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Aug 31, 2021
Before starting the review of the novel... Spoiler Warning for those who haven't read the novel.
Hmmm where do I start? There are so many things to talk about.
First of all... Let's talk about Mello being the narrator. Unfortunately, him being the narrator did not make any sense nor made the narrating any different.
The story told in Another Note takes place in 2002, L dies in 2004. Mello was 15 when L died, and he was still in Wammy's House. So, when did L see Mello and tell him the story about Beyond Birthday and 2 others? It does not make sense.
In the book, Mello
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speaks as if the battle between L and Kira was over. Of course, he might be referring to L being dead. But he made it sound like he was writing all this after everything was over and everyone knew who Kira was. But he did not actually see Kira die. He died 2 days before Kira did. So, when actually did Mello write Another Note?
The novel introduces Rue Ryuzaki as a side character. Ryuzaki presents himself as a private detective. Naomi is a bit suspicious of him at first, because he has strange manners (sitting around hugging his legs, eating sweets all the time and crawling around on the floor), but L tells her to work together with him, so she does.
The thing is, the reader (as the he is meant to be) immediately assumes that Ryuzaki is L. This makes sense, because not only does L present himself as "Ryuzaki" in Death Note, but the way he acts is also strikingly similar.
Of course, the author wants the reader to think that Ryuzaki is L, but Ryuzaki is actually Beyond Birthday, the killer. That would have been a great twist, had it only been logical. But it wasn't. Another Note clearly states that B.B. doesn't know L personnaly. Which means he doesn't know anything about his habits or about what he looks like. So how come he guessed all of it? - doesn't make sense.
Also throughout the book Misora and Ryuzaki (I mean B) work together to solve the three crimes B has commited. Most of the time, Misora was led by Ryuzaki to find the answers. Even the smallest stuff, she needed Ryuzaki's help. I was frustrated because that's not the image she represented in the manga. She was originally portrayed as a very clever woman. Her needing Ryuzaki's help in every step she took did not make sense. (I must add that I actually liked the setup of the crimes. I only did not like the way they were solved.)
This book could have been good if only the author had at least tried to be logical. I usually overlook that kind of thing, but in this novel, I simply couldn't. Death Note: Another Note was starts promising but end with failure.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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May 11, 2021
This review contains mild spoilers
It started off slow for me but beginning vol 5-6 it started to pick up and i was enjoying it. And It was around vol 10 when I kinda started getting lost. I feel like the author did not do a good job in revealing really important things in the manga caiman’s identity... i found that part when caiman changed from a lizard to human anticlimatic. And it started to go downhill from there again.
Honestly this series could’ve been shortened to 15 vols. Thought that reviving en didnt realy bring anything to the plot. and the ending when caiman turned
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into a sorcerer and his power was the power of gyoza mann.... that was disappointing.
Probably the mangaka had a certain end point in mind when first starting the series and then wrote past it and just had to put something together. The ending would've benefitted from looking back on all the past chapters and focusing on resolving all the open arcs. Characters were severely underutilized, there were so many possibilities for that final battle. Kaiman did not need to have gyoza magic it was ridiculous.
Shin and Noi obviously just wrecking shit, Shin getting completey obliterated and then immediately regenerated by Noi wouldve made for some amazing art. Dokuga and the surviving cross eyes couldve done something more at least, Dokuga's poison magic never gets addressed beyond a cute character quirk for the most part.
Shou just died so unceremoniously I legitimately thought he would play a bigger role and there would be more revelations regarding his character. They literally could have revived him with Kikurage and used his OP dematerialization for some insane magic combos but the joke was haha nobody cares about him they can barely remember him.
Nikaido's devil form was kind of a disappointment and it was never even addressed how she used her magic to bring Kaiman back. Hell even Chota could have contributed somehow, or he would have been a good candidate to kill off for stakes. Hell I'm pretty sure Chidaruma in his new human form was never really even shown! Story just went back to the normalcy of the beginning so it could come full circle, a big disappointment considering how much richness was there to draw upon.
