January 20th, 2023
Spy x Family Pt.2
Anime Relations: Spy x Family Part 2
Just adding a little bit here now that “part 2” of Spy X Family has completed. I think in lieu of a legitimate review I’ll just ramble about some things I noticed, liked, and disliked.
First on my mind is that the season was essentially more of the same. The show has a fun air for most of the time though I will say the “get a dog” ark had a very unusually unnecessary amount of dog torture which was far more than was needed to get the point across. Not sure what that was about, either poor timing direction which I’m inclined to believe or the show is trying to milk emotions out of me which I have no patience for.
Having a female introduced to compete for Lloyd is fun and it set up some new spice to keep things interesting. Becky being horny for Lloyds “Lloyds” is weird and uncomfortable, but I ain’t complaining. Tennis arc was probably the best of the season. The OP and ED are once again bangers and the slice of life scene presented in the ED is honestly all I really need from the show to fill my heart.
First on my mind is that the season was essentially more of the same. The show has a fun air for most of the time though I will say the “get a dog” ark had a very unusually unnecessary amount of dog torture which was far more than was needed to get the point across. Not sure what that was about, either poor timing direction which I’m inclined to believe or the show is trying to milk emotions out of me which I have no patience for.
Having a female introduced to compete for Lloyd is fun and it set up some new spice to keep things interesting. Becky being horny for Lloyds “Lloyds” is weird and uncomfortable, but I ain’t complaining. Tennis arc was probably the best of the season. The OP and ED are once again bangers and the slice of life scene presented in the ED is honestly all I really need from the show to fill my heart.
Posted by Moomochi | Jan 20, 2023 6:26 PM | 0 comments
April 9th, 2021
Shingeki no Kyojin
Anime Relations: Shingeki no Kyojin, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3, Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2, Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season, Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season Part 2
Out of 100 Nobles watching…
65 were impressed!
35 Once again stress the importance of a cohesive narrative and conclusions
If I do end up posting this it will be as a blog post so I can risk talking about spoilers for the series. A lot of people are losing their minds right now with the release of the final chapter of Attack on Titan with many left upset, confused, and I imagine at least a few people are happy. I hopped back in after catching wind the final season would be wrapping up soon and having liked the first season of the series a whole lot, I decided to check it out again. A little research a few weeks ago and one binge watch session later and I was out of Attack on Titan to watch with a final chapter on the horizon. With no other recourse to obtain more I went ahead and picked up the manga and am now at the end of the journey along with many others.
Attack on Titan had a lot of twists and turns that kept it interesting, but I definitely feel that somewhere along the lines the author decided “I just want to get this over with” and started presenting major turning points in the story at the drop of a hat. I feel this was actually a pretty solid model for keeping things interesting up until the mystery of the basement is solved. By the time I reached the final chapter my initial impressions were “how in the world is the author going to bring this to a conclusion in a satisfactory way?” With the simplest answer to that question being “they won’t”. I’m fairly disappointed to say I was not surprised in this regard. The ending was a fairly bland hasty wrap up of as much of the story as possible. It felt “fine”, but really did not do the last decade of story any justice. An entirely unsurprising ending for a story that’s been declining the last third of its run.
As a Sasha fanboy it definitely pains me to say the best parts of the post basement chapters center around Gabi’s arc. Gabi was an excellent vehicle for showing the themes of the later half of the series and her character growth was something I found truly engaging. The fallout of her actions had real consequences that changed her and those around her and I hope in Isayama’s later works he might try working with some smaller scale character pieces.
I could write paragraphs about how much I hate time travel shenanigans or pick apart all the red herrings like Historia and the Worm, but people will be making big YouTuber analysis videos about it for years to come. I just don’t care that much.
Attack on Titan was pretty fun, but as a completed work leaves me as a reader with feelings of “what’s the point?” I thought it was fine, but ultimately nothing special which is a far cry from how I felt about it back in 2014.
65 were impressed!
35 Once again stress the importance of a cohesive narrative and conclusions
If I do end up posting this it will be as a blog post so I can risk talking about spoilers for the series. A lot of people are losing their minds right now with the release of the final chapter of Attack on Titan with many left upset, confused, and I imagine at least a few people are happy. I hopped back in after catching wind the final season would be wrapping up soon and having liked the first season of the series a whole lot, I decided to check it out again. A little research a few weeks ago and one binge watch session later and I was out of Attack on Titan to watch with a final chapter on the horizon. With no other recourse to obtain more I went ahead and picked up the manga and am now at the end of the journey along with many others.
