Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
OhsnapitsDavid
Shoujo-tachi is a breath of fresh air. If you're like me, going through the sea of mediocre anime to watch, Shoujo-tachi lands in the cozy spot of actually having a plot, lovable characters, and fun dialogue.
To those that rate this a 6, sorry we can't all be A+ shows like Bakuman, Angel Beats. or Goblin Slayer.
Some anime like Shoujo-tachi do nothing wrong except be a normal show. So, why should normal be rated a low 6? 6 is below average. 7 is average. and 8 is the cozy lovable standard. 7 is a mindless show like Mangirl!, 8 is a lovable cast like Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai.
See the difference? 6 is subpar, 7 is average okay, it was made just to chase a trend, and 8 is for anime that actually attempts to be a show. Thats where Girls Beyond the Wasteland sits. It is by all means…
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This is like "Welcome to the NHK" but without Hikikomoris and it's set in high school.
If you have time to spare and you... like slice of life, like video game development, like mundane settings that are realistic with a somewhat realistic cast of characters... then you'll probably enjoy this show! Especially if you don't take it too seriously and don't have high expectations (like expecting a detailed run-down of bishoujo game development).
The characters aren't super complex and they might be somewhat cringe, but they do their job and are believable.
Some scenes, like with the run-on-joke about how '3D girls suck and normie couples suck!', may fall flat... but I liked them.
The show is consistent and grounded, and I liked that. You get to immerse yourself as part of the MC's friend…
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I'll keep this review as short as possible.
I recommend this to those who are curious or bored. This is a straightforward story with simple characters and some character development. A bit of romance for those who are wondering. Everything about this anime is just simple. So, don't expect something from this anime, for example, a bright and cool MC. No such thing. MC is just your ordinary high student that got dragged into otaku stuff. There is no "cool" scene. Just simple and easy to enjoy. Don't overthink. Just enjoy and keep the question hidden. Overall, it just a bit average.
Read at the sourcejoyo123
This anime, the story and everything about it screams to me.
"How to get blacklisted by every company on the scene and how to lie for personal profit for a living"
Yeah, the characters are interesting.
The design and art is also interesting.
What is not interesting is the story based on lies and just clear misunderstanding.
I get it, the writer of this series wanted it to be unique and refreshing.
But, this is what you don't want to do at all costs in life. I do not understand how the story goes from the deception to wholesome and then fundarmental lies and then again wholesome
It is all over the place
Hard pass.
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As someone who has been in the wasteland creating a fan-made game and other projects. Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu hit it out of the ballpark in its symbolic depiction of the difficulty in doing that.
Making a doujin game. Gathering talent, keeping talent, and making sure all the talent works. Look at all the failed Kickstarters to get an idea at how hard that is. The main female lead speaks from a place of experience. There's a lot of real world advice compressed into the story.
The characters are rather distinct from each other. A bit archetypal but fleshed out. Strong egos. Friction. Hidden motivations. Procrastination. The pressure of hitting milestones taken visual form and creating conflicts. The pressure of wanting to do their best and being self aware. Comparing themselves to…
Read at the sourceBanjoTheBear
(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu features a cast creating a visual novel (often denoted as “VN”). And it’s the perfect opportunity to (briefly) talk about my first (and only) VN that I have ever completed: the famous Katawa Shoujo.
For those that don’t know, Katawa Shoujo is a VN created by a random yet passionate group of people from the Internet (mostly from 4Chan). It’s about a boy discovering life, learning about himself, and finding love along the way. The twist? He and the other girls have a specific handicap.
Without spoiling anything, I will just say that the whole experience is wonderful. In fact, I technically consider it the best VN I have ever played.
While Shoujo-tachi has some strengths and it’s not…
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***THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW***
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu is one of the many anime that shows the viewer the inner makings of certain forms of Japanese media. In this particular instance, Visual Novels take the spotlight and along the way we see how the high schoolers get from A to B in the game development process. Unfortunately...it's not quite a straight line approach.