Pros:
Well-constructed mystery plot that doesn't drag or overstay its welcome
Great worldbuilding and a magic system that doesn't feel shamelessly borrowed off of something that already exists
Enormous cast of likeable characters in which even minor characters get a chance to shine
Fun and memorable character designs
Gore and humor in equally welcome quantities
Cons:
Frequent POV changes mean that a lot of the chapters consist of other characters getting filled in on stuff they'd missed out on
Art can make for some pretty confusing fights at times
The final fight felt deceptively simple considering how long the buildup to it was
Overall, i'm sorry i know this manga is so hyped up but the second half was a total miss for me...
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 21, 2021
The audience disappointed me once again. It seems ridiculous to me, especially not to like the first two seasons and to like the darkness. I respect everyone's opinion, you may not like the previous ones but these 2 seasons are definitely not better than them. I also understand that the main characters have changed due to special circumstances, it wouldn't be a problem if it handle done well, but the series unfortunately couldn't do that.
I have nothing against fanservice (i have watched many ecchi shows with enjoy) but the fanservice in To Love Ru-Darkness seems way pointless for me. Unlike the prequel seasons, they're made
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just to be made and they're not funny.
The anime tried to be To Love Ru, but really failed. I don't mind that the story shifted to diffrent charcters, but I do mind that it shifted to the wrong characters. It's called "Darkness", so I expected to find out more about Golden Darkness, and I did, the problem is that side characters just became main charcters. Momo and Nana are not part of the main character Lineup. The relation between Rito, Lala and haruna became irrelevant, which is pretty bad, considering that they were the main reasoning for the story. For some reason the also thought it would be a great idea to make Rito love Momo more than Lala and Haruna, eventhough they really aren't that close as they illustrate it.
I think it would have been better if the series had only focused on the side characters instead of the main and side characters making this unfimiliar and weird story lineup. This just isn't a good series anymore and since xebec have broken up their won't be an attempt to fix this mess. On the other hand it is sad to see the series fade out likethis. I really do hope someone will buy the licens to the anime and completly reboot it, by fixing the mess these two dark seasons have made.
If you decide to watch Darkness s1 & s2, you will see that it is actually a standard ecchi anime made to entertain the audience with the whole season of Rito falling randomly on another girl's pantsu. And also it's funny how the series pretends to have a good story.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Feb 7, 2021
Japanese authors may sometimes have a weird perspective on European history, be it Middle Ages, Queen Victoria's ruling, or introduction to French Revolution.
Ironically, the downfall of this manga is caused by its indulgence and excess--the very things it portrays as leading to the downfall of the French aristocracy. You see, especially in the latter half, it indulges in symbolic and metaphorical pictures, as well as snapshots of potential futures or poetic representations of events. (I noticed at least twice when they had characters presumably singing their internal thoughts). All that means that each chapter has very little actual content.
The character of Mary from a free-falling
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sociopath becomes some sort of analysis on gender roles, LGBT history in 18th century france, polyamory, racial discrimination all in the span of 10-20 chapters. It's so on the nose it's almost funny.
Charles had a slow transition into the character of his father that went slipping down at the speed of light as soon as the author decided to focus on Mary, all she has to do is drop random quirks about how he changed as he whines about family obligations.
He tortures his own son. His opposition to torture set the basis of his character from the beginning, it defined his values and worldview to the point where he was ready to topple the seemingly endless power of his grandmother. It led to his liberal sympathies. it was the central reason he didn't want to kill people violently, which was what would have led him to seek out the guilottine.
The reader is never given any reason as to why he changed, he just did. There's two comments about the world being rough and how raising kids made Charles more conscious of his family. Which could certainly be explored as a reason for him to enjoin with the system. But here it's a magical incantation that transforms him from a grey, morally tormented character one page into a saturday cartoon villain the next. Replete with last minute d'oh moments as his dastardly plan to have his sister married is befuzzled scooby-doo style.
