Audience reviews
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doom19876
This review is written by someone who has watched the prequel first, then read the visual novel, and then watched this anime without reading the novel for this anime. Spoilers will be present and announced later in the review.
The prequel was fun enough for me to want to read the VN and watch the sequel. The VN was a nice addition but the anime itself was a good one. However I can only say I'm very dissapointed in this sequel anime. I've seen people claim Fate/Stay Night is the kiddy version of Fate/Zero because the cast in F/SN mostly consists out of kids. I heavily disagree since plotwise Stay Night is just more complex than Zero. However this sequel does seem to be the kiddy version of the prequel.
The original Utawarerumono was written for 18+ (and the anime 17+) and I think that refl…
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This anime is a failure as a sequel, so much so that it made me make an account to this website just so i could review it. "A bunch of girls in a bathtub" would be another name for this anime. The anime is about random girls who just decide to move in with the MC for no reason at all take baths about twice per episode, talk about boys all night long, and meet new girls to take baths with. The MC has 0 skills there is nothing special about him he barely even shows up since the story just kinda focused the entire time on the girls in the bathtub but don't worry because you get to see some of the characters from the first season show up take a bath and never show up again. The girls are as cliche as they can possibly be there is nothing interesting about them and they all look the same. Okay…
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The first Utawarerumono is vastly superior to this one. What made the show very enjoyable were its characters. In the first series we have Hakuoro, who is much more mature and intelligent than the protagonist, Haku, of Itsuwari no Kamen. Haku is in possession of a middle schooler's brain while Hakuoro has a mature one. This goes for the other main characters to a large degree as well. I realize that some of them aren't that old, but the sheer stupidity of some of the things they do is unfitting of someone with slightly above average intelligence. Average and below average intelligence are not enjoyable to watch. Keep in mind that i write this review considering someone with average intelligence to be frighteningly stupid. There are times and places for characters that are stupid, but this…
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Story: 4
Bland, specially within the first half of the anime and that’s 12 episode of runtime wasted on weak attempt to develop the characters. At best, the plot is mediocre. It again wasted the rich foundation the prequel built and the very detailed world already built. The show also failed to take advantage of a crucial plot event that should have made momentous changes to the story.Overall, very disappointing story but another element truly dragged it down.
Art: 8
Fluid animation and nothing hurts the eye, though nothing to give you wow factor either. Characters designs receive thumbs up and in my opinion it is superior compared to its predecessor and source material.
Music: 7
Those tracks from the game (I haven’t watched the prequel anime but played the VN) just kills you with nos…
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Where did it all go wrong?!?
The first season of Uawarerumono was great; the characters were developed well, the story was compelling, the action was good and it was enjoyable.
The second season on the other hand is like rotting meat left in sewage compared to a nice juicy steak (with the first season being the steak).
It starts off well, my hopes for it meeting the standard of the first season were high. Then it took a massive plunge like an obese man flopping off a 30 metre high diving board.
At least 10 episodes have no, or completely unrelated content in regards to the main storyline. The progression is slow, nothing even happens, save for a few harem-esque moments and the mc whining like a baby.
The choices characters make have no sensible logic behind them, the mc can't do anything…
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This had so much potential to be good, perhaps the game or manga[if there is a manga] would be better than the anime at delivering the finished piece of this utawarerumono story, but there is one glaring terrible thing of this series
The main character; i'm not saying his personality or anything is bad, it's how he's presented. He's constantly extolled as a character that gets things done, but what the story shows him really being able to do is fix a mill and teach the princess a lesson and even those weren't that great because with the mill he simply removes the stopper and with the princess he coat tails off of ushutoru's words.
It would have been an amazing anime if it simply showed him actually doing things to later pull back to when they praise him instead of just saying he can do t…
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This is a lax review that falls more to the compartment style (and being my first review).
After enjoying the first season of Utawarerumono, i wanted more! So i turned to Itsuwari no Kamen. Luckily i didn't watch the original show when it aired now 10 years ago because the wait and disappointment would have crushed me even harder than it just recently did.
