TOP 3 TWIN SERIES

Copy & Paste Series

Anime Series Overlapping Each Other

So as the title says, this post will be talking about anime series that are overlapping each other, or what I like to call "Twin Series". These series are basically the same story with different characters, and it's just annoying to look at how people have lost creativity. However, it's also kinda fun seeing these twin series competing with each other to be the more popular one.

Copying is not wrong, a great somebody told me that "Inspiration didn't just come out of nowhere, it came from something that's already been made". In this case, anime series trying to become popular, trying to swim to the surface inspired by more popular series in the same genre. A good example of good copying, is SAO and Log Horizon. Both of them talk about MMORPG, and both of them had main characters stuck inside the game. At first glance, it does look like Log Horizon is trying to copy SAO to the core. But if you actually watch the series, you'll find that Log Horizon is not really the same like SAO, so does the other series like Accel World, Overlord, etc.

Another example of good copying is Koutetsujou no Kabaneri. It's obvious that this series is pretty similar to Shingeki no Kyojin. However, KnK has their own unique universe in which instead of giant humanoid creature, the use Kabaneri as the enemy. In SnK, only a group of chosen people who're allowed to go outside the wall, and they're even equipped with maneuver gears while in KnK they use the Koutetsujou, a impenetrable steam train. They're both telling the story about human race survival, and even starting with the exact same story.

Do you get it now? It's basically "You can copy my homework, just change some things a little bit".

Now onto the list :

1. Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry vs Gakusen Toshi Asterisk

This one has the same start, same harem style, same school fighting concept, same tournament concept, and so on. In my opinion, RKnC is obviously better, but for some reason it's really underrated so the twin counterpart got a second season instead (I don't know why). The only difference I can find between them is that Gakusen Toshi Asterisk is progressing in faster pace compared to the twin counterpart.

2. Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut vs Masou Gakuen HxH

Now these are some boobs. Both of them talk about mecha and both of them starting with Infinity Stratos start in where the main guy enters girls only school in a world of girls only system. This guy is a special guy cause he is the only one who can operate the mecha like girls, and also he has a special connection/position in the academy. Like a big sister who's the headmaster or something.

3. Shokomeza vs Saekano

These are basically the exact same anime. Majority of people agreed that Saekano is better, but I can't really tell because apparently I watched Shokomeza first and I didn't even finished watching it. When I started Saekano, it really piss me off how these series have the exact same story. Saekano got second season though, so if you want to watch, I suggest watch Saekano first.

So those are the twin series that are similar to each other. Do you know some more twin series? let me know in the comment, also, which one of these twins do you prefer? Is your opinion go with the majority of people or are you standing by yourself?

If you like top x posts like this, you may also like this Top 5 Waifu!

BEST ANIME 2017!

Anime Review : Tsurezure Children

Tsurezure Children

So I did make a post about Tsurezure Children Best Girl, but that does not mean I reviewed the series. Now I just got some free time so let's review the series.

Tsurezure Children (12 Episodes) from Studio Gokumi. This is a short series, only half duration per episode, yet they achieved what every romance anime out there fail to get done. I said it earlier and I'll say it again, Tsurezure Children is basically an oasis for me. It came when I lost my will to continue on living and legitimately considering suicide. But this series showed up in my facebook timeline and it looks interesting, so I checked it out. And it was worth it, now I have reason to live again.

Now onto the anime review, to be honest, I can't really say there's anything missing in the series if we are talking about romance. If you want to see the couple who's building up slow, there is Sugawara x Takano, you want a couple who build up fast, there is Kamine x Gouda, you want a tsundere breaker, there is Kaji x Masafumi, you want a romcom? There is also Kana x Chiaki.

Considering the series ended with only 12 episodes and half duration, this may lead to a promotional series. Like, they tried to bring you in to read the manga, and I assure you it's worth it. Go read the manga, trust me, you will be enlightened with ray of hope. There are a lot more couples and stuffs going on in the manga.

I really love this series so this review will be biased, but that's fine in Emotion Inside right?

The only thing I kinda disappointed from this series is the fact that they ended it during the end of sports festival and the beginning of the summer vacation arc. Well maybe because I read the manga first and already know what is going to happen afterwards, so I feel like it's not a very suitable ending. But I think it'll be fine for people who haven't read the manga.

Also, the fact that this series is relying on multiple couples to describe the universe, you may not be able to tell who exactly is that and why are they doing this, etc. A good example is when Kana and Chiaki was about to kiss in a cafe, but Chiaki accidentally kissed Kana's nose. So he asked for a retry, but got interrupted by the presence of Toda and Sunagawa (You wont know who they are unless you read the manga).

Enough bragging about this wonderful series, now the scoring, obviously Tsurezure Children will get 4.0/4.0 Thumbs. This series is flawless, cause it's practically all you can wish for from a romance anime in one series.

Now for the Character Review, I kinda modified it a bit cause there's a lot of characters in the series. So I will be reviewing them in couples!

Character Review

Kaji x Masafumi, voiced by Sakura Ayane and Ono Kensho. I'm gonna give you this, Kaji is a normal tsundere girl. Well, maybe a little bit a delinquent, but overall she's just ol' good tsundere like any other. However, Masafumi on the other hand, is a ladykiller. He even answered "No, I've tested it." when Kaji asked if he's gay. Masafumi is not some romcom main protagonist who doesn't now how to confess to a girl, he found Kaji smoking, he come to her and asked for a kiss right away. What a man he is, and for that we will give Masafumi Akagi score A while Kaji Ryouko got a B. And for their couple score, it will be : A.

Takano x Sugawara, voiced by Minasi Inori and Ishikawa Kaito. This is the type of couple who's progressing in a slow pace. The type that often get interruption and misunderstandings.I'm not really a fan of this kind of couple, but the characters are indeed interesting. Takano as a kuudere, she looks kinda like Hishiro form ReLife. However, Takano is not completely unconscious about her feelings towards Sugawara, it's just she's got a huge misunderstanding about Sugawara. Sugawara, actually not a dense motherfucker like some romcom series have. He did tried to confess several times, but then again, they're the couple who got a lot of interruptions and misunderstandings. As for Takano Chizuru, we gonna give a A- and Sugawara Takurou will get another A-. Their couple score of course, will be : A-.