Everybody gets simplified, flanderized, almost a caricature. At the start it was beautiful, and read almost like a novel. The father, grandmother, uncle were all "villains" but were given ample space to prove that they had a 3-dimensional personality and were acting out of selfless motives but constrained within a hierarchical system that forced them to participate in violence, which hurt them as much as the victim.
When father Sanson tortured Charles. He acted out of a belief that the firstborn must inherit the family business, and therefore has to be strong in character to take a life. Something that can only be achieved by getting one accustomed to violence. Said torture also had a secondary purpose of forcing compliance with the unreasonable demands of his family, such as the inheritance itself. He knew it was painful for the son, but justified it by claiming that his son was his flesh and blood and an extension of him. Despite voluntarily participating in child torture, he is a victim as well.
What could be done to fix this?
Removing constricting family institutions, authoritarian systems, class-based understandings of occupation, societal acceptance of child violence, patriarchal norms. For there to be no Jean, the whole political, economic and cultural landscape has to be changed from the grounds up.
When a bunch of white french aristocrats attack a half-black french noble for being mixed, then burn down his orphanage with the children still inside, provoke him to a fight, kill him and publically leave their family emblem in his body. They did it because they were assholes of comedic proportions. Even with all the discrimination present in pre-revolutionary france, burning down an entire orphanage wasn't something people laughed off.
What could be done to fix this?
"Literally, like, stop being evil. "
That's all the message there is. No compulsion from a higher system, no psychological explanation for their actions. The reason they burned kids alive was because they wanted to burn kids alive. The way to stop them from burning kids alive is for them to stop burning kids alive.
The art is admittedly well-drawn. Though, to be honest, it might be too ornate. The lips are overly lush and shiny. The backgrounds are grainy and at times there's too much going on, making it hard to focus on the relevant details. Also, sometimes characters' eyes look badly placed on their faces--like they're just tacked on. But even if the art was perfect, that wouldn't justify adding needless pictures. If this manga had trimmed all its padding and perhaps been only about half as long, it would've had the potential to be a masterpiece.
The last half of the manga introduces Marie Antoinette into the storyline and begins setting the stage for the events which lead into the French Revolution. But that's all that it's doing: setting the stage. The entire last half doesn't really feel like it has much purpose other than acting like a prequel for the next manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jan 26, 2021
Ashita no Joe is a anime that aired in the 1970's and is arguably one of the founders of sports anime as a whole. But calling this series just a sports anime would not be doing it justice. While yes the story does mainly focus around Joe's boxing career, intermixed with this is fantastic drama, superb character development, and absolutely gripping suspense.
The biggest selling point for this series has to be its characters and plot. A lot of shows have tried to make the arrogant asshole lead work but to no avail, but Joe is one of those rare exceptions. Joe's massive over confidence, seeming
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indifference, and his arrogant attitude just seem to work.
I constantly went between cheering him on as he fought to wanting to reach into the screen and smack some sense into him. Watching Joe grow is a wild ride, but well worth it. And the supporting characters are all well fleshed out too. Every character feels like they fit into the world with real problems, relationships, and goals.
Ashita no Joe is not a story where the main character experiences nothing but victory. Joe suffers humiliating defeats and struggles with real issues. Because of this there are some parts of the story that are frustrating for the viewer as Joe enters a slump. But at no point is a episode wasted. These bitter defeats Joe suffer make victory all the more sweet and we see Joe develop as a person and a boxer through these slumps.
The issues this anime suffers from are direct results of its age. While the animation and sound is certainly great for its time period, it just cant compare with modern standards. But while it may not be as smooth as modern anime, once you get used to it you will find the rough gritty art style fits the nature of the anime perfectly.
One problem I had with the series was the cartoonish design of the seven kids who act as Joe's entourage, including one little girl, Sachi. When Joe comes back from prison, after at least two years, the kids look exactly the same, not having aged or grown an inch at all. I'm sorry, but young children tend to look noticeably different after two years. I assume this was a conscious choice on the part of the animators, but the rationale for it eludes me.
Ashita no Joe is a absolute classic with a story as or even more epic than Rocky. If you have even a passing interest in sports anime I urge you to give this show a shot. If you can get past the dated art style you may just find a real gem.
