Audience reviews
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Katanadude
This is easily one of the worst anime I have watched so far in 2019. You see, it's garbage like this that gives us real anime fans a bad rep. I'm surprised that this horrible anime even has sequels to it. It's literally just the typical cliche harem you get all the fucking time. When this anime tries to be original it just fails miserably and ends up going back to the stupid ass harem tropes you see in every damn harem anime. This review will only be about the first season btw.
The first mistake I noticed in this anime is that it actually tries to have a serious story. When I first started watching this trash I only i did it to watch a guilty pleasure ecchi anime to beat off to. This anime is a fucking joke. On one hand it tries to take itself seriously, on the other hand it's just your…
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Toilet paper and pretty pictures review - Date a live
I'm going to strangle the person who recommended Date a Live to me when I asked for an anime similar to TWGOK.
From the setting of Date a Live, you would think this is like a mix of TWGOK and EVA, with date the girl to save the world.
YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cause obviously you never seen what made TWGOK and EVA good, what we have here is not a show like them, cause they were GOOD and Date a Live is SHIT. story - 1
Jerk off parade, cause there is no plot. As I said many times, all magic school genre is trying to be Toaru whether they admit it or not, but none of them ever understood why Toaru was good. (ie ridiculous high octane action) So Date a Live's idea of innovation is to rip-off TW…
Read at the sourceGiancarloLS
Now, in MAL, there seems to be a disparity of ratings. The ratings really don't reflect on the quality of the anime because it is purely subjective. Being subjective is like talking to guys who like Hyundai because of its "fluidic sculpture" and immediately concluded that Hyundai is awesome; and if you're like me who's looks at what's under the bonnet on car displays and motor shows, you'll end up asking yourself if those guys have never seen a Ford or Toyota before. It's exactly the same in anime: you find out that a harem-anime has almost the same score as Ano Natsu de Matteiru, you wonder yourself for a moment, then you realized that if we're on the same wavelength as I talked further, then you've quite been able to understand me for being calm as I review one of the many harem anime th…
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At first i want to say this is my first review, and I tried.
Date a Live, an anime that is either a classic, or was messed up entirely. For me, it was. Even if its a parody. My friends know I have no nice words for this series, but I'll try to stay nice now.
The story is simple, the earth is endangered by these huge earthquakes, wich turn out to be very powerfull girls. From what i got, they are aliens, and are vieuwed as enimies. They get attacked but it doesnt work because everything still gets destroyed. So our protagonist is forced to do another approach, date them!
What?
Yeah.
And it doesn't end there, but I'll spare you the spoilers.
Even though I hate the story itself, the art is pretty good. Nice coulors and scenery, your moe girl here and there, cuteness altogether. It's not…
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Okay I can't deny. This anime was just a pleasure to watch.
The story of Date A Live takes place in a world that has these phenomenons called spacial quakes caused by these things called spirits. Shido, the main protagonist, meets one of these spirits after a recent spacial quake and is later finds out his younger sister Kotori is head of a group called Ratatoskr. Their goal is to help the spirits by having Shido going out on dates with them. The "date experts" at Ratatoskr rig the dates, but Shido doesn't always follow their advice. He meets the same spirits again and gives her the name Tohka, but they are attacked by the Anti-Spirit Team (AST) as Shido asks Tohka out on a date. After events it is revealed that Shido can seal away a spirits powers by kissing them. Shido wants to save the…
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Shows like this don't have to be plot heavy to get by. A gimmicky premise plus some cute girls and action is enough to justify watching for many people (and that includes myself). Whether it's the cuteness of the girls or the hokey Hogan's Heroes/military-ish sounding music used for the preview (and as background music during various light moments throughout the series), Date A Live has a certain charm to it that doesn't need to provide a deep experience to be enjoyable.
That said, I found that I was more interested in the plot than I thought I would be. While I wasn't immediately impressed from the first episode, things did become more interesting about halfway into the series. That isn't to say that the previous episode weren't entertaining in their own right, but the dark side of the s…
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Note: Everything in this review is my personal opinion. I will try to see both sides of the fence because when i talk to people about Date A Live, they either think the show is a work of art, or they this its a complete mess. I am on the side where I think it's a work of art but I will try to not be bias.
