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XxKriegxX
In a world full of anime with captivating drama, great comedy, and impactful or entertaining romance this anime offers none of it. Now there are plenty of okay one off seasons following a basic romance, we get that but in the most boring way possible. The basic plot follows the DearS, a group of aliens that land on earth with Ikuhara an average highschool boy racist against aliens meeting a lost DearS Ren one day. From there Ren attaches herself to him and it's implied that her unusual qualities will bring trouble to him and everyone else. The biggest problem is that it doesn't do anything interesting with it's premise while also being unfunny. Each character has their gag that they will play out every time, Ren is an oblivious klutz, Ikuhara and his friend are the straight men, the teache…
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Introduction:
A year ago, a UFO with 150 aliens crashed near Kasai, Japan. Since the ship could not be fixed, the Japanese government gave the aliens citizenship and taught them about Japanese language, customs, and culture. They started a program for the aliens to stay with Japanese families to help them become familiar with human society. One of the aliens, Ren, was accidentally dropped into a river and saved by a high school student named Takeya Ikuhara. Despite his initial distrust of aliens, Takeya takes pity on Ren and she becomes his personal "slave" after imprinting on him as her "Master." Ren's presence changes Takeya's life and makes it anything but ordinary.
Animation and visuals:
The animation in the series is generally smooth, but some scenes seem unnecessary and detract from…
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I don't even know where to start. I guess with the good aspects. Ren is super cute and aesthetically pleasing to look at. Some jokes are actually funny at times. Besides this, this anime should be called the fan service anime. There's barely any plot. Every episode feels like a filler except the end of the show really. The Dears are alien slaves and they would do anything for their master including sex. Man, the MC for this is the most annoying character in the whole show. The poor way he treats women is so irritating. You see, there are a lot of shows that are like this. Fan service-focused shows are fine. But this is one of the most poorly done shows I've seen and is extremely disrespectful to women by portraying them as empty shells that are only there to entertain men and fulfill their…
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'Happy Cosumousu.'
This one is old and poorly drawn show, that nevertheless deserves the high score it got from me.
Because every man wants to have a DearS and Ren Ren Ren Nagusaran Ren Ru Ron Ran Ren Nakora makes a perfect waifu material.
So many harem anime are aired every season, yet they somehow fail to recreate Ren in their products. Therefore this show still holds the high standard of quality waifu, despite its numerous flaws.
Ren is good, she is obedient, loyal, girly and sexy. I want her. She is good waifu material.
Aside from Ren and Happy Cosumousu song, there is absolutely nothing going for this show. However it does not matter. Ren is more than enough to make this show worth to watch.
Watch it for Ren, she is worth your time.
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This anime has pretty much everything that I like to see in a show...cute aliens in lingerie. Okay, just kidding... DearS has a very Happy Lesson feel to it, with most of the character design and animation looking very familiar. The story so far has been very interesting, and the characters are all very well voiced by a high quality seiyuu cast. The animation is very good, with the same Happy Lesson tendency for the male lead character to have over-exaggerated facial expressions.
Aside from the extreme Chobitsiness, this on the first episode of DearS it was very well done. The music was excellent, the animation smooth, and I really liked the character design. It was actually pretty hilarious, even though a couple of the scenarios were exactly like the ones in Chobits.
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This anime has been out for 16 years and still no season 2. Safe to say their won't ever be a season two. But after the ending we got it's fine as the story was able to wrap up nicely in the end. The MC taku was finally able to express his feelings to the main girl ren. So no more problems thus no more story developments. Throughout the season our MC is angry, insensitive and mostly indecisive. Thus leading him into a plethora of misunderstandings and problems. The characters in the anime besides the MC and his harem didn't really do much besides show up and give a few lines here and there which didn't really add much if anything to the story. So for the most part most of the characters are just their to fill in. The girls are Main girl Ren who is the love interest throughout the anime. Sh…
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one of my first Ecchi. I remember buying a pirate DVD in a scary basement.
