chan happens to be acted by a v/a I really love, but surprisingly, she isn't at all famous it seems. 1OP and 1ED are awesome, got some nice music out of them, second ED is lame.";
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/* Kimikiss Pure Rouge*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2927/"]:after {
content: "Kimikiss Pure Rouge: \a \a Omg, now I know why i fell for the readhead... (again) her v/a is Horo/Kallen! There's also a main protagonist v/a from Zero no Tsukaima and Shakugan no Shana and Jun Fukuyama (Lelouch/Lawrence) as one of the male characters. Visuals are a bit outdated unfortunately. Well, it's a slice-of-life-ish romance anime with a bit of comedy, but heavy on the romance and love triangles (comparable to toradora/true tears), and drama. At first I almost quit because I didn't really like the artstyle and it obviously wasn't very high budget, but it was kinda good so I continued and got used to it easily. But did I not expect all of the character and relationship depth that was delivered... it manages to get super-emotional at some parts, and you can really feel for the characters since they are well written. I found no faults with characters and story. It's 0% ecchi, 100% romance. This anime might be boring for non emotional people, unlike Clannad that has the ability to sweep everyone off their feet. Soundtrack is perfect for the occasion, 2OP and 2ED are well done, nothing special but they grow on you the further you go, and their music is actually quite good. That final moment of truth... when what you think will happen, what you want to happen, and what is hinted will happen... when they are all perfectly orchestrated to both keep you hooked and guessing until the very last super-emotional scene. It's pulled off quite skillfully, and in this genre it matters. So it's among the best romance anime, but the production quality and pacing are holding it back from being recommended to anyone but fans of the genre.";
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/* Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9000/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Hikuushi e no Tsuioku: \a \a Mediocrity just got redefined. Although there were some nice visuals and visually attractive/interesting locations, as well as aerial steampunk-ish vehicles... it was so sloooow and booooring and uninteresting and predictable, and characters weren't intriguing. Also the ending has epic fail scene graphic-physically. \a \a  SPOILERS AHEAD: \a One little sack of golden dust totally covers 200x40x40 meters of cubic space with glittering golden dust that stays visible for a minute... WHAT?! I rest my case... The only reason I managed to last till the end was that I switched it to x2 playback speed.";
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/* Samurai Champloo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/205/"]:after {
content: "Samurai Champloo: \a \a Some things in this anime were above 9/10 but others were clearly under so I guess I'll just settle for 9/10. Some of the stuff was annoying because it was totally unrealistic, such as self-healing abilities of protagonists. Get slashed than shot then blown up or get slashed and stabbed and survive by putting on a few bandages. Last 30% or so of the episodes were kinda lacking with fodder characters, it was fun watching Mugen and Jin own lots of noobs. Episode 22 was too original and perfectly executed to be considered pure trolling, and for 23 i was pleasantly surprised, i thought it was gonna suck but it was so hilarious that it was in fact epic. I was also annoyed about the idea that a blind person can fight like that, but I think i kinda like the way it was handled in the end... I'm not sure though... But other than those few quirks, the originality, the visual-audio style, the execution, quality, humor, originality, all excellent!";
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/* Yuru Yuri*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10495/"]:after {
content: "Yuru Yuri: \a \a This is just so entertaining!!! It was maybe even more entertaining than Toradora... but on the other hand toradora had depth and drama. YuruYuri literally means soft-yuri, so that's what you can expect. Nothing perverted... well, for the 99% of the time at least. But as far as yuri aspect goes, it's just a little bit above K-on. But it's the idea that's constantly used for humorous situations. Pacing, execution, humor, voice acting, all as perfect as it gets. Especially humor, which is the main point of YuruYuri. It's the best anime in its category. I don't remember ever being bored while watching it. It's a ridiculously fun show to watch.";
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/* Guilty Crown*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10793/"]:after {
content: "Guilty Crown: \a \a When you have to rewind back a few seconds, not because you didn't have time to read it, but because you just had to see every single frame of that awesome awesome art. Animators, 3D artists, 2D artists, musicians in charge of soundtrack, action designers, character designers, director, people who decided the budget for this... all deserve 10/10, voiceactors 9/10, and writers hardly 3/10. The anime is a magical sf giant mashup of everything that was ever popular. For every story fail, there are at least 2 epic moments. So it's a very fun to watch enjoyable anime which is broken 100 times over. Even fanservice is perfectly done, subtle, adorable, doesn't feel forced. I'm not sure if I love it or hate it. I can only compare it to Macross Frontier and Raildex. Even though GC might be more fun to watch because of great direction and pacing, Frontier does have better overall story and the originality along with it's music. Raildex is magical sf just like this one, probably on the same level of naivness, but GC leaves the impression of more complex story. Though Misaka alone is somehow a better character than any of GC chars; not to say GC characters aren't good, large number of them is actually pretty great (or stolen from other anime). In some ways Railgun was better, less annoying, more relaxing/fun to watch, and in some ways GC has higher production quality and complexity which shoot far out of Railgun league. Macross and Railgun are both just great fun in the end, and can be considered that because of the amount of humor. GC is far too serious and story driven to be possible to consider it that, not to say it doesn't have cute/funny scenes, it just tries to squeeze so much story progression in there that it doesn't leave as much time for the comedy. GC feels like it aims for Code Geass kind of awesomeness, but fails horribly because of hundreds of plot holes and tendency to become purely magical, as opposed to sf. Another huge minus in GC are christianity references (bad kind of references). So, in the end, take a very awesome anime, and then partially destroy it with plotholes, convinient magic and religion, and you'll get Guilty Crown. Still kinda worth watching I guess.";
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/* Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/393/"]:after {
content: "Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea: \a \a ...meh... was my overall reaction. There are some cool scenes, visually. Kinda like Akira, except steampunk fantasy instead of sf. It just gives me the similar feeling cause it's old and all... only thing that was really fun was admiring the art, which was at times extremely creative. Then there is of course the theme song, which lead me to this anime, that's nice. But I didn't really like the story, it was even good at first, but got too weird and silly later on, becoming more ridiculous the closer to ending it got. Started off with real nice ninja infiltration into a samurai steampunk flying warship... epic in every way, very creative. Ended up as a over-the-top steampunk giant mecha duel in a weird fantasy city. There were some cool stuff, but much more lame stuff. Not much else there to say...";
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/* Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2236/"]:after {
content: "Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo: \a \a So-so... I was expecting it to be better I guess, from how much I heard about it. I remember finding a single ''plothole'' (which I'm not 100% sure about, but I'm pretty sure it's a mistake). It features a pretty casual and convenient approach to time travel problematic (unable to meet oneself in the past for example)... and it doesn't go into dealing with time travel itself really. The overall tone of the movie leans towards seriousness/realism. Rather than focusing on timetravel it deals with a bit more realistic approach to highschool romance... which, for me, isn't as fun to watch as the unrealistic-comedy approach of most anime. For realistic approach to work there has to be some heavy drama or really clever story. This story is kinda clever (in second half) but not clever enough imo... it's more of a ''what happens when an average stupid person accidentally gets time travel powahs''. But it's nothing unseen in that area, using time travel for fun and stuff... First half of the movie seems really shallow, but then gets a bit better when some stuff gets explained, making it a bit more serious. Time travel animations are a bit random... overall animation and voiceacting is decent, best visual quality you can expect for 2006. Even though it's a short movie, it still feels a bit dragged out. It's not a bad movie I guess, but I still wouldn't go around recommending it to people, as there are better stuff out there. I guess what annoyed me the most in this movie is that (once... freaking... again....) a stupid(average) person gets a superpower. Why is it so hard to give superpowers to intellectuals? That's when we end up with code geass / deathnote kind of awesomeness... I guess most writers don't feel clever enough to stand up to the task?";
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/* Elfen Lied*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/226/"]:after {
content: "Elfen Lied: \a \a Other than minor ''plotholes'' here and there, story is original enough and interesting enough. (by ''plotholes'', here I mean minor illogical things that are only apparent if you think critically and sceptically about the level of realism behind some stuff, I'm sure many wouldn't call it plotholes but I still find them somewhat annoying, I wont go into details as it's nothing deal-breaking.) Characters are also well done, as well as voiceacting and soundtrack, and overall feel is original. So from a technical standpoint it's a good anime. But from a personal/humane standpoint... do you really want to watch naked 12yr old girls slicing each other to bits? People being batshit insane, being tortured, raped by family, murdered, torn to bits and pieces, and worse... If someone honestly wants to watch it even after being warned about all this, or worse, for the sake of all this, then I'll just quote my dear Minchin: ''I think that’s fundamentally sick''. I personally finished it out of principle, to be able to say I finished it and to be able to flame it honorably. Drama and story... sure I'll admit, some of it is pretty good, some pretty good heartwarming or sad moments, it's kinda artistic as well, with the style and music and all... but still, fundamentally sick. There are ton of other stuff there that has great story and/or drama, without having all the gore and stuff I mentioned. I'd like to say that without all the brain-damaging stuff this would be 9/10, but the story simply wouldn't work without (most of) it, so that might be the only thing to say in it's defense, as the story thematic is dealing with central problem of having little children given superpowers, and would those powers be used to instakill other people since small children don't yet have concept of right/wrong. Hypothetical someone might say I'm only downvoting this because it has gore and that's not my taste. In my defense all I got to say is that I loved Saya no Uta, which is a perfect example of truly justified fucked up story elements. I admit Elfen Lied has some quality to it, so I can kinda understand why it's famous, but I still can't actually recommended this.";
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/* Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11179/"]:after {
content: "Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!: \a \a At first I picked this up, expecting a cute moe anime of nice production quality. I ended up getting all of that and more. And by more, I mean that if fanservice is disregarded, the story is surprisingly realistic and dramatic, far more serious than I expected, but still not lacking in the silly cute comedy aspect. OP and ED are great, voiceacting is great, production quality is amazing. I remember having a single complaint regarding storyline, which is overall pretty amazing when compared to all the other comparable anime. It's similar to hanasaku iroha in that it deals dramatically with difficulties in characters lives, which I loved, but since characters are of different age than Ohana, it comes off as not at all similar. The story is actually pretty original, at first it seems like a classic stuff-happened-for-the-sake-of-fanservice-deal-with-it story, but then the slightly ridiculous situation gets addressed seriously with all it's consequences taken into consideration, which pretty much won me over, well... along with all the moe. I guess it's somewhat comparable to Clannad Afterstory, but without the implied ''epicness'', fantasy and tear jerking, but instead bit more moe, slice-of-life, comedy and entertainment.";
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/* Inu x Boku SS*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11013/"]:after {
content: "Inu x Boku SS: \a \a It's a very fun to watch comedy+romance with very interesting, unique and entertaining characters. Art is amazing, voiceacting is great. At first it seems a bit strange, and then it seems a bit over-the-top, and it can even get annoying in first few episodes, until you get the hang of it and figure out what this anime is. There are transformation sequences, demons and superpowers, but surprisingly enough, it's totally not the actual point of the anime. The point is to achieve original and interesting comedy in a very unusual and therefore interesting setting. And then just when you label it as a casual original fantasy comedy that needs to be looked-through-fingers here and there, it throws an amazing serious ending story arc which clarifies a lot of things that seemed silly before. To describe the kind of comedy that it is, I'd say it's the deconstruction of tsundere, featuring characters with weird and unique personalities and their interactions. One last thing: the art when protagonist transforms is superfuckingamazing. I find myself wanting another anime with her in that form all the time. Having such awesome art, I found it surprising how rarely it got to be showcased.";
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/* Zero no Tsukaima F*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11319/"]:after {
content: "Zero no Tsukaima F: \a \a I'd say it's slightly better than first three seasons, but not much different, however it does have its own new story and all. Visual quality is slightly better, voiceacting as great as before. There are also annoying physics defying scenes and stupid events that make little sense, and that's by far its biggest downfall, same like its predecessors. Comedy, ecchi and character development are done somewhat better than before, and episodes are generally a bit more fun/entertaining to watch. ";
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/* Zero no Tsukaima F*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11319/"]:after {
content: "Zero no Tsukaima F: \a \a I'd say it's slightly better than first three seasons, but not much different, however it does have its own new story and all. Visual quality is slightly better, voiceacting as great as before. There are also annoying physics defying scenes and stupid events that make little sense, and that's by far its biggest downfall, same like its predecessors. Comedy, ecchi and character development are done somewhat better than before, and episodes are generally a bit more fun/entertaining to watch. ";
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/* High School DxD*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11617/"]:after {
content: "High School DxD: \a \a Ecchi that doesn't totally suck, and is actually kinda fun to watch, still not recommended to anyone that can't handle ecchi, as at times it feels like ecchi fanservice with a bit of anime mixed in. I didn't know what to expect when I started. At first it seemed like a good quality romantic comedy with a bit of ecchi, then it turned into a contemporary fantasy (magic and demons) with a lot of ecchi, but surprisingly enough the story was actually fun to watch. The constant requirement for ecchi naturally makes the character interactions unrealistic, and if one wouldn't find them annoying one would likely find them entertaining, as I did. It's cliffhangerish so that makes it a quick watch, which is kinda cool. Demonic chess analogy was overall kinda cool, balancing between original, clever and annoying, I guess it would depend a lot on taste. But I'll stress it again, even though this is okay quality anime all across the board, everything is still totally subjected to ecchi fanservice.";
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/* Kill Me Baby*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11079/"]:after {
content: "Kill Me Baby: \a \a I almost quit this soo many times, but somehow ended up finishing it afterall. Reason I even started was only because Mazui was subbing it. Calling this a stupid comedy would be insult to stupid comedies. A dumbass parody would be much more fitting. It has a bit of resemblance to nichijou since one of the major humor elements is trolling. There is even a character completely dedicated to it... ah, and there are only 3 characters... 3... characters. Well that's one of major reasons it sometimes gets really boring, but at the end of the day I could never not-laugh at an episode, so that's pretty much only thing this has going for it. OP is lame, ED is decent. visuals/production quality is quite low, but not in a low-budget kinda way, more in a style kinda way. Seems like it's targeted to resemble a format of a webcomic, so the art quality is also on that level, but for this genre it's perfectly acceptable. Wish I kept record of all the funniest scenes, best way to watch this would be to just watch TL;DR version of just the funniest scenes compilation, then it would be totally worth it to watch it. But as it stands now... well... I'm pretty sure many would be a bit bored with it or simply rather watch something better.";
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/* Usagi Drop*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10162/"]:after {
content: "Usagi Drop: \a \a Not much story going on, not to say there isn't any, but it's kinda slice-of-life. However, characters are so amazing that that alone would make it worth the watch. So also you got the cool development in characters and their relationships, and super-realistic setting, but note that it's inside the Japanese culture. It's an adult anime about becoming-a-parent part of life, and it's executed perfectly. It could use a bit more plot here and there but it's okay as it is, a bit slow paced sometimes because of it. \a \a This anime features the purest kind of moe you'll find (think clannad afterstory). If simply watching it doesn't make you simply happy then your brain is wired all wrong. OP is great and fits the anime perfectly, although it can seem strange first time you see it, ED is okay but nothing special. I'd say this anime is like Kobato only non-fantasy and much better at it, considering the overall feeling of it. Small number of episodes works to it's advantage, any more would require a longer story arc development which seems to never have been the point here. If this went on for say 24 episodes instead of 11, it would get boring, no doubt about it, it was the pitfall of kobato. I could also compare this to Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai for similar thematic but Usagi Drop is infinitely less otaku and more serious/seinen without any fanservice (if you don't count hugs). \a \a  Production quality is great, voiceacting great, graphics style is a bit unusual but it really works to it's advantage. Only possibly negative thing here is lack of more serious story arc in second half of the anime, first half kinda has the introductory one. This is EXTREMELY hard to rate because of how taste dependent it is. It's almost perfectly executed in what it's trying to be and characters are amazing, the only question that remains is if you're a fan of what it's trying to be. The pure entertainment value might be lower than many anime I graded lower, because this is simply ''not that kind of anime''. Also one should see at least 3 episodes before making up his mind on watching or not watching this, although if you got this far in this review you should already have a pretty darn good idea about what to expect.";
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/* Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10719/"]:after {
content: "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai: \a \a There's a little bit of fanservice but nothing too blatant. You'll just have to overlook some kinda unnecessarily weird parts, few things here and there are kinda totally retarded but they never influence the plot in any meaningful way and are not reason enough to not watch this. Yukimura's sex is in my opinion something that should have been explained early on but it isn't. If you were as bothered by it as I was just google it. To tl;dr this anime: ''harem done right!''. It's very fun to watch, absolutely hilarious character interactions, fanservice is kept in line most of the time, there is even a more serious main story arc going on there, which is always a good thing and makes it a very well balanced anime. It has the best OP in the history of anime, ED is good. All characters are memorable, and almost all of them are great. Drawing style is a bit unusual at first but it's quick to get used to, and it's high quality. To summarise: great characters, some actual plot, great production, great comedy, not too fanservicey.";
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/* Sora no Otoshimono*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5958/"]:after {
content: "Sora no Otoshimono: \a \a Crazy silly stupid and original random over the top harem with perverted jokes without actually being overly sexualized... hard to explain, but becomes deep around ep 8. The main deal that separates this from similar shows is that the harem protagonist is actually a pervert and is open about it, which shakes up the classic harem dynamic a bit. But the high grade of this anime is based entirely on the depth and impact of episodes 8-13. Production quality is not the best but it's good enough to enjoy watching.";
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/* Acchi Kocchi*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12291/"]:after {
content: "Acchi Kocchi: \a \a First impression: \a For moe fans exclusively. It plays around with classic genre tropes often subverting them, which is the only thing besides being cuteness that keeps it interesting to watch. \a \a Second impression after 3-4 episodes: \a After a few more episodes though, when one figures this anime out, one realizes how it is infact a pinnacle of comedy in it's own way. It can be extremely Hilarious at times, as well as surprisingly original. \a \a Review: \a It's an amazing moe comedy and I want more! (as amazing as school+slice-of-life can get) Only downside is that it sometimes relies heavily on puns, which doesn't work outside Japanese. OP is epic, ED is kinda cheap in i-see-what-you-did-there way, but not bad. \a Ps. Nekomimi aren't getting explained soon, or in the second episode, or ever. Rule of moe applies!";
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/* Sankarea*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11499/"]:after {
content: "Sankarea: \a \a Thematic is interesting, art and animation are amazing, it has a freakin hot cute zombie girl, how cool is that? Story is so-so, at times it's good, at times it's lacking. I'd say the first half of the anime is the better half. It has a romance subplot but don't expect much from it. Overall it's watchable, and mostly worth it for thematic and art quality \a \a Art really is amazing. Characters are interesting and fun to watch. Story and development are amazing at first, cliffhangerish, original and realistic while still being fantasy genre, respect for that... but unfortunately the amount of facepalms increases towards the end, with some moments being so ridiculously unrealistic you can only laugh at it. OP is reminiscent of Hansaku Iroha because of both music which is by nano.RIPE and animation/gfx quality which is (arguably) on the level of PA Works, also voiceacting is great. ED is boring imo. If you like (gothic?) pale slim dark haired girls you might want to consider watching this just for that. There is fanservice but nothing too crazy, it's not the focus of the anime, and it's usually not at all annoying. It's strange how the story sometimes goes from continuous to episodic and non-chronological even, some ep almost seem like fillers and could be completely skipped without influencing the plot, but they give depth to characters so they aren't really fillers, but still... interrupting the continuous story is annoying. That blue haired sis of the protagonist horribly reminds me of someone but I can't figure out who, also she's awesome. Protagonist too has his own great moments, and just when you think the plot took a turn for the worse and went FULL RETARD, something absolutely cool happens and you're not sure if you hate or love the plot anymore... it's... confusing... There were some foreshadowing moments which were pretty cool, respect for that. \a \a TL;DR: Annoyingly unrealistic at times, but still overall quite enjoyable and surprisingly original with amazing production quality.";
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/* Mouretsu Pirates*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8917/"]:after {
content: "Mouretsu Pirates: \a \a I watched this in halves, as I had a misconception about it's final number of episodes. First half: \a This is hard to describe, it's like an epic silly childish serious epicfail parodycomedy everythingbuncheduptogether. I pretty much wanted to seriously headdesk once or twice per episode, along much more simple raging. There are so much plotholes in the story and underlying logic and background of the story and the world, that if I tried the write them all down it would be longer than the anime script itself. So... it even becomes so bad that it does a full circle often and becomes good again. But if it's so horrible, why did I stay for 13ep, you might ask? A fine question! I'm still trying to figure it out myself. Before I start praising it, I'd just like to add that the pacing is weird, sometimes it feels like the progression is way too fast and scenes just skip into each other, and sometimes it feels dragged out (which I think is almost always for the sake of a timed cliffhanger). So... the good stuff: The characters, not all of them are great, but some are simply pleasure to watch (main char for one). Both look-wise and personality-wise and originality-wise. \a \a I also have to admit one thing, this anime actually puts the fact that it's a logical-cripple to a good use to offer a lot of originality in the plot progression, it's not totally unexpected stuff, far from it, it's just the way everything is put together that makes it sort of an eyecandy, for both visuals and story. So if you can look beyond the immense logical fails, this becomes very original mashup of entertaining and cute stuff. I was even surprised at the thematic the second arc went to tackle, I didn't expect it to turn out so cool, it really suits my taste (deep-space-exploration-of-ancient-technology), which really feels inspirational in some way, it kinda makes me wanna make my own story about that thematic, one which wouldn't suck that is... So, to sum up, the story logic SUCKS (feels like it's for kids because of that, but it's not shounen at all), characters, how-funky-story is, progression, cliffhangers, overall funkyness, watchability, interestingness... all pretty great I'd say. If you could lower your IQ to 70 you'd enjoy this as much as any 10/10 anime, but since you can't, it all depends on how much you're ready to trade quality story for silly entertainment with some creative value. OP is kinda lame, ED is gr8, voiceacting ok, CGI was gr8. \a \a Second half of the first season was a huge disappointment, especially the ending storyarc which sucked balls on so many levels I was watching at 3x sometimes just to prevent myself from quiting and never finishing this anime and review. It's kinda ok in the beginning but quickly becomes very mediocre with the choice of plot. Then there are like 1 or 2 episodes which are really good, like almost perfect and very fun to watch. But the second to last storyarc is not the last nail in the coffin... no, anime wasn't in the coffin just yet, but the last storyarc sucked so hard it spawned a coffin and all the nails and nailed everything into the bottomless depth of horribleness. Funny how it's hard to define what exactly sucked, becasue it's pretty much everything together, and mostly the plot itself. At least in first half of the season there was something interesting going on keeping this entertaining, but when it got dragged out more and more because they ran out of story ideas then all the flaws already present just suddenly became apparent and amplified.";
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/* Haiyore! Nyaruko-san*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11785/"]:after {
content: "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san: \a \a My first impression was: \a So cliche it hurts, defies logic, mediocre amount of actual fanservice but the fanservice mentality is abundant and takes priority over anything... but is also, together with any seriousness or story, subjected to ridiculous humor. So... very cliché hot-animegirls hilarious comedy... something like that. ...very genki. \a \a My second impression was: it's a STUPID comedy/parody with mostly epic characters, once you embrace it for what it is chances are you'll love it. \a \a But my final impression is: Holy shit! At episode 10 I was literally crawling on floor laughing, no pun intended.... ...okay, pun intended. One thing that begs to be mentioned is something that makes this anime different from all the others. References. So many references that almost every scene in every episode is a reference to something, often anime specific and often obscure, so the only way to notice more than 5% of the references would be to check Nyaruref.blogspot after each episode. Only thing that prevents this from being 10/10 is that the introduction wasn't the smoothest, you might notice how I didn't love it as much at first, until I figured out what it was and got used to the idea. I guess you could also say that it's epicness is a bit inconsistent, sometimes it's really fall-off-your-chair funny, and sometimes just... normal funny I guess. OP and ED are amazing. Voiceacting is epic. Production quality is just right. You have to get over how-dense the main character is though. Not many males would keep resisting assertive hot girl... probably 0% of males. But you gotta take into consideration that Nyaruko is an compulsive obsessive alien in a fake body, so that kinda presents a good counterpoint that should stop you, viewer, from being incredibly annoyed at Mahiro (protagonist) in first few episodes. Trap character is actually pretty tolerable, I usually don't particularly like them, but this one is rly likable in a way and it's easy to get used to him actually being male. Also that redhead in first ss is cause for quite a lot of yuri.";
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/* K-On! Movie*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9617/"]:after {
content: "K-On! Movie: \a \a Kyoani delivers yet again! Pretty much what you'd expect from k-on movie to be, except that it's not a sequel, but chronologically it's placed before the ending of the second season. Best thing about this, compared to the series, is that it's more concrete, less episodic so it's a bit more serious with more consistent storytelling, kinda what was missing from the series which was sometimes too much just tea-drinking slice of life. But it still manages to keep the k-on feel, and even improves upon it since, naturally, movie has somewhat higher production quality. 1080p is totally worth it.";
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/* Another*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11111/"]:after {
content: "Another: \a \a Impressions: \a Started with checking out 1 ep, couldn't stop for 4. I just hope it doesn't become repetitive. I'm considering finishing it in 3 viewings altogether. P.A. Works ftw! \a \a Review: In the first third of the anime, there is such an amazing and immersive atmosphere present that I enjoyed it a lot! It's reminiscent of Half Life 2 or Alan Wake. Last third of the anime is a bit... slaughter-ish *khm* not my thing, at all. Second third is something in between first and last. Knowing this, I would still recommend this anime to anyone who might be interested because art and soundtrack is just so freakin amazing that it's a waste not checking it out, and then later if you wanna quit because anime went full retard, sure go ahead, chances are you're done with the good part anyways. OP is technically well done but the music choice doesn't fit imo, but on the other hand it's so cliffhanger-ish that you'll be skipping the OP/ED anyways. Last screenshot: I'd also like to add that the beach episode was really nice, likely the best beach episode I've seen in an anime. It's in the same time scary immersive and relaxing... how the fuck does one pull that off. P.A. Works has some freakin skillz. \a \a SILLY SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a Yes, house has been burning down around you for last 20 minutes, but why not keep talking on the phone, right? I mean It's not like the roof is gonna collapse any second and/or that you might get burned alive... also what the fuckin fuck is with the cellphone signal in this anime, it's just one of those things you expect to get an explanation for but instead you just get a reason to do an /epicfacepalm. I guess I'll blame the writer for the story going full retard, rather than entire studio. Studio deserves to have you check this anime out. Writer deserves to be put in a burning house with his bad-reception cell phone, which, given his mental thought process, is likely equal to executing him... I would just not be sure if that should then be considered murder or suicide... heh, look at me, getting into the spirit of the anime (theme: death! murder! mystery! (Maybe nonsensical things not getting explained is what this writer considers a mystery?)) ";
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/* Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/468/"]:after {
content: "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: \a \a Old review from when I was stupid: \a Animation and art is exceptional indeed... it's worth watching just for that i suppose :) The story is a bit to complicated imo x) But it's worth watching definitly (<-- look, old me even misspelled definitely /facepalm). \a \a New review: Movie TL;DR = dolls are creepy as fuck. Also scenery porn. LOTS OF IT. YES! YES!! YES!!! or... so this is what getting high on CGI feels like! - many /jawdrop scenes, graphics and animation wise is probably only second to Cameron's Avatar, so it's a must-watch based solely on that. The philosophical quotes sometimes feel overdone, but sometimes pretty cool. Very immersive, becasue pacing and quality are simply perfect. Philosophy wise it's pretty nice, except sometimes problems presented are just bad semantics, but not too often. Also the implied existence of a soul kinda kills the neutrality of the philosophical standpoint. Still must watch. All together I liked it better than the first part. First movie seemed kinda strange in the way it was paced and completed, although pretty awesome, this one felt better, more complete.";
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/* Ghost in the Shell*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/43/"]:after {
content: "Ghost in the Shell: \a \a It has that slow feeling that all the old movies do, that I don't really like, but it wasn't as prominent. On the other hand it somehow manages to feel short, but there is a second part so I guess it's ok. I guess the main complaint is the feeling of ''what? it's over? that's it?''. But other than that, the music, the art and detail are amazing. Also the scenes here are really cool, some of them feel unique. It's main selling point is, naturally, philosophy. I managed to to not get annoyed every time soul was mentioned as something that's understood to exist, by mentally replacing it with consciousness... it works out nicely. So, the thematic they dare tackle, and the way they deal with it is pretty much perfect, but on the other hand the ''old'' feeling of it takes away from the immersion and story flow, so it gets a bit boring and/or confusing at times.";
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/* Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13367/"]:after {
content: "Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!: \a \a I figured it could be a cute and silly moe romcom and it kinda was. There are some charming characters, a lot of mediocre ones, and a plot that's nothing special, but has its interesting moments. Overall it's an okay harem comedy with a siscon undertone. Nothing too serious really. It's not bad but it's not very good either.";
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/* AKB0048 First Stage*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12149/"]:after {
content: "AKB0048 First Stage: \a \a Impressions: \a Amazing so far. Fantasy sf based a lot on music, epic production quality, pretty effects and pure entertainment. Imagine macross frontier with less seriousness and much more moe, with yuruyuri/k-on kind of cast as protagonists, and idol as thematic (nothing as boring as Idolmaster so far). Funny how there are two character that seem like spiritual successors to Ranka and Sheryl (M.Frontier, same studio). I'm surprised how well it's all working out so far. When things make little to no sense, it's never annoying but all in good fun, since it doesn't feel unrealistic (although it is), it feels more like fantasy comedy adventure. This might have too much moe for some people. For me there ain't such thing. \a \a Review: After first four episodes, there are a couple where not much happens, but then it gets back to being awesome and creative. Drama, originality, unpredictability, psychological development of characters, are just amazing. CG animations of the shows easily surpass the macross frontier awesomeness. If you've seen macross frontier, and liked it, you already have the mindset to understand, tolerate, and love this kind of storytelling. A bit of fantasy mixed in to cover the holes, a bit of unknown, then just a bit of spotlighting when it's really needed, and it all kinda holds together, if you don't think too hard about it. Of Course a lot of things don't make sense but that's only if you extrapolate implications, but such objections are always subject to creative far-fetched explanations. Such also invites fans to figure out the backstory and world like sherlocks trying to figure out a way for everything to make most sense possible. In the end of the day, as macross, it's an excuse to make amv anime hybrid, and this time it's even more straightforward, somehow naturally requiring less serious approach and feeling more natural. What I'm trying to say is that the difference is that amv-concert-action doesn't happen as something that needs to be excused in a way, like in macross with fold waves, but is what the plot is centered around. So, it was a great idea to make it like that, while naturally basking in rule of cool and rule of awesome glory. Even moe fits naturally into the plot and setting. You'll have to get used to stylized specular reflections though. You'll know what I mean in the first minute or two. Oh, there are a couple of storyarcs, but the whole story works great as a whole, and buildup quite nicely to the grand finale, which definitely delivers. All the production quality aspects are amazing.";
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/* Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12175/"]:after {
content: "Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate: \a \a It's well directed/composed, has a nice cast of character, some good humor and a little bit of romance, but story didn't really work for me. It's about politics, but in a high school setting, so it's a bit weird like that. The whole anime is basically about student council president election, but it's overall nicely executed so it's quite watchable. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a The fact that one student hid the other student in coma in school hospital for 6 months is just ridiculous on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin. ";
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/* Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5310/"]:after {