Kamine x Gouda, voiced by Ogura Yui and Maeno Tomoaki. Now let me tell you, this is my favorite couple. This is me. I'm telling you the truth, my gf really similar to Kamine. She's clingy, and very much a spoiled child. Kamine asked Gouda out for one day, and the other day they're holding hands while walking home together, the next day they've done their first kiss, and progressing in a really fast pace. Though not as fast as the first couple mentioned in the list, Kamine and Gouda I have to say is the second sweetest couple in the series. Kamine Ayaka the sweet, cute, clingy, spoiled girl, I'm gonna have to give her a S while Gouda Takeru the man of men he is, he got A. As for their couple, fufufu... obviously I will rate them with a S. Reason is obvious, they're not backing down, and they're progressing in a "just right" pace.

Minagawa x Furuya, voiced by Hanazawa Kana and Amasaki Kouhei. This, is the sweetest couple I mentioned before, since Kamine x Gouda is 2nd. I tell why, it's because Minagawa is a really good example of what "The girl in the offense" like. She has a very good sense of pull and pushing the love target that is Furuya. Not many romance series I know showing the girl in the offense, and even if they did, they mostly give up or, like, just waiting for the guy to do things in the end. That's not the case with Minagawa, as I said, she's really good in pulling and pushing Furuya, so there's no "too much", like when you accidentally make the person you like hate you. Nope, Minagawa Yuki got it in under control, so we give her a S. Furuya Jun, though he's a really serious guy, he eventually caught up with Minagawa's pace, for that we give him A. Their couple score should be : A considering they're the sweetest.

Kana x Chiaki, voiced by Kito Akari and Yamashita Siichirou. The last one is more like a romcom indeed. However, Kana is not some girl in puberty. She took the lead and go ahead assume that she and Chiaki are dating. They're osananajimi though, so I'll give my respect to that. If you just want to have a fun time watching Tsurezure Children, and want to see more of the romcom aspect to the series, this pair is definitely your choice, considering Chiaki is an idiot, but not a dense motherfucker like harem protagonist. Though being an idiot most of the time, Chiaki Uchimura is apparently a man inside, you can tell by the end of episode 12, I really like how he handled their temporary break up, so we'll give him a S. On the other side, Kana, as we know she's actually the one steering the relationship. I like how she's without any hesitation breaking up with Chiaki, even taking her phone to the bathroom is just awesome so I'm gonna giva Kana Ijima score A. This couple overall score will be  A. They're not my favorite, but it's just too good to give anywhere below it.

Now, this is only a little bit of couples in the series, there are a lot more couples popping out here and there, as well as interesting characters. I really recommend reading the 4koma, it'll change your life forever.

If you like Intion's anime review, check out Kabaneri of Iron Fortress Review!

THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

How Romance Story Should Be VS How It Actually Is

Romance : Expectation vs Reality

Quick announcement, I didn't make a post in the past few weeks cause I'm actually working on a project with some friends to create Intion's YouTube channel. We gonna be doing anime reviews and stuffs there so stay tuned if you're interested to see Intion's posts in video.

So back to topic, the reason I suddenly write something like this, is because I just read ReLife up to chapter 205. It wasn't bad, I love chapter 197, if you haven't read it, I suggest opening a new tab and read it right now side by side with this post.

However, just as good as it is, it's also quite frustrating knowing that this series is progressing in a very slow pace. I'm guessing at this rate, they will end during the climax in reader's heart, that is when both test subjects go back to their life and then accidentally or purposefully meet up at some point, eye-to-eye contact, and then the series ended. Classic, really classic. Wanna know which series do exactly the same ending? Kimi no Na wa, Angel Beats, Ano Natsu de Matteru, and many more that I couldn't think of.

To be completely honest, there's nothing wrong with using that cliche as ending. It's just doesn't feel right when you desperately extend a story by adding some more chapters of the characters loitering around, going back and forth, no progression at all just because you have to meet the quota with the ending you want for the story. If the story ends at one point then just end it there. If there's still some quota left, make some extra chapters or something, or just change the ending into something that will work better with given amount of chapters.

I'm talking like I understand anything behind the scene here, but I assure you I don't. I'm just a fellow story writer that got irritated seeing a story like this. So I did some research, and I finally found where this Rom-pocalypse started.

Have you ever heard the sentence "And so, the prince and the princess live happily ever after... "?

That, is the root of all these no-story-after-life things. This sentence is mostly used to end a story, an ancient story like The Beauty and The Beast, Cinderella, etc.

How is this sentence related to today romance anime?

The answer is simple. This powerful sentence gives the author a freedom to not developing the story anymore, they don't have to think about the characters, don't have to think about progression, and so on. This sentence simply put an end that everybody wants, a happy ending to a romance story, and let the author take a leave from the series.

Of course they don't simply say the sentence out loud in the end of a series. They camouflage it into something more acceptable for people. Example #1, Angel Beats. [Spoiler Alert] The end of Angel Beats is basically Kanade and the main guy left in the void while everybody else has already reincarnating. Apparently, Kanade also reincarnate just when the main guy hugged her and that is so sad. However, by happy ending rule, there's an epilogue in where Kanade and the main guy reunited in the real world. It ended when Kanade was about to reach out to the main guy's hand and POOF! That's the "Ever after" sentence.

Still not convinced yet? Example #2 Charlotte. [Spoiler Alert] After going through hard times, collecting power throughout the entire world, the main guy has to be satisfied with a group video. Damn, what a bummer. I mean let's be honest, it'd be nice if the author put an epilogue in where the main guy and the girl together since the romance happened at the end part of the series.

Do you get what I'm saying this whole time? These are endings that gives us a glimpse of what happy ending the characters have when the story ends. Just a piece of it, no more.