It really is a shame how tiny attention people give it these days, although I suppose that's inevitable. Not to sound up myself, but most people tend to only watch series that started in the 00s and after. I hope that more people broaden their horizons and search for some old but gold series.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 3, 2021
This show caught my attention because of the cover picture looks so mysterious and just well interesting. I mean come on the umbrella is red!!
"The quickest way to achieve happiness is to avoid looking at reality." Very true. It's the quickest, and easiest way. But it's not the only way. I now know that one can have a reasonably happy life even in the bleakness of reality. Not that I have all the answers, or that there's one simple answer. For me, it's about allowing myself to feel good and being ok with letting myself enjoy things. Simple things even. Maybe things we take for
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granted in many cases. It's ok to be a little selfish. You have to be, because nobody but you is really going to be able to make you happy. Of course, it's also possible to be happy by staying in delusion. Many people pick this path. I try to avoid it though.
Denpa teki na Kanojo does an amazing job in my opinion on [sic] creating characters that can be psychologically manipulated (Namely, the antagonists.)
The character that does the manipulating- it's questionable how she does it, but with that aside - is very good at what she does, the writing is very smart.
Mainly in episode two, where the protagonist manipulates the antagonist by using the antagonist's mentality of reality as a measure to change the antagonist's perception of her own reality, instead of common law, or common sense that many shows try to force down the antagonist's throats. That was something I have not seen in a production, or at least so obviously pointed out, in such a way.
As the show points out very well, people who are psychotic, do not have common sense, or the same type of common sense that most people have (Obviously), but to understand enough one others psychology to the point of using it to manipulate, is not pointed out in productions like this very often.
Happiness can be found in literally any situation, you just need to be willing to look for it and recognize it.
Having a purpose in life also is important. Some people focus so much on trying to be happy that they ironically become unhappy every time any little thing doesn't go their way. When you have a goal, it becomes less about worrying if you are having a good or bad day, but more anticipation about the next step in your mission, and if something does go wrong, how you are going to get over it. The other thing to realize is that being perpetually happy is just as bad as being perpetually sad. Humans thrive on variety. Adversity is the relative point that allows us to judge a happy moment as what it is.
Living life little by little as I try to understand how life works. As complex as it is, so as I am, it may take a lifetime to understand. But regardless it is not pointless to pursue a near-impossible goal.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Dec 16, 2020
Of course I respect everyone's tastes, but if you told me this was a joke anime, I'd believe you. I hated this show.
This is going to contain spoilers for Planetes, but you know what? Who cares. It's bad. There's the review. Don't watch it. Not even for "haha wow this is so bad" laughs. It has a handful of moments at best. It's bad and gets worse as time goes on. And it's so, incredibly, unbelievably boring.
I'm a guy who likes things that are boring. One of my favorite games? Civilzation 3. I play on the map TETurkhan's Test of Time. It's a game that
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takes dozens of hours to complete. I adore it. It's slow and plodding. I liked Meek's Cutoff, a movie about being bored. I even like slice of life animes that are boring. There's something fascinating about trying to find beauty in the mundane parts of reality, it's often a failure but I can enjoy the attempt. Sometimes characters have cool moments, sometimes it can be very sad.
This is none of that. Planetes is nothing. It is an absence of everything. I sat down and watched 26 goddamn episodes of this thing and I can't name you a scene from it outside of the general "they're in space?" It's unbelievable. Literally beyond my comprehension. And it has a 97% like on Rotten Tomatoes. Average user rating 4.6. What the fuck is wrong with these people? where do I even start with how bad this is?
Most people probably missed what is the worst moment in the series so.. let's start there. So this sh*tpile has an episode where one of the characters goes to confront her ex-husband. Who may be a terrorist I guess? frick if I know. He's a terrorist who comes to a space station and takes a detour to meet with his ex-wife. You know what? Who cares. It makes no sense. This sucks. That's not the worst part. No, the worst part is her freakin' rant about how miserable he made her. There might be a video of it somewhere but frick me if I'm going to find it.
