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            Getting right back into the swing of things with the second episode of this still not very funny romantic comedy.

The Story

            So the deal has been made between Ryuuji and Aisaka. He will remain by her side and help her out until she is hooked up with his best friend, Kitamura. Naturally though this means that the normally reclusive Aisaka will begin to barge in on Ryuuji’s home and meals. In the second episode of this series, the duo begin hatching their plans to get Aisaka hooked up but a big misunderstanding threatens to bring everything to a screeching halt before they can even get started.

Good and the Bad

            After a less than impressive first episode, Toradora was not a series high on my list of series to return to. Going through this second episode the beginning started to fall into a pattern almost right away. Aisaka and Ryuuji are just two very unlikable characters as this series begins. Aisaka is loud and obnoxious while Ryuuji has yet to show any sort of real personality traits that make him stick out.

            The story, on the other hand, is starting to move in positive (if not predictable directions). The comedy in this episode picks up rather quickly with the first plan that the two main characters decide to hatch in gym class. Quickly moving into the classic situation of everyone misunderstanding though kills a lot of momentum since everyone in the audience will see this coming a mile away.

            This seems to be a lingering problem so far in Toradora. While the jokes in this series could be funny if they were delivered in another way, they will never be that funny unless they stop telegraphing the jokes. The misunderstanding is predictable because the seeds are planted within a few minutes of the episode beginning and later in the episode, more seeds are planted that pretty much tells the audience everything they need to know about where this series ultimately plans on going.

Music

            Performed by Rie Kugimiya (Taiga Aisaka), Eri Kitamura (Ami Kawashima), and Yui Horie (Minori Kushieda), the opening theme to Toradora is an electronic mess. Filled with layered techno beats and electronic vocals, the song is a really poor fit for the series though the opening animation that it’s matched with works well. The background music continues to be interesting with a nice variety being played throughout this episode including a simple techno chase theme and a great soft acoustic guitar solo in the second half.

Cast

            Junji Majima (Ryuuji) and Rie Kugimiya (Aisaka) are still doing a fair job with their lead roles. Both actors face unique challenges for their roles but the two are already playing very well off of each other. While the chemistry still doesn’t sound exact, the two are at least making the series watchable and entertaining.

Overall

            There is room for potential here but Toradora has yet to give me any real reasons to stick with this series. The characters are still a hard sell for me and there’s nothing that has been presented so far that makes me believe that it’s not going to go exactly where I think it’s going to go. I may occasionally pick up this series just to see what happens with it but it’s doubtful that I will ever go out of my way to see it.

Final Grade: Not Recommended.

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The last episode of ths series that I will be previewing on this site for now, the third episode of Toaru Majutsu no Index from J.C. Staff has created an amazing ride. The first can’t miss series of the new season!

            The first series to see its preview completion is naturally the one that has stuck out as one of the best.

The Story

            Index is in danger and her life is fading. The only person that can save her at this moment is Kamijou’s teacher Komoe. Those who want the knowledge that Index possesses however have found her and already know all about Kamijou and his right hand. With no one to help, Kamijou will once again be forced to step up and protect Index.

Good and the Bad

            In the third episode of Toaru Majutsu no Index, the series starts to slow down its pace slightly to give the audience a breather. The action sequences that the audience has been hit with during the first two episodes are largely missing from this episode with serious character development replacing it.

            A lot of curiosity and confusion will be cleared up in this episode by Index. Audience members will be well advised to be ready to pay attention though. Index’s story is long and complicated. I had to re-watch her scene at least two or three times to make sure that I fully grasped the situation and conflicts.

            Index continues to be an incredibly interesting lead character for the audience to get behind. Perhaps the biggest reason for this is the two very distinct sides to her personality that audiences have already witnessed. Most of the time Index falls into a ‘typical’ heroine role; very cute, usually very happy and funny when she’s being mischievous. Other times though, she is merely a computer spouting out information that is needed to fit her current situation. The two sides to her character are like night and day with both being completely believable for her character.

            Along with the character being developed, Index lays out a broad outline of the story so far for the series. What strikes me as the most interesting though is the religious undertones that are now present within the series. It is no secret that Index comes from some kind of religious order but the way that it is laid out in this episode will have audiences eagerly awaiting future episodes to see how exactly it fits into the overall story.           

