Audience reviews
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UlvenShiro
My perspective is one that is most moved and motivated on the romantic genre of anime, I'm a sap for a good relationship story. If you don't care about romance, my opinions won't matter to you.
Tokyo Ravens, is not that. It starts of with a bit of netorare (Which I despise) when the love interest is forced to see a stolen first kiss.
The main male protagonist, Harutora, is your generic love-blind simple minded fool, who couldn't read the atmosphere even if a hose was attached to the exhaust of a car they're sitting blissfully and ignorantly inside.
Natsume was a sweet love interest, who I genuinely rooted for, but the fact that her feelings weren't truly reciprocated until the most pathetic excuse for a climactic scene nearing the end of the anime, wore my patience greatly.
The anime l…
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Tokyo Ravens is often described as a prototypical high-school fantasy style anime. While the description is accurate, it is far and away better than most of the stereotypical high-school fantasy anime that are rolled off the factory line every year. Tokyo Ravens does an outstanding job creating a universe in which you feel fully connected to both the past, present and future of many of the characters and their world. Although I do not do much reading of manga or light novels, I will be pick up the Tokyo Ravens light novel where the anime left off as the anime leaves little closure.
{Story} - Easily one of the highlights of Tokyo Ravens, the story is well developed and cohesive throughout the anime. Set in an alternate universe of post-world war II filled with magic, it comes with a few su…
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Tokyo Ravens attempts to create its own spin on spiritualists within anime as they are incorporated into a modern era setting with Harutora learning more of his family roots as he is trained in being a spiritualist alongside cousin Natsume and finds himself caught up in hostilities between the Onmyo Agency tasked with keeping spiritual disturbances to a minimum and the cult-like Twin Horn Syndicate trying to stir up disturbances that will lead to the revival of their worshiped leader, Yakou.
Saying that things are a mixed bag with this series is quite an understatement. On the one hand, it does rather well for the most part at creating a unique world for spiritualists within Tokyo Ravens as the series has laws established in the modern era for spiritualists to continue honing their craft,…
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Here's an easy review to sum up the strengths and weaknesses of Tokyo Ravens--SPOILER FREE for your enjoyment!
OVERALL--
Tokyo Ravens takes about five episodes before it really finds its footing; however, once it does, this show progresses with a great pace that will keep viewers interested through all 24 episodes! The ending is slightly open to interpretation, but comes to a satisfying conclusion. It leaves the viewer ready to continue on with the characters into their next big adventure, while still bringing the current story arc to a close. Overall, a very enjoyable show and well worth the watch!
MAGIC SYSTEM--
A huge part of this anime is the magic system, which presents some of the show's highest and lowest points. Tokyo Raven's magic system is never given clear cut rules or limitat…
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I've loved magic since the time I was a child. I don't know why but I always dreamed of having some cool powers, being able to cast spells etc. That's the reason I, for instance, love Harry Potter, Avatar, I used to love Winx, and now I came across an awesome anime that is also about magic. This time, as promised, I have for you Tokyo Ravens.
Plot and Storyline
In the beginning of this story we have the main character Harutora, a boy born in the prestigious Onmyoji (Magic) family Tsuchimikado. Although born in such a family he still isn't able to see "spirit energy", meaning he is not able to use magic. Or he wasn't able until he met his childhood friend Natsume, who is also the heir to the main Tsuchimikado family. After the accident with one of the Twelve Divine Generals (first class O…
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OBSERVE : A score below 7 doesn't mean its bad, it means whatever that score originally is supposed to represent. Score five is mediocre. That means that you will still probably get some enjoyment out of it.
RATING: 7.68 - Read rest of my review/rant to see my reasons why
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As many others have mentioned, this anime starts off quite weak with a rather non-unique setting, but then during its second act has a very, very exciting plot development that keeps you striving for more. Although unfortunately, there isn't anything more, and you are left with a hefty amount of new unanswered questions.
Story & Plot - - -
As I said before, the anime starts off with giving a generic shounen vibe, and you can almost find all the shounen clichés there are. For example; main charact…
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I´ll admit that I fell pretty stupid for putting this anime on hold for such a long time. As it started of with a meh and ended with a YEAH, this anime was surprisingly fun to watch.
