Audience reviews
12 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
haunted-cassette
This is my first review I’ve written for an anime on here, but after watching Deji Meets Girl I felt like saying something about it.
I think this would’ve been a truly amazing anime, and definitely way better if it had more time to pace itself, because unfortunately every episode feels very rushed. Even three or five minutes per episode probably would’ve added a lot, so it’s a shame the story didn’t get the chance to fulfill its potential.
My favorite part about this anime was the art and animation. The production value (if I’m using that correctly) looks really polished and high-quality, so there are absolutely no complaints there. I wish I felt like giving it a higher score, but I do see where they were going with everything and I could totally see this being a full length anime or ev…
Read at the sourceSoulReapper
The story does not excel neither of fantasy nor even construction of the characters but the animations and colors are exploited in order to make you fully live that typical Japanese summer feeling.
Despite not having memorable moments is a series that thanks to its short duration, only 2 minutes, can make you spend that half an hour of time in total relaxation.
The supernatural element makes no difference and absolutely does not stand up to the pace of series that feature the same theme released in the same period (Mieruko-chan, Platinum End, etc...).
It is definitely not a series to see absolutely but that if you have nothing to do or see could be a good pastime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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I was not expecting to enjoy this movie as much as I did. In fact, I wasn’t expecting to watch this at all. I went to my local movie theater with the intent of watching Fortune Favors Lady Nukiko, and if you’re curious about my opinion on that film then you can read my review and analysis for it. However, this is all about the unexpected bonus that accompanied the film called,”Deiji Meets Girl”. Did I stumble across an amazing series, or was it nothing but another brick in the wall?
For starters, this film isn’t even a film at all. Rather it’s a collection of shorts culminating together to make one large piece. In fact, I was thoroughly confused until about the third short. Because before Fortune Favors Lady Nukiko played, there was a foreword by the director and producer of the film. Not…
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What a quickie.
Story; A young girl with nothing to do decides to work at her parents Inn during summer vacation. Then a mystery boy decides to stay at the Inn. He brings mystery, excitement and a little fun into the girls summer. Art; the reason I added this to my list because I was interested in the style. super cute. Sound; Not much to it. I sweet ending, but nothing remarkable.
Overall, I didn't really understand what was going on haha. I rewatched this twice, and besides the girl being bored and being interested in the mysterious boy I didn't 100% understand why the things around them were happening. Memories, stress and the feelings of failure piling on top of each-other until they form into enigmas and creatures?
Nonetheless, if you have a half an hour to kill you might as well g…
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I can't believe the audacity of some people.
Each and everyone of you admit that what they disliked about the anime is how short it was despite the potential of the story. The fact that you're able to give such a low rating to something which probably didn't have enough support to be better tells a lot on your understanding of how the world works. The storytelling is great and makes you want more. The art is beautiful and each frames tells a lot about Okinawa's culture. You feel how much they want to tell a rich and compelling story in every one of those twenty five minutes. The least we can do is applaude how much the staff was able to put in such a tiny time frame and hope that they will have more work opportunities in the future. Have some respect for the artists and their struggles.
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The art style and overall design is carrying every other aspect on its back and is the sole reason why I rated this higher than a 4. It gave off the feeling of a well done animation project and is pretty enjoyable, especially with how colorful everything is (even the character outline isn't a solid thin black line).
Everything else is just.. okay. There's really not much to spoil because there isn't much about the story anyway.
It's a nice time waster, at least. If you've just finished a groundbreaking anime and you want something to calm yourself down, this is a nice anime to pick up before starting another hard hitting one.
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So I just want to say that this anime might not be perfect for everyone, I feel like just about anyone could find it entertaining and I will explain what I mean below.
This anime revolves around the culture and lifestyles of those living in the Ryukyu Islands south of Japan. These islands are a prefecture of Japan but were their own nation originally which makes their culture significantly different to the rest of the country.
*MINOR SPOILERS*
Someone not familiar with Okinawa is going to be confused by a lot of the symbolism of the scenes and set peices. The significance of the Banyan trees, the ocean, the never setting sun, the strange creatures that drink and eat themselves silly (Shisa), and the double arched Torri gates all play huge parts to make the culture and identity of Okinaw…
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There isn't much to say about Deji Meet Girls as all the episodes are about 2 minutes, with the last 40 seconds being saved for its ending song, so we get about 1 minute per episode. The story follows Ichirou Suzuki and Maise Higa as they develop their relationship together as each episode passes. However, due to the short nature of the show at times, it did seem like things were happening too fast and each episode almost have a lack of things going on, which didn't make you very invested in their relationship. What made me stay watching (aside from it being a very short watch), was the bright and colorful art, it was bright and saturated which fit with the vibe of the show. "Deji" Meets Girl is a fairly interesting short, but it is hampered significantly due to its short nature but if you…
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A nice short with some fun visuals.
It isn’t revolutionary in any way and can be potentially forgettable, but there are worse ways to waste 25 minutes of your life. Some of the more dramatic scenes are lackluster because of how brief they are, and the most enjoyable parts were easily the more lighthearted moments that were more present in earlier episodes. The depiction of Okinawa was something I really enjoyed, being expressed through the experimental art style.
The ending theme is also really nice, enough for me to add it to my music playlist.
Overall, it was fine, and considering it's the length of a single 24 minute episode it's entertaining for what it is
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Deji Meets Girl Recap (spoilers)
Higa Maise is your average first year high school student that helps out with her family's shoreside hotel in Okinawa. She discovers that there is a popular client staying at her hotel named Ichirou Suzuki and gets curious; Upon his arrival, supernatural phenomenon occur at Maise's family Hotel like time skips at the beach, a large tree suddenly growing, fish submerged in floating water and many more. However, she soon finds out that these strange phenomenon are a manifestation of Suzuki's urban life as a promising dancer/singer and his stress buildup from failure. Realizing the burden Suzuki is carrying by himself, Maise steps in to console him and prevent these phenomenon from dragging his spirits down. Will she have the courage to fight the unknown?
Sto…
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It is an incredibly quick story in something that takes itself seriously, in that, it is also a speedrun of the Jun Maeda formula.
If you've seen some of my reviews before you'd know I have no problem with shorts doing whatever. Now, relative to this short, everything is fine I would say, although it did like to put in a lot of detail where detail could have been neglected. A touch of info about Suzuki's surveillance and maybe condensing a few materials that spanned 2 eps into 1 would probably have had a greater simplicity factor. Such is not done here, which in turn made it fall to something a little more baseline as you'd expect from the mainstream that gives a lot whilst also not. The short ends up being something comparable to about 90% of the medium. Whether you want to spend time o…
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The more I watch this short, the more I felt overwhelmed by the lack of everything else. Just give the complete package of give nothing at all, this has the potential for it.
For this short to come out alongside Blue Period in the same TV program broadcast slot and have its story themes be quite similar to Aquatope, I was actually hoping for an OVA of this all compiled together, because it was intriguing at the very start, only for the one major sin of this short, the runtime, to be 90 seconds long (minus the ED). That pretty much has the story stumped in YouTube-like shorts feature, which IMO doesn't really elevate the story that well in snippets.
Liden Films really did well when it comes to this short, and I was expecting some mediocrity out of a short, but this isn't the case here, so…
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