This poor voice actress. She wasn't that good, typical bad monotone early 2000s dub job, whatever. Not her fault, nobody could save this script. Whole point of her rant was that she was forced in to prostitution. You know how they convey how horrible it was? Not by the girl crying, not by her showing emotion in any way, not even by hinting as how horrible the life was.
She talks about how she was forced to get piercings all over. And if she didn't she was beat up.
I'm sayin' again If you told me this was a joke anime, I'd believe you. Do you get her rant? Piercings = whore. Get it? No? Of course you don't, it's garbage! Who sits down as a writer and goes "how am I going to convey sexual violence against a woman without outright saying it? Euphemisms? Imagery? Crying? Trauma? Nah. Piercings." No words. No freakin' words. This bullsh*t is all over the place. Later episode, guy is trapped in space alone. Mind you, we don't see him get trapped there except in a low-budget flashback. That might be exciting. No, we just see the aftermath. So what happens? Well, naturally he gets PTSD.
Except that they don't call it PTSD. They call it Space Loss Syndrome. I even checked to see if that was some obscure disease, but nope, found jack shit. They just made up a new word to describe PTSD. Why? Why not just say "dude was in a traumatic experience and has PTSD and now needs therapy." Oh, and he recovers from it. Not through therapy that we see, but by seeing a space engine. Anything can be fixed by remembering how awesome space is.
Well that’s annoying. But you know what? It's not even the little things. Oh no no no no. It's everything.
"It's a romance show more than anything else." The two characters are never shown kissing. It happens, but they literally put the camera right behind one character's head so that we don't see it. Why? Also that comes halfway through the series, with hardly any build-up. The kiss is supposed to be like a big scene. Yes it's not how romances work but it's when the guy gets the girl in a romcom. And it's a kiss. They aren't having anal or somethin', it's a small romantic gesture that helps us visually see characters emotions towards each other. Oh, and that starts up a love triangle that lasts a single episode. Why have it? Why not just not have the love triangle? Why put in story elements that don't get used, you freakin' people goddamn you all.
I can't even begin to convey how stupid this is. A character thwarts a terrorist plot because she wants to have a cigarette. Not comically, by ramming a spaceship in to a satellite. Unemployed people dressed as ninjas save a woman from a burning building. There's a whole episode revolving around a woman born on the moon who looks 18 but is actually 12, and the main male character is I think attracted to her, but it's HARD TO TELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T CONVEY EMOTIONS AT ALL. ohhhh good gracious almighty.
Planetes falls apart on a technical level too. Character's face change shape between scenes, and I suspect the reason it's set in space is so that they don't have to animate walking. Characters slide through frames, there's occasionally sound in space but not all the time. Music is almost non-existent and when it shows up is pretty freaking terrible. Character voices are the same 10 voice actors who voice act everyone, they do their best I'm sure but this was directed by someone who was unwilling to show two characters kissing so they aren't exactly dealing with a visionary. The art style is like a bad copy of Ghost in the Shell. Might even be the same company, and I'd certainly believe it if you told me. It's just terrible on so many levels.
I've just never seen anything so devoid of everything. There's literally nothing here. No joy, no passion for the series, nothing. Just some writer masturbating to their shitty space fantasies. Fantasies that freaking suck shit too. It's half an accurate representation of space and half a comedy, and as a result it accomplishes literally nothing. Of all of the anime that aren't failed comedies (a.k.a. the worst), this is it. This is the worst. Beyond this is only bugger-off trash. Do not watch Planetes. Ahh 97% like on Rotten Tomatoes. Shitt 8/10+ on other sites. What's that. Also, you know what? The plot goes no where important. The main characters get paralyzed and recovers in an episode. My brain melted.
I was more entertained by watching those goddamn 10 hour loops on youtube than this shit show.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Nov 18, 2020
Thrilling, violent action crime drama, with a dose of humour and nostalgic poetic justice
I found this series entertaining in every way. Although not a complicated tale by itself it does offer many points of view through out with different characters who are introduced in each episode. From past thieves gone rogue to innocent bystanders who also become victims from the very same thieves Heizou tracks down using his intelligence. Every episode becomes more interesting than the next as the story evolves.
