Audience reviews
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Okamii_JA
My review will contain thoughts of both season
SEASON 1 :
before start talking I wanna note that i will talk just about story for the first season and sound and animation will be in the second arason'review.
The first few episodes were super boring the show itself felt slow nothing much happening and the events were bad I almost drop it I was literally forcing myself to continue wellyou can tell the anime had really a bad start however after couples episodes we witnessed unexpected ending regardless I liked the atmosphere in this I've no idea how to explain it exactly but for some reason it was unique and not like other stuff you have watched for the lack that anime had I'll just season1 6/10.
SEASON 2 :
beautiful I believe that's the correct word to identify the second season it was…
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This is a really tough one to be honest cause I finished the show with mixed feelings. The first season of Hamatora was pretty mediocre when you ask me it lacked many things that would help the anime standing out in front of others. The storyline was really not that clear in terms of understanding as well as being confusing at points. To conclude my little foreword about the first season I really didn't have high expectations about the second season so maybe that is the reason why I enjoyed the second season much more.
Story: 7/10
The story is actually split up as I would call it because although you get left with a huge cliffhanger at the end of season 1 the second season tells it's own story or maybe you could call it a successor. This really bothers me for the sake of the first seaso…
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The cliffhanger from the first season is picked up again here.
Compared to the first season, it mainly only had story-relevant episodes. The problem here was clearly that the sequence of this season was almost transparent from front to back. There were some individual detail and some unexpected occurrences that at least embellished it.
The biggest problem this season is she didn't seem to know where she was going.
Everything went in circles and developed into nothing until the last 2 episodes, where you got a half-hearted finale. The result of all things was neither emotional, epic, nor actually interesting.
A typical scenario of "Yes, the main thing is that we have an end, so the anime is over" and that's exactly how it felt, the whole season was empty and had practically nothing, excep…
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If you are reading this, thanks, you just made my day, pls let me know!
Okay, I'm just astonished with what I just saw, please do not take my 6 for granted, my thing is to undervalue the ratings I give, for example, I haven't watched that much of anime, but none felt like a truly 10.
THIS REVIEW CONTAIN MINOR SPOILERS.
Now the review, this season fixed so many things from the previous one that I'm skeptical if I should give a 7-8 for this anime. I personally don't like to follow the guidelines, most because of this anime is super underrated, hardly anyone will read it and if you wanna check the story, art and sound, all of the others ones will present it, i'll just make a special regards to the soundtrack which is amaziiiiing, the opening, the ost, even the proper soundtrack during the ep…
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Honestly, season one was pretty decent ngl, could have lived without this trashcan of a season two all it did was make me confused and hurt me and everyone else around me. Before this anime I was living a normal life with my wife and 3 children, after this anime, my wife shot me and everyone in the family and she said "I am restoring the minimum abilities" then I came back to life because I had my dead son's brother's heart smile.
If you do want to watch this anime on a serious note, I recommend getting drunk as fuck and making sure you are so high that you already know you are about to go for a trip so the animation and transitions won't bother you as much as they did me.
Half the time whenever they decided to go into a flashback I thought i was having a flashback of the war, Vietnam…
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Reason for watching: I have watched the first season; to finish what I started.
TL;DR: The story is disappointing and messy, with the cast playing as much of a role as a cut out standee. But there are certain plots that provide closure to certain events in season 1 and also the art style is much calmer (less vibrant).
As reviewed for season 1, there were things about the anime that I am not agreeable with, and I wasn't expecting those "issues" to be adjusted/rectify in any way in season 2. Honestly, I was just expecting season 2 to have more punch to its story lines. I mean, after watching a whole season, I have more or less gotten used to the story style.
This review is solely focused on Season 2 contents.
I will break down this review into sections that I am concerned with: Story,…
Read at the sourceSoufiee
Story: Average
Honestly, I was kind of disappointed about the plot armor's strength. AKA I didn't enjoy the fact that Art had survived. Twice. By some sort of miracle (especially the ending).
