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New Game! - Quick Review (SPOILER ALERT)
Hello everyone! Kuromi here. It's been a while since I've updated this blog. Fret not, for today we're gonna take a look at one of the latest completed anime series, New Game!.
Nijiiro Days - Is it really Colourful? (SPOILERS Alert)
Alright, alright. Calm your horses people. It's me, Kuromi, and I'm finally back with writing on this blog. Woo hoo! Sorry for the long hiatus, college had been killing me... a LOT. Nevertheless, we're finally got a week off so I thought I should write something. So thanks to those who visited my blog even during my 'disappearance'.
So today we're gonna take a look at a cance-- I mean, a drama anime. Featuring an average of 13 minutes per episode, Nijiiro Days is just another slice of life romantic drama revolving around high school students. The title might say 'rainbow' but honestly I don't really get that, 'rainbow-y' feeling. It might've just been me, since my roommates had been going heads over heels over this series. Me? I heard that my favourite VA is in this anime, though in the end it just 'sounded' like her. Damn snitch.
Anyway, the story is about a group of guy friends hanging around, living their normie lives. One of them, Natsuki, got dumped by his girlfriend during one Christmas. (Seriously, if it were me, I'll be at church on Christmas night). Then this one girl handed him a packet of tissue on the scene post breakup. He then learned that the girl went to the same school as him, thus begin the series of pointless drama.
To be frank, the drama between the supporting characters were much more interesting than the main couple. Question is, does Kobayakawa even a main character anyway? (Source). To me, Matsunaga and Tsutsui's romance were much more appealing. There were a lot of development in both their characters and their relationship. Plus, there were a lot, I repeat, a LOT of scenes and moments that will make you go 'Hnnnnnnnnnnnnng!'.
Tsutsui is your generic rebellious girl with phobia of men, but instead of fleeing from them, she confronts them with violence. While Matsunaga is your typical playboy or ladies' man. As the story progress, their relationship with each other develops as they overcoming life obstacles and becoming more and more mature. Tsutsui began to open up to not just men, but also other people and treat them as friends. Matsunaga on the other hand started to lay off from his old habits and started to learn the true meaning of love and loyalty. There's a lot that can be said about them rather than Natsuki and Kobayakawa.
Other couples in the series being Tsuyoshi with Yukiko and Keiichi and Matsunaga -- the younger Matsunaga, Nozomi, mind you.
So enough with the story and shippings, let's go to the visuals department.
Since this anime is a shoujo anime, despite seeing the story from the male point of view, you can expect some beautiful arts and of course, random flowers and sparkling backgrounds. They convey the art from the original manga pretty well. Hats off to the animation team, probably the only good thing that made this anime a success.
Colours were vibrant, almost playful in a sense. Though not that consistent, the visuals actually provide more expressions than any other elements within this anime. For once, I found the art more heart tugging than music.
Now when I said that statement, it doesn't mean that the music was trash. In fact, it is the second best element ever implemented within this series. It may sound redundant later on as the same BGMs actually played for different situations, making you question yourself, what kind of scene are you in right now. Though the music was splendid and beautiful, the placement of it was somewhat off sometimes.
FINAL SUMMATION
When you're watching this anime, you could expect the following:
+ Beautiful art. So colourful it made me colourblind (Just kidding)
+ Good music, catchy and fun
+ Loads of 'hnnnnnng!' moments
+ Good humor, pretty funny
- Short episodes (Waiting each week for a 13 minute episode. RWBY much?)
- Supporting characters had more action than the mains
- Misplaced(?) music.
- Shitty drama
- My friends worship this series and I don't see it's 'light'
I would rate it around (6/10) for anyone to watch. It is a good time-passer when you want to binge watch something when there's nothing to do. If those light and fluffy romance stuff's your thing, then by all means, this is your perfect match.
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Well that's it for now. There's still more stuff to do back here, so I don't really know when will I post next. But feel free to come back for some readings to pass your time. I appreciate your support. Especially those who frequented this blog despite it's recent hiatus period. Anyways, until next time, I'm Kuromi signing off. Keep on reading!
To be frank, the drama between the supporting characters were much more interesting than the main couple. Question is, does Kobayakawa even a main character anyway? (Source). To me, Matsunaga and Tsutsui's romance were much more appealing. There were a lot of development in both their characters and their relationship. Plus, there were a lot, I repeat, a LOT of scenes and moments that will make you go 'Hnnnnnnnnnnnnng!'.
Tsutsui is your generic rebellious girl with phobia of men, but instead of fleeing from them, she confronts them with violence. While Matsunaga is your typical playboy or ladies' man. As the story progress, their relationship with each other develops as they overcoming life obstacles and becoming more and more mature. Tsutsui began to open up to not just men, but also other people and treat them as friends. Matsunaga on the other hand started to lay off from his old habits and started to learn the true meaning of love and loyalty. There's a lot that can be said about them rather than Natsuki and Kobayakawa.
Other couples in the series being Tsuyoshi with Yukiko and Keiichi and Matsunaga -- the younger Matsunaga, Nozomi, mind you.
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| Tsuyoponnu and Yukirin |
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| Keiichi and Nozomi |
Since this anime is a shoujo anime, despite seeing the story from the male point of view, you can expect some beautiful arts and of course, random flowers and sparkling backgrounds. They convey the art from the original manga pretty well. Hats off to the animation team, probably the only good thing that made this anime a success.
