Audience reviews
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Trifortay
Slow Start hits very close to home for me and I don't know why. The fact that Hana is scared of losing friends due to unforeseeable occurrences. And then finding some new friends and yet still dreading losing the friends she used to have. She's a year behind in school.
All the characters are memorable and Kamuri is just Kanna 2.0. Same VA and similar personality. The only thing I don't like about the anime is how short it is. I want more. It is fun to watch and good to watch if you wanna get away from something traumatic or if you just got done watching a rough anime.
The artstyle compliments how cute the anime is and the voice acting is perfect.
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I just watched this anime from Ani-One Asia last week. At first, I was worried that this anime would be in an all-female genre with unique characters. At first, when I first got to know this anime around 2020, I found this anime on LINE TV. When I watched episode 9, there were a few nude scenes. Until now, I have seriously watched all 12 episodes. In my opinion, these 12 episodes give me a very satisfying feeling. And each character can be a good indicator of the future. But except for Hana-chan, she was delayed by 1 year in school because she had mumps. Had to stop taking exams for 1 year, but for me I didn't think much of it. It's just an anime that makes me feel like I'm really happy with it. No matter how much, it's still fun. As for the other characters The protagonist Hana-c…
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Recommended with a big asterisk.
Bottom line: if you like CGDCT, yuri, and ecchi, then you will enjoy Slow Start. It is a PG-13 teaser, with enjoyable fan service and lots of yuri flirtations between the characters, especially so between Eiko and her teacher. But there is no nudity, nothing explicit, just a lot of joking and CGDCT.
The plot is minimal. The anime writers and producers let us down, suggesting a number of story lines that just fizzled out before they could get interesting. The art style is sort of classic for CGDCT, and may not be everyone's cup of tea.
I may find myself watching bits of this again someday. Sometimes you just need a little yuri CGDCT to get through the week.
6/10
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To be honest, I dropped this show after watching the first epsode, as, even though if it seemed nice, it felt absolutely generic, so cliche and prefabricated as it could be; anyway, a while later I gave it a second chance, and I quickly discovered how wrong I was.
Well, not actually wrong in the sense that the setting IS very generic. If you like this kind of slice of life/CGDCT series it's likely that you are tired of seeing a lot of the same characters and scenarios being represented over and over again: a bunch of girls in high school, with the energetic one, the responsible one, the loli one, the single young female teacher... It's just that it has been done some many times that when a show in this genre separates from this context, it feels so refreshing (like New Game does). There i…
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Tldr: 10/10 when it comes to reliability for viewers who are in any limbo in their life. This review is just an excuse for my to write a mini essay about the love and my relatability to Slow Start.
Slow start is, aesthetically, your typical "cute girls doing cute stuff" kinda anime. During my first viewing of the show, i dropped it within the first episode, primarily due to the overly "cute" characters; Tama was hyper active, Hana was a pain in the ass passive in every situation. I wrote them off as the typical tropes you find in these anime. However, i was very wrong. Our cute girls here have layers to them, each are going through and living their own lives behind what they portray to their friends and the outside world. All except Hana, are not hiding it but rather feel that its no big…
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I have watched so many Slice of life, CGDCT that I have actually lost count and went into slow start thinking it would be generic fluff. I was wrong, something about this show, cant quite put my finger on it, just warms me from the inside out. Every episode was an absolute pleasure to watch with soft yuri tones and lovable characters everywhere.
I would, for my own opinion place this at the top of the genre because it does it without an insane gimmick, the overarching theme being anxiety. Its just your regular highschool girls doing cute things and having cute adventures. The friendship between the main four and the subcast is just wonderful. I can easily see this not being for everyone, but for where I am in my life it was just a joy to watch. Hoping this gets a second season, because th…
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"The protagonist is a normal high school student going to your typical all-girls' high school. But wait! She's actually one year behind! I swear I'm not running out of ideas."
This was my first thought upon seeing Slow Start. Bear in mind, I actually (guiltily) enjoyed this show after watching it. But flaws are flaws, so here's my review.
STORY: Hana Ichinose is a- you already know this. And that's all the plot you're going to get from this series aside from minor character development. Spoiler: The gap year thing ends up not being essential to the show at all.
ART: Slow Start has the most generic art style it could possibly have. Granted they couldn't take too much liberty since this is a manga adaptation, but the show still looks like a template. The actual animation is stunning: as ex…
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Slow Start is just one of those anime where you find a gif or screenshot or YouTube clip and think "hey these characters look pretty cute and the scenes look enjoyable, I want to check out this anime!" Boy what a mistake that was for me.
Story 2/10: Well, the story behind Slow Start is about a girl, Hana, has a gap year between middle and high school due to having the mumps so she spends a year studying to get into a high school far away where people won't know her. So yeah that's basically the plot (omg gap year) which they mention, on average, once per episode. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but most of the time they're just hanging out doing stuff and then Hana is basically "oh yeah I have a gap year I'm nervous to tell my friends about it." Speaking of her friends, the only reason th…
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Character: 5, Enjoyment: 4
At first 4 episodes or so, I would have given it a solid 9/10. However as it progresses, it is clear that they were running out of ideas for comedy. Character development didn't feel complete even by end of the series. In fact, I even considered dropping this show before completion.
Art:9, Sound: 10
Art is amazing for what is expected from anime budget; i am not expecting any movie-quality art, but it surprised me. A lot of small movements were seen. Sound track is also great, but feels overdone for a light-hearted CGDCT anime series. Occassionally, soundtracks did not seem to fit the setting but I personally liked the soundtracks, separate from the anime.