Now another good example is Stens: Gate. [Spoiler Alert] The end of Steins: Gate we can see Kyouma encountered Kurisu on his way, and then he acted as if it's a "Unmei no Deai". At this point, the series ended, it is indeed an "Ever After" ending, but apparently they released a Steins: Gate movie that takes time after the main series in which Kyouma and Kurisu already going out together so that's fine. I said that is fine, then the others should be fine too right? Since they might be making another season or movie in the future. Well maybe, but have you seen season 2 of Angel Beats or Ano Natsu de Matteru? Nope.

Another example is from manga, Hadi Girl, my favorite manga back then, ended with 30 or so chapters. After finally being able to confess to the she likes, they ended right when they were about to accidentally kiss each other's lips. So cute yet so annoying.

Final words, there is nothing wrong in simply using "Ever After" ending. That being said, don't go ahead and forcefully extend the chapters of your story to meet the quota and then end it with an "Ever After" while you just loitering around with no progression for 20 chapters. Hadi Girl ended like that cause of the chapters limit, but it's a good time to end use "Ever After" ending and not drawing random chapters where the main couple don't even interact with each other. If, for some reason you really want to use that, then pull a Clannad, or a Tasogare Otome x Amnesia in where the couple become official early and have some after story before it actually ends.

If you're interested in romance manga, check out my scruffy Ano Natsu de Matteru Review!

KEMANA BINTANGNYA???

Anime Review : Sousei no Onmyouji

Twin Star Exorcist

AAARGGH!!!

GUA BANGKIT DARI KUBUR!!

Sousei no Onmyuji (2016) by TV Tokyo. Tipikal anime dari TV Tokyo, langsung booming meledak di seluruh belahan dada dunia. Jauh-jauh hari sebelum ada berita soal animenya, gua sudah baca manganya dan ketika berita itu muncul gua sedang dalam masa menunggu chapter manganya numpuk buat dibaca, tapi kemudian anime nya muncul jadilah gua menunggu lagi untuk anime nya finished airing. Ketika selesai airing, cukup kaget juga melihat jumlah episode yang superior begitu (50 episode). Sepeninggal gua, manga nya masih sampai chapter 30-an, apa cukup story nya dibuat 50 episode? Jawabannya jelas, filler.

Waktu pertama kali baca manganya, gua salut banget karena tahun-tahun ini jarang sekali ada cerita action-romance yang 'living up to expectation'. Komposisi romance dan actionnya pas. Poin besar ini juga dibawa ke animenya, namun dengan sedikit racikan yang salah.

Mulai dari episode 1 - 20 an itu masih nyaman, dimana alurnya masih ikutin manga. Tapi episode 20+ mulai ceritanya jadi janggal. [SPOILER ALERT] Pasangan Benio-Rokura berhasil menemukan jurus ultimate yang hanya bisa dilakukan mereka berdua, yaitu "RESONANCE". Oke, jurus ini kuat dan bisa ngabisin musuh, tapi kenapa harus dispam? Serius, selama 30 episode yang dilakukan pasangan ini cuma spam kata "RESONANCE". Ini yang bikin gua hampir ketiduran pas marathon episdoe 20 - 50 nya.

Buat yang belum nonton, episode 20 - 45 an itu mimpi buruk. Toh gua akuin, endingnya bagus, gua suka, jadi Sousei no Onmyouji dapat score 3.0/4 Thumbs.

Hal yang lebih menyedihkan lagi, ketika gua cek, popularitas SnO turun hingga covernya bahkan tidak terlihat lagi di halaman utama. Kemana bintangnya?

CHARACTER REVIEW

Enmadou Rokuro, disuarai oleh Natsuki Hanae. Rokuro itu karakter utamanya, dan karakternya ngga berubah dari manga ke anime, bagus. Gua suka masa lalunya Rokuro, bener-bener memberikan depth untuk karakternya. Sayangnya sifat pemaafnya ngga bisa gua maafin. Ini juga yang buat seriesnya turun dari 3.2 ke 3.0, yaitu karena villain recycling. Ini umum terjadi dalam anime-anime yang punya episode berpuluh-puluh hingga ratusan (Fairy Tail). Villain recycling menunjukkan kalau author tidak konsisten, apalagi setelah villain tersebut sudah dihajar habis-habisan sebelumnya. Well, itu bukan salah Rokuro, dia tetep dapet nilai A.

Benio Adashino, disuarai oleh Megumi Han. Benio juga salah satu karakter yang bagus. Gua suka tekadnya untuk matiin musuh meskipun mengorbankan sebagian dirinya. Sayang sekali Benio punya segudang karakter-karakter perusak suasana, seperti familiarnya yang entah siapa namanya. Di manga seinget gua Benio ngga punya familiar yang rusuh, kalaupun ada dia nggak rusuh. Benio sendiri dapet A, tapi familiarnya?

Otomi Mayura, disuarai oleh Yuu Serizawa. Perempuan paling kasihan dalam sejarah anime bagi gua. Dia kehilangan Rokuro, dia berubah jadi Kegare, dia ngga berbakat jadi onmyouji... hadeh, kesedihan-kesedihan aja yang menghampiri perempuan satu ini. Walaupun dia memang dapat jodohnya sendiri, tapi 50 episode ngga cukup untuk membuat Mayura bahagia. Sayangnya score B+ harus bikin Mayura tambah sedih.

Kinako, sampah. F.

SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN COPY???

Anime Review : Koutetsujou no Kabaneri

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress

 

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (2016) by Wit Studio. One thing about this anime, it certainly has hype. It definitely came wit a hype among otakus and cosplayers. Though it wasnt a big one, but whatever.

So I started watching this series like two months ago, and a few minutes into the first episode, I concluded the whole series... "It's fucking Attack on Titan."

Truthfully speaking though, the concept really close to the so hyped anime Attack on Titan. The first episode even basically just the exact same progress as AoT and that's really disappointing but hey, it's 2017, nobody has original idea anymore, they need source of inspiration, they need reference. Well at least don't freakin' copy it.

But real talk, after that AoT prolog, everything is different so DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE NOT WATCHING 'THAT' ANIME.

