Audience reviews
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rendecimator
TLDR: cute series but unfinished; please read the manga
I really enjoy this anime. It's got cute characters, a good art style, and it's funny. Hinamatsuri is also very wholesome, especially considering Anzu. It dives into her life as a homeless person, and shows her struggles, as well as her wins. The series can get a bit boring at times, but hey, that's slice-of-life for ya. If you like charming father-daughter bonding moments with a hint of chaos, then you'll probably like this.
However, if you ONLY watch the anime, then you're missing out on a lot of critical information. Once you finish watching, you'll be left wondering "Who even are these girls? What about the scene at the end?". I highly recommend to anyone interested in watching Hinamatsuri that you read the manga afterwards. Fo…
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I was absolutely down to invest in the anime the first episode set up. Strange exceedingly powerful young girl that doesn't understand human interactions being dropped in to learn just that from a Yakuza (hilarious blind-leading-the-blind set up) while i assumed part of what would form their bond is protecting each other from the dangers each of their lives are rife with.
And then that just didn't happen. It was like they got a new showrunner for episode 2 that came in blind and just made it up as they went along. It was incoherent, disjointed and downright irritating because i wanted very much to continue watching the anime i started.
I will say there were animes within this anime that could be pulled out and given their own storyline that i would watch in a heartbeat. Anzu doesn't ne…
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I dropped it once and gave it a 5. I thought it just wasn't interesting.
Then I decided to give it another try and was even more disappointed.
What really bothers me is that the story is nonconsequential. Anything could happen (you have 2 girls with superpowers to begin with), but only something does, and in the next episode half of it is forgotten. Characters disappear, on to the next (forced) joke.
Superpowers. Hina has to use them because if she doesn't, it could get out of control. Anzu has similar powers, but doesn't have the same problem. Anyway, don't worry, neither Hina nor Anzu will use any of their powers after the first few episodes.
The story doesn't follow a path, but just goes from A to B, then forgets about half of that, starts again at some point between A and B, and pr…
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Quick Thoughts:
Hinamatsuri had some funny moments, but it was underwhelming overall.
Story:
There's some continuity between episodes, but the series is generally episodic. The POV switches between several characters: mainly Hina, her friends, and her caretaker Nitta. I thought this format worked well since Hina was too one-dimensional to be the primary focus. Most of the scenarios were pretty typical for this kind of comedy, but I did find Anzu's episodes pretty unique in that they covered topics like homelessness, frugalness, and morals from a different perspective. As far as genres, I'd say Hinamatsuri was mostly comedy and SoL, but there were some attempts at tear jerking or heartwarming moments. One of the main issues I had was that a lot of exposition felt pointless. You could take…
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TLDR Review at the bottom. Hopefully, that helped, thank you for reading it in advance.
By now, it is common knowledge that comedy is a hit or miss. You either find the content funny, or you don't at all. Usually, comedy in anime is systematic in that if it isn't a parody, there is a formula used to death to just make a comedy. I will use an example to show you what I mean:
Simon: "Bob man, it's freezing down here and you have no coat on, how are you not cold!"
*3 seconds later*
Bob: "Huh. Oh... it's cold? I guess you are right"
Simon: (through thought) *insert funny anime blue shock face here* "How the hell did you just realise that now..."
Comedy in anime relies on a silly situation in which a funny reaction occurs right after. I don't find that a problem, it is just that the reason f…
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I really did not expect to like this anime so much. I saw a funny meme on fb which lead me to this anime and I really enjoyed watching Hinamatsuri. It is not an anime that will make you laugh all the time but it does keep a smile on your face throughout.
Some moments were predictable, but that's what makes it funny. The story embraces all the cliche moments that you see in an anime. It makes those moments funnier. There were also some heartwarming moments which almost made me cry.
So as a conclusion I can say that anyone can watch this anime even if you don't watch comedy. It's only 12 episodes long and the story progresses quite nicely but leaves the end on a cliffhanger in a way. But it doesn't matter.
Just watch this show if you like comedy and even if you don't still try it
Read at the sourceMoe_Blob
I came to this show expecting a silly show about psychokinetic girls and yakuza members getting up to mischief, but I left with a lot more than I was expecting.
This is my first MAL review, and it will contain *spoilers*!
The show starts off as a normal enough comedy, with great animation and well designed characters. The gags are quick and funny, and never failed to make me laugh. The infamous 'fight scene' from the second episode and the ever brilliant 'girly club' scene are particularly great. But as the show expands, it not only maintains its comedy and writing, but also touches on themes of childhood, growing up, and parent hood.