Though the story uses plot armor, it's not as predictable as you would think neither is it too simple. What I think is a good characteristic of the Hamatora seasons are that they go at a pace which doesn't make much sense due to lack of information and explanation. Though it does sound bad, it pulls you in as you want answers to your questions like why Art wanted Nice dead (seen in ep.12 of first season)
Art: Good
Maybe it's due to budget or just lazy animators, I personally think that the still animations are derpy to the point that you would laugh at.
Character designs are unique in a sense that i…
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How do I talk about Re:_Hamatora with out talking about the first Hamatora....
I actually enjoyed the original Hamatora enough that I wanted to watch this follow up. That said all the second season accomplishes is ruining everything set up by the first season and creating a confusing mess of a hot garbage story.
In order for my review to make any sense you need to at least watch the first season, so everything I talk about could technically be considered spoilers.
Remember the first season where people Minimum users are getting literally MURDERED so that their brains can be stolen in order to steal and extract their special abilities to give to NON-Minimum Holders? Remember how the villain of the first season literally DIES cause his body can't handle having the extra implanted Minim…
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This sequel saved the show!
In this 2nd season not really much different from the previous season but more good.
Supporting characters gets much screentime in this sequel.
Characters development also got improvement.
There is 1 epidode full of comedy and running gags gave us relaxation after many fights and complicating cases.
Art and music as usual, cool.
Complication, one by one solved by the characters.
I probably miss this show and wonder watch another sequel (if any). For those who like or love shonen anime and or supernatural genre and lots of suspense, I suggest you to watch this show
Really satisfied about this show after watch the sequel
Read at the sourceAshySidra
I must confess, I didn't finish this anime until very recently, even though I did start it around two years? (Around the same time I finished the first season).
The reason is, the transitions between scenes became very annoying and not enjoyable as much as the first season, however as I gave a second chance, I found out it was rare the number of episodes that had such transitions.
This story revolves a lot more around mystery and suspense, which was pretty enjoyable after the light approach of the first season. Also, the fact that it had an actual plot instead of being random jobs/cases per episode, were also a nice change, and made a lot more sense. I liked the way some characters were worked around, and their development.
The art style is simply beautiful, reminding me of Fate UBW and…
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I'm super happy that the second season was successful instead of it being a total dud compared to other second seasons I've watched. Right away I can say the animation definitely matured since the first season. The colors are a little more dull, giving the show a more ominous atmosphere, which played perfectly with the plot.
The plot was amazing. I loved how we got some more of Art, Nice, and Hajime's backstory. Even though I hated it, Art was a great villain. His motives were legit and understandable, unlike villains I have watched in the past. I really don't want to spoil the ending, so I'm just going to say that it was FAR better than the first season's ending. THIS was the ending I was waiting for and I am so happy that the show ended the way that it did.
As for the music, I specif…
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This being the second season for Hamatora I was hoping it would be tied up nicely, you know all those niggling little questions you have and hatred you feel for characters you just know would be rectified if only you knew WHY!? why did they do that? As well as the all ungodly cliffhanger they left us with in the last season, thank goodness this was around to clear things up.
Well, this season did not disappoint with answers, of course, you wish they'd all happen faster than they did but hey I suppose they had to make the season a decent length.
The story has somewhat of a slower if not slightly pace than the first stopping for the comedic episode, which doesn't fail to make me laugh. There's more backstory to be added and you finally get why the bad guy is bad! Isn't that what you stuck…
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Re:_ Hamatora is a sequel to Hamatora, and it's even better than the first season. I have to be honest that the first season left such a huge cliffhanger, and Season 2 will answer all those questions you have in mind. This anime deserves more love, it's underrated. This definitely goes to one of my top 5 animes. Why?
Story: [9]
The creators know how to connect to you and your emotions. This is one of Hamatora's greatest points. It isn't rushed, nor is it too slow.
Although, during the last three episodes, things felt a little bit rushed. They could've slowed things down a bit. The last few episodes felt like they were trying to fit in all the events. They could've done better.
On the other hand, this anime is a rollercoaster ride. As I've said earlier, the creators know how to hit you w…
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Well, let's start w/ the story first, so I can give my opinion clearer after explain the situation of the series. It's quite different yet still related w/ Hamatora The Animation Series. Re:_Hamatora focuses on different problems and main characters. Let's say it's about Hajime-chan background, also the 1st time she met Nice-kun. This background connects w/ Art and his goal to maintain what's left back there. Along the story progresses, there is Saikyou involved for more, and Freemum.