My personal favorite moment is during the first attack on kabane, everyone's panicking, running to safe place somewhere. There's a little girl, about to run away, her mother is waiting in front of the house, but she's busy picking toys to bring with her, that was cute. She was just picking toys to bring with her like normal kids and when she's done her mother got eaten by a titan--I mean kabane. Kinda like Eren's mom huh?

Anyway, aside from the first episode, the rest of the series is fine. I freakin love the concept of the deffensive survival thingies and transporting with basically train fortress, that is just freakin cool and they deliver it very well compared to AoT I think so I'm gonna give this series a score of 3.6/4 Thumbs. It was fine and good to watch, recommended for beginners aswell.

Now onto the characters review, what's good about this anime is that they don't give any surnames for their characters which a unique idea not implemented on every anime, especially AoT.

Character Review

Ikoma, voiced by Tasuku Hatanaka. I like his passion and Eren-like personality. I found it kinda annoying that he's relying more on his gun instead of his cool kabaneri power. But at least he's not Eren. I love how Ikoma's character progression from the beginning to the end, he got a lot of progression which is cool. So in my opinion, this guy worth an A in my book.

Mumei, voiced by Sayaka Senbongi. The cosbait, waifu bait, fap bait, etc, etc. Seriously I have lost count of how many cosplayers are cosplaying her, not counting those who don't watch the series at all. One thing about this girl is she's cute when she's not in her fighting uniform, it's like several seconds in the first episode and then she's done. What I don't like about Mumei is the fact that this character is having a degression. Like the first several episodes she looked really sure of what she's doing, really confident about everything until at some point she started to confuse everything. The reason I call it a degression is because she didn't get the confident she had in the beginning at the end of the series which is sucks. This girl desserves a B in my book.







So that was my Koutetsujou no Kabaneri review, let me know in the comment below if Mumei is your waifu and you feel offended cause your waifu is a trash.
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Just kidding, share this review to those who JUST FINISHED WATCHING the series to avoid spoilers.

Lo Bukan Lo Kalo lagi Laper

Anime Review : Ben-To

Ben-To

 

 

Bento (2011) by David Production. Anime ini bener-bener bagus! Scene fightingnya well animated, jelas sih, namanya genre nya aja martial arts. Hal yang menarik dari anime satu ini yaitu konsep bertanding untuk memperebutkan Bento (bekal) setengah harga. Anak kos, anak rantau direkomendasikan untuk nonton nih anime, pasti feels nya kerasa. Awalnya emang bisa dibilang konyol karena berantem cuma untuk rebutin makanan, dan itu mengingatkan pada sebuah iklan yang cukup viral dengan tagline nya "Lo bukan lo kalo lagi laper.". Semua pasti tau iklan apa itu... yap, iklan sneakers. Anyway, ada waifu baru di sini, dan sangat potensial. Tapi dari semua karakter perempuan yang ada di series nya, yang paling mencolok yaitu Sen Yarizui dan Shaga Ayame. Nanti gua kasih tau siapa waifu baru gua, tapi untuk sekarang gua akan sebutkan kelemahannya. Kelemahan pertama yang paling mencolok yaitu scene yuri. Nantinya akan ada scene yuri + incest yang overdose, padahal genre nya nggak menyebutkan yuri. Kedua yaitu episode yang terlalu pendek. Ya, mereka mengakhiri series nya dengan baik, tapi meninggalkan tanda tanya besar antara hubungan Satou Yoh dengan Sen Yarizui, well, romance memang bukan genre nya juga sih. Sayangnya anime ini underrated, entah kenapa, padahal bagus, mungkin kalo mereka mengurangi adegan yuri nya atau menambahkan tag yuri ke genre nya, anime ini jadi lebih mudah dicapai. Overall score untuk Bento : 3.5/4 Thumbs.

Character Review

 

Sen Yarizui, disuarai oleh Mariya Ise. *suara drum* daaaan inilah waifu baru gua, Sen Yarizui!!!
Ehm, mungkin banyak yang milih Shaga sebagai waifu, tapi nggak, yang nemplok di hati gua yaitu Sen. Kenapa? Pertama, Sen itu cool, calm, collected. Dia menghadapi masalah dengan tenang dan cool. Dua, dia badass. Sen itu kuat, karena itu dia termasuk serigala yang dapat julukan "Ice Witch". Tiga, clumsy. Meskipun cool, calm, collected, rupanya Sen punya sisi clumsy atau ceroboh juga, karena itu dia diberi julukan Ice witch. Empat, jelas, bodynya AAA. Perkembangan karakter slow, ngga begitu terlihat, mungkin karena karakter dasarnya yang melekat dan pakem, tapi pada akhirnya dia terbuka juga kok. Score untuk Sen : A

Satou Yoh, disuarai oleh Hiro Shimono. Pertama-tama, karakter Satou itu memang bagus. Lucu, ceroboh, bodoh, dll. tapi jangan terkecoh dengan karakter badutnya, Satou ini ternyata kuat. Kuat serupa dengan Sen. Awalnya gua ngga menduga kalau orang ini ternyata bisa ngalahin musuh dengan mudah seperti senpai-nya, Sen. Perkembangan Satou dari awal sampai akhir, mungkin yang paling mencolok adalah sisi gay nya. Yup, semakin ke belakang Satou jadi makin gay (spoiler). Score untuk Satou Yoh : B-









Shaga Ayame, disuarai Emiri Katou. Shaga salah satu karakter favorit gua, apalagi VA nya juga ngisi karakter-karakter favorit gua dari series lain. Tapi sayang ngga cukup screen time untuk Shaga supaya jadi waifu gua. Selain itu juga, ada satu hal penting yang mengurangi poin Shaga di mata gua, yaitu baju renang. Di sepisode berapa (lupa), ketika semua ke kolam berenang, jelas ada fanservice dong, di sana kita punya dua primadona, Sen dan Shaga. Ketika gua lihat baju renangnya Sen, "oh yeah!!", namun ketika gua lihat baju renang Shaga, ah biasa aja. Anyway, Shaga termasuk serigala kuat yang punya julukan, dan kekuatannya setara dengan Sen. Perkembangan karakter, gua suka ketika Shaga tau kalo Satou suka sama Sen. Jarang ada rival yang bisa bikin gua ikut rasain kehilangan, dan Shaga termasuk salah satu yang dapat bikin gua merasaakn kehilangan juga. Penanaman karakter terhadap penontonnya bagus. Score untuk Shaga : A


