Audience reviews
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FUREMINGU
I'll just quickly share my personal thoughts on this one.
this is considered a romance but for the anime at least, theres pretty much none. Which is surprising for a Jousei anime. But its also refreshing, since Jousei romance is usually cringe. Not to say this anime isn't incredibly cringe, because it is. In fact it's just not a good anime objectively lol. From the voice acting, to the music/ost and lack of story... BUT, it is a very fun and interesting watch. And Rahzel, the protagonist is so damn adorable. Her outfits change each episode and each one is absolutely stunning and cute. I love the Lolita style. Not to mention shes smug and arrogant, but adorable and extremely refined. I love this mc. Her two companions aren't completely insufferable either. Theyre your usual ikemen type dud…
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If you're in the mood to settle for less, this is the anime for you!
Because this may very well be the most generic anime i've ever seen.
It doesn't feel like any emotion was put into the creation of this series, it feels like it was made to fill a time slot, by people who had to use every cliche in the book to make up 24 minutes of content.
I felt like I'd already seen the premise to every episode of this show done better in Fullmetal Alchemist. While I understand that it's hard to make an episodic series without taking ideas from different places, none of the characters were likable enough to take my mind off of how lackluster the writing seemed.
Pretty much every character has a really grating and stupid sense of humor, the kind of quirky shit that you only hear when you're watching…
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9/10 or 10/10
Too many beautiful words too little characters developments, that's the best and worst things for this anime.
The anime is amazing and it have a great and fun story,I enjoyed it a lot.
And what makes the anime more awesome is the characters, the characters personalities are outstanding and unique, they also have unique and humorous reaction to things, their reactions always surprise me in a good way.
The plot goes smoothly in the anime, not fast but not too slow. However, i did not notice any characters developments in the anime except for only one character and in the last two episodes only, that's why i didn't want to give the anime 10/10 rating. What i also did not like about this anime is that they did not show how the second guy who joined Rahzel journey met Rahzel,…
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I hate to say it but--the manga was better. Is better, as it were. The anime skipped an enormous amount of very key details, leaving chunks missing from the plot and changing some very nice points. They appear to have basically just cut out most of the "filler" stuff, but since plot development happened in many of those "fillers", the anime wound up rushed and incomplete and lacking a great deal of not only humor(of which there was a LOT) but a lot of the truly dark elements. The bright colors of the anime, though technically fitting to the plot, also gave a rather different feel than the truth behind the anime, which, while certainly not a horror, is far from the "magical girl" feel it occasionally gives off.
Rahzel is still delightful of course, and I always adore a tough girl who isn't…
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I'm not really sure what to say about the anime. It's random but the characters are great. Especially the main one Rahzel. She's not whiny and doesn't act like a damsel in distress all the time but she doesn't act like she's all that either. Not to mention Baroqueheat and Alzeid are amazing too. If you read the manga then the anime will seem way off base and all over the place though. I highly recommend reading the manga after watching this not before though. The anime doesn't give enough of a story or any backgrounds on the characters. But overall in my opinion it's an amazing anime and manga.
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I really, really loved Hatenkou Yuugi. I always enjoy a historical anime, so I planned to watch it immediately after I heard about it.
Each episode is comprised of the three main characters helping someone out on their journey. The stories are very different and keep you hooked. One thing I enjoyed especially about this show is that it isn't afraid to be dark; sometimes everything doesn't go perfectly and things turn out unexpectedly. My one complaint regarding the episode layout was that the characters are not clearly introduced in the first episode; the second man who joins them, Baroqueheat, simply seems to appear out of nowhere. After I re-watched that episode, I could recognize him helping out Rahzel, but it still doesn't explain how he joined them and is extremely confusing to a pe…
Read at the sourceRahccoon
Sometimes you end up watching an anime just because you have nothing else to do or watch. This was my case: I knew nothing about Hatenkou Yuugi, and just downloaded it out of boredom.
What a delightful surprise.
The story has, well, a lot of plot holes. That said, the plot is really involving and the tales told on every episode are very nice. However, there's a lack of interation between the stories and a second season would definitely be needed.
The art is regular, and so is the animation. But there's an interesting sense of character design here: the clothing is never overly dramatic, and changes regularly. It seems refreshing on an adventure / fantasy series, as most are taken by over the top, never changing dressing.
The instrumental soundtrack is not really interesting, although no…
Read at the sourceIrisInABottle
I’d had some interest in Hatenkou Yuugi for a while now, but I never thought I’d get this into it. I decided to download the anime about a year ago, which was surprisingly short, but amazing. You never thought you’d hear this from the person who hates horror. Children getting sacrificed for experiments, people slitting their throats, husbands killing their wives… I never thought I’d like that. But I did. OK, not the gruesome parts, but I loved the action, and the interactions between the characters. The three colorful characters, Rahzel, Alzeid, and Barouqueheat.