Good voice actors deliver touching dialogues between characters + sword fights are tense, e.g. Heizo the inspector/ protaganist fending off an assassin + no out
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of character behaviour: plot and decisions are driven by characters' consistent personality + promotes social justice, empathy towards inequity prevalent in Edo period society, and leniency / rehabilitation towards redeemable thieves, especially the Robinhood types + flashbacks show how Heizo grew from a bitter, impulsive trouble maker to a wise inspector with iron fists and a warm heart + violent scenes were plot driven, not gratuitous. Some cases are solved by simply tracking and arresting non-violent thieves; murderous criminals meet swift and violent end + social commentary / philosophical remarks, e.g. Heizo laments a female thief's downfall, "women, they have no paat or future; just survive in the present" elevates this series beyond a simple action crime series, because characters prompt viewers to observe the story and case in a humanized way with social context, making the episodes more meaningful
Opening song is jazzy with saxophones, which doesn't complement the period of the series, and took me some time to get used to
plot twists are few, since you can predict characters' decisions
some episodes include intense sword fights between robbers and police, with gore and dismemberment; there are also cases of sexual assault (hinted, not shown). These episodes are unpleasant, but realistic of the crimes committed in that period
* I enjoy the series because it partly reminds me of Samurai Champloo, the characters are interesting and likeable, Heizo is the chilvarous ideal friend, boss, and husband: he's fun and generous with his friends, fair and kind to his squad, empathetic and respectful towards women, youths and children; his virtues and awareness is almost ahead of his time.
* Highly recommended to viewers who enjoy detective shows such as this one.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Nov 6, 2020
When Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku begins, it feels like a soft, slice-of-life tale. We have a kid who is lonely and through a simple action alienates himself from his classmates, which then leads him to find companionship in an unlikely person. Yet, the more that we get to know about Natsuru and Rio, the more prevalent it becomes that the slice-of-life take is increasingly abnormal.
The manga Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku is a very quick read and an emotional rollercoaster, and it's well worth the ride. The way this story of summertime innocence so quickly and unapologetically shifts to a much darker tone prickles
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the fingertips and numbs the toes. Sniff the air and one can sense the coming tide of personal drama ebbing with each passing second.
Natsuru Nanao is a transfer student. He's in sixth grade. His mother pens saccharine light novels for a living. He has no father.
Rio Suzumura is a townie. She, too, is in sixth grade. Her mother "left a long time ago." Her father is purportedly off to Alaska, fishing for crab meat.
Neither Natsuru nor Rio have any illusion about the world's expectations for them. At school, there are bullies; at soccer practice, there are joyless coaches; and all throughout the neighborhood, the assumption is such that if your life isn't as good as theirs, then clearly you're doing something wrong.
In Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku, it isn't until the weight of parental abandonment and the icy burn of forced maturity nudge these two kids together that readers start holding their breath. There's a reason Rio and her little brother, Yuuta, are living on only ¥1,000 a day. There's a reason Natsuru is skipping summer camp and keeping his distance from his mother.
Kids have secrets, sure, but so do the adults responsible for raising them. Sometimes, the adults don't know any better . . . so they lie. And sometimes, when they do know better . . . they still lie.
Ozaki's manga conjures a good deal of humor as well as tears, chronicling the budding relationship of two sixth-grader's fighting back against wave after wave of dissatisfaction. Natsuru is a genuinely nice kid. So is Rio. Unfortunately for them, niceness means nothing in the face of poverty, aloneness, and whatever fragment of humanity is left after having your dignity stomped under foot by those who would dare tell you what is or is not your "fault" in life. Because of all these responses that I was undergoing, Natsuru and Rio started to feel precious to me; I wanted to protect them and to keep them safe.
If the gods lie "because it's the best they can do," then what hope is there for us humans?
