Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
darth_kaiser_x
very reflective, it leaves you thinking about several "what ifs" that could have happened in life, it brings feelings of nostalgia, small moments of joy that make you think: "I was happy and I didn't know it", this work brings you all these feelings, the first story is simple but manages to captivate you with a touching narrative, the second for me is the weakest of the three but it is still good and tells a story of persistence and adaptation when circumstances try to throw you down and the third was the one that touched me the most because it reminds me of something I always wanted but never had when I was younger, the animation is very good and well crafted, if you want to relive simple and nostalgic moments this anime is for you
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This anime reminded me to make the most of now do what I want and say what I want to so when I grow up I have no regrets taught and reminded me to communicate taught me to enjoy what is present in my life because I don’t when it might disappear thought me to not get jealous of others and to keep doing what I’m doing as best as I can until I can’t do it anymore focus on myself I really really enjoyed it.
I also really liked the animation style and I would recommend this to anyone looking for a chill/slice of life watch since it can hit close to home
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Shikioriori 8/10 but uniquely enough for me to write a review for the kind you to give it a try
This movie's theme is: REGRET
I know we humans are bitterly imperfect, but please give your best. I plead with you to do it every time.
This movie's storytelling is different from the usual. 3 individuals with their own monogatari (story).
Each has made a mistake by not trying their best in their own respective way.
1/ Not trying to confront his own feelings and always choosing to watch from sideways
2/ Misplacing her priority between work and family. A major setback e is part of life, stay strong.
3/ Acting based on anger or bitter feelings is the worst self-punishment. You can lose things forever; please give your best: time, effort, and whatever shame you may think you need to go through.
T…
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My initial reaction to the end of the movie was merely awe. I could not believe I had just sat though an hour and a half of nothing. I was attracted to the idea that this was an anime created by the creators of your name, a movie that is visually stunning and has an amazing story. When I saw the romance tag to this movie, I had a similar expectation. That expectation was entirely wrong. This is not a romance, it is 3 separate stories that mesh in inconsequential ways at the end of the film. The combination of the three stories as a single movie feels like a crime as the only similar trait between them is all of the characters are finding their 'meaning' in life and reflecting on their journeys. This is realign just in line with some of the other Netflix originals, throwing money at a shit…
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Flavours of Youth is a story not dedicated to literal food. Rather, a collection of three stories from a time of the early tastes of life. The taste of nostalgia if you like.
I can't say I relate to this movie, my life isn't very exciting or eventful compared to others. What I will say however is that it is a good representation of the many different stories people carry along with them and continue to write days, months, years into the future, until the halting of one's life comes. Picture yourself in a busy metropolitan area, with every person that passes you, a story, eventful, uneventful, exciting, unexciting, happy, unhappy, orthodox, unorthodox, interesting, uninteresting. A magnitude of adjectives can be used to describe an individual's sole story, and it is mind-boggling really. I…
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Although Flavors of Youth might not have the same western appeal as the studios' other works, it is still a film worth experiencing with fantastic visuals, effective music and stories that are short yet sweet. Some might find this movie to be 'boring' as the concepts on paper are quite simple and not particularly interesting, however the artistic way that these stories are told makes them surprisingly engaging and really shows the talent of the studio behind this movie.
It might not be for everyone, however I can safely say I really enjoyed my time with this film and recommend people to give it a chance.
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First story was just about a guy smacking on some bomb noodles and that was pretty cool. The animation when they were whipping it up in the kitchen was kinda heat ngl. I personally found this pretty average. The animation was nice and all but the story wasn't that interesting, it's just about a guy that likes grubbing on some noodles. 6/10
The second story was about 2 sisters, one of them worked as a model and the other worked as a designer for her model sister. This story was like eh bruh like I lowkey could've just skipped it and wouldn't care at all. This story might hit the spot for some viewers but it wasn't for me. The story wasn't bad just wasn't interesting enough for me. 4/10
Now the third story, bruh that was like mad heat ong no cap. The third sto…
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Beautiful animation, though not quite on the same levels as they have produced in other films. The problem comes with the stories, firstly because of the short run time and the choice of making 3 short films rather than 1 long or 2 semi-short. This makes it so that there never really is that much time to delve deeper into the characters in each one, so they feel kind of distant and not as relatable as they could be.
