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Kanna_4869
Read this review if you, like me:
- Don't want to know anything from the story, or the characters.
- Want to know the low scores in the reviews and the general rating (7 to this date).
I came for Chiaki, I stayed for the story. And this should sum up pretty much my whole review but of course you're not in my head and I'd leave you clueless.
Let me explain: I'm a Chiaki Ishikawa die-fan lately and I'm trying to watch every anime she's been envolved in so little by little I try to watch something and man... except for Mermaid Forest, everything is from my liking, luckily!
This review is really hard to write for me, since the rest of reviews (I've read almost everyone of them) hit the nail mostly.
I also have a very heavy feeling that I can't actually review this particular anime without…
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Do you ever feel like it's somewhat of a chore to finish an anime? After investing your valuable time in a few episodes, you struggle to find the strength needed to continue watching something that has shown its mediocrity... If you are considering Kamisama Dolls, I have good news for you! While Kamisama Dolls may not possess the strongest plot, the story is still unique. I found myself engaged in each episode and before I knew it, had binge-watched the whole thing. The main characters are well written. You are provided enough information through dialogue and backstories to understand the motives of not only the protag/antag, but also less-featured characters. While the fight scene animation wasn't the greatest, I was generally impressed with the animation overall. I actually double checke…
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Kamisama Dolls initially made me think that it was going to be better than it turned out to be. I’m going to preface this review by stating that the ending of the series is completely inconclusive, and it felt like there was a massive build-up for nothing. As well as weird plot conniptions that felt like you would only understand if you read the manga, but I don’t even know if the manga really explains anything else.
• Much like Rahxephon, there are creepy mechas that sing and that add an eerie atmosphere to the series, which I liked. To be honest, most of the characters were forgettable other than one character trait, like: this one is the little sister character, this one is just tits, this one is the creepy glasses fujoshi, etc.
• The only two characters of interest to me were the m…
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*English is not my mother tongue. So, I hope everybody can understand this review. *
Starting off, I would say that this anime is what you can call "underrated". This anime is wonderfully writen and directed. Not only fot It's story, But also for the character line up. You will hardly ever find another anime with such an evolving antagonist. I always like comparing "Aki" with "Shogo Makishima " from Psycho-Pass. Those characters are what it is commonly known as "anti-hero". Besides, the story disinvolve in a way that step by step it show us more about the psycology behind them. I say this because, from the very beginning it is shown how Aki's mind works. Indeed, in certain point of the story he make us pose "Who is the real villain?". On the other hand, the contrast with Kyouhei is sensat…
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First of all, this is a Seinan Anime.
It's not about a kid training to be better at using a fighting robot, or about the MC secretly being more powerful than everybody else. It's about being responsible.
Kyouhei Kuga is a Tokyo college student who comes from a little village up in the mountains where the dominant families have magical robots. In the past, he had control of one as well, but he has given it up.
The story starts from a conflict between Kyouhei and his step brother brother Aki, a tough who was in prison for murder, and then spirals out as various people come from the village to try to find and capture Aki, including Kyouhei's sister, who now controls the magical robot that used to be his. All of this is complicated by Hibino Shiba (Kyouhei's love interest) getting caught up…
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Main protagonist with a mysterious past, check. Cute little sister with a brother fetish, check. Buxom love interest lacking the powers of other characters, check. White haired friend of our main protagonist turned enemy, check. New character with unexplained ties to our heroes, check. Cute mascot to sell toys, check. Character with unrequited love for main protagonist, check. As you can see it's very cliched and all that's fine. The characters are designed great and the animation is smooth and fluid. I enjoyed this anime way more than I ever thought I would. But I have two major issues with this anime that lower its score for me.
Issue one is Aki and Kyohei's tragic past being a secret. Hibino is the only character who shouldn't be aware of this tragic story. Everyone else was present in…
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This is not so much a review as a warning: There's no damn second season! This show is engaging enough such that given what little is wrapped up, and the large amount of unfinished business left dangling right in front of our eyes at the end of episode 13.... am I better off having watched it all the way through? maybe. I just wanted to warn unsuspecting viewers before they commit to watching the thirteen episodes.
Oh, and as I write more words for filler, I noticed the similarity to "World Trigger" design elements here - both in mechanical and facial.
Read at the sourceBunnyBunela
Prior to watching this anime, I had already known about the events that would take place due to reading the manga. Nevertheless, it showed great promise having the opening minutes be with a scene filled with action and also one surrounded by suspense.
The anime is about a few selected people within a village who are chosen to have a Kakashi (god doll) due to their capabilities of controlling them. The main character, who is from the village, tries to escape from this life by moving away. Little did he know that he could never escape the village and he would be trap within its grip. While seeing several school mates being murdered and his sister who is a seki visits him from the village, the story began.
The time distributed to the events within the anime focuses more time to trivial even…
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So, the name of this show was Kamisama Dolls, so I thought it would be light hearted like how Kamisama Kiss was. Boy was I wrong and looking back on it now; I’m not sure why I thought it was like that. We started out with a really haunting depiction of a chase scene that had a large monster going after what I thought to be three children. It was surprising but also a little intriguing in the sort of morbid way. Then again, after the title screen we were into a bar with people drinking. These sorts of jumps just make me wonder what I got myself into.
Our main character, Kyouhei Kuga (Generic first name is generic), is pretty much a normal guy. At least, normal as a main character can be. He’s clueless, bland in his personality, considered a wimp, all the things that seem to make up a good…
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The beginning enthralled me. When making an anime, manga, or book, you need a good hook. That's the bait, it's the first impression.
The story was very good, besides the fact that there was a male yandere and the main character was also very crazy. When you consider the other facts such as their emotion embedded into that first scene, it was just amazing.
