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Fragtime is a short and simple anime movie with deep characters. This film's main focus is its characters. If you are here for the supernatural elements or spectacular animation, you might have to lower your expectations, not saying that it's bad or anything. One main thing that kept this movie from reaching its full potential was its length: some parts felt a bit rushed, some could have been a bit longer to let us connected/followed the characters and story better. As a fan of the drama and Shoujo-Ai genres, it's a pretty good film to watch. Solid 7/10.
Here's my breakdown in details:
Story 6/10:
The story is simple, a popular girl and a socially awkward girl with time-stopping ability. The main focus of the movie isn't the story. It only uses the supernatural element on a superficial l…
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It's a simple anime, straight to the point with a story that doesn't go into depth. It could have been longer, showing a little more of the unfolding of the story and the protagonists, and I believe that if it had been longer it could have had a great plot. Both protagonists have the same problem but behave differently towards it. Time is frozen at the protagonist's whim to do random things until she starts doing more illegal things until a girl ends up revealing herself and showing that she is immune to the protagonist's power. The animation is average and is quite standard. The protagonists have their charisma, but I missed other characters in the plot so that it would run more consistently. However, the main thing was about them and how they see the world and behave towards it. Basicall…
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I don't understand the low score in this movie... oh well.
"Fragtime" is a cozy little package of emotions. The romance is tender and nuanced. It's not your typical high school love story; it's more mature and explores the complexities of love in a way that's both refreshing and relatable. The lesbian love angle is handled with grace and sensitivity, which is a big win. It's not fetishized or overly dramatized; it's just two people discovering love and affection for each other.
The movie has some erotic moments, but they're tastefully done. They serve to intensify the romantic tension rather than being gratuitous, which I think is a good approach.
Both characters go through a journey of self-discovery, which is beautifully portrayed. The time-stopping ability serves as a metaphor for th…
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i made an account to share how much i hate this movie. nothing is explained, the characters are incredibly shallow and there is literally no substance.. none of the actions that these characters take actually have any motivation, and the relationship between the two girls is literally just gross fanservice. i came into this hoping for a cute gl story and went out of it regretting that i wasted my time watching this.
spoilers
why does she have this power and why does it disappear? not explained, but i guess it disappears because she "loves"/"likes" murakami which is also not really explained because apparently murakami has been putting on a fake personality all along, so, how does she fall in love with someone she never really knew? yes, she can think she loves her, but her powers going a…
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The art is simple but of the higher quality production values one would expect of an OAV. The voice acting is good at both capturing the initial generic feel and the more realistic twists as matters develop. The balance between the vocal characteristics of the cast is also well considered. The music isn't very memorable outside of the ending theme, but the ending theme is well performed more as a character song rather than a poppy sales gimmick.
The movie isn't concerned with handling the supernatural power with consistency or realism: it's a plot device. The same can be said of the entire cast outside of the main two leads; the movie is a character drama about the two leads and everything else can serve as a hinderance when convenient and fade into non-existence once it's served its pur…
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*Spoiler warning!*
Story/Plot 8/10 - The story focused around two girls, Murakami, Haruka and Moritani, Misuzu. Moritani at the beginning was able to stop time for 3 minutes, but over time she could stop it for less until she couldn't stop it at all. This anime heavily focused on personal problems between both the main characters. Haruka changed herself to be the ideal girl, and always heavily focused on what other's wanted, and not what she wanted. Well, she didn't *Say* what she wanted, she never felt like she needed to admit her desires, she felt like everyone's personal desires were more important. And Moritani tried to get her true feelings out of her, going as far calling her selfish (Which in a way she was) and in the end she was able to finally make Haruka tell her what she wante…
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This film is very fetishistic and autistic. You should know that going in, before you get started. It has a very distinct idea of both what life and anime is like, and goes in extremely hard in that deeply unique concept, for better or worse.
But you're reading the review, so the question is: should you watch this? Is this good?