As I started watching this anime, I had a feeling that the main character Harutora was going to be one of those boring mains to watch in the long run, but as I kept following the story, it became more and more interesting to follow this boring main and his friends. Taking on enemy after enemy, trying to become powerful shamans (exorcists) was only a fraction of what the story was really focusing on.
Still there are parts in the story that is halfheartedly explained, leaving you with a big question mark as to what is really going on and why. They also seemed to overcomplicate the story, making it harder to g…
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I generally try to have an open mind when it comes to anime, and when I start a new series I attempt to take as few preconceptions into it as possible. That said, when I started Tokyo Ravens I had already pretty much given up on it. The promotional artwork and brief synopsis I read, while somewhat interesting, gave me the vague impression of a mediocre anime with throwaway characters and a wasted chance at a good plot. I write this review in an attempt to dispel those misconceptions in anyone else.
Tokyo Ravens, an anime with a plot initially not too unfamiliar involving magic users in modern-day Japan, starts off rather slowly and doesn't promise much. However, after just a few episodes, the tempo changes rapidly and soon a well-thought-out, refreshingly unique story begins to develop. W…
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Well to start off this review I would like to say that I was really excited about this anime. I am not going to say that this is perfect in an anyway though it does have a few major flaws. I am going to cover those flaws here shortly. So sit back and read this review :)
Flaw #1- Character Development
Character development was a major flaw in this anime. I thought that they focused too much on Harutora Tsuchimikado & Natsume Tsuchimikado. They had a string of characters that to me they were just lying them to waste. For the string of characters that weren't as important as the two main characters there wasn't any back-story for them. For instance a character that that was in the anime every episode was Touji Ato, he was a great character but they didn't bother to go into any details about…
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As I don't actually use reviews when decided whether or not to watch or read something, my reviews probably aren't that helpful, I just use them to say what I like and what I didn't like.
Sorry :/
Honestly, I started watching this anime because it was on my to watch list and it looked good, that's all there is to it.
After the first episode, I was hooked, sometimes it takes me a lot longer to decided but with this I knew straight away I would love it.
And I did, I really like anime with magic and that fantasy element so this one was up my alley.
I liked the characters as well, well I was a wit weary of the characters to start of with, but they grew on me.
I had a feeling that the big thing that happened (no spoilers) would because I tend to be good at reading those sorts of plot twists bu…
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Tokyo Ravens is surprisingly not entirely about ravens. Tokyo Ravens is about shamanism infused in the modern world. This show is apparently average at best but it did not fail to entertain me. In the end, I really enjoyed it.
Tokyo Ravens has no major problems in the story but its exposition sometimes is tedious. First half can be lacking in actual story and action but it was justified by the second half. The characters are created well but development seems rushed sometimes. Drama in Tokyo Ravens is basically the story’s weakest point. A good example of this is when Tenma was guilty in the Douman arc, where he was blaming himself for letting Douman invade the school but after a minute or two, he was not guilty anymore. The drama is too unbalanced and too rushed to earn the emotional wei…
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This is a story where one of the main characters is one of extraordinary birth. They are born as the reincarnation of a legendary magician. The main cast consists of 6 magic students and a teacher. There is Harutora, Natsume, Touji, Kyouko, Suzuka, Tenma, and Jin. Each character has their own secrets that is gradually brought to light for the viewer. They all get to know each other better as they go through some comedic moments. While the plot does seem very overused, which makes the story seem lacking...until episode 13. That is where the plot picks up and shows that it can do something right. After this point I found myself needing to see more every week. The last episode especially made me want to pick up the light novel it is based on. If you don't mind putting up with some mediocre ep…
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When I first heard of Tokyo Ravens from my friend, I was like OMG! I'm so going to watch it. But then, my expectations of this show died as the series progress. I was practically lost and confused as the series moved along which is something I don't like. Tokyo Ravens is not bad, but it's not good either. It is mediocre at best.
Story: 5/10
This show is about a teenage guy named Harutora who can't see spiritual spirits like his family. Then he met his childhood friend and the Onmyoji drama starts from there. Afterwards he moved to Tokyo and attended a school to hone his Onmyoji skills. This where the plot started to fall apart. During the few episodes of the series, it started off with action, explosion, and magic. However, instead of continuing the action, the plot decided to throw a l…
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Ah, surprises. Don't we all love them? Whether good or bad, they always add something in our life - something that spices it up and moves it out of the monotone stillness we are ever so used to.