The art, next up, was good. The detail wasn't all that beautiful, but the battle scenes were detailed enough. When you look at Utau's shrine-maiden dress, it's okay. When you look at their, faces, they didn't look all that... Original.
Now for the sound. The music/noises that each individual doll made, and which changed depending on which seki controlled it, sounded pretty original. The opening and ending songs seemed to have a lot…
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Decent enough time killer but it has a few problems.
So Kamisama Dolls is kind of a Meca action/drama with a bit of harem thrown in for good measure. Some of the characters are "seki" which means they can control the meca with their minds. The premise is reasonably interesting and the action kind of proceeds how you would expect but the show does have a few issues.
Well first of all one of the things this show does well is the sound. The background music was pretty good as well as the cool singing that the mecha does when its fighting. I personally enjoyed the intro and ending song and the intro animation was one of the highlights of the series for me, kind of simple but symbolic and punchy. Although if the intro is a highlight it doesn't bode well for the rest of the show.
The art is a…
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A very underrated anime ( which forced me to write a rare review).
Kamisama dolls has everything expected of a great, enjoyable and thrilling anime.
The story is interesting but it takes a few episodes to get everything going ( probably that is why hasty people rated it low). The story takes a few turns which keeps it interesting, it also has a mystery element attached to it throughout the show which keeps the viewer hooked.
One of the strongest point of Kamisama Dolls is its characters. The characters are unique and all have some strong background stories particularly the apparent villain.Viewer gets attached to main characters during the thirteen episodes and it makes story more interesting
The art is great as expected of a modern anime and opening and ending are exceptionally good. S…
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Despite how it looks, this series is actually fairly dark. A lot of issues dealt with in this series have to do with murder, guilt, jealousy, hatred, revenge... and the list can go on.
I'm not sure if this series will actually get a season 2, despite the last episode saying "To be next story" which I assume is a broken English version of "To be continued." I've heard that it didn't sell well, so a season 2 may actually never happen. Either way, I'm going to review this series with the viewpoint that it IS getting a season 2. (Honestly I'm just keeping my own hopes up.) Thus I won't be as critical on this series as I would have been if a season 2 was never hinted.
Story: 8
If I have to state my one and only real problem with this show, it's unexplained story elements. There are countless…
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Since time immemorial the worship of higher powers has been a cornerstone of human civilization, but as mankind's understanding of the universe grew, so did his technology, and many ancient beliefs were gradually replaced or discarded by one means or another. Not all of them fell by the wayside though, and while some religions adapted their rituals and practices in order to survive in the ever-changing world, others were carefully hidden to keep the old ways alive, or to protect their secrets from being misused by humanity.
Originally a manga by Yamamura Hajime, Kamisama Dolls begins with a rather nightmarish scene in which three children are being chased by a strange creature that can fire beams of energy from its mouth. The kids appear to have some kind of "robot" that tries to protect…
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Hello everyone!! This is my very first review so don't expect too much from me :)
Today I will be reviewing Kamisama dolls (神様ドールズ)
Story: It was good but it is easy to predict on what is going to happen next and because of that the story suffers from not being able to surprise anyone, It also depends heavily on flashbacks about the main character (Kuga) past.
Art: It was not bad but it was also not great. The colors were dark in the actions scenes but sometimes it brightens up for the comedic scenes. Overall a decent job.
Sound: Opening: Very unique and it fits the story but what I didn't like is the chorus, the chorus starts after around the 1 minute mark which irritates me so much.
Ending: The song was good but the animation was plain and simple.
Background music: It was good and…
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First of all, i was sceptical about this series.
I thought that the story about this series only war about robots, or other sci-fi things.
But after I saw all of the episodes, I found it rather good enough. while watching, sometimes i feel anxious, blue, pissed off, funny, etc.
Also, I found the artwork is good enough, it has a smooth changing frame.
Overall this series can provide action, drama, and anxiousty story..
CMIIW
Overall Rating 8/10
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I just read some review about Kamisama Dolls, and, yeah, I saw the score too. It was quite funny so I'll talk my mind here.
Kamisama Dolls, at first it seems like a good anime. Art okay, Sound that you don't even hear -which is neither good or bad-, story seems great... Well, the characters are pretty shitty but Aki is here so you kind of find some comfort.
That's what you think when you've finished to watch the first episode.
But... You keep going on to just find out that while Kamisama Dolls makes 13 episodes, it could have be only 4. You're overbored most of the time, you have episode who just shows the characters who aren't even worth a penny, others that are just here because of some psychological disorders from most of the characters, other are here to show us a new guy come in th…
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I thought the anime had the perfect amount of highs and lows. It was a very well balanced show with the right amount of drama, comedy and action. The main protagonist, Kyouhei, is actually older than your typical protagonist in action anime. In this case, he is a college student who is making ends meet. Underneath the plainness, there is a secret and a emotional baggage that he harbors. It is this struggle to come to terms with his past that makes him interesting since it shows that we are all flawed in some way. Moreover, the show never drags on as it constantly introduces new characters and relationships that galvanize the story. I have read some of the manga and the anime follows most of it. This anime is categorized as a seinen and I highly recommend it if you're tired of watching the…
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I have finished this series and this is an update on my original 4 ep review
Story: 8/10
The story is pretty good. Though i admit when i first read the summary i didn't think it would be. I expected more of a chill anime without any killing, mass murder, psychopaths, and rival clans but i was wrong. It moves at a good pace and development has been very good imo. They're cliffhangers so it makes you want the week to go on by faster. All 13 episodes are either decent or pretty good. The main plot is kind of vague though and that's one thing i don't like about it.Even though the plot is vague the story is still going somewhere. It isn't the best story out there but it is unique and interesting though sometimes the fights that happen in the anime are provoked by really stupid reasons or somet…
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