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Date A Live, or DAL for short, is a show about spirits invading our world and creating spacequakes upon entering our world that kills thousands of people. These spirits are dangerous entities and we do not know much about them. It's up to our main man Shidou to stop these invasions by dating them. Yes, dating them. Now, when I first learned of what the show is about, I thought it was kind of interesting... and stupid. It's a u…
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Ok I am kind of scared to write a positive review for this anime due to the fact that all the positive reviews are getting hated on but I just have too. I know people are saying, yea yeah its a fan service, and the popularity of fan service animes are comparable to hipster music, but i gotta say.. this is quite simply one of the best fan services that i have ever scene. Really, the plot is actually intriguing.
It may just be because this year of anime has been incredibly awful and has led me to believe that every single action anime producer is scared to go up against attack on titan, but why lie... when you get passed attack on titan, this anime ranks among the top. On top of that there is a catchy opening and the music featured in the anime is actually pretty good.
Rating for Charact…
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This does not deserve it's hype. Actually, how did it even get hyped in the first place?
This show? Basically fanservice, fanservice, fanservice, more fanservice, boobs, explosions, boobs, explosions.
The main character's reactions to everything made absolutely no sense and had no rationality whatsoever. My adoptive sister is suddenly the commander of a floating invisible airship? Okay, cool. She wants me to date potentially life-threatening girls who can flatten a suburb in a matter of seconds and kiss them? SURE! No problem!
I don't even care if this spoils the beginning, hopefully you won't make the same mistake as me and watch this garbage.
I have the lowest standards for anime out of anyone I know. I enjoy anime people find horrible, but this was just unbearable. I think the on…
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-Project Zakuro Reviews: Date A Live-
Date A Live is an anime that was released early in the spring of 2013 and has received mix criticism from viewers. Some loved it, some hated it. Many anime released prior to Date A Live have been well below decent so how does Date A Live stack up with the new releases? Well then, let's find out.
From my experience, I felt the story had a lot of potential but unfortunately some of that potential was bogged down by rather ridiculous concepts. I'll explain as I go along. A strange phenomenon called "spacequakes" has been causing destruction all over the globe and they are caused by female entities called "Spirits". Our protagonist Shido has been tasked with having to seal their powers before they can cause anymore spacequakes. With what you may ask? By…
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The whole idea of dating girls and getting a kiss from them in order to free them from a burden brings Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai to mind. However, the whole idea of girls in Mecha armor should be an obvious hint that it's nowhere near close to what we though it would be. I'd have to say that what made this anime enjoyable was the balance between comedy and plot. It wasn't too serious and at the same time, it wasn't too comedic. The amount of fanservice here was average for a new anime (In this century at least). What captivated me the most was the climax where things started to intertwine. However, the big disappointment was that it came when the series was close to halfway done. The biggest flaw of the anime had to have been the sheer amount of things left unanswered. For example, what hap…
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Boobs, explosions and cute girls are a time-tested formula. Apparently.
If there is one that has remained true about the anime industry, it is that cheap entertainment and low-risk adaptations prevail. AIC's "Date A Live" is yet another addition to this tired trend- doing nothing interesting or even particularly well. It expects the audience to willfully ignore its poor writing, because hey-- there are cute girls to gawk at!
Drawing inspiration from the 2008 manga "Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai", Date A Live presents itself as a pseudo-parody of otaku culture. After our protagonist Shidou conveniently encounters two busty ladies fighting one another, he finds himself waking in the headquarters of an anti-Spirit organization, which (surprise!) is led by his bipolar younger sister. Kirino-- sor…
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Quality entertainment is one thing in any anime show that has ever existed, whether it’s supposed to be the intention or if it was unintentional. With that in mind, many people conclude that shows like Date A Live are why anime has gone downhill in recent years because it has officially run out of ideas on what to do with any story. It doesn’t matter how well they tell it, just how it entertains the masses. I find this thinking overly cynical and silly because this isn’t exactly a new way of thinking. For years, anime studios have put filler shows in season slots since the beginning of anime; whether they were all bad or good is debatable by today’s standards. Nowadays, these harem shows are the best way to churn out these kinds of filler slots to appeal to the casual fan base who like to…
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Bueno, it's time to make my review after finishing this anime whose ending could only be describe as pathetic. But, not totally, since this anime does have a nice story and plot, the problem is the execution which there are some thing that make the concept of them spirits and the character's behind it that seemly conflicts as to what they're describe, e.g. them spirits' powers should have been sealed by the male character and yet we still see them being able to kick ass. Another thing that adds to this anime's conflicting concept is between the AST and Kotori's Ratatoskr Crew, one cannot determine as to which is the protagonist and antagonist. Then again the idea of the male MC being a sort of heroic Casanova to the spirits and to one of the members of the AST was very sweet to say the lea…
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This story really seems to be absurd and I have to admit, that it actually really is. That was the point, where it got a lot of attention for. Deserved?