Hatenkou Yuugi is about three people traveling together across a land where magic exists. There’s Baroqueheat, a brawny guy who has a crush on Rahzel, Alzeid, an albino man looking for revenge, and of course, Rahzel, who changes A…
Read at the sourceStormDreamer
the story starts with a rich girl that is kicked out of her house by her father to go see the world. unlike other girls however she just dusts herself of and go's on her way meeting two other characters.
the story is 10 episodes long which is a shame because it desears to be longer. the show is entertaining and will keep the watcher coming back for more. they have a lovely balance with the humor and the seriousness in the show and it works really well. the only probelem i think the story had was were it didn't allways make complete sense or didn't explain something properly. this is shown mainly in the first episode and dosen't show up as much through the remaining 9 episodes.
the art is outstandiing. the characters are wonderfully drawn and it catches your eye straight away. the most st…
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Let me say first the comic is better.
That said the story starts out without much introduction of characters or a plot. Just a kooky father essentially kicking Rahzel from her home to go experience the world.
Rahzel is a child who by unfortunate means had to grow up very quickly and has an unusual arsenal of unique talents (magic and so forth). Her troubled past left her with a very mature outlook on life and yet still a child like optimism that keeps her and her soon companions on an never ending upward momentum. With an attitude that perceives challenges as adventures, and adversity as a test of character. This outlook is mostly what helped her gain her first companion in traveling, Alzied, which she promised in so many words to make his life more interesting. Alzied has his own dark de…
Read at the sourceLavenderKiwi
Hatenkou yuugi is an outstanding anime about a girl making friends and going on a jurney with no destination and no purpose other than to see the world. Hatenkou yuugi grabs you in within the first five minutes with its amazing costumes,story line,art,characters but most of all its emotion. The emotions that the writter felt you feel. You cry and laugh and even somtimes love throught this wonderful anime just as the writter wanted you too and they did a good job of it. The anime had amazing eyes (Yes im serious) The characters eyes showed emotion that most people now days in the anime/manga buisness forget is there. Every character had beautiful eyes that showed deep into their soul and a uniqueness about them that made them seem real. This anime made you want to jump in along for the ride…
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This is the first anime I've ever seen that I would call random. I think the word random is overused when describing many shows but this show is random - random in a funny and fun way, but random none the less. Yes, I know the reading the manga would probably make it less random but that itsn't the point.
What the MAL description fails to convey is that the show is really just ten episodes of following a trio of dysfunctional people on a journey. It definitely suffers from a lack of plot, but it redeems itself because dysfunctional people on a semi-random journey can be really funny (the reason I stuck with it and suggest you do as well).
The journey has some vauge goals like revenge or finding something, but the goals are not the focus of the show - not that there is a focus to it aside…
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I really enjoyed this series, until i got to the ending. In the end, instead of feeling satisfied with the conclusion, i was left with more questions. The series ends as if theres a sequel that will resolve some problems concerning two of the main characters and introduce a character that popped out a quite a bit, seemed important to the anime, but in the end was never introduced. Unfortunately, there is no sequel. Also, thanks to that character that popped out alot, it felt as if there were two seperate storylines. While one of the storyline was obvious, the other was hinted everytime that certain character came out.
So yeah, I really liked it, mainly because the characters were great, but I hated being left with questions.
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Story (7.1) - Story is pretty random. There are some episodes with sequence, like a 2-3 episode case, but in overall, each one has a case that must be solved. The progress its not very fast, and there are some moments that sound like filler minutes, when the story has really no progress.
Well, just an average aspect.
Art (7.3) - Design is acceptable, animations lack a little bit indeed. There are some flaws here and there in the show that could have been avoided, and the effects are not something great. Another average aspect.
Sound (8.0) - Maybe the best aspect of the show. Opening is good, ed is not bad, voices match very well and background music is also good. Not much more to say here, its a good aspect so 8.
Character (7.2) - The main characters are interesting , but the show lack…
Read at the sourcePurjoloek
Hatenkou Yuugi is a 10-episode anime based on the ongoing manga with the same name. It aired between the 4th of January and the 7th of march, 2008.
The genres include: Comedy, Adventure, Drama.
Story
Hatenkou Yuugi begins pretty randomly, but with a lot of promise. The young woman Rahzel is thrown out of her home by her dad, because he wants her to travel and see the world. She quickly finds two traveling companions, Alzeid and Baroqueheat, and together travel from place to place, helping out people with different problems. Sounds good? Sure does, but during episodes you sometimes experience these random comedy moments that destroy the series (I say sometimes, but in some episodes, there are like 10 minutes wasted on horrible time-fills like these). Sometimes they're so bad I actually la…
Read at the sourcerestivesilence
Overall I think this anime deserves an 8.5 on my scale, but unfortunately there isn't that option.
Story: The story itself is fairly basic, but has some interesting back story thrown in every once in a while. However, the anime does seem rushed. I think a lot of people did not give this show a chance because the beginning is so chaotic. The first episode does not feel like an introduction at all, in fact you are pretty much thrown into the story.
Art: I really enjoyed the animation. It seemed to be well done (it better for being 10 episodes). Maybe, it is the little girl in me, but I appreciated that they changed the main characters clothes and hair throughout the show.
Sound: Characters voices were fitting. The music throughout the show was very nice and enjoyable. Originally, I did…
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