AquaWateria
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We can still believe. I mean when there's despair there's always hope.
God dammit we need a great mecha anime considering the recent ones have been average.
We can still believe. I mean when there's despair there's always hope.
God dammit we need a great mecha anime considering the recent ones have been average.
School Days 07
Yes it was totally your fault your boyfriend cheated on you. Thankfully all it took to get his interest back was a transparent shirt. Makoto really grows ever more disgusting with each episode.
Makoto is the hero every anime needs.
to be fair, he doesactually get laid more than any non-harem protag.
Are you suggesting Makoto is better than Eikichi Onizuka?to be fair, he doesactually get laid more than any non-harem protag.
Or any harem protag really.
Are you suggesting Makoto is better than Eikichi Onizuka?
I should probably watch some shows today.
lol that would be nice...
Plus, they get hyped like crazy and just don't match up, which adds to the disappointment.
:[ I'll keep hoping.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 12
That's quite a cliffhanger to end things on. One of my pet peeves with the show was the lack of progress on Nozaki-Sakura front so this hurts even more. Hope we will get more of it, it was a very enjoyable ride especially once they finished introducing all the characters.
GTO is fantastic but I'd advise you skip the last couple of episodes and pick up the manga for a conclusion. The anime ending is a horrible thing.I actually haven't seen GTO yet, but MALgraph and Hummingbird keep suggesting it to me
this. The manga ends decently. Shame they started a new manga continuation. Kind of defeats the ending.GTO is fantastic but I'd advise you skip the last couple of episodes and pick up the manga for a conclusion. The anime ending is a horrible thing.
:[ I'll keep hoping.
The upshot of FMP is that I already know how it ends so unless they derail it and make Nami the canon love interest a hypothetical animation of the end of the series would prove very satisfying.
GTO is fantastic but I'd advise you skip the last couple of episodes and pick up the manga for a conclusion. The anime ending is a horrible thing.
DRAMAtical Murder Episode 12
Could have kissed or something butwas good enough. Noiz looked fantastic in the epilogue too, conflicted on what is his best, regular outfit or that,hospital bed
Ending was rather weak but expected based on all that happened.
Akame ga Kill! 12
I remember nothing at this part.
Didreally get introduced this early in the manga?Syura
naw won't happen. once youcut a man's hair you're the canon love interest
The Comic Artist and His Assistants 04
You just know what's gonna happen next, but that just makes it funnier.
The manga gets a cute new mascot and Aito discovers new pleasures.
The series ended with a bang (pun totally intended). Just the best of the cast going to a festival and the respective pairs finding each other and hanging out. Everybody has fantastic chemistry with their respective pair, and even if Mikorin doesn't have a girl of his own he's still best girl. Especially when he was praising Chiyo just so he could get praised back, hahaha what an amazing character definitely the highlight of the show. Even if the relationships never move forward the way these characters just totally work with each other, be it as foils or in how cute they are together (or both) makes the show worth a watch even in the romantic aspect, but largely if you want a solid romantic comedy that is outright funny vs "it's funny for a romantic show I guess". I swear I haven't laughed this much at a romantic comedy since School Rumble. Not to say there haven't been decent shows in the genre, but there are only so many greats. It ended how I expected honestly, with very sweet scenes between Nozaki and Sakura. Ever out of the grasp of a formal relationship, but still we find ourselves cheering for them and the other would-be couples.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Finale Review:
The series ended with a bang (pun totally intended). Just the best of the cast going to a festival and the respective pairs finding each other and hanging out. Everybody has fantastic chemistry with their respective pair, and even if Mikorin doesn't have a girl of his own he's still best girl. Especially when he was praising Chiyo just so he could get praised back, hahaha what an amazing character definitely the highlight of the show. Even if the relationships never move forward the way these characters just totally work with each other, be it as foils or in how cute they are together (or both) makes the show worth a watch even in the romantic aspect, but largely if you want a solid romantic comedy that is outright funny vs "it's funny for a romantic show I guess". I swear I haven't laughed this much at a romantic comedy since School Rumble. Not to say there haven't been decent shows in the genre, but there are only so many greats. It ended how I expected honestly, with very sweet scenes between Nozaki and Sakura. Ever out of the grasp of a formal relationship, but still we find ourselves cheering for them and the other would-be couples.