Good surprises are common, and usually with very little significance attached to them. However, a slight surprise can put a smile on your face and leave you in awe of our large world.
When I first started watching this series, I expected a typical shouen that would keep me entertained for a while. I really liked the magic system present in this show, along with its impeccable execution. This is why I kept watching, despite lowering my rating to 6/10 during the first half, and dismissing it as your average shouen, with no real content or anything memorable...
This however, slowly changed during t…
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I liked it overall, to be honest.
The story itself, I feel is pretty unique, I rarely see any anime with elements of Shaman besides Shaman King but I will admit that I haven't watch enough anime to actually warrant it unique. But, there were times whereby you would feel it's rushed in some episodes. I personally feel that some instances of the show might not have been explained properly. (I looked it up the forum to see what actually happened as some people read the light novel and kindly explained it in the forum.)
I personally like the art, animation of the characters and especially the fights, pretty well-defined and impactful.
The sounds for the show were pretty decent. The openings were pretty impactful and the endings simply give a soothing yet slow feel which I liked it.
As for…
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Excuse me in advance for there will be minor use of profane language; I do not intend to offend anyone or anything. However, given that the review guidelines only consider the use of "crap" every three words, profane, I think (...I hope) I will be all right.
Crap...crap...goose!
Alright. Attempted humour spree go!
It was the best of anime; it was the worst of anime.
Now when I say that, I mean it. This is probably the most conflicted I've ever been about an anime. Half of me is like this was awesome, and half of me is like...what the hell is the other half of me talking about.
All in all, Tokyo Ravens is probably one of the most unoriginal, cliche, done to death animes this season. And frankly, I have no problem with that. Being original is nice, but you're always sitting on the fence…
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Tokyo Ravens Review:
Sometimes shows come around that are completely generic and average on paper, but are unusually fun to watch. Looking at my 6 score for this show, many of you may think I didn't think the show was good. But this couldn't be further from the truth. Tokyo Ravens wasn't groundbreaking, memorable, or brilliant. In fact, it was pretty a pretty generic fantasy action anime with romance elements which is why I withhold too high of a score. However, Tokyo Ravens is without a doubt a very enjoyable show.
Story - 7.1:
Where Tokyo Ravens' story shines isn't through it's rather generic premise or predictable plot twists, but the solid pacing and backstories of the characters and the setting. The pacing of Tokyo Ravens is nearly flawless in my opinion, giving proper amount of ai…
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There's a certain feeling of mediocrity that arises from simply looking at Tokyo Ravens. It doesn't really look like anything new, innovative, or fresh. Despite its generic appearance Tokyo Ravens still manages to do what it's supposed to: entertain.
As far as story goes, there really isn't much of an intricate, deep, or immersive plot. The story is pretty sub par for a good amount of the first half, adhering to countless generic cliches like the childhood friend promise, amnesia, and what have you. Although it gets better during the second half, it's still not anything amazing. The key aspects that make the second half take flight and become more enjoyable to watch is that there are actually Onmyo spell battles, familiar battles, the plot finally breaks out of its run-of-the-mill school…
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There’s a saying that goes something like this: “two wrongs don’t make a right”. In Tokyo Ravens, this doesn’t apply as onmyouji magic is accepted by society as a form of dealing with spirits and apparitions in general. The show builds itself with the basic concepts and principles of a modern fantasy involving characters dealing with onmyouji, otherworldy beings that have been causing trouble in Japan. While most anime involving magic is forbidden, Tokyo Ravens takes the liberty to accept it as a form of art. Thus begins the adventurous tale of Harutora Tsuchimikado as he learns the truth about the world he lives in.
Tokyo Ravens is an animated series based off the light novels of the same name written by Kohei Azano. It’s easy to notice quickly that the show is colored with modern fantas…
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-I'm going to skip the synopsis as you can go ahead and read that on your own - I'm strictly writing a review as to my reaction when watching Tokyo Ravens-
To be honest, when I first began watching this show I felt as though I was lacking originality, in both character and story. The originality wasn't so bad like 'I've seen it a million times' sort of deal, but It was interesting enough to make me want to watch the next episode. The characters seemed overdone and over the top, opening with the feisty chick friend of the male protagonist picking on him and his cool and calm best friend. Even if it started out quite cliche, I still kept watching it, mostly for lack of other anime to watch.
It was worth it because this show had a lot more depth than meets the eye and gets better as it move…
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