Hana Oshiroi, disuarai Aoi Yuuki. Karakter satu ini gua punya mixed feelings. Satu sisi gua ngga suka hardcore fujoshi nya yang main-mainin karakter utama sehingga jadi yaoi. Tapi di sisi lain ngga bisa dipungkiri kalo dia lucu. Cara dia menggunakan narasi third person untuk membuat pertarungan sengit Satou jadi pertarungan di ranjang dengan laki-laki lain ngga bisa dipungkiri memang lucu. Perkembangan karakter, rasanya ngga terlalu mencolok selain dia menemukan jati dirinya, yaitu penulis cerita yaoi Satou. Score untuk Oshiroi : B

Yup, jadi itu dia review untuk Ben-to, anime ini direkomendasikan untuk yang nyari anime fighting, comedy atau bahkan yuri. Kalau ada pendapat silakhan dikomen, dan jangan lupa share ke temen otaku yang masih baru.

HYPE, CLICKBAIT DAN BULLSHIT

Judul Clickbait

Hype!!!

 

Hmmm... berapa lama? sekitar 6 bulan ngga nyentuh ini blog sama sekali dan jangan tanya.

Tahun 2016 gua nobatkan sebagai tahun penuh hype. Kenapa begitu? Dimulai dari No Man's Sky, Pokemon GO, Re Zero, dan lain-lain yang bikin gua ENEG banget liat timeline facebook.

Orang mudah sekali kena virus hype, dan sebagai orang yang anti mainstream gua benci sekali dengan hype, karena itu post ini kita bahas tentang Hype dan bullshit yang terjadi sepanjang gua menghilang.

No Man's Sky

 

Mungkin lebih cocok disebut "No Man's Game". Sejak trailernya dilihat banyak orang, umat manusia langsung mengelu-elukan game space adventure exploration survival satu ini. Dengan bangganya mempersembahkan quantiliun planet yang dapat dijelajahi di sepanjang game, mereka membangkitkan semangat umat mainstream manusia di bumi.

Hal yang paling gua senang adalah ketika NMS jatuh, yaitu pas dia release. Nggak lama setelah rilis, orang-orang mulai merasakan kejanggalan. Mana multiplayernya? Alah BT banget nunggu pesawat sampe tujuan, lah kok planetnya gitu-gitu aja si??

Ketika orang pada keheranan, gua ketawa, mampus lu, satu hype telah gugur dan gagal menimbulkan kesan di hati umat manusia.

Overwatch

"Is this easy mode??" "Nerf this!"
Tau itu catchphrase siapa? oya, itu perempuan di bawah umur yang terjun ke medan perang.

Overwatch sudah mengecewakan gua sejak Blizzard bilang itu berbayar, tapi itu cuma sebagian. Satu karakter tertentu yang bahkan jauh hari sebelum release sudah banyak yang ngidolin. Dva.

Gua ngikutin banyak, banyak banyak banyak cosplayer. Bukan stalking, cuma pengen keep updated aja (jangan tanya). Gua ngga ngitung, tapi yakin sedikitnya ada ratusan cosplayer yang sudah cosplay Dva jauh sebelum Overwatch release.

Ini bullshit, karena mereka cuma cosplay satu karakter tertentu, dan taulah seperti apa cosplayer yang masih merasa dirinya fanpage kecil.

Masalahnya bukan karena gua ngga suka Dva, tapi sebenarnya gua ngga yakin cosplayer-cosplayer itu bahkan mainin Dva. Maksudnya gini, setau gua cosplay itu baiknya kita kenal karakter yang kita perankan, bukan sekadar ngikut hype kemudian inovasi sedikit (contoh: Dva pake pakaian dalam, Dva pake baju renang, Dva ngga pake baju, Dva...).

Gua ingat di BBM suka ada akun-akun palsu yang nawarin foto dan video porno kalo kita beliin dia pulsa. Biasanya dia bakal pasang profil yang menggugah, pelan-pelan makin kebuka fotonya dsbg. Dari cosplayer-cosplayer yang gua lihat ini, rasanya ngga ada bedanya. "if you want the uncensored version, follow me on patreon." dan sebagainya.

Gua bukan menghina cosplayer, tapi gua mengingatkan aja supaya cosplaynya ngga sekadar bullshit, apalagi cuma jadi bahan fap fap orang.

Pokemon GO

Oya, setelah ngomong agak vulgar tadi kita beralih ke old school. Game dengan teknologi Augmented Reality yang mutakhir, game yang disambut oleh semua kalangan masyarakat dari berbagai usia, Pokemon GO!!!!!1!11

Hadeh, game ini sempet ngehype, dan gila, 6.999.999.999 manusia di bumi mainin game itu (kecuali gua), ngga peduli apa dia tau apa itu pokemon atau ngga. Kebanyakan cuma ikutan hype, dan sampe-sampe menggempar dunia.

Hebatnya lagi, game ini cuma bertahan sekitar 2-3 bulan dan orang-orang kembali ke overwatch dan sun n moon, jadi syukurlah.

Re Zero Bla Bla Bla

Beralih ke anime, gua kecewa sekali dengan ketidakkreatifan penulis-penulis light novel dan fans-fans di Jepang. Pertama, penulis seolah berpikir kalau judul yang puaaaaaaaannnjaaaaanng itu bakal laku, dan kalo genre harem dengan sedikit oppai bakal menarik penggemar dan kenyataannya, benar. Kedua gua kecewa sekali dengan fans di Jepang karena penulis dan produser ngga akan menciptakan kisah-kisah oppai dan harem itu kalo bukan karena itu permintaan fansnya. Perlu diketahui, pasar yang mereka jadikan rujukan adalah pasar di Jepang karena... Jepang.