The main character, Hina, and her adopted father Nitta develop a healthy relationship throughout the series- Nitta learns of how much a child can change…
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Hinamatsuri comes off as a jumbled mess that doesn't really know what it wants to be.
the first episode set me up to this action, sci-fi, adventure to find out the origins of Hina and what she wanted with Earth and how her being under the care of this Yakuza member would change both of their lives, and it all went down hill from there.
as the show progresses, it seems like more of those initial characteristics drop off in favor or a vanilla, saccharine slice of life with one dimensional characters. all the characters lack meaningful depth and replaced it with one noted shticks, which made it hard to really connect to anyone. the only arc that actually caught some of my attention was Anzu's homelessness arc, because at least that added to motivation for her character.
a lot of the joke…
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Hinamatsuri! My 100th anime completed ! I found out about this anime through a youtube video from Sydsnap around when I completed by 90th anime or so. Scrolling about this anime , I already knew it was going to be good. If you watched a lot of anime you can already tell an anime is going to be good even before watching it. So I saved this anime for my 100th special.
And to no surprise it was amazing. The comedic parts of this anime is so fresh and sometimes subtle. It never gets boring and repetitive like a lot of the comedy anime I have watched. In addition to the comedy, there are several instances where the anime is "Feelzy" and I did not expect that at all. It really strengthened the anime and I feel the non-funny scenes made the anime even more memorable.
The characters were all u…
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Kept waiting for something to happen.
This show is fairly easy to watch and there are some moments that will make you laugh.
Overall though nothing really happened. You would think a show about girls with telekinetic powers and some shadowy organization would have more violence, fights or anything really.
Instead you are treated to 12 episodes of Hina wanting food and lazing about. Nitta caring for and often complaining about Hina. Ansu's life as a homeless teen (which was probably the most interesting part of the show) and finally Hitomi working in Nitta's favorite bar and occasionally helping Hina or Ansu.
This show is very episodic, with very little in the way of a contiguous story line. After 12 episodes there was no indication of where these super powered girls came from, or what t…
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What an overrated mess of an anime. A comedy where almost all jokes rely entirely on wit with no satisfying punchline. A touching slice of life which is usually compromised by tasteless jokes that ruin the emotional moments with a big middle finger to its audience. A gimmicky psyche powers anime which said gimmick's only purpose for existing is to serve occasional jokes which almost never impact the overall story whatsoever, seriously, you could have taken out the powers aspect and had the kids be orphans who never knew their parents and little would change regarding the character arcs we see. This series tried to be so many things and couldn't handle them all at once.
Main character green-haired psyche girl's a useless kid, her yakusa caretaker really only cares about her because no one…
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Its been a while since I found a comedy anime/tv show that really made me laugh out loud and at the same time made me go into tears.
One of the best comedy anime I ve seen, with an incredible and unexpected slice of life
STORY 8 I ART 10 I SOUND 9 I CHARACTER 10 I ENJOYMENT 10 I OVERALL 9.4
So whats Hinamatsuri about?
Well its about many things actually, three main girls with each one of them with really different personalities surrounded by a lot of intersting characters
Hina a girl with incredible psychic powers that suddenly crash in the apartment of a yakuza member named Nitta, even when at first Hina was a pain for Nitta, he adopts her as his own daughter.
Anzu the girl with not so great psychic which purpose was to defeat Hina and ends being a homeless person.
and Hitomi(my f…
Read at the sourceArtrill
[6.0/10]
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Sometimes you are better off leaving your expectations low and not getting enraptured into something too quickly. For someone that has watched a lot of television and film, I still haven’t broken the habit of brushing my cynicism aside when I see something exceptionally well made. Whether it be the first episode of Kill la Kill, which is vibrant, eccentric, and perfectly paced, or the hook in Nichijou, as we witness a well-known anime cliché get upturned in its opening sequence, setting lofty expectations for the series. The point here is, when a show gives you everything in its opening, you either buy into it or don’t. It shapes the future of the product for the viewer. Next time…
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Man, was this anime a ride or what? I previously wrote my review on this series when I reached the midpoint of the anime but I thought I'd update you guys since my opinion's changed a bit. Hinamatsuri is an anime that primarily follows the titular character, Hina—a psychic girl that finds herself living with a wealthy yakuza member, Nitta, after mysteriously appearing in his house one night. While the premise is a bit unoriginal, it still has a few interesting moments.