I was young and full of hormones, a beautiful poster with huge breasts was enough
girls with the intelligence of a cat, she didn't even how to dress
a guy who doesn't want a "super sexy waifu"
awkward situations, childhood friend
a vulgar teacher with huge cleavage Even a scary male voice (and for sexy schoolgirls too) could not scare me away from this DVD
"This is my plot stamps. There are many like it, but this one is mine"
nothing original, nothing special. no reason to be important
BUT
good art, good sound (sometimes)
if you want anime "as before", this is not the worst choice
a little erotica
some jokes
a drop of action scenes
and a lot of awkward romance
Read at the sourceMyraStivlen
It really is a predictable storyline set up. I did find some amusement in some of the humor, but literally my favorite character is never seen on screen once (The DearS obsessed shopkeep's wife). All in all there is no real stakes. The Antagonists just stand around acting liking they are going to do something about Ren and then nothing really comes of it. When they do get to it you as the watcher never really believe they are capable of follow through. The R rated suggestions are kind of teases. I personally would not have been at all satisfied if the ecchi was all I came for. The protagonists just are so bland and outside of Miu you barely learn anything about them.
The promiscuous teacher was so annoying, but sadly she was a perfect embodiment of this series a lot of show but imaginary…
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While I know probably no one will read this, I had to rewrite my review for this show.
I love this show, both out of pure enjoyment, but also on a nostalgic level.
I have read the manga, and also seen Chobits and Heaven's Lost Property.
People liken this show to Chobits, which I both agree and disagree with. (Not giving spoilers) In the author's notes of the final volume of the manga, the author more or less addresses the similarities. She explained that it was their first major project, and their editor/publisher/can't remember which wanted them to play it safe at first. But after a certain point, they got free reign, which both the manga, and the show steers far away from Chobits.
For starters, pretty much all the character's are more fleshed out, incredibly likeable, and funny. Ch…
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A pure ufo harem story, with comedy, and overly beautiful cute characters. Doesn't try to do a overly deep-end-boring plot when there's no need for it. Some series do need a plot, not this one. Watch this if you need something easy to view. Also recommend watching Sora no Otoshimono, if you haven't already.
Anime became sort of "more animated" in years 2001-2003, less still-frames and more computerized bezier curves instead of unreliable pencils. Both the old and new -styles have their pros and cons but DearS art and animation is of the newstyle, in a good way.
Personally, I enjoy story that has depth but also see when it does more harm. Everyone bashes this as a bad Chobits copy. Watched Chobits before this, it's a wholly different "creature". So is Elfen Lied, and etc etc...
(A bit la…
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--SPOILER FREE--
Modern slavery, 2016 presidential election, women's status in society and family (both in traditional and modern sense). All these aspects are so often overlooked when people talk about this anime. DearS cleverly handles these topics and provides the watcher ethical dilemmas to think about without smashing the viewer with tons of dialogues to make it f**king obvious like in Ghost in The Shell.
This also brings me to one segment of anime watchers I hate. The kind who claim to enjoy and understand "intellectual" type of anime and bash anything with even a little portion of fanservice. The truth is, every now and then, some pretty mediocre anime with fanservice surfaces that actually has some deeper plot bellow its seemingly flat surface. From the way how the classroom teach…
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Let's start talking about the story, a spaceship with 150 aliens has crashed on earth, they are well received by the japanese goverment and the aliens are distributed through the japan to learn the culture, absorb knowledge and know how to behave, ok first of all you might remember Chobits, but... don't hold your hopes that high, the main character is a pain in the ass, sometimes i think that japanese anime directors wanna sell that all teenagers are idiots with absolutely no desire for the oposite sex( Like a hot teacher cosplaying in the classroom and a lot of idiots looking through the window admiring the hair of a Dear... come on )...
The main Dear Ren, posted as a defective one, and Myu, the Dear "without a job", because her masters want to do everything in the house are the only "en…
Read at the sourceGodBlessDXD
DearS has a fair story. Nothing is really unique here. Fanservice is potent, but half-assed.
The real problem with this series is the MC. The MC is a complete asshole and unfortunately it is the MC so you experience his bullshit too often. Every episode I just found myself hoping this dude's tentacles would fall off. The characters as a whole are also very dry. That artwork is very bad. The music is nothing special. There are hundreds of other series you should experience before crawling down here into DearS. Anyone who watches this wasted some valuable time as they could have been viewing something much better. This anime only delivers on fanservice, but it isn't enough to outweigh the discrepancies. Trust me.