content: "Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime: \a \a First movie. It's interesting to see how Macross Frontier works in a movie format. Interestingly enough, it works just as well, if not better. However it's arguable, but I guess it mostly depends on taste. I'd say that everything I wrote about the series also applies to this movie. It's definitely worth watching and recommended, especially if you've seen the series and liked it. It's different enough from the series to warrant watching. Also it needs to be seen to get to the second movie which is a must-see.";
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/* Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7222/"]:after {
content: "Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa: \a \a Second movie. Continuation of the first movie. It's best to watch them together, as if they were one big 4h movie. Some of the action-amv sequences here are so spectacularly amazing that they simply must be seen. Also this movie has even more original content compared to the series, than the first one. As a second movie it's only natural it will have more freedom in that area (setting etc. has already been established in first movie), but what is great, is that it's utilizing that freedom in a great way, and providing even more OC. At one point, my jaw actually started hurting from how long it was jawdropped. So there you have it. Make sure you watch full HD, it's fucking worth it.";
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/* Hyouka*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12189/"]:after {
content: "Hyouka: \a \a It's amazing almost entirely, but falls just a bit short in romance department, I guess it's just not a romance oriented but still... I kinda expected some sort of final arc, but there were only short stories saved up for the ending episodes. Being a hororless and goreless mystery anime is an achievement in itself, just for existing in that form, and it's even more awesome when that gets spotlighted. I loved all the references to the mystery classics, really shows that the author knows the genre. First ED is stroke-inducingly moe and awesome. First OP is awesome, second ED is awesome. Production quality is spectacular.";
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/* Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2001/"]:after {
content: "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: \a \a This was my first TTGL ''review'' (more like a comment/note to myself) after I dropped it: (note that I was much younger and inexperienced 15.4.2011 when I wrote this) \a \a 14-year old kid uses Mini Mecha to destroy Humongous Mecha using the power of how awesome he is. Don't watch it if you know a lot about physics. - NUFF SAID! ... ok ...first episode was typical shounen style, as i expected, i was very skeptical towards it since I'm not into shounens. Well, i did hate every shounen-ish aspect that it had, and it had a lot. But on the other hand story is so far original and entertaining, as well as characters. Drawing and animation are in the same league with Naruto. I'll continue watching and see how it goes. Got too many recommendations for this anime to just set it aside for later (3 recommendations! ...lol) watched 2nd and 3rd episode, omg I cant take this anymore, I guess i have a shounen allergy or something. Only the girl character didn't make me go /facepalm multiple times. The quality of art and animation just keeps hurting my eyes. Try to watch episode of this after you've watched 5 Centimeters per Second, you'll know what I mean. You cant have same quality visuals like Naruto... 7 years later!!! And the visuals dont bother me as much as the drawing ''style'' (i guess) of characters, when that gay character looks like a child drew him. I could go on and on for hours here about all things I found annoying but they are all basically elements shared between all shounens I've seen so far, and they could be sumed up by word childish... i guess. Now I'm beginning to see how first 20 or so episodes of Bleach are way better than an average shounen. \a \a Then two years later when a certain redditor couldn't believe it when I said I dropped TTGL, and was deeply disappointed in me, I decided to give it another shot. Ended up finishing it and this was my second ''review'': \a \a rewatched, new review/comment: - 6.12.2012. This will not make you confused in a ''what is happening i don't get it'' kinda way, the point is that things don't really make sense, but it's spotlighted that they don't so it's okay. Yeah that idea a bit crazy and unusual by itself, which is why I failed to grasp it the first time I tried to watch it. I wasn't wrong about all of the stuff I said before, but the point I'd like to make now is that I missed the point completely last time I tried to watch this, few years ago. My #1 mistake was ''I took it seriously''. Only after finishing the whole anime, do I realize the potential this kind of storytelling held. It's what makes this unique. FLCL is also crazy, but in an entirely different way than this. This isn't really shounen anime (in a negative sense), as I said before (it's probably a shounen parody though, among many other things), although it's not particularly seinen either, it's something else entirely, it's really hard to define it in any way. I was given the advice to ''just enjoy it'', and it was actually a great way of putting it. One negative thing that's brining this anime down somewhat is that it was animated in some kind of old-school way, so the timings on duration of the scenes feel a bit cheap, it often feels as if static scenes and images are being dragged out for far too long. I know animating is hard, but this just feels low budget at places, especially in first half of the anime. However there is a simple cure for this, watching it at anywhere from 120-150% using VLC pitch correction. Sometimes I was watching it at 140% and things seemed so natural that I had to doublecheck to make sure I didn't forget to speed it up, I guess that just proves my point (don't worry I watched the parts that matter in real time). Also it gets better the further it goes, so if you do find early episodes lacking in any way, please don't hesitate to speed through them to get to the awesomeness that comes later because it's quite... must-see. ";
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/* Yuru Yuri 2*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12403/"]:after {
content: "Yuru Yuri 2: \a \a Color me impressed... first episode was like... the best thing ever. The rest is also amazing, it's like first season only a bit better.";
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/* Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9756/"]:after {
content: "Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: \a \a It's a deconstruction of a magical girl genre (so it's hard to say it falls into magical girl genre, considering how much different it is from a typical magical girl anime, though technically it does). It is so acclaimed, that it is considered the anime that redefined the genre (great deconstructions tend to do that). I personally disliked the genre, had all the wrong expectations towards this anime, and dropped it early on, only to pick it up many months later, one-shot all of the episodes and absolutely fall in love it with. It's a must-watch, try to trust me, this once, just watch it. Also take it seriously. If something seems nonsensical or stupid, it's actually clever foreshadowing, and will be explained later, if you don't figure it out yourself. It also just keeps getting better, so don't drop it under any circumstance. If you get annoyed by unusual graphics in first few episodes, that also gets better as the show goes on. \a \a My old comment after I dropped it because I was retarded can be read at my old ANN list, as there's not enough space for it here. \a \a  Upon finally picking it up again and finishing it I wrote: \a Oh wow... idk where to begin (I literally just one-shot all 12 episodes). tl;dr is that this is actually awesome (but it's a lot more complicated than that). Ok so, kinda like Gurren Lagann, one has to get over certain weird or somewhat illogical stuff, but once you do stop complaining and start to just keep some vague mental list of things that didn't make much sense, you'll find that most of it will be spotlighted or explained later, if not both. I can't even hint at what specifically without going into major spoilers. The fact is that the story gets better and much deeper as it goes (ironically, it improves a whole lot after first 4 episodes). So, this anime isn't exactly science, it's a deconstruction of a fantasy genre, so it might seem as if it would be a lot more serious and realistic (and not break general relativity as much as it does), but it does remain a fantasy story. It's the character personalities and (somewhat) the genre itself that get deconstructed. All of the ''wtf'' and ''wat'' moments that you ignore or blindly accept as the story goes on, are worth it, becasue of how good the story gets later. Keep in mind while watching: it's a DECONSTRUCTION of a Mahou Shojo (and deconstructions are awesome), you're already familiar with the genre if you've ever seen sailor moon or whatever. My old complaint of ''blue haired girl to the rescue?'' is hardly valid becasue stupid I missed the point once again. That particular scene resolution was supposed to be obvious. \a \a I was often annoyed at how particular sentence of someone didn't make sense or seems stupid, but when you realize that those characters themselves are far from perfect, it does make sense for them to occasionally do and say wrong and stupid things. On the upside, they often make amazingly good points. There's also a lot of clever philosophy which I'm a big fan of. The witch labyrinth graphics that I previously complained about is still graphically annoying, but it's only really bad in first few episodes, it gets considerably better in later episodes plus that you somewhat get used to it. It is redeemed by the scenery art that is often simply amazing and very artistic, Shaft style (sometimes it's really awesome, sometimes it slightly fails, but on average it's great, not as great as KyoAni or P.A.Works scenery but on the other hand it gets extra points for being artistic and trying something different). Similar can be said for character art. Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it just looks bad, but gets a big plus for being original and iconic. Soundtrack is out of this world, I don't remember last time I heard OST that was this good. I'd like to also one of my other previous complaints, the one ''That gun girl one shot stuns...''. It turned out to be AMAZING foreshadowing, and I was a fucking moron making a big deal out of it and getting annoyed about it. \a \a After rewatching it again: \a I figured this deserves a higher rating, upped from 9 to 10. Mostly because of how it has great replay value, and you notice so many little details (a lot of foreshadowing!) that only Lelouch would notice and remember the first time. I also noticed better how solid the story was, there really are no plotholes of any kind. I was also able to better appreciate the complexity of ending episodes and the way they were skillfully presented.";
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/* School Days*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2476/"]:after {
content: "School Days: \a \a Impressions: \a after 2.5 episodes into it: At first I loved how fast paced it was. It was like the classic love triangle scenario just fast-forwarded, so that was cool, but then from then it kinda slowed down and became about newbie relationship experience. I know (and kinda like) that romance anime are always about newbie relationships but these two characters seem downright emotionally retarded from time to time, and that can be painful and annoying to watch. There is one awesome character here that brings in the much needed skill and humor which are keeping this watchable. edit 2: I just wanna screencap every 5 minutes of their relationship and caption it ''RELATIONSHIP: YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG''. (''Close your eyes Makoto-kun.'' *kisses him on cheek*). edit 3 (ep7): Holy shit this is suddenly awesome and is currently in the process of messing up my sleeping schedule... deconstructions ftw! \a \a review: \a fuck. [/end review] \a \a Ps. \a Genre is very loosely defined through the whole anime, so it keeps fundamentally changing. While in many cases that leads to confusion about what to expect and how to not misunderstand situations, here it adds to the unpredictability and unexpectedness a whole lot, so it's more of a good thing, but because of it, one can't simply quit this anime, but has to watch it till the very end, which in itself ends up being ironic since ending is the most unpredictable thing of them all, and also sucks in a way, but there was a potential for it to suck a LOT more, so it's not too bad. There are some facepalms throughout the anime, but surprisingly half of them turn out to be foreshadowing you'd never expect. (for example: someone acts really unrealistic, then much later it turns out that someone actually has mental problems). In being harem deconstruction, this beats Toradora into the dust. Toradora is only partly-harem-decon I'd say, while this goes all the way. Toradora is overall positive and very fun to watch + it has dem feels. This starts out like a cliché, gets gradually more deep and interesting and darker and way more realistic than Toradora. What keeps this anime addictive and causes it to mess up your biorhythm is that it's a giant trainwreck and you're just ''oh shit... what now... nooo! yeeees! noooo!... and then you realize you're more emotionally invested in characters than you realized. Good thing here is that it's very easy to feel for characters. Interesting thing is that everyone is full of flaws, just like real life, but then again, sometimes those flaws are so huge that it's hard not to get mad about some actions of some characters. Tvtropes has a nice line on this: ''Sensitive, idiocy-intolerant or squeamish viewers, beware!''. Last 4 minutes of the ending almost ruined the whole anime for me, imo, those should have been very different. If those were different I'd just run around recommending this to everyone... but now I'm just not sure. The problem with this, is that one should see at least whole 7 episodes of this, before saying wtfamIwatchingIquit. Bare minimum would be 4 episodes, but you'd still get the wrong idea unless you make it at least to ep7. At the same time I'm upset with certain someone for making me watch this, but then again I also want to thank them becasue I love when anime does something different. Ok so, if you ever enjoyed watched any Harem anime, then I recommend this.";
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/* Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14741/"]:after {
content: "Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: \a \a This was just so much fun to watch. Also moe. Production quality is Kyoani... nuff said. The only thing I regret is watching over the course of 2 months or so, as it was airing, but it was okay nonetheless. The only thing I can complain about is that it's not totally superamazing since it's limited by its genre of slice of life and school setting. But inside its genre it's the top of the class, though not toradora-legendary or truetears-dramatic, I'd say it's as good as Hyouka, if not a little better. It could be considered better if we're just comparing pure entertainment, originality, humor and moe, but Hyouka's added genre of mystery just seems more skillful to pull off so well, hence why I'd say they are close in how good they are. I liked the romance in Chuunibyou, granted it wasn't too deep or complicated but it was so very heartwarming and fulfilling, something Kyoani has avoided ever since Clannad. Some lighthearted romance was exactly what I needed to fix what Schooldays did to me. I'd dare say Chuunibyou is the most lighthearted psychological romance drama in existence. Also Rikka was voted 2013 queen of moe by /r/awwnime. Recommended to everyone!";
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/* Sword Art Online*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11757/"]:after {
content: "Sword Art Online: \a \a Impressions: \a 50% into the first ep I was pretty much amazed at the concept and the first twist... but then after that I was like ''omfg this makes no sense, I wish I didn't know so much about mmo development maybe then I wouldn't realize how impossible this is'', but then after almost quitting, I came to another realization, this mmo only has 10k people playing it at launch. This isn't a mainstream mmo such as in-anime commercials made it seem, it's clearly an indie title, making the development team very small and development process significantly different, and having the scenario that happens in 1st episode actually seem realistic/possible from most aspects then, if not all. It would also explain the ''mmo'' being finish-able within a few days. (inferred from real life food++ problems) \a ep2: beginning... wtf? A month? This has so many unrealistic implications that if they don't address them by the end of the ep. i most likely quit. \a after ep2: Such potential! Oh why oh why do you have to screw it up so bad... I don't know what to say. after ep4: After going through forums checking out wtf is with backstory of this anime, I found many explanations that were present in light novel but that anime kinda skipped. Existence of those explanations makes this a mostly great anime. Skipping them in such a way is retarded but oh well... \a \a Review: so... around half way through it gets really amazing, but then gets a bit less amazing closer to the end. The anime is just riddled with problems off all kinds, some of them quite big, so many facepalms were had... but I gotta admit that it was still very fun and addictive to watch. Production quality is great but could be better in some details. Suspension of disbelief is what it comes down to, if you can willingly do that a LOT then you're gonna have a very very good time watching this. This is by far the anime with biggest contrast when it comes to how good it is vs. how much willing suspension of disbelief it requires, it's in the same time bad and amazing, if that makes any sense. What I regret most is the wasted potential. The thematic and characters (good ones) are the driving force here, and if the story was handled more seriously this had the potential to stand toe-to-toe with code geass and steins gate. It's kinda sad to see that potential wasted like this. It's funny how this still manages to be a great anime overall, and something I'd recommend. Ps. this writer comes up with the worst antagonists... as in very bad writing...";
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/* Dog Days'*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11783/"]:after {
content: "Dog Days': \a \a Impressions: \a Great so far! Very cute and entertaining and fun to watch same like 1st season. Also great production quality and Horie Yui for the win! ep3 comment: this is so moe I'm gonna die (in a good way!) \a \a Review: RIP. I'm dead. Killed by moe overdose. \a \a I think this must be #1 moe anime out there. It's more episodic and lighthearted than the first season, which turned out to work out great for it, a marginal improvement over first season. Production quality and especially voiceacting are first class. Unlike first season, where I had complaints, this had no fault with it at all. If you don't mind some fanservice, and want to experience what it's like to fall off a chair from cuteness, then check this out. It's kinda great how there's no evil, no bad guys at all. There are still fights and regular action scenes, but everyone is just awesome and lovable and friendly and really kind and sometimes just slightly misunderstood. This is kind of anime that can restore your faith in mankind if you happen to have lost it somewhere.";
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/* Nisemonogatari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11597/"]:after {
content: "Nisemonogatari: \a \a First impression: \a (2ep) It's crazy and it's different and entertaining and different, like 1st season.... but I still don't understand the reason behind it's megapopularity. At least neither of first 2 ep are even slightly boring, but they are quite wtf in places, in a wtflol way. \a \a Review: Lower number of boring episodes than first season, but also lower number of amazing episodes that leave a deep impression, than the first season. Fanservice is brought to a whole new level, the level of being totally fucked up and hardcore, but at some points it's that that leaves a memorable impression. Regarding everything else (OP/ED/production/art/voice/originality...) it's pretty much in league with first season, slightly worse or better in some aspects but overall it lives up to it. \a \a Edit: back when I watched this I wasn't qualified to comment on it, hell, I still don't feel qualified. I'll have to rewatch it in a couple of years when I educate myself some more, or just watch it while reading bobduh's commentary. Doing so with Monogatari Second Season is making me realise how I was missing many subtle things that make this series great, once one knows how to spot them.";
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/* Mayo Chiki!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10110/"]:after {
content: "Mayo Chiki!: \a \a A classic harem, great humor and characters but still fanservice centric (there has to be a better way to say this but I can't think of it). It stands out by having amazing female cast. Subaru is quite memorable, then we got Kitamura Eri doing the role that's essentially the same as her role of Ami from Toradora, plus she's in Gothic style here. Toradora didn't have enough of her so this is perfect. Then on top of that we got genki HanaKana imouto (imagine hyperactive younger Mayushii (S;G) with pink hair). Fun characters and fanservice being funny is what makes a harem shine, and this one is among the best in that regard. However I shall repeat myself, as much as I say I like it personally, it's still classic-harem, unlike Haganai, Nyaruko or Koichoco that are great anime that kinda just happen to be harem (though Haganai might be a category in and of itself). Dragon Crisis and KoreZom are somewhere in between. This is more like HS DxD, IS, Omamori Himari.. just without the supernatural plot and it's handled way better so it's way less annoying and way more fun to watch than those. ED is super cute. Subaru's voiceacting is skillful but I wish it wasn't taken to such extreme (if I were more specific I'd spoil stuff). I don't blame her seiyuu, I blame the director, it's not too big of a deal though. Most often in harems I only love one girl, usually I dislike one, and I'm indifferent or ''ok'' about the rest... here I love all of them and it really illustrates nicely the classic concept of harem where MC can't take his pick.";
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/* Nekomonogatari: Kuro*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15689/"]:after {
content: "Nekomonogatari: Kuro: \a \a Might be slightly better than Nise~, not sure. Story-wise it's a prequel to Bake~, but it feels the same way Nise~ did. At some point it seemed as if I was watching a retelling of Bake~ Hanekawa arc... but I guess that's just my bad memory. I don't even remember what exactly happened in Bake~ with Hanekawa, I thought it was kind of what happened in Neko~... apparently I was wrong. I guess the aberration from Neko~ just somehow made a reappearance in Bake~ in some resurrection kinda way. I guess I can't be too bothered by catgirl demon that walks around in underwear getting resurrected.";
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/* Kamen no Maid Guy*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3616/"]:after {
content: "Kamen no Maid Guy: \a \a First impression: \a I expected this to suck more, but it's turning out to be ridiculously stupid and entertaining comedy. \a \a  Review: Not much else to add, I just wish every episode was as funny as 7th, then this would be up there at the top. Negative points are: fanservice is stupid to the point of being so stupid it's funny (and amount of it is up to the point where I'm not sure if it's a parodying fanservice or just being a complete overkill), and then that kinda comes across as more just funny than actually hot or anything, especially considering oldness and/or low production value. The only thing really awesome that gives this some actual value as a show is how it parodies shounens, especially the main character himself ''Maid Guy'', everything about him just screams awesome. There's no real story, just episode by episode stupid stuff that serves as an excuse for some funny scenes, funny fights, stupid fanservice. tl;dr this anime is sometimes so stupid it's awesome, too bad it doesn't happen more often, because rest of the time it ends up being just stupid.";
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/* Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10790/"]:after {
content: "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead: \a \a It's like first season, only improved upon. Some of the scenes are so hilarious I cried from laughing too hard.";
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/* Amagami SS+ Plus*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11235/"]:after {
content: "Amagami SS / Amagami SS+ Plus: \a \a impressions: \a At first (episode) I was like... yeah, typical beta nice guy romance, as much unrealistic as I'd like it to be true, kinda annoying because of that but still enjoyable since I'm the target audie...*unexpected thing happens* Damn this is suddenly awesome! after 3ep: It's not perfect, but it's the first time I've seen an anime try to tackle this particular subcategory of romance, and I'm really impressed at it so far. It's managing to be both realistic and very entertaining at the same time. after 4ep: First arc complete. I decided to watch and review each arc separately over both seasons. \a \a Overall first arc was... idk it reminds me of Rec a bit because it's not a triangle, and they last about the same, except that this is highschool romance, but on the other hand they are close in... well might not be ''realism'' but I can't find another word for it. I don't know if this is better or worse than true tears, rec, kimikiss... but up there, at least as good, if not better. I guess I can say almost for sure it's better than kimikiss, if only for art and pacing. So I figured I'll treat this as 9 separate shows: \a \a S1 episodes | S2 episodes | arc: grade for S1 -- grade for S2  \a 1,2,3,4 | 11,12 | Haruka Morishima Arc: 8.4 -- 7.2 \a 5,6,7,8 | 7,8 | Kaoru Tanamachi Arc: 5.6 -- 3.3 (quit) \a 9,10,11,12 | 9,10 | Sae Nakata Arc: 3.3 (quit) -- 2.5? (probably horrible) \a 13,14,15,16 | 5,6 | Ai Nanasaki Arc: 5.5 -- 5 \a 17,18,19,20 | 3,4 | Rihoko Sakurai Arc: 5.1 -- 3.3 (quit) \a 21,22,23,24 | 1,2 | Tsukasa Ayatsuji Arc: 5.3 -- 3.7 \a 25: Risa Kamizaki Arc: 4.5 \a 26 | 13: Miya Tachibana Arc: 3.3 -- 2.5 \a \a Almost-kiss successfully interrupted by a schoolbell... this has to be a new record in lameness. Anyways, the average grade for S1 ends up being 5.4 and for S2 4. I could talk for hours about why this sucks but I don't think the anime deserves it. Mostly it's just way too slow and uninteresting, and when it does get your hopes up it ends up not delivering. Only thing it delivers is some feels in some endings and some scenes but the rest of it is just plain boring. Oh right, Sae Nakata heroine has the worst seiyuu ever, every time she spoke trying to be embodiment of cuteness (but failing) I was like ''burn it with fire!!!''.";
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/* Amagami SS*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8676/"]:after {
content: "Amagami SS / Amagami SS+ Plus: \a \a impressions: \a At first (episode) I was like... yeah, typical beta nice guy romance, as much unrealistic as I'd like it to be true, kinda annoying because of that but still enjoyable since I'm the target audie...*unexpected thing happens* Damn this is suddenly awesome! after 3ep: It's not perfect, but it's the first time I've seen an anime try to tackle this particular subcategory of romance, and I'm really impressed at it so far. It's managing to be both realistic and very entertaining at the same time. after 4ep: First arc complete. I decided to watch and review each arc separately over both seasons. \a \a Overall first arc was... idk it reminds me of Rec a bit because it's not a triangle, and they last about the same, except that this is highschool romance, but on the other hand they are close in... well might not be ''realism'' but I can't find another word for it. I don't know if this is better or worse than true tears, rec, kimikiss... but up there, at least as good, if not better. I guess I can say almost for sure it's better than kimikiss, if only for art and pacing. So I figured I'll treat this as 9 separate shows: \a \a S1 episodes | S2 episodes | arc: grade for S1 -- grade for S2  \a 1,2,3,4 | 11,12 | Haruka Morishima Arc: 8.4 -- 7.2 \a 5,6,7,8 | 7,8 | Kaoru Tanamachi Arc: 5.6 -- 3.3 (quit) \a 9,10,11,12 | 9,10 | Sae Nakata Arc: 3.3 (quit) -- 2.5? (probably horrible) \a 13,14,15,16 | 5,6 | Ai Nanasaki Arc: 5.5 -- 5 \a 17,18,19,20 | 3,4 | Rihoko Sakurai Arc: 5.1 -- 3.3 (quit) \a 21,22,23,24 | 1,2 | Tsukasa Ayatsuji Arc: 5.3 -- 3.7 \a 25: Risa Kamizaki Arc: 4.5 \a 26 | 13: Miya Tachibana Arc: 3.3 -- 2.5 \a \a Almost-kiss successfully interrupted by a schoolbell... this has to be a new record in lameness. Anyways, the average grade for S1 ends up being 5.4 and for S2 4. I could talk for hours about why this sucks but I don't think the anime deserves it. Mostly it's just way too slow and uninteresting, and when it does get your hopes up it ends up not delivering. Only thing it delivers is some feels in some endings and some scenes but the rest of it is just plain boring. Oh right, Sae Nakata heroine has the worst seiyuu ever, every time she spoke trying to be embodiment of cuteness (but failing) I was like ''burn it with fire!!!''.";
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/* K project*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14467/"]:after {
content: "K: \a \a The end is a bit lacking, and it feels a bit rushed overall, as if there was a lot more story that could have been told, things that could have been explained, but that's kinda its style, to try to put it in words: ''wait what... I'm not sure if... oh I see... aha, but then what... hmmm clever, but then, guess I'll wait and see what... oh fuck that scene was fucking awesome wow''. Overall it's a remix of all the awesome stuff done right. It's main downfall is that it should have had 24 episodes, 13 ep just wasn't enough for a story with this much content going on. This anime is fueled by rule of cool. I'd even say it should be the new definition for what rule of cool is. It's like Guilty Crown without story totally sucking and 10 times better characters. It's like Code Geass told in a slightly different style and in too little time for plot to get solid. It's like Cameron's Avatar regarding production values. This actually looks SIGNIFICANTLY better than Angel Beats (I know, right?), and is must-watch based on that alone. The way the story is presented is awesome. Characters are awesome. Voiceacting is awesome. Soundtrack is fucking godlike. Animation and graphics wise it's among the best ever. Final thought, don't do what I did and watch it like 3,2,2,2,2,2. Try to 1shot/2shot/3shot it, I feel it would work better that way. \a \a Great news is that movie sequel is on the way!";
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/* Shinryaku! Ika Musume*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8557/"]:after {
content: "Shinryaku! Ika Musume: \a \a Loved it! The main reason I can't give it high grade is it's genre I guess, which is super-non-serious casual comedy, sometimes it's so non-serious it's reminiscent of a cartoon but it's still very entertaining. It's selling point are the characters, Ika is quite unique, lovable, and fun to watch, and the rest of the cast has some gems as well. It has couple of totally unpredictable moments so that's also a plus.";
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/* Tamako Market*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16417/"]:after {
content: "Tamako Market: \a \a Impressions: \a 1st.ep. so this is what happiness feels like.... dat kyoani skill! The bleeding edge of moe development and presentation in a best possible way. \a \a Review: Though I was quite excited at first, the story didn't really go anywhere, I was hoping for something with more plot and less slice of life. However, it's still more fun to watch than K-On if we disregard music, but Hyouka and Chuuni win against Tamako market because they had more story that was more clever and had slightly better characters, however, from a slice of life standpoint, this feels better than Hyouka, but lead-girl-wise Chitanda>Tamako. Don't get me wrong, Kyoani has held up to it's standard, and the anime, same as all of their other ones, feels incredibly fluid when it comes to their storytelling. Also characters are really well designed, fun, interesting and likable (Chouji = best character). OP/ED = win, naturally. ...mawaru mawaru recoodo...";
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/* Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14967/"]:after {
content: "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next: \a \a Impressions: \a Anime-isms went up in this season, there's more fanservice and it's crazier. Loved the references. Loved how art is a bit better than s1. Living up to s1 so far. \a \a After finally finishing it, I can say I'm impressed, it turned out to be better than first season! I guess I can't be too angry at last episode, after all, this is only 2/3 of the story, so I guess expecting the story to resolve itself would be stupid, and everything was handled quite well in the end. It was everything I was hoping it would be, and more. I loved nearly every moment of it. Best actual harem out there, there is actual plot, actual character development, actual drama, it takes itself seriously, and it does all that without breaking out of the genre, and still remains interesting and just plain fun with unexpected silly things and wacky and fun character personalities. Voiceacting is top class. OP/ED once again best of the best. Rika best girl!";
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/* Kotoura-san*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15379/"]:after {
content: "Kotoura-san: \a \a My first impressions was: ''Omg... This show. I am in love. I want more.'' But then later it gets somewhat less amazing. First few episodes were just promising waay too much I guess, it's still great just occasionally also annoying. One would simply expect with such serious intro, that the anime would take it's characters and their relationships more seriously, but it doesn't. The problem is that it makes you expect a masterpiece with first few episodes, especially the first one, then later waters down into slice of life whose main point is being silly, but then it tries to hit you back with feels in a tragic way every now and then, and those switches from silly and lighthearted humor to melodrama just don't work as well as they do in Key works. Well, in the end it does come down to it being overall quite good, funny and moe, just somewhat annoying from time to time, both plot-wise and character-wise. It's relatively free of bad anime-isms, but then there are few particular bad scenes that are totally unnecessary in the whole concept of the anime that just made me go: ''Oh what the fuck, now I can't recommend this to most people out there.'' The quality/quantity of moe is probably where this show shines the most, so for that, it's top class. For everything else, meh.";
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/* Sasami-san@Ganbaranai*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14515/"]:after {
content: "Sasami-san@Ganbaranai: \a \a Impressions: \a A bit like ~Monogataris (edit: only on first impression though, on the whole, not as much), but without being harem and somewhat more insane, with a dash of haruhi and otaku references ala Nyaruko just not as many of them.. I think. So far I was able to figure out shaft studio and hanakana seiyuu on my own. It's somehow quite entertaining to watch although the first impression is most definitely what-the-fuck. It's feels like a mash up of all these different things from other anime but it comes of as very original in the way it's presented. @ep3 love the rationalization of everything so far. I'm starting to really like this, more so than ~monogatari series. So yeah, the 3 episode rule applies quite a lot in this anime. @ep4 If A were how fucked up this was, and B score of how good it is, this would probably have the highest A×B score in my whole list. \a \a Review: So... english doesn't have words to express how crazily indecently otaku oriented this anime is. One really needs to be familiar with all the fucked up aspects of otaku culture before trying this, or one would miss the satire. Though, there's not much actual fanservice, it's mostly the mentality of plot and humor, along with references. All in all, when you get used to this anime, it's quite awesome in every way, mostly in the way that's it's just really entertaining to watch. No super-epic serious plot at all, this is too insane/silly/humor-oriented for actual serious plot, though it does still have plot.";
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/* Kokoro Connect*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11887/"]:after {
content: "Kokoro Connect: \a \a I at first dropped this after 8 episodes as it was getting progressively worse. Characters weren't clever enough and there's no spotlighting where it was needed so the story seemed a bit naive. \a \a The idea seemed to be to put slice of life characters through a non-everyday problem and then watch them fail their way through their ordinary lives affected by the supernatural problem. Considering the idea itself, first problem they faced was kinda fun to watch, had some potential, and wasn't handled badly but the second one just felt like an obvious and lame plot device, it seems forced in a way and characters all get negative because they can't deal with the problem because they are stupid and non creative. I guess I was bothered by plot logic in a way? \a \a At some point around middle there was a really cool opportunity for a genre shift into something a lot darker that could have made the story a lot better for me. Romance is at first fun but then becomes exceptionally bad and infuriating to watch. Characters are essential for a slice of life derivative such as this, and Kokoro Connect at first seemed good, but then failed halfway through with both characters and story. \a \a I later got talked into finishing it regardless of disliking it, so I watched it up to episode 13, but I didn't feel it got considerably better in any way.";
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/* AKB0048 Next Stage*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14941/"]:after {
content: "AKB0048 Next Stage: \a \a Impressions: \a continuation of s1, just as good so far I guess... not sure if slightly worse. Episode 6 (or 19) is the perfect example of all the lame things in this anime. There needs to be less talk of succession, radiance, elections, competitive spirit, center nova, and the magic of their succession system... and more of political, psychological and social aspect of entertainment ban, and actual fight against it. \a \a Review: Unlike first season, it failed in the balance between silly magical logic / naive plot and amount of awesome needed to properly excuse it with rule of awesome. Amount of awesome is slightly less than first season, while amount of the former is considerably higher. The disparity is almost enough for the whole thing to fall apart.  \a \a So what this results in, is that one moment I'm like ''oh fml this is so retarded/naive I can't possibly recommend this to anyone'' and then next moment I'm like ''fuck me this is so fucking awesome everyone should see this''. First season had more of the latter, second season has more of the former. It could have also worked if it tried to be less dramatic, then it would genre shift into a silly moe comedy with awesome concert battles, and it would be excused one half with rule of funny and other half with rule of awesome.  \a \a Some scenes and episodes in second season are really good and really enjoyable to watch. If you're in it just for the moe, you'll have an easier time enjoying it. If you're in it for the story and original setting, you will probably have a hard time not quitting. If you're in it for the awesome and liked the first season, definitely give second season a shot. \a \a Music wise, It's slightly disappointing that most songs are the same ones from first season, but if we count OP/ED, I think there are 4 new ones. OP is not as good as s1, but isn't bad I suppose. ED is quite close to being as good as s1. Other two songs seem okay, but all the really awesome ones are the same ones from s1.";
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/* Little Witch Academia*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14349/"]:after {
content: "Little Witch Academia: \a \a Surprisingly good for a ''young animator training project''. It's fast paced and timing is simply perfect. Animation and art style is charming. The only downside for me was slight predictability since it uses all the most common story elements/tropes, however it's a good comedy and the jokes feel fresh/original, so with the cool action and comedy being focus, one can't really complain about story being a bit cliche if it already has a perfect timing to it I suppose. I loved the character design.  If you love moe in general then you can consider this a must watch, otherwise just consider it a cool comedy worth checking out for it's different art style and because it's short and just plain fun with little to no faults.";