Music

            During Index’s healing sequence and later while she is talking with Tomijou there is a beautiful song in the background. It’s hard to tell if belongs more in to the choral genre or opera but the strong soprano solo stood out. It would probably even play very well out of context. Do yourself a favor and listen for this as you watch the episode.

Cast

            Kimiko Koyama as Komoe in this episode is absolutely wonderful. When the character was first introduced it was purely for comic relief but in this episode, the supporting comedy character becomes a focal point. It’s always difficult to turn a comic relief character into something serious and important but the performance really paid off well here and sold the early scenes.

Overall

            This is one of the series to see this season. In three episodes Toaru Majutsu no Index has shown eye catching animation, intense action, strong flawed and conflicted lead characters and a supporting cast that can step up to fill in whenever needed. Don’t miss this one.     

Final Impression After Three Episodes: Can’t Miss!

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Tales of the Abyss – Episode 2
Studio: Sunrise
Premiere Date: 10/3/08
Airing: Friday 9pm

            Two episodes in and already I can feel my interest waning.

The Story

            When we last left off, Tear and Luke were in a coach with a massive battleship in front of them. Picking up from there, Luke and Tear eventually end up in a remote village where they learn many important things. First, that they are stuck right in the middle of enemy territory and second, that the village they are in have been having a rash of thefts from their food storehouses. After learning the cause of the thefts; Luke, Tear and a new friend travel to the source in order to put a stop to it.  

Good and the Bad

            Four new characters are introduced in this episode starting with the military officer Jade Curtiss who is chasing after the Dark Wings that Luke keeps being accused of associating with. After that, the audience is introduced to a member of the Order of Lorelei Fon Master Ion and his Fon Guardian Anise. Finally there is the cute mascot character Mieu who speaks in one of the most irritatingly high voices ever.  

            Luke continues to be a completely spoiled character that is hard to get behind. Predictably it seems that his inexperience with the outside world is going to be a focal point in upcoming episodes. On the other side, Tear also continues to be a character that has potential but has yet to provide anything concrete for the audience to latch onto emotionally. While it’s very cute to watch her be girly in this episode, it will be great when the story finally gets established and she is able to break out a bit.

            There are some things that Tales of the Abyss continues to do right. The animation in this series is amazing to watch, especially during the well put together magic sequences. Even beyond that though, the forest artwork is just beautiful all together. The backgrounds have such rich detail in them and the color scheme is just perfectly chosen.

Music

            The music is still a strong part of this series but nothing in this episode stood out in the music. All of the background music seemed to melt into the background with hardly anything at all that calls attention to itself in either a positive or negative way.

Cast

            Miki Maruyama as Mieu is one of the most annoying character voices heard in a very long time. It’s incredibly high, nasally and will be one of the more difficult things to deal with when watching this series. Other than that, Yukana continues to turn in a solid performance as Tear and even manages to get a laugh or two.

Overall

            Tales of the Abyss is getting harder and harder to pay attention to. Episode two ends on a cliffhanger however and there is hope of the story starting to cement itself by the next episode. If it looks like they’re ready to go somewhere with this by the end of the next episode I may just stick it out but otherwise this will likely be a series that gets passed on.

Final Impression After Two Episodes: Meh

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            Lolis, romance, harems, magic, explosions, boob jokes… yeah, think they covered pretty much everything.

The Story

            Macademi Wasshoi follows Takuto as the hero of this series. While he may appear to be a normal everyday high school student, he actually attends the secret Magician’s Academy where students study and learn magic. During one of his summoning exams however, something goes terribly wrong and he accidently summons a girl to be named Tanarot. She also has formed an instant bond to Takuto and will fight off anyone who tries to take him away from her. This certainly doesn’t sit well with the other people in his life though including the cute but silent Suzuho.

Good and the Bad

            Right away Macademi Wasshoi wastes absolutely zero time in introducing the story and characters. There are at least eight characters introduced within the first half of this episode. Most of these are supporting characters but at least half of them will recur on a fairly regular basis. Luckily all of the characters introduced in this episode get their own little introduction screen that tells the audience who they are, what role they play and a short description of them. They will go by very quickly though so be prepared to read fast when they appear since oddly enough, these little introductions hide some of the cleverer writing in the show.

