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RESOLVING_POWER
I watched Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (including OVA), also known as Vatican Miracle Examiner. Here are my thoughts:
This anime is about two religious scholars who travel around investigating the validity of various miracles on behalf of the Vatican. This show has an intense Roman Catholic theme that is quite unique – I really appreciated this aspect of it. However, aside from its strong unwavering commitment to this rich Catholic theme, this show isn't well directed. The actual screenplay and script are kinda dull. Furthermore, as much as I love the premise, the writing is undeniably super amateurish and feels like a novel you'd find in the bargain bin of somebody's neighbourhood yard sale. The plot is so absurd it feels like a kid wrote it. The explanations used to justify the various myst…
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Well, I saw this anime because I was amused that they are priests, at first I started watching it to laugh a little (the truth is that the Christian theme is not very common), and without a doubt I was pleasantly surprised, my question is: why what is not so popular? Will they release more seasons?
One of the best mystery scripts, seriously, I love how it mixes the theme of religious miracles with the worst cruelty in the world (it's an antithesis).
The protagonists, even if they have faith, solve the cases with SCIENCE and LOGIC, something that can surprise because devout Christianity is not one that tends to rationalize in their situations and prefers to preach.
The art is good, and its soundractk even more so, I invite you to listen to its opening and ending, on the oth…
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This anime is a ride. I'll be making my review spoiler-free. I'll also try to make it short and sweet, but I have a lot to say about this show.
While this anime definitely wouldn't be considered "good" it is one of the most enjoyable things I've watched in a long time. There's a lot of cheesiness in the beginning, but the plot line and sub plots are genuinely interesting and had plenty of unexpected twists, turns, and answers.
the character dialogue is stiff and awkward, but does improve over time. Character personalities are also a bit strange and unrealistic... however I don't dislike the characters. The two main characters really grow on you as you watch, and the poor dialogue writing and weird characterization somehow make them even more endearing.
The first 4 episodes are probably…
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Why you should watch Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (Vatican Miracle Examiner) anime? / Zašto pogledati Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (Vatican Miracle Examiner) anime?
English language: If you love mystery, then you will surely like this. Vatican Kiseki Chousakan (Vatican Miracle Examiner) is an anime in which two priests explore “miracles” together, revealing incidents and conspiracies hidden behind them. When I found the anime, I was a little skeptical if it would turn out as well as it seems. Although the description seemed interesting to me, I couldn’t imagine what it would look like because anime aren’t usually about the church and the Vatican. This in turn made the story more interesting. When I started watching it, I was really blown away. Since I otherwise love mystery, this anime is really…
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An anime about people uncovering the truth behind allegedly miracles with science? Well, sign me up; that was my first thought. Now that I finished it, I wish I just hadn't signed up for this at all.
The first problem to point out is the opening and ending, I don't why someone thought that mixing animation with real footage would be a good ideia because it turned out so bad that I'm not even sure how to say anything about this, so let's move on to another problem: how the miracles are solved. They're supposed to use science to solve them and they kinda do use it but at the same time they don't? At least it doesn't fell like it because in the end the main reason is always "evil people are doing it for Satan" or something along those lines.
The characters are really boring and Hiraga is…
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This is my first review.
Gosh I got to say that I am not a religion person, but this anime really got me, I really liked the animation, the story and the investigations, It's like the "religion" thing It's not the important thing, It's how the events really happened to know if it was a miracle or not.
I simply love it! When I wanted to know more about at the end of every episode. This anime is so undervalued!
I don't know why the note is less than 7 when this need a 8, really good.
English isn't my first language so I'm sorry if you didn't understand something, I really needed to write about this.
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Vatican Kiseki Chousakan is an "Agatha Christie"-esque story on crack. The mysteries, albeit interesting, will often have poor resolutions. But man, the plot on every arc goes bonkers and makes you wonder how they even came up with such a wild twist.
(This is a spoiler free review)
The anime itself looks pretty, I enjoyed watching the catholic imagery that would appear every now and then. This was complemented by the dramatic soundtrack that was a sort of orchestral music that would appear every now and then. It was a nice sensory experience! If not for the story that is not quite held to the same standard, it would be a quick recommendation from me. Without going into spoiler territory, the protagonists pretty much saved the from being a disaster, though. Although they’re written as the…
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***This review may contain a little spoiler
If you are not the type of person who enjoys harem, romance, characters who only know how to burden others, nor the beautiful side of religion, this anime is a must try!
This is a very rare type of anime with its interesting and impressive plot. It bluntly reviles the dark side of religion. This anime might make Christians feel uncomfortable watching it since it might make you doubt the existence of God.
I love how this anime makes almost every miracle happens in the story solved by scientific reasons. Honestly, it makes me feel smarter after watching it.
The only flaw in this anime is it's ended too soon without reviling the real ending. It still can go a long way with its storyline. There are still many things need the answer but it just e…
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I thought about breaking this down, but let me leave it at this.
