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brunoais:
Hanaukyou Maid Tai: La Verite

8/10

Pros:
- Great comedy
- Average story (it's nothing that stands out)
- The guy is not a wimp, he's got initiative and not only knows what he wants but also fights for that.

Cons:
- For an ecchi series they seem to forget to show significant ecchi after the 2nd episode (with one or other exception here and there).
- Stuff happens and then some of it is actaully forgotten in later episodes. For a series that is not episodic it can be considered a deception.
- After watching the other version you may get into too high hopes for this one. There doesn't seem to exist any improvements at all.

Logiick:

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--- Quote from: Xycolian2332 on August 11, 2012, 08:52:59 AM ---Bakemonogatari

7/10

pros:
Good music
Kept me entertained for a little while
leads have interesting personalities

cons:
so much screens that interrupt the show like [black frame] and [red frame] and such, actually wanted to find out how much time these things wasted over the entire series but Im too lazy to find out

(click to show/hide)Saw the unrequited love story at the end coming from a mile away.
No main story (well there kind of is but its unresolved), just a bunch of small ones strung together

kind of ends on a cliffhanger, still decent as standalone - suppose Ill have to watch Nisemonogatari at some point.

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7 is a very low rating for Bakemonogatari. Though I personally liked Nisemonogatari better, cuz of some certain reasons (I don't want to spoil). But still, 7 is way too low for Bakemonogatari.

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I wouldn't consider it low.
To be honest, it's not that gripping.
Interesting, don't get me wrong. But it's not one of those series that you're like: "OMG, I need to see what happens next!"
I personally give it an 8, but I can understand giving it a 7.

Although, giving it a 7 for things like the black and red screens, that's a little 'meh'.

About to start up Nise, myself.

deadskin:

Zero no Tsukaima (complete)
+vibrant, detailed backgrounds
+original concept is interesting at least
+it's everyone's favourite guilty pleasure: harem
+well paced
-generally sticks with what works but tries too hard to be a serious drama sometimes
-too many cliches
-straightforward harem
-little overboard with the fanservice
-plot holes galore
-setting and world isn't really fleshed out; too many crapshoot explanations
-basically they did the same OP and ED 4 times
5/10 (5/10 ZnT, 5/10 FnS, 5/10 PnR, 4/10 ZnT F)

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Nodame-chan:
The Place Promised In Our Early Days/Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Bashou 7/10

Pros:

Very calm anime, makes you rest and relax
Soft romance that can easily be watched with family
Futuristic, but not totally mecha

Cons:

Was so calm I fell asleep trying to watch it first time
The seiyuu of main hero seemed amateur, so was a pain to listen to him
Though animation was good, I didn't like how characters were drawn


Or else was pretty good. I relaxed and enjoyed it.

datora:
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Natsuiro Kiseki - which just was swapped with updated batch, reminding me to post here.

OKay ... silly school girl fun, coming of age.  You can put that down to both Good & Bad depending on your mood.

However, this one is done quite a bit better than most.  The humor gets silly and slapstick, but also has some charming depth to it.  There's a good "Groundhog Day" arc toward the end, which ties in nicely with all the other themes.  The story progresses with decent depth & thought, nice character interaction and development, and a good bit of heart rubbed on it.

The animation and artwork really shine, though.  I'm looking forward to having a BluRay of this just so I can vidcap about every third or fourth frame as a wallpaper.  The light Jpop soundtrack is fairly decent with a few solid highlights, even if it's not outstanding for the most part.

On the downside, the fundamental premise (a wishing stone that can grant some amazingingly powerful wishes) is not exploited nearly to its fullest.  If a group of fairly talented & intelligent kids (like our main protagonists) really did have access to something like that for an entire summer, it is entirely unrealistic that they wouldn't come up with vastly more creative ways to abuse such a power.

Overall I give 6.5 or 7 for 10, with the artwork and general feel-good carrying a premise that had a lot more potential than the writers managed to pull off.  This could have been a full order of magnitude more clever, and it really feels that way by the time the final episode credits roll.


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--- Quote from: deadskin on August 14, 2012, 10:18:07 PM ---Zero no Tsukaima (complete)
5/10 (5/10 ZnT, 5/10 FnS, 5/10 PnR, 4/10 ZnT F)
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Yah.  Pretty much agree.  The first season I'd give somewhere around a 6 or 7 for 10, but the following seasons struggle to maintain a 5, with individual episodes dipping into the 3 range.  The unending stream of tit jokes got more than tiresome halfway through the 2nd season, then they doubled-down and tripled down on them as the finale approached.  Pretty pathetic and uninspired.  I've told several friends to just stop at the end of Season 2 & pretend that's all there is. ]

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