            And it’s clever. The writing on this show is very clever and there is just no getting around that right now. While the staff makes it very clear early that they aren’t afraid of going after the sex or boob joke, luckily they also work hard to expand and even break the fourth wall on occasion. One introduction card will carry the description ‘She’s a relatively ethical character in this show,’ this just struck me as very funny.

            The characters themselves have so far created a very interesting balance as well. While Takuto isn’t exactly bursting the originality seams, there are others who are. The glasses wearing Suzuho is a character that is already sticking out as the character audiences will have no choice but to pay attention to. All throughout this episode she shows herself as not only the primary romantic rival but also one of the biggest sources of comic relief. Her unique quality though is that she doesn’t speak.

            The animation is another area where Macademi Wasshoi decides to break some boundries and experiment with different ideas. A lot of the sequences in this episode are really well animated, the entire gate sequence for example, is really well animated. Though it is also followed up by an incredibly pretentious introduction of the Magician’s Academy so I suppose that’s going to have to balance out.

Music

            Sung by three cast members (Mariya Ise, Ui Miyazaki and Yukari Fukui collectively known as MA・chu・RI), the opening theme is an overpowered pop song that will, again, accomplish its goal of getting your attention. The song itself is catchy though very repetitive and tedious after not long.

            Most of the background music itself only stuck out as memorable when it was being overproduced and noisy. The series relies on a lot of cartoony sound effects to get its point across sometimes which really takes away from some of the better jokes that don’t need the sound qualifier to make it funny.

Cast

            You can’t possibly envy the task that Ui Miyazaki has in front of her in the role of Suzuho. Only being able to communicate with sounds for the most part is really challenging but in this episode it’s her little sounds and noises that really help sell the character and make her more three dimensional for the audience.

Overall

            While there is always a fear that the writing and story will eventually just sink into a pointless string of boob and sex jokes, the early going has me very interested in this series. The comedy delivered some great laugh out loud moments and there is enough innovation within the characters that it feels like something a little newer. This is a series that I may very well follow right up until it gives me a very good reason not to.

Final Impression After One Episode: Recommended.

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Ef: a Tale of Melodies
Studio: Shaft
Premiere Date: 10/7/08
Airing: Tuesday 2:15am

            So, should I have watched the first season of this or what?

The Story

            The first episode of Ef- a Tale of Melodies tells its story in two parts. In the first half, the audience focuses on a boy named Yuu and a girl named Yuko. Yuu seems to be a normal high school student with friends but one day a mysterious girl comes up to him. She says that she knows him but he doesn’t know her. This encounter will force Yuu to dig back into his past and try to figure out who this girl is and how she knows him.

            In the second half of the episode, the setting changes to a house in Austrailia occupied by another high school student names Renji, his mother and his friend who is visiting, Mizuki. Since its summer though, Renji has to study and his mother has to work which leaves Mizuki on her own. Luckily there is a man who lives next door named  

            Second half deals with Renji and Mizuki.

Good and the Bad

            This is the first anime of the new season that had me absolutely confused as to what I was seeing. Ten minutes into the first episode I was still trying to figure out who everyone is and what they were doing. If nothing else though, the first half of this episode caught my attention.

            The animation style in the first half really went all over the map. On one hand the backgrounds were very dull and the lines were very soft but then the characters would be very bright creating an even weirder contrast. The constant shifts of colors made for interesting viewing as well with the animation cutting away to a brightly colored outline or an odd screen effect just for the sake of it.

            And then the second half started and the animation became bright and cheerful. Mizuki enters and it’s as though a whole other series has begun. The animation is bright and so are the characters. If it weren’t for similarities in the writing, it’d be easy to think that it was another series.

            Speaking of, the writing in this series is already striking me as something more adult in nature which really intrigues me. All throughout this episode there are characters getting naked for artistic reasons (literally). The characters are nude but it’s never tasteless porn. The placement and use of this is really well done and really impressed me. The staff goes one step further with this and matches the language.

            Characters are going to make quite a few casual sex jokes in this episode. None of them are overtly graphic but they are funny. It’s really nice to see a series inserting sex without turning it into a sex romp. Any overtones in this series are really subtle and actually add to the developing stories and scenes.

            The dialogue in this series is going to make this series a lot more inaccessible for some fans. The dialogue isn’t necessarily hard to follow but there are more than a few puns and language based dialogue that is going to fly over the head of many in the audience. These weren’t hard scenes to get through but it does kind of make you wish you understood more of what was going on.            