Colours were vibrant, almost playful in a sense. Though not that consistent, the visuals actually provide more expressions than any other elements within this anime. For once, I found the art more heart tugging than music.
Now when I said that statement, it doesn't mean that the music was trash. In fact, it is the second best element ever implemented within this series. It may sound redundant later on as the same BGMs actually played for different situations, making you question yourself, what kind of scene are you in right now. Though the music was splendid and beautiful, the placement of it was somewhat off sometimes.
FINAL SUMMATION
When you're watching this anime, you could expect the following:
+ Beautiful art. So colourful it made me colourblind (Just kidding)
+ Good music, catchy and fun
+ Loads of 'hnnnnnng!' moments
+ Good humor, pretty funny
- Short episodes (Waiting each week for a 13 minute episode. RWBY much?)
- Supporting characters had more action than the mains
- Misplaced(?) music.
- Shitty drama
- My friends worship this series and I don't see it's 'light'
I would rate it around (6/10) for anyone to watch. It is a good time-passer when you want to binge watch something when there's nothing to do. If those light and fluffy romance stuff's your thing, then by all means, this is your perfect match.
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Well that's it for now. There's still more stuff to do back here, so I don't really know when will I post next. But feel free to come back for some readings to pass your time. I appreciate your support. Especially those who frequented this blog despite it's recent hiatus period. Anyways, until next time, I'm Kuromi signing off. Keep on reading!
(18+ Warning) 'Oppai' Gakuen HxH - #First Impressions
Yo, peeps. Kuromi here. Today we're gonna take a look at one of the most recently released anime, Oppa-- I mean, Masou Gakuen HxH. The first episode had been released on 1st of July and in just one night, it is already ranked one of the most viewed episode in stream sites like Crunchyroll and on unofficial sites alike. So in today's post, I'll be ranting about what I can say about this anime from the first episode.
Remember, it's just an impression and it won't cover the whole series. Also take note, I'm not going to make an episode-by-episode reviews. I'll only make reviews when the series had already ended or when it's about to end. So without further ado, let's get going!
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So the episode already started with a rather... 'heated up' scene. Kizuna, the main character, is currently 'charging' up his 'friend', Himekawa. I can't really explain how the process goes, so I just leave some teaser images to show the 'atmosphere' below:
Don't worry, folks. They merely in the process of 'charging up'... if you know what I mean, huehue. No really, they're charging up energy for real. From this scene I can already guess two things on how will this series go. One, this might be just another 12 episodes anime. Light novel adaptation, remember. Two, unnecessary erotic scene for every 5 minutes on each coming episodes.
It might go well with fans who watched just for the fan service. But to me, I prefer story or plot than anything else. More specifically, thrills. However, it might be good to have some guilty pleasures every now and then, right?
So there are three heroines in this series. That means harem genre confirmed. Each heroine had their own generic tropes, rich girl, tsundere, kuudere. But all three of them had one trait in common besides their hair colours and personality. That's right, you hopeless perverts. I'm talking about...
Boobs... or oppai, whatever.
Does breasts really matter? I guess when it comes to selling via fan service, it's a staple, no questions asked. All three heroines have 'canons', so to all 'justice' supporter, I'm sorry. There are no flats here... yet. We have still yet to see the coming episodes, so who knows when a 'flat' character might come. I mean, if they really wanna sell this series right, there have to be one at least. But that's all from generic build up in these kinds of anime. Who knows what'll they're gonna do with this series.
Also, since this is their first release, that means no Blu-ray like content yet. I'm talking about censorship. That's right, censored scenes everywhere. Not just those 'convenient ray of light' kind of censors, but also stack on censors.
So putting aside boobies and fan service aside, I have to say the animations are pretty good and colours are, well, colourful. The action scenes are quite good even with the 3D rendered animations, though it felt too... secondary. I guess that's normal because they ARE selling this anime by their fan service, which is rather disappointing. If they actually put more effort in the action side of the story, it might become a rather good 'more-than-just-boobies' anime. Seriously, they put more effort in the jiggle physics and groping scenes.
There are yet any opening or ending theme songs, but at least the soundtrack showed some promise. It's actually pretty good, both in action and erotic scenes. Yes, it sounds really good in erotic scenes as well. I really hope the opening and ending songs will be good, at least as good as the theme songs used in High School DxD.
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So to summarize things up, here are my impressions on this episode.
Pros:
- Fluid animations
- Quality 3D animations
- Awesome soundtracks
- Vivid colours and beautiful arts
- Great voice acting
Cons:
- Generic borderline-hentai level ecchi plot
- Pathetic protagonist
- Generic tropes
- Might be a really short series
- Less action, more 'action'
- Boobies
- Boobies
- Boobies
- Did I mentioned boobies?
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So there you have it folks, my first impressions on Masou Gakuen HxH's first episode. I'll be doing a full review by the time this anime series ends, and I can guess it's not gonna be that a long wait. I'll be doing some of these first impressions more soon as the summer anime batch for 2016 are finally out. So be sure to come back often for more updates in the future.
I'm Kuromi, signing out. Be seeing you guys next time, and as always, keep on reading.
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