Audience reviews
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noobpro45
I never even went fishing before, but I liked this anime. The thorough explanations on how to fish can get a bit tiresome at times, but they are still written in such as way that even the most novice of players would have no issue following along. At the end of the day, it is a very calming show; a TV watching experience that leaves you feeling light and relaxed.
The narrative is okay, but I kind of wish it had more focusing on the slice-of-life aspects in order to really connect with the cast and show their everyday lives. Furthermore, the flashbacks to give depth on their past did feel a bit sparse at times and could have explored more of that.
As for the production, while it gets its job done well enough in terms of audio and visuals compared to most anime series, they are certainly not…
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(I'm replacing this review. After some thought. I don't think the previous one was fair.)
Cute Girls Doing Boring Things with Fish.
That's how I'd describe this anime.
Ok, I'll level with you. I watched this anime for one reason and one reason only. I saw that it had a cameo of "Bocchi the Rock". And it does. For ten episodes, I was thinking "I wonder how big the cameo is. I wonder if they'll play anything". It was about one second of a still picture. I am disappoint. But I don't think I should let that affect my ranking or review, so let's just get that out of the way and move on.
This is a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things (which is mostly just fishing) slice of life anime. About half the anime is spent doing one of two things: teaching you how to fish, or teaching you how to cook fish. I…
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Slow Loop is a niche anime that fits in a number of niches. Slow Loop is the perfect series for:
-Lovers of Slice of Life, Iyashikei, and CGDCT
-Gourmets or foodies who want to learn how to cook various fish
-Fans of educational anime and anime geared towards children and adolescents
-Kids and teens and the young-at-heart
-Anglers from stream to seashore, lake to ocean
-Anyone who has lost a parent or loved one
-Members of blended families and families with second marriages
-Girls who fish or have hobbies that are typically thought of as boys' activities
Slow Loop is as wholesome as it gets. There is no romance except maybe a couple of married couples serving as healthy role models for how to adapt and compromise to keep a marriage healthy. There is a red-headed, beer drinking, sexy tombo…
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This is a standalone review of the anime adaptation. The original material is beyond the scope of this review and is not a factor for consideration.
Story: The overarching story of Hiyori and Koharu overcoming the awkwardness of their new family dynamics is executed fairly well. The episodic nature of the show naturally meant that certain episodes stand out more than others, depending on one's tastes, but objectively speaking every story arc was written and executed very well. The final episode felt a little bit lacking: the writer(s) clearly wanted to make the climax of the final arc a character scene between the two main characters but it lacked the "oomph" needed to make the final payoff feel complete. As it stands, the end of the final episode feels more like the end of a regular epis…
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Just like the title suggests, it will take you in a slow pace relaxing chilling adventure of fishing and cuteness. Full of laughter's, smiles, and warmth to be felt deep within our hearts.
Some personal reviews:
Watching through the anime, I felt Koharu tend to get left out and that cause her to try harder in expressing herself, making it a little hard to watch because it leads to me feeling a little bad for her, though its understandable since she just moved in, and Hiyori and Koi are childhood friends. Also, as I watch through the anime not once did Hiyori and Koharu call someone something (I make it vague for spoiler purposes, since its a relaxing and chilling anime by no means is there stress or frustration as you watch