Music

            Ef-melo does a lot of interesting things with its music for this episode. The first thing that struck me as odd is that the opening sequence didn’t start until ten minutes into the episode. The song itself is nice though sung in English and not entirely done well. Still a good listen but nothing that I wouldn’t hesitate to skip over in the future. The animation that accompanies it also struck me as odd since it’s filled with various things written in German.

            There are a couple of strong string instrumentals in the background that are quite fun to listen to. The music that plays during the breakfast scene in particular stood out as fun to listen to as the scene played out. I’m fairly certain that with    being a professional violinist that music will play a pretty solid role in the future as well.

Cast

            Late in the episode when Mizuki and Kuze were alone, the two playing off each other is really well done. Mai Goto (Mizuki) and Kenji Hamada (Kuze) really do well with their dialogue bouncing off each other effortlessly. Certainly a span that sticks out from the rest of the episode.

Overall

            I’m confused by this episode. I’m not sure who anyone is and what is going on exactly. What I do know is that while the first half comes across as more emotional and dark, the second half came across as much more lively and entertaining. For now I would have to say that I’m continuing this series for the second half featuring Kuze and Mizuki. Perhaps the other story will win me over at some point when I have a better idea of what is happening but for now, it’s just a bonus to get through.

Final Impression After One Episode: Half Sold

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            The biggest anime mind trip I’ve seen in months.

The Story

            Toruu works for the Supernatural Disaster Prevention Agency under the umbrella of the Japanese Ministry of Defense. He is part of a four person team that helps to exterminate spiritual entities that are attacking the city. His team is naturally the best at this since they are all capable of seeing these spirits whereas normal humans cannot.

            One night though, there is more than anyone can handle. Two giant spirit monsters are attacking. The team will be put into action from start to finish as they attempt to save the city.

Good and the Bad

            How anyone could watch this debut episode and not have their attention completely monopolized is something that I will be asking myself later. It’s not that this debut episode is particularly excellent, but wow does it put out a ton of effort.

            Ga-Rei –Zero- starts simply enough. It’s a nice graveyard scene in the middle of the night, nice main character introduction. Everything seems good so far. Within just a few minutes though, the tempo of everything this anime has is sped up. The first battle scene begins quickly and the atmosphere is very intense.

            The animation in this series never has an incredibly sharp edge but the use of light is really well done here. Everything in this series is a bit darker than usual; it almost has a movie in the theater feel to it. It adds a lot to the feel the series though and adds a sense of realism.

Music

            Despite the lack of any opening or closing themes, the background music of this series will be one of its biggest selling points. The episode starts with a very soft acoustic guitar jazz theme for the graveyard. Oddly calm for a nighttime scene but still very pleasant to listen to. For the freeway scene the theme changes to a much harder rock theme with turntable backgrounds. With all of the impossibly fun stunts that the characters were pulling off in this scene, the music just fit perfectly. There weren’t any disparities from that pattern as the episode continued. Every scene had great music for this episode and one can only hope that all the other episodes will get similar treatment.

Cast

            Most of the dialogue in this episode belongs to Eri Kitamura (Natsuki) and Tomoaki Maeno (Toruu Kanze). Both do a nice job with their characters and it will be interesting to hear more of these performances as the characters get better developed. For this first episode, the pair doesn’t get nearly enough of a chance for anyone to judge their performances much more than that though.

Overall

            The ending to this episode has me hand cuffed and has me forced to watch episode two to find out what is going on. I predict that when you see the ending to this episode you will feel much the same way. For better or worse, Ga-Rei –Zero- certainly has me curious enough to watch at least a couple of more episodes. Even if you don’t plan on following the series though, this first episode will be a big treat for anyone who’s really into the action genre.

Final Impression After One Episode: Recommended.  

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            A confusing horror series that may need a bit more time to get to its point.

The Story

            In the horror series ‘Shikabane Hime Aka’, the hero is a high school boy named Ouri who lives in a Buddhist orphanage. One night a talking cat leads him to another room in the house where he sees a woman badly injured lying on the floor with no pulse. After seeing the head of the orphanage revive her, he decides to move out into his own place.

            When he meets that same girl again though, his world begins to become changed very quickly.