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen starts off with setting identical to the original, but quickly changes to your typical slice of life fantasy setting. MC starts building harem of sorts and nothing reminiscent of plot or traces to first season is to be seen until first few episodes in.
There are few major plotholes (just like in the original) that might someday get covered in future seasons but i wouldn't bet my money on that.
Just a lit…
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Warning: Review may contain spoilers.
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen is a good example of why a second season is sometimes a terrible idea. I can't help but wonder if most of these "reviews" even watched this anime.
The "successor" to the charming first season of the series, which was a series with likeable characters that saw well-paced development, followed with a strong narrative and art/sound direction for the time and was an overall joy to watch.
Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen, however, falls flat on all expectations short of art direction and soundtrack. Characters lack any real depth, they don't grow, bond or build a real relationship, we can see characters lounging around for the better part of the series, 12+ episodes until anything happens isn't "slow pacing", it's poor wr…
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- Be advised, don't read this review if you have not finish the anime as it contains spoilers -
Firstly, I would like to say that I like Utawarerumono, but I haven't play the Visual Novel at all. Contrary to the high scores that most people give to this anime, I would have to say that this anime is one giant mess, whether it's because of the original material or the director, there is nothing great about the sequel to great series of Utawarerumono.
The main issue with this anime is its story which I really dislike, especially with how the anime starts and ends. In my opinion, the first cour of the anime from Fall 2015 is nothing but a giant filler. Why? It's because unlike its prequel, the first cour is a slice of life anime that has very little purpose other than introducing the charact…
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So first of all if you have not watched the original Utawarerumono anime you probably need to do that first or else there will be points in this story that you will definitely find yourself lost because this is a continuation of the original Utawarerumono story line.
I found this anime quite a bit more enjoyable than the first. You get more in depth with the characters and the tone is much lighter that in the original anime. I do like how well the story progressed through each and every character ultimately building to the conclusion which in itself is another beginning.
Most of the anime has a light feel to it, although it doesn't skip a more serious tone hear and there the largest of which comes at the conclusion. The animation is nice and clean and the sound and everything else is cr…
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Everything about this anime is fantastic.In my most honest opinion,it is a good succesor to the 2006 season.The art is outstanding,story is very comprehensive and deep and expands its roots from the first season.The characters all have their own background behind them and very interesting and well-tought ones at that.While watching the first season will triple your excitement about this anime,you don't need to do that in order to see the fantastic story.It is honestly very rare for me to feel this way about an anime and encourage others to watch it as well,and not to give it a bad rating after watching only 25% of it :)
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A lot of people complain about the fan service, but you have to remember what they were adapted from. This series has it's share of service, but the story is deeper than it seems, just like the first series it has mystery and a strange beautiful world that confuses and mystifies the MC. Sure this one could've been better, but all in all it is nothing more than a big build up to the next part. It has your suspense, wonder, fantasy, fighting and more, give it a shot before you judge it based on screen caps. The art and sound are one of my favorite parts as it reminds me of the first series, some of the characters don't feel as though they contribute much so that could've been better, but all in all it was enjoyable. The art style was the main selling point for me, and so was the story since…
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This is a review written after I saw it entirely. So, it'll diverge a lot in relation to those which had been written around the beginning. Is my first review, mainly cause of the controversial feeling about this anime.
Story: People may say that it hasn't a story, I say the otherwise. The first half can be a low-development kind. For those who compared directly with the first Utawarerumono, it really is slow and without a outter story development. Though, the second half goes on a exponential curve of "Give me the next episode!". So, we have character and environment presentation and later the rampage of the story. For those who searched about the anime, now that it is based on a 2-part visual novel, so, be warned that we have a "half" series, even so, I consider this season as a prepara…
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2022 Edit: minor fixing. And surprisingly my opinion after a new rewatch hasn't changed.
Second Season > First Season.
No, it's not a joke.