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/* Kowarekake no Orgel*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9213/"]:after {
content: "Kowarekake no Orgel: \a \a The art is really nice, and moe is really moe, it also got some good feels. Downside is that there is vaguely any plot. More like just characters in a setting, they get introduced, couple of hints of plot but nothing serious, and some artsy metaphorical attempt that went over my head. \a \a Considering it shares the similar thematic with Chobits, it felt infinitely better by comparison. There's no fanservice of any kind at all, but it relies on moe a lot to be likable. Also faith/religion/prayer is implied to ''work'' so that's a tiny minus for making me a little bit annoyed. If you enjoy moe then this is almost a must watch because it would make anyone hnnng. Also pretty art is worth checking out, it feels very fresh.";
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/* Little Busters!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13655/"]:after {
content: "Little Busters!: \a \a Impressions: \a After 3 ep, I'm seriously impressed. As expected from writers behind Clannad and Angel Beats. JC staff did a great job with everything else, although I still feel Kyoani or P.A.Works would have been able to make this even better (which would make it godlike). Although... Horie Yui voicing a male... my brain... ouch... . Once again I thought this was gonna have 13 episodes, but now after I saw 3 already it turns out it's gonna have 26. Idk what to do now... edit: note: ep10 was boring. ep11:gr8 12:soso 14: too abstract 15: epic, hilarious, uber-moe, wins the award for the most beta scene ever. 16: so-so, 17: so-so 18: annoying 19: aww nice 20: hilarious but so-so story \a \a First half of it was pretty great. And the moe was great. But the story just keeps getting worse and worse toward the ending, to the point where I had to watch the last third at 130% because it was so bad I just wanted it to finish already. This mostly applies to the story itself when it deals with dramatic things. It's just somehow immature and unrealistic for a story that's trying to be tragic and dramatic. \a \a The final episode was kinda good, but still left something to be desired. Not even the main backstory plot point ''the secret of the world'' gets explained... ever. Like... really? What the hell writers? I think I now get why KyoAni didn't pick this up. \a \a On the other hand, there were a lot of episodes that were 10/10 hilarious and fun to watch. Pretty much all the episodes that focused on the lighthearted comedy. In those instances the humor and characters feel a bit like in Angel Beats, though AB was still a step above it. There are 3 characters here that are super moe in a good way. Most characters are fun to watch and pretty cool, but most of their backstories are bad. Drama just feels forced and out of place somehow.  Music is pretty good, and visuals are classic JC Staff style, good enough.";
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/* Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13759/"]:after {
content: "Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo: \a \a Title is a bit misleading. At first glance it sounds like it could be some highly perverted harem or something, but truth is just the opposite. In fact there's no blunt fanservice at all. The catch is that Sakurasou is not a person but a place. Romance mentality is very anime-ish (indecisive nearly asexual beta male, but it makes more sense than usual). However, with that said, it's still one of the best romance anime, on similar level with Toradora. This is mostly due Mari Okada being in charge of script and series composition for both of them, and with being in the same genre they end up feeling similar, but note that they do have different writers when it comes to source material. It's hard for me to be objective about Sakurasou because I'm as target audience as it gets. It's like they asked me what kind of romance comedy anime I'd prefer to watch, and then made it to my specs,... almost. Pretty much every complaint I had had some sort of excuse to be found about it. All I can say is don't expect too much from the ending, it's the journey that matters here, not the destination, though that said, I did love the ending myself. Also note that this is adaptation of an unfinished novel series, while Toradora is an adaptation of a finished work. So naturally, one shouldn't expect an actual resolute ending in Sakurasou. \a \a How do we know when romantic comedy is doing it right? When you're crying and laughing at the same time. Same as with Toradora, the animation, sound and visuals are very dynamic and in perfect harmony. Animation quality is just beautiful to look at, and character design is absolutely amazing, both visually and personality-wise, it has pretty much all the qualities that made Toradora great. Soundtrack and OPs/EDs are awesome. Voice acting is god tier. How much you'll love this anime, depends on where you draw you disbelief line. It depends on your taste, and it will decide if you'll be annoyed by half of the stuff that happens or if you'll enjoy every second of it. Moe is god tier as well, I don't even know why. It took me 2-4 episodes to figure this anime out and really start enjoying it fully, so I'd say that the 3ep rule applies. I'm finding it incredibly difficult to compare this with Clannad and Haganai, as in which deserves a higher grade. Because Haganai is great in a totally different way, and it's been too long since I've seen Clannad for me to say anything for sure. Finally an anime that deserves as many episodes as it has, and doesn't waste a single one (again, kinda like Toradora in that regard). \a \a After discussing this anime a lot with bobduh, I'd like to add that writing itself is not very good in Sakurasou, unlike in Toradora. But then again, neither is it in Clannad and yet it very much succeeds in it's goals of making the audience experience a huge range of emotions very effectively, and is famous for it. I argued that writing isn't everything there is to an anime, and that even with imperfect writing this is still a great anime overall. Still, it really depends on the following questions: are you romantic type, one that wants to be emotionally manipulated by the show, to be brought to tears. Are you willing to forgive its writing/narrative flaws to embrace and enjoy it in an intended way? If so, then it's an anime for you. Or in other words, if you liked Toradora and Clannad, chances are you'll love this. If you're very critical, and care mostly just for story, chances are you'll both love and hate this.";
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/* Shinryaku!? Ika Musume*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10378/"]:after {
content: "Shinryaku!? Ika Musume: \a \a Second season of Ika Musume. It's pretty much on the same level as first season, it's main downfall being that some of the mini episodes are almost boring, while some other are great and really funny. Pretty much anything that includes the 3 stooges is bound to be awesome, best characters ever.";
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/* Genius Party*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3508/"]:after {
content: "Genius Party: \a \a Baby blue was the first short of this anthology. Feels a bit like 5 cm per sec, just without utterly epic visuals, and also maybe bit more interesting. ''It's a cool little story'' - would be a best way to describe it I suppose. Cool that it's the same director that did Samurai Champloo. Rest of the shorts in Genious Party suck hard and are barely worth mentioning. I mean they're trying to be artistic or something, but I just didn't like them and/or didn't get them.";
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/* Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15225/"]:after {
content: "Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.: \a \a Since this is a Kantoku anime, there's little point in pointing out how awesome visual character design is. I mean, that's the idea behind this being Kantoku anime (Kantoku happens to be a famous anime artist). Overall it's amazing, it's fun, cute and interesting. There are actually no faults I can find with it. It completely succeeds in being a romantic comedy with great characters and actual plot.";
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/* Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14813/"]:after {
content: "Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.: \a \a If you want actual detailed review of why this show is awesome, bobduh covers it quite well (google: wrongeverytime oregairu). It starts off with a premise similar to Haganai, but is completely different. To start off, it's not harem. Also it's way more serious. Primary reason why this is awesome is clever character dialogue, and a touch of philosophy. Story-wise it's quite ordinary high school stuff, but it's characters and their personalities being clever that make this stand out, and that make it really enjoyable. Relatable protagonist and plot also help, but that's assuming you weren't the popular kid in class. OP/ED are great. There's definitely hints of romance being thrown around. Though with ''romantic'' being part of the title, one could expect a bit more romance overall, or if not that, then at least that show would be more oriented towards resolving those tensions in more fulfilling way. However, this was based on an ongoing LN so it's understandable.";
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/* Yama no Susume*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14355/"]:after {
content: "Yama no Susume: \a \a Very short, nice and relaxing, but nearly plotless show with cute girls doing cute things, but this time the cute thing is mountaineering. So... that's kinda new. But overall, it's okay. Nice watch for when you're really tired and simply can't think but just want 5-10 minutes of relaxation before heading to sleep or something. Low grade because nothing about this, other than topic, is memorable in any way. It's also not particularly funny, and production is not particularly high. Still recommended to fans of cute girls doing cute things because of its shortness, unique setting and naturally, adorableness.";
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/* Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16910/"]:after {
content: "Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san: \a \a Aww it's only 12 min per episode. But I quite like it. Silly little stupid comedy but the art style is kinda nice, even if it's cheap. Design of Muromi is what got me hooked (get it? ok, I'll show myself out). \a \a ...She just looks visually amazing (or I might be just weak to that particular nuance of green hair... yeah). But the humor is genuinely funny so I like it for that. I wish it was more solid, plot and duration wise, like Ika-musume, but this is charming in it's own way. \a \a And it keeps getting better towards the middle, I almost fell of the chair laughing around episodes 3 and 4. Mid season was good as well, but unfortunately, the show starts going downhill after episode 6, as it doesn't feel as inspired anymore. So later episodes are quite meh. \a \a Overall, it's way too ecchi and that's its biggest problem. Ecchi just wasn't necessary in this show, it doesn't make it any better, it just takes away from it. Along with second half not living up to first, it's not something I can easily recommend, other than maybe watching first 4 episodes for the kicks.";
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/* Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15699/"]:after {
content: "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W: \a \a It lives up to the first season in every way. It's practically the Family Guy of anime in a way, if we consider how much it's obviously just playing and/or breaking the 4th wall with tropes like foreshadowing, spotlighting, subverting, averting,... I mean there's stuff like averted spotlighted foreshadowing. It had some M.Frontier and Railgun references that simply made my day with their humor. Unlike first season, there were also some more serious feels scenes (finally!), which were handled so well that I would've cried if I could've stopped laughing.";
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/* Date A Live*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15583/"]:after {
content: "Date A Live: \a \a ''Tried to watch this because of artwork I saw. I was hoping for something like KamiNomi, but it's way more like Sekirei, except a little more crazy, which is good. If it was even more crazy it would be bad enough to be good again probably. But idk, it didn't seem like a straight out parody, more like just blunt fanservice with a touch of shounen, same like Sekirei.'' ...is the wrong impression you can get after seeing only one episode. After seeing two or more, one realises that: ''The show doesn't really take itself seriously at all. Rather, it has a serious plot at times, but at the same time, it isn't making any pretenses as to its ridiculousness. From the silliness of the ''hot spring'' episode to the imouto-crazed second in command and then some, the show is definitely not pretending to be anything more than it is. The girls are all fantastically designed and have great fighting abilities, the action is good, the humor rarely misses its mark, etc. If you're not the type of person who pooh-poohs at anything that isn't some hugely intellectual deconstruction and can actually enjoy anime that is so quintessentially anime to be basically a self-contained definition of the medium, I would not miss Date-a-Live.'' + ''I enjoyed it. It was, to me, a strange mixture of ''so bad its good'' syndrome and moe. The show seemingly takes its outrageous plot too seriously and its quite hilarious, but at the same time theres a bunch of cute girls and there are a lot of good jokes (the intentional kind). There is a serious plot somewhere in there, and I guess its okay, but the overall tone of it was fairly silly. Its an interesting experience, I would say watch at least 2 episodes, cause with the first you won't get the full idea of the show.''";
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/* Tari Tari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13333/"]:after {
content: "Tari Tari: \a \a Overall, it's like Hanasaku Iroha without more episodes than it needs, and with music as it's central thematic. It's primarily a drama and only then slice of life comedy. Production quality makes this a real pleasure to watch. It's perfectly balanced in all regards. There's excellent moe as well, but one that wouldn't be able to annoy anyone. Which brings us to a great point, that this is completely free from all the otaku stuff, but it still succeeds in completely keeping it's anime charm. If you're not into dramas, this might seem like too much praise. If you prefer fast paced crazy or hilarious stuff with action, then stay clear from this as it's the complete opposite. Story isn't epic with amazing plot twists, but it's a real pleasure to watch and characters are very deep and really great. Another interesting thing is that it doesn't deal with romance, there's very very little romance involved, and it's not even teased in a wrong way (like Hyouka). And on top of that, the music is great. It features several story arcs. Story progression feels natural, and culmination at the end also delivers. Definitely the best non romantic non otaku drama anime I've seen so far.";
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/* Oreshura */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14749/"]:after {
content: "Oreshura: \a \a I had no idea what I was going into, literally, I didn't know to expect a harem. And at first it seemed like a love triangle anime, and it was what first 4 episodes were about. And they were really really great! Then after that, with introductions of other girls, quality fell off. Some silly things started happening. It wasn't terrible but it was a sharp contrast to how great first arc was. But then when things settled into place, it just keeps getting better all the way to the end, and ends up surpassing the first arc. \a  \a It has great characters, with actual development (at least some of them). It's cute and funny, it has a distinct visual style that was pulled off well. It has high production quality. Great OP/ED. Great voice acting. But where it really shines among other anime, is that in the second half it takes itself seriously. It actually takes a bite at the harem genre and freaking deals with it! And deals with it well. Not in the School Days kind of way, but second closest thing to seriousness. The whole harem setting is set up in an impressively believable way. The character dynamics just work. Though some of its tropes are stuff we've been seeing a lot lately in the genre, so I wouldn't say it's a deconstruction of the genre, but it the next best thing.  I'd say this is the best harem anime. The only ones in league with it are Haganai and Korezom, but for completely different reasons. Haganai is incomplete so it cannot be fairly compared yet. And KoreZom is a parody full of craziness. And School Days is a full on deconstruction. \a  \a Mayo Chiki is generic traditional harem done right. In comparison to that, Oreshura is not something I'd classify as generic harem. It's a step above that. It's a great romcom that happens to tell a story that falls into a harem genre. But it goes so far and beyond in seriousness, quality writing and actual romance that it's a step above Mayo Chiki. But note that it is different from it, it even has no blunt fanservice. Fanservice is in the league with Sakurasou or Haganai, and maybe even tamer.";
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/* Code Geass R2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2904/"]:after {
content: "Code Geass R2: \a \a My all time favourite. Code Geass is what got me into anime. I loved its complexity, it's huge and varied character cast, it's cleverness. The chessmaster mind games. The balance between action, non action, and SoL. The way SoL school stuff was justified and required by the story itself. Writers wanted something in there, and they didn't just throw it in, they carefully engineered it in, they made it fit perfectly and flawlessly. I loved how even though it was a mecha anime, it was character driven. It was really about philosophy, politics, friendship, family, trust, and a will to make a difference, to make a change. I loved how the only deus ex machina was actually machina ex deus, so even if it's a bit sketchy and abstract, it ended up working out somehow. It's arguably the weakest point of the story, considering how solid everything else is. \a \a But most importantly. This was character driven and dramatic in such a way that it really made me feel for the characters, and truly experience what they were going through. The complexity of second season, with the battles and politics, makes for a great plot. Something is constantly going on, and plot just keeps heading forward at a brisk pace. Never have I before seen the ending that was handled so well, and was as impactful. Big part of the credit goes to music, which is very distinct, and really amazing.";
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/* Steins:Gate */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9253/"]:after {
content: "Steins;Gate: \a \a I watched 22 episodes in a row... 3rd to 24th, i think that speaks for itself. \a And I would have watched all 24 in a row if I could have (don't ask). \a \a My only complaint is that that I noticed a few 'plot holes'/inconsistencies, which is not all that unusual in plot related to time-travel. I'm not sure if they are obvious enough to be genuine plot holes, or something one only realizes if the digs deep and thinks too much? In any case, the positive aspects of this anime overshadow any potential plotholes, and you are left with a very enjoyable experience overall, such that it's making me want to watch it all again. (If you're interested in which plotholes/complains specifically, PM me on reddit (Eagleshadow) and I'll translate it for you. I got it written down just not in english at the moment) \a \a OP/ED are amazing. I loved how lyrics start to make more sense the further the story progresses. Voiceacting is perfect, as well as graphic and animation. Distinct visual style is commendable. Character cast is really amazing. Only character I had problems with was cellphone girl, I find it hard to believe her to be realistic, but then again, maybe I'm just uninformed and such people really exist? I know I'd probably think main character is unrealistic if I didn't know what schizophrenia is. (edit: later I learned of chuunibyou, but it's great how plot still holds either way.) \a There are some otaku culture specific references, but mostly jokes and references, nothing important to the plot.";
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/* Oreimo S2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13659/"]:after {
content: "Oreimo S2 1-16: \a \a An emotional rollercoaster done right. Damn I love them! There are still a couple of situations that I frowned upon that I'll address in the spoilers section. Direction, art and animation, music and voice acting are all outstanding, and succeed in giving the show unique kind of charm and appeal. I heard people accusing this of shallowly pandering to unhealthy aspects of otaku culture. The second season, and especially last few episodes do an outstanding job at attacking and criticizing the said culture aspects, while still examining it from different viewpoints. However, the culture itself doesn't get presented in a way for outsiders to it to really get it, granted this would be ridiculously hard to pull off. This is clearly targeted at the otaku culture itself. It goes without saying that the possibility of incest is a theme that gets most of attention, however it's infinitely less shallow than many other incest themed anime out there. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a I did not expect it would be emotionally satisfying to see my favorite girl break down while being rejected. But the feels were so intense, and so well articulated via direction, art and dialogue, that it was easy to experience it with her, and for her. Overwhelming emotions are always great, be they positive or negative. \a Situations that I frowned upon: The way Manami was unphased by the Ruri/Kyousuke relationship, just for it to later turn out she was in love with him all along, as hinted much earlier on. The negative way Kirino first reacted to a confession made little sense considering how she intended to do it herself. And then she suddenly completely changes her mind just because Kyosuke worded it differently? A bit of a stretch. The support that they got from Kuroneko with the car speakers incident was a bit unthinkable. Considering how great her breakdown was, seeing her moving on that easily and helping her rival was strange. Why is she not pissed off? She was quite pissed off with her breakdown, when her plan both sinked and backfired, what exactly calmed her down and made her cooperative? That should have been addressed. \a \a I loved the Manami showdown in the last episode. Her critical and clever mind, coupled with nice and pleasant exterior really make her an outstanding character. Instead of character development, we get to see and understand what's behind her facade, peeling back the layers and taking peeks inside her psyche, until it all comes down crashing and pouring down in the last episode. In adapting the novel, anime fails at the end of episode 8. Ruri's thoughts and intentions were misrepresented, and knowing this on time made a world of difference to me, and made the show deeper. Similar problem happens with the very ending. Taken on it's own, it's the worst ending in any show ever. Reading between the lines, with the help from the note by author, it starts making sense, c/p from a reddit comment: \a '' No. Not just that. It's clear from what he says, that ''1. I couldn't just write full retard incest end because editors''.''2. But I did what I could so that you get it anyway'', and ''3. If you still don't get what I'm saying, Kirino WINS FULL SCALE wink THEY HAVE A SHARED SECRET wink'' \a Personally I find it sad to see artistic expression limited by this kind of censorship. \a I loved that the anime tried to make a point. And that point was that we don't choose who we love. And that this very fact can have brutal consequences. It also criticizes both incest, and social norms surrounding it. It even goes as far as criticizing eroge in stimulating this kind of behaviour.";
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/* Oreimo S2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18857/"]:after {
content: "Oreimo S2 1-16: \a \a An emotional rollercoaster done right. Damn I love them! There are still a couple of situations that I frowned upon that I'll address in the spoilers section. Direction, art and animation, music and voice acting are all outstanding, and succeed in giving the show unique kind of charm and appeal. I heard people accusing this of shallowly pandering to unhealthy aspects of otaku culture. The second season, and especially last few episodes do an outstanding job at attacking and criticizing the said culture aspects, while still examining it from different viewpoints. However, the culture itself doesn't get presented in a way for outsiders to it to really get it, granted this would be ridiculously hard to pull off. This is clearly targeted at the otaku culture itself. It goes without saying that the possibility of incest is a theme that gets most of attention, however it's infinitely less shallow than many other incest themed anime out there. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a I did not expect it would be emotionally satisfying to see my favorite girl break down while being rejected. But the feels were so intense, and so well articulated via direction, art and dialogue, that it was easy to experience it with her, and for her. Overwhelming emotions in art are always a great experience, be they positive or negative.  \a Situations that I frowned upon: The way Manami was unphased by the Ruri/Kyousuke relationship, just for it to later turn out she was in love with him all along, as hinted much earlier on. The negative way Kirino first reacted to a confession made little sense considering how she intended to do it herself. And then she suddenly completely changes her mind just because Kyosuke worded it differently? A bit of a stretch. The support that they got from Kuroneko with the car speakers incident was a bit unthinkable. Considering how great her breakdown was, seeing her moving on that easily and helping her rival was strange. Why is she not pissed off? She was quite pissed off with her breakdown, when her plan both sinked and backfired, what exactly calmed her down and made her cooperative? That should have been addressed. \a \a I loved the Manami showdown in the last episode. Her critical and clever mind, coupled with nice and pleasant exterior really make her an outstanding character. Instead of character development, we get to see and understand what's behind her facade, peeling back the layers and taking peeks inside her psyche, until it all comes down crashing and pouring down in the last episode. In adapting the novel, anime fails at the end of episode 8. Ruri's thoughts and intentions were misrepresented, and knowing this on time made a world of difference to me, and made the show deeper. Similar problem happens with the very ending. Taken on it's own, it's the worst ending in any show ever. Reading between the lines, with the help from the note by author, it starts making sense, c/p from a reddit comment: \a '' No. Not just that. It's clear from what he says, that ''1. I couldn't just write full retard incest end because editors''.''2. But I did what I could so that you get it anyway'', and ''3. If you still don't get what I'm saying, Kirino WINS FULL SCALE wink THEY HAVE A SHARED SECRET wink'' \a Personally I find it sad to see artistic expression limited by this kind of censorship. \a I loved that the anime tried to make a point. And that point was that we don't choose who we love. And that this very fact can have brutal consequences. It also criticizes both incest, and social norms surrounding it. It even goes as far as criticizing eroge in stimulating this kind of behaviour.";
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/* Genius Party Beyond */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6795/"]:after {
content: "Genius Party Beyond: \a \a Better than the First Genius Party. It has a higher production quality, and stories are more interesting. 4 out of 5 are completely watchable. They are all crazy abstract looking stories with little common sense, but the creativity and abstraction is its point and major strength. There are moments of truly beautiful and creative animation. These short movies are good in a similar way dreams are good. Abstract or deeper meanings are beyond me, if any are present. But I'm not a big fan of that anyways and I don't value it much if it's not made clear, as it was in the first short called Gala, to which the point of what everything represents is the central plot point, and it ends up working out beautifully. Dimension bomb might be the best when it comes to animation, but each has its charm, except ''Wanwa the Puppy'' which had an animation style I really couldn't handle. I was most impressed by Tojin Kit, though I wish more was explained and for it to be feature length.";
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/* Suisei no Gargantia */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16524/"]:after {
content: "Suisei no Gargantia: \a \a DON'T READ ANN SYNOPSIS!! Too spoily. Marathoned it, didn't regret the decision. Urobuchi and I.G. bring us another masterpiece SF. What I loved the most was the beauty of the world and setting, clothing choices, technologies, the way it was all envisioned is so creative and well produced that it's a pleasure to immerse yourself in that world. Outstanding soundtrack only helps. \a \a Number of episodes and pacing felt just right. Characters were really great in design, with lot of depth and development in all the right places. What little fanservice there is, is perfectly in-line with the story, almost all the time. There's few other smaller problems with way certain things were presented, but nothing that actually influences the plot itself. There were a couple of places where logic was stretched very thin, but they were mostly justified in one way or the other. One in particular simply needs to not be taken purely literally, but rather as the hint of culture mentality. But as hulk the movie critic says, MOVIES CONTAIN SO MANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE THAT ''LOGICAL PLOTTING'' ONLY ENDS UP A SMALL PART OF THE GREATER EQUATION. And the greater equation here is truly great, and worthy of being called a masterpiece.";
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/* Robotics;Notes */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13599/"]:after {
content: "Robotics;Notes: \a \a I'm not sure what I expected, but it actually is an anime about robots. It just tries to present the (mecha) genre in a new way, by attempting to shift it from fantasy to reality. So at times it deconstructs the mecha genre, but it doesn't commit to it the way I'd expect. It just goes halfway with the real life approach mentality. It wants best of both words but it ends up missing both of them in the process. That said, it would be inaccurate to call this mecha anime, but it would also be inaccurate to not call it that. I guess that in itself is a plus. \a \a Some of its style and themes are similar to Steins;Gate, mainly the scientific conspiracy plot coupled with otaku culture, in near future SF setting. Same as S;G, it's praiseworthy that even though it's aimed a lot at otaku culture, it stays clear from fanservice. It has a decent amount of great scenes and characters, and two outstanding voice roles. Fast paced plot is also a plus, along with great production quality. One of its major problems is the blatant disregard for physics when plot feels like it, which I could overlook if earlier on series didn't insist on accurate physics to deconstruct the genre and advance the plot. \a \a One other major problem are loose threads. Not everything gets explained by the end, some things are just blatantly overlooked. Best example is the stuff with monopoles. Don't expect that to make sense or be explained... at all. Writers just needed an excuse to violate physics, so they figured they'd make excuses randomly fall from the sky. It's almost poetic now that I think about it. On top of this, series worst offense is probably it's convoluted nature. It's almost as if J.J.Abrams himself wrote it. Just one mystery after another, overlapping with additional mysteries everywhere, and for every one that gets answered two more pop up. As always, it results in characters doing things because the plot demands it, which often comes across feeling forced and artificial. A lot of scenes don't seem to have actual purpose (space elevator what?) and appear to be there just to be cool or mysterious or something. It defocuses the plot and makes the hard-to-follow mystery even harder to follow. Story takes a while to get going, but once it does, it's actually fun to watch for the most part, with middle section being the best part, even seeming like 9/10 at times. Too bad the ending arc pretty much destroys it and betrays any faith you put into it. There's a little bit of romance mixed in and that at least works out well enough.";
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/* CG: Nunnaly in Wonderland */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/12685/"]:after {
content: "Code Geass: Nunnaly in Wonderland: \a \a Not worth watching. There are couple of funny scenes but it's mostly boring.";
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/* Mirai Nikki */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10620/"]:after {
content: "Mirai Nikki: \a \a It's certainly watchable and has very promising intro episodes, though at many points later I felt like dropping it. However, for at least half of cases where I did want to drop it, excellent plot twist or something would reveal how everything makes sense and cleverly comes together. In other 50% cases making sense would take a backseat to shounen-ish action or development. By that I mean non-realistic facepalm worthy stuff that always tries to get by on rule of cool, but only occasionally succeeds. \a \a Another tricky part is the middle section of Mirai Nikki which feels a bit stretched, where similar stuff seems to be going on and on without plot taking any turns. Luckily, in last third of the show, plot finally takes a turn for the better. It's all set up in a way that wondering how it'll end is what's keeping you watching, because the ending holds promise of being interesting. And if the ending was cheap, this show would plummet just like that. Fortunately that's not the case, and a large chunk of anime is dedicated to the ending arc. Other than all of it being a bit fantasy with added timeline changing, therefore stretching logic in places, the only actual complaint is that too often the story doesn't get explained very well, so you end up being confused a lot, only to later realize what's going on. \a \a Some episodes/arcs are great, while some are sucky to the point where removing them would hardly influence the story at all. I also feel that sometimes the convolution was used as a cop out, but I was confused enough that I couldn't tell anything for sure so it's hard to say now. Some of the time-manipulation is very clever, to the point where you need to pause and think to realize what just happened, while some of it is downright moronic, strange. \a \a Characterisation is surprisingly good. Characters really feel unique and real, at least the main cast. Yuno is such a great character that this is worth checking out for her alone. And she alone, is what got me through all the bad parts. Ending arc really has a redeeming quality, it far exceeded my expectations, and was very fun and memorable.";
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/* Hataraku Maou-sama! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15809/"]:after {
content: "Hataraku Maou-sama!: \a \a I enjoyed this immensely. Finally a fantasy that doesn't just cheaply use fantasy as a cop out all the time. Finally a great mix of fantasy, comedy and deconstruction that truly works on each level. I wasn't really annoyed with anything while watching this, and there's even some good drama and romance going on, with believable and memorable characters, though they are a bit ''over the top'' as is usually the case with comedies (think angel beats). Production quality and everything that it entails, are top class.";
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/* Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Tenri-hen */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15117/"]:after {
content: "KamiNomi OVA: Tenri-hen: \a \a 2 episodes of The World God Only Knows that are a prequel to 3rd season. They are not meaningless extras but rather important part of the story.";
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/* Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11743/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki: \a \a Overall not very good. But it's still good in the sense that it has amazing animation quality and pretty action scenes so it's quite fun/enjoyable to watch in that sense. Just don't expect anything from the story. It's full of plotholes, loose threads, shounen logic, and it feels rushed, especially the ending. Story wise it's worse than the series, but the action and graphics are way better so it kind of evens out, at least for me, who isn't a big fan of the franchise, and never considered it made enough sense anyways.";
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/* Plastic Nee-san */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10711/"]:after {
content: "Plastic Nee-san: \a \a As an absurd anime, I find it's very bad actually. I'd even consider it a prime example of everything that's wrong with the medium's (otaku) mentality in general. Nichijou is absurd done right. This is more like being indicent, politically incorrect, shallow, indulgent... just for it's own sake. It's ocasionally funny, and absurd comes across as hillarius, but it's largely overshadowed by how horrible it is.";
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/* Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7222/"]:after {
content: "Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa: \a \a Second movie. Continuation of the first movie. It's best to watch them together, as if they were one big 4h movie. Some of the action-amv sequences here are so spectacularly amazing that they simply must be seen. fucking PERIOD. Also this movie has even more original content compared to the series, than the first one. As a second movie it's only natural it will have more freedom in that area (setting etc. has already been established in first movie), but what is great, is that it's utilizing that freedom in a great way, and providing even more OC. At one point, my jaw actually started hurting from how long it was jawdropped. So there you have it. Make sure you watch full HD, it's fucking worth it.";
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/* Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7311/"]:after {
content: "Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu: \a \a I have absolutely no objections! (although i remember some super minor objections but they were so irrelavant that i cant even rembmber them now that i finished it.) I'd argue it's worth watching the anime just to get to the movie, if you wanna rush through the anime and just get best-off required to understand the movie, then just see (chronologically) episodes 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,19. Also the lyrics of the ending credits song are meaningful, so I suggest not skipping them, and also there is a bonus scene after end credits that explains important part of the plot, although it took me 2 times to figure out that bonus scene.";
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/* Psycho-Pass */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13601/"]:after {
content: "Psycho-Pass: \a \a Gen Urobuchi strikes once again! Well, now I know for sure who my favourite japaneese writer is (Sorry Isuna Hasekura you'll have to sit this one out). I was kinda expecting the ending to be more ''epic'' and more unexpected maybe, considering how Madoka and Saya were, but I have to say that the current ending fits perfectly. I can't believe it took me 20 episodes to figure out who the lead voiceactress was, I should be punished for failing so hard. Story wise, first half feels a bit segmented but is in fact a buildup, a setup of for the bigger plot in the second half. This makes the second half somewhat better and more fun to watch. First half is like ''wow that's quite interesting'', then second half is like ''holy shit so awesome, must keep watching...''. \a \a What can I say, I'm a sucker for harder sf (less fantasy) that's very very cleverly written, and has some amazing characters to boot. I guess a few scenes here and there were quite overly brutal, but I guess it's just something Gen has to do, and I kinda developed some resistance by now. First OP song just didn't mesh with me, though animation was nice. Second OP was totally amazing in every way, all EDs were amazing as well. Hint: make sure to not just skip EDs, there is sometimes more story during or after it. Voiceacting was perfect in every way. Art is by the guys that animated Guilty Crown, therefore totally amazing (Which I might add I figured out all on my own! Ha!). I just love how skillfully Gen makes use of the willing suspension of disbelief, he's constantly keeping the audience very close to the disbelief line, but never crossing it, and then gradually moving the line further away the more complex the plot becomes, and then using every such moment to do something great with the plot, skillful writing at it's finest. Also finally a great anime with no fanservice or otaku stuff whatsoever. \a \a Dystopian cyberpunk genre all the way! At first it seemed like a similar theme/story to a movie I once saw, but then this gets way waaay deeper and more complicated, so It has my seal of originality as well (and yes I just made that up). I also loved all the philosophical referencing/quoting, even if it was over the top I still loved it. It didn't feel too pretentious either. Though I still think philosophy was handled smoother in Code Geass. I also loved the spotlightings, there were many of those.";