Series Thoughts:
If you're thinking about watching Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun I feel the need to warn you about something key that unfortunately made some people stop watching it: the show while classified as a romantic comedy, has little to no progress in the relationships of the characters. Any of them. Whatsoever. So if you're going to watch it to watch a romantic anime, look elsewhere.
If on the other hand you're looking for a comedy that is based around romantic subjects, then please enter the room, I'll serve some hot tea and let's get cozy as we watch. Because you're definitely in the right place and you'll be watching what is easily one of the most solid comedies in anime, and one of arguably the top romantic comedies ever made.
The show revolves around Nozaki, a serious-face deadpan character who everybody thinks is super serious at school because they don't know him, but he's actually an extremely silly manga author for a shojo romantic manga. Ironically he has never experienced love himself which is why he gets his inspiration from his surroundings and his acquaintances. Sakura is the other main character, a girl who fell in love with Nozaki and only has eyes for him, who does everything in her power to stay near him and one day confess.
The characters: There are only three characters I can think of that when the episodes were focused on them the shoe was at its weakest. When the "worst" episodes of the show revolve around the same characters, you can connect the dots to realize they actively weren't used with the right people or are outright uninteresting characters. But funny enough they'd be characters that when compared to other shows, might be the highlight of said show. The issue here is that they are in the same show as the high school students of Nozaki-kun and to be honest that simply wasn't fair for them. The high school students are hilarious and incredibly varied in their personalities. No two of them feel like the same character, and they all stand out enough from other shows as well. You're in for a ride if you want a character driven comedy because this is one fucking solid cast of amazing people and it's where the manga author definitely kicked ass in. I said it in the finale review and I'll say it again, every pair has amazing chemistry together. Largely it's for comedy's sake, but when they do get serious it's damn great. Nozaki and Sakura aren't even the most popular ranking couple on the show, and if you watch it you'll be introduced to Mikorin, who is one of the best damn characters I have ever watched in an anime romantic comedy. Waka is amazing too though. Fuck, they all are.
The comedy: It largely revolves around Nozaki and the group writing the manga, but the author does something really amazing in that it not only revolves the whole comedy on that. It may also show us a day in the life of the side characters, such as two who are in the drama club, or Lorelei and Waka. Point is it's not a one trick pony. Surprisingly it's also a bit informative about tropes and certain things authors do when drawing shojo or manga in general. There's a gag in on of the episodes of perspectives when drawing that involves boxes, and I don't want to give too much away but it's non-stop laughs. What I'm trying to say is that it's one of the most solid comedies in anime out there, the writing is and comedic timing is just amazing. Definitely watch it for the comedy.
The Animation: I don't have much to say here besides that the show never stops looking good. While there's no Sakuga besides one scene where a character is riding a mechanical bull (lol), the show has extremely diverse bright colors, the drawings are sharp and crisp, and they're always a pleasure to the eyes. Like I could not keep my eyes away from anything. It was a very well drawn anime, the designs were amazing.
The Music: If you're a fan of music then good news, the music in the show is pretty damn great as well. Particularly the opening. I mean has there ever been a show with a Jazzy opening that wasn't amazing? Cowboy Bebop did it, Baccano did it, and now Nozaki-kun did it.
Final thoughts: I'm going to go ahead and say it. This is the third best show this season. It's unfortunate it ran on at the same time as Barakamon and the second season of Space Dandy, because if not it wouldn't even be a contest compared to the other crap-tastic shows that aired alongside it. I am going to probably catch up on the manga as I doubt this will get a second season anytime soon. Should you watch it? Yes. A million times yes. The characters and the comedy sky-rocketed this show to amazing heights. And it deserves to be watched by just about everybody who enjoys comedies and/or slice of life.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun gets a 9.0/10. Woofdawg Seal of Approval
Today was certainly a much better day for anime than yesterday.
Hey Barakamon aired yesterday and it made that day splendid. While the other shows left a bad taste in my mouth it immediately vanished when I watched Barakamon.