I guess if you're here is because you watched more than first 12 chapters, right? Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen, something that seemed to be a spin-off, was actually a sequel of Utawarerumono, hence why many people expected something very similar to its predecessor and, in that sense, they were disappointed, but... What so special is the first Utawarerumono? Both series are pretty much the same in the basis: a "medieval fantasy world" where peace is apparent, although there are frictions between various kingdoms, and then, a person appeared, without a name or any idea of who he is, but whose fate will influence in many people, and the fate o…
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Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen is one tough anime to review. I started watching it without having seen the first season (I probably should have done that, but in the end I felt like I was able to understand the story without it) and had some mixed feelings while watching it. Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen is an anime that starts out as a slice of life and fantasy type of anime and ends as an action and drama type. I'm having a hard time deciding if that was a good thing since it made it good in some areas, but bad in others. As stated before I have mixed feelings about this anime, and I will now try to share those with you.
Utawarerumono starts out with an extremely slow pace, extremely slow. Almost nothing happens for more than 10 episodes. The slow pacing is good in the sense that i…
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I'd say there might be mild spoilers, but then again, there is almost nothing to spoil :'(
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Before I start my rant I will state that I have enjoyed the art and soundtrack in this series (my reaction to the piano track was overwhelmingly positive) . Let us start with the fact, that I have liked the first Utawarerumono series quite a lot. That was mostly because of the narrative, character development and the relation between Hakuoro, Eruru and the rest of the gang. That being said, Itsuwari no Kamen tried to draw some obvious parallels and teased us in a couple of scenes, but failed. At the end of the day, it has very little in common with its predecessor. The elation between the main two protagonists: Haku and Kuon, is cut short in favor of overly introducing the rest of the characters…
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Story
the story starts with Kuon which is the female main character of this series . The story overall was awesome if you loved the first season as it expanded on the story of which how the experimental beings from the first season or the people grew and became the prominent people we know in the story . It explains why Yamato is so advance and why Yamato is able to have the masks like in the first season even though its not nearly as strong as the original mask . Though the ending maybe abit of a disappointment but its still an awesome story non the less
Art
The art was amazing if you loved the art in the first anime this is just as good.
Sound
The sound is nice and matches all the feeling and emotions you face while watching it making it a more thrilling and fun anime to watch .
Charac…
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I'll start off by saying that I'm a big fanboy of the Utawarerumono series. I've watched the original anime series and it was so good that it made me play the Visual Novel version. (Which brought me into the Visual Novel world - this was a few years ago) So it's natural that I was overjoyed when I heard Itsuwari no kamen was getting animated. I also came in with some expectations.
With that said, here's my slightly biased review of Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen.
Story:6
The first few episodes were beautiful, it allowed first time viewers to get used to the world and the people in it. Then the plots slowly starts to go south. The biggest thing that bugged me was combat. We see characters that laze around doing nothing, suddenly become proficient at using their weapon. We are told, bu…
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In 2006, the world was graced with a fantasy world of animal themed people surrounded by mystery and war. The series known as Utawarerumono has since then become a bit of a cult classic with its mix of fantasy and science to formulate the world's backstory, in conjunction with the present day story with what is essentially a completely new world. And so, 9-10 years later after the first Utawarerumono, we have Itsuwari no Kamen, the false faces, the second installment of the Utawarerumono trilogy.
Story: Twenty years after the end of the first Utawarerumono ended, the world has been relatively tame. It is here where we find ourselves in a different, larger country to the newborn state of Tuskuru, where we follow the story of a woman by the name of Kuon and the man that she found that she…
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So, after watching the whole thing, even though i did not watch the first season, i do recommend it since because there are some ties regarding haku and kuon, so this is coming from a person who had not watch the first season, but do understand a few things from the first season, and who heard about the visual novel of this.
Story-10, i heard some things in the visual novel, and the first half, 12 episodes or so, were more like, character introductions and such. You know, that getting to know character to build more emotion to the characters. After the first half, then it started getting to the story, as i see other reviews on here, they only watched like 12 episodes or below, and that is not so helpful.
Art-9, I love the art they use in this, really great, just simply love it. had no p…
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