Audience reviews
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DeadgrounD
This is a romance anime with barely any romance in it. And when romance parts do happen, they are done for the wrong reasons and just to push unnecessary, predictable and poorly written drama.
This anime has 26 episodes, 23 min per episode. That's roughly 10 hours. That is a lot of time for some. So I warmly suggest you to spend few minutes to read my review, and then decide if you want to commit 10h of your time to this anime.
First I will talk without spoilers, but later I will jump into spoiler territory (I will emphasize it).
I don't like giving it a low rating of 1 and I'm always looking for something positive, so I can avoid giving the worst rating if possible.
But this anime definitely surprised me.
The story is very simple, a young boy moves from the country to Tokyo to start a…
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Overview:
Suzuka is a romantic comedy anime about a quirky doofus who moves into a girl's dormitory run by his aunt. He then develops a crush for an obnoxious and abusive bitch who constantly beats him. So...this is Love Hina right? WRONG! This is something far, FAR worse!
Background:
Romantic comedies have always followed a similar formula. In the Western world this formula was created during the Commedia dell'arte in 1500s Italy. In Act 1 the male and female lead both dislike each other and seem to be opposites. In Act 2 the male and female discover common ground and grow closer together. In Act 3 there is a conflict and the male and female break apart, generally this is due to a misunderstanding. Finally in Act 4 the male and female reconcile and end up together. This is basically t…
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Do you long for the days of highschool teenage angst and being a complete moron? Well, good news then, you need help and this anime would fit you. If you are somewhere or anywhere remotely close to being a well adjusted individual then look somewhere else. If you are in that group well, my condolences.
The characters here are completely unlikable and horrendous with no redeeming quality, so much so that you long for a School Days ending to them all. The whole situation here honestly becomes annoying where drama is created for the sake of drama.
You know how much of a shitty anime this is? Both English and Japanese versions have acting that is considered to be completely monotonous, flat and stupid. Doesn't help the situation that they switch from stereo sound to mono.
The music chosen w…
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Sick and tired of romances in anime that don’t go anywhere? Wish to see something that dares to break the status quo and tell a story rather than appease the otaku-culture? Take a gander at Suzuka, a romantic triangle-drama with earnest character-development and constructive messages.
We follow our oblivious main character, Akitsuki, in his struggle to get through to the hard-headed Suzuka. We witness as he screws up, yet learns by taking advice from friends and by simply by being tenacious. The main couple are flawed characters that repeatedly mess up, sometimes to the point of annoyance, although the growth they go through gives it purpose. With a good supporting cast the show manages to stick out and feel like a fully fleshed out community of people, one that feels varied and natural.…
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I recommend this series. It has well written characters (both lovable and unlovable) and I found it to be funny.
This series perhaps has some of the best supporting characters I have seen yet terrible leads. Let me explain:
Both Akitsuki and Suzuka are terrible leads for this series. Both of them have no respect for their friends and they both behave in ways that would be unappealing to the opposite sex.
Akitsuki is essentially an obsessive stalker, doing things like peeping into her apartment and screaming at her door that he's never going to stop loving her even though she already rejected him
Suzuka is essentially a try hard and a bitch. Whenever someone is nice to her, she goes on a lecture-esque rant talking down to them and whenever someone does something weird or mean to her,…
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Overall
The very start of this anime makes you believe it's gonna be yert another lame "Love Hina" style harem. Luckily that quickly turns out to be false. There is no "girl of the week" syndrome, and all in all "Suzuka" is actually a really nice love story.
Animation
Not brilliant. The characters look a bit boring and the animation is stiff and at times awkward.
There is no fan service at all, but at least they don't censor the kissing scenes, as otherwise is common in anime.
Sound
Intro and outro tunes are good. No top 10 material, but at least worthy of being in my "listenable anime themes" folder.
Voice acting is ok, not bad but nothing great either.
Story
Ok, 26 episodes is plenty, and it would certainly be possible to compress it into 13. But still, there are no fillers and…
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"If you stand still nothing changes.... but... if you take even a step forward....I have a feeling something will change, and something good will happen!"
