Audience reviews
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Pulluxx
An anime does not need to hijack your computer and send hoax emails about your untimely death to your loved ones, nor discolor the screen you're watching it on to be considered completely, utterly worthless. The key is in the word itself; worthless - meaning an absence of worth. Are there animations within the medium, albeit mostly of the mouths of characters plastered onto static backgrounds? Yes, there is. Is the voice acting competent in that it maintains a consistent tone of voice for its characters, and there's no flub takes being snuck into the final product? Also, yes. Is there a narrative that builds toward some sort of conclusion? I cannot say no. Neither of these things can be justifications that I in good faith can recommend another person to endeavor this joyless experience.…
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Sakurada Reset is the very definition of a "hidden gem". Literally no one talked about it when i aired, and six years later it's still not known. And it's a shame, because it is a unique anime, in terms of ambiance. Are you sick of the over-the-top reactions and surreal battles with the world at stake? Good! Because SR has none of that. It's a very grounded story, with down-to-earth characters like we rarely see in the anime industry.
STORY
This is a world with magical powers. A girl has the ability to reset time, but she can't alter anything because she loses her memory when she uses it. A boy has the ability to keep his memory no matter what, even if Time is reset. A common friend of them puts them in relation so they can work together and save people from tragedies before they even hap…
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Sakurada Reset is an amazing anime that knows how to balance between realism and supernatural. Though the anime may seem mediocre, resulting in a low rating. This anime is truly a hidden gem for those yearning for a realistic romance drama and an ethical/moral plot.
STORY : 9/10
SYNOPSIS
In a town so-called Sakurada. A town where every single person possesses an ability of random that can be anything or even everything. A student named Kei Asai who lives in the town and has the ability to recall the past meets up with Haruki Misora, a student who has the ability to "reset". Later on become colleagues.
With the power of their formidable combined powers. They use their powers to aid others in the town. But will their powers really outmatch against the difficult obstacles that they both…
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Watching Sakurada Reset felt like watching various popular shows at the same time:
~ Take a setting like that of "Charlotte" where people have special powers,
~ but make the story revolve around few characters with time reversal like "STEINS;GATE",
~ bring in an MC who has logic and intelligence like Ayumu from "Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna",
~ Making the conversations long like "HYOUKA" or "MONOGATARI series" and
~ finally most importantly add the philosophy like that of "MAWARU PENGUINDRUM" whose true essence never came out and there you get "Sakurada reset"
So basically, the story is simple, a town having people with special abilities and there is a mysterious Administration Bureau which controls how the things work, but our MC tries to help them but also tries to uncover the secrets behi…
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Two individuals use their reset ability and their eidetic memory abilities to solve problems involving or revolving around abilities.
Story: Most stories have a sort of macguffin, whether it is a physical object or just an end result that the protagonist tries to achieve. In any case, a macguffin is a motive for the main character to do what he or she has to do. This anime is no exception. In the town of Sakurada, people possess strange abilities that range from making everyone within a certain radius laugh uncontrollably to having photographic memory. It may seem like a standard superpowers anime, but there are a few differences. There’s barely any action and it’s not the standard comedic slice of life either. Instead, this anime focuses primarily on mysteries and deeper themes such as i…
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To begin with, this show is, well, it is not for the average watcher who expects pew pew boom boom kind of action. I, myself, loved the show, but it is because I understood everything that was said and done in it. For other people, it was a hard time understanding it, thus such a low score on MAL. You need some brain to keep up with the show.