The story itself sounds a bit more complicated, nevertheless that's what makes the series intriguing. This concept is so solid, and way better the graphics here. The viewers will not just feel the up and down from battle scenes of Minimum Holders superiority. Also, the feelings wrapped within story. What ann…
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Review for both Hamatora and Re:Hamatora.
Note that I'll use [] to put something that could be an spoiler, though I won't reveal major plot parts.
This was, actually, my favourite show from its year... for the wrong reasons.
I'm not even kidding.
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To make it short, the story is full of good ideas, but the execution is awful. Everytime Hamatora manages to do something right, making you hope that the show will become good, it screw up EVERYTHING the next episode. An example of this are those episodes where a character dies. Is pretty obvious that the director has no idea about how to handle drama, because:
1-His drama is stupid.
2-Does a good drama and then fills the screen with jokes, so the sadness that you're supposed to feel disappears.
I swear I was really mad after that…
Read at the sourceShiroiwayagi
I dont normally write reviews but I thought it'd be good to review this since i saw many people rating it less than 8 which is quite surprising for me since i enjoyed this very much.
Story - 8
The story was outstanding but the idea of people having powers and so is used quite a lot. however the use of this idea was amazing. It keeps you always at the edge of your seat and i haven't been into an anime for a long time. normally when a sad scene happens i wouldnt react as much as this anime made me. This might be not only because of the story but also because of the characters.
Character - 9
I got pretty attached to the characters really fast and they were all quite lovable. however it didnt explain why some characters were there until the end of the anime which made me always ask questions…
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What do you get when you have good characters, a basic but interesting concept, pretty good art style, yet poor and cruddy writing? You have Re: Hamatora.
Re: Hamatora is best compared to drinking a lukewarm cup of tea. It's not very pleasant, yet you still drink it. Though, with every few sips, you’ll find yourself pulling out a long grey hair from between your teeth, you look up to see the old sweaty man who made your tea, only to realise that this is, in fact, his hair. Yet you carry on drinking... and god knows why!
That is Re: Hamatora in a nutshell!!
Art 5/10:
The art style and direction in Re: hamatora, well the whole franchise isn't anything too special. It's nice, bright and colourful but when it needed to it would dim down the mood and do a good job at laying out a nice and d…
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It is like someone mixed Charlotte, Shinrei Tantei Yakumo and Angel Beats!
Most important point is we understand that Seiji Kishi indicates himself with success in his animes. Strong characters, strong story. A couple episodes were boring but at last you take a deep breathe and say "well that went well... no, more then well, that was perfect ending." I stopped and think some of episodes about dropping but when even though some of them are boring if you continue and finish the anime you meet with a masterpiece.
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The sequel of Hamatora The Animation completely exceed my expectation, the series is truly different from its prequel and different in terms of good.
One of the massive different that created in Re:␣Hamatora is the story orientation, Re:␣Hamatora have clearer story orientation than its prequel. The main plot of the story is visible, the story evolves nicely and keeps focusing to the main plot itself. It maybe not the best that exist, but the plot manage to balance the story. One more thing that we should notice that the sequel appeals more to the mystery instead the comedy. So the main attraction has changed to the mystery. While the positive is lying in the ground, the negative is playing in the back scenes. Re:_Hamatora have some plot holes here and there which are too bad.
Like modern…
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After watching the second season of Hamatora (or Re:_Hamatora), I would say it made some steps to improve from it's predecessor, but it also made some steps back.
Now, TL;DR for those who are too lazy to read:
Pros:
+ Story is more tighter than the first season
+ Character backstories are revealed in this season
+ Good OP,ED
+ Funny characters and situations
Cons:
- Still horribly cliché (predictable) - Less colorful animation than the first season
- Most of the casts are uninteresting characters
In-depth review (*MINOR SPOILERS*):
Story: 7
The story is about the detective agency Hamatora, which consists of people with Minimums, a kind of power that activates when a certain condition is achieved . Like the last season, the theme of this anime is still equality, which deals with problems…
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