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Various thoughts on a variety of topics.

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Various thoughts on a variety of topics.

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  • Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shite shimatta… & Lapis Re:LiGHTs

    Posted on November 3, 2020 2:28 am by Offkorn 1 Comment

    The show with the excessively long title (which can be more sensibly shorted to HameFura if you’re so inclined) is a slightly unconventional isekai variant in which the protagonist doesn’t actually have any notable abilities. Her lack of notable skill is, in fact, apparently the very reason all the other characters like her so much (well, that and the way she unconsciously steals all the character-specific romance events for herself). This presents a problem; there’s not much of a reason to root for someone who continually fails into success after all.

    A slightly more conventional ‘magical academy’ series, Lapis Re:Lights starts out featuring some pretty generic character behavior and event developments. Unilaterally forcing Tiara into Rosetta’s group at the beginning was completely unnecessary and leaves a bad taste, while the eventual idol reveal in the second episode (which almost completely invalidates the setting’s premise) is just soul-crushingly banal. I couldn’t bring myself to go any further.

    Then there’s also Honzuki no Gekokujou, another reincarnation-based fantasy isekai with an unpowered protagonist, which I long suspected wouldn’t appeal to me based on said protagonist being a child. A suspicion that turned out to be completely accurate.

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    This entry was posted in 2020 - Spring 2020 - Summer Anime Related and tagged Comedy Dramatic Support Dropped Fantasy Finished Harem Idol Incomplete Source LN Adaptation Mixed Media Project Music Romance School Life Series Televised
  • Sundry Anime Movies

    Posted on October 11, 2020 3:19 am by Offkorn 1 Comment
      Gekijouban: FAIRY TAIL – DRAGON CRY
      The improved animation (compared to the parent series) is offset by the worse character artwork and massive pacing hit watching it where it supposedly takes place (post-episode 285) causes. Content-wise it’s effectively a generic battle shounen filler movie.
      Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Fine
      The franchise‘s conclusion begins by almost entirely sidelining the harem aspects to focus on Megumi and how her comments regarding the game mirror her real-life relationship with Aki… only to have the entire thing derailed by a completely unrelated dramatic development about a third of the way through which inexplicably reintroduces the harem elements. They had a natural ending right there only to go and water down and delay it via contrived drama. Why?
      Goblin Slayer -Goblin’s crowN-
      It starts out with a 25-minute recap of the first season (focusing on the violence and rape; which is an odd choice considering the initial reaction to that season was mostly split between ‘the first episode is nothing like the rest of the series’ and ‘the series is nothing but rape’). Such baffling production decisions. As for the new content, the quality level ends up slightly worse the prequel… assuming you go in expecting a double-length TV episode rather than a movie. If you go in actually expecting a movie it will probably end up mostly disappointing.
      HUMAN LOST
      While inspired by No Longer Human and including some of its major plot points, this movie changes far too much to be considered an adaptation (so best to just forget about that if you haven’t already). It’s an action-drama now and a gorgeous work of desolation and futility… though I feel the giant monster and final fight in the ‘void’ were overkill.
      BURN ✠HE WITCH
      Taking place in the same universe as Bleach, being set in a completely different location (one with more of a Harry Potter vibe to it), this movie focuses entirely on the franchise’s magic system rather than item-based or physical combat. It starts off well enough with crisp artwork, fluid combat animation, and mostly decent characters. The problem is with one particular character: Balgo. He’s awful and has no reason to exist beyond being awful and causing some of the most contrived plot developments I’ve recently had the misfortune of being exposed to.
      Sora no Aosa o Shiru Hito yo
      While the movie works decently enough as a music-themed relationship drama for about 3/4ths of its runtime (leavened by ample comic relief), the vaguely Anohana-like supernatural elements don’t really add anything. It doesn’t have much of an ending either, with events being resolved in the most arbitrary manner possible and an epilogue taking the form of still images embedded in the credit roll.

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    This entry was posted in 2017 - Spring 2019 - Autumn 2020 - Autumn 2020 - Winter Anime Related and tagged Action Anime Original Battle Shounen Comedy Comic Adaptation Comic Relief Crunchyroll Drama Fairy Tail Fantasy Funimation Goblin Slayer Harem Incomplete Source LN Adaptation Movie Music Romance Saekano Science Fiction Urban Fantasy
  • Carole & Tuesday & Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator

    Posted on August 30, 2020 7:29 pm by Offkorn Comment

    For the most part, Carole & Tuesday is a variation on the classic A Star is Born sort of story; you have two amateur musicians from vastly different backgrounds connecting to overcome early adversity and make music that moves the masses. The characters are mostly fun, but the core problem here is that much of the music the show features is pretty generic (particularly the songs in the first half or so) and doesn’t match the characters who are supposed to be singing them. Listened to on their own without the visuals some of the songs are surprisingly good, but almost none of them work within the context of the show.

    It also has a number of other things going on as subplots, such as anti-immigration politics and corrupt businessmen, an obsessive stalker, fame-based breakdowns, a conniving manager, parental abandonment, and advanced AI supplanting humanity. All of these end up more engaging than the main story… which is more damning than praiseworthy.