The story is very well-knit. I have to admit, it's been a while since I've watched a show that is this well-written. For me, it was a very good time because at times, I even foreseen what some things meant, which gave me an easy time watching. The show very well follows the principle of progression and you have to admit that by the mid-end there is some intense action that keeps you interested and curious to see the ending soon, because you can feel…
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"I like hearing wind chimes when I least expected it. Like finding a rainbow." Sakurada Reset; episode 3
"Please, Tomoki. It's like a ritual...like exchanging rings becasue you pledge your everlasting love to God." Sakurada Reset; episode 16
"Thank you, I wouldn't want the ice cream to melt." Sakurada Reset; episode 18
"Grab her by the p*ssy" Sakurada Reset; episode 25
Sakurada Reset is an anime that grabbed my attention months before it started airing. The story's main gimmick- the reset ability- is an interesting concept that has been explored well in literature and other anime but with this anime promising a young duo using clever tactics and wit in conjunction with the reset ability, it looked to be an actually good addition to a string of otherwise bad thriller anime that have bee…
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I'm going to keep it short. This is a story with a lot of dialogue but also suspenseful moments because it is a lot planing vs planning showdown moments. Its about a story about a city with super powers with powers been very balance and instead of concentrating on power like fire and so, they focus on powers where you have to use tactics to use. A story about a government supervising these powers and how it might be obsolete, a story of righteousness, cruelty and selfishness....and time travel.
The story its very solid. The characters, the foreshadow,the plot and the MC are very solid. The MC is very decisive and takes action. This story has a lot of shred of mystery where everything will be explained in the end. Music, openings and ending are very great too.
There will be some people…
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The score for Sakurada Reset has being pretty low, BUT do not listen to them since they only watched 2 to 4 episodes and dropped- which will make no sense since the story takes places in ALL 24 EPISODES (NOT 4). This anime is unique and a true Masterpiece, I will recommend anyone to watch as the main Character- especially Asai Kei is really outstanding in knowledge. Great development and growth of character as they realize throughout the story who they are and the weaknesses, which is amazing. The art and sound are great as they appeal to each character perfectly 9/10, but with the story will just make it feel beautiful. Overall this is a true Masterpiece and will deserves anyone's time!
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Well after 24 episodes I have to say that I had so much hopes for this anime at the beginning but it was a disappointment for me. The concept of the anime is pretty interesting with the whole thing about time resetting, but honestly I thought about dropping the anime since the fourth episode. You need to take your time to watch and understand the events happening in Sakurada Reset.
[ART & ANIMATION]
The art was pretty decent for the most part of the series, but I’m not gonna lie, it had some drops. I like the art style of the characters, but sometimes their hair didn’t seem natural. The background art was pretty normal, nothing that stands out of it, just simple. The animation was decent but sometime…
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Sakurada Reset is unfortunately another one of those series that got literally zero attention from anywhere in the anime community. On top of that, out of the people who have started the show, over 25% have dropped it. However, in my opinion, and to my surprise, this turned out to be one of the best written stories of this year.
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***REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS*** This is more about outlining why I enjoyed this show despite its unpopularity and high drop rate.
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One of the things I liked most about the series was the way the story progressed. In the beginning, the characters are rather closed-off and almost seemed dull. Much of the communication between characters is done through riddles, thought experiments, or metaphorical stories. Over 1/4 of viewers quit watching the show jus…
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All the resets Misora does can't stop from LA disliking this anime...
Sakurada Reset is an exercise in patience and pointlessness in LA's eyes.
LA has ALOT to unpack so let's start with it's...
Flaws which it has alot of. Sakurada Reset PRIDES itself on giving us static images and bland deadpan monotoned characters through it's 24 episode screentime, what's worse it that these two elements makes this anime much longer than it's suppose to and sure LA isn't expecting EVERY anime to be shounen-esque especially from a premise like a town filled with superpowered humans and the Bureau governing and suppressing their inhabitants powers but keeping this atmosphere 24/7 won't help the experience of having dead air and slow traction in plotlines to occur and be dealt without as much as a sense…
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Please Note This review assumes that you have finished watching Sakurada reset and while care has been taken to minimize story related spoilers there will some spoilers within character analysis.
Sakurada Reset is based off a popular light novel of the same name and introduces a rather interesting setting that puts a unique take on the powers genre. The overall premise of Sakurada Reset is twofold. On the surface Sakurada Reset is a power based anime that also feature heavy elements of human drama, mystery and school genre elements but it also features a unique play on the traditional powers anime. Because of both western influence and a need to make an anime stand out power based animes tend to feature either heavy combat or feature powers that are flashy to look at. Because of this it’…
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Review contains slight spoilers about Masamune Urachi
Sakurada Reset was a painful but worthwhile experience. This may sound weird at first, but as this review goes on, I hope to make it clear to why I wrote that starting sentence. There are factors that I thought the show did really well, while there were others that ruined the show for me and caused the low average score and the large drop count.