Story: 5/10
You are going to see a recurring theme in my review because of how average the show is. The first average aspect of the show is the story/plot. The driving force of this anime is to make Kuroda's goal of making a Visual Novel come true. Classmates Andou, Houjou, Kai, Kobayakawa, and Yuuki rally together with Kuroda in order to make this game happen but along the way there is “drama” and “character…
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Well, going into this anime with no expectation at all was kind of a blessing. Not only did it seem like a dream for youths to be making it big on the gaming market, it seemed almost like a fantasy. The plot, although not very original did manage to capture my attention, and the premise of "high school" is one that I am familiar with and willing to embark on. The anime itself, although not amazing, just seemed too plain... (average/mundane/boring are words that come to mind, but do not really hold justice to this anime). Anyway, let's delve in.
Note: I only know and have watched the anime. I have no prior knowledge about this franchise/story line/ writer/whatever related to this. The anime is my first, and only exposure to this story.
Story: 4/10
Nothing amazing at all really... The plot…
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While traveling through Japan this April, I noticed a lot of manga and game shops featuring this work (either in VN or manga form). Thus, I held perhaps a tad too much expectation for this work from Minato Soft (whose prior works include Majikoi and Kimi ga Aruji). Shokomeza is about a group of high schoolers coming together to create a bishoujo game, not terribly differentiated from another show with the same theme a few seasons back- Saekano. Again, we start with a protagonist with a seemingly hopeless future, who through meeting a girl decides to do his best to make a game. In this case, Bunta is not a fluffy stuffed animal but rather a writer who makes scripts for the drama club. Will he and the rest of his soon-formed club successfully "master up?"
Don't be led astray by the Minato S…
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I started well-knowing that it was the quintessential cliche harem anime, but was blown back by just how bad it actually was.
Story 2/10: Quite possibly the most contrived part of the anime is the story. Plenty of animes can get away with copypasta characters, but stories not so much. This basically just went straight-forward with a downright silly, improbable path despite trying to be more or less a slice-of-life.
Let's just say you can tell it's based off a Visual Novel, because of all the "romance" options in the harem, it decides to go nowhere for any of them specifically for the sake of flaunting it to try and get you to buy into it. And by the way, that's all there really is to it. There's a subplot about the MC deciding what to do with his life after school, but you could guess wh…
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So on last nights episode of Keeping Up With the Winter Season: Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu.
Short review: Have you watched Saekano? If no you can watch this. It makes it look better. If yes skip this. It's worse than Saekano.
Even shorter review: It's not as good as Saekano.
You may have noticed I just compared the show to Saekano. Which I did.
Story: A group of highschool kids want to develop a visual novel. Saekano also did that. This time around the character that wants to develop the game is a girl that is also a closet otaku. Convenient. As you know she recruits others and they begin to work on the game. The huge problem will this story is it's forced drama. What causes this forced drama? Well.
Characters: I love red heads, which large breats, and glasses. I can't like this…
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This review is solely base on anime.
So as you probably read the synopsis you start to guess whether they focus on finding oneself, developing a game or romance.
But frankly speaking the pivot of this story is the game developing process which includes a lot of details, and how characters go through this. Despite that it is set at school, all the problems they have to face make you feel the serious attitude of the game creating, as if when something is missing you can't release the game and there are just two options either you give up or go till the very end bearing all the troubles. This shows the adult world where you make decision and then live with the result of your decisions.
And this leads to the main idea of finding oneself. Through the story they show how every characters' tale…
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Any time a visual novel gets turned into an animated series, I tend to sign up for it. I mean, not only do I thoroughly enjoy the medium, but it intrigues me to see how a director and studio can condense a good thirty hours of material into like...four. Sometimes the outcome is great. However, sometimes it gets a little messy. But that's fine. It's cool. I can look past messy to a certain degree. I mean, all anime has its flaws. Well, okay, not all anime -- but you get the point.
Girls Beyond The Wasteland, if you couldn't guess by now, is based on Minato Soft's visual novel of the same title. The impressive part of this lies in the fact that the game came out several months into 2015 (March, to be exact) and was animated less than a year later, premiering in January of 2016. Woah, that f…
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Well here's a show that I think got a bit of a bad wrap for no real reason.
But I do have some reasons for why people wouldn't like it so much.
Firstly Saekano came before this show, and the novelty of it had already worn off for many people.
Secondly people set their expectations too high for something that never really tried to be anything special to begin with.
--Actual review: minor spoiler warning.