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Here comes the time when all the shows of the season starts to finish up. Slow Start was the first show of the Winter season that i finished. I came out really enjoying it.
Kind of Ironic that just like the name of the show " Slow Start " The show is kind of slow at the start. But i feel it does pick up.
There is lot's of Yuri themes happening , Me being a connoisseur in the ways of Yuri, I got to say that i enjoyed this. Even if they never get together. It's nicely done with them not overly teasing Yuri and them just not doing it at all. I still would have liked if the shows characters actually got together. But i'm fine with it as it is. ( Eiko x Sensei is best pair )
This is just a fun show to watch when you want to relax in my opinion. Nothing extreme or crazy happens. It's just a…
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Slow Start is an anime adapted from a manga serialized in Kirara magazine. Most manga from Manga Time Kirara are the comedy slice of life with girls being the main cast. Some examples include K-On! and Kiniro Mosaic. Slow Start is also a comedy slice of life with girls being the main characters.
When i first watch Slow Start, i was not expecting much. The first episode doesn't really make a good impression. Some conversations felt really suggestive, making me think that this will just lean to mediocrity with fanservice. Now after watching, i have mixed feelings about Slow Start. I'm starting to like it while retaining the dislike from the start (which is still fading).
The story is that our main character, Hana Ichinose, went to high school but she got in one year late. This become her s…
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Slow Start caught me very much off guard. I went into it expecting to be routinely bored by a show that by all accounts should have been weekly filler, just a fluff show to pad out one of the empty time slots between all the more interesting shows I followed this season, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much it managed to exceed my expectations and keep my interest.
I think the reason this show stood out to me as being above average is also the largest reason I cannot recommend it fully or give it a higher rating, the characters. Slow Start hinted at a few interesting points of character growth and relationship development, but ultimately it failed to deliver on them. The main characters began as fairly generic and their group dynamic kept them from being completely stale but the sup…
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"A high quality CGDCT anime by A1 Pictures, surprisingly."
Pros:
1. Cute girls
2. Relaxing and heartwarming at times
3. YURI!!!!!!
4. High production quality
5. Great OP and ED themes Cons:
1. Run of the mill CGDCT anime, nothing compared to Yuru Camp and HakuMiko
2. Cliche character troupes
3. Loli Fanservice paradise
Among all those big titles airing this season, it's easy to look past series like Slow Start, especially when the plot isn't anything special, just cute high school girls doing random things. However, Slow Start actually did it differently compared to other anime in the same genre. Let me explain why.
Firstly, Slow Start has high production quality, meaning it's art and animation is on a whole new level compared to other series in the same genre. This is quite surpr…
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"Slow Start" is true to the name in that not much of substance really happens over the course of the whole show. I enjoyed it. I liked it. However, I just want this to be at the forefront for those who are thinking they'll see obvious and planned character development over the course of the season. The entire season seems more like stage-setting rather than altering character, mostly to show the quirks of each character in a much more magnified light.
That being said I'll need to admit two things: This is really the second CGDCT I have ever watched, and I found myself in love with this show. I just want to point out that I may not be the best judge on this genre, but I want to give my input anyways.
I don't know if it was hitting all the right buttons for me, but while this was simulcast…
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SLOW START, an anime about a girl who misses her first year of High school because she got sick and couldn't take the entrance exams and must now suffer the terrible fact that she is one year older than all of her classmates. Will she be able to make any friends?! Will she become a shut-in and a social outcast!? ... I mean... probably not. Otherwise this show probably wouldn't be on the CGDCT list.
Story: Yes the story is about a girl trying to essentially make friends... and then after she makes friends it turns into just pure CGDCT. There's a sorta plot about Hana trying to tell her new friends about her late year but it's never really resolved (much to my dismay).
Art: Looking good in the art department, gotta have these cute girls looking as cute as possible. Cuteness levels are ON P…
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Funnily enough considering the title of this anime, Slow Start went from an entertaining but mostly just good watch to one of my favorite series of this winter 2018 season as it progressed.
This story is focused on Hana, a shy girl who easily gets worried that she is a year behind the rest after not being able to do the exams for high school. That affected her and she couldn't handle thinking about what everyone else would think of her, so she ended up leaving her house and went to live in the apartment of her cousin Shion to start a fresh life where no one would know her. That decision gave her the chance to meet three girls from her new school that she will end up being very close to in this fun and heartwarming anime.
Most of the series is focused on Hana and her interactions with the…
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Is it almost always the same with moe comedies. Cute girls doing cute things without much thought beside it - it really is one of the easier genres to create. On the other hand, it is also one of the toughest genres to impress in, as you have to present a bit more to remain memorable. If it was New Game! with games or Blend S with maids playing different roles (interesting idea no matter how vague it may sound), the most famous CGDCT shows always had something which immedieatly catched the viewers attention.
In which we get to shows like Slow Start. Shows that first of all don't present almost anything in terms of originality and are the epidomy of the word generic. And second of all don't have remarkable overall qualities or much memorabily in themselves. Shows like these get ignored, wh…
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With the massive amount of shallow school-based CGDCT that exist you'd be forgiven for thinking that Slow Start is another one of those. While there are many shows that try to take a simple gimmick and turn it into a CGDCT show, that isn't the case here. It may look like it, after all the fact that one character is a year behind seems like a nice basis for a show so that it can set itself apart that little bit before going back to the old tropes.
Except it's not a gimmick and it's not treading the same ground. Rather it's going farther than most CGDCT shows ever try to do.
In reality, the core of Hana as a character isn't the fact that she started a year late, but rather how that late start effects her as a person. Hana shows all of the traditional signs of the worrier archetype but it g…
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