Here's the thing about the romance genre... usually when I watch a romance anime, I'm able to guess what will happen and get it right, like which character will get with another or what's about to happen in the story. Now, here's Suzuka, what appears to be a typical romance anime at first glance, but once you get further into the story, everything starts to make you have a different opinion about this anime. There are multiple instances where a rug was pulled out from under me unexpectedly. I thought one thing was going to happen, but it turns in a different direction and something else happens instead. While that can be good for those…
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A crush is a strange thing. It can start when someone shows kindness or sympathy for you, or it could happen with no more than a glance. "Love at first sight" they say. But in the same breath, they say "Love is blind". When you fall for someone, there's not much you can do, even if they are a complete and utter b@#ch. Enter Suzuka, a sports/"romance" anime that will take you on emotional ride. That is, if that ride were on a unicycle over a long, gravel road...
Suzuki is supposed to be a high school romance drama, but...was it supposed to be romantic? Every episode felt like I needed something happy to happen before I could go to bed, and 26 episodes, 5 cups of coffee and one broken portable dvd player later I was no where near satisfied. Now, I'm not saying nothing good happened, but the…
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Do not watch this anime first and foremost!
Okay Suzuka the main heroine, a wonderful athlete and an even more wonderful bitch. I don't think there is any better word to describe her. The main character (i forgot his name) is in love with her (no spoiler here its pretty obvious even before watching it) for some odd reason I'm guessing it's because he is a masochist because all Suzuka does is bitch at him all throughout the anime. In the beginning I believed that he was actually too good for Suzuka because he would put in effort without getting much in return, but after a while I just gave up on him as well. There were no characters that stood out from the others in a good way either. I feel that it is my duty to review this anime just so I would be able to save as many people as possible…
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Great teen dramas are a rarity. It is hard to find a teen drama that transcends the heavy melodrama that envelops most shows of the demographic. This is especially disconcerting considering how prominent they are in the world of anime. Shows like Toradora and Hanasaku Iroha manage to be exceptions, and they are gems for that very reason. Unfortunately, Suzuka only serves as a reminder of just how rare shows of that quality are.
The story is pretty standard; boy moves to Tokyo and a girl immediately catches his eye. The boy in question is Yamato Akitsuki, a laid-back carefree high school student; the girl who he fancies is the athletic perfectionist, Suzuka Asahina, and of course out of his league. Luckily for Yamato, Suzuka is his neighbor in the apartment complex owned by his aunt. Howev…
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I picked up the series when it was airing around 2005 but dropped it. I recently went back to finish the series and found it satisfying. That said Suzuka is an acquired taste and older viewers may like it more than younger viewers who will likely expect early payoffs in the story to keep them interested.
The series also doesn't quite fit the mould of a highschool drama and cannot be easily categorized. It has the elements of a harem, mixed with a sports drama, but neither are fully developed. Instead, we get a story of imperfect people leading imperfect lives. As a result, this may lead some to become frustrated with the show, especially if they are conditioned to expect certain plot development and arcs from other stories in the same general genre.
This leads to the next point. The mai…
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Suzuka often reminds me of a contemporary piece of artwork. It's sloppy in a few ways and you don't really understand what's going on in some places. But most of all, it gives you a unique experience and an enjoyable piece of art to look at. Once the artwork's motive or story behind it is revealed, you often come to a different perspective of what it is on the surface.
Its story really left an impact on me in some ways. It reminded me of, well, me. Trying new things, and ultimately coming to like what your doing. The path of love is harsh, bumpy, and often belligerent as you trudge your way through to find the one that you want to be with, as I tried to do myself. With every action you take, life has to throw you for a loop and send you spiraling through emotional hardships that you must…
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The story is fairly simple - a young man moves from the country to Tokyo to start a new life at highschool, and falls in love at first sight with a promising athletic student (the titular character of the show). In short it's a love story, and while the premise sounds bland, so do those of some of the very best animes.
Suzuka, however, is not one of them. It's often described as "character driven" but this is a terrible thing because the majority of the characters (including the two main ones) are barely likable and have few redeeming qualities. Yamato and Suzuka both play to archtypes almost to the letter and this is incredibly frustrating to watch. Although the entire series is based around their romance, you are left with an overwhelming idea that this romance only exists because the…
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One of the main problems of romantic anime is that you can always predict how it will end. Just look at the DVD-cover and read the title and you don’t need to watch it. So the plot itself is not what we watch romantic anime for, we watch it for interesting characters, their development and feelings.