-Presentation(visuals & sound)
To me nothing looked visually out of place, which isn't weird considering this isn't a very action heavy show requiring lots of animation.
Sound vise I like the OP and ED, I actually think they were some of the better ones of the season, I like just how bombastic the singing was.
But even then none of the background tracks stood out to me.
-Story
I basicall…
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Well, first of all this is not exactly a review. Here you are not going to find the good of the bad points of the show. Now I'll try to explain why I don't like this show and the trend it represent.
The point is: Has this show something in its story that wasn't in previous animes? The answer is no. Almost everything you are going to see here was copied from another anime, manga or novel. It haves a similar plot to Shirobako, but poorly written;the main character is indistinguishable of over a myriad of other generic MC; the side characters are also copies or mixures of other popular characters, you have from Yukino going by Rias Gremory mixed with a fujoshi and finishing with a member of the FFF inquisition; the dialogues about visual novels or anime-related terms are a shame, You get the…
Read at the sourceHidamariSeashore
Well, I guess you should aim for the wasteland when you're creating a big project, like a bishoujo game? I'm sorry.... I just can't come up with a good way to start off this review. After all, this anime is just NOT GOOD. I only picked this up because I wanted to watch a visual novel-based anime this season, and when I read the description, I was expecting another Saekano. Well, what I got was Saekano if Saekano was less interesting.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my review of "Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu", known in English as "Girls Beyond the Wasteland".
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu follows Buntarou Hojo, a.k.a. Bunta, who has no idea what he wants to do in the future. One day, he writes a script for the drama club and ends up being approached by a girl named Sayuki Kuroda. Sa…
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Oh goody. Another anime written by a visual novel writer. Or to be more accurate, it's adapted from a visual novel written by a visual novel writer (aware of the redundancy, thank you). And we all know how much I love visual novel anime, what with their cliched characters, excessive dialogue, blatant fanservice that doesn't further the story in any way, and overall bland approaches to serious subject matter. Oh, and what's this? It's another anime about a bunch of people making a visual novel? Let me guess, it's going to be completely self-aware about its cliches, do nothing interesting with said awareness, have a very imbalanced gender ratio of females to males, and have no actual stakes or motivation for the character to make the visual novel beyond "I want to do it". Boy, I'm loving thi…
Read at the sourceAllenHavens92
Girls Beyond the Wasteland could have been something, but ended up being a dull time.
The plot where high school kids develop a game is actually something that has been done before. Last year, there was Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, which had the exact same premise. Because of that, many will wind up comparing both of them. If I may be honest, Saekano had a better execution.
Comparisons aside, I did like the first episode. I felt the establishment of the characters was great, and it was funny. However, as the series went on, it started to get a little boring. There is also something about the heme (being the world is a "wasteland") that's bothering me. I'm finding it difficult to write anything about it as it's not utilized that well, despite it's occasional mentioning.
Con…
Read at the sourcePyraXadon
Making a game is never easy. Especially due to the fact that the market for entertainment these days is so large, getting your name out there on a game and doing well is rather difficult. So, what show tackles this wasteland of a market where only the strong will survive?! KOUYA! A show that will...ironically, end up into obscurity itself give it a couple of months...
Story: Buntarou is your average high school boy. Well, not really average, but you get the idea. He likes to help people with their problems, works hard to the pint that everyone knows him and has a good impression of him, and likes to write for the drama club to aid them in their productions. However, on one faithful day, a beautiful but cold girl by the name of Kuroda asks Bunta on a date, assessing him before finally decl…
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12 series of stupidity, bad writing, no, horrible. I'll try to describe how bad it was. General ratings:
Story - 1 "Pathetic."
Art - 6 "Fair." (But story's so bad it kinda makes you want to score it lower. Story's so bad it influences other things too look bad.)
Sound - 6 "Fair." (Same with art, the rest of the stuff is so bad you wouldn't even
notice if sound or art was done badly.)
Characters - 1, but I wish I could score lower. Like, -1? Too bad I can't.
Enjoyment - 2. Most enjoyable part: thinking about what I'd write on MAL review when this was over.
Overall - 3/10.
I only watched this to the end so I could write a full review, truly seeing how bad this is, I can recommend you: do not waste a single minutes on this crap. It will leave you wonder why the fuck are you wasting your…
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