The first half of the show was pretty much character introductions and build up. We learn about the town of Sakurada and the gifted people that live in it, following the lives of two high school students. Misora Haruki is a quiet girl who has the ability to save a moment in time for 3 days and reset everything back to that certain point, causing everyone to forget what had happened after she u…
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Man, I was so hurt by the 6.whatever rating Sakurada Reset had before (It's starting to move up a little though)
I had not enjoyed an anime has much as I had with Sakurada Reset. I found every episode to be much more enjoyable than the last, even the first few episodes that others have claimed to be slow. The way the story brought everything together was so interesting. It did not leave anything out, and carefully explained every detail til the end of the final episode. Nothing ever felt boring to me, even the discussion between Nono and Haruki (pointless yet pleasant, as they've said in the episode).
The characters was the best element of the show to me. They were very realistic, each with their own ideals and emotions. Kei, the main male character, was such an awesome character. He i…
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After the first 3 episodes of this show, I was ready to pick apart every single flaw and problem that this show had. I was so enraged at the lack of quality that had made up the first three episodes. This was going to be my magnum opus review where I shredded apart this show and exposed it bare for the lack of quality that it was.
But then something happened. It suddenly stopped sucking. Maybe it was Amazon treating the subs better or maybe it was the show having a clearer idea of what it was doing. Either way it got better. Not good, but better.
And then came the last arc in which finally Sakurada Reset finally knew what it was doing and turned itself into an enjoyable and actually good show.
For one arc.
The sad fact is, besides the one arc the show is still overall sub par. Even…
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This anime is a book of poetry. You will not find any brawls here, and there are no special effects for powers. They're usually very powerful though. The atmosphere is peaceful. Overall, this is more for a mature audience in general. You won't see fan service and it's best not to expect any.
The biggest reason I'm writing this review is just to tell people to go to Reddit after each episode so that they can read the comments to understand important details in each of the episodes.
I hear that it is all slow until episode 6, but it's definitely all worth it if you're looking forward to the story and if you like the poetry behind the thinking experiments.
I personally did not mind the pacing at all, and was just a very curious individual that really couldn't wait to see the story unfold.…
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Considering that an article on this very site, written somewhere around the end of last season, has already declared this show to be a "miss" at its halfway point (real professional work there, guys, next time you should just rank animes based on their announcement PVs), and that most viewers have already decided to drop the series in favour of the latest pseudo-hentai, harem LN adaptation, it might be far too late for me to write a review about this piece of work, killed before it ever had the chance to show its values, but I believe that Sakurada Reset deserves better.
First, let's acknowledge reality, the show is not the second coming of your local salvation-based deity, it is definitely not for everyone. If you believe that anime, as a genre, should be solely about unadulterated enter…
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Hey, do you know that show called Monogatari? If you do, try to remember what Monogatari is like for a second. It's a show which is full of dialogues. It's a show which has most of its big moments resolved through dialogues. It's a show that was able to focus both on telling and showing at the same time, proving to many that "show don't tell" really isn't the be all end all for visual media like anime. Now take every person from the staff that worked on it, anyone that had any creative input in it, and give it to people who can't comprehend how to make it interesting at all. Oh, and don't forget to also get Takayama Katsuhiko to do the series composition. You know, the guy who wrote the script for Boku No Pico, and whose last big project was Big Order.
I have no legitimate idea who thought…
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"Who owns the McGuffin will control all the abilities in Sakurada" Don't worry, the McGuffin meaning is complicated, but at the end, we could understand it ... or not.
The weighted score and negative reviews scared a lot of the persons around. The complexity in the first episodes was the escape route for a lot of individuals. Gladly, I decided to continue with the story, and I am not disappointed.
I consider this story very complicated, and you need to pay extra attention to the details. That is the reason why at first in the building, several users complained about the pacing and the boredom.
The story. All the persons in a city (Sakurada or Sagrada) were born with some power. Kei Asai has a particular power, he can remember everything and with the help, Haruki Misura that can restor…
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