Audience reviews
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johndoe12893
I could only ever recommend this show to the deaf. The only redeeming factor for this show is the 15 second yuri scenes. Pretty sure that's all the author was thinking about too.
I figured I'd give this show a shot because it's common for shows with themes of rape/incest to be review bombed by western audiences.
But, putting all that aside, the show itself just sucks. The main character is as 1 dimensional as it gets, and 90% of the runtime is
just arbitrary flip flopping between "i love you" and "dont talk to me anymore". On top of that, while this is all happening, the love interest
is kissing(/fucking? that one scene wasn't too clear) anything that moves. The protagonist doesn't seem to care at all, and continues unconditionally loving the girl who had a combined 5 minutes of dialogue t…
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I'm going to write this review coming from the manga, a manga which I liked in spite of its flaws, in spite of its disturbing aspects.
In a nutshell, the manga tells the tumultuous relationship between two very different high school girls:
- Yuzu is a deeply kind girl, capable of selfless acts but still immature and somewhat fragile emotionally. She also has some rebellious streak and is depicted as a gyaru at school.
- Mei is a very disturbed girl, who was taught to bury her own sense of self and to always behave according to her environment's expectations. She's shown to be talented, rigid and uncaring, but she's also self-loathing and cut from her own emotions.
Although some of those points aren't obvious at the beginning of the story, they explain most of the toxic aspects of their r…
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This story would've worked exellently as a dark psychological drama, as a romance though, it is an abomination, and the relationship between the two leads will tell you exactly why
Let's start with Mei
Mei is an abuser, plain and simple, we can analyze why she becomes the way she is, and we will in a moment, but nothing excuses her appaling treatment of Yuzu
Now why is Mei the way she is?
The most likely catalyst is her being put in an abusive situation with her arranged engagement, on top of the already toxic family enviroment. Mei's abusive behaviour is driven by anger, anger towards her fiancé who's s******* abusing her, anger towards her grandpa for putting her in that situation by arranging the engagement, anger towards her dad whom she feels abandoned by, all of which she projects…
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This is absolute beutiful in therms of animations, characters, style, and that's why i liked it .
About the story, this anime is about 2 girls who fall in love, and that's ok!! but the fact that they are sisters but went for it, is crazy, and as i watched it there was scenes that made me realize that this anime was made by mens and FOR mens, as some scenes in the middle of the story didn't had to be there and it was just so people stick more(bc the scenes are mostly sexualized). Besides that, this anime is good, great animation, the develope of the characters is good, the places are beutiful.
Read at the sourceAlchemitsu
This anime will always be my guilty pleasure. The relationship between Mei and Yuzu is so good(in a toxic way) and I forever defend the anime adaptation. The pacing is solid with consistent fan service and lovers quarrels to keep viewers engaged. The character cast is fine, albeit underdeveloped (besides Yuzu and Mei). Yuzu is extremely well developed and her mission to understand her and Mei's feelings is very genuine an beautiful. Mei is a bit more linear, being the 2nd protagonist, but this is not to say she does not make significant changes over the course of the show. The first "antagonist" is meh but not great and the 2nd one is downright filler and is only their to force a divide in the romance. The show is strongest when its focusing on the romance and not external situations. Many…
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Peak fiction, complete masterpiece, best thing I have seen in years.
After getting through over 1000 episodes of mid piece filler I finally watched a real anime and im never going back. 12 episodes of pure action and drama. Gave me chills every minute. Characters are insanely well written and so is the story. I hope everyone gets to know the feeling of finally getting home to watch Citrus after 8 hours of physical work at car part factory. It made everything so worth it. k??? r????? omnia palmia pappa vessassa kuremiko mcdonalds 1337 s1lent dead canary san quentin the chair
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Ive watched 12 episodes of this anime, I have calculated every single angle and aspect of this anime ranging from the story, art, sound, character, and enjoyment and from this I have deduced that the main character may or may not be a lesbian. Fuk this doGshit anime
Texual Evidence: In the intro, features 2 girls, Mei and YuzuBitch kissing and that was my first clue to this claim that they may be lesbian. My second piece of texual evidence was from the christmas when Mei tried to s8x with YuzuBitch but to my displeasement they did not have fuck so Im not sure if they are lesbians at this point.
Counter Claim: Some may argue that they are in fact lesbians but according to my calculations it does not seem this way because they did not have fuk.