Good and the Bad

            The debut episode of ‘Shikabane Hime Aka’ comes with a lot of interesting quirks to it. The series endears itself to audiences early with the early appearance of some interesting characters and solid physical comedy. Keisei is the leader of the orphanage and already he’s providing great comic relief. The breakfast scene really connects him with the audience as they get to see him with all the children. The physical comedy works really well too. The jokes are well placed and the character reactions are always great follow ups.

            Despite this though, ‘Shikabane Hime Aka’ does plenty of other things in this episode that are much harder to be thrilled about. The audience learns very little about the characters and the story in this episode. For the most part, all the audience is going to get out of this episode are some character names and some basic ideas about what roles are going to be filled by which characters. Nothing concrete is really provided though. This makes it a lot harder to get into everything else that’s being presented such as the action.

            Speaking of the action, the pace of this series is quite slow but even the battle scenes were slowed down. The characters in this series like to wander around a lot but it rarely seems as though anyone is in a real rush. Even in the battles though, the characters always seem to move so slowly. After seeing so many battles where I was afraid to blink or I might miss something, it’s odd to see battles where I can do whatever I want and still see everything.

            The animation in this opening episode never really came across as sharp. While the characters looked nice and the settings were done well enough, everything looked like it was missing that final polish. The colors were always a little dull and the fine details always seemed to lack that bit of definition. I’m hoping that this is just a hyper critical eye and that things look a little cleaner in the second episode.  

Music

            The opening theme was left off this episode but the ending theme is done by singer angela (who also does the opening theme). The closing theme is a bit of a softer rock song which worked really well with the animation. The background music in the episode failed to really stick out as memorable in any particular scenes. The breakfast scene did have a nice soft tune going through it that added a sense of levity but I couldn’t for the life of me tell you what it sounds like now.

Cast

            The first one to stand out as a great addition to the cast was Kenji Fujiwara as Keisei. The delivery of his dialogue really sold the jokes well and got some good laugh out loud moments. Nana Akiyama as Makina didn’t quite sell me in this opening episode. The performance is good though so one would assume that once she settles into the role and story is further developed this is going to be a performance to keep track of.

Overall

            The concept is good here and the premise is strong. Despite this though, this first episode is likely just going to confuse a lot of people who aren’t sure about this series or not. The action is put together well and the jokes will get you to laugh but audiences are going to have to be willing to toe the water a bit longer if they want to get a feel for this series.

Final Impression After One Episode: Maybe?  

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            Kuroshitsuji proves the old* anime adage, don’t judge a series by its plot synopsis.

The Story

            In this dark horror series from A-1 Pictures, Ciel Phantomhive is the twelve year old child head of a very wealthy and prestigious noble family in England who made their fortune as toy manufacturers. He lives alone in his giant family mansion while being attended to by his servant Sebastian and four other servants; Bard the cook, Merine the maid, Grell the groundskeeper and Tanaka who looks scarily like the guy from Monopoly only more Japanese?

            In this first episode, Ciel will be welcoming an Italian businessman who has been running from the family’s factories for dinner. The man is requesting a loan so that he can create a bigger workforce at the factory but dinner doesn’t go nearly as planned for the businessman after Ciel and Sebastian discover his true intentions.

Good and the Bad

            The animation in this first episode looks absolutely amazing and if you want proof of that go watch the opening introduction sequence. The feather sequence in the first minute or so of the episode was absolutely stunning to see. All throughout the episode Kuroshitsuji will show demonstrations of this though. A-1 Pictures created a beautiful gem of a debut for this series.

            The characters were what worried me about this series the most. How many times have we seen supernatural servants and assistants after all? Every character in this first episode earns their keep within the series almost right away however. Sebastian and Ciel work very well together and fill their roles perfectly. Ciel is already the mysterious child lead that has made some kind of evil deal that will have the audience guessing all throughout the series. Sebastian is so impeccably perfect in everything he says and does within his job that there is already a lingering doubt on who he truly is and what powers he possesses and the supporting cast of other servants are perfect in their positions as comedy fodder.  

            The pacing in this first episode really moved at a good pace. This episode seemed to fly by very quickly and told a solid story in the process. The introduction of characters came at a really natural pace; it never felt like the series was rushing to get all of its characters introduced. There were a couple of moments where Kuroshitsuji attempts to force character concepts on the audience such as when Meirin is scolding herself but even those moments were more funny than annoying.  