There is also an issue with how the films build up their climax and end game, because there is no build up. They introduce the characters, drop a bomb and then leave the empty characters to try to clean up the mess. Not an ideal scenario if you want to make touching stories.
The last story was by far the best, but even then the progression was as clear as a guess 1 sec into th…
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Move along, I’m Chinese, this show is targeted at me and I’m telling you, it’s shite, other Chinese people think so too. End of review.
Okay.
This review took a yearlong because I struggled to finish the film when it first came out, here I am a year later, finished it, felt compelled to write a review because it was bad bad.
First of all, the Netflix version and the Bilibili version is not the same, not only the voice actors are different, the music is different. The Netflix Chinese dub was absolutely awful, the writing was extremely inarticulate, almost seems like it was written and read by a 7-year-old. Even the English dub sounded way better, heck the Brazilian Portuguese was good too and I don’t even understand it. Netflix didn’t even bother dubbing the second story in Cantonese or…
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There are three parts, and all three fail to teach anything about Chinese culture at all. All three parts are generic to watch, though it does get better as it goes on. I particularly like that the first part is dedicated to past, the second to present and the third to the future. It is a nice touch. Though the story-telling was not executed very well.
Story: 5/10
1) 'A Sunny Breakfast'
You may as well just skip this part. There is nothing to it at all. The entire thing is a guy narrating about noodles. I honestly thought it would end up being a really long noodle advert. The pacing was awful, one moment he is a child who loves noodles and then he is a teenager who loves noodles. The only character traits of this guy is that he likes noodles and he likes a random girl he sees for about 5…
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There are two things you should know about "Flavors of Youth":
1. It's a great anime.
2. You probably won't think it's a great anime.
"Flavors of Youth" strikes me as an inaccessible anime - particularly to western audiences - and not just because of its meandering, introspective nature that would put a lot of people to sleep. I would describe it as a cultural piece that, to fully appreciate, you not only need to know about Chinese culture, you must have been submerged in it at some point in your life. On top of that, the anime homes in on a very specific Chinese generation: the generation who grew up there around the 90s, the generation who witnessed China's rise to one of the world's largest economies. My generation.
Perhaps that's why I struggle to recall the last anime with which I…
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Shikioriori or Flavours of Youth reaches out to Chinese and by extension Asian youths but ohh boy does has that tinge of pretentiousness in the mundanity as it's biggest obstacle.
Shikioriori is made up of 3 short stories spanning 25 minutes each to make this "movie", "Rice Noodles, "A Little Fashion Show" and "Shanghai Love" all of them covering different perspectives of the changing times of being a Chinese youth through differing aspects of their lives, be it noodles, fashion and sibling bonds and friendship.
Rice Noodles - "You know what...his inner monologue about noodles melds oddly well with Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san..they need to get together sometime". Rice Noodles follows Xiao Ming who grew up with rice noodles all his life. His tale is mostly consisting of his many flavours o…
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Written under the pretense that life is boring, Flavors of Youth showcase’s the mundanity of ordinary people in all of their glorious banality. Injections of “shock and awe” are inserted to obfuscate the viewer’s attention away from the overt vapidity that is present on screen, but it is to no avail, as the blandness is too pungent for one to completely ignore. Furthermore, the presence of a theme or overarching message seems to be absent, leaving the viewer confused as to what they are watching an insipid movie with little-to-nothing to offer.
Sunny Breakfast: 1/10
“Translucent.”
This was one of the numerous words that “Narration Boy” used to describe the essence of his entire existence (i.e. noodles); yet, it also serves as an accurate description of his unremarkable life. Rather tha…
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The 3 parts covered in Shikioriori are the about the 3 basic needs of human life.
It's my first review. Excuse me if it's not structured properly.
Spoilers Ahead!