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Before i start the review. i want to let you know that i mainly focus on slice of a life anime's. I will be reviewing all the slice of a life anime's i've seen so far, so don't mind adding me as a friend if you are just like me a big fan of slice of a life anime's and want to discover more>
Ahh. Dear's. That's where it all began. Back when i was younger and didn't like anime. My older brother tried to convince me to just watch it. And dearS was the first Anime serie that i gave it a shot. I have to say. Most people wouldn't be happy if this anime would be their introduction / first anime ever to watch. After finishing it. I loved the story. The way the mc and the female grew together. Made me like the story. But then i discovered that it's not the story what i like. But it's the genre! I…
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It's a typical harem show, guy takes naked alien girl home and hides her from his childhood friend, who secretly has a crush on him. Add in one loli cat girl, one annoying sister with brother complex, a teacher more perverted than I and another DearS to play the role of miss prim and proper. What didn't work here Takaya never exploits the master/slave relationship here. I Don't mean in a Bill Cosby kind of way i mean when it work to his advantage to do so. for example when Ren follows him into the toilet. He could order her to never do that. That could have been played for laughs either way. In fact, nothing really happens in this series.Just the characters and their antics. There's no depth or substance here. The art seems dated even for a series 12 years older than this review. Easily su…
Read at the sourceAmberAmethyst
To be honest, the reason I wanted to watch DearS is because it has received so many negative reviews. After viewing the series in its entirety, I do feel it has problems, but for the most part I found the show enjoyable.
Story (7):
The story begins with a spaceship full of aliens called DearS crashing on earth. The humans accept these aliens and they are allowed citizenship in Japan. It seems that most of society is obsessed with the DearS, offering them special privileges, and pretty much fawning over them.
One DearS in particular who is considered malfunctioned is accidentally released. This DearS who accepts the name Ren meets a high school boy Takeya, who hates aliens, including the DearS. However, seeing that she is alone and in poor shape, Takeya takes her to recover at his house.…
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This is my first review here guys but I hope many of you will still find it helpful!
DearS is an anime very alike Chobits! There are some differences between the 2 but you will be able to find lots of similarities. I still enjoyed this series a lot and I feel like this is a really nice anime to watch if you really don't know what to watch or your just looking for something really lighthearted.
Story: (8)
DearS begins with a group of aliens called the DearS whom crash on to earth and are forced to stay. The DearS have a goal in which they must find a master and must fulfill all of the masters wishes. Okay, so I personally don't like the idea of being slaves in which all of the DearS believe they should be but throughout the series many of the characters try and get them to start thinking…
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-Disclaimer: I am NOT a PROFESIONAL reviewer I’m only a anime fan trying to give feed back to other anime fans with that said one to the review-
Ok first I just want to point out that yes I liked this anime it was my first harem and its what made me like them so I’m not here to bash it.
I don’t understand why so many people hate this the story was a 6 it wasn’t that great I will say that but I absolutely loved the characters were funny and enjoyable to watch the relationships were a bit strange I didn’t like that the DearS came to earth only to serve humans but other then that this is truly an enjoyable anime and I would recommend this to anyone if you love funny and kinda strange harem anime
Last thing the animation and character design is not the best but its also not that bad I know…
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DearS has got to be one of these anime that was so close to go into my drop list though I haven't dropped any anime I've been watching so far. (Well, no matter how bad or boring an anime might be, I will watch it entirely... well that's my policy).
If I remember, it was after watching "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?" that I started watching DearS because I was totally in a Harem mood but it was such a let-down that I had to encourage myself to watch each episode. The reason why I didn't enjoy DearS are as follows:
Art:
I’m perfectly aware that the anime is pretty old but if I were to compare it with older anime such as “Maison Ikkoku” or “Sailor Moon” which are even older there is a huge difference. The art for DearS is undeniably the worst one compared to these two. The bodies of both male…
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OK, well before i get too into this, i want to say that I read the ENTIRE DearS Manga, and i got so into it that i actually bought all 8 volumes, even though i was in highschool at the time and didn't have much money, because the story IN THE MANGA Drew me right in.
But as for the anime adaptation....it was extremely disappointing.
My biggest issue is with the story, so i will go into that last because there are some good points to ponder before we get to the really bad stuff.
First of all, the english dub, really wasn't bad, in fact, it's one of the few anime that i actually prefer dubbed, the dub is good...most of the time, there are some lines that are really monotone when they needed more emphasis (Usually on Takeya and Nenekos parts) , but over all, it wasn't bad. The animation...w…
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