Overall: I will have to write this anime a…
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*spoilers, language* trigger warning: sexual assault, incest, and harmful stereotypes of lesbians
Let’s talk about problematicism. This isn’t a word, but if it was, let’s go ahead and slap it on Citrus. That’s what this show is, problematic in every way but its core. Let’s slap dreadful and sickening on there as well.
Citrus, at the surface, is a simple show that could go to many places narratively. We then meet the MC. Yuzu Aihara just stepped out of an 80s movie/ poorly written Episode story (props to you if you know what those are) and has entered a new, private all-girls school. Her mother was recently divorced and remarried to the son of the Chairmen of the School, whose daughter is the student council president. So we’ve got a typical start of a romance school anime, nothing out o…
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Citrus is a yuri romance manga that started in late 2012 and just recently ended. Although it looks like a second manga called Citrus Plus is planned. I don't know if it's going to follow the same characters nor have I read the manga. Early this year the studio Passione, also behind Rokka no Yuusha, aired a twelve episode adaptation to cover the first part of the story. So, let's see how that went.
Story:
Aihara Yuzu finds her life turned topsy turvy when her mother suddenly remarries and the pair relocate, forcing her to enter a new school. Things turn awkward immediately when she unknowingly breaks the rules and finds herself afoul of the young student council president. She returns home for a surprise, she has a new step-sister and it's the same student council president she met earl…
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Tinseltown has been coming under fire as of late. Celebrities' misdeeds are being exposed publicly on a weekly basis like a new sporting event. The #MeToo movement giving a platform to voice sex scandals that have gone unnoticed for far too long. Scrolling through your timeline, plastered on the TV screen, announced over the radio during daily commutes, the subject matter of countless memes, the focal point of water-cooler conversations; no matter where you turn, there it is. Accusation after accusation. Transforming popular figures into pervert pariahs overnight. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Bill Cosby, Louis C.K., Dustin Hoffman, Brett Ratner, James Woods, Bryan Singer, Casey Affleck; an endless potpourri of bigwigs—the 21st Century witch hunt in full swing. No one is safe.
And whil…
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I have never, in my life, felt this compelled to write a review about an anime. I was on board with citrus for the first 75% of the anime, I really was, before I realized why I'd had this weird tinge in the back of my brain that made me ultimately uncomfortable with the entire anime.
It's not the stepcest, it's not the pushing each other around and pulling at each others clothes although it's still pathetic how yuri and sexual assault go hand in hand in anime.
No, it was the fact that the main character, Aihara Yuzu, is the classic abusive relationship victim. She's not the perfect protagonist, and she makes her mistakes, but she without a DOUBT, makes solid leaps and bounds early on in character progression. She sees her mistakes, she sees her faults, and she actively works on herself i…
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Out of 100 Nobles watching...
42 were impressed.
35 got sick of the durdling plot.
15 just want characters in shows to be humans acting like humans doing human things instead of weird aliens acting like what their science division determined what they think humans WOULD act like.
8 would like Yuzu to have more lines of dialogue than just "Mei!"
Straight to the point. Citrus presented an interesting concept for a romance story. Our Gyaru protagonist (woo!) Yuzu falls in love with her new-to-the-family slightly younger step sister. The show sets up a plot that would have this couple face the problems that come with this sort of relationship as well as Mei's (the younger step sister) obligations to her biological family. If the show stuck to this it could have been something really powerful…
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Let me tell you a story.
Back in high school, I had a group of four friends. Myself, Florete (yes, that's my actual name), Danielle, Annie, and Melanie. One day we were at a restaurant together and while we had ordered different foods, we all ended up with mashed potatoes as a side. However, we all ate them differently. Danielle, who doesn't like flavor, had them plain. Annie liked pepper, but not salt. Melanie didn't like pepper, but loved salt. I loved salt AND pepper.
After we were done eating, I turned to Melanie and gave her a sweet kiss, with tongue. You see, Melanie was my girlfriend, and she's also my sister. Danielle and Annie rolled their eyes at us, the whole "this again" thing, as we had our fun. You see, salt strengthens us, so when we eat salt, we kiss, and it magnifies our…
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Not a lot can be said of this anime except that it was literally written to fetishize lesbian women.