1. Food
"Hidamari no Choushoku" (Sunny Breakfast)
It took us through the need for food. The magical taste of San Xian noodles. How the loss/change of the taste would make us feel, the people with whom we eat and the atmosphere of where we eat. 2. Clothing
"Chiisana Fashion Show" (A Small Fashion Show)
It shows how fashion has changed the Clothing industry in a good/bad way (depends how you see it). And the people/models who work in this industry are working so hard to be at the top. Finally, it shows that just a normal type of clothing of your favourite colour made by your sister would make you feel better than a super-costly…
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As I was sitting down and scrolling through kissanime new anime additions something caught my eye, like a a really pretty bowl of noodles in a fish shop. That would obviously be this movie. Obviously.
Throughout watching the first part of the movie there was a lot of thoughts swirling in my mind. Why is there only narration? Why does this sink look better then the entire movie? Why aren't there more noodles? To many questions were going through my mind. One minute the dude is eating noodles and looking at this pretty girl next second were at his grandma's death bed and I'm like tf is going on, but it was fine, cause next thing I knew there were noodles on the screen again so it was all good.
Next we have the worst part of the movie. The Not Noodles but Fashion Show part of the movie. I…
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The tripartite anthology "Shikioriori", is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and recent Chinese history, in particular that of China's rapid economic development during the 1990s, so it pains me to read so many reviews that seem to exhibit no awareness and no understanding of the cultural context and demographic to which this film targets.
1) Sunny Breakfast
For non-Chinese people, or those who have not grown up in Chinese-influenced societies like much of South East Asia, you may not know that food is widely recognised as the most important part of Chinese culture. That Chinese people often greet each other with "Have you eaten" and that Chinese parents will express their love for their children not with "I love you" but "Have you eaten/there is food" is merely one of the many cultura…
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Netflix refuses to stop with their nu-animu. This time we have the privilege of experiencing the walk of our lifetime, offered by the Chinese because why should anime be Japan exclusive.
This movie is split in 3 section that all are about walking,
1) The first one is really poetic. Walk and talk because why would person just want to simply enjoy scenery and relax. No, being treated like some plebeian tourist is much more rewarding. I personally recommend turning off the sound to avoid this thing from ruining the visuals as well. This in case you, for some weird reason, still decide to watch this anime
2) The second one is a fashion show walk the catwalk which was pretty philosophical because apparently old people can also walk, but future generations walk faster. This is pretty interest…
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• SLIGHT SPOILER REVIEW •
Shikioriori, English name: Flavors of Youth, is divided into 3 Chapters: First (Sunny Breakfast), Second (Small Fashion Show), Third (Shanghai Love). Similar on what Shinkai did on 5 Centimeters per Second. The movie is placed in China and even the main character’s name is all in Chinese. But the studio and voice actors are Japanese. Here’s my quick review of the film:
Story:
As the film begins, you're greeted with an aesthetically beautiful art and animation followed by a few words and the first chapter’s title. The MC of the first chapter then is introduced. As the first chapter ends, the second chapter begins. The transition is the same as the first one. As the story flows, the movie gives a very heartwarming slice of life, with a slight touch of love, heartb…
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This is going to be my first review! (LIGHT SPOILERS)
Story: 7
This movie is an anthology that is composed of 3 stories. I'll briefly comment about it one by one.
"A Sunny Breakfast" 6/10
it comes off as an introduction story of an adult lingering the remnants of youth. The story doesn't really progress instead it comes off poetic and nostalgic. But that's just it.
"A Little fashion show". 8/10
A story about two sisters with different careers that separates them from living a kind of lifestyle yet they share the same roof. It's pretty decent to look at it as a whole but somehow it lacked something. It's still predictable as it is but what brought significance to the 2nd story is that they managed to breakthrough and intermingle their different passionate careers, showing the good side…
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To begin, this anime was premiered at AnimeExpo 2018 if this is in fact what I think it is, so despite the fact that I haven’t been able to add it to my watched list, this is a review for a show that was shown long before MAL said it first aired (and I’m still slightly upset that MAL wouldn’t let me say I completed it, but that’s not your problem)
While I normally review in the same boring style based on the categories of story, art, sound, character, enjoyment, and overall as per MAL recommendation, Shikioriori/flavors of youth (FoY; sorry but I will be abbreviating it to this for simplicity) follows 3 different stories, each about as long as a normal 25 minute episode. It will be tough, but try to follow my thoughts because I will be trying to review all 3 stories at the same time to ma…
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