Attack on Titan had a lot of twists and turns that kept it interesting, but I definitely feel that somewhere along the lines the author decided “I just want to get this over with” and started presenting major turning points in the story at the drop of a hat. I feel this was actually a pretty solid model for keeping things interesting up until the mystery of the basement is solved. By the time I reached the final chapter my initial impressions were “how in the world is the author going to bring this to a conclusion in a satisfactory way?” With the simplest answer to that question being “they won’t”. I’m fairly disappointed to say I was not surprised in this regard. The ending was a fairly bland hasty wrap up of as much of the story as possible. It felt “fine”, but really did not do the last decade of story any justice. An entirely unsurprising ending for a story that’s been declining the last third of its run.
As a Sasha fanboy it definitely pains me to say the best parts of the post basement chapters center around Gabi’s arc. Gabi was an excellent vehicle for showing the themes of the later half of the series and her character growth was something I found truly engaging. The fallout of her actions had real consequences that changed her and those around her and I hope in Isayama’s later works he might try working with some smaller scale character pieces.
I could write paragraphs about how much I hate time travel shenanigans or pick apart all the red herrings like Historia and the Worm, but people will be making big YouTuber analysis videos about it for years to come. I just don’t care that much.
Attack on Titan was pretty fun, but as a completed work leaves me as a reader with feelings of “what’s the point?” I thought it was fine, but ultimately nothing special which is a far cry from how I felt about it back in 2014.
Posted by Moomochi | Apr 9, 2021 9:47 PM | 0 comments
May 15th, 2020
Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice)
Anime Relations: Koe no Katachi
Ooooweee here I'm going to post the extra bits I wrote at the end of my review for Koe no Katachi, but I worried would flag my review for ranting. Just some extra stuff that pushed the movie over the edge for me and the few things that ticked me off.
Spicy bits that tipped me over the edge on my review score:
- Shoko’s sister returning to school and the nuance of their mother’s relationship with them. As I understand it though the manga has a lot more to do with Shoko’s mom.
- The crying scenes were of HIGH quality at all points in the film
- At no point was Shouya perfect or did he force himself on Shoko. He wasn’t earning his affection just existing, he made active change in himself to understand her and he made a lot of mistakes that ticked her off too.
- The depression Shoko felt was real to me. Blaming herself for her condition and wanting to just be normal. Placing the responsibility for everyone’s happiness on herself to the point of suicide which goes to the next point.
- I feel like some people will hate Ueno and blame her for Shoko’s attempted suicide but the movie in its own defense flashed like a 2 second flashback line that Shoko expressed a desire to die when she was much younger, likely after being bullied in middle school. I liked that little throw in and enjoyed the way Shoko’s younger sister Yuzuru was processing her sister’s depression.
Bits that made me angry:
- Ueno was unreasonably awful, an absolute sociopath, and you’d think after getting caught BEATING THE SUICIDAL DEAF GIRL OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL BY BOTH SHOTO’S AND SHOUYA’S MOTHERS she wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near Shouya’s hospital room, but that’s about the worst melodrama in the movie, I think. I think it’s okay to acknowledge some people are irredeemable and it’s okay to cut them out of your life.
- Why the fuck was Shoko not receiving more affection? She’s fucking suicidal and literally one person hugs her the entire film, and it’s the fucking gossipy girl who doesn’t take responsibility for her own actions of all people. That may be why Shoko is suicidal though, lack of fucking intimacy from friends and family.
Spicy bits that tipped me over the edge on my review score:
- Shoko’s sister returning to school and the nuance of their mother’s relationship with them. As I understand it though the manga has a lot more to do with Shoko’s mom.
- The crying scenes were of HIGH quality at all points in the film
- At no point was Shouya perfect or did he force himself on Shoko. He wasn’t earning his affection just existing, he made active change in himself to understand her and he made a lot of mistakes that ticked her off too.
- The depression Shoko felt was real to me. Blaming herself for her condition and wanting to just be normal. Placing the responsibility for everyone’s happiness on herself to the point of suicide which goes to the next point.
- I feel like some people will hate Ueno and blame her for Shoko’s attempted suicide but the movie in its own defense flashed like a 2 second flashback line that Shoko expressed a desire to die when she was much younger, likely after being bullied in middle school. I liked that little throw in and enjoyed the way Shoko’s younger sister Yuzuru was processing her sister’s depression.
Bits that made me angry:
- Ueno was unreasonably awful, an absolute sociopath, and you’d think after getting caught BEATING THE SUICIDAL DEAF GIRL OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL BY BOTH SHOTO’S AND SHOUYA’S MOTHERS she wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near Shouya’s hospital room, but that’s about the worst melodrama in the movie, I think. I think it’s okay to acknowledge some people are irredeemable and it’s okay to cut them out of your life.
- Why the fuck was Shoko not receiving more affection? She’s fucking suicidal and literally one person hugs her the entire film, and it’s the fucking gossipy girl who doesn’t take responsibility for her own actions of all people. That may be why Shoko is suicidal though, lack of fucking intimacy from friends and family.
Posted by Moomochi | May 15, 2020 2:51 AM | 0 comments