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/* Angel Beats! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6547/"]:after {
content: "Angel Beats!: \a \a Many accuse this show of using cheap writing tricks to achieve compassion where it's undeserved. Many say it's rushed and that it should be longer. Many then argue it's the result of the idea that show was originally supposed to be whole season, but was cut down to half season. I don't think it feels rushed. I actually loved it's fast pace, and in light of how great this is overall, any cheap writing tricks (themes like amnesia, overly tragic past,...) here and there can be completely overlooked. Don't get me wrong, I too frowned upon some of it, but it's honestly not even close to deal breaking. It's easy to wave it off, take it for what it is and continue enjoying the show. What the show does really great, is that it has one of the best character casts ever, in a sense that it's very varied and absolutely huge for such a short show. \a \a It focuses on humor and drama, but along it manages to create a great sense of immersion and atmosphere for this new and unique world. I'd say the story feels deep, and some of the characters really get nice exploration and development. \a \a Production value and direction are insanely well done. Jun Maeda nailed the soundtrack and music. Overall it's an unforgettable experience, and it's so well crafted and non-pandering that it's an ideal anime for the newcomers. It's worth mentioning that show also excells at delivering emotions.";
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/* Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16706/"]:after {
content: "Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen: \a \a Likely the best season so far. Second season was too similar to the first one, which ended up with it feeling a bit un-original. Third season comes and completely fixes it. It makes it feel as first two seasons were just building up to this one, so that it could take place in this way. Don't forget to watch the OVAs that are chronologically in between the second and third season. They are important part of the story, not just silly extras. I find it interesting to hear that the manga is ongoing, yet third season ended quite nicely with decent closure and everything.";
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/* Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17821/"]:after {
content: "Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu: \a \a At first seems like cute-girls-doing-cute things, with thing being airsoft, but if you stick with it long enough, you're in for so much more. C3-bu is all about character journey and development, and it really delivers. It's downfall are a couple of slice-of-life-ish episodes where seemingly nothing happens, that could be considered a bit boring. But overall, the more casual first half is indeed necessary to set up the stage for later events. Production quality is good but not spectacular, direction is excellent. And as I'm saying, there actually is plot here, and it's good.";
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/* Free! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18507/"]:after {
content: "Free!: \a \a Sports anime played straight. One of my least favourite genre, but KyoAni doing manservice was a required watching. Story is nothing special originality-wise, so it's not too interesting really. But it's well executed and spectacularly animated. Characters are pretty good, so the comedy aspect works out quite well. KyoAni really know how to wrap it up with thematic message in the end, and it really matters. Other than good execution and great animation, thing that was most fun was manservice from Gou's perspective because it was so hilarious and surprisingly didn't feel at all shallow and cheap, and actually worked to characterise her, rather than objectify them. Too bad she doesn't end up being central enough of a character for it to really matter. With swimming primarily being a solo sport, it's at first strange to see it mentioned in a context of team and teamwork. But surprisingly enough, ending does make a pretty good point out of it.";
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/* High School DxD New */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15451/"]:after {
content: "High School DxD New: \a \a First season had some kind of originality going for it, and it was short and silly enough to be okay. Second season is occasionally watchable. Yeah. Ideas that were kind fun in the first season just don't hold in the long run. It takes the power fantasy to further heights, diluting the silliness of it all by trying to appear serious at times (bad move, should have done the opposite). It has it's moments, but overall it's borderline watchable-unwatchable.";
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/* Kiniro Mosaic */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16732/"]:after {
content: "Kiniro Mosaic: \a \a By the same studio that did A-Channel. It's a safe bet if you liked one you'll like the other. It's generic cute girls doing cute things no plot anime. But it's just so adorable and nice looking with good music that it's watchable, but only when/if one feels like it. I mean, I love moe and can appreciate when it's pulled off nicely, I much prefer if there was actual plot in addition to it. Either that, or be as hilarious as YuruYuri, which might be even better. Back to Kiniro Mosaic, it's biggest downfall was engrish. If the damn anime is about an english girl coming to Japan, then get a voice actress that is fluent at english, not engrish. Okay it's better than your average anime engrish, but I'm still not buying it. On the other hand, Karen, the other english girl had such an adorable fake-english-japanese accent, when she spoke japanese, that it made watching this anime totally worth it. The glorious OP and it's song... so dancy (not sure if that's a word).";
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/* Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16157/"]:after {
content: "Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation S: \a \a Storywise it's very very bad. But you're not here for the story. You're here for cool character designs, action, great seiyuu cast, nice visuals and moe. And if this wasn't so plagued with bad fanservice, it would have been a good braindead moe action comedy. Still a step up from moe SoL no plot nothing happens right? Especially with character designs this good (if we disregard fanservice that is). Music is also good. And that's pretty much everything positive that can be said about this. \a \a Story absolutely sucks, but sometimes it's also a bit entertaining in it's suckage. Other than retarded unnecesary fanservice, by far the worst part is the portrayal of the gay robot character. As well as the portrayal of the final antagonist, her personality and motivation. I mean it's not bad, it's so fucking horrible that it's not even funny. If that happened in first episode rather than last I would've dropped this right there and then. But overall it's a fun little braindead moe anime, if you can not give a fuck about fanservice (like I can) and if you can find it in you to tolerate these obcenly horible things I mentioned. I guess it's very light and colorful and fun in a lighthearted way. Some braindead relaxation that had potential to be much much better than it is.";
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/* Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16049/"]:after {
content: "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S: \a \a Not really 8/10, but not really 7/10 either. Well it really depends, it varies so wildly from episode to episode, sometimes you just want to turn it off, sometimes you're totally immersed, but it ends on a good note so there's that. And I guess second arc does seem a bit more memorable than the second arc of first season. Watching final episode of this after final episode of Neptunia really works to highlight how good this is... or maybe how bad Neptunia is, either way. Really puts things into perspective. Despite all it's flaws and annoying bits, there's a certain charm that Railgun has that's hard to explain or even rationalise for that matter. I guess what annoyed me the most was that science is most often the bad guy. But what is called science doesn't at all represent real life science. So I guess taken out of real world context it works, but taken as a thematic message, it's annoying as all hell. \a \a There's not much new to say about characters, OP, ED, animation, production, direction, they're all great and live up to first season. Story-wise I still think first arc of first season is the best, but this season definitely holds up on it's own. Though it's hard to talk about the sisters arc since I've seen half of it before in second season of Index. What I really liked about it, is that railgun feel when the final showdown comes and all the annoying stuff just fades into the background and things kinda fall into place and the rule of cool is suddenly everywhere and you're just enjoying the spectacular action with great characters and you're like... hell yeah, this is why Railgun is awesome.";
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/* Love Lab */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16353/"]:after {
content: "Love Lab: \a \a Another example of moe-SoL-comedy actually having a bit of plot. So that's cool. And as far as genre goes this is pretty great. Humor is funny, and characters are good. Art style is good, though production quality wise it's nothing special, but it looks decent enough to serve it's purpose. Overall I really enjoyed it. Way better than Kiniro Mosaic moe-SoL, mostly because it's way funnier.";
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/* Oda Nobuna no Yabou */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11933/"]:after {
content: "Oda Nobuna no Yabou: \a \a I loved the extremely fast pacing of the story. It's easy to just fly through the episodes forgetting about how much time passed. That in itself makes this excellent. What's fun about it is that it's all made according to actual historical events, so you also learn history while watching it... that is, if you don't care about genders of people or any inconsistencies with the actual history, introduced here by our protagonist from the future. It's interesting how protagonist's original life or the way he came to the past is never addressed, because it's not point of the story. This kind of fast pacing and moving the story forward doesn't allow for it, and it totally works. \a \a I wouldn't think that alternate harem-ish history in which most famous people are genderswapped into anime girls, would actually be good. Only thing I knew going into this was that it was historical romance. And it really delivers in both of those areas. It's not overly-haremish, but few complaints can be made in the area of fanservice. Often it crosses into the area of what I like to call blunt fanservice. Luckily, fast pacing doesn't allow it to eat up too much time. Other than that, sometimes the fast pacing results in introduction of so many characters that it's nearly impossible to keep track of their names. Same applies to the story, though it's mostly clear enough, sometimes I'd get a bit lost in what's going on. It's fun though to wiki a bit after an episode, to see what the differences are between anime and real history. Oh yeah, introduction of magic into an actual history is something you'll just have to accept I guess. But it does make the story more interesting so it's kinda justified. I'd usually be against the idea but again, it works here. \a \a It's interesting how much Nobuna resembles Sena from Haganai. They even have the same voice actress, and it's like she's trying to sounds the same. Well I definitely don't mind considering I love Sena. But there are a couple of things about Sena I'd prefer changed (breasts reduction for one), and funnily enough, doing that would result in Nobuna. Well,... hell yeah! What's even better, protagonist is totally cool. So even though setting seems harem-ish with all those girls around, it's plays out nothing like a regular harem anime. So it doesn't really resemble one. Oh, and make sure you're okay with litle girls being ninjas and generals and such... yeah it sounds weird in context of near-actual history, but the anime stylisation of history really ends up making it more fun. \a \a Character design, animation and production quality are spectacular and make this worth watching for the action sequences alone. Just look at OP and you'll know what I mean. Speaking of OP, it's really awesome, along with ED, and music is awesome as well. Oh, and don't expect too much closure, as anime only covers the first four volumes out of 10, but the good news is that volumes 5,6, and 7 are already translated by baka-tsuki.";
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/* Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16051/"]:after {
content: "Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS: \a \a Just as first season, it's extremely adorable. And this time around it delivers even more as a sports anime. Really, it's kinda good in the sports department, even though it's played straight, so you get pretty much what you'd expect from the sports genre. I never thought basketball could be made so dramatic. I love it when my adorable moe anime are also actually good. Make sure to watch TV version if you're not a lolicon, for the sake of censored bathing scenes... so yeah, there's that kind of fanservice I suppose, but it's not too blunt, it's actually better than first season in that regard.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2593/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 1: Fukan Fuukei: \a \a Audiovisually it's so spectacular that it's a must-watch. Storywise though... individual scenes are enjoyable and immersive, characters felt good, but the overall story was... like... it was weird and strange and I can't say I liked it a lot I guess. It's a bit convoluted but it's also very deep and philosophical and heavy, hard to grasp. Though it's not a bad attempt at seriously covering the thematic of suicide. It didn't feel very complete, like a first arc of a larger story (which it is, I guess), maybe even like an intro arc. Style wise it reminds me a little bit of Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence, but I liked the GitS2 more for it was self contained and science fiction (not to mention richer), where this is fantasy. The lack of understanding of this fantasy world stands a bit in the way of fully enjoying the story. I'm looking forward to see if that will work better in the movies to come, as more of the world gets introduced.";
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/* Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/433/"]:after {
content: "Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho: \a \a Audiovisually it's spectacular. Storywise it's... what the fuck is going on? First half an hour or so is okay, but the middle section is so filled with non-chronological storytelling and dreams and memories and whatever, I just couldn't follow the god damn plot. I guess it want's to be abstract and artistic but I prefer to be able to follow what's going on. With storytelling this convoluted anything at all could happen and no explanation is provided or even considered necessary because... art! ...or something. Also it's too fantasy for an SF, but that's just my taste. Atmosphere feels very much like 5cm/sec. Some themes appear that were also in 5cm, like depression, where I don't really feel it had a proper place here, so to me it felt a little like Shinkai jamming his themes in there regardless if they fit or not. Is this movie saying something or trying to make a point? I have no freakin' idea. I disliked the allusions to prayer. On the other hand, there were some scenes that were beautiful in the truest sense of the word. Overall it's worth watching for the visuals and some cool scenes but don't expect a solid plot.";
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/* Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9760/"]:after {
content: "Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo: \a \a Audiovisually it's spectacular, I'm not sure if that even needs to be stated for Shinkai's works. But I really couldn't handle the thematics. If I knew what this was about beforehand I probably wouldn't have watched it. Story feels more like it was meant for kids than adults, though with some gory violence it's clearly not aimed only at children. It had a couple of funny and adorable moments that were golden, but for the whole second part of the movie visuals were the only thing keeping me from just dropping it. Thematic message is braindead simple and cliche, and it's made clear early on, kinda defeating the purpose of watching it till the end, at least for me. There was one unexpected detail at the end that was kinda cool but that's about it.";
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/* Fate/Zero */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10087/"]:after {
content: "Fate/Zero: \a \a In first season, or first half, I found genre really off putting. I was here for Urobuchi, but what I got was a lot of excuses to throw flashy fights, kinda reason why I dropped Fate/Stay Night, except this really is way way better in every way. Even flashy fights were amazing, but I found their context and consequence really annoying. I guess I was hoping it would tackle the Free For All conundrum in a new and interesting way, kind of like Mirai Nikki at least tried. But Fate/Zero wasn't really interested in that, in first season it really looks as classical overuse of fights to death consistently ending with excuse to off put the fight for later. Excuses felt a bit dishonest, as if only here because plot demanded it. And plot does demand it, plot goes on to expand the character cast and introduce a lot of things, little by little. Well, little by little was my problem with it, there was seemingly too much fighting minus consequences, and too little what I've come to expect from Urobuchi. I had to wait till second half, episode 16 to get to the Urobuchi goodness. \a \a It's then, in second season, or second half, that characters and world views start to get explored in detail. Where shit starts going down. When stuff starts mattering. Like it genre shifted from shounen into psychological thriller. There are some goodies in first half, as well as some baddies in second half, naturally. It's part of what's keeping this from being a masterpiece in my book. Another part of it, now... Hulk would smash me for this, but another part is plot logic. The fantasy magic setting just felt overused as a cop out sometimes, where you aren't supposed to question stuff really. I just can't respect that as much as plot that pulls everything off with super solid logic. Maybe it's just my aversion towards magic in serious works. And this is very very serious work. \a \a Even though the plot logic feels clunky at places, storytelling wise, second half really does tell a very compelling story, that left me staring at credits screen at the end just being overall impressed. Though part of it was not being sure what exactly went on, and/or pondering how I should feel about what went on. I disliked the brutality, it was his most brutal work I've seen yet. Some of those scenes... just NO... just fuck you no! I'm also slightly annoyed that one plot thread never got explored, even though it's not exactly a plot hole as possibility of exploring the thread died together with the character. I was at first very impressed anime decided to tackle the thematic, just to see it completely ignored later. I guess its point was only to further characterize one of the characters, but even so, it's somewhat unforgivable to me as I really looked forward to see how it would be handled. It goes without saying how deep and nuanced characters are, along with their philosophies that get examined really nicely, though there is little of it in the first half. Funnily enough, second half/season also has far superior OP/ED, though mostly music wise.\a \a Ufotable is the studio behind the production. It means production quality is ''holy shit how much did this cost?''. Ufotable visuals will surely help you get through the first half, definitely helped me.";
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/* Fate/Zero */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11741/"]:after {
content: "Fate/Zero: \a \a In first season, or first half, I found genre really off putting. I was here for Urobuchi, but what I got was a lot of excuses to throw flashy fights, kinda reason why I dropped Fate/Stay Night, except this really is way way better in every way. Even flashy fights were amazing, but I found their context and consequence really annoying. I guess I was hoping it would tackle the Free For All conundrum in a new and interesting way, kind of like Mirai Nikki at least tried. But Fate/Zero wasn't really interested in that, in first season it really looks as classical overuse of fights to death consistently ending with excuse to off put the fight for later. Excuses felt a bit dishonest, as if only here because plot demanded it. And plot does demand it, plot goes on to expand the character cast and introduce a lot of things, little by little. Well, little by little was my problem with it, there was seemingly too much fighting minus consequences, and too little what I've come to expect from Urobuchi. I had to wait till second half, episode 16 to get to the Urobuchi goodness. \a \a It's then, in second season, or second half, that characters and world views start to get explored in detail. Where shit starts going down. When stuff starts mattering. Like it genre shifted from shounen into psychological thriller. There are some goodies in first half, as well as some baddies in second half, naturally. It's part of what's keeping this from being a masterpiece in my book. Another part of it, now... Hulk would smash me for this, but another part is plot logic. The fantasy magic setting just felt overused as a cop out sometimes, where you aren't supposed to question stuff really. I just can't respect that as much as plot that pulls everything off with super solid logic. Maybe it's just my aversion towards magic in serious works. And this is very very serious work. \a \a Even though the plot logic feels clunky at places, storytelling wise, second half really does tell a very compelling story, that left me staring at credits screen at the end just being overall impressed. Though part of it was not being sure what exactly went on, and/or pondering how I should feel about what went on. I disliked the brutality, it was his most brutal work I've seen yet. Some of those scenes... just NO... just fuck you no! I'm also slightly annoyed that one plot thread never got explored, even though it's not exactly a plot hole as possibility of exploring the thread died together with the character. I was at first very impressed anime decided to tackle the thematic, just to see it completely ignored later. I guess its point was only to further characterize one of the characters, but even so, it's somewhat unforgivable to me as I really looked forward to see how it would be handled. It goes without saying how deep and nuanced characters are, along with their philosophies that get examined really nicely, though there is little of it in the first half. Funnily enough, second half/season also has far superior OP/ED, though mostly music wise.\a \a Ufotable is the studio behind the production. It means production quality is ''holy shit how much did this cost?''. Ufotable visuals will surely help you get through the first half, definitely helped me.";
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/* Shingeki no Kyojin */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16498/"]:after {
content: "Shingeki no Kyojin: \a \a My two reasons for watching this were its insane popularity along with the fact Bobduh didn't drop it, so I figured, how bad can it be? ...and dived right into it. At first it seemed like an interesting concept, but later it proved to be just a god damn shounen that has no intention of actually being over by the episode 25. That's what I get for not researching beforehand. And that would all be great if plot wasn't so damn slow. It has its good points, so it isn't a total waste. Particularly its world and the idea of everyone fighting big ass titans using spiderman like abilities. What was keeping me interested the most was to see the development of the story, to see how they will uncover the secrets of what's actually going on, and then what will they do about it and how. That would have been mind kind of story. We get some fighting and some non fighting, and find out a couple of clues for what might be going on with the world, and that's it. My biggest problem with this is that it's just shounen enough for it to matter. It means the plot logic suffers, and the pacing suffers, and the average IQ suffers. And all those combined make the show nearly unwatchable for me. \a \a It's not totally shounen though, at least enough to leave me hoping it'll actually do something useful with its second half. But then halfway through second half I realised this isn't gonna be over any time soon. It felt stupid dropping it at that point so I just finished it for the sake of finishing it. My opinion of this was going to be highly based of what the show will do with the overall world situation questions and how it will handle it. It ended up not answering them and hence not handling it at all. So it's silly to write a review for this as it could be either 10% of the story or 50% of the story. But even though I'm interested to see the resolution of what the fuck is going on with the world, I don't think I'll be watching the next season, for this season annoyed me to the point of nearly dropping it at places. \a \a Lot of action sequences were really fun and high budget. Some visuals were good. Overall style being a bit distinctive was both a plus and a minus for me, as well as the design of titans, as it's both unique and innovative, as well as visually unappealing and creepy as fuck. Though I guess it needs to be pointed out this doesn't suck as much as actual shounens, like Magi or Naruto or whatever, it's still far above that.	";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 1) */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3782/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 2: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 1): \a \a Didn't expect this to be a prequel. Actually I think it would work better in chronological order rather than like this. I'm a bit bothered that in the end the most important thing was not made entirely clear. Though we are left to infer it, but it just might be asking for a bit too much, in how much it expects us to assume and figure out what went on off-screen. And if that wasn't bad enough, pacing is slow. I'll admit slow pacing is crucial to the atmosphere and feel they're achieving, but at times it's just too slow. At least 40% could easily be shaved off of static scenes while still retaining the overall feel. It's tricky writing this, as this ''movie'' has a ''part 1'' in it's name, so I'm guessing there's more to come. But taken on it's own, it's thematic points are exploration of the mind of a psycho and telling a romance story. Second one was nicely articulated, it really shows both the power and craziness of love in a dramatic character-driven way. Exploring the psycho mind on the other hand wasn't bad, but it feels like something's still missing. In other words, I didn't really get to figure out why psycho thinks the way it thinks, though I might be halfway there, in understanding it, the viewpoint of this story's particular character that is. I wonder if part 2 will expand upon it, or go in another direction.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3783/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu: \a \a The way insensitivity to pain, feeling alive and murdering are all connected here... it doesn't really sounds believable to me. Also protagonist having connections with rapists... what? How would that even happen? Since he's a default nice-guy character. Too many things happen offscreen. \a \a Semi-spoilery: \a That sickness, even though it's a fair plot point and not an asspull, still kinda defeats the purpose of the whole plot. It's kinda like subverted deux-ex-machina. But curing someone by killing the concept of sickness is ridiculous, I'm not buying it. The way it was revealed that this is prequel to the first part was kinda cool though.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4280/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 4: Garan no Dou: \a \a ''Everyone desires to be destroyed and remade from scratch.''... I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about such generalisations. I mean I know it's a character's opinion, but it feels more like writer just putting the idea forward, an idea I find a bit ridiculous. Or am I just taking this stuff too literally? Is it supposed to be deep and relevant on levels I can't understand yet? Or is it just writer sharing his negative view of the world, or trying to appeal to depressed in the audience? Or just stringing together words in a way that might appear deep and thoughtful? Is it an inaccurate translation? Damned if know... but I can't help not finding it slightly annoying. \a \a 27:18 KnK really has these moments where overly serious scene is so seriously serious that it just becomes ridiculously funny for all the wrong reasons. As much as it's case of so-bad-it's-good, it also breaks the atmosphere and immersion that this show tries so damn hard to create. I mean there's a big percentage of scenes that only have the purpose of illustrating the atmosphere and environment to set the specific mood. Though the mood doesn't change much, but they keep doing it to reinforce it, to keep up the consistency of the overall artistic experience. Though as I've said before, I'm pretty sure it's possible to do that while also moving the plot forward, but that's not something KnK directors/writers seem interested in doing. \a \a Overall, the 4th part is quite short (40 min) and hence doesn't feel like a movie at all, it feels like one regular anime episode just dragged out to twice the size. That's not to say it's boringly slow, as it's audio visually beautiful enough for it not to be the case. But really, whole ''movie'' is just Shiki healing up, dealing with her mental state, and being discharged. There's hardly anything to talk about. It doesn't just feel like a small episode of a larger set of events, it actually is, which is why I find it silly this is officially a ''movie''. Anyways, this makes it difficult to grade it. I don't understand why they chose to tell this story in a non chronological order, but I can't say I appreciate it at all. I think I'd prefer this story told chronologically. This is just making it more difficult to follow.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4282/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 5: Mujun Rasen: \a \a Frankly, I'm getting a bit tired of this convoluted style of storytelling. Sound leveling is a bit off. It's ok to spice up reality with fantasy elements, especially when their rules are clearly defined, but when whole thing is just built on fantasy elements on top of other fantasy elements on top of other fantasy elements, each crazier and more abstract than the other, then we've got a problem of what the fuck am I even watching. \a \a Story often seems like it's too damn set in maintaining the thematic consistency. I understand the necessity of it, but it doesn't' come across as natural. It comes across as theme overshadowing the story itself. The way thematic elements (murder, gore, psychosis and such) reappear in the story doesn't seem like a natural occurrence, but rather an intentional and forced one. It makes the story feel fabricated, rather than real. Same applies to former episodes, though it's only now becoming really apparent, and it's an argument that works better in context of entire series, than a single episode. I find the fifth part the worst one so far, to me, it's only redeemable qualities are art and action scenes.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5204/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 6: Boukyaku Rokuon: \a \a Suffers from pretty much all the issues as it's predecessors, though it's not as bad as 5th. There wasn't as much gore, and there was some nice humor and cuteness in the first half.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5205/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai 7: Satsujin Kousatsu (Part 2): \a \a I have no idea what this show is doing anymore, it's become too hard to analyse. This movie/episode was both good and bad, parts of it were kinda fun, but there were countless bad parts mentioned below. Overall, it was fun riffing on it while watching. All good points and bad points mentioned before remain.\a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a 10:00 just fuck already! Or at least hug and kiss I don't care, but this status quo relationship is getting too ridiculous for a show seemingly so serious and mature. \a 16:15 what is this Saya no Uta soundtrack doing in my KnK?! Can't say it's not appropriate... \a 18:18 Really? You're gonna follow her even after what just happened? I'm not sure which one of them is supposed to be the psycho anymore. ...hey wait, was that the point all along? \a 24:48 lsd and pot? I hope this wasn't supposed to come across as ''junkies are getting murdered'' because to me it came across as ''people who enjoy life are getting murdered''. \a 25:12 link between drugs and murders? Thematic message better not end up being ''lsd and pot are bad''. \a 29:03 Their idea of tripping on 1/10th lsd dose is everything fades to black? Please...  \a 30:52 She's the hero this city needs, but not the one it deserves \a tripping - you're doing it wrong. Also, ''he doesn't really recommend it'', right... I guess no other line would be acceptable to the publishers. I like how his friend is cool with it. \a 36:00 TIL: ''lsd mixed with pot destroys your body'', oh wait let me rephrase that, TIL: ''Kara no Kyoukai sucks hairy ballz''.\a 37:19 Why exactly is she trusting him with all this free info? He's just a random stranger asking drug dealer suspicious questions. Oh right, same reason as above. .\a 37:42 Oh! Oh! Lipreading time! Hei...sen...berg! \a 43:00 Action scenes have been feeling weightless for a while, like nothing is at stake anymore. I guess that's what happens when writer calls back his shots, like that artificial arm deal, and especially the ''bringing characters back from the dead'' part. Why should I care if protagonist gets cut or killed when I know it won't matter? Why should I care if antagonist gets cut or killed when I've been watching people cut up and kill people, and far worse, for hours and hours already, since it's practically what the show is about. This is a serious problem. \a 48:00-56:44 To many ridiculous stuff to keep count. \a 1:12:28 Jack...pot! ...I'll show myself out. \a 1:20:30 We're really hammering in this idea that murder takes away one's humanity aren't we. How about hammering in the idea of smoking murdering your lungs? Since, I mean, there's about as many cigars smoked in this show as there are murderers, and just as viscerally. It's a show about smoking and murdering at this point. \a 1:23:43 ...man... if anyone ever needed a shower... \a 1:24:30 ''This how you sex right? I'm no longer virgin right? Right?!'' \a 1:27:15 And here we go again calling back punches using random fantasy magic. Now I wont even care the next time someone starts salivating all over someone else. \a 1:29:10 And now drugs are also magic, why did I expect that not to be the case? I can almost hear the writer thinking ''my ignorance about drugs is hereby redeemed!'' \a 1:31:08 ''10 times more potent than pot, you'll die if you don't do anything about it'' Ok this is officially so bad it's good again. (Also... you know you could puke it out right?) \a 1:32:00 Could've just fed him the bloodstuff right away... \a 1:32:10 Say no to drugs, kids! Even if it kills you! \a 1:34:18 I'm not buying it until I see his head on a stick. Actually I'm not buying it even if I see his head on a stick. \a 1:50:00 ''I won't let you go as long as I live'', he meant to say kiss. \a \a Well that was a pretty epilogue, beautifully contrasted to the rest of the show. So I guess murder taking away one's humanity didn't really matter after all, in the end, at least consequence-wise. Seems like bad writing but I don't feel qualified enough yet to tell for sure.";
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/* Kara no Kyoukai: Epilogue*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6954/"]:after {
content: "Kara no Kyoukai: Epilogue: \a \a The leaf at the end was the best part! ALL GLORY TO THE LEAF!!! \a *khm* joking aside, this is like the directing tutorial for how to direct a dialogue. I mean you've got to pick interesting scenery and camera angles and make it all work so that viewer isn't bored to death of looking at two people having a dialogue for half an hour. I admit to have watched this at 150% speed, and I don't regret it. Dialogue is just about philosophy that I can't really agree with, mixed with some magical philosophy which in turns devalues all of the actual philosophy the show tries to present. \a Well, the setting was extremely pretty. But note that it is the same setting for half an hour, yeah, a scene that lasts half an hour is the entire movie. In which case it better damn well be pretty.";
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/* Girls und Panzer*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14131/"]:after {
content: "Girls und Panzer: \a \a Pretext: I at first ignored this show when it was airing, with no intention of watching it. It seemed to me it would be targeted at military enthusiasts and moe lovers, even even though I like moe, I was afraid this would be using war and military (and by extension moegirls) in an indulgent way (like Strike Witches for example), rather than in a responsible way (C3-bu). Though, please understand that I had no idea about the actual plot, I've only seen some images at that point. Then later when I've heard bobduh mention a couple of times how GuP is a good sports anime and has nice tactical aspect to it, I decided to give it a shot. Well, and for the moe comedy of course. \a \a I'll start with the bad. GuP decides to completely ignore the problems of risk and injuries. And hence subsequent questioning of the sanity of the whole idea of tank battles as a sport gets ignored as well. And I'd be able to look the other way, taking it that it's simply a magical world in which the implied rule is that no harm can come to moegirls, and hence there's no need to question the safety of it all. Really, I'd be fine with it. It would result in a unique world, where details of the world aren't questioned not because the show demands it, but because it's not what the show is about. And there's our problem. Problem is that GuP breaks that consistency, and couple of times dares to use the risk of injury (and even inferred risk of death) as a plot point. Occasionally it's played for humor, like in cliffhanger between episodes 2 an 3, and hence forgivable. But later it's played dead serious as an important plot point, when it deals with the turning point event in our protagonist's past. Unforgivable offense by definition. However, luckily, even though, as expected, said thematic crops up again in the last arc, it isn't played out as a reason for serious drama or a plot turning event, so it can be at least somewhat overlooked. \a \a My second problem with it is that even though it plays off as a sports anime, rather than funky SoL or absurd, it completely ignores one of the fundamental aspects of sports, and that's team balance. You can't have 7v4 and still call it a sport, you simply can't, it's ridiculous. It defies the very idea, concept and spirit of sport. It betrays all the implications that come with the idea of sport. So playing it as straight sport at that point is just as bad as asking viewers to ignore an obvious plot hole. However, I do have to give it that it does go ahead and use that situation to put protagonists in the position of the underdog, as well as using it to have more killing blows, hence more action, and make them use seemingly desperate and creative tactics, which are fun. Tactics wise, it's silliness counters the seriousness that tactic execution implies. Only in last arc are tactics fun enough to completely overshadow that problem, they're ridiculously fun and fast paced to the point where any flaws can be disregarded due to rule of cool, rule of funny, etc...  \a \a All that said, characters are fun and adorable, and there are ton of them. Concept is quite original. Comedy is funny, 3D animation is plentiful, amazing and blends outstandingly well into 2D style, soundtrack is great, as well as ED. This show really succeeds in being a adorable and silly tactical action packed comedy. In last arc, it especially shines in the department of tactical and fun.";