    As for the Index Accelerator spinoff, it appears to take place sometime before Index III and mostly features a bunch of new characters who don’t really have much going for them. Accelerator himself is a pretty annoying/one-note character (albeit not as bad as Touma), so its weird anyone would make a series nominally centered around him to begin with. Another oddity is the rather large amount of situational ecchi; girls wandering around and/or fighting in their underwear is quite common.

    Speaking of ecchi: Don’t watch Plunderer unless you’re fond of sexual-assault level harassment guised as cartoonish comedy.

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    This entry was posted in 2019 - Spring 2019 - Summer Anime Related and tagged Action Anime Original Comic Adaptation Comic Relief Drama Ecchi Finished Funimation Music Netflix Partial Adaptation Science Fiction Series Televised Toaru Urban Fantasy
  • Aggressive Retsuko: Season 2

    Posted on June 15, 2019 11:54 am by Offkorn Comment

    As if Retsuko’s everyday life weren’t troublesome enough with having to train a new employee, she now also has to deal with the well-meaning meddling of her mother… who’s become determined to push her into an arranged marriage.

    A continuation of the previous season with a larger focus on romance.

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    This entry was posted in 2019 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Aggressive Retsuko Alternative Version Anime Original Comedy Finished Music Netflix Romance Series Urban Fantasy Workplace
  • Gekijouban Macross DELTA: Gekijou no Walküre

    Posted on April 10, 2019 2:32 pm by Offkorn Comment

    Desperately wishing to become a part of the Tactical Sound Unit Walküre, whose songs are integral to fighting outbreaks of a mysterious disease known as Vár Syndrome, the Windermiran Freyja Wion smuggles herself across the galaxy only to get caught up in a Vár outbreak while in transit. Rescued by the human pilot Hayate Immelmann, she manages to join Walküre just as war breaks out between Windermirans and the rest of the galaxy.

    An alternative version of the Macross Delta TV series with a similar genre composition.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Winter Anime Related and tagged Action Alternative Version Anime Original Comic Relief Drama Idol Magical Girl Movie Music Romance Science Fiction
  • Zombie Land Saga

    Posted on December 23, 2018 3:12 pm by Offkorn Comment

    Suddenly killed in a traffic accident, 2nd-year highschool student Sakura Minamoto awakens to find herself in a creepy zombie-filled house. Running for her life she manages to escape… only to discover that she herself is a zombie, raised from death to revitalize the fading Saga Prefecture as part of a zombie idol group.

    An idol comedy focused on reaction and absurdist humor including a number of secondary dramatic subplots and a few horror elements.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Autumn Anime Related and tagged Amazon Prime Anime Original Comedy Crunchyroll Drama Finished Idol Music Series Televised Urban Fantasy
  • Liz to Aoi Tori

    Posted on December 8, 2018 1:59 pm by Offkorn 1 Comment

    Mizore Yoroizuka has quietly followed Nozomi Kasaki for years, never quite able to take that last step and fully express how she feels. It’s on one morning just like any other that Nozomi relates the story of ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’… hinting that it just may have some parallels to their relationship.

    A stand-alone side story, taking place after the main Hibike! Euphonium series, focused on longing. It alternates between a conventional art style and one resembling a watercolor storybook for Liz’s segments.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Anime Original Drama Fantasy Hibike! Euphonium Movie Music Romance School Life
  • Ongaku Shoujo

    Posted on October 10, 2018 5:37 am by Offkorn Comment

    Perennially unpopular, the members of the Ongaku Shoujo idol group have tried just about everything to increase their sales or attract more attention. Their luck finally changes one day after meeting the idol-crazy Hanako Yamadagi, who’s currently visiting Japan with her musician parents: With the help of her advice and practically eidetic memory they suddenly begin to improve by leaps and bounds.

    A comedic management-focused idol series with small flashes of relationship drama. Though it includes the characters from the 2015 movie of the same name, in all other respects the two are unrelated.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Summer Anime Related and tagged Comedy Crunchyroll Dropped Idol Mixed Media Project Music Series Televised Workplace
  • Shoujo Kageki: Revue Starlight

    Posted on October 7, 2018 8:08 am by Offkorn Comment

    Attending the prestigious Seishou Music Academy, Karen Aijou holds a dream of performing on stage in the Starlight Revue with her childhood friend Hikari Kagura. A dream which finally seems within her reach when Hikari returns from overseas to attend Seishou as well… but the path to the Revue is a harsh one, and only a single performer out of a select group can qualify for the honor.

    A school-life relationship drama centered on theater performance as combat. It has a large of amount of comic relief and a fondness for symbology.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Summer Anime Related and tagged Action Comic Relief Drama Finished HiDive Mixed Media Project Music School Life Series Televised Urban Fantasy
  • Lost sonG

    Posted on June 21, 2018 1:11 pm by Offkorn 1 Comment

    Rin lives in a small countryside village while Finis resides in the capital city, and the two couldn’t be more different. Yet both possess the mysterious Power of Song which is strong enough to create something from nothing as if by magic. However, what can create can also destroy and there are those that wish to use that power in war, a desire which sets the world on a path to ruin.

    A music-themed war drama with occasional splashes of comic relief which eventually transforms into something resembling a disaster thriller.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Action Anime Original Comic Relief Drama Fantasy Finished Music Netflix Series Televised

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