Introduction
Oftentimes, people are most vulnerable when they are lonely and unable to get along with those around them. Isolation is felt more keenly amongst a crowd, so some will try to find solace in the strangest of places, where the unknown lurks. Such people include Ayumu Aizawa, a former city boy now living in the countryside of Tana, and Kisa Tanigawa, a young girl who has a hard time relating to others. What these two share in common is a feeling that their life has gone astray.
Zettai Shounen tells a story of strange phenomena affecting two different settings, with no explanations of their origin or sudden appearance. All that is known is that these phenomena seem to center on individuals with mixed emotions toward themselves and others.
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Audience reviews
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Saladlegs
Surreal: beyond real. This is a surreal show, not in the sense that it is dreamlike, but because it portrays a humanity not confined by the limits of our reality. The characters and dialogue are reminiscent of Dostoevsky’s writing, they are not life-like, but they feel much realer than anything. There is a large variety in the cast, but all of the characters are memorable. Some have a large influence in the story, and others whose arcs are more self-contained. But all of them contribute to the overall atmosphere created by the story, an atmosphere of loneliness.
This is a show about communication and isolation, which is why cell phones take such a prominent symbolic role in the story. Following in the footsteps of Evangelion, the major conflicts in this show derive from the characters’ f…
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This anime feels like a shitty game.
This is mainly due to the slow progress of the main plot and the boring length side quest that I give 0 fuck. There's only like 20% of the main quest and the other 80% is filled with shitty side quest that are unskippable.
I'm not saying the whole anime are shit, the first arc is good because it feels like the main quest and side quest were moving along side each other so you don't feel that much of gap on the story going on. It slowly reveal the main mystery going on in the anime while showing the surrounding character lifestyle.
The second arc feels like it's a crazy ass shit filler. It take like 8-9 episode on this shitty ass romance bullshit going on between these 4 main characters that I hate. It's the typical childhood cliche shit where there is…
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I'm writing a review in an attempt to express my feelings on an anime I feel few have heard of. Zettai Shonen is in my opinion a masterpiece of storytelling and is my favorite anime/tv show of all time.
The guidelines say not to summarize, but I'll give my take in this paragraph if anyone is interested: The story is split into two halves. The first deals with a city boy spending a summer in a small, somewhat boring town, quiet but for the constant, tremulous calls of cicadas, but the summer becomes more interesting when supernatural occurrences begin to take place. In the second half, we are taken to a city in the winter to follow a reclusive girl who has stopped going to school, whose life also changes due to similar supernatural events. The two arcs are related but loosely.
The story i…
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Once in a while, we see Slice of Life shows that are incredibly slow paced and are heavily atmospheric. These shows have a pretty static setting and allow you to dive into their world. I like to call these shows Slice of Nothing shows, simply because there's not a lot happening that actually contributes to the plot's development. Zettai Shonen is a slice of nothing show that slipped under the radar when it aired and never really saw the light of day. Which is a shame really, because it was a breath of fresh air and off the beaten track.
Zettai Shonen is an anime about Ayumu, a guy who moves to his Dad's (yes, the mythical species known as normal fathers exist in this anime) house in Tana. He spends his days exploring the countryside and meeting the local residents. However, he soon reali…
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Zettai Shonen is the type of anime you might only want to watch if you find yourself needing to take a break from watching whatever type of anime you normally do watch. Otherwise if you pick this title with the same level of expectation you would have for your favorite anime then you might be in for a let-down. Still, it's pretty far from what I would call un-watchable or a “bad anime.” Zettai Shonen is a quirky, slow-paced, sci-fi/fantasy anime series that's a little bit off the beaten path. If you are in the mood for something quirky and different then pick this show, if not then stick to safer territory and the titles you normally like.
Simplistic, Children-style art. It has a very Pokemon/Digimon look except the color palette is different and a bit more sophisticated...tho, not much.…
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I don't write reviews, but this show only has one short review so I feel inclined to do my part.
Zettai Shonen is an anime that stays away from a lot of the normal conventions found in anime with the label of supernatural. The pace is much slower and more heavily focuses on the characters than the supernatural event itself.
Ultimately I would say that the focus is on how each character internalizes and acts on the odd things that are going on around them.
The story is broken down into two arcs. The first arc is the summer arc and the main character is a middle school boy named Aizawa Ayumu who is visiting the tiny town of Tana for the summer. The second arc called the winter arc,takes place in Yokohama and the story shifts ahead a year and a half. Also a new main character is introduced…
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I'm writing a review, yet again.
The story is pretty simple really, people got involve with the spirits sprites in the Summer Arc (Ayumu), and the evil sprites in the Winter Arc (Kisa).
If I got the information all wrong, sorry, because I didn't wacthed this on youtube. 8/10
The art is pretty good. Zettai Shounen's artwork is kinda like Kamichu, but with slight weaker animated thingimajig. Oh with 3-D. 9/10
Sound? Well, you get to hear a lot of it, and yet, I'm not impressed. For an anime that doesn't 'talk much', the backround music kinda irks me. The dub where i 've watched it? They've improve it. 7/10
The characters doesn't give themselves much histroy, but it's enought to understand. 9/10
Enjoyment, is really good, it ups points if you watch it at dawn, where the sky is dark (Not…
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