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/* Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15315/"]:after {
content: "Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?: \a \a The premise of the fantasy world is quite bad, the gift games themselves I mean. Bad in a way that they're so undefined, in a way where everything goes, anything could happen really, so called rules seem arbitrary, whole world makes little sense... It's just that in the face of all that, the less serious the approach the better, and the more serious and dramatic this tries to be, the more it fails, but when it's being just a silly comedy, it's pretty great. There are some great lines here and there, and the concept of protagonist's superpower basically being that he's absurdly overpowered, is quite fun in itself, and not something seen all that often. There's no actual good plot here, but characters are fun and adorable, and humor is fun. Production quality is quite nice. Soundtrack stands out for being pretty unique in a good way, and OP/ED music and animation are great, especially ED.";
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/* No.6*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10161/"]:after {
content: "No.6: \a \a It's pretty much a masterpiece up to the last third of the story. Very serious, mature, clever and responsible writing, while keeping the genre within hard-sf. Unfortunately, in last third it genre shifts away into straight up fiction, and that's where I felt cheated as a viewer. I know it's hard to do a decent ending for hard-sf, and have it be spectacular enough, but to me, shifting into fiction just feels like a huge cop-out. Show should have 3 or 4 more episodes, and should have really digged into the matter in the same consistent hard-sf style the first two thirds of the show are very successful at. The story is grounded heavily in characters, which is great. There are little twists and turns and clever remarks all throughout the story, and story economy and pacing are spectacular. Visuals and overall production values are good. The way story establishes itself as a hard-sf is by being very strict, critical and skeptical in the way pretty much everything is treated, especially early on. It didn't expect viewer to suppress disbelief, instead it would spotlight the issue, and then rationalize and explain it in a hard-sf style, with one exception. Even with all it's ending flaws I still recommend it for an amazing 8 or 9 episodes, totally worth it. The way this anime treats homo/bi-sexuality is very commendable and shows hope for the medium. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: In the end it ends up playing it very straight, not saying much more than the classic ''utopia is bad, living naturally in harmony with nature is good'', which disappointed me to an extent. The whole deal with forest people and Elyurias is what really bothered me. It's scarcely explained, it's inconsistent with the style so far (magical), and it feels like a cheap cop-out ending. Way-too-smart animals were the second thing that bothered me, seeing that it was played as a hard-sf up until a certain point, smart animals didn't really fit. Another thing that really bothered me was the way whole corpse mountain was handled in ending episodes, it was really just there because it was needed for character development, and to shock the viewer (at least it succeeds in that (but at what cost?!)). It really had no place in this universe, from a logical standpoint. Utopia people just randomly go out and destroy a poor village and then dump prisoners to die onto corpse mountain. It makes no rational sense whatsoever, it just establishes that this utopia is evil for the sake of evil, which is never good for a story such as this one. Another point would be asking how could a war prisoner smuggle in a grappling hook with a bunch of rope. This is a show that would immediately spotlight and explain something like this in it's first 2/3 of the story, and then in last third, any such thing is suddenly not getting explained.";
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/* Kotonoha no Niwa*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16782/"]:after {
content: "Kotonoha no Niwa: \a \a Best looking anime ever. Seriously. It's a must-watch based solely on visuals. And there's beautiful audio soundtrack that perfectly compliments it. No matter how much I already expected that from Shinkai, it still managed to completely blow me away. Recommended that you see other Shinkai works before this one, or at least ''5cm per sec'', as it's his most relevant one. Not much story can be told in 45 minutes, at least in Shinkai's relatively slow paced style, so don't expect complex plot just because of the score I gave it. It's a pretty simple romance story but it's execution is just so perfect. It's really immersive and hits hard, and that's a hell of an achievement considering the timespan we had to get to know the characters. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a Knowing Shinkai, I was wondering if he was gonna pull a meta twist on this one, and he kinda did, and it was awesome. In both his other serious works that I've seen, they kinda left me depressed and empty in the end, and it's something I disliked about them. It usually aims at deep feels about how painful and/or pointless real life can be for the simplest of reasons. They really succeed at expressing the depressed state of mind in an artistic way. So going into this, we'd kinda expect things to not go very great for the characters, and that Titanic sinks in the end, but here, even though there is that same Shinkai feel throughout, the end just manages to tease the hell out of the viewer already familiar with his work. And it's so successful exactly because knowing it could go either way helps the immersion, and the viewer is more invested in the characters, as characters feel less safe. We usually expect good endings, so whatever happens doesn't matter that much since we know it'll turn around somehow, so we're just waiting to see how exactly. But here, knowing Shinkai, it's simply not the case, and definitely made the difference. Other than that, the ending emotional rollercoaster was spot on in every way, all the beats hit fully and perfectly, and on top of that everything felt real and honest.";
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/* Serial Experiments Lain*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/339/"]:after {
content: "Serial Experiments Lain: \a \a Back in 2010 I quit this after one episode because I didn't like it's pacing. It was certainly wrong of me to do. This time I quit it after 6 episodes, when I saw what this really is. And what it is, is too damn weird for me.\a \a Painfully slow paced at places. All the weird shit is really interesting at first, keeping track of everything, but now around fifth episode there's so much weird going on that it's like I'm just waiting for a character to wake up in mental hospital, because declaring it all a mentally insane dream looks like an only non magical way to rationalize all this. It's always funny to see how wrong people from the past were when they would try to envision the look of future technologies. Overall, I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying I don't like it. I also don't feel I can understand and experience it in an intended way, so I'm refraining from scoring it. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a Right, so formation of internet magically created an alternate reality and actual God manifested in it and started affecting the real world so the real world is going haywire. This is not the rationalisation I was hoping for. And then those guys have lasers on their faces for some reason (or rather no reason), and then they know to stalk her from the very beginning, and then there's this speak of prophecies (lame in this genre), and then Lain's room full of PCs is suddenly a 4cm deep pool of water and it's considered normal and all the electronics are still working, oh did i mention Lain's room is full of PCs... like... randomly out of nowhere she can afford (literally) 3 tons of hardware, and then there's psi energy being harvested from children's brains to... generate power or whatever I dunno, they didn't bother to really explain what the point would be, and what with all the reality being screwed over by the virtual world, and Lain that is somehow supposed to be relevant to any of this? This is all just too much pseudo surreal postmodern absurdity for me to digest. With this kind of storytelling approach and pacing I don't expect that even a third of these things would go beyond ''what the fuck am I watching'' by the end of the anime, explanation/rationalisation wise. It was kinda okay before it started introducing all this nonsense in episodes 4,5,6.";
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/* Sora no Otoshimono: Forte*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/8407/"]:after {
content: "Sora no Otoshimono: Forte: \a \a Much like first season, only somewhat better overall. Pretty much the best ecchi anime in existence. Even though this is 8/10, it's 8/8 on ecchi anime scale. Though even the ecchi here isn't totally braindead shallow, it's actually part of our character's personality and it drives most of the comedy. And it's a silly comedy, very silly comedy, very very silly comedy. One of the funniest anime actually. The way it utilises the chibi forms is spot on perfect and really adds to the charm. It's amazingly good at balancing its uber-silly side with its serious melodrama side. The new character gets introduced in this season, at first she seemed like an archetype stupid bigboob blonde, which just made me sigh. But by the mid/end of the season I totally loved her because she turned out to be such a great character. And that's what Sora no Otoshimono does best is some way, characters. And that's why it's so great. Plot wise is keeps going forward rather slowly, much like first season. It's an interesting plot but I'm keeping my expectations in check, as it never seemed to be too plot centric.";
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/* Sora no Otoshimono: Tokeijikake no Angeloid*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9790/"]:after {
content: "Sora no Otoshimono: Tokeijikake no Angeloid: \a \a A big part of this movie are flashbacks, and I was pretty upset about it at first, but it ended up making sense later. On top of usual Sora no Otoshimono goodness, there's also great new plot development and some questions finally get answered... but only to raise even more of them. End result is that now I'm immensely interested in seeing the plot unfold further, and I'm totally not sure what level of seriousness to expect from it. The revelations and direction this is taking is something I suspected might be the case early on (due to some foreshadowing), but also something I didn't expect, as this kind of thematic is just not something we usually see in the genre, mostly because of how demanding and hard to handle it is. Needless to say I love what it's doing so far, but further good explanations will be necessary before any final verdict is made.";
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/* Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14829/"]:after {
content: "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya: \a \a Great production quality, direction and fast pacing. Tons of great humor, and amazing action scenes. It felt like it was dancing between being a comedy/parody and deconstruction, and quite successfully so. Not a full on deconstruction like Madoka naturally, but it still brings great drama and development to the table. Story is nothing spectacular but it's good enough. There's even some actual character development going on. I'd recommend seeing Fate/Zero before this, if you're at all interested in Fate/Zero. But this also stands really great on it's own, considering it's a spin off, and you can watch it without seeing Fate/Zero if you so prefer. Trying to describe in further detail what exactly this is would be hard, and instead I'd suggest anyone give it a try, assuming you're not entirely new to anime. Seeing first episode will get you a pretty solid idea if this is something you'd enjoy or not.";
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/* Uchouten Kazoku*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17909/"]:after {
content: "Uchouten Kazoku: \a \a A show so well written and so masterfully crafted, that bobduh gave it 10/10, but also a show that didn't really articulate my media preferences. I could appreciate a lot of it's mastery of the craft through reading bobduh's reviews as I went, and it definitely mattered, and enabled me to further study the craft on this level. I'm not saying I didn't like it. By understanding most of what's great about it, I kinda had to like it. And by having such great writing, direction and production, show itself feels great to watch, even if it's not something that suits your tastes. What I'm saying is that personally a magical realism as a genre and slight lack of spotlighting at places, as well as thematic, made this not as enjoyable as titles I rated 9/10+. \a \a Down in spoiler section, I'll address what exactly annoyed me. Though note that I'm not saying anything of that is bad or show's fault. It's a further breakdown of why exactly this genre and/or type and setting didn't suit my tastes and annoyed me. Though I did my best not to let myself be too annoyed, and enjoy and understand what the show was really about. What I especially loved about it was the way all plot threads came together in the end to provide a great ending arc and resolution. Really great example of great writing. I also enjoyed the beautiful artistic environments and the way they were presented, OP (especially lyrics), as well as characterisations of protagonist and the grandpa, who were really amazing characters. To see why this show is technically a 10/10, see bobduh's review at wrongeverytime.com. Note that by giving it an 8/10, I'm not disagreeing with him. My score is merely a measure of how much I personally enjoyed something. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a Things that annoyed me personally were things like someone deciding to be a frog in the well for the rest of his life, trapping shapeshifters in barred cages (and the lame excuse that was offered to justify it), a lack of clear definition of how humans view the whole thing with tanukis and tengu existing (it becomes clear much too late, and up until that point feels confusing and annoying), the idea that their father would go to death willingly like that, his philosophy with doing that and lack of clarity if he really willingly died or not willingly. Lack of gender-shifting later on. It was such a unique thing at the beginning, yet was a plot thread rarely used again, and didn't have significance later. Pretty much everything about Benten, I just didn't like her much, as she seemed to have the power to resolve anything at any time but decided to not really do anything at all, other then interfere when she feels like it. Dunno it just felt dickish to me, the way she behaved for most of the time. And the fact their mother fears thunder, I just found that to be too unbelievable.";
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/* ef: A Tale of Memories.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2924/"]:after {
content: "ef: A Tale of Memories.: \a \a I went into this blindly, having no idea what to expect. I caught some definite signs of quality writing watching it, quite early on. It's directed by Oonuma Shin, from Shaft, part of the so called 'Team Shinbo'. Shinbo's influence is readily apparent, and it really worked for me here. A very artistic visual expression akin to Shinbo's famous ~monogataris and Madoka. It's the style I found strange when I first encountered it long time ago, but with time I learned to appreciate the power of expression it had to offer. I don't really like writing much about anime I consider masterpieces, I prefer to just tell you to trust me, watch it, enjoy it. Note that I only decided this was 10/10 quite late, earlier on I was mostly thinking 8 or 9, even thinking as low as 7 at some parts that really infuriated me... I was actually getting ready to flame this, but then whoa this does stuff other anime don't do. And I was like holy shit fucking finally! Yes! \a \a Style wise, other than being similar to ~monogataris and Madoka, it has some style similarities with School Days for how serious it felt, and with Clannad for how impactful some moments are. Unlike Clannad and Sakurasou, I can't find any narrative issues with this one, so there you have it, an amazingly realised romance anime.";
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/* Tantei Opera Milky Holmes*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7768/"]:after {
content: "Tantei Opera Milky Holmes: \a \a 4 episode rule. Best anime to watch when drunk. Pointless comedy and endless stupidity. Anime that will make your face and palm better acquainted. So bad it's good.";
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/* Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17637/"]:after {
content: "Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku: \a \a 10x2.5 minutes long. It's naturally very similar to Lucky Star. It doesn't have all of it's charm and humor, but does have it's healing moe effect, as well as fine pacing. Humor is hit and miss. Thematic of poverty is commendable and well expressed within the context of this genre. Which is it's biggest redeeming quality, and maybe its entire point.";
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/* ef: A Tale of Melodies.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4789/"]:after {
content: "ef: A Tale of Melodies.: \a \a PSA: There are two versions of episode 10, they are the same except one has color and other is sepia. I recommend watching the colored version. \a \a I felt second season stayed true to the themes and ideas from first season, while expanding upon them and examining some new ones. Plot logic around the time of ending could potentially be annoying, but I figured it's something that can be taken symbolically, and in that case it works as an artistic expression. There is some non chronological storytelling, and even though it's confusing, it's confusing in a cool Inception kinda way. The emotional impact even goes beyond the first season, though it's a bit different, as expected. The writing, at least to me, seems to be so good that until the very end I couldn't really predict in which way the story would go. It's one of my favourite things about this title, other being those couple of particularly artistic scenes, as well as visuals and music and their direction. Did I just say that pretty much everything was my favourite thing about this? Yeah, I guess that's one way of putting it.";
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/* Outbreak Company*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19369/"]:after {
content: "Outbreak Company: \a \a 1 ep rule. When it gets serious, it's actually not being bad, but it's not being good either. It's just that when you occasionally genre hop into somewhat seriousness the expectations grow higher. But then when it drops a silly joke in the midst of it as an actual plot element, just as a reminder not to take it too seriously, you're just not sure what to think anymore, and how you should manage your expectations. So that part about it was a bit weird but not too bad, though overall it was really fun to watch and has a great character cast. Most of the time it's just a clever self aware comedy with a pretty unique setting, and that's what it does best. Sometimes it even splurges into exploring actual meaningful themes, and shows signs of quality writing here and there, just to then drop the act and spend a considerable amount of time just having SoL fun and being enjoyable comedy. So it has a bit of everything, and it's balanced quite nicely, but it's not equally skilled at everything which occasionally makes a particular plot point feel cheap and out of place. \a \a But it's tons of fun, and even more so to someone knowledgeable about anime tropes and otaku culture, as it's what it's essentially about, though it approaches it in very elegant way, meaning it's much easier to figure out and appreciate than Nyaruko for example. And that might be one of its biggest strengths. Compared to Zero no Tsukaima, it feels more serious and solid while having no blatant fanservice. Compared to Dog Days 2 it has slightly lower quality production, but that's not to say it's suffers from it. It might be a little less fun, but also feels more serious and concrete than it. It's biggest downfall is that it isn't very compelling (think not as good as HenNeko, but not too far overall), but the fair point can be made that it isn't its point due to it mostly being self aware comedy. The problem only presents itself in a sense that Outbreak Company has a bit of everything, and those few parts that should be compelling, aren't really. But most of the time show is doing what it's good at, it's really fun and enjoyable to watch.";
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/* Kyoukai no Kanata*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18153/"]:after {
content: "Kyoukai no Kanata: \a \a Starts of as a masterpiece, has ups and downs but doesn't really hold up. Then before the final arc, gets all plot twistish in a great way, renewing my hope in it, only to go downhill from there and almost goes to offer an ending that is pretty cool, but then totally screws it up in last few minutes. I was so stunned by the ridiculousness of the ending that I thought there must have been some catch with it like with Oreimo or Toradora endings, something that requires googling if one isn't particularly perceptive. But to no avail. Even Clannad didn't pull this big of an asspull. Actually I don't know of a single anime to pull off this outstandingly retarded ending, well, other than Oreimo if taken literally. On the other hand, it's possible to pretended last few minutes didn't happen... and that fixes it considerably. So from now on let's pretend it ends at 22:02, for the sake of argument. Now that that's out of the way, the second biggest problem were the siscon jokes and crazy mom jokes. Those were just so extremely out of place and unnecessary. Third biggest problem would be one guy that's just evil for no reason at all. Bad writing! No! \a \a There is a lot of non-seriousness juggling with seriousness in weird ways, but it kinda works out, but then when crazy nonsense action gets added to the mix... managing your expectations gets a bit confusing. It might be a bit innovative in to which lengths it goes with serious-silly-crazy juggling, and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, and such thing depends a lot on the viewer. So how was this then actually really enjoyable to watch for the most time? Because KyoAni damnit. \a \a Those stupidly high budget production values are worth it on their own. This especially goes for action sequences. Though bobduh doesn't consider action sequences to be good, I do feel the need to point out how extremely gorgeous, rich, creative and detailed they are. It reminded me a bit of the way they handled action sequences in Munto, which were also gorgeous (for their time). And with every other production aspect being on this same level, it just makes it an enjoyable experience. Humor has some extremely good moments, as well as moe having some extremely heart piercing moments. Characters generally feel good, as with any KyoAni work. I loved the fast pacing of the plot. Even the pacing of SoL and silly banter was exceptionally well handled, and it did wonders for executing excellent humor timings at places. Biggest downfall is wasted potential narrative-wise. Still recommended to anyone who's a fan of KyoAni style. I even didn't mind the usual silliness of magical fantasy setting due to show being well grounded in characters.";
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/* Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18893/"]:after {
content: "Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova: \a \a The only thing this is good at is humor and humor constitutes 0.4% of it. Humanity in post apocalyptic naval war with mysterious enemy and girls-ships sound like something potentially interesting, or at least fun. But the execution here is just really bad. There's like no characterisation at all, just plot. And a bad plot at that, becoming worse by the minute. Fights are okay but not nearly good enough for a show that focuses on them. Character designs are so-so. Characters are always 3D, rendered to look like 2D, but not very successfully. Something I didn't expect and that bothered me a lot was bad character animation. It's obvious that studio behind it is in experimental stages with character 3D animation, as this is amateur work in that regard and it hurts the series a lot. Mechanical and vfx 3D is at least good high quality production, and it's the only redeeming quality of Aoki Hagane.";
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/* Coppelion*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9479/"]:after {
content: "Coppelion: \a \a This anime should be an official example of bad writing. I had such high hopes for it, considering it was marketed as a post apocalyptic sf by the studio that produced K, and K was pretty awesome. At some points this anime was so bad it became good again (like the chase between B2 and a jeep, it completely blows my mind that someone thought that scene would work in a serious setting), but it would never last and it would soon turn back to being just bad. Morbid curiosity along with GoHands quality production kept me watching till the end (okay, and HanaKana). Those two factors make it watchable, but still, it's far from being a good anime.";
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/* Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai 2 Maku*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11341/"]:after {
content: "Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Dai 2 Maku: \a \a A vast improvement over the first season. It takes itself even less seriously and really takes the craziness up to 11 and beyond. It could use slightly higher art and animation budget, but even like this is it works out fine. Facial expressions of characters are priceless. I'm not usually a big fan of the crazy genre, but this just works, and especially so after the first season introduces one to what this anime is. First season is just not crazy enough at times, making it boring from time to time, or making it seem cheap when humor misses it's mark. Second season both improves the crazy, keeping it interesting and fun, while also improving the humor in the process. Nearly whole second season is as good as 4th episode of first season.";
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/* NouCome / Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19221/"]:after {
content: "NouCome: \a \a I actually passed on this when it was airing because I didn't think highly of the premise, and hence didn't expect much from it. Then ran into it again later when I was looking for romcoms, and figured I might as well give it a shot. I was pleasantly surprised by outstanding production, direction and humor. Great pacing, great music, and some of the best animation quality out there. Spot on humor, and best girls as far as the eye can see, along with passable harem protagonist really make it a joy to watch. Just whatever you do don't take any of it seriously. This is just pure entertainment to the max. It's not ecchi, but humor is largely sexual in nature and there is fanservice. However, great direction and silliness make it okay, kind of like the indecency of KoreZom or Nyaruko, more indecent than HenNeko or Sakurasou. tl;dr: Really crazy and super fun to watch high school harem romance comedy with great production values. As good as this genre gets entertainment-wise.";
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/* White Album 2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18245/"]:after {
content: "White Album 2: \a \a edit: And now I find out this was 1/3 of the whole story. I demand big red letter warnings for this stuff! Note that this could still potentially be in 9/10 range if we consider this was just a third of the story, and the rest of the story holds up to expectations. \a \a Watching original White Album anime is not required at all. This is a separate story. Interesting production values, environments and everything except characters and animation are great, and characters aren't bad at all either. But sometimes there are noticeable inconsistencies between scenes, and character animation that feels a bit static and not lively enough. But it's definitely passable and doesn't detract too much from the experience. First half was pretty great, it made me expect at least 9/10 and a potential 10/10. It's one of those shows that's hard to stop watching as you really wanna know what happens next. There's some great music, great romance and solid writing. I especially loved how it was actually about music, unlike 90% of the so called music themed shows out there,*khm*K-On!*khm*. Another obvious plus is that it takes itself seriously, so it's pretty much completely free of romcom anime logic and animeisms. Despite not being a comedy, it often made me laugh or chuckle out loud using rather tasteful and subtle humor. \a \a Then in second half it loses its momentum, for a couple of episodes, and then goes on to become sort of a semi-beautiful trainwreck till the end. It has a couple of moments where strange character actions get perfectly rationalised a bit later and you just wanna hit yourself for doubting the writer. Don't doubt this writer, and you won't semi-ruin a couple of great scenes for yourself. But then there are some other such moments where things are just supposed to be just taken at face value. So does the whole story structure work in the end? I honestly can't say for sure, but if it does, then it's stretched to the near breaking point all over the place. In a way that I feel justified in saying it definitely should have handled the whole thing differently, regarding the second half. But it's hard to point at any single thing and say it's completely unbelievable or uncalled for. It feels like a story that's barely holding itself together and remaining coherent. Unfortunately, for me it caused emotional detachment for the bigger part of the second half, even though not all of it is bad, and some parts on their own are pretty good and effective in surprising the viewer and delivering emotion. \a \a The ending itself didn't have enough resolution, again, it had barely enough resolution in order for it to legitimately be an ending. Another downside was that it was a bit too predictable after a certain reveal, whereas before said reveal it's nearly impossible to guess where the story is heading. It makes the first half better at the expense of the second half. The only thing in the said predictability that was intriguing was wondering how the hell is writer going to get out of this mess in a decent way. And then it turns out it gets out of it in a pretty lame messy way. Enough ambiguity time for spoilers: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a One major problem I had was the implication that Setsuna was to blame for pursuing Haruki, and that her suffering is kind of a karmic punishment for it? That's bullshit reasoning and I'm not buying it. It only works in characterisation of what a saint Setsuna really is, and that's only aspect of it I can accept. Having ending rely on that made it feel cheap and incomplete to me. Too bad inserting school days ending would have been too much of a ripoff for it to be viable here. The ''I obviously lied'' twist near the end and the scene it leads into was the most effective scene in the whole show. It pretty much made me want to scream ''Somebody give this girl a bloody chainsaw!!!''. But unfortunately this anime just didn't set up such an ending so it was pretty obviously not what was up. I was still hoping for some miraculous satisfactory ending that I didn't see coming, but we kinda get ''and that's it folks''. I guess the absolute superhuman unbelievably mega awesome kindness and tolerance that best girl displays in the end is meant as a final resolution of some sort? She's not giving up on him after he gave her the reason enough to literally chainsaw him. But what's with his feelings? So are they good now? I doubt it? I guess one of my biggest issues was seeing this level of moegirl suffering end up unavenged. I need my vengeance damnit! She's too good for that jerk! I need to see her happy aaargh! And no, clinging to that jerk doesn't count as happy. Damnit emotional investment! Spinoff! NOW! \a edit: Or as I later found out, two more seasons, NOW! ";
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/* Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déja vu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11577/"]:after {
content: "Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déja vu: \a \a It didn't really live up to the glory of the original, but it was still great, mostly because it's Steins;Gate after all. It successfully recaptured a lot of the atmosphere that the original had. It also delivered some... I don't wanna say pandering because it's not, but rather scenes we all wanted to see and deserved to see, scenes that also help characterisation a lot, but original didn't have enough of them. So production was spot-on. There was one scene, or rather frame, I thought deserved better, but everything else was just as perfect as it could have been, production wise. So, didn't live up to original, why? There's even more magical logic/science than in the original, and story just wasn't long, complex and epic in scale. Mostly fault of having lot of buildup but not enough climax. But it's not at all bad, though overall, it doesn't feel like a mandatory sequel, but it also doesn't feel like mere extra, but rather something in between, like an extended epilogue of sorts. I feel it should have been longer to be more solid, and then it would have been a worthy masterpiece sequel. It's definitely a fun and fulfilling epilogue to the series and no fan should miss it. I especially liked how it tied into some threads the series plot left unanswered.";
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/* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/934/"]:after {
content: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: \a \a First seson of Higurashi, doesn't really work on it's own all that well without the second season, as it leaves a lot to be explained in the second season. So it doesn't have that masterpiece charm that I usually asociate with 10/10, on top of production values being early 2006, on top having myself scream ''fuck this fucking shit anime'' at one point. tl;dr: there's really no point commenting only on first half of this story, so: \a \a Higurashi no Naku Koro ni kai: \a \a ...is the name of the second season. But I'll be ignoring seasons from now on, overall, story feels very confusing at first, to the point where half a season is required before you can even try to figure out what the hell is going on with this seemingly non linear storytelling. At times it seems like anime doesn't bother explaining stuff, but nothing could be further from the truth. It's an intricate mystery that's masterfully crafted and presented, especially in the way everything is wrapped up in the end. And we're not talking about annoying convoluted nature, we're talking about piecing together a mystery in a cool inception kinda way. You just have to trust the writer that everything will be explained. \a \a There is an interesting contrast of cute and dark going on, kind of like Madoka, except even cuter and darker. This leads to some of it not being for the weak hearted. But regardless, it's not something anyone should drop at any point, except if you hate it after first 4 episodes. Story just carries you along so it can get hard to stop watching, and I recommend seeing 3-9 episodes a day, as it's a continuous ongoing story, not at all episodic. Extreme content, expected trust in the writer, 50 episode span, and first season being slightly weaker than the second, don't make it a great introductory anime, but it more than deserves it's current MAL rank of #75. Characters, acting and music are all stellar.";
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/* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni kai*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1889/"]:after {
content: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: \a \a First seson of Higurashi, doesn't really work on it's own all that well without the second season, as it leaves a lot to be explained in the second season. So it doesn't have that masterpiece charm that I usually asociate with 10/10, on top of production values being early 2006, on top having myself scream ''fuck this fucking shit anime'' at one point. tl;dr: there's really no point commenting only on first half of this story, so: \a \a Higurashi no Naku Koro ni kai: \a \a ...is the name of the second season. But I'll be ignoring seasons from now on, overall, story feels very confusing at first, to the point where half a season is required before you can even try to figure out what the hell is going on with this seemingly non linear storytelling. At times it seems like anime doesn't bother explaining stuff, but nothing could be further from the truth. It's an intricate mystery that's masterfully crafted and presented, especially in the way everything is wrapped up in the end. And we're not talking about annoying convoluted nature, we're talking about piecing together a mystery in a cool inception kinda way. You just have to trust the writer that everything will be explained. \a \a There is an interesting contrast of cute and dark going on, kind of like Madoka, except even cuter and darker. This leads to some of it not being for the weak hearted. But regardless, it's not something anyone should drop at any point, except if you hate it after first 4 episodes. Story just carries you along so it can get hard to stop watching, and I recommend seeing 3-9 episodes a day, as it's a continuous ongoing story, not at all episodic. Extreme content, expected trust in the writer, 50 episode span, and first season being slightly weaker than the second, don't make it a great introductory anime, but it more than deserves it's current MAL rank of #75. Characters, acting and music are all stellar.";
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/* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3652/"]:after {
content: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: \a \a After first episode of ABANDON ALL LOGIC, I was afraid this won't be Higurashi at all, but just some stupid spinoff parody. Luckily, after first episode, it goes on to be the Higurashi we expect and love. It lays down another mystery that didn't even feel out of place, and even went on to further explain some of the in universe mechanics that were left unexplored. Mystery was in true Higurashi style, and it was pretty great. Definitely recommended to anyone who enjoyed Higurashi. Final resolution was just slightly sketchy. Continued in spoiler section: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a Hanyuu's argument in the end, of doing it because of learning respect for her parents was a bit weak and too culture-showing-down-our-throats. But on the other hand whole thing holds water even better with argument of doing it to teach/remind her that she's now mortal. Maybe that's what we're supposed to infer? Either way, story pretty much works on all levels. I found it interesting how they chose to skip animating the brutality in this case, right decision given the context. Though it was a bit extreme, but that extremeness tries to carry the thematic message this time, realising that indirectly killing someone is still killing someone. But it might be a little too hardcore given the context. Coupled with respect for parents message, it's overall a bit stretched. It's just barely holds together.";
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/* Monogatari Series: Second Season*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17074/"]:after {
content: "Monogatari Series: Second Season: \a \a Hanekawa arc: 9/10, Shinobu arc 9/10, Nadeko arc 10/10, Mayoi arc 9/10, Kaiki arc 9/10. By far the best monogatari season so far. Bobduh said it: ''the comparison of S1 to S2 feels like the difference between a creative, passionate apprentice and a confident, practiced craftsman.'', (S1 here refering to bake+nise+neko), and I couldn't agree more. Only now does it truly shine, though I'm having trouble calling it a masterpiece due to some of the anime-isms (though there's even less of those then before) and some of the abstractness of it which makes some of it hard to get. Reading Bobduh writeups somewhat helped me to get some of the things I at first overlooked. Every other thing here is an allegory in some way. Nothing should be taken literally and plot logic, by extension, takes a backseat. Story itself, only truly awed me in Nadeko arc, though there were amazing moments throughout, as well as amazing art that surpasses S1.";
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/* Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14175/"]:after {
