Introduction
As a young boy from a noble family in Amawakuni, Arata has always expected to make life his own—until word of the princess growing weak reaches his city. Unbeknown to him, his grandmother had claimed him to be female at birth, and now, with no other girls to succeed the princess from the matriarchal Hime clan, he is next in line for the throne! Disguised as a woman awaiting a replacement to be found, Arata witnesses an assassination attempt on the princess by none other than her own guard, the 12 Shinsho. The crime is pinned on his head, forcing Arata to escape to the Kando forest, where it is said that no one comes out the same.
Meanwhile, in modern-day Japan, Arata Hinohara longs for escape from the cruelty of his classmates. Hearing his name called from an alley, he wanders from his path and unwittingly switches universes with Arata from Amawakuni. With his own power as a newly awakened "Sho"—a warrior able to wield Hayagami, weapons with the power of the gods—and the help of his companions he meets along his journey, Hinohara sets out to restore order to this new world.
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Audience reviews
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SarutoKen
I haven’t read the original material, so I cannot say anything about how well/bad adapted it is, but I have a few things to say about this anime.
You have probably already read the summary; this anime is supposed to be a symmetrical Isekaï with two characters from different worlds switching places. One world is modern Japan, the other one is common magic-based fantasy universe.
Let’s say most of this anime revolves around the concept of TRUST, FRIENDSHIP and BETRAYAL. How can you trust someone? What does it mean? After being betrayed again and again by the ones you trusted most, would you be able to have faith in someone again? These are the questions you will continuously hear in this anime.
Despite having a quite original and very promising double-Isekaï structure, making people expec…
Read at the sourceDarkDendra
Arat Kangatari, a anime about a young boy in high school who gets bullied a lot by an old ex friend and people who he thought are his friends get bullied as well into not being friends with him. Basically making the main character's life pretty miserable and to the point where he wants to disappear. Which in a sense . . he does, just he gets transported to another world or dimension, whichever you prefer to call it.
Arata our main character gets transported into another world and replaces another guy named Arata. Yet they see him as the Arata from their world, they don't see him as a high school boy who isn't tan and has black hair. Which he keeps it a secret from Kotoha since she was fascinated with Arata and has no idea he's someone else. Which soon later they start developing a little t…
Read at the sourceacheta
Arata. It's one of my favorite mangas, and I was excited to see an anime was going out. It was disappointing.
Sure, in the anime Arata is still a guy who wants to win without killing, but he isn't that much of a wimp.
Besides, in the anime the relations between the characters are worked out way better, for example between Akachi and Kannagi.
The main thing that bothered me is that they completely cut out my favorite character who was in fact part of the main cast; a crossdressing female. The reason she is crossdressing is because she is from the hime clan but doesn't have healing powers. This will eventually end up in a much larger plot involving the real world. In the manga there actually happens more in the real world too, making everything a lot more interesting. Will this still ha…
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This is an enjoyable watch. The fantasy elements don't feel completely contrived, and the characters are above average on the believability scale. The main character is never the whiny little baby that some people will portray him as (though he does have some issues), and he does grow and change as a person throughout the show.
To those who found Kadowaki's hatred unbearable, I can only say this: I found it very true to life. Hatred seldom follows a logic others would understand (a concept that Jigoku Shoujo explores both thoroughly and believably). Someone may hate you for the smallest of slights, for being kind to them, or even for no reason at all. Once this person has decided to hate you it can be very difficult to avoid making things worse. If you ignore this person, he may hate you…
Read at the sourcepantythief666
the purpose of this review is to give a concise,detailed,subjective view on this anime with little of my personal opinions as possible, and avoid using strict numbers.
Story:Good (about a 7)
The concept is pretty unique i will say. The idea of switching roles with a different character, in a different world gives a refreshing perspective on the characters and you can feel their reactions and experiences because of this. However, the story progression is sometimes slow and the fight scenes are kinda dull. But that aside, its not a bad storyline.
Art:Fair (about a 6)
the art style is kinda generic, like what you might expect in most anime, but it isnt bad. The character animations are sometimes stagnant and you get the "moving mouth" talk scenes, but that isnt too often. The main reason i…
Read at the sourceMango-tan
As much as this is my ultimate favorite anime, I will try my best not to make this biased.
First of all, I found Arata Kangatari very enjoyable. I could look at the characters as friends, I could understand their decisions, and I could enjoy the story that was presented. I won't say it wasn't kind of childishly optimistic at times (for example, how easy some Shos submitted to him), but I didn't mind it.
> Storyline & Setting 9/10
Okay, a lot of people seemed to have trouble with this anime because they found Kadowaki's reason for hating Arata dumb. However, I'd like to say that to me it seems that the reason wasn't only that Arata let him win in a race. He was venting out his anger on Arata. (Kadowaki's family background, his competitive nature, never being cared about, etc.)
It's indeed…
Read at the sourceainthemix
I started watching Arata Kangatari as soon as it began airing and being pretty interested in it, I also started reading manga. I am happy that this part of the show was totally along the manga storyline, which I find quite enjoyable. There are few bad parts of the series, but nothing extravagantly bad, I believe.
STORY: Story is pretty much cliche, which I find to be one of the "bad parts". It is a typical shounen "I wanna save the world" storyline, so nothing new. Some powers do seem refreshing and there is some character growth (I believe especially when it comes to Kannagi), but overall the idea is pretty much already used up in countless of similar shows which air every season. I do like the setting and the intersection of two worlds (even though this is deja vu also), so I can't say…
Read at the sourceYemi_Hikari
The concept of two people switching places in each others worlds is interesting, particularly when nobody recognizes the person as being a different person. Problem is you really can't sympathize with the main characters when the conflict that shows up between the characters in the series is completely unrealistic and not grounded in how people would react in reality. In fact, it seems horribly forced just so the series could have some kind of conflict to it.
For example, the main antagonist was bullied when he was in middle school and he's just getting back to living a normal life only to find himself bullied by another person. While it is true that people do bully because they are jealous of other people, Kadowaki's animosity towards Arata doesn't seem any bit grounded in reality, parti…
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