But “Suzuka” was rather unusual experience for me; it kind of reminded me of “Macross”, because of the complicated love-triangle. First, we have Asahina Suzuka. You may call her tsundere, but the way she acts, thinks, feels makes her very realistic. At the times she can be very cold (her name actually means “Cold wind”) and uneasy to handle with but her warm, caring side is very touching.
Then you have Yamato Akitsuki. There is nothing special or unique about him, just your simple shounen her…
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Suzuka is not your typical anime romance/drama, whereas with a lot of anime romance it is either a harem or some magical tale, Suzuka stands apart as being a more realistic tale. The serise is based around Yamato and the girl of his dreams, Suzuka and all the trials and tribulations surrounding being round her. This series does take a panning from some people about the characters decisions during the series and how obvious it is that it is not the right thing to say, but for me that is the beauty of this anime, the fact is when you are in love you do say things that you don't mean and are too stubborn to take back, I found myself cringing watching events unfold as have happend to me in real life, and looking to see how the characters got through those difficulties.
I find it hard to crit…
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There's something wrong when my favorite character is the cat.
I didn't really like much about this show. I thought that the music could be better. I thought the art wasn't anything to talk about. I wasn't all that crazy about an of the characters, and I think they cheated on the plot a little.
First off they dedicate a lot to track and feild in this show. And yet in the end it's sorta ignored for other things. I couldn't stand Suzuka half the time and Yamato wasn't my favorite character in the later part of the series either.
My major disliking for the show is Suzuka. One second she was warm and then she was cold and you never got to know her well enough to understand. You know next to nothing about her but that she's mourning over someone that she can't let go of. And yeah I can under…
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Suzuka- the name suggests its gonna be all about the girl but actually we end up following and knowing more about Yamato's thoughts and feelings. I started watching the show randomly as the synopsis sounded interesting but whilst watching it it caught the attention and interest of two guys i know who aren't normally into this genre and they ended up watching the whole series with me too- we all really liked it!
The story focuses on the trivial matters of liking someone and doing something about it- it deals with embarassment, confusion, confessions and heaps of other emotions when dealing with the matters of the heart- everything which is easy to understand, empathize and relate to.
The setting being in a high school gives the anime an innocent, naive, full of wonder and dreams atmosphere-…
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WARNING:LOTS & LOTS OF DRAMA
I had to put that up as like myself i really hate "Drama Abuse" if an anime is lacking in story/plot they add Drama in to make you feels more connected with it.
Story:
A cliche sort of story between he see's Suzuka at a school ground jumping the High Jump and falls head over heals for her but then realises she lives NEXT DOOR.
Althought the cliche part is a bit annoying the way this turns into a 2 way love battle is nice and is really realistic as the way it developed.
OH I FORGOT DRAMA, Well lets say nearly every episode has some sort of drama but its gets extreme near end which evolks a punch, Oh and its gets even more drama near the end.
Slight Spoiler
*It ended how i wanted too :)*
*Well Kinda*
Characters:
Both female girls are developed greatly and…
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- - - [ Suzuka :: Eps: 26 ] - - -
- [Intro] -
I was casually surfing the net, looking for new animes to watch when my eyes caught Suzuka. After reading the brief, I thought I would give it a try, since I wanted a break from action-packed series after Full Metal Alchemist. Anyways, I got the first episode. It was not bad but I thought the story was a bit uncool. But that was only a first impression, and a wrong one at that! At the end, it finished nicely, although not to my total liking.
On with the brief! Suzuka tells the story of a boy named Yamato that went to live with his aunt who owns a set of appartments to avoid paying rent. One day, on his way to school, he sees a beautiful young girl clearing a high-jump bar. He was both amazed and love-struck! However, what he didn't know was…
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I have to say after seeing the whole series even though a lot of people said it sucked..it kinda left an impression on me.
The people who enjoy romance, drama, and/or "slice of life" anime should make up the general audience. Or just someone who's interested in giving it a shot. Therefore, I recommend checking out other anime if you're seeking for something lighthearted with a hint of fanservice and a few action scenes. XD I recommend this anime to those who watches realistic anime under the romance-drama genre. Yeah, this might be a little entertaining for fans of sports anime.
The anime revolves around the relationship between Yamato and Suzuka.
There isn't much to complain about the aesthetics of the series. The character designs are pretty good and the music is okay. I love the p…
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