I won't say it's bad. But it's certainly nothing memorable. The key issue here is that the entire premise of this story, while fine on its own, does not roll itself into something complete by the end. Because it's extremely insistent in its exploration of ideas (peeping toms, obsessive lovers, inability to socialize normally, and general neurodivergency), you have to really resonate with one or more of those ideas to begin to resonate with the film. And if you r…
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this review does contain spoilers. Dont listen to the critics. They are here to critique the anime based on their own biases. Which is not constructive by any means and i dont think reviews should truly be allowed aside from the numbers. Although then there would be considerable trolls. You already know how many animes you have seen that have been underrated. Give this a go, dont think its yuri or romance etc. Its just a storytelling anime... I will simply post my comment on the site thread itself for you to get the feeling of what this will be. If this is your cup of tea definitely watch it, if you completely despise yuri like i do yaoi then thats understandable. I always say if you go into an anime with bias or expectations you will ALWAYS be let down. Its just anime, theres tons of it.…
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This movie is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Fragtime literally centers around underwear. Misuzu looks up Haruka, the popular girl’s underwear, and never receives any consequences for this. In fact, she actually gets to spend more time with Haruka. The pair usually just talk or hang out when Misuzu freezes time. However, the more the movie progresses, the more it focuses on underwear. The pair go from undressing in the middle of the classroom to buying matching underwear. Fragtime is definitely very fetishy and has flat characters. The only character development happens in the last 5 minutes, and even then it’s not very realistic. When I try to think of one good thing about the movie, I can’t. The character development is basically nonexistent, the conflicts are so dramatic and…
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Fragtime is a 2019 film based on a manga that ran in 2013 and 14. The film was handled by Tear Studio. I actually know nothing about them. They have five listed anime and this will be the first one I've seen.
Story:
Moritani Misuzu is an extremely introverted girl who manages to avoid social situations using a simple trick. She can stop time for three minutes at a time. Which would be just long enough to have sex with Daniel Sexbang if she was straight. Things take a turn one day when she discovers that her classmate, Murakami Haruka, is also capable of moving when she freezes time. In Murakami's mind, there can only be one explanation. It's because Moritani wants them to have time for just the two of them.
The biggest issue with the narrative is that the romance is a bit rushed. One…
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For all that is holy and lovely and good, I implore anyone to never even touch this movie. Unless you want to waste an hour of your life, if so, be my guest. The plot is ridiculous and the protagonist uses her power to escape a harmless and friendly interaction to sexually harass a fellow student? And then has the audacity to be shocked that said student is willing to blackmail her sexual harasser? I felt like I was about to have a stroke at the sheer ridiculousness. Whoever pitched this plot is wrong, all the people that said yes and decided to dedicate time and money into animating, voicing, promoting and releasing it are wrong.
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I am very happy having more yuri content at the level of OVA and anime instead of only mangas, however... this OVA was not the best so far (and considering that the manga actually has a good score, it surprises me).
I am going to be honest... I gave it a 7 because I laughed a lot with my girlfriend regarding the animation of this OVA. Being fair, it is a 6 because let's be honest: the food animation is better than the character animation. I think it is very close to the final and culminating scene that they decide to animate things better (...and by animate better I refer to animate 3 characters at the same time...). Even in the scenes where you see in small the characters from the distance: they look like ghosts, they do not draw any facial features.
Music is decent, but not memorable.…
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Its 23:22 pm the day before an exam and here I am writing a review about a movie that got criminally scrutinized for things that it doesn’t even care about. This is basically me lashing out on how the reviews doesn't understand this movie and thusly rate it low and doesn’t say anything of substance. Even though reviews shouldn’t talk about other reviewers, I feel like I should get to say something to boost its criminally low rating and popularity by mentioning something valuable about this movie that no one else does. Usually I wouldn’t review anything, but since it has such a low score and I felt in the mood to write this review as well, I feel like going to war against these peoples opinions and tell you why you should watch this movie and how it has value since no one here seems to talk…
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I love it. I don't know what about it, but I love it. Fragtime has a place in my heart. The first time I watched it, I re-watched it the very next day, as well as the day after that. I wanted to know why the movie moved me, despite its disappointing production. Now, it goes without saying that not much went into the production. Generally, the animation seems lazy and without ambition, and the music, uninspired. The voice casting was alright; the problem lies mostly with the director of both the sound and voice acting. I don't have problems with the story and the characters, except that they could be better. The movie made missteps and mistakes on every department it could possibly have. But then Fragtime will surprise with scenes that are very well done. Dreamy and magical. Enchantingly, s…
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“ZAA WARUDOOOO” *time stops* *looks at panties* Well that is what Fragtime is about.