Music

            From start to finish, the music in this series is as impressive to listen to as the animation is to watch. The opening theme to the series is a harder rock theme sung by SID. It has a very provocative theme to the lyrics but it matches the opening animation well and really sets a strong tone for the series.

            Moving into the episode itself, every scene is paired with equal music. In the beginning the episode will show the audience sweeping views of the mansion and various rooms inside of it while playing a strong opera in the background adding to the elegance of the home. In the more relaxing settings, soft string music will play and later when the tone of the episode becomes darker and more intense a monk chant begins. The attention to detail in this episode is amazing.  

Cast

            With Daisuke Ono and Maaya Sakamoto filling in the lead roles of Sebastian and Ciel respectively, there were high expectations. In this first episode, those expectations were met handily by the two veteran seiyuu. With this first episode, the dialogue and performances have already made me curious enough to want to know much more about these characters.

Overall

            Everything about this series originally made me recoil and not want to see it. The plot sounded rather ordinary with no real innovation behind it. But after meeting the characters, becoming more accustomed to the story and seeing the beautiful animation; I want to see much more. While I’m not sold on the series itself, I’m satisfied enough to want to see more.

Final Grade: Recommended.

*I’m using ‘old’ in the ‘I think I may have just made that up’ context

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            Starting a rapid game of catch up with my look at the disappointing debut of Toradora.

The Story

            In this romantic comedy, the series follows Ryuuji as he enters high school. He has a bad reputation though, despite his easy going demeanor everyone thinks that he’s a delinquent and is afraid of him. Luckily for him he’s in the same class as his best friend and the girl he has a crush on. The new delinquent in school though is a pint sized girl named Taiga and the two do not have a good first day together getting into more than one fight before the day is done. After Ryuuji discovers that Taiga has a crush on his best friend though, he decides to help her out despite how ungrateful she is for it.

Good and the Bad

            This was a series that I was looking forward to personally as the premise behind it sounded like it could be something very fun. These hopes started to become slightly diminished as the introduction began to play. The animation style in this series is very dull. The colors all come from a very soft palette and none of the colors stand out as particularly bright.

            Then the characters started to get introduced. Many of the designs in this first episode come across as very ordinary. Ryuuji has very beady eyes to go with an angular face. Taiga is unique in her stature but her design is nothing that looks that different from the rest.

            The characters themselves make Toradora even harder to get into as neither of the primary characters establish themselves as particularly likable. A combative personality like Taiga’s normally would go over well with audience members but it’s much harder with her. With all of Taiga’s fights and violence, there’s no real motivation behind it and there’s no build up. She’s either sitting perfectly still or trying to kill someone it seems. Ryuuji has also come across as very wishy-washy. It will be a nice change when this character gets to evolve a little more. Hopefully it happens sooner rather than later.

            The comedy in this episode is also something that this series will need to work on in the future. The second half manages to get some good visual jokes in but the rest of the episode felt pretty bare. The first half does make a few character jokes right off the bat with Ryuuji and this does a great job of establishing him as misunderstood. The jokes don’t have nearly as strong of an effect as they might have later after the audience had a better chance to get to know the character.             

            The pacing for this opening episode is likely what hurt it the most however. There are way too many scenes in this first episode that are dependent on only one character. The scenes in which Ryuuji or Taiga got to play off someone moved much faster and were much easier to get into than any scene where the character was alone.

Music

            The music in episode one runs into two extremes. Half the time the series completely eliminates music and just lets the dialogue get itself across without any musical aid. This works some of the time and some of the softer dialogue actually works without any music. The rest of the time are scenes that could have used some very soft scoring to help them along.

            The other extreme that this series ran into were the times when the series did use music, only music that was a little cartoonier in nature. Most of the music I heard in this episode was composed with the intention of keeping the scenes light and fun. The music accomplishes this but it could have been downplayed much more.

Cast

            As with the dialogue, music and animation; the cast did little to impress me in this episode and that even includes Yui Horie whom I admittedly am a big fan of. Yui Horie stands out as the first because Minori was so impossibly cheerful, chipper and irritating in her one scene of the episode that I couldn’t get that irritating sing songy voice out of my head for quite awhile.

Overall

            I really expected more from this first episode and find myself very disappointed. Sticking with the next couple of episodes should not be difficult but sticking with it after that may be an entirely different story.

Final Impression After One Episode: Not Recommended

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