| So, there's a lot of discussions on whether Sonny Boy is actually an artistic and thought-provoking masterpiece or a pretentious piece-of-work. I'm not really here to say whether it is or not because it seems like people's opinions on the show are getting more divided and biased because of it, and right now it's almost like every opinion and review is written in response to the opposite side. I can only speak for myself, and I want to know what others think My thoughts: - I like the themes, and the messages in each episode, especially in episode 4. A lot of people found episode 4 boring, which I understand since there's A LOT of talking, but its message was unique and personally connected with me the most. - After episode 4, the show started going too fast for my liking, with the characters jumping to different worlds and all that. I didn't know how close the characters were to getting home, unlike the first 4 episodes which were slow and steady and defined what the characters knew about the world's rules. - I like the characters for the most part, Nagara and Mizuho both have satisfying character arcs and I appreciate Nagara not being as basic as other main characters. But then they introduced this teacher-character at the end of episode 4? Her introduction made me shake my head cause I went into this thinking this show would all be about the students and their individual arcs, but instead she splits the entire class and becomes sort of a villain. I'm sure there's a metaphor here which is going over my head but it's still very annoying, she could've been taken out of the entire show and no one would care. Also, what the heck happened to Hoshi? They set his character up a lot in the first couple of episodes but then he sorta just fades away and brought up outta nowhere at the end. - The last episode was amazing--amazing yet depressing. What I appreciate is how unique this show is and how easy it was to make the ending very cliche but they chose to go a different route. |
| I loved how unique it was. |
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| I just love the mystery in these types of animes that doesn't spoon-feed everything on you and really challenges your brain and how you see and interpret things. I personally think it is a great show that maximizes the use of anime as a medium to convey certain messages in which in this show, is told through various metaphors. However, this show ain't for everyone and it's hard to recommend it especially if they have little patience or just want to be entertained and have a good time. We all like different stuff and I understand if people think that this show is pretentious or has no substance. In the end, just let people enjoy things as well as letting them hate things. |
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| I liked it. I don't think it'll be easy for me to find another series like it |
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ManWild said: I liked it. I don't think it'll be easy for me to find another series like it Have you just not seen (or heard of) Toriko? |
| Interesting theme with high moments at the beginning and end, but that loses meaning as an integrated whole and manages to be extremely boring almost the entire show. Although it has a pretty composition, its animation is sometimes so poor that the sequences are not understandable. This is the type of anime that usually I adore the most, but most of the time I hated it. 5/10 'cause is not bad or terrible, but yes very disappointing |
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| This is a hidden gem anime of expressionism I loved it so much |
| This was one of the most boring anime to exist. Like this was the first time I watched something in 2x speed since it was boring and confusing |
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Reelens said: Laz45 said: There are some great ideas being parsed, but it's not packaged well for me to say this something great. I like Kon (Parprika, PB,etc) and Morimori's (Tatami Galaxy) work cause they weren't in their own bootyhole, and at tried to take necessary to engage the audience. They know balance. If this anime had come out a decade ago, you'd be treating it the same as those sacred cows. If Sonny Boy had came out a decade ago, it would also had been completely a nobody that just a few peeps saw it and it would had been a forgotten show by now. Sacred cows as you call them brought something fresh to the table in terms of writing or visuals and even both, Paprika had amazing visuals along with trippy script that even Hollywood borrowed ideas from, Perfect Blue put on perspective the ugly side of all showbiz, Tatami Galaxy brought a way to express a dozens of ideas with blazing dialogues. Sonny Boy did nothing original with barebone animation from 10 years ago, nor well crafted script in terms of direction, just a bunch of weird ideas glued up together and left for the pretentious posers to claim everyone else that didn't liked it some sort of heretics that can't understand art, despite the posers not having a clear idea of it's message because there wasn't one to begin with. Shinbo Natsume will be remembered for stuff like One Punch Man and his amazing cast of animators, but original works like this that are meant to be fillers for seasonals that will only be remembered by a handful of people. |
| Just ok like Lain. Complex is not equal to Good. The first half was poor, the story was already intricate but adding so many characters and each having a superpower wasn't really gonna end well in terms of writing. The second half compensated by focusing on certain characters and detailing their persona. The finale was good. Depressing but good. It left me the same aftertaste as when I watched Serial Experiments Lain. I was expecting something like The Tatami Galaxy or From the New World. Those are good examples of well done complex anime. |
| Spoilers Just realized that God prevented Nozomi's suicide by having the rooftop door locked in episode 1. In episode 6 we see how in the alternative world Nagara is able to open the door. It's funny how Nagara actually saved Nozomi that day on the rooftop, preventing the suicide with his presence. I still don't get why people "die" in the fake worlds. Dude in episode 7 got eaten alive by sticky worms, but the day after he's still alive. In episode 8 it seems like Yamabiko was looking for a perfect world, and he ended up finding a fake one, with false people. War "saves" him from that world, but he's already a dog... does it count as an object? But in the end we still see him with Kodama. Episode 9 was kinda weird, since death wasn't invented already... but according to some review Hoshi was the true creator of death. How? By completely detaching himself from reality and emotions. Maybe that's the reason why people turn into objects. But I still don't understand Nozomi's death in episode 10. It's so sudden. Asakase tries to rely on his powers, but he fails. Maybe this time God has chosen she had to die? Ms. Aki is by far the worst charcter, and we for sure know she is a student (when Yamabiko says only students can go adrift in episode 6, we see a shot of her student skirt under her fake dress). She was probably a (male) student with same power as Hoshi. Same for the cats, at this point. Well, the best anime of this years for sure. Maybe already an AOTD contender. |
| peak. something I'd rewatch and the best one I watched this year. |
Yeah, I meant complex like in philosophical. The show was like an abstract painting. Some people spend millions on those. But the average person don't see their beauty. I didn't really saw the beauty in Sonny Boy. I'm ok with the people that think this show is AOTY or even more than that. A ~7.5 score is what most people think it deserves and I agree too. I gave it an 8. |
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