Fragtime, a short slice of life movie with a touch of supernatural. Don’t go and expect that there is depth dedicated towards the power, because it is more important what the two main protagonist do with it. This anime has lots of subtle and more obvious hints towards their symbolism and deeper meaning. This is the story of two girls finding each other and their selves.
Given the nature of this anime I’m discussing the symbolism and characters at once.
Misuzu Moritani
The story is told as we mostly follow Misuzu and her thoughts. A quiet girl with no friends, no aspiration. Your average quiet kid of the class. Other people seem to have trouble with socializing with her because she kind of lives in her ow…
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I just stumbled in this show looking for a yuri romance, and to be honest, that's what I've found.
It's not a great movie, but also not bad, it's just good.
It doesn't focus on the romance itself, there is of course, but it's not the main point. A bit of drama but nothing that you can't handle.
Despite the poor development of the characters and the story, it wasn't that bad at all for a 01 hour show.
The ending is good, could be better, but was pleasant in general. If you like a smooth romance you should give it a try.
And remember, this is a 01 hour show, it may seems a little rushed.
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Well, this was really interesting. It was a lot deeper than I thought it would be covering the topics it does of solitude and facing yourself without hiding behind a mask. It's really interesting though. Normally these types of thought-provoking anime just go over my head but I could understand this one.
Now, Im really glad this anime didn't get dark or super dramary since most things involving time magic/powers generally go in a bad direction.
The beginning of the movie was a bit quick and events seem to all happen in a short period but overall it was good. If this movie had a little bit more time to more naturally start the movie I think it would be great, but that might just be me. The girls were pretty cute and it was nice seeing them mess around while time is stopped.
I really lik…
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It was pretty good but was imperfect and clunky at times. It didn't flow as well as I wished. The two characters are well characterized but no one really stands out outside of them unfortunately.
But it's still pretty great particularly because we don't get enough yuri and it's a well done OVA. the animation is good and the music lends itself well.
I also did read the source material a year ago and i can't believe I've been waiting for a whole year for it to come out since hearing about it.
I'm however sad the animators still haven't gotten paid by the producers who went in hiding when we actually see the hard work that went behind it.
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"If you could stop time for 3 minutes, what would you do?"
*proceeds to look at another girls underwear*
That about wraps up Fragtime. A Yuri anime movie with a compelling idea that fails due to weak writing and fan service that will make you cringe. The only good things about this movie were the animation and the idea. Beyond that, there really isn't much.
Starting off, the two main characters dilemmas are generic and uninteresting, making the story extremely flat. We have the popular girl who feels that she's a fake person, never able to truly be herself. Then we have the socially awkward girl with no friends. Beyond that, neither character has any personality to speak of.
The lack of interesting characters could be made up for by good character development, but nothing really happen…
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Fragtime is a beautiful movie about teenager issues such as social outcast and pathological lying. Portrayed by two highscoolers, with one of them being able to stop time.
I have read the manga. It's mediocre. But what made this movie way better than the manga is its visuals. When a manga is adapted into an anime, you lose some parts of the story. But sometimes sacrifices are necessary in order to enhance the visuals. Sometimes the story would even portray better with better visuals. And apparently, Fragtime falls into that category for me.
I could tell already that this might become a hidden gem like Asagao to Kase-san. Damn, I really hope this movie blows up because it's actually pretty good. I really do.
If you're looking for another Shoujo Ai to watch then you must put this in yo…
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