Khusus Re Zero Bla Bla Bla, bahkan sebelum selesai tayang ribuan cosplayer berbondong-bondong berpose sebagai Emilia, Rem, Ram, Processor, VGA, dsbg. untuk memuaskan hasrat para wibu. Kasus ini mengingatkan gua pada satu waifu yang tidak perlu disebutkan namanya. "Oh, udah banyak yang cosplay Emilia? Oke kita inovasi sedikit, Emilia pake bikini!!!" dan terus, terus, terus, terus.

Re Zero Bla Bla Bla ini buanyak banget yang suka, semua orang bilang itu anime bagus, berkualitas, bla bla bla... hadeh. Hype, sekali lagi itu cuma arus sungai hype yang luar biasa kenceng.

Kimi no Na wa

Kimi no Na wa bagus, dan ngga sekadar bullshit, dan gua belum nonton. Gua tanya ke temen gua "ini akhirnya dia orang pacaran ngga?" dia bilang "ngga" dan gua jadi males mau liat.

Kimi no Na wa juga membawa weeb dari yang kacangan sampe yang batangan bersatu untuk memuja penulisnya. Seolah anime yang turun dari langit, 6.999.999.999 manusia di bumi memujanya (kecuali gua). Karena hype yang deras sekali, gua jadi males mau nonton. Ibarat kita mau nonton star wars, kemudian sudah banyak orang yang nonton dan seseorang ceritain ke lu isi filmnya.







Oke jadi itu semua uneg-uneg hype gua. Sebagian mungkin ngga bisa dikategorikan sebagai hype, tapi gua ngga tau apa namanya jadi gua masukin aja.

Judul clickbait? Oh ya, itu buat clickbait aja, namanya aja clickbait.

Hyakku Monogatari [ENGLISH]

100 WAIFU Stories

Hyakku Waifu Monogatari

Uhh... yeah, don't ask me why updating the damn blog now of all time.

This is just a new series I want to start, called 100 WAIFU Stories, in style of 100 Ghost Stories (Hyakku Mongogatari).

For those who don't know, Hyakku Monogatari is Japanese game where you light up one hundred candles in a dark room. You sit forming a circle with your friends, and take turns to tell ghost stories. Each time a story is finished, a candle should be blown. Keep that up until you reach the 100th story. Once the last candle's off, a yokai (ghost) will show up.

So come along and play with me to tell a story about how you meet your waifu, if we're lucky, maybe a waifu will show up once we reach the 100th story. If you're interested to participate, send me a story with the following provisions :

1. Your waifu shall not be the same waifu whose story's already been told before (no same waifu).
2. Use english for your story.

Send your story via e-mail to akahito19eternity@gmail.com

With that being said, I'm gonna tell the first story about how I met my waifu.

Mai's Boob Fondling

2016, the year of hype. Anime, games, technology, like every aspect of my life got all the hype. During winter, there's a certain anime that everyone was talking about, and it started filling up my facebook timeline. As usual, this made me uncomfortable seeing a bunch of cute girls and boner-making gifs flying around.

So once it's finished airing, and all episodes are up, I went ahead and watch it. As you guess, it's called Musaigen no Phantom World (Myriad Colors of Phantom World).

What actually brought me to watch this Godforsaken series is because pictures and gifs of my pretty recent waifu, Mai Kawakami. You see the urban gif that shows Mai during her martial art attack preparation, it got mee too like Hestia's semi nude pics got me to watch Danmachi.

Anyway, so off to the anime, started from episode 1.

The music...

The Colors...

And the part that makes me fall in love right away with Mai....

The boing...

So if you watched Phantom World, the opening starts off with a music, Naked Dive by Screen mode. During the early beat, it showed a various asset of the main girls in the damn harem. There's Mai, Reina, Koito and Kurumi. Each of them has a different asset, Mai with her boobs, Reina with her booty, Koito with her legs and Kurumi is a loli.

What makes me fall in love with Mai is not only because she's extremely beautiful, she has a very beautiful beautiful marks under her eyes, but also that during the op, her boobs bounced in rhyme with the song beat. Well, of course the other's also rhyme with the song, but Mai's is special cause she;s the first one showed up. Like, "hey we should bring people in, let's put a boobs as the very first thing people see in the damn opening." and that workd. For me at least.

Well, she's not actually fondling her boobs, she's just massaging her body to unleash some kind of energy inside her body and apparently it's a thing from china.

So yeah, as the urban legend said, once you see that gif of Mai fondling her body preparing for martial art attack, you'll be sucked in to watch the damn series. Be careful for boners...

Alright so that was my stupid ass story about how I met and fall in love with Mai Kawakami. It might be not as interesting as you guys's stories, so that's why I asked for your story, if you want to join the game and meet a waifu, send me your waifu story.

You're Not You When You're Hungry [ENGLISH]

Anime Review : Ben-To

Ben-To

Ben-To (2011) by David Production. This series is freakin' AWESOME. The fighting scenes are very well animated, obviously, it's a martial arts anime. But still, very awesome. The concept of fighting over half-price convinience store bento is just laughable at first, but as you progress with the story, this is something really serious apparently. Not only saving highschooler's pocket and stomach, the fighting over half priced convinience store bento resembles the 'try hard to achieve' concept, but with bento, it's somehow become comedy. I actually really like the story progression, execpt the overdosed lesbians and crossdressing in the series. I don't know what the author was thinking, but honestly, those lesbian and gay actions should be reduced (though there will be no season 2 since the series itself is not so popular). Anyway, I found a new waifu in this series which makes me think about a certain post on this blog that I haven't updated for 3 weeks but that's beside the point. So many of you guys made Shaga Ayame, the MC's cousin as waifu. To me, she's indeed a potential one. But my choice is Sen Yarizui, the Ice Witch. She's just so beautiful, and strong, and sexy too, just everything you might need. Oh yeah, she's kinda similar to Mai Kawakami. Anyway, this one is base off a light novel, and not that many anime adaptation from a LN is good like this one, so that's a plus. Fanservice is well managed, though the yuri actions are a bit too much. What lacking from this series is too few episodes and a slight romance/drama that doesn't work out. I didn't think that this anime will have a slight chance romance in the story between MC and one of the girls. I really hope they worked out on the LN though. If only they worked out in the anime, it would be awesome, and I'll definitely put this under the 'Legendary Series' category. AND if they reduce the yuri and yaoi actions, I'll give a 4/4. But too bad they didnt, so Overall score is : 3.5 / 4 Thumbs.