This series was supposed to be about vatican miracle inspectors, right? So I went in with the assumption that maybe there'd be 4-5 cases with some over arching theme to build up the suspense and tension for a season two. I was so wrong. There were TWO cases, and episode 13 was some awful filler that had no relevance to the series or story line, plus only served to confuse the viewer. Plus, it felt like there were a lot of 'OH! How convenient, I'm already here to figure this out, or witness it! Hurr durr so lucky!' in the season.
I started out absolutely entranced with the series. The art was pretty good, the concept was kinda interesting, and I genuinely wanted to see where this story would go. However, after finishing the…
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In the name of God, impure souls shall be…oops, wrong anime!
Story:
The premise of Vatican priests checking possible miracles on their authenticity is a very interesting one with tons of possible ways it could have played out. The most obvious choices would have been to either make it like a detective story or to go all out and into the supernatural. Vatican Miracle Examiner leans more towards the former, though the possibility of a supernatural (or in this case divine) explanation for the phenomena is always kept open for as long as possible. The religious belief of the main characters makes the whole thing a lot more tolerable than the usual way of putting normal people into extreme situations and them suddenly believing that things exist that no normal person would believe in that easi…
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Vatican Kiseki Chousakan is a guilty pleasure watch. It’s wildly fun and falls somewhere between “so bad it’s good” and “better than it deserves to be.”
Before I start picking Vatican apart, I want to say up front that, despite all the faults, it’s a lot of fun to watch. The eerie atmosphere and easy-to-like lead characters help make this anime more enjoyable, but what really makes it stand out (for better or worse) is the crazy plots and break-neck pace.
Anime often flirts with Christianity, usually through very liberal use of well-known imagery or characters (like the devil), but hardly ever in a semi-realistic light. So I was curious to see what Vatican would do with it.
Thankfully, instead of just having exorcists stand in gothic cathedrals hunting down famous demons, Vatican inc…
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A fierce orange candle glow shatters the cold darkness of the night. Near a forest chapel, a group of strange hooded figures circle around the Ouija board, put forth their hands and begin their chant. Suddenly, a guard picks up on the sight, boldly confronting them with a blinding blue flashlight as they run off. “Damn brats! Playing demon rituals again, huh?” The guard continues his work. Craving a drink, he enters the large, creaky door of the nearby chapel.
He gasps.
DRAMATIC MUSIC rings out as he stands at the entrance gawking at something-or-other?! Several awkward seconds pass before the cameraman remembers to show what on earth is so shocking!! INTENSE CLOSE-UPS ensue of... majestic, sparkling blonde hair? Buckets of deep red blood... gracefully drift down from some man’s hands li…
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Hands down the best comedy of the season.
Do you like the davinci code? Would you like to see what it would be like if mashed up with scooby-doo? Then this is just the show for you!
Story (1/10)
two priest hve to check wether reported miracles are actually true, yet all they find are drugs and evil secret societys. It's very ofer the top, each case ending in a conspiracy theory that makes the x-files seem like a research paper.
And they play everything straight. Always serious. The characters just accept everything that's thrown at them. Not that they would have any time to process it; the show is incredibly fast-paced, in the worst way possible. It's awful and absolutly hilarious.
Art (1/10)
Generic style, even though the LN it'as based on has illustrations from Thores. Wierd texture…
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Please note this review is intended to be read by those that have finished watching Vatican Kiseki and while care has been taken to minimize story related spoilers there might be minor spoilers in character analysis.
Intro and premise
The church and by extension the Vatican is not something that you see often within anime due to their complexity and the difficulty in creating a story in which they can be effective at. This makes this anime even more interesting because of it. By its nature the church will always be concerned with Miracles when they happen and here lies the story that will be used as the overall plot.
The overall plot of the show follows the duties of two such investigators of this secretive division who are Roberto Nicholas a man well versed in ancient knowledge and…
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As the name would suggests, Vatican Kiseki Chousakan is an anime that uses religious themes while it presents the mysteries in the plot of the show. Overall I thought the anime was good and it managed to maintain a decent balance when it came to the aforementioned religious elements and the story. The various mysteries throughout the course of the show were interesting and well written for the most part. The art was very good and when it needed to be, the same can be said for the animation. The way how the soundtrack was utilized was superb and many of the songs were perfect for the situation they were used in. The characters were okay, nothing amazing.
I enjoyed my time with Vatican Kiseki Chousakan. It's fairly unique and I thought the execution of everything was done well. However I don…
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This is actually my very first review so bear with me.
-No spoilers in this review
Vatican Miracle examiner is quite unique for an anime in that it explores Christianity, and more specifically Catholicism. There are a few other I won't bother naming, but this one does it quite well I think. It manages to present interesting plot arcs and stories that explore the idea of holy miracles but at the same it doesn't to shove it's religion in your face. What I mean is that anyone who isn't Christian can enjoy this show without ever feeling uncomfortable or offended.
Story-8
The show has a few distinct arcs within it; in each arc the main characters travel to a different part of the world and do what Vatican Miracle examiners do. The story arcs are loosely tied together, but for the most part…
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