This series is considered to be a comedy, but I find some of the jokes failing to land. Don't get me wrong, I find myself laughing a bit at a joke or two each episode, but I just don't find most of them particularly funny. The beginning started off flat, but it got a bit wackier and it doesn't take itself too seriously, whi…
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Hinamatsuri, or what other people call it anzumatsuri. This show was definitely a welcome surprise to me. It's a show that doesn't necessarily do anything out of the ordinary, but does it well. It has nice quirky jokes hear and there and its a real feel-good anime. If you do watch this, I can guarantee you will have that creepy smile on your face all the way through. It's jokes are very innocent and wholesome.
I didn't think there were any stand out character designs or music in the show, but they all played a part in the anime. I hope for season 2, they bring a lil bit more action as the bits and pieces of action/comedy scenes were definitely the funniest parts of the show.
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This Spring 2018 season, we are given sequels of popular shows that ever aired on the anime community. From My Hero Academia 3, Tokyo Ghoul:re, Steins;Gate 0, High School DxD Hero to SAO Alternative GGO (even tho its a spin-off). Then we are blessed with Romantic-comedy segmented shows like Wotakoi, Tada-kun and 3D-Kanojo Girl. Of course this are not the only anime the aired this season. There are countless of them as well as leftovers from the last season which is Winter 2018. However, despite of many choices of anime to watch, there is one lacking the season without this genre. The "Comedy" genre. Sure, we have rom-coms all over the place but that doesn't stop me for hoping a show that will air this season that is pure comedy. Not only comedy, but some drama as well that can make my or o…
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Back when I first started Hinamatsuri in the midst of other shows for the Spring season Hinamatsuri felt different. Compared to the others, it pulled me in and in a different way too. In the first five minutes I was slightly taken aback by the artstyle but when I continued watching it, it hit me with it's wonder. Hinamatsuri is exactly that kind of anime, and it continued to be so till it's end, it calms you down, then immediately rushes out with the comedy and before you know it, you're laughing out loud. Oh and there are tons of heartfelt moments too, what more could you ask for such an innovative and hilarious anime? Original Review published June 22, 2018 on MAL
For starters, Hinamatsuri is a fresh take among the many comedy anime we see nowadays. It's not a school romance comedy and…
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What makes a great comedy anime?
Comedy
Timing
Character reactions
Direction Character relationships
These are all ways to make a comedy anime better. However, unlike my 3D Kanojo real girl and Love is hard for an Okatu reviews where I compared them with each to see which one was overall better (spoilers Wotaku Love is hard for an otaku won) but instead I just want to talk about I believe that Hinamatsru or Hina Festival is by far one of the best comedy/slice anime to ever come out. Am not saying that its competitor Comic Girls was bad or anything, in fact, Comic Girls was a good comedy/slice of life anime that made me laugh a couple of times. However, it still wouldn’t have a chance against Hinamatsuri
So what made Hinamatsuri so great?
How did it end up dominating the Spring 18 sea…
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Just so that we are clear: Nitta thought Hina was a dude, even though he had a full-frontal look at her unclothed body.
……seems legit.
Anime comedies never seem to tickle my “funny bone” the way The Simpsons did in its heyday (circa 1991-1999). While there are notable exceptions (i.e. One Punch Man and Gintama), the vast majority fall under the zany category of school-aged hijinks. To distinguish itself from the heard, Hinamatsuri throws in girls with psychic powers, who, for the most part, use them to generate obscure situations for the purposes of setting up the proverbial punch line. And while a handful of the joke’s secure a half-smile-to-a-grin, nothing resonates enough with the viewer to burst out into laughter over. In fact, I would wager that my expression resembled Hina’s blank…
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Once every now and then, we get comedic showstoppers that does what it needs to do: entertain. I’ve seen a lot of comedy shows in the past few years and believe me, Hinamatsuri belongs in a category of its own. It’s entertaining not just on the level of being able to make me laugh but also able to capture the magic of what comedy really is about. It’s only 12 episodes but manages to make an addicting impression.
As a fan of the manga, delightful is just one of many words that came to mind when I heard about the adaptation. The manga contains over 70+ chapters of memorable content and to fully deliver that value isn’t an easy task. Luckly, Hinamatsuri does something that I noticed many shows doesn’t do these days and that’s being aware of itself. On first viewing, it felt like a challenge…
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