To begin with, the story is basically 100% trash. There's nothing really redeemable about it. It's about a girl who basically sexually assaults her step-sister. After a while, her step-sister thinks it's love. That's pretty much it. NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS. Even as someone who indulges in shoujo, I really hate the sexual assault tropes that they try to normalize.
The art is the only part I have no complaint about. Everyone is gorgeous and the backgrounds are so well done that I wished I could just watch it on mute half the time. Not to mention that all the characters' eyes were simply breathtaking.
The sound could have been better. The opening and closing theme were a little annoying and…
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Citrus is a series that is tragically misunderstood; a story with far more substance and depth than word of mouth would lead you to believe. Not long after this show started airing, it’s become easy for people to write off any element in the story as a means to arbitrarily wring out some voyeuristic lesbian action, rather than stopping to think of the purpose it actually holds for the narrative. When a sexual assault occurs, viewers assume that it’s romanticizing such an action and therefore condones it. When an emotional barrier props up, it’s assumed to be nothing more than a way of piling on more drama. These premature assessments are commonly made when shows like this are perceived as simple fetish material, framed as horribly misplaced criticisms that leave Citrus in an undeservedly c…
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Being a fan of yuri is hard, atleast when it comes to anime. The list of all yuri shows is very, very short, and most of them suck real bad. And so every new show that resolves around such themes always gets a lot of attention. With Citrus, the expectations were big. But sadly enough, it didn't fullfil many of them.
For what made Citrus so interesting to begin with is that it's the first full-on yuri show without the element of moe in a long time. Now that's not saying that I don't like moe, actually it's the complete opposite, but seeing a show that tries to add a bit of drama and reality into it's greater themes really did lit up the fire of expectations, for both, the fanservice and the story. And the story, for the most part, is the main reason Citrus as an anime completely failed in…
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If I got a dollar every time this show featured a kiss scene, I’d probably be filthy rich now. No, not really but you have to admit, there’s almost an absurd amount of kissing in this show known as “Citrus”. To me, this show is a modern example of a trashy soap opera made with the intention of cash grab.
Adapted by the manga of the same name, Citrus is one of the few series in recent years that decided to take on the idea of lesbianism and turn it into a modern day drama. In anime form, it’s defined more as yuri/shoujo-ai. As someone who has read parts of the manga, Citrus focuses on the concept of female relationships. Unfortunately, I can’t really express any hope after reading the manga. This anime adaptation set off red flags from the start and isn’t able to fix them. It’s a shame re…
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Please note this review is intended for those that have already finished watching Citrus and while care has been taken to minimise story related spoilers there may still be spoilers within character analysis. You have been warned.
When sisters meet unexpected sparks fly and an unlikely romance blossoms
Based off a popular manga series of the same name Citrus is a Shoujo and romance anime that takes place within a school setting and gives us the opportunity to see what will happen if you not only find yourself welcoming in a stepsister into your family from your mothers new marriage but also the actions that can happen if you were to fall in love with the stepsister that you just welcomed into your family. While Shoujo animes aren’t usually a genre that I'm really interested in when loo…
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Some spectators consider themselves sophisticated, modern and avant-garde. However, when they become aware of some social taboos, they change their mind and create a disapproval towards some topics. One example, the lesbian romance. Citrus has potential but fails with some distasteful scenes as described below.
The Ugly: The story mistake love with rape and forces affection from a lame sexual assault. In this world, Weinstein’s behavior would be considered romantic and not the act of a sick predator.
The Good: As the plot progress you can observe the protagonists’ insecurity, problems, and feelings.
The Bad: Unrealistic begin. Some characters are not well developed because the time is not enough to let them grow.
Citrus introduces a homosexual storyline where we can see a lesbian nex…
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As a manga reader, there’s many things that must be addressed. For one, since it was 12 episodes long, I knew it would end in the shittiest arc possible. I hated it in the manga, I hate it here as well. Second, the adaptation was close to perfect, unfortunately the presentation of certain scenes were overly expressed more than it needed to be. With the 90% Rape and the 10% Consent, I felt a need, a need to think about this again.
Let me get this straight, as of right now, I enjoy the manga. The latest chapters started spicing things up. However, since the anime adapted such a crappy arc in the first place, there comes no surprise to when I say that I hated the second half of the anime.
Citrus is a Yuri manga that decided to show up after a long time since its announcement. It’s one of th…
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