First Impression: Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru

For some reason I believe there will be traps in this show. Don't even ask me how the fuck did I get that idea because I don't even know. It all came to mind when I saw the synopsis when I wrote the preview. However, the thoughts of traps kind of make me excited to check this show out so here hoping that there will be traps, regardless.

Ah shit, no traps.

Ah shit, halfway through the episode I was bored as fuck so I decided to stop watching. I don't care about Yui either.

This show is about "curing" Hikigaya, who is an anti-social. He was forced to join the "service club" where Yuki is the one giving the service to better the humanity and change the world. She's blessed but has become victim of jealousy so she's pretty much a loner now. I don't buy that crap even for a second. I just think she's ungrateful.

But on different note, Yui is cute and I hope she ends up with Hikigaya. Ah crap, I already have an OTP for this show >_>

Anyway, regardless, this show brought up some interesting issue. Why do people feel the need to change other people just so they conform to your belief of what is acceptable by society? By wanting a person to change, s/he is no longer him/herself. Isn't that messed up? Some people, no matter how weird they are, are comfortable in their own skin. They don't need to be saved. So before you wave your finger pointing at them, asked yourself if you're comfortable in your own skin. Is it you who need saving?

I might saving this for later days. At the moment, it is just not something that I want to watch.


Episode: tbc
Aired: Spring 2013
Producers: Brains Base

arts & animation 7/10
story 5/10
characters 6/10
sound 8/10
enjoyment 6/10
overall 6.4/10

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First Impression: Oda Nobuna no Yabou

I find myself attracted to anything historical as of late. First it was the Shinsengumi era, then the Nobunaga era. Besides, this one is produced by Madhouse so I expect something tolerable if not great. I did change my mind about it when I saw the character designs so at least they have done something right there.

Ambition of Oda Nobuna is pretty much like any other anime that evolves around Nobunaga: of conquering Japan with his/her sidekick and enemies. In this show though, there is the added element from the future which is Sagara Yoshiharu, a really good looking boy, who somehow ended up in the era and is helping out Nobuna. I'm pretty sure they will end up together eventually but I just can't seem to care.

though I don't mind reading the doujinshi about these two =\

The comedy was cheap and borderline stupid. Most of it comes from the over-reaction from Yoshiharu. The story was weak and doesn't has anything new to add for this genre of anime. Basically I was disappointed.

But like I said, at least Madhouse does something right with the character designs, animation and the whole shebang. They were above average. Too bad the story failed to add value to the arts and animation otherwise this could have been tolerable for me.

Which means I am dropping this show without any regrets whatsoever. I'm not saying that it is shit though. It's just not my cup of tea.

Episodes: tbc
Aired: Summer 2012
Genres: Comedy, Historical, Romance

arts & animation 8/10
story 4/10
characters 7/10
sound 6/10
enjoyment 5/10
overall 6/10

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First Impression: Gosick

The OP of Gosick definitely got me excited. Looking at the characters designs, I was impressed and immediately like the male protagonist. This opinion, of course, will change immediately as well if he turns out to be a wuzz. I predict the goth girl to be a typical tsundere. Just throwing the idea out there.

The start of the episode shows some old whacked job lady sprouting some prophecy nonsense about a boy who will cause the end of the world. To stop this, she told the villagers to sacrifice 11 hares. So it was a pretty bloody and gore start for Gosick. I'm not complaining. This just might be my cup of tea.

That's two good points in a row.

(c) takeda hinata

Kujo Kazuya is the male protagonist that I referred to earlier. Everyone at school avoided him and called him a "dark reaper" for some reason. Apparently he's not from Saobure but was sent there to further his study. Guess what? I changed my mind because he did turn out to be a fucking wuzz. Damn it for false hope. I was right about the Victorique (that's the name of the goth girl) too.

They met in some sort of arboretum where they also met Grevil de Blois. A fitting name for a guy who has a giga drill breaker for a quiff. I almost forgot that this is the parody for Sherlock Holmes. It's hard to take this seriously with sidekick like Kujo, police officer like Grevil and an over-zealous teacher with megane as big as her boobs. Besides, when Grevil told the story of the murder, even I can conclude that the maid was the murderer even before Victorique told him so since the old lady obviously died from a gun shot to her left eye. Jeebus.

Thankfully the gore stuffs are pretty gore. I like that part a lot.

So... basically Kujo is boring, not meant to be a leader type of guy. He could used the lift but instead opt to climb thousand staircases instead. I called that dumb. Victorique is smart (duh) but totally unsociable and Grevil got all the credits from her hardwork of solving cases, not that she mind but Kujo won't let it slide and took it upon himself to interfere with her life. I guess she was thankful for that since thanks to him, she got to experience the outside world now. And thus the trio were created and the story started.

Aoi Yuuki is definitely suited for Victorique role. She has done many similar characters before: Mina Tepes, Murasaki Kuhouin, Korone and Noel Kannagi to name a few (I was surprised to find out that she did Shinra). As for the other seiyuu, I'm not really familiar with any of them. That's another word for me to say that they are forgettable.

The ED is kinda dark and mysterious to match the theme of the show. After a few minutes, I realized that I can't remember how it sounds like. Same with the OP though I do remember the MV so it wasn't so bad I guess, just forgettable, like the seiyuus. LOL

My verdict for the first impressions is this: it was average at best. There's nothing really stands out about the characters, animation, story and sound. Having said that, if you want an anime to watch, this is a trillion times better than Rio: Rainbow Gate! I might watch this or might dropped it after few episodes. We'll see.

art & animation 6/10
story 6/10
characters 5/10
sound 5/10
enjoyment 6/10
overall 6/10

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