Character Review

You Satou, voiced by Shimono Hiro. He is the main character and typical of the idiot one. But honestly, I'm really glad this series is not a harem because the MC will not won anything in the end because harem male leads are pathetic. He's just too damn unlucky hero, but for some reason really strong in the battlefield. Score : A.

Sen Yarizui, voiced by Ise Mariya. As I said, new waifu. She's kinda resembles Ouka from Koko no Uwasa ga El Palacio, it's my current favorite manga and Mai Kawakami from phantom world. But, when Ouka and Mai have a cheerful personality, Sen on the other side posses kinda gloomy and serious personality. Her eyes ir really sharp I love it. She's also strong but unexpectedly clumsy which made her got the title 'Ice Witch'. Sen is also a really caring senpai, plus point for waifu review. Score : A.

Hana Oshiroi, voiced by Yuuki Aoi. I don't like her fujoshi personality. I like how she put comedies throughout the series by somehow narrating stuff, but leading to fujoshi's point of view, that's just oo much. Score : B.

Shaga Ayame, voiced by Katou Emiri. She's the potential waifu that most people will pick. I personally like her too, and she likes the MC which is good. But my policy is to only get one waifu in every series, so that was a really hard decision to choose between Shaga and Sen. But I made up my mind and choose Sen as my new waifu. Sorry, Shaga. Score : A-.

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Light Novel? OK, Anime? NO

Anime Review : Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (2016) by A - 1 Pictures. Hmm, gua belum cek dengan pasti LN-nya, tapi entah kenapa gua bisa yakin kalo pengantaran novelnya jelek. Kenapa? Kalo penulis mungkin ngerti, ketika novel dibuat jadi animasi itu kan harus dibayangkan dulu seperti apa scene-nya, karakternya, dll. Dalam Grimgar, art nya bagus, unique, tapi sayangnya animasi yang ditampilin di anime nya itu banyak yang nggak perlu. Maksudnya ya karena pengantaran novelnya jelek, jadi ketika dianimasikan jadi bingung bagian mana yang perlu dianimasikan dan bagian mana yang nggak. 12 episode itu nggak panjang, dan animatornya harus menyesuaikan LN untuk dijadikan animasi, tapi dalam kasus Grimgar (dan beberapa anime lain), mereka maksa masukin hal-hal yang nggak perlu dianimasikan ke dalam animenya, mungkin untuk menuhin durasi. Gua nggak bisa sebutin contohnya karena males, tapi kalo diperhatiin pasti ada kok scene yang rasanya nggak perlu dianimasikan. Tapi nggak selamanya animasinya buruk, scene fightingnya bagus, special effectnya bagus, cuma itu tadi, packagingnya yang dipaksa. Gua tadi bilang pengantaran LN-nya jelek, tapi gua 100% yakin kalo Hai to Gensou no Grimgar itu jauh lebih bagus kalo dikonsumsi sebagai Light Novel daripada anime. Gua sebenarnya kurang yakin juga apa ini serial animasi atau AMV karena jumlah soundtrack yang gua ga bisa dan ga mau ngitung. Setiap episode deh, pasti ada soundtrack baru lagi. Kekurangan lainnya lagi yaitu di Manato. Siapa yang nangis ketika [SPOILER] Manato mati? Gua sih nggak. Manato mati di awal, dan kalo bagi gua, feelingnya belom kerasa. Mereka dengan nggak jelas masuk ke Grimgar, tiba-tiba jadi temen baik dan tiba-tiba mati satu. Kalo bagi para tokoh mungkin ia feelingnya masuk, tapi bagi penonton mungkin nggak, karena durasinya masih pendek, dan lagi nggak banyak juga scene yang emosional tentang Manato selain melalui PoV MC nya, karena gua yakin novelnya pake First Person. Dunia Grimgar masih abu-abu, nggak jelas, tiba-tiba begini, tau-tau begitu, mungkin di LN-nya di kemudian volume dijelaskan, tapi nggak ada waktu untuk menjelaskan di animenya. Gua asumsikan ini adalah salah satu cerita yang mengadopsi SAO, dan mencoba bikin atmosfir RPG. Tapi sayangnya, SAO itu jelas dunia RPG nya, sementara Grimgar seperti gua bilang, masih abu-abu dan nggak ada cukup episode untuk menjelaskan. Haruskah level kecil ngelawan goblin? Katanya goblin paling lemah, kok susah amat lawannya? Siapa aja yang masuk ke Grimgar? Apa orang-orang yang lain itu player juga atau cuma NPC? Terlalu banyak pertanyaan, terlalu sedikit episode. Score untuk Hai to Gensou no Grimgar : 2.6 / 4 Thumbs.

Character Review

Manato, voiced by Shimazaki Nobunaga. Karakter yang terlalu diworship. Itu aja, personality-nya ok, tapi sebenarnya gua menaruh kecurigaan sama orang ini dari awal, gua emang nggak suka karakter yang baiknya keterlaluan, termasuk karakter utama. Untung matinya cepet. Score : B.

Haruhiro, voiced by Hosoya Yoshimasa. Nggak jarang MC yang memilih jadi rogue dari awal. Haruhiro jadi thief, unsuer RPG nya sudah dikeluarkan dari awal, tapi mereka (penulis) nggak mau jujur kalo ini sbenernya game RPG. Seenggaknya berikan penjelasan sedikit tentang Grimgar di awal, masalah di sini yaitu sudut pandangnya Haruhiro. LN nya ngambil sudut pandang pasti dari Haruhiro (mayoritas), jadi apa yang diketahui sama Haruhiro, ya itulah yang dikasih liat ke penonton. Sebagai MC, okelah gua nggak banyak protes, Haruhiro juga OK kok, nggak lemah-lemah amat, indecisive itu sudah jadi ciri khas semua MC, kemudian terlalu baik juga nggak, bodoh mungkin iya. Score : A-.