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 30, 2020
"Futanari heals all yaoi" -Gandhi
My first contact with Boku no Pico was through those anime subreddits on Reddit, where people would spend a considerable amount of time posting anime memes, lo-fi hip hop, and displaying a rather unhealthy obssession with ahegao. When i was decided to talk about Boku no Pico, my friends was constantly recommending me to watch this 'great show', it has become the 'butt end' of the anime community in the same ranks as 177013. So, I thought it was essential to watch it so I gave Boku no Pico a shot and received it with an open mind. To my surprise,
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I completely enjoyed my experience but with an asterisk.
As I mentioned in the beginning, I used the 'chicks with dicks' mentality to cope with the show and this is what the artists gave us by making Pico so effeminate. Having this believable female aesthetic to Pico saved me from trashing this show along with the great storytelling. The rest of the elements such as background feel like the anime of the time which didn't stand out too much but never dipped in quality that took you out of the experience
-Story 5/10
Now, the story was good in entry, although it could have done a better job in telling that story, it seems like this storyline was a bit shorter than the others, Although the plot is basic and doesn't really go anywhere, the way the show is edited together and how the storyboard progresses sells the experience to me. (I will try to stay away from specifics so as not to spoil the show) The show starts of in a tense establishing scene that immediately tells us what kind of relationship our main character and Pico have and the 'teasing' aspect of the first few scenes pay dividends as they really make the 'climax' of the show feel earned. We get fleeting shots that tease what is to come and makes us think about the scenes that introduce us to the show which keep the viewer engaged. Thinking critically, this is a hentai and it is supposed to help us get off which is what Boku no Pico excels at as it teases us, then edges us closer and closer until we get the pay off at the end that cements the experience in my mind above and beyond what other hentai has every helped me achieve. It is good for the story to elevate a hentai, however Boku no Pico's pacing and storytelling made the show for me.
-Art 6/10
The art itself was good, and although it was censored, if you tried hard enough you can get passed it and enjoy its full potential. The show was made in 2006 so we have to take that into account when marking it up. I gave it such a high score because of how memorable it is able to make it's characters where if the beginning of a scene is shown many people are able to recognize it almost instinctively.. The character design was also great, seeing how someone would confuse them as girls, that’s is what a shota animation is supposed to do, they where cute and girlish, and the fact that they cross-dress was amazing, it really got me to think if their girls or boys, but aside from that, the ecchi scenes where well made, it really depicted the movement and the shaking of someone’s body during these kinds of situations. Although the reason why it got a 8, was mainly because I prefer watching something a bit more recent, this is when someone has only watched purely modern anime, which this can a new experience and not enjoy the show due to the art.
-Sound 5/10
The sound gets above average marks for including an OP/ED song and the background music which helped build the tense atmosphere of each sexual scene that would've felt lackluster otherwise. Having the music be there then be absent created a sense of unease which mirrored the teasing and edging flow of the show. The sound also helped me cope with the show in having a contrast of masculine and feminine voices for our main leads which strengthens my argument that Pico is a girl since his VA is also a female.
-Character 6/10
I liked the characters for what they are, they like to tease each other which is very amusing. The way they interact, is like they been friends for a long time, even though they meant each other on that same day, and the personalities are also great for all the characters, the interaction with these shotas is inspiring, what I mean by that, is that you can be good friends by sharing something in common, even though it this example is having ecchi acts with your fellow boy.
-Enjoyment 6/10
This series was something that I enjoyed very much because of the sexualization in the scenes, the moaning, the sounds, everything I enjoyed, it really got me to rethink my fetishes, this was a fucking bombshell, and I enjoyed it to the point where I had to stop looking at it for the scenes…
-Overall 6/10
I swear I'm not gay guys but Boku no Pico took my on a wild ride and it was probably, in the context of hentai helps us achieve, "the best hentai I have watched" in terms of raw usefulness. It had the best pacing of a hentai with its not too heavy plot and teasing moments that gave us the pay-off we were anticipating towards the end..
It’s what I’ve would have expected from a yaoi, and even though it’s my 1st one, it was good after all..
"We'll see each other again, right?"
-Pico
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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