Story: The Anime is adapted from a Light Novel of the same name: "Date A Live". It's takes place in a quite near future (at least it seemed to be future), where events called Spacequakes happen, because of which many people die. To prevent this from happening, everyone gets evacuated whenever they happen. The Anime now revolves around Itsuka Shidou, a normal highschool boy that one day wittnesses a space quake and finds a girl in an armor standing in the middle of it. She immediatly attacks since she thinks he wants to kil her. Fortunately Shidou is safed after explaining to the girl that he was just searching for his little hyperactive s…
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Damn, I'm going to admit that I honestly thought this anime was great... then the damn ending reared it's ugly head and ruined EVERYTHING that makes this anime enjoyable.
STORY 3/10 (8 -5)
The story had promise. sure, it was never unique to begin with. (think of it as Kaminomi's capture plot IN THE FUTURE but with Seirei's instead of demons) but had the anime had better direction. then it wouldn't be as bad.
Firstly, it relies HEAVILY in Chandler's law ("When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.") In other words, a new character appears out of nowhere whenever the plot comes to a halt or goes on for too long
And just as quickly, they are FORGOTTEN and never mentioned again (or mentioned but never important despite how obvious that they still could be used t…
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MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Date a Live, definitely an interesting series, and does take a unique spin on the harem/dating theme.
Please keep in mind that this is my own personal opinion and whether you choose to think I'm an idiot or not is up to you.
Now returning to the anime, I haven't read the light novel to Date a Live, but I usually just watch the anime or read the manga series if I found the anime interesting. The one thing that did keep me hooked onto this series had to be the way they spun a new way to the aliens to earth/ in this case magical spirits each containing their own specific type of power.
The Story: I'll have to say one thing, they better air a second series or I'm going to be one pissed new fan, this is caused by the amount of story lines they left hanging and the still…
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Date a live is a great anime which I think deserves a nice overall rating.
The story is great, the complications, the climax, it is all interesting and can be enjoyed well. However, in the resolution, or the ending, there are still some questions left unanswered which dissatisfies some of the watchers. It is possible that they will answer it in the second season if there is any.
The art is great, the character illustration is realistic and well drawn. The characters in the story is also interesting as some of them are not just ordinary humans and are spirits, and it adds some interests to the anime.
I enjoyed the whole story except for the ending part, because it's very teasing for me and I don't feel satisfied by the ending.
For the overall rating, I think it's a great anime. But ther…
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Life isn't always fun.
It's especially bothering when you have a little imouto who drives you nuts everyday when you wake up. But more so, sometimes people wish they get more enjoyment out of their lives. But that might just be a bit too much for a sudden young boy by the name of Shido Itsuka. He gets more than what he ever hoped because on a faithful day, he meets a strange girl who completely turns his life into one hell of a ride.
Yup, the ride begins here and Date a Live takes the concept of 'dating' to a strange level. It's no surprise though as the anime industry seems to be often seeking new ways to present the harem/romantic comedy genre. Date a Live is a Japanese light novel series written by Tachibana Koushi with illustrations by Tsunako. There's also a manga version of the s…
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- This is a Edited version after the show finished
- This contains a small amount of SPOILERS.
As this is not a very complicate show, I would go straight into business. By no means was this bad show, but this is not something stunning/moving either; despite a rather attractive background and seemingly innovative setting, This is a mediocre show: It is not really that innovative, Not really that corny, not really touching/entertaining and not really humorous, but Instead it stucks right in the middle of everything.
Despite a clear vision as they attempt to innovate by adding Galgame Elements into the plot, adapting some sort of “Love-Meter” into the show and makes a parody show about Galgame, It goes nowhere beyond that. The setting was nowhere near complete, for example you never know…
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