Ranta, voiced by Yohino Hiroyuki. Karakter badut, tapi payah. Bukan kemampuan bertarungnya, tapi jokesnya. Ini salah satu kelemahan Hai to Gensou no Grimgar yang mau gua bahas di Ranta, yaitu bad jokes placement. Penempatan joke yang nggak tepat timingnya akhirnya cuma makan durasi. Score : B.

Yume, voiced by Komatsu Mikako. Perempuan ini alasan gua ganti judul Hai to Gensou no Grimgar jadi Grimgar : Pussies Grouped Together to Fight other Pussies + Ass and Boobs Edition! Lagi-lagi, kelemahan dari anime ini yaitu kebanyakan fanservice yang nggak perlu, apalagi mengingat genrenya. Mungkin gua ngerti, maksud dari penempatan fanservice di awal-awal itu untuk menarik penonton, tapi sayang bagi gua itu mengganggu. Sebagai genre Action, Adventure Grimgar menyuguhkan fanservice yang overdose, mending dibuat jadi Ecchi sekalian gitu. Alasan gua ngebahas ini di Yume adalah karena Yume salah satu kontributornya. Kalo personality wise, Yume harusnya jadi salah satu karakter favorite gua, dua juga yang bikin gua mengira kalo bakal ada romance, namun kenyataannya nggak. Oh ya, [SPOILER] ada Kirito x Asuna resemblance di sini antara Haruhiro dan Yume, dan yang gua maksud bener-bener Kirito x Asuna resemblance. Tau pas mereka ngelawan bos pertama di SAO? Selamat datang kembali. Score : A-.

Shihoru, voiced by Terui Haruka. Ini dia primadonyanya Grimgar, mungkin kalo nggak ada dia jadi sedikit yang nonton. Penyumbang fanservice juga, tapi nggak diberikan spotlight, bahkan ketika Manato mati, padahal semua tau kalo dia suka sama Manato. Score : B.

Merry, voiced by Anzai Chika. Waktu Merry pertama dateng, dia bertindak profesional dengan nggak mengobati luka-luka kecil. Itu tindakan profesional untuk menghemat mana, tapi karakter-karakter bloon lainnya maksa dia untuk bertindak seperti 'mantan' mereka, Manato. Masa lalunya Merry juga pahit, jadi wajar kalo dia mengantisipasi itu terulang lagi, dan pastinya trauma ada. Proses Haruhiro melunakkan Merry gua bisa kasih jari kelingking lah, tapi nggak jempol (setidaknya bukan jari tengah). Score : A-.

Moguzo, voiced by Ochiai Fukushi. Karakter favorit gua karena bakatnya ngukir figure dari kayu. Nggak banyak peran, tapi ikut jadi karakter utama. Gua nggak bisa bilang banyak sih karena dia sendiri nggak banyak spotlight, tapi yang jelas dia karakter favorit gua karena tindakannya yang logis, nggak emosional. Score : A-.

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ANIME THAT I WILL NEVER TOUCH AGAIN!

Anime Review : Ano Natsu de Matteru

Ano Natsu de Matteru

Ano Natsu de Matteru (2012) by JC Staff. I hate this series. I fucking hate this series... I don't know why, I just don't want to remember anything. I hate everything that're related to this series. Remembering it just hurting my chest. I can't, I simply just can't... I know it would end like that, I know very well from the very fucking beginning it would end like that! But I just got fooled by the flow of the story and when I came to I was hoping for things to end the other way around, and that makes my heart really hurts once the series ended. I can't do this, I don't want to remember anything, I don't want to cry anymore, I was holding down tears, keep denying as the ending ost played in the background, and the epilogue showed. I know she's back, she'c back, right? But at least tell me she's back! Show me that she's back! Let me see them together like in the previous episode! Don't just left with a glimpse of clue that she's back! I hate this! I can't do proper review like this, ugh...

Overall score :  4 / 4 Thumbs.

Character Review

Kaito Kirishima, voiced by Shimazaki Nobunaga. He's a main character and  a lot of girls loved him, but  he gently turned one by one down and going out with Ichika. Only to find out later that Ichika will leave him suffering. Score : A.

Ichika Takatsuki, voiced by Tomatsu Haruka. I recognized her voice from the first time, and decided to take a liking to her. But she easily give up, she give up on her dreams, she give up on her love, she did what she thought was right, but it just hurting him, and me. Score : A.

Kanna Tanigawa, voiced by Ishihara Kaori. She's the poor one, she didn't get anything at all in the end, even after Ichika left. But she pushed Ichika to confess, ignoring her own feeling, that's something rarely happen in a triangle love anime relationship. Score : A.

Tetsurou Ishigaki, voiced by Ogihara Hideki. He's a bro who can't live up to his own advices. Score : A-.

Mio Kitahara, voiced by Asumi Kana. She's a nudist, I knew it since the second time I saw her talking on phone naked in her room. At first I though she was just changing after bath, so I don't really mind, but the second time, I guessed "What the hell is wrong with her? Is she a nudist?" and then she confirmed it later. She's considered as lucky for her to be together with the one she loves. Score : A.

Remon Yamano, voiced by Tamura Yukari. She's my favorite character, the funny one, the badass one, the know it all one, everything. She's my only reason to laugh at the ending, despite I was holding down tears. I don't want to spoil who she is, go watch the series by yourself, and cry. Also, her laugh is just the besst laugh I've ever seen. Score : S.

I'm sorry I couldn't do a proper review for this. As I said, this is the record breaker, I gave the series a full score, and a character an S rank, the highest one, and the only one so far. The series is not bad, it's just I still can't settle my feelings. I watched Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki kun right after I finished crying to heal my heart, but it didn't work. I just can't get this series off my mind, I want to forget this, I want to forget everything, that's why I'm doing the review early even though I'm still hurt.

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