Yahalloooo~ (^ _ ^)/
Well, once again, the current anime season is drawing to an end. So here I am to do my usual Seasonal Anime Tag~! This time for the Summer Season which finished up this week :3
My overal opinion for this season?
Meh. ┐(‘～`；)┌
I mean, it had a couple of great series! But the rest were hardly anything groundbreaking :,)
I still had a few I liked and enjoyed...but in all honesty, only five of them I really looked forward to each week;; And because of that reason, I've decided to start including series that continue on with a second cour. Because if I didn't do that this time, I wouldn't be able to complete this review :,)
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Huh. I usually have more to say when I start these tags.. ^^;
But I really feel like I've said everything. So...ya'
Let's get staaaarted~! ♪
[ Remember, of course, that the answers to these questions are all my opinion. So please don't get offended if I dislike something you like and/or our thoughts don't match ]
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List of Summer Series I watched;
- Ballroom e Youkoso (recommend)
- Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project
- Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season (2nd cour) (recommend)
- Dive!!
- Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic
- Isekai Shokudou
- Kakegurui
- Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu
- Konbini Kareshi
- Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) 3rd Season (2nd cour) (recommend)
- Made in Abyss (recommend)
- New Game!! (recommend)
- Re:Creators (2nd cour) (recommend)
- Sakura Quest (2nd cour) (recommend)
- Sakurada Reset (2nd cour)
- Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (2nd cour) (recommend)
- Tsurezure Children (recommend)
- Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou (recommend)
- Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (TV) (recommend)
List of Summer OVA's I watched;
- Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! (haven't seen it air with subtitles yet..)
- Bungou Stray Dogs: Hitori Ayumu (recommend)
- Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 OVA
List of Summer Movies I watched;
- Free!: Timeless Medley - Yakusoku (haven't seen it air with subtitles yet..)
- Hibike! Euphonium Movie: Todoketai Melody (airing September 30th)
- Kimi no Koe wo Todoketai (haven't seen it air with subtitles yet..)
- Mary to Majo no Hana (haven't seen it air with subtitles yet..)
- Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? (haven't seen it air with subtitles yet..)
- Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou Movie 3 - Yakusoku (recommend)
List of Summer Specials I watched;
- 91 Days Special
1. What was the best anime?
For me, this one is kind of a no-brainer >ω<
Straight away I instantly chose Made in Abyss!
I wasn't even originally planning to watch this series and only did so because a friend recommended it to me. I mean, it didn't sound that bad, so I went ahead and watched it. I wasn't really expecting much from it, but...
Oh! My! GOD!!
I freakfrackingdoodleydoo love this series! *ω*
..that was really lame, huh? |||orz
And I also found out the other day that starting in January 2018, the manga is getting released in English so I can actually continue on the story!! Because I'd honestly be SO upset if I couldn't;;; No where online updates frequently, so I was hella happy when I heard this news! ♥
So the story of this series focuses on Riko and her little robot friend, Regu (who, might I add, is the cutest thing EVER and I love him) as they venture into the Abyss. The Abyss is a huge chasm that is full of relics and creepy monsters and all that good stuff and people known as "Divers" travel into this Abyss to bring back the relics and any other interesting things they may find. The Divers I mentioned earlier are ranked by whistle colour and can only travel as far as their level will allow. The best Divers are known as "White Whistles" and they pretty much can go as far down as they like, I believe. Riko is only a Red Whistle, so she is only permitted to travel around the top layer of the Abyss. Riko's mother, Lyza (who is also a White Whistle), has been missing for years and Riko finds something that gives her hope that her mother is still alive at the bottom of the Abyss and so Riko sets off on her journey to find her mother and to also uncover the secret technology that created Reg which she also believes lies within the Abyss. Once deep enough into the Abyss, there is something called "The Curse of The Abyss" which is triggered when you try to venture upwards instead of downwards. So as it currently stands, Riko has no way of ever returning to the surface unless this curse somehow gets cured which looks...next to impossible right now ^^;
..and it basically gets darker and emotionally scarring and painful from that moment onward.
But it's really good! *ω*
I mean, granted it's not the most visually artistic series ever, but I honestly quite like the style the series has adapted. And in all honesty, if this series had taken on a more detailed style...some things would be next to impossible to watch;;
Episode 10. GOD help me, I will never be able to forget that!!!!!! ; ___ ;
But I highly recommend this series! I honestly think anyone can enjoy it! :3
..I also just really love Reg ;ω; He's just adorable! I love him SO much! (*´▽｀*)
[ my rating; 10/10 on MAL ]
2. What was the worst anime?
Again, I didn't have to do much thinking here.
I'm going with Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project.
A bit like Made in Abyss, I wasn't originally going to watch this series either.
I only chose to in the end because so many seiyuus I absolutely love were in this series.
Ten-chan, Ayaneru, Hayamin, Naobou...the list goes on;;
And even they couldn't save this series from being seriously awful and boring :,)
I'd actually compare it to Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel which I actually featured in another review as the worse one, also :,)
To give you a synopsis of this series, there is a tree. And this tree gives the girls at Shinjugamine Girls Academy powers to fight against these invader things called "Irousu."
Like, seriously. That's it.
They train and fight and train and fight and secrets are discovered that hardly make sense.
It's really just boring and whenever I saw that a new episode was out, my heart dropped and I'd be like..
"Ah...I have to watch this again..."
I also don't drop series, by the way. If you're wondering why I didn't give it up if I hated it so much, it's because I don't like to drop anything and leave anything unfinished. Hopefully that makes sense to at least one person.. ^^;
But I digress!
Honestly, just stay away from this series. It's not worth your time :,)
[ my rating; 3/10 on MAL ]
3. What was your favourite anime?
This is where my idea for including series with a second cour comes into play, otherwise I wouldn't have a favourite to talk about;; And weirdly enough, it's the same series that I also chose for my favourite in my Spring Tag.. >ω<"
It's Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul (2nd cour) ♥
The second cour of Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul takes a more serious turn compared to the first cour. This half is really heavily focused on all sides trying to bring as many people together to fight against King Charioce. The demons are being used as slaves and the hostility within them has been building up against the humans until their revolt finally starts in this half and then you have the gods who eventually take action against Charioce to take back the power he has been stealing from them. And among all this chaos, you have Nina, Kaiser, Favaro, Rita, Azazel and Jeanne fighting together until an incident occurs that leads to a few of them splitting off to seek a better way to achieve their own goals of revenge and justice. Of course Nina and the King have a deeper relationship than anyone is really aware of and despite Nina really hating what Charioce has been doing, she is determined (..as always ^^;) to save him and bring peace back to the city of Anatae.
I had a lot of really specific things I wanted to get out of this second half :,)
My main one was that I really wanted Nina and Charioce to find a way to be happy together and I wanted Favaro to find peace with what has carried on with him from the first season. I also wanted happiness for pretty much everyone and for all loose ends to be tied up.
Loose ends were tied up; though some felt too easily tied up. Favaro did find peace and honestly, I cried so much when Nina told him what Amira said to her;;; My biggest problem is what happened to Kaiser or more better put, what Rita did to him. It's not that I dislike it, but I don't like it either :,) I mean, you could tell how upset she was when Kaiser was killed, but...I just don't know how I feel about her making him into a zombie. I mean, he kind of almost looked at peace when he died and I feel that him being turned into a zombie took that away?? So...yea, I'm still working out how that makes me feel :,)
Nina and Charioce...they got a very bittersweet ending. I understand that their relationship is maybe better kept as a secret, but it was just SO sad what happened to both of them during that final battle. Their dance at the end was lovely...but seriously! Everything about them is so bittersweet! It hurts, man! It hurts :,)
I did like the conclusion of this anime, though! It was a great series throughout and really brought a ton of feelings with it :,) And while not everything always pleased me, I think it surprised a lot of people by being as great as it was! ^O^~
My full recommendation to watch this series! >ω<
[ my rating; 9/10 on MAL ]
4. What was your favourite OP. song?
There were a couple I had in mind, but I ended up going for the one that I seriously just loved so much! Like, I love it that much that my stomach kinda...gets all fluttery?? Almost like when you like someone?! XD ..is that weird? ^^;
Anyway, it's Sora ni Utaeba (Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season (2nd cour)).
It's amaaaaaaazing~! ♡
The band behind the song, amazarashi, I only know from one other series, so I didn't recognise them straight away. But WOW~~
I seriously can't get enough of this song. I waited and waited and waited for it to get a release by playing it over and over and over again before I actually started a new episode just to get my fill of it because hearing this song just once is never enough;;
It's just such a great song! ..and definitely my favourite out of the three BokuHero op. songs we've had! ^ω^~♡
5. What was your favourite ED. song?
I decided to go with LAYon-theLINE (Kakegurui).
And, no. My reason is not Yumeko :,)
I honestly didn't like her that much?? I mean, she was alright. But I liked the Student Council President better. And then towards the end, Mary :,)
I chose this song purely because it just sounds hella cool! \(>ω<)/
This was another song I purchased as soon as it was available! It's just...it's rad, 'kay? XD
..I don't think I need more of a reason than that ( •̀ᄇ• ́)ﻭ✧
6. Who was your favourite seiyuu of the season?
Funnily enough, this person was also my favourite seiyuu in my Spring Tag as well :,)
But really, for obvious reasons, it's kinda like...how could I possibly choose anyone else? XD
Put your hands together for Saori Hayami (voiced Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui).
I know I've already said I wasn't particularly fond of Yumeko and...yea, I'm not :,)
But what I am fond of is Hayamin's voice as Yumeko ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
..yea, that probably sounds quite creepy ^^;
I've been a big fan of Hayamin for a very long time and this is a first for me hearing her voice like this :,)
Yumeko is a really crazy chick! XD She basically gets off to the thrill of taking risks through gambling and...that's pretty much it. The thrill fills her pants :,)
So knowing that, you can imagine the sort of voice she'd have and I'm going to do a Max Caulfield here and say "WOWZER" because I seriously had no idea Hayamin could do this!
..I mean, I know seiyuus are super talented and can pretty much do anything, I've just never heard this sort of voice from Hayamin before, so I was just very surprised :,)
But she did it. ..I always knew Hayamin was a Goddess~
I mean, with Yumeko being how she is, there are many different ways the direction of her voice could have taken! Like, it could have been an overly exaggerated voice that made her sound even more turned on, you know? :,)
But Hayamin was chosen and everyone knows how lovely Hayamin's natural voice is :3 So I personally think she did a great job at capturing Yumeko's "crazy-sexy-gambling" voice and also capturing the moments when Yumeko was slightly more chilled and sounded a little more...un-crazy ^^;
Nice fighto, Hayamin! I love you~ ٩(^ᴗ^)۶
7. Who was your favourite male character?
My favourite male character was, of course, my baby! ..he's my baby :3
Tatara Fujita from Ballroom e Youkoso (*＾3＾)
He's SO cute and he makes me SO happy~! ^ω^~♡
Tatara has never really been overly good at anything and goes through life in high school with no goal in mind for the future and getting bullied every now and then by the upperclassmen;;;
D-Don't cry, Tarara!!! I would beat those guys up from behind with a stick for you!! ;A;
One day, he is getting picked on outside of a dance studio and out of the blue, someone pulls up on a motorbike and chases the bullies away. It turns out Tatara's saviour was none other than the famous dancer, Kaname Sengoku! He drags Tatara into his studio and introduces him to the world of Ballroom Dancing and, quite literally, Tatara's life is changed forever as he falls in love with the sport :3
Tatara is a really sweet person :3 ..so sweet that it sometimes pisses other people off ^^;
When he realises how much he loves Ballroom dancing, he announces he wants to become a professional like Sengoku and immediately throws himself into training! ..and as it currently stands, he's barely an average dancer :,)
But he has this ability to learn from watching other people dance. So he'll watch someone perform a move and he'll be able to copy that move which is...kinda cool *O*
..if only learning everything was that easy ^^;
He is also super determined and even though he isn't great at dancing yet, he rarely lets it get to him and just keeps on going and going! >ω<
I'm SO excited to see what Tatara is capable of next! I can't wait to see him get even better and show people that he can actually win! (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑
..I feel like a proud parent :,) I love my baby Tatara! ( ˘ ³˘)☆
8. Who was your favourite female character?
I had to think about this one for a while > <; No one immediately came to mind, but after her final moments in the series...I was blown away! ;A;
And I knew I had to choose Selesia Upitiria from Re:Creators ♥
Even though I chose her as my favourite this season, I wasn't particularly drawn to her in any specific way. I mean, I always liked her, but not really to the point of calling her my favourite;;
Weird as well since she is obviously so awesome! *ω*
Selesia is your typically strong female lead who also has a refreshing comedic side to her :3
She is also very sweet, caring and dedicated to the people around her ^O^~
Selesia is always at the heart of pretty much every battle that takes place as she is very strong and can fight well with swords! She also had a pretty freaking cool mecha called "Vogelchevalier" until it was...well, destroyed...... ^^;
What made me choose Selesia was, sadly, based on how brave her death was;;;
Her, I guess you would say "love interest", was brought from her world into ours and was fighting against her because of Altair. Talking to him and trying to convince him that he was fighting for the wrong side didn't work, so in the end, she resulted to taking their lives together in order to get him to stop;;;
I was literally crying SO much! And when her Creator saw this and left the room they were all watching the battle from, I cried even more because of how upset that made him;;;
It was seriously awesome what she did! But so sad ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ )‧º·˚
Selesia was great and was always great! And I just feel so hella guilty that it took me until this moment to realise just how much! ;A;
9. Who was your least favourite character?
This was a hard question because I didn't particularly dislike anyone this season :,)
BUT! This dickhole instantly earned all my hate when he did what he did!! 凸(｀0´)凸
That person is Alessand Visponti from Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul.
I mean, throughout the series, he didn't have an awful lot of screen time to even learn much about him. So I never had any feelings of anything towards him! ..until he killed Mugaro! TAT;
What he did...was not okay! > <;
When he'd left and was found by a fellow knight/friend and was sort of crawling along the ground towards him, I almost pitied him;; ..until he tried to kill that guy, too! TAT;
Then after that, NO! Always NO! > <
Mugaro's death was just awful and afterwards when everyone was watching Rita trying to save him...it was heartbreaking! I HATE this guy! I hate, hate, hate him!! > <
He wasn't even that interesting of a character, either! So when you add murderer to that, you really have nothing going for you;;
So, yea. One last time...
Hate. This. Guy!
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So that was my Summer Anime Tag!
I am stoked as hell for the Fall Season which will be starting...next week on the 3rd, I believe.
There are six sequels I am dying for and literally SO many other series look great!! I'm also especially excited to finally watch Code:Realize: Sousei no Himegimi because I've played the otome game and loved it! The wait for this anime felt like forever and now it's finally going to be airing and I can't wait! I hope it's handled well;;
Also! Hayamin is voicing Cardia! ♡ I remember when I played this game and thought about a voice for Cardia and Hayamin was the first person I thought of! And she is actually going to be doing it! It's so awesome :,)
So... YAY! I'm very excited!╰(✧∇✧╰)
I hope you enjoyed reading this tag! ^^
And if you're interested, here is a link to my MAL account :3
Thank you for reading and have a great day! n.n
BYESIES~! c:
xoxo~