content: "Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home: \a \a I was hoping it would be better than the series in the same was K-On! movie was better than its series, because it was less SoL and more actual plot of something actually happening. Unfortunately HI movie suffers from same problem as anime, SoL is too SoL-ish and irrelevant, or at least in too large of a quantity. But, same as series, it did mess with some pretty great themes and they were covered surprisingly good considering the time allotted. Along with top level production, and pretty good direction, it makes parts of it quite compelling. But that's the problem, movie doesn't feel as one consistent whole, and doesn't feel compelling as a whole. Only individual scenes and mini arcs do. So it's not great, but it's totally okay, is what I'm saying I guess, same like series.";
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/* Planetes*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/329/"]:after {
content: "Planetes: \a \a There are no stars! (most of the time, and when there are, it's just a few dots) No cell phones! But on the up side no sound in space and on moon. 1-7 6, 8-11 7, 11-15 8, 16-end 9, or in other words, it doesn't start very good, and I was considering dropping it due to often being bored by episodic nature and simplicity of plot. But in second half it gets considerably better, and much less episodic. \a \a Thematic messages are really well articulated, but I don't necessarily agree with all of them. But I'm not sure if that's something I should consider a flaw or not... There are parts where a lot of buildup is suddenly dropped in favor of rather simple and quick resolution. They somehow didn't feel exactly right. The reason I picked this up was that it was written by Okouchi, the guy behind Code Geass, but also behind horribleness that is Valvrave (there are many mysteries in this world and this is one of the bigger ones). \a \a Planetes looks spectacular considering it's from 2003. It's amazing that they actually did it in full HD back then. Music was obviously done by same artist and choir as Code Geass, so that was fun. There were some fun parallels with Code Geass style wise, but other than that they're not much alike. Planetes is as un-anime as anime can get, without becoming the Frankenstein monster that is Aku no Hana. It's also as seinen as can get, so that's a big plus. By adults, starring adults, for adults. None of usual annoying adolescent anime tropes. Romance was at first unexpectedly good, but then the realism of it kind extinguishes its awesomeness so it's no longer heart arresting but rather just too normal or too real or something, though not bad. Characterisation and acting are spectacular. Characters are so flawed you gonna wish they weren't so flawed. But it does make them seem very human and very unique. Overall it's not exactly great, but due to it's goals being so complex/worthy, and style unique, it kinda is. But due to boring-ish first half, kinda isn't? Dunno... \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a I was a bit annoyed at the end how much Tanabe was willing to sacrifice herself for Hachimaki. He didn't deserve it, considering the way he treated her in second half. Thematic message here implies how women should take all the shit thrown at them, and still completely sacrifice their own life for their husband's sake. It's a very conservative and traditionalist message, or implication of norm, and as much as it's part of their culture, it's hard not to be bothered by it. It's not the only message though. There's an interesting conflict with space development vs treating poverty. Space development wins out, as it should, but the argument's on its side could have been much better. Right now the argument is just something like that we can't stop advancing our civilisation and conquering new frontiers. As okay as argument as it is, it doesn't address any of the points raised against it. Where simple comparison of military budget vs space budget clearly dismisses the poverty counter argument entirely. Lunarian best girl. I was disappointed Hachi and Tanabe both didn't commit murder (and get karmic shitstorm to deal with), though I suppose I'm just spoiled by Urobuchi in that regard. But Hachi's situation regarding that was teased to the point where twist didn't make sense anymore. And Tanabe in that oxygen situation, her kindness shattered my disbelief. Who the hell would (not) do that?!";
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/* Senyuu.*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/15751/"]:after {
content: "Senyuu.: \a \a A short. Craziness for the sake of craziness. It's great at first but loses some of its appeal down the road.";
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/* Genshiken*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/240/"]:after {
content: "Genshiken: \a \a I'm really glad I gave this a shot. At first it seemed like old production and slow pacing will be the death of me, but halfway through first episode great writing just shines through and it's smooth sailing from there on. It's amazing how realistic this show is, considering it's themes and genre. The only downside is the genre/plot itself since the SoL setting doesn't leave much room for anything too memorable. Characters here are not just great, they're as real as characters get. Which is both funny, and the main point of this show, considering it's an anime about otakus. Heavily recommended if you're even slightly interested in its themes, as it shows otaku culture in a different and more real light than any other anime out there. It doesn't shy away from showing the ''truth'' of the situation, in other words, it doesn't pander to otaku audience, it shows the reality of it with both its joys and flaws hoping to instead catch them on showing something they can identify with, while still offering a character that outsiders can identify with, someone like Penny in Big Bang Theory, except that this doesn't make fun of otakus to pander to mainstream audience like BBT does. It's more like IT Crowd regarding respect and showing it how it is. Note that it isn't focused on comedy. Its greatness stems purely from good writing and a fresh approach, in my opinion.";
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/* Aiura*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17082/"]:after {
content: "Aiura: \a \a It would be great if openings and endings aren't so intermixed with the show, considering the show lasts like 3 minutes per episode. It's just annoying to have to constantly skip openings and endings. For a SoL no plot healing show it has surprisingly good art and animation quality, and that's mostly its only redeeming quality, coupled with a few very moe scenes.";
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/* GJ-bu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/14811/"]:after {
content: "GJ-bu: \a \a I kinda listened to it twice, rather than watched it, while I was working, but I'd alt tab occasionally when things seemed interesting, so I pretty much saw all the best scenes that make this worth seeing. Other than some of those deadly-moe and kinda funny scenes, most of it is pretty bland and has no plot, as is to be expected from a slice of life moe healing show. Characters seem decent, considering the genre. The biggest downfall for me was slow pacing, as I get bored with SoL (lack of) plot in combination with slow pacing.";
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/* D-Frag!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20031/"]:after {
content: "D-Frag!: \a \a Heavily recommended to pretty much everyone, bonus points if you're a geek/gamer/otaku or anything of the sort. One of the funniest anime of all time. It's so good I'm actually picking up the manga after I finished it, due to Brain's Base not having reputation for giving their shows second seasons.";
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/* Mikakunin de Shinkoukei*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20541/"]:after {
content: "Mikakunin de Shinkoukei: \a \a By the studio behind YuruYuri, so if you liked that you'll like this. Overall I loved it, especially the OP and ED. The only downside for me was that humor started to get slightly stale in second half, as the jokes got a bit repetitive. Benio fawning over Mashiro is only funny the first 20 or so times. It wasn't bad though, since every episode made me laugh more than once, while having its fair share of moe. I remember having a terrible day couple of weeks ago and a single new episode of this made everything all right with the world again. ";
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/* Nourin*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18095/"]:after {
content: "Nourin: \a \a I was first going to give this 8/10 for being too perverted, but it just kept being so god damn hilarious, and I looked forward to it so much every week that anything under 9/10 just wouldn't do. Nourin is crazy crazy fun, you just have to see the episode 9, it's priceless. This show takes all the usual overused romcom school anime tropes and dials them up to 11, then to 12, then to 13... \a \a Nourin is like Sakurasou on steroids, or cocaine, or crystal meth or maybe all that together. It's also very comparable to NouCome, though it's actually less perverted. Other than that, the art style is particularly pleasant with beautiful backdrops.";
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/* Log Horizon*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17265/"]:after {
content: "Log Horizon: \a \a Could have been 10/10 if second held up and wrapped up the story, but no such luck. This has been steadily improving throughout the first season, kinda like Code Geass, and it's complexity is increasing as well, and protagonist is a guy that thinks 20 moves ahead, so there's also that, and then there are at least two more comparable characters, though none is even close to being a ripoff. \a \a The writing in this show pretty great when when it comes to first season, though it's what I like to call macro writing. As later when I read the novels I realized micro level writing isn't very good, but great direction of the first season makes up for it perfectly. \a \a Half the girls are best girls. The characters are very well fleshed out and unique and they really carry the show. Plot is definitely interesting, and it deserves special props for having well explained battles with clear stakes that actually make sense in terms of game mechanics. My only worry is that second season won't explore the backstory of what actually happened in the real world. (Worry that later came true) \a \a SAO kinda sucked at that, but at least it tried. Log Horizon just isn't showing any signs, any spotlighting that those matters will be addressed. But in a show this well written, it seems impossible to even presume that such thing would be left unexplained (I was naive back when I wrote this). \a \a I was expecting the second season teaser at the end would tease exactly that, but it teased the deepening of ingame matters, increasing the richness of the world and cast further. But hey, it's kinda how Code Geass did stuff, second season just picked up at an incredible pace and went on to successfully expand upon the world, introduce even more new characters, explain everything and provide most memorable ending of all times. Can Log Horizon do that? There seems to be a potential for it, so I'm really hoping it won't be wasted. (LH doesn't seem interested in doing that after all, after watching second season I doubt author himself knows what's actually going on in the real world)";
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/* Puni Puni Poemii*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/564/"]:after {
content: "Puni Puni Poemii: \a \a Excel Saga specials that last an hour. They're actually crazier than Excel Saga, yeah, it's like, a whole new realm of crazy. 4th wall is just getting trainwrecked here, and results are hilarious. The amount of meta humor is incredible, so it's not for everyone.";
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/* Kill la Kill*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18679/"]:after {
content: "Kill la Kill: \a \a Visual fanservicey trollphysics action spectacle filled to the brim with allegories and metaphors that magnificently and artistically communicate some of the most amazing social and cultural criticism I've seen. Negative aspect would be that even though most fanservice was actually relevant to themes and messages, some of it felt unnecessary, though it may have merely served the purpose of consistency for all I know. Another unavoidable downside is entry barrier due to seriousness of the themes, as well as style, it takes someone who is aware enough to grasp the metaphors and understand the value of themes and ideas that are being put forward, as well as someone who is seasoned enough with media, art, or anime, to be able to digest its somewhat unique style. Though knowing why exactly this is supposed to be awesome, by reading a couple of reviews, as well as trusting the creators, does wonders, or at least it did for me. I didn't get it at first and even disliked it after one episode, it took some aforementioned research and few more episodes for me to recognise its worth and start enjoying it fully.";
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/* Nagi no Asukara*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16067/"]:after {
content: "Nagi no Asukara: \a \a I have complicated feelings about this one, to the point where I don't even understand it myself. I was the first to defend its lack of plot logic in the early episodes, but even I got bothered by how the plot logic just felt way too convenient throughout the show, which was a bit immersion breaking for me, made the world look artificial. It's a pity since a large part of world could have worked even in hard sf setting with sufficient explanations (like different planet, sea not actually being water and having much lower density, etc). Having a mention of land actually being Japan, and a mention of science in the form of publishing papers, which was mentioned at one point, as well as existence of computers and such, along with realistic characterisation, pushes the setting too close to realism and contrasts too harshly with all the magical convenient ways the plot later works. \a \a Being a romance drama, it obviously relies the most on having great characters and having the viewer feel for them. For the majority of the show I felt for the characters and everything worked out nicely, but in some situations I (unlike most other viewers, to my surprise) did find some of their behavior stupid which made me angry and messed with my immersion again. Some characters I loved all the way through, like Miuna, which I did not expect would end up being the best girl for me. There is a great point around the middle of the show where I loved it the most. Another slight issue I had with it was that I would have liked it to have been even more conclusive, in a feelgood sense. Why is it so hard to animate a warm hug in the certain couple's case? Things like that made the ending feel like a beautiful poem that lacks a period after the last sentence. Yeah, it matters that little and that much at the same time, depending on your level of OCD, or in this case on how much personal romantic satisfaction you expect to get from a romance drama anime. Regardless, ending was wrapped up rather nicely all things considered. \a \a All those flaws really don't matter much in the face of how heart piercingly beautiful this show is when it comes to visuals. Romance dramas that aren't comedies tend to have boredom as their number one enemy. Nagi no Asukara deals with this rather well, so even if plot is often SoL in nature, it's mostly engaging and only rarely does pacing falter. 0% fanservice is commendable, and due to genre and studio, some of it feels like Hanasaku Iroha did, except better in all regards, especially in having more romance. Though romance wasn't romantic in a feelgood way (pander to me dammit!), it's objectively romantic, as number of confessions is definitely high, but it often doesn't feel romantic enough, as it lacks that feelgood romance that's present in Toradora, Golden Time, or Sakurasou for example, yet it also lacks the fuck-you-you're-gonna-cry-now drama of Ef or Clannad. Or rather, it does have it, but disproportionately little compared to those examples. One could even say romance is a bit too realistic here, something 5cm/sec suffered way more from. Though that's hardly a bad thing, but merely a matter of personal taste. \a \a How is this still kinda amazing after all that? It's due to unique setting, spectacular visuals and what appears to be great character writing.";
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/* Golden Time*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17895/"]:after {
content: "Golden Time: \a \a Toradora 2.0 hell yeah! I loved everything about it, it was as great of a rollercoaster as Toradora was, and it was sufficiently different from it to really stand on it's own as something unique. Characters and their interactions felt so amazingly natural, and plot was never boring, while often very engaging. Story delivered in every department. Drama was heart wrenching, humor was outstanding, and romance was rich and satisfying. All three felt tastefully balanced. \a \a Themes, messages and ideas are crystal clear to the point of being almost life changing, and the story truly shows them, yet never ever tells them. Best of all, is that it's not merely a story about romance, it explores much more, and does so in a very compelling way. Another thing I loved about it was that it was mold-breaking, romance-anime-wise, which was truly refreshing. Yuyuko Takemiya, welcome to my top-3-writers all time list. \a \a reddit c/p that expressed my opinion as well:\a Honestly I just can't put into words how satisfying that was. It was just like Toradora!, perfect ending. I'm just so pleased with where this series went. It made me cry, it made me laugh my guts out and overall it made me fall in love. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a I'll string some reddit comments here: The bridge is the symbolic place in this show, it signifies transition. All the events that had to happen , had to happen in that bridge. Ghost Banri wasn't really his past memories, rather a manifestation on the past Banri. Even though Banri tried to move forward he kept getting held back by trying to figure out his emotions between his present self and past self. Same with Linda, instead of moving forward she kept getting stuck between what she really felt for Banri as opposed to what she used to feel for him, as well as she developed self loathing for what happened to him, she blamed herself for his accident. Meanwhile now the bridge is a point of transition. Linda realizes Banri (The Present Self) loves Koko, and she accepts it. Thus letting go of her past self (Ghost Linda) and Banri let's go of his past self (Ghost Banri), it's all symbolic about their past feelings finally allowed to float away, while the present characters move forward. Everything started on that bridge, and now that bridge symbolizes transition, a passage to a new future. In the end everyone is happy letting go of their past, Koko learns to love . Also water in literature and film symbolizes rebirth, when you see a character submerge in water or be drenched in it, it means a new beginning, none the less Ghost Banri went into the river and salvaged the ring. The physical ring however was never lost. If you remember in the previous episodes (22 or 23) he pocketed the ring in a black hoodie. He ''lost'' the ring on the bridge in a grey hoodie, and gave the ring to koko in a black hoodie. Therefore the ring he lost in the grey hoodie was merely symbolic and that event did not happen in the physical world.";
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/* Takanashi Rikka Kai: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19021/"]:after {
content: "Takanashi Rikka Kai: Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: \a \a 15 minutes of original content, rest is tl;dr of first season. Neat way to remind oneself what went on in first season before starting the second one, assuming it's been considerable time since one has seen first season, as in my case. However, OC is good enough to warrant checking this out just for those 15 or so minutes. Nothing relevant to the story though, just fun and visuals that look totally amazing.";
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/* Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18671/"]:after {
content: "Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren: \a \a You know how Haruhi's first season was really good but then second season kinda sucked? KyoAni does it again, unfortunately. But as with Haruhi, for fans of the franchise it's definitely something worth checking out, as it's still cute, funny, fun to watch and amazingly drawn. It's only the overarching narrative that's weak. In other words, don't go in this expecting the continuation of the actual story as you'll be disappointed. Also, cliche-anime-romance level is too damn high. Main highlight is that cuteness of the new character is out of this world, and she's kinda fun. It's interesting that probably the most dramatic scene is nearly the same as the most dramatic scene of Nagi no Asukara.";
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/* Neon Genesis Evangelion*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30/"]:after {
content: "Neon Genesis Evangelion + The End of Evangelion: \a \a It was cool spotting all the little things that inspired elements of shows to come, such as Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, even Saya no Uta. OP is just awesome. There were parts of Eva that I really loved, parts that I kinda hated, parts that made no sense, so coming to any final conclusion about this is tricky as I'm not sure when my Eva-induced headache is gonna be passing. There were definitely some things about it that were too what-the-fuck-am-I-watching, so I can't say I understood all of it. Actually, that level of how hard some of it is to grasp, makes me think that maybe those weren't presented or explained optimally. Kill la Kill is how I like my allegory, when the crucial parts are hard to miss. \a \a Another downfall in Eva was religion. It's full of christian (and kabbalah) symbolism and blatantly preaches existence of souls. Anyways, I later confirmed that all of that is merely pretentious and adds nothing to show's actual themes and goals, it's just there to look or sound cool, as if this show needed to be more confusing then it already was. So it wasn't just me not getting it, it's actually ungettable. heh... \a \a What makes Eva special and kinda awesome, is how hard it tries to examine the human condition, and how it uses its characters to do so, and even how freakin far it's willing to go illustrate the human condition, and it indeed paints a most vivid illustration of it. More specifically it deals with connections between humans. It also illustrates depression and various other states of mind rather well. The infamous ending really takes everything up to eleven and ''I don't even...'' factor is... headache...";
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/* Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/32/"]:after {
content: "Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion: \a \a Final ''episode'' of Evangelion.";
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/* Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6347/"]:after {
content: "Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: \a \a Silly comedy, sometimes it's pretty good, but often the jokes are too overdone, too low brow, too simple. Its craziness is only thing it has going for it, but even that isn't that great. Characters might be its only redeeming feature.";
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/* Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/5682/"]:after {
content: "Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom: \a \a If Psycho Pass is Minority Report done right, then Phantom is The Bourne Identity done right, or at least for the first 20 or so episodes, which are pretty much masterpiece and I enjoyed them immensely. And then last arc totally screws it all up. Well, not totally, but enough for it to matter. Soundtrack was splendid, there were many exceptional tracks that worked miracles with setting the mood, but then there's one black sheep track that felt so incredibly off. Interestingly enough art had similar feel, very well pulled off, except sometimes on rare occasions it would seem cheap, but it's okay, all things considered. The way dash of romance was so very subtly interweaved with the serious and dark plot was likely my favorite thing about all this. My issues with last arc: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a I hated how after time skip, everyone looked exactly the same except Cal, who suddenly looked 8 years older. It was a super mega immersion breaker for me. And the fact I hated her character twist didn't help at all. Seriously, that character twist just felt so off, like she's suddenly whole different person and nothing that happened so far mattered. Also the overused trope of over exaggerated misunderstanding was lame in Code Geass but Phantom somehow managed to make it even lamer with Reiji not even attempting to communicate his point of view. I understand it's one aspect of J culture but god damnit it's still dumb as fuck. That bullet in the epilogue was so bad it was good. Plus he had it coming. Wasting that kid and having Karma as opening and insert theme song was a death flag if I ever saw one. I almost thought we were in for a twist with nothing happening in the end but hey whatever, it's fine either way with me. But Elen's reaction hardly made any sense then so... yeah... stupid semi-ambiguous endings being semi-weird. Ah whatever, it's nothing in the face of how terrible Cal's development felt for me. The darkness of whole show was uplifting, interesting, immersive, shocking, but at that point it just became depressing, sad and lame. However, since it's Urobuchi, even a screwed up arc still had some coherency and kinda worked well enough to not destroy the show. At least Elen-Reiji dynamic still worked wonderfully, and the whole school setting twist was unexpected and hence fun. The fancy-suit-Reji from second to last arc was likely the coolest thing ever.";
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/* Tamayura*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9055/"]:after {
content: "Tamayura: \a \a Above average healing moe show. It's actually pretty watchable, nice and relaxing without being boring. It's no K-On but it's pretty good. Still, only for fans of the genre. I liked that it was about photography so it wasn't just ordinary SoL but actually had a theme that was even decently covered.";
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/* Cowboy Bebop*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1/"]:after {
content: "Cowboy Bebop: \a \a Well, that was all over the place. I think I finally ''got'' this series just about the time I finished it... maybe, I mean, I now kinda get how it's great and unique in a way. That there's a reason it's held in high regards. But I can't ignore that I was pretty much bored by at least a third of it. What I disliked about it: old production means it's slow. Seriously, 120-130% seems like natural playback speed in most cases. It's very episodic, and one of things I most like about serious anime is that they're often not episodic. However, it's hard to call Bebop serious. At times it's downright trolling the viewer, similar as Champloo (also by Watanabe). Troll moments and episodes were probably my favorite parts as I felt they were comical and really effective given the setting. Then there are many ''serious'' episodes that just cover some minor side story, and I found most of them boring. Most of them would provide some minor character or plot development and rely on rule of cool a lot, as nearly all action is spectacle, often with trollphysics included. Not in TTGL sense, but not too far either. It takes some getting used to since setting and style appear quite serious/real. \a \a Then there are episodes that really develop and explore a particular character, and even episodes that explore serious topics and cover them surprisingly well. I felt that characters took forever to develop, which resulted in me only feeling attached to them by the time of ending episodes. Naturally, it made me enjoy the last third of the anime more, and pretty great ending only adds to it. Animation is great for its time, but it's really aged and I can't say I didn't mind. I think I would have enjoyed it much more if it was less episodic, picked up the pace, cut out a third of the episodes, and switch focus from being all over the place to comedy, at least in earlier episodes. It's similar to Champloo in many ways, but I definitely liked Champloo better.";
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/* Pale Cocoon*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/770/"]:after {
content: "Pale Cocoon: \a \a I was bothered by over-reuse of cg stock footage and slow pacing. If something lasts 20 minutes and has slow pacing you practically end up not doing much. There were certainly some compelling themes and great visuals there, but I felt it lacked narrative.";
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/* Redline*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/6675/"]:after {
content: "Redline: \a \a Worth a watch for how awesome the races and soundtrack are. Rule of cool all the way motherfucka! No seriously, this is some of the coolest shit in the galaxy. Intro sequence might have been a bit too good, setting the bar slightly too high. So the finale ended up being maybe just a little bit more awesome. A lot of it was great, but there are some over-the-fucking-top racing action scenes that are just pure enjoyment to experience. Think FFVII Advent Children level of awesome, the only difference being this is all 2D and there's less of it than in FF. But the rest of it was surprisingly good as well.";
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/* Eve no Jikan (Movie)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/7465/"]:after {
content: "Eve no Jikan (Movie): \a \a I really really loved this. I mean really really. And even though ending had some closure, I felt lot of things ended up being unaddressed, some plot threads even dropped, and the character relationship I found most compelling only half explored. That last remark was my only big issue with this, I really really wanted to see more development there. That, along with plot threads about cracking down on them, were two most promising directions, and I was dying to see them unravel. But then they kinda got half-wrapped up quickly just barely enough to make it passable and ending capitalizes upon a thread that was only raised just recently? Ok sure it was grounded in character that was here from beginning, and his character development was spectacular there, but it wasn't our protagonist. That has to be a significant part of why ending didn't feel like an ending to me. To me it seems like this screams for a sequel. I feel as if I've seen only the first season of Code Geass or something. I need more of this, it's way too good! How is there not more?! Argh... \a \a What I loved about it... ah well everything else literally. Art and direction are beyond words. Themes are amazing and I love the way they are naturally explored through character interactions. Pacing is perfect. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a Due to Tex (THX) incident, and spy (Setoro) witnessing it, organisation launch a full scale crackdown on gray zone gathering places. Sammy gets captured in the process, but the rest manage to escape. Using Rikou's newfound understanding and implied love for Sammy, as well as Masaki's knowledge of robot law, and a help from Time of Eve regulars they're harbouring, they manage to rescue Sammy before her memory is wiped and suppression circuit restored. Nagi somehow plays a key role in this. \a Back during the Katoran incident, introduce plot thread that is key to finale in some way (to make it more relevant to overall story). While rescuing Sammy we learn the suppression circuit was necessary because the only way to bring androids to this level of sophistication was to model their minds to how our minds work, which comes with individuality. Masaki's father goes through a personality twist, that sprouts from the seeds of spying on Tex-Masaki (current finale). It's what makes the rescue of Sammy possible at the last second. After the public reveal about suppression circuits, public is leaning against institution and with Masaki's help, new bill of robot rights comes to pass and Androids of certain version and up, that have similar minds to ours, are legally protected from abuse. \a \a Time of Eve becomes legal and is reconstituted. After Rikou almost lost Sammy, they reunite with a crying hug, Rikou realises how much she's grown on him. Upon his suggestion, she starts behaving normally outside as if she was in Time of Eve (as it's now legal/okay to do so). Half of androids had their memories erased before the organisation is quelled, one of them happened to be Shimei. In Time of Eve, the regulars reintroduce Shimei to everything, and he slowly redevelops his usual self. \a Rikou teaches Sammy to play piano, she's still not good at it but she's slowly improving and Rikou's attention makes her really happy. There is a bond of platonic love between Rokou and Sammy, that hints at maybe becoming more than that. Naoko ends up stalking her brother and discovering the Time of Eve. Show the look of wonder in her eyes as she glances across the room. Roll credits.";
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/* Sakura Trick*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20047/"]:after {
content: "Sakura Trick: \a \a Flagship of the 2014 year of yuri. If you're here for cute highschool girls kissing and doing cute things while occasionally being funny, you're gonna have a good time. Otherwise move along, nothing to see here.";
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/* Blassreiter*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/3407/"]:after {
content: "Blassreiter: \a \a I guess even Urobuchi has got to start somewhere. It was actually a pretty interesting watch, seeing his type of characters and themes being in an anime that is overall quite bad. There were definitely some great Urobuchi traits to it, and the whole thing felt like it was coherent. But when one steps back and takes a look at it as a whole, it's just not a good anime and it's hard to say why exactly. I could guess that it wasn't inspired enough, and different production aspects just didn't come together. Maybe director is to blame? Not sure....";
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/* Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11977/"]:after {
content: "Madoka Magica Movie 1: \a \a First Madoka movie, adaptation of the first two thirds of the series, rather than half. This means it's much more fast paced than the series, which is great when you're trying to sell the show to someone. There was only one scene that I missed from the series that wasn't present in the movie, everything else felt accounted for and pacing even though it was fast, didn't feel too fast. Interestingly it makes the second movie's pacing much slower than than the series version, which gives the climax the time to really shine and feel well rounded. Arguably, it was too fast paced in the anime, and movie fixes that. It does make me wonder if pacing might be too slow now. But I do usually prefer faster pacing and I did watch the series version way to many times to be unbiased. Objectively, if someone came that far they won't care if the pacing slows down, in fact, my guess would be they'd prefer it, as it would feel like a better pay off for the investment (longer more elaborate climax). Considering the non-episodic nature of the series storytelling, 2 movies do seem like a better format for it so it's what I'll be recommending to people. from now on. But if you want my thoughts on Madoka, do look at my comment for the series, as I felt copy/pasting all of that here would have been pointless.";
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/* Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 2: Eien no Monogatari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11979/"]:after {
content: "Madoka Magica Movie 2: \a \a Second Madoka movie. Look at comment for the first movie.";
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/* Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11981/"]:after {
content: "Madoka Magica Movie 3: Rebelion: \a \a Urobuchi best writer. How does he come up with this stuff? Just wow, I didn't think a sequel to Madoka would be something that could actually work. Way to prove me wrong Urobuchi. Even more so considering he didn't plan the sequel from the start, but rather it was something he was tasked to write after the show was finished. Color me impressed. \a \a more of my impressions in this reddit thread: https://redd.it/2gzbxs";
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/* Umineko no Naku Koro ni*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/4896/"]:after {
content: "Umineko no Naku Koro ni: \a \a I do agree with everyone that this is quite bad, especially compared to Higurashi. But even on it's own it just fails at many places. One thing that bothered me the most was how hard it was to follow at times, and I thought the core concept/plot device of their duel was ridiculous on it's own to the point where it stretched my suspension of disbelief too far. The looping of events didn't help at all and caused the feeling of lack of freshness and progression.";
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/* Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/160/"]:after {
content: "Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku: \a \a I felt the pacing was that which sucked the most, and the story itself was borderline watchable. I guess that pacing is to be expected with a show this old. But I guess the story felt too naive somehow, almost like it's not meant for adults in way.";
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/* No Game No Life*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19815/"]:after {
content: "No Game No Life: \a \a Fanservice might be the only downside but everything else is perfect in my eyes. Even the fanservice is funny and well executed, regardless of being overabundant. I loved the cleverness of the writing and unique vibrant art style. Can't wait for more, as it's an adaptation of an ongoing novel series.";
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/* Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19685/"]:after {
content: "Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara: \a \a There is a genre twist before the final arc, that if I told you about, you'd want to watch it but you'd curse me for spoiling it for you. Unfortunately, it's craziness prevails still, so by the time you finish, you won't really know what the hell you just watched. I know I don't, and I know I couldn't find anyone on reddit who does. Funny how I didn't really mind all that much. So... this harem is so harem it implodes upon its haremness and becomes a superb parody of the genre while actually being really funny in the process.";
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/* Isshuukan Friends*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21327/"]:after {
content: "Isshuukan Friends: \a \a SoL that teases romance but never delivers and never aspires to be anything more than SoL whose main point is moe. I like moe but I don't like boring. Sure Fujimiya was cute but that in itself just isn't enough for me. If only the comedy was... existent, but no. I'm a bit shocked this was as popular as it was and even more so seeing its final score.";
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/* Gokukoku no Brynhildr*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21431/"]:after {
content: "Gokukoku no Brynhildr: \a \a First 8 or so episodes felt expertly written. It was bordering a masterpiece, especially considering the hold it had on me, it would pretty much be the first anime I'd watch as soon as it aired that season as I just had to find out what will happen next ASAP. Unfortunately final arc just goes downhill and kinda ruins it. Still worth it for wubwubs and first half I suppose. \a \a It's adaptation of the manga whose author and writer is the same guy behind Elfen Lied, so I recommend watching the censored version unless gore is your thing. All things considered I though Brynhildr was a considerable improvement, especially considering some of their shared themes. Ah, almost forgot the blatant fanservice, yeah, there's that, but it's also different from typical dumb harem service due to being somewhat self aware and playing with the tropes a bit.";
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/* Date A Live II*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/19163/"]:after {
content: "Date A Live II: \a \a Improves upon the first season. \a \a Nobody agrees with me on this though. Well, you're all obviously wrong and I'm the only one who's right!. \a \a Anyways, there's Kurumi. Is this not what you are here for?";
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/* Black Bullet*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20787/"]:after {
content: "Black Bullet: \a \a I came to see what's up, got my hopes up for amazing production and setting, almost left for shitty writing, but then stayed for cuteness, ridiculousness and fun action. I regret nothing.";
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/* Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21561/"]:after {
content: "Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin: \a \a I though the setting was possibly a bit too crazy/convenient but this show somehow makes it work. And every time I thought it was getting bad it would plot twist into actually being great all along. Great pacing, clever mystery writing, good comedy, excellent art and production. I really really want a sequel, as the story is unfinished right now.";
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/* Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10491/"]:after {
content: "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira: \a \a Wow that fanservice in first episode... I don't even... I'll understand if anyone drops it there, but in case you can handle it, it actually kinda turns to a sort of a ploit point and afterwards offers a couple of service-free episodes, some silly, some kinda cool. Oh well, it's higurashi cast and universe so even if it's nothing special it's still pretty great.";
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/* Sword Art Online: Extra Edition*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20021/"]:after {
content: "Sword Art Online: Extra Edition: \a \a Bridge between seasons, rather good if you only consider the parts that aren't flashbacks, and there's maybe 20-30minutes of that. Does include above average fanservice though.";
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/* Nisekoi*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18897/"]:after {
content: "Nisekoi: \a \a Bobduh dropped it right away and claims the writing is crap, so just to get that out of the way. Now for my take on it (and hell if I'm not bigger expert than him in this particular subgenre!). What's great about this? Visual design of characters and especially their expressions, the background art which has just the right amount of shaft added to it, the Shinbo direction, and hence the perfect pacing and punctual humor. Seriously, I laughed out loud pretty much every single episode, often multiple times per episode. So this can get compared with shows such as Sakurasou or Toradora, as it's a rom com with one guy and 2+ girls. So harem undertone, while not really being a harem. Except Nisekoi later departs from that and falls more in line with general harems. \a \a But unlike mentioned, Nisekoi focuses on the comedy element, while downplaying drama and romance. That's not to say drama and romance aren't there or important, it's just that it's more about humor instead. And I think it even uses that to justify it's lack of progress and bad writing in romance and drama departments. \a \a And for a time it's all good, it's really funny and you just keep counting how many times drama and romance got thrown under a bus to maintain the status quo while covering it up with humor and just a little bit of perceived progression. And in the first half, it really feels like there is progression, even though for every two steps forward we keep taking one step back and then also sidetracking for a bit. In the second half however, the amount of time some random shit excuses the progression just to maintain status quo just gets old and no longer something that's easily forgivable. \a \a Manga is still ongoing so at least saying this isn't technically a spoiler: Writing feels biased towards a particular girl, and if that's the girl you're cheering on, and you're just here for some humor, pretty visuals and emotional fanservice, then more power to you, and you'll probably love this show if you aren't bothered by cheesy writing. It might make you realise how good Sakurasou actually is when it comes to actually having themes and drama! Bashing continues in spoilers section: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a This show is written completely in favor of Chitoge. Most of the moments shared between Onodera and Raku come about from Onodera mustering up her courage to ask him for something, and there isn't any conflict to build chemistry from. Instead there's a lot of romantic tension which gets misinterpreted because they're not supposed to like each other. On the other hand, whenever there's a crisis, Raku always resolves it by dashing to Chitoge. All his agency is directed towards showing Chitoge that he cares. Raku and Onodera will never have any chance to have a genuine emotional connection, while Chitoge get generous helpings every episode. \a \a What bothers me most is I know how it's gonna end and there's no suspense. The show is basically: watch as we tease Onodera and slowly ruin her dreams of ever being with Raku, while Chitoge achingly slowly learns to be honest with herself. And that becomes more and more apparent as the show goes on, making me as an Onodera fan, more and more unable to enjoy the show at all, even though I found the first 5 or so episodes supremely entertaining, and whole first half generally quite enjoyable. By the time of last two episodes, I found it borderline unwatchable. I don't think I'll be picking up the sequel in any form. The way show is now treating Onodera is just too painful to watch. \a \a Edit: I bumped this up to 7 and picked up the second season. Yes ladies and gentlemen you just witnessed someone on the internet change his mind. It comes down to expectations really. Once you make peace with this being an eternal tease where nothing ever progresses, it's possible to detach from romantic drama and enjoy it for its humor, craziness and cute girls, where it excels!";
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/* Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20973/"]:after {
content: "Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda: \a \a That was actually pretty good, though there were times where I found it too crazy or too confusing and random, for the most part it dealt with meaningful themes and tied them up perfectly in the end, and actually made more sense than it should have. Though it's sometimes hard to look through its silliness and see the narrative beneath. So yeah, very creative, great writing, great comedy, unique and commendable art style. You need to get past the skimpy outfits though, as some characters are just set on hating clothes. Bobduh recommends this as well, and I recommend his writeups on this show. Also that third episode is legendary so there's that.";
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/* Mekakucity Actors*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21603/"]:after {
content: "Mekakucity Actors: \a \a Impressions: Shinbo going all out on this one. Better be perceptive as fuck. Final impression: wow. Replay value: 11/10. \a \a It's absolutely gorgeous, in ef/madoka/monogatari stylized kind of way (Shaft, 'duh). There's so much plot here that after 12 episodes I feel I've gotten 30 episodes worth of plot, and pacing didn't even feel rushed, absurdly enough. I was barely able to follow it due to the way story is told, and my crap memory. I had to rewind and rewatch a lot, even go back up to 2 episodes, just to not lose track of everything that's going on at the moment. That alone made 12 episodes last much longer than that, and OP/ED being just that damn good didn't help make the experience shorter either. But all that's pretty great. I usually don't appreciate convoluted storytelling, but here it seemed perfectly suitable. That said, I'm pretty sure myself from 3 years ago would not have been able to appreciate half of what this show is. This show has a lot to tell, on a thematic level. Quality writing galore. And it's both deep and inspiring. Music is another thing that stands out, ost is amazing and distinctive, and given that whole thing comes forth from Kagerou Project, insert songs are not only great, but perfectly tied into the story. Humor is perfect. Fanservice non existent. \a \a So it's not an easy watch, either be prepared to pay actual attention, or bring along a veteran of this show. Style of story mostly reminded me of monogataris, but that's merely to say it's serious theme driven fantasy. It may even rely on allegory significantly less than monogataris from what I gathered at least. Now if you'll excuse this shit review, I have to go read some real ones to find out that I probably only got half of the show or something. But seriously, it had those Ergo Proxy moments of ''Oh now I get it... I think... wait, no I don't.'', mostly my own fault I suppose, but it does get funky at times. Though nothing significant that I haven't figured out by the ending. I still feel I'd have to rewatch it once again before I'd be able to retell the plot in a coherent way. Think Angel Beats finale for example. \a \a That wonderful irony of seeing this theme expressed via anime. Funny how perfect of an audience otaku culture makes for this. It's the like the anti anime of anime. Where majority of the medium is busy reinforcing the otaku way of life and indulging in various things, Mekakucity Actors dares to perform a perfect bait and switch in this regard. I'm sure it left some harder nuts disappointed, those that it didn't leave confused at least. But for me it both hit close to home and felt both inspiring and meaningful, exactly as stories are supposed to do.";
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/* Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21863/"]:after {
content: "Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to The Animation: \a \a Short little silly comedy, but surprisingly fun considering how dirty, short and silly it is.";
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/* Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21273/"]:after {
content: "Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?: \a \a Moe, moe and some more moe, with a tiny sliver of unnecessary fanservice. But it's okay, show is so god damn lovely it's easy to look the other way. SoL is handled extremely well in that it felt fun and relaxing as opposed to plotless and boring.";
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/* Aldnoah.Zero*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22729/"]:after {
content: "Aldnoah.Zero: \a \a Urobuchi wrote the first 3 episodes, making them spectacular. The rest of the show slowly departs from what Urobuchi set out for it, requiring more and more disbelief as it goes on longer, but if you can offer it that suspension, it's actually really enjoyable, and features some really engaging scenes. The greatest thing about it are really soundtrack and insane production quality that mesh together perfectly. Second season however completely abandons Urobuchi's outline and goes on to blatantly betray everything the first one promised, making me drop it right away.";
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/* Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/20509/"]:after {
content: "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!: \a \a Only the second season of the best Fate show ever.";
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/* Selector Infected WIXOSS*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22273/"]:after {
content: "Selector Infected WIXOSS: \a \a Dropped it first time after an episode as I'm not a fan of TCG and it looked aimed towards fans. Then picked it up again as I've heard it had some dark drama ala Madoka. But I ended up not really liking it in the end, story and drama just didn't work for me. I can't even put my finger down on why it was bad. Its was more like it's bad because it's not good, and dark drama needs to be good in order not to suck, as it needs to really deserve it's dramatic moments. Maybe it's the absurdity of setting, dunno. Though there were some really intriguing Yuzuki plot threads that made me want to continue watching, but show kinda just goes the other way. I don't even feel like picking up the second season, as I feel it would be more of the same.";
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/* Barakamon*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22789/"]:after {
content: "Barakamon: \a \a Sometimes it's a bit slow, but it's enjoyable as it has worthwhile drama and thematic exploration besides the SoL. Also Naru.";
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/* Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) - Prologue*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27821/"]:after {
content: "Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) - Prologue: \a \a Just an intro episode of the show classified as it's own show because reasons.";
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/* Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (TV)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22865/"]:after {
content: "Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (TV): \a \a A true hidden gem among comedy anime. The fact it's not fully adapted, and likely won't ever be is an earth shattering disaster, mildly put. Even if you hate harems, this is something you have a give a try because harem is kind of just a pretext for it and it's rather subversive about it. Give it a few episodes at least, as I've seen many drop it after the first one, before the show has the time to establish itself. You wouldn't want to miss out on Yurika, best girl 2014.";
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/* Tamako Love Story*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21647/"]:after {
content: "Tamako Love Story: \a \a Thought it had couple of slow moments, overall it was well paced and even though story-wise it was nothing new and was played as straight as possible, I felt the execution was spot on. And so was the humor. It was exactly what the show needed as its finale.";
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/* Hunter x Hunter (2011)*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11061/"]:after {
content: "Hunter x Hunter (2011): \a \a There is nothing I could write that could do this justice. But it's the kind of show that's extremely highly regarded and rated, because for shounen fans it's the best shounen they've ever seen, and for shounen haters like myself, the undeniable quality writing just leaves them unable to hate it or drop it. I did have to go and watch it in 1.5-2x timelapse mode since the shounen pacing doesn't suit me. So -1 because it's shounen, and -1 because I would have liked the faster pacing and having it condensed in less episodes.";
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/* Shinsekai Yori*/
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13125/"]:after {
content: "Shinsekai Yori: \a \a Borderline 10/10 really. It makes its point beautifully, world is innovative, story has a compelling SF theme. Timeskips mean a lot of actual story and nice pacing which is great. Art style felt unique, and production quality was great. Really dark show with deep themes and emotional moments. Very self aware and strong in plot logic until 70% in, when plot logic starts taking a nosedive. Which was my only actual issue I guess. Other one maybe being that some of the heavy themes introduced seemed like they would be dealt with more, but show ended up focusing on another theme which it decided would be central, and it kinda forgoes many of the earlier ones. But I'm not sure show introducing themes a, b and c, but ending up focusing only on c, is actually a downside at all. It's just that I would have liked to see say theme b* tackled more, that made me just slightly disappointed to see it abandoned. \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a Plot logic issues: \a How come fiends just happen to have faulty death feedback, something that's written in the human DNA. Logically, it should take mental insanity disorder to coincide with random mutation that would disable the death feedback. Chances of this happening are insanely low, and it wasn't spotlighted since there was no exposition of fiends appearing every now and then, and dying from death feedback. People just randomly going mental is dubious enough as it is.\a Existence of actual soul in an SF. Dammit Shun.\a Fighting fiend with bioweapon seems suicidal and nonsensical, why is nobody pointing it out, is it because the knowledge of what bacteria are has been lost? It doesn't seem likely considering the minoshiro library databases and other kinds of knowledge that was preserved.\a The way bioweapon was introduced clumsily (out of nowhere).\a If someone were to sacrifice themselves (death feedback) to kill the fiend, it's dubious literally noone would be able to overcome the conditioning of not hurting other people, especially free thinkers from group 1, or anyone using a workaround method: actual gun, or cantus bullet like projectile, or deadly trap. At the end of the day why not just toss the fiend a few kilometres away like Satoru tossed Saki to save her from the gas explosion. Surely anyone could do this as it's by definition not deadly against a cantus user.\a Why didn't Tomiko (by far the most knowledgeable) know about the bio-weapon and/or tried to acquire/use it in the past (she stated that only option against fiend is to run), and more importantly, why isn't any character asking this question?\a How did local queerats manage to track down Maria and Mamoru when it was implied they ran very far away. At the very least, lacks foreshadowing that they didn't really run that far away. \a Why did Saki forget that Maria isn't actually dead but that her death was faked? Also what's with the DNA confirmation Tomiko mentioned? Was she just lying/playing along?\a episode 24: \a  >not using cantus to play terraria with that cave system (something that was demonstrated both possible and easy in early episodes (even a kid could do it))\a  >needing a mirror to realise your skin isn't brown and wrinkled and that you dont have fangs and do have a lot of red hair.\a  >at this distance psychobuster will infect both satoru and the fiend. implying you somehow know the AOE of the airborn bacteria. Implying you cant manipulate wind.\a  >14:46 wait, why are we still alive? \a \a * By theme b, I meant the brave-new-world theme, treatment of children that is, conditioning, hiding information, lying to them, erasing their memories, disposing of them. Never did the show resolve to it as bad or show it change, or show it as something that really needs to change. There was only a natural implication of how bad it is, but in the end it doesn't even get a mention, and it appears show just considers it necessary. Again, this is more of a personal quirk I had with it, rather something actually bad. I suppose focus needed to be kept on theme c, how monstrous we, the upper class, can be in our treatment of lower ones. \a \a And reddit c/p from a comment, a final thing for me that is holding this from 10/10: \a''Most of all, though, the ending was way too vaguely optimistic. Their society was pretty nasty, but there were very important reasons for that, and no alternatives presented here.'' ";
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/* Hanayamata */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21681/"]:after {
content: "Hanayamata: \a \a A little bit underwhelming as I was hoping for more given how nice production quality and direction looked, but it did decide to be just an SoL with occasional half earned drama. Finale was pretty good though, and the whole thing delivered on cuteness of course.";
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/* Jinsei */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23121/"]:after {
content: "Jinsei: \a \a Under-appreciated anime of the year. Other than some fanservice and solving-problems parts being a bit boring, rest was mostly really fun and engaging as far as school club comedies go. I really loved how the characters were done.";
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/* Amagi Brilliant Park */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22147/"]:after {
content: "Amagi Brilliant Park: \a \a Everyone seems to love this, I just barely liked it. I feel KyoAni should have used their talents elsewhere, and not is some fanservicey comedy with little to no plot and drama. Considering this was same studio+writer combo that brought us Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, this felt underwhelming by comparison.";
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/* Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/24705/"]:after {
content: "Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu.: \a \a It's kinda like Nyaruko considering how crazy and self conscious it is in a good way. Too bad production quality around the late middle episodes was outsourced to korea, and it looks so ridiculously bad it almost does a full circle into looking good again. For example, weapon and outfit randomly changing color from one cut to the next. Still totally worth watching if you like crazy fun.";
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/* Zankyou no Terror */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23283/"]:after {
content: "Zankyou no Terror: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a Some reddit comments I liked copied/paraphrased: I don't understand all the talk of Five being a weak part of the plot. First of all, she was necessary to showing what the result of the experimentation on the children did when they finally succeeded. They thought they'd be able to create genius savants that would be ''superhuman'' tools for the government and what they got was a socially distorted person whose condition only led her to obsess over defeating Nine at something because he always beat her at games in the settlement. Everything else in the settlement was made to be a chore without joy, even eating, so I imagine competition and playing games was one of the only things she knew how to derive any joy from when she left. Unfortunately, she also had experienced so much trauma and was so mentally corrupted by the whole process they'd done to her that she also developed an obsession with getting revenge on nine and twelve for abandoning her when they escaped the facility. She pulled that whole stunt with the ferris wheel making twelve betray nine so that nine would have to feel her pain of being betrayed and alone. Just like with Unit 731 in WWII, when the US discovered the horrifying truth of what Japan had been doing with human experimentation, they opted not to prosecute them in front of the world and make the information public so they could TAKE the results of the research and keep them confidential for their own military use. In this show, the US discovered corruption, decided they'd rather take Five than expose the Athena plan to the world, and they got more than they bargained for in that. This show depicts American foreign policy very accurately. No matter how you look at it, Five is one of the children from the establishment, and the sole ''success'' of the research. Five's wickedness was entirely meant to be perceived as a result of the experimentation. She doesn't realize what she is doing is wrong, perhaps until the very end when she doesn't go through with finishing off Nine, which makes her a victim more than a villain. The true villains of this story are the corrupt Japanese and American governments. It makes you ask yourself a lot of questions about real life, and that right there is the essence of good storytelling. \a \a I think Lisa is actually a great character as well. The idea of being alone because you ran away from a sadistic torture-training experiment isn't too relatable. However, in Lisa's case, the idea of being alone because school-life is miserable, your parents are nuts, and you really have no one to turn to, is much more relatable. So just by her being next to 9 and 12 you see how their problems aren't too different and they've gone through some similar trains of thought to the point where 12 and Lisa fall for each other. Lisa knew he understood and that he was there for her (which she couldn't figure out until the end). By having Lisa by their side, they made the insane emotions that must be felt by 9 and 12, something the audience could more easily empathize with. And not only that, but you can see she has the feelings of worthlessness that I think most people experience at one point in their lives, but her feelings were multiplied by her unfortunate life, and then we see her struggling with it through her experience with 9 and 12. And she never really does much, but 12 still goes after her in the ferris wheel. This both humanizes 12 incredibly, but also shows, that worthiness isn't measured only in what you do, but who you really are. At the end both 9 and 12 were happy just having Lisa as she was, just being there. Then after the year had passed Lisa had said she thought she'd never be able to talk about it, but then she easily shares with Shibazaki that bit about VON meaning hope. It was very intentional that line was given to her as she found she could also have hope in her life (which could also been seen in the fact that she is still stable a year after the all of this considering she was borderline suicidal before hand).";
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/* Hanamonogatari */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21855/"]:after {
content: "Hanamonogatari: \a \a Kanbaru exists on the knife edge of young adulthood, stranded between a past that seems like it belongs to someone else and a future with no signposts or visible goals. ~bobduh. wrongeverytime.com/2014/09/29/hanamonogatari-and-the-crossroads/";
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/* Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/25159/"]:after {
content: "Inou-Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de: \a \a Best romcom since Sakurasou. Too bad, this too is unfinished, since the LN are ongoing.";
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/* Free!: Eternal Summer */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22265/"]:after {
content: "Free!: Eternal Summer: \a \a Interesting 180 twist on the theme from the first season, I actually really liked that, especially the ending episodes. However, the rest of it had too much boring SoL / generic swimming and forced drama.";
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/* Sora no Method */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23209/"]:after {
content: "Sora no Method: \a \a ''I am not going to tell you why I am mad: The Show'' - Direction, animation, scenery, music, moe, are all so freaking spectacular, and then show gets utterly ruined by bad writing. Argh! Still, due to the rest of the things being spectacular, it's still quite watchable and even occasionally enjoyable. I had a hard time not smiling like an idiot 50% of the time just from how cute this was.";
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/* Gatchaman Crowds */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18229/"]:after {
content: "Gatchaman Crowds: \a \a Almost a masterpiece, especially as it nears the end. But for the first two thirds it kinda felt 8 or 9 /10 and I guess I shouldn't ignore that in my final score, despite the themes and messages being absolutely amazing and right up my alley. c/p segment from bobduh's review to give you the general idea: \a \a ...The message is already clear - the old, tired forms of heroism are not relevant or useful here. \a \a A lesser show would spread that ''deconstruction'' out across twelve episodes and call it a day. But Gatchaman is not that show - Gatchaman can barely raise an idea before immediately questioning and discarding it. So what is Gatchaman about? \a \a The internet! Well, certain necessary corollaries of the internet existing. And leadership! And the meaning of heroism. And human nature! And gamification. And crowdsourcing. And communication. And transparency. And... \a \a Alright, you get the picture. This show is as exuberant about themes as Hajime is about life, so let's just take it from the top and see if we can parse this thing.";
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/* Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/26349/"]:after {
content: "Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken: \a \a One wouldnt expect a little short random 3 min per episode anime that came out of nowhere to be so endearing.";
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/* Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23289/"]:after {
content: "Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: \a \a This is all about the Chiyo's character design and cuteness really. Though it starts off as an amazing self aware parody/deconstruction of the shoujo genre, it kinda stalls off with that and devolves into yet another SoL comedy with little to no romance and little to no actual plot, just occasional mini character arcs and gags. Many of the characters didn't really interest me, and show chose to pursue their development where I wanted the show to focus more on Chiyo and Nozaki, hence disappointment, hence slightly lower score.";
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/* Psycho-Pass 2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23281/"]:after {
content: "Psycho-Pass 2: \a \a I was tricked into watching this thinking Urobuchi wrote it. Turns out it's just a fanfic. Cool thing being I actually figured out that there's no way Urobuchi wrote this by the episode 7, as work essentially just leapt from SF to dumb fantasy in a very different way from how Urobuchi handles suspension of disbelief. He never pulls off something that requires that much suspension of disbelief at once - if he wants to genre shift and introduce borderline insane concepts and ideas that usually require lot of suspension of disbelief, he does it in small masterful increments such that even I can't find room to complain.";
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/* Glasslip */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23079/"]:after {
content: "Glasslip: \a \a The amount of hate for this show is staggering, its extremely low score almost made me pass on it. So while I did set my expectations low, I ended up really enjoying everything about it. And that's despite being completely oblivious to its allegories. I guess I was a bit bothered by ambiguity of the ending but I didn't find it nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be. \a \a My friend pitman (as well as many others I'm sure) think Glasslip is boring, but that view is completely beyond me, especially since those people like ''just relax back and enjoy the cute moe'' no-plot healing type of shows. I don't see how can Glasslip then be more boring than those, when it has some romance drama on top of gorgeously drawn SoL setting and moegirls  to hnng for really strongly. Hell, I feel it could be a show just about watching Sachi read  and I'd enjoy it just for how pretty and cute it is. \a \a Pitman was also bothered by Glasslip trying to have some sort of love polygon that he felt was too convoluted and introduced some super natural plot device that wasn't explained \a \a To which I answered that Glasslip actually straightens out the love polygon rather quickly and it boils down to 3 pairs. Everyone seems to be bothered by the supernatural element, funny since everyone says almost the same thing about Golden Time supernatural element. I didn't mind either, as I understood that they weren't actually supernatural elements but were rather just meant as creative artistic expression of something that can't easily be expressed otherwise. In Golden Time it's representation of what it feels like to have split personality. Having the other personality drawn and animated characterizes it as a separate entity, something that wouldn't work nearly as well with just ''hearing a voice in his head''. In case of Glasslip: \a \a Reddit quote: Because of their love, because of their fears, and because of their sensitive nature, Touko and Kakeru experience and share their emotions through imagination, otherwise known as ''fragments of the future''. It has nothing to do with alternate worlds, fates, other dimensions, timelines, or other bullshit - it's just their vivid imagination. They learn about each other and about each other's feelings and emotions this way. \a \a Funny enough, Kill la Kill is what opened me up to enjoying this type of allegorical/non-literal storytelling (as well as some of bobduh's writeups possibly). I used to dislike it before hand, though I still do if it's completely over my head like in Yuri Kuma Arashi since that just makes me feel stupid for not getting absolutely anything at all...";
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/* Kantai Collection: KanColle */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21511/"]:after {
content: "Kantai Collection: KanColle: \a \a Despite it's absurd premise it's a nice comedy with great production values that is entertaining to watch. It has two problems though, one is melodrama which is borderline at first but gets a bit worse later, and the story leading up to ending and ending itself felt badly directed and underwhelming. Show hinted at wanting to explore deeper themes at times but just tries to cheaply squeeze some drama out of it and never follows through on any of the thematic exploration. In the end it's just a moe action comedy with fights against generic evil, with great character lineup and amazing character designs and voices, rather enjoyable if you can ignore the bad writing / lack of actual story. ";
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/* Absolute Duo */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/25397/"]:after {
content: "Absolute Duo: \a \a At first it's like this show does every single trope on the planet, and still manages to be barely cringeworthy, well animated, and really entertaining. Congrats Absolute Duo on sucking, but not sucking. But then the second half comes and it devolves into generic shitty action ecchi harem. Although it does have Julie throughout, and romance between her and MC in the first half is HNNG as hell, and Julie herself is just insanely adorable. So with animation being kinda actually good, and Julie being among the cutest girls ever, it's not a total waste at least.";
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/* Dog Days'' */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16385/"]:after {
content: "Dog Days'': \a \a Amazing first 3 and last 4 episodes, with middle 5 episodes being mostly lame 1-offs full of bad fanservice.";
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}

/* Genshiken 2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/2508/"]:after {
content: "Genshiken 2: \a \a It had like 2 good episodes that lived up to original but rest were just increasingly more boring.";
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}

/* Grisaia no Kajitsu */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17729/"]:after {
content: "Grisaia no Kajitsu: \a \a I was putting off watching Grisaia until I finished all the VN routes, which I've been slowly plowing through for maybe 5 months now (that thing is insanely long!). So I got Makina then Amane then Sacchi then Yumiko, and since I found Yumiko's route a bit underwhelming I figured I'll skip out on Michiru's route since I didn't expect it to be much better, given that majority hail Amane and Makina routes as best with Sachi close second, leaving Sakaki and Michiru in the least best category. So I finally picked up and watched the anime. \a \a VN-wise, Angelic Howl is my favorite part, even though I had some issues with events post 15th day. Sacchi ending being my second favorite part, and I thought Makina had a fun story arc. \a \a Anime-wise, I loved that they at least didn't butcher Angelic Howl as much, but I still found it underwhelming compared to VN, since all the details in VN are what really made Angel Howl work for me. I was surprised they went and made so many anime original scenes all across the board, but I suppose the most important parts were left relatively untouched, so overall, it was awesome to see some of Grisaia actually animated. \a \a And of course, Kazuki best girl.";
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/* Junketsu no Maria */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/26441/"]:after {
content: "Junketsu no Maria: \a \a > Looks at title and genres \a > Huh this seems like it might be bad enough to be good \a > Picks up \a \a  WHY SUCH GOOD WRITING AND CHARACTERS?! \a \a > this show is directed by Goro Taniguchi, the same man behind Planetes and Code Geass. \a \a OH, THAT'S WHY.";
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/* Shirobako */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/25835/"]:after {
content: "Shirobako: \a \a Yo dawg I herd you like meta so we put meta in your meta... \a \a I hardly expected a story about a workplace could be this well executed. It's actually a story about starting to work, first encountering the workforce culture and striving for something together. It's pretty much among my favorite themes as well, as I can relate with nearly everything in this show, joining the workforce relatively recently myself. And working in a studio no less. So I'm way too biased to objectively look at this show. \a \a Why is Shirobako masterpiece? Because it was never boring or annoying, it always made sense, it would just take you along on a ride, make you forget yourself. Perfect writing and perfect direction with perfect execution. \a \a P.A.Works is known for being totally random when it comes to picking their writers, but direction and production are a constant which makes me love them so much. It's clear that everyone working on this show was super passionate about it, and gave their very best. For having no discernable flaws and being super fun, engaging and compelling, 10/10.";
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/* Kaze Tachinu */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/16662/"]:after {
content: "Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises): \a \a It has some really beautiful moments, but on the other hand I found some of it boring even though I was watching it at 150% since I couldn't handle its sluggish oldschool style. The lead in to the romance felt a bit rushed, and the whole romance thing felt a little bit... unnecessary maybe? Idk I thought it was going to be a drama about his passion for aeronautics and it kinda was, though in that context romance didn't feel like it fit. And this idea of following his work, just wasn't dramatic enough. It was okay I guess, and it was really beautiful at places, but it hardly made me feel like it was telling me an immersive and interesting story that I really cared about. So I guess what this really was is a biopic of sorts, lending sense to the romance bit, and as such it comes down to 7 in my eyes in comparison to my fav biopic movie of Malcom X that I found far more memorable, moving and dynamic.";
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/* Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23277/"]:after {
content: "Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata: \a \a That poor 4th wall... \a \a Well that was pretty much a masterpiece that would have gotten 10/10 from me if not for the the currently-unfinished and fanservice flags in combination. Service was mostly tasteful but really overabundant in some situations. Pretty much everything else is nothing short of amazing. Art/voice/music/direction seemed perfect. Sharp self aware writing, use of spotlighting, genre-savy characters, general meta-ness, and spot-on humor  really stand out to make this really really enjoyable and very awesome. You'd have to really hate anything harem-like to dislike this.";
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}

/* Koufuku Graffiti */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/24629/"]:after {
content: "Koufuku Graffiti: \a \a 2015 shall go down in history as the year that brought the concept of moe foodporn into existence.";
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}

/* Log Horizon 2nd Season */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23321/"]:after {
content: "Log Horizon 2nd Season: \a \a I take back anything I ever said about this writer actually being any good at writing. He just had a lucky strike with the first season, and even that has shitty writing on micro level, which amazing direction covered for perfectly. Reading those LNs enlightened me about that. \a \a Second season should have been where the shit finally hits the fan, and where we learn and explore all about what's REALLY going on, quicken up the pacing, resolve character relationships, and then go a bit beyond and have an epic thematic wrap up. Instead we get what's essentially a bunch of fillers because author is too big of a sissy to let go of his new cash cow. Where we should have at least gotten cool fights we got epic studio Deen budget of $10 per episode. Which also meant instead of cute characters we know and love, we got some deformed monsters take their place. Alright not quite THAT bad, but at places it felt like it. Not all of second season was horrible, but too much of it was for me, and the worst part is that it just kept spiraling downwards just further betraying my hopeful expectations. First season introduces best OTP Crusty and Lenessia, and then second season just entirely sidelines them. Oh, and why not return to the most unlikable character no one cares about, Demikas, and dedicate third of the season to his character development for no damn reason whatsoever. \a \a So it might sound like a 1/10 raging review, somewhat in contrast with the grade I picked. This is mostly due to this still being Log Horizon world and cast from a loved show. There were some interesting developments like all the moon stuff, even though I would have preferred it see explored deeper and faster. Some of the raiding and action was fun as well, despite actual mechanics of the fights not even being near what first season offered in terms of clear stakes and well explained mechanics. Environments were their usual post apocalyptic overgrown prettiness I love so much. Also Tetra. At least until she devolved to a broken record of single joke character like so many others (I'm looking at you Naotsugu!) \a \a #TeamMinorin!";
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}

/* plamemo
 The fact that they have artificial superhumans who go berserk after their expiration date taking care of little kids is stupid in and of itself. 
*/

/* Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/13391/"]:after {
content: "Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise: \a \a I don't remember last time I had this much difficulty picking between 10 and 9. On one hand, based Urobuchi does SF the way I like it and writes a compelling story with great characters. On the other hand, lackluster direction decides we need unnecessary fanservice for some reason, and what's worse, the idea also permeates the very character design itself when it comes to our protagonist. Going with iconic Kugumiya Rie for her stroke me as a strange choice, and I'm still not sure how much it fits, but I guess it fits well enough. It's hard to be objective there knowing all her previous roles and having it color the casting choice. \a \a That's half the issue, the other half is jarring use of CG for character animation, which has inconsistent quality, so even though it sometimes looks actually really good, more often than not it looks... strange, a bit stiff and unnatural. Even the framing of character animation shots seemed off at here and there. Having character animation seem almost amateur at places really really hurts immersion, more specifically it makes them seem less human when they don't move like humans. I'm not hating on CG in general, it's just that it's not yet at the level of 2D animation when it comes to nuance of anime character expressions. It'll get there, but it's not there yet, not completely. Or maybe their budget just wasn't high enough? Maybe they thought  allocating it to action scenes took priority? Well it did make for quite spectacular action scenes I must admit, and quite a lot of them. \a \a It was very interesting seeing a whole original Urobuchi story told in a movie format, format much shorter than all of his previous works. It almost felt as slight disappointment for not exploring characters deeper and fleshing out the world some more, things I started associating with his writing only due the format of his writing up to this point, but then I remembered it was standard length a movie. \a \a It felt original, was awe inducing, thrilling, inspiring and thought provoking. Can hardly ask for more story wise.";
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/* Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23273/"]:after {
content: "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: \a \a This deserves even less of a grade story wise, as the writing felt really bad. Pacing was awful and a metric fuckton of flashbacks didn't help the pacing either. This might have worked a lot better in 12 episode format, if not 6 episode format... I mean since it's not actually progressing the plot 80% of the time. But it did have some memorable and amazingly executed musical performances. Just watch first 4 episodes to see those, and experience the fun introductory parts before the pacing starts going downhill. You can take episode 4 ending as your own cannon ending and that's that, nothing more to see here, move along. That is, if you're cynical to the point where bad direction coupled with bad writing (melodrama), renders you unable to really enjoy a show. \a \a Surprisingly enough, most people enjoy it nevertheless. I'd personally ascribe this to amazing art, amazing music, and... Kaori being a lovely character? And I guess some scenes were rather good, not all of them sucked. For me the biggest culprit was pacing and going off on tangents that didn't seem to progress plot in any meaningful way. I'm absolutely appalled romance like this one gets rank #13 MAL rating, while Golden Time, actual mature well written well paced romance thousand times better, with actual romantic progression and development, unlike this one, gets shunned to rank #640. \a \a I guess one could argue this is actually about music conveying emotions, not so much about romance. And I'd almost agree, if most people didn't exalt it for its emotional impact based off of romance. People have problems with Tada Banri? Arima Kousei is infinitely more dense, it's simply enraging how dense he is.";
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/* Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/76/"]:after {
content: "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: \a \a Epilogue was sweet and cuteness was nice. Some of the character development wasn't too bad. Everything else (barring character design and voiceacting) was pretty terrible tbh, especially pacing, direction and story.";
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}

/* Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/77/"]:after {
content: "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's: \a \a Considerably better than first season, but then again, considerably better than bad doesn't mean good. In other words, this season wasn't painful to watch. I still had to fast forward to alleviate oldschool anime pacing issues, but the story was a bit more than just a plain one note cliche, and action was surprisingly enough over the top, and I mean well directed/animated over the top. Sure it's a just a powerfantasy fanservice of sorts in the vein of powerlevels going over 9000, but it's well executed making it fun to watch.";
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/* Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/22297/"]:after {
content: "Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV): \a \a All of you fanboys, this low grade, along with my annoyance, is as much your fault as is writer's! You made me expect a masterpiece, yet this is but a single stairstep above your everyday fantasy shounen. I kinda hated the writing, as I found it had a plethora of bad writing indicators, such as lack of foreshadowing and various asspulls. It felt like everything was happening for the sake of the plot, rather than it being a natural progression of events. I'll have to go into spoilers to continue: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a Perfect example of how shitty the writing this had, was the death and episode of Illya. First she appears early on, just to play the cliche as all hell card of villain who will not defeat the good guys now but will come back some other time because reasons. Then she's pointlessly totally gone from the plot for the longest time, not because that would make sense, but because the plot demanded it,... just to be back for her death episode. So since writers didn't think any of this through they were like ''oh shit we forgot to develop her character or make her relevant in any way, quick, throw in a tearjerker flashback deathflag just before we murder her to get the viewers to care and get emotional''. This is just one example of some of the cheapest writing I've ever seen. And to find this in a show that is hailed as a masterpiece from one the most esteemed VN franchises of all time, just blew my mind. \a \a I probably shouldn't even go into how little sense plot logic makes, with the Shirou Archer causal relationship and whatnot. But I wouldn't let mere plot logic ruin things for me,... rather it was Shirou's character arc that did it. Disregarding the fact he should have died in nearly every single episode, the story practically becomes about his internal conflict of wanting to be the hero of justice. Excuse me while I turn off this shounen red alert that just went of..... *click* there we go, now I can hear myself think again. Conflict where he is ''forced'' to face the fact that facing the fact that he can't save everyone (cause saving someone sometimes means not saving someone else) will make him lose track of this childhood ideal of his. Yes, read that sentence again. No, it still doesn't make sense. Plus it's somewhat of an irresponsible message hinting that change, as in growing up and changing your mind, is bad. While this can be an interesting and meaningful theme, I can't imagine it being dealt with worse than here. It basically came down to not wanting to grow up being a good thing somehow? Otaku pandering much? Like, suppose your adult self traveled back in time and told you you're wrong about some things. You'd be sane to believe him right? Providing you know the situation to be genuine. But no, not in Fate universe. Here, spouting shounen nonsense at your older self actually makes you fight stronger! Ooh, our shounen protagonist has to deal with drama and character development and whatnot... oh wait, that doesn't automatically make said drama and development any good whatsoever. Who would have thought? And by the way, your reward for being a dumbass shounen protagonist is this super awesome girl that likes you because this was originally a servicey VN in which heroine has to fall for the protagonist regardless of it making sense. \a \a Not that I mind having romance, in fact, watching Rin be Rin and go all tsun tsun in various SoL situations pretty much made the show. Well, that and the out of this fucking world animation and production budget. Based ufotable. You made this clusterfuck of a story watchable and occasionally really enjoyable, kudos. You deserve Mt.Fuji sized cookie. \a \a And to go on a slight tangent: Fate/Zero on the other hand is basically Urobuchi saying ''oh look, cool premise, let's see how it would look if writing didn't suck''. But even then, fantasy shounen-ish setting can only get you so far, hence why first season for both is a bit disappointing, mainly due to all the status quo-ing. Zero gets rather awesome in second season, while UBW tries to get awesome but falls flat on it's face, still somehow managing to at least stay interesting enough. Actually the reason I enjoyed second season/half of UBW a bit more is due to both more pretty action, and story becoming more complicated, so keeping track of all the nonsense that's going on was actually rather amusing. Plus the nonsense got even more nonsensical, in a ''so bad it's good'' kinda way.";
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/* Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) 2nd Season */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28701/"]:after {
content: "Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) 2nd Season: \a \a All of you fanboys, this low grade, along with my annoyance, is as much your fault as is writer's! You made me expect a masterpiece, yet this is but a single stairstep above your everyday fantasy shounen. I kinda hated the writing, as I found it had a plethora of bad writing indicators, such as lack of foreshadowing and various asspulls. It felt like everything was happening for the sake of the plot, rather than it being a natural progression of events. I'll have to go into spoilers to continue: \a \a SPOILERS AHEAD: \a \a Perfect example of how shitty the writing this had, was the death and episode of Illya. First she appears early on, just to play the cliche as all hell card of villain who will not defeat the good guys now but will come back some other time because reasons. Then she's pointlessly totally gone from the plot for the longest time, not because that would make sense, but because the plot demanded it,... just to be back for her death episode. So since writers didn't think any of this through they were like ''oh shit we forgot to develop her character or make her relevant in any way, quick, throw in a tearjerker flashback deathflag just before we murder her to get the viewers to care and get emotional''. This is just one example of some of the cheapest writing I've ever seen. And to find this in a show that is hailed as a masterpiece from one the most esteemed VN franchises of all time, just blew my mind. \a \a I probably shouldn't even go into how little sense plot logic makes, with the Shirou Archer causal relationship and whatnot. But I wouldn't let mere plot logic ruin things for me,... rather it was Shirou's character arc that did it. Disregarding the fact he should have died in nearly every single episode, the story practically becomes about his internal conflict of wanting to be the hero of justice. Excuse me while I turn off this shounen red alert that just went of..... *click* there we go, now I can hear myself think again. Conflict where he is ''forced'' to face the fact that facing the fact that he can't save everyone (cause saving someone sometimes means not saving someone else) will make him lose track of this childhood ideal of his. Yes, read that sentence again. No, it still doesn't make sense. Plus it's somewhat of an irresponsible message hinting that change, as in growing up and changing your mind, is bad. While this can be an interesting and meaningful theme, I can't imagine it being dealt with worse than here. It basically came down to not wanting to grow up being a good thing somehow? Otaku pandering much? Like, suppose your adult self traveled back in time and told you you're wrong about some things. You'd be sane to believe him right? Providing you know the situation to be genuine. But no, not in Fate universe. Here, spouting shounen nonsense at your older self actually makes you fight stronger! Ooh, our shounen protagonist has to deal with drama and character development and whatnot... oh wait, that doesn't automatically make said drama and development any good whatsoever. Who would have thought? And by the way, your reward for being a dumbass shounen protagonist is this super awesome girl that likes you because this was originally a servicey VN in which heroine has to fall for the protagonist regardless of it making sense. \a \a Not that I mind having romance, in fact, watching Rin be Rin and go all tsun tsun in various SoL situations pretty much made the show. Well, that and the out of this fucking world animation and production budget. Based ufotable. You made this clusterfuck of a story watchable and occasionally really enjoyable, kudos. You deserve Mt.Fuji sized cookie. \a \a And to go on a slight tangent: Fate/Zero on the other hand is basically Urobuchi saying ''oh look, cool premise, let's see how it would look if writing didn't suck''. But even then, fantasy shounen-ish setting can only get you so far, hence why first season for both is a bit disappointing, mainly due to all the status quo-ing. Zero gets rather awesome in second season, while UBW tries to get awesome but falls flat on it's face, still somehow managing to at least stay interesting enough. Actually the reason I enjoyed second season/half of UBW a bit more is due to both more pretty action, and story becoming more complicated, so keeping track of all the nonsense that's going on was actually rather amusing. Plus the nonsense got even more nonsensical, in a ''so bad it's good'' kinda way.";
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/* Nisekoi: */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27787/"]:after {
content: "Nisekoi:: \a \a I give up Nisekoi, you win.";
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}

/* Plastic Memories */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27775/"]:after {
content: "Plastic Memories: \a \a Funny gags, great production and direction, as well as cool character cast are what make it enjoyable and worth watching. You'll have to abandon a lot of plot logic to be able to enjoy it, as similarly to NagiAsu, any logic in worldbuilding is completely subject to whims of the plot. Plot which unfortunately has both pretty bad writing, as well as pretty bad stereotypes. And not bad stereotypes in the ''tsundere'' sense, nah, those aren't bad or good, those are just tropes at this point. I'm talking bad cultural stereotypes. While it might be in line with j romance culture and otaku romance mentality, it doesn't make it any less unhealthy as a perpetuating norm. More specifically, the scenes in first half where Michiru is sticking her nose into other people's romance business like it's her sacred duty to make sure nobody dares think of anyone else in a romantic sense as that would be lewd and inappropriate. It's not the act itself that's really bad, it's how she perceives it as a social norm and story doesn't go on to deal with it in any way. An unhealthy norm to propagate, since it only staggers the potential real life romances by not inspiring the viewers to be honest with themselves and others. Right, enough of that. \a \a This is hardly the most important reason for why writing here has issues. It's mostly the first half of the show, nearly all the little one off episodes with their mini stories that revolve around clients. They should be there to provide context for our main characters interactions, not to make us cry every single episode. Expecting the viewers to cry at your cue for every little thing like that, for characters they only just met, both fails to work and leaves a sour aftertaste. So instead of sad and dramatic, it comes off as incredibly cheap and melodramatic. I almost wanted to drop the show at that point, but I didn't since those little side stories obviously aren't the actual point of the show, but just badly handled fillers and exposition. \a \a In case of Plastic Memories, it all depended on how last third would be handled, will it be as shitty as writing demonstrated so far, or will they actually pull it off well in some way? I was 50/50 about what to expect. Show up to that point has shown a lot of very good micro-writing, well executed gags and pretty much every slice of life scene was on point. And there's something to be said about making slice of life scenes not boring. If you can pull that off, you kinda know what you're doing, as a studio. Luckily, they didn't opt for melodrama in the end, but went for the low hanging fruit of playing it straight. So while the story is nothing new, nothing unexpected, nothing special in any way, and rather predictable, writing felt well handled in the last third of the show, and together with top of the line direction and production, delivered on what pretty much everyone expected and was here for. So I'd say PlaMemo succeeds at what it sets out to do, hence the favorable rating. I personally enjoyed it (once it stopped with the fillers) since this is what I was here for as well: non boring moe romance with great production and some feels on top, that also isn't braindead but also has couple of things to say about life, which even though generic, are quite resonant and well executed, leaving an overall good impression.";
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/* Sword Art Online II */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21881/"]:after {
content: "Sword Art Online II: \a \a If after first season, someone told me I'd end up as an actual fan of Reki Kawahara (SAO writer), I'd give them the are-you-insane look. \a \a Everything production wise is as great as it used to be, plus the choice of setting are pretty great as well, plus writing is actually good, great even. It really shows how the first season is something author wrote back in highschool or something, while second season is work of someone who's become a professional writer. Hands down proof that writing isn't just talent but a skill that can be learned.";
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/* Show By Rock!! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27441/"]:after {
content: "Show By Rock!!: \a \a Fantasy, ultra cute girls, animal ears, great characters, great male characters!, great writing, actual drama, good comedy, yuri undertones, great music, amazing animation, great pacing... etc. You'll just have to get used to music segments being cartoony 3D CG style. It's a bit weird at first, but nothing that one can't get used to, and those segments being amazingly animated actually helps a lot with that.";
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/* Hibike! Euphonium: */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27989/"]:after {
content: "Hibike! Euphonium: \a \a I don't know what's with KyoAni lately, but they keep undershooting my expectations. KnK had shitty writing, Free2 was riddled with melodrama and both it and Chuuni overstayed their welcome, Amagi Brilliant Park was the fanservicey kind of nonsense I'd expect JC Staff to pick up, and Hibike Euphonium was kinda boring, despite not having bad writing and production. It was really great at first, but then it never picked up the pace. I know I said I wished K-On had more actual music, but applying this to orchestral music here didn't really do anything for me. Each time show dealt with actual music and practice I just wanted it to skip to the character development, conflict and drama instead, or even random comedy gags. Didn't think I'd see the day when I'd call the music in KyoAni show mediocre. I don't hate orchestral, nor do I particularly like it, but I do love modern orchestral. And this wasn't modern at all, and I feel it would have benefited from it. \a \a As far as the actual story goes, there's nothing to talk about, as it's LN based and suffers from being underdeveloped and unfinished. We met some characters, learned about their relationships, there was some ship tease, some drama, half of which was okay, half of it meh, then there was a lot of practicing and a concert finale and... that's it really, nothing touching, nothing memorable, nothing engaging or compelling, at least to me. There wasn't enough conflict, and what conflict there was most often felt petty. I suppose it was a story about trying really hard, but that theme has been so overdone by shounens that I'm kinda tired of it, and Euphonium doesn't really make a compelling case for it. It's just okay regardless of how I look at it. \a \a The highlight of the show is that it had some characters that were really really great, namely Kumiko, Reina and Asuka, which pretty much carried the show. I also loved the way Noboru was portrayed, but I can't help feeling his character wasn't explored enough to realize its potential. Kumiko-Reina relationship was by far my favorite part of Euphonium, so not having any of that really resolved by the end felt rather disheartening. Overall, an okay show is not what I would expect from KyoAni.";
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/* Houkago no Pleiades */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/17919/"]:after {
content: "Houkago no Pleiades: \a \a Magical girls x astronomy x quantum mechanics? Hell yeah!! Similarly to Mekakucity Actors, it's a bit hard to follow at places, and forget-about-plot-logic storytelling style isn't for everyone. It feels like a show for more seasoned viewers with more refined tastes, but also a show incompatible with cynical viewers, which many of the seasoned viewers have a tendency to become. This is what I believe is the reason behind this show's low average score and popularity. I believe ''just enjoy it'' works best as for how to approach this show. There was a but a single plot logic point I had issue with, everything else felt plausible enough. \a \a Also this fantasy show thinks it's an SF in a best way possible. Think hpmor for example, though that should hardly ever be compared to anything. As far as writing goes, it was damn near perfect, hit all the right spots and wrapped up real nicely. I've heard people complain the show is slow to start, but I didn't feel like that at all. What I think those people were missing, is trust in the show's writing. I guess you could blame it for not being a masterpiece straight off the bat. Rather it was just really good, and only around fourth episode did the show convince me it means business.";
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/* Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23847/"]:after {
content: "Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku: \a \a Improvement upon the first season. Suffers from being unfinished. Now it just needs to be finished for a chance to realize its masterpiece potential.";
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/* Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23269/"]:after {
content: "Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic: \a \a Improvement upon the first season, in that it handles humor better, and has less pacing issues.";
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/* Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28907/"]:after {
content: "Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri: \a \a In between fanservice and writing quality it kinda sucks but it's fun to watch so it... doesn't suck? ...what?";
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/* Etotama */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28221/"]:after {
content: "Etotama: \a \a What did I just watch... \a \a As much as fanservice and writing are complete trash, humor, craziness and actually great 3DCG kinda make it worthwhile. And then a little bit of drama actually comes through and I'm like... how does a show like this even succeed at drama even a tiny bit? Whoa...";
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/* Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10357/"]:after {
content: "Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: \a \a Borderline masterpiece. Except for being extremely super weird at places. But its creativity levels are off the charts, and writing and characters just feel so damn awesome. Art style is also commendable for feeling unique. Voiceacting also felt spot on.";
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/* Charlotte */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28999/"]:after {
content: "Charlotte: \a \a Based Jun Maeda. \a \a Exactly as expected from Jun Maeda P.A.Works combo. If you're familiar with Angel Beats you'll know what to expect: jaw dropping art and design, great quick pacing, tear worthy drama, excelent characters, somewhat spotty writing and plot logic, overall borderline masterpiece. Don't expect to like it if Angel Beats didn't sit with you tho, as they have the same style in pretty much everything.";
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/* Gakkougurashi! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/24765/"]:after {
content: "Gakkougurashi!: \a \a Best pilot episode ever, now if only the rest of the show was as good. I mean it was pretty good, but first episode just set the bar too high. It's too bad that, it seems as if the show is afraid of experimenting too much, and is ultimately only using its unique setting as a flavoring, missing the opportunity to turn it into something thematically resonant, and ending up being just another cute girls doing cute things, with some unique flavor that actually does make it a lot more interesting than many other cute girls shows, as it does add a bit of tension, and a bit of action into the mix, as well as fueling some drama. So overall, I loved it, but was left slightly disappointed they didn't take it further somehow. How you ask? Idk, ask Urobuchi, I get the feeling he'd figure out the missing ingredient that would bump this wonderful premise up to 10/10. Seems like his style.";
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/* Tsukimonogatari */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28025/"]:after {
content: "Tsukimonogatari: \a \a I'm writing this nearly 4 months after watching it, and the thing that stands out most is how unmemorable it was. I learned to love and appreciate monogataris, and I love every new one that comes out, but this one, even though enjoyable, was slightly sub par compared some of its prequels. ";
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/* Himouto! Umaru-chan */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28825/"]:after {
content: "Himouto! Umaru-chan: \a \a Why...";
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/* Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya 2wei Herz! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/27525/"]:after {
content: "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya 2wei Herz!: \a \a Every new season of Kaleid Liner is the new best thing ever.";
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/* Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/29067/"]:after {
content: "Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me: \a \a Actually somewhat disappointed in this. Nothing specific, I guess the novelty that first season had just wore off.";
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/* Psycho-Pass Movie */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21339/"]:after {
content: "Psycho-Pass Movie: \a \a Psycho Pass sequels are a weird thing at this point. Urobuchi seems to be back on board, and seems to have co-written the script again with the same guy from season 1. So it doesn't have any of the writing and plot logic problems the second season has, but is still a sequel to it unfortunately. And once again, a movie by Urobuchi isn't on par with his series. There might just not be enough time for him to properly do his thing? I mean they're great, and they're his style, but still feel like they lack some of the depth and some of the impact his series have had. After watching both this and Expelled from Paradise, I can say I loved both, but I also notice myself not running around talking every single person I know into having to absolutely watch them. I'd say Expelled from Paradise was even slightly better than this despite its fanservice and production issues.";
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/* Gatchaman Crowds Insight */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21039/"]:after {
content: "Gatchaman Crowds Insight: \a \a Didn't really see the potential in Gatchaman sequel. Boy was I wrong, wronger then when I didn't see potential in Madoka sequel. I absolutely loved the way second season handled its themes, and which themes it chose to tackle. So that part is even better than first season, everything else is as good, except that second season already has established world so it can skip all the exposition and establishing the world. In most shows this is a downside, as establishing characters and world is usually something fresh, something to look forward to with each new show. But with gatchaman, both world and characters are so different from what we're used to, that it takes time and effort not just to establish them, but to legitimize them with coherent narrative. It's not a simple world to get into, but once you kinda get into it, only then the Gatchaman Crowds really takes off.";
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/* Carnival Phantasm */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/10012/"]:after {
content: "Carnival Phantasm: \a \a lol";
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}

/* Sola */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/1965/"]:after {
content: "Sola: \a \a Was hoping this would be like Ef, but even though the beginning looked really promising, it turned out not nearly as good.";
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}

/* Danchigai */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30127/"]:after {
content: "Danchigai: \a \a Super cute shorts with a dash of fanservice. Surprisingly good production quality for shorts.";
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/* Grisaia no Rakuen */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/29095/"]:after {
content: "Grisaia no Rakuen: \a \a Never could I have been gladder to have read the Kajitsu VN, prequel to Rakuen. This, was actually good! I never expected Rakuen to be good considering how butchered the first season, adaption of the first VN, was. But holy shit this was just great on so many levels! The most unfortunate thing about Grisaia shows is that they are adapted from eroge VN, which have some rather porny scenes (which Rakuen doesn't help at all with it's occasional otaku stuff like unnecessary imouto moe and incesty stuff...), so it's not easily recommendable as a VN (sort of like Saya no Uta, but at least Saya is short). And knowing how much better the Kajitsu VN was than its adaptation, I find it hard recommending the first season over reading the VN, but VN on the other hand is incredibly overwritten and way too long before getting to the good parts. And then there's the fact that Rakuen is half prequel half sequel, and is very very unlike Kajitsu, which in the entire first half of the VN feels just a step above the regular school life harem VN. 10 hours of that is a tricky recommendation even if the second half, is nothing like it, and pretty great. Sort of like Clannad and Clannad Afterstory I suppose. If you just skipped the generic school parts in the first season, there's no telling how much it would diminish the experience of the second one, which is nothing like it. \a \a Another issue is that Rakuen counts on viewer being at least somewhat familiar with all the routes, otherwise the actions of the girls make little sense. And then there's the issue where Rakuen is sort of a parallel universe where all of the Kajitsu routes are half finished, so no girl has won just yet, and things just go in a different direction. \a \a Rakuen is more like: fuck it, let's all of us writers get high, decide neither ending happened, and just continue the franchise from a trainwreck into a complete clusterfuck, and then let's somehow totally sideline the harem VN aspect for the most part and focus on actual themes and psychological exploration and taking over-the-top-action up a notch and sticking a finger to all the other pansy harem shows for not being true to what they really are. Oh and let's have out of this world production and animation quality and great direction cause why not. Like... holy shit Rakuen, just wow. I don't know what you were smoking but can I have some? \a \a Recommended tl;dr order of experiencing Grisaia: \a 1. First ~30 min of VN to get the feel for it \a 2. First 3 episodes of first season [TLWiki] Grisaia no Kajitsu \a 3. Fast forward VN until choice3: reject money \a 4. Skim until choice4: kiss \a 5. Read or skim until flashback (skip forward through sex scenes, they're pretty bad) \a 6. Read until ending. \a 7. Watch ep 4,5,6,7,8,9 of [TLWiki] Grisaia no Kajitsu, to get the glimpse of other routes. \a 8. Watch [Chihiro] Grisaia no Meikyuu: Caprice no Mayu \a 9. Watch [Coalgirls] Grisaia no Rakuen";
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/* Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/29787/"]:after {
content: "Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??: \a \a Improves upon the first season with more comedy, better comedy and faster pacing. Also it broke all records with the cuteness of the ED.";
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/* Akagami no Shirayuki-hime */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30123/"]:after {
content: "Akagami no Shirayuki-hime: \a \a Don't be fooled by the Shoujo tag, this is not your typical Shoujo, because it's doesn't pander to young girls. Instead it has actual good writing that doesn't need pandering to be successful. It has gorgeous art and everything about it is just great, unless you happen to hate well executed romance or something. \a \a Also, listen Hollywood. THIS is how you write strong independent female protagonists, NOT like Rey in Star Wars or Furiosa in Mad Max. THIS is how.";
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/* Ano Natsu de Matteru */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/11433/"]:after {
content: "Ano Natsu de Matteru: \a \a This is a weird one. Some people say gimmicky action and borderline nonsense plot is what's bad and that drama and romance are what's good. I thought drama and romance were hit and miss, and that I only enjoyed it because I really enjoy these kinds of shows in general (think Sakurasou, Oregairu, Glasslip, Nagi no Asukara, Kimikiss, Golden Time and Toradora to an extent... love polygons in general). Ano Natsu really teased a LOT, and it also pulled its punches a LOT, and that was pretty annoying. \a \a But among those things it somehow managed to not feel like it was status quoing in place all the time, which was what redeemed it a lot. And then some out of nowhere crazy action, and nonsense in general really pick up the tone of the show just when it was about to get boring and annoying, and then some of the drama actually kinda delivers. On top of that it had some redeeming qualities like actual kisses and cuddles that weren't saved for the last second of the last episode, as well as some rather self aware and above-average-mature moments which I can't go into because I don't wanna go into spoilers. Those few mature moments weren't really enough counter all the immature moments but they still felt like a shining beacon of relief.";
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/* Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/25907/"]:after {
content: "Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai: \a \a Hard to follow, but kinda actually makes some sense in an artistic way. I loved the visuals and feel of it, and writing while not my style exactly, as I'm not a big fan of hard-to-follow, feels like lot of effort went into it, so it's overall pretty great if you make peace with not figuring everything out or posses supernatural memory and attention to detail. Also art by Kantoku means characters art and designs are out of this world, and environment art  somehow manged to match this, just wow.";
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/* One Punch Man */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30276/"]:after {
content: "One Punch Man: \a \a One of the best action comedy anime of all time. I particularly loved how unique it felt. Also I loved that it's a superhero parody, as superheroes are such an overused motif that it's refreshing to see it made fun of every now and then.";
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/* Ninja Slayer From Animation */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/23605/"]:after {
content: "Ninja Slayer From Animation \a \a Friend made me watch this regardless of me hating every second of it. Okay there were a couple of seconds I didn't hate here and there, but were rare. I tried my best to see what he and others see in this, but it's just such an antithesis to my tastes that I failed.";
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/* Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri 2nd Season */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31637/"]:after {
content: "Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri 2nd Season: \a \a Surprisingly, second season ended up being better than the first! Yay!";
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/* Ooyasan wa Shishunki! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31621/"]:after {
content: "Ooyasan wa Shishunki!: \a \a Just some cute 2min per episode shorts. Probably not worth your time all things considered.";
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/* Yuru Yuri San?Hai! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30279/"]:after {
content: "Yuru Yuri San?Hai!: \a \a Only now in 3rd season when studio other than Dogakobo picked this up, does it become obvious how great Dogakobo really is at what they do, and how important direction is to a comedy such as Yuruyuri.";
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/* KonoSuba */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/30831/"]:after {
content: "Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!: \a \a If it didn't have a dash of fanservice it would have been a perfect show to introduce people to the medium. As it stands, it's just one of the best comedies out there. Not only is sense of humor spot on, but everything else is great as well and really comes together to provide an amazing experience.";
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/* Musaigen no Phantom World */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31442/"]:after {
content: ":Musaigen no Phantom World \a \a KyoAni why... You were the chosen ones! Don't waste your time and ridiculously talented directors on stuff such as Amagi and this. Altho this was at least better than Amagi I'll give it that. Some episodes were actually really good.";
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/* Erased */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31043/"]:after {
content: "Boku dake ga Inai Machi: \a \a Nearly the perfect anime. But close enough to be top tier show to introduce people to the medium, as it's insanely well directed and writing is on point. Everything is also very devoid of anime tropes, but it still manages to retain the authentic anime feel with it's top notch production. I can't recommend this enough.";
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/* Koukaku no Pandora */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/32214/"]:after {
content: "Koukaku no Pandora: \a \a lol this was ridiculus on so many levels, but it knows it's being ridiculus, and doesn't give a fuck, and just has fun with it. End result is very unique.";
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/* Girls und Panzer der Film */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/18617/"]:after {
content: "Girls und Panzer der Film: \a \a Watch this with subpac if you can, it makes the action crazy immersive. Other than that, nothing outstanding but it's a pretty fun sequel movie with some great action scenes, definitely worth a watch if you liked the show.";
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/* NetoYome */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31404/"]:after {
content: "Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?: \a \a Guilty pleasure escapism show for all the single gamer guys. And then it's also actually good, like, what the hell. It succeeds as both comedy and romance, and if you happen to be the target audience like I was at the time I watched it, you're in for a ride.";
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/* Kiznaiver */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31798/"]:after {
content: "Kiznaiver: \a \a I don't care if people think this had some issues or if final arc was underwhelming by comparison..., this had crazy good character writing and plot. Manly tears were shed on multiple occasions, which puts this among my favorite shows of all time. Also dat trippy OP.";
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/* Kuma Miko */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31804/"]:after {
content: "Kuma Miko: \a \a Funny slice of life comedy, nothing too special, but has a very unique comedy and art style to it which gives it special kind of charm and makes it memorable. Still only for those who generally like SoL comedies, otherwise you're much better off with many superior shows such as most Dogakobo shows.";
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/* New Game! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31953/"]:after {
content: "New Game!: \a \a This was bloody amazing on so many levels. I'm biased tho as I'm a game artist myself, generally love Dogakobo style and have read and liked most of the manga this is adapted from.";
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/* Konobi */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31952/"]:after {
content: "Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru!: \a \a I loved how MC wasn't really much of an MC. Like if he was gone, show could continue just fine with the rest of the cast. It's like not everything is spinning around him, which really just means actual good writing in an SoL romance comedy, not something we see often. Another good writing indicator are mechanics of attraction. While our MC is dense in the most classic anime MC fashion, he is not the blank slate for the viewer to project on, and he isn't some bland generic guy who has girls falling for him for no reason. No, this guy is natural, he acts in an attractive way, so having a girl fall for him makes perfect sense in the context of the show. And then having him be dense and having it all make sense, actually create a unique setup. The only thing holding this back from perfection is once again, as usual, it being adapted from an ongoing LN so forget about resolution and probably forget about ever seeing it finished in an anime form. Where this show succeeds the most is as a comedy, and for that alone it's worth a watch.";
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/* Shelter */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/34240/"]:after {
content: "Shelter: \a \a I could never find the right way to tell you \a Have you noticed I've been gone? \a 'cause I left behind the home that you made me \a But I will carry it along \a \a And it's a long way forward, so trust in me \a I'll give them shelter, like you've done for me \a And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us \a Until you're gone \a \a When I'm older, I'll be silent beside you \a I know words won't be enough \a And they won't need to know our names or our faces \a But they will carry on for us \a \a And it's a long way forward, so trust in me \a I'll give them shelter, like you've done for me \a And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us \a Until you're gone \a \a Oh it's a long way forward, trust in me \a I'll give them shelter, like you've done for me \a And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us \a Until... ";
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/* Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/9750/"]:after {
content: "Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi: \a \a After a very attractive intro, I was wondering where this is going and what it's trying to do, as I couldn't figure out if it's taking it's own plot seriously or not, due to it partly being just plain silly and partly because comedy is the shows stronger point, so making fun of itself and it's own genre isn't out of question. \a \a Luckily, it wasn't too plot-heavy and fight-heavy, but it focused enough on developing fun and unique character cast, and just having comedic fun with them and their relations a whole lot, and that was the best part, to the point where even the overdone shounen tropes were perfectly bearable somehow. \a \a But other than comedy, best feature of the show was how it approached romance differently from most such shows. Himea is so best she just doesn't give a fuck. Want a show in which a girl is actually OPEN about her feelings, in a way that you know, makes actual sense? A show where you don't have to wait 10 decades for one lousy kiss? A show that knows this is it's strong point and further uses that very fact for comedic effect? Well then this might just be the show for you. Too bad it had some pretty facepalm worthy fanservice, which is holding it back from a better score. I really loved the character designs however, and fight animations were surprisingly good at times.";
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/* Omoide no Marnie */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/21557/"]:after {
content: "Omoide no Marnie: \a \a I was never a big Ghibli fan so I pretty much got what I expected. Noticed people either really love or are really bored with this movie, and while I'm leaning more towards the bored camp, I still found well executed things here I found rather enjoyable, but as a whole, waiting to get there and the amount and complexity of drama isn't really worth it, hence I consider this movie merely good, meaning there are many other things I'd recommend much sooner. \a \a More specifically, first half or even first two third of the movie felt too slow, even if it had the nice relaxed pacing feel, there still just wasn't enough happening to keep me interested. If I was watching it alone, I'd likely fall prey to fast forwarding a bit. There was one interesting development around a third of the way into the movie, which looked promising. But alas, movie only used it to transition into an unrelated plot point which felt rather cheap, and no homage was given to it until a mention at the very end just for the sake of not leaving the plot thread hanging. \a \a Some people I watched this with were bothered by ''what did actually happen? was it supernatural or not?'', but this hardly registered on my radar as I'm used to even great works not giving much regard to this type of plot logic, as it's often just thematically unnecessary. I didn't pick up on a strong theme here, like, if anything, it was probably about connecting with your family, but that by itself really didn't do anything for me, so writing failed me in that regard. Where it didn't fail was that in last third (and building up to it), it painted such beautiful emotions of love, happiness and beauty that I couldn't help but just feel happy and content. Especially with dramatic good-feel which so nicely fit with beautiful artwork. So while I ain't a big fan of healing shows no more, this had just enough drama near the end, and well fitting well executed drama, even if it was a bit light, to really work together perfectly in a moment, fully immersing the viewer in the moment, making him feel what characters feel. On the other hand, lot of boring non-development had to be suffered through to get to few of those good parts, and many of the plot points felt rather vague and unnecessary - they didn't obviously lead into one another. It had little ''because'' moments and a ton of ''and then'', which is a staple of bad writing, but there's some good writing in there as well which hits the nail on the head, or maybe it's just great direction, I always have trouble discerning.";
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/* Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31173/"]:after {
content: "Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season: \a \a Barely an 8 at this point. It didn't really bring much new to the table, it's more like we're revisiting the characters and world from first season just to see a couple more adventures. The problem for me was that it felt disjointed from the first season. First season romance progression was spot on, and is what I felt second season screwed up, as it pretty much ignored it until the very end where it also hardly made any progress at all. Sure, world, characters and writing are nice and this is what's still keeping this afloat, but without what made the first season great for me, it kinda lost its magic and turned one of my favorite second tier shows into just another show I don't mind wasting my time on because it's good enough.";
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/* Hibike! Euphonium 2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31988/"]:after {
content: "Hibike! Euphonium 2: \a \a Don't do the same mistake I did and watch this one episode at a time. Dammit airing shows! This is much better experienced in 1-3 days span, because drama is sweet and detailed but also subtle and you need to be in the moment to flow along and remember everything from before to make connections. It's not the kind of show that's hard to follow, but the kind of show that is deceptively easy to follow, in that you don't give it much mind until you realize every little detail tends to matter, and is required to properly follow a character through their development. As a result my actual enjoyment of this varied wildly and might have settled around 7/10, but I also believe this to deserve more and that I would have enjoyed it more have I watched it in one sitting. \a \a It starts off amazingly, and that kinda overhyped me as well. The rest is just really good, but only if you enjoy straight out subtle character drama with medium pacing. \a \a While I'm usually the first to complain that music anime don't have enough actual music in them... in this case, there was a lot of music, but it didn't really work for me. While nice sounding and well animated, I just wanted for them to continue on with the story already. Though maybe it's just because I'm not too big a fan of classical orchestral music, and then there's also the fact that such music in this context inherently has no choreography, which was kinda missing in a visual medium such as here. I welcome the fact that KyoAni is doing serious stuff again, and it's worth pointing out that direction here is fantastic.";
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/* Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya 3rei!! */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/31706/"]:after {
content: "Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya 3rei!!: \a \a This show just keeps getting better and better what the hell? And here I am all like reserving 10ns for shows that don't also include loli fanservice. Dammit high moral ground.";
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/* Show By Rock!! # */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/32038/"]:after {
content: "Show By Rock!! #: \a \a Unlike first season which felt like interesting and unique new world with lots of kinda interesting characters and plot that kinda interesting to follow... and somehow it was all tied together into something that was just really fun and cute. Unlike that, second season is like each of those elements, on their own, not tied together at all, making it boring. Like someone just tried to rehash everything without understanding what made first season work. Not claiming I do understand myself tho. But it feels like a show that overstayed it's welcome and I feel almost tricked into watching it.";
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/* Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/32937/"]:after {
content: "Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2: \a \a 10/10 Would die of laughter and be ressurected by Eris again.";
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/* Rokka no Yuusha */
#list_surround table:nth-of-type(n+4) tbody .animetitle[href*="/anime/28497/"]:after {
content: "Rokka no Yuusha: \a \a Went into this expecting something quite good but was also expecting it to fail at some point (as most shows do), especially due to seeing some questionable ratings on MAL and its reviews. And then... nothing dumb or unnecesary happened at any point, story made me marathon the second half without even planning to, and then writing, direction, art, sound,... are just somehow all perfect? What? Maybe it's just catering to my tastes, well, I can't say that it isn't. But it stil felt as if quality writing and immersive art was what made it amazing. \a \a And then to top it off MC is not some bland self-insert, he actually has an attractive and unique personality. And all the other characters feel really well characterised. Like, sure, hot and cute girls in slightly fanservicey yet beautifully designed outfits do place a dreamy smile on my face, but there's nothing quite like having such a girl be an actual character that you feel for, character that feels alive. I felt even romance was excelently written in the sense that it didn't come in the way of the rest of the story, but it was tied into it in the best way possible, in a way where one can easily say this show is not about love or romance, while at the same time seeing how story wouldn't be nearly as good without it. \a \a What I especially liked was how unpredictable the story was, I had no idea what was gonna happen, at every moment it felt like anything could happen and as if show wouldn't mind just genre shifting into a tragedy on a whim or whatever else it wants. Sure many will say they totally saw something coming, but I'll warn them not to underestimate hindsight bias. Even though this is adaptation of the first novel out of six so far, story is well rounded and actually delivers a statisfying ending, which is more than I can say for most such shows. This show basically reminded me why I love anime, and that's something. Now if you'll excuse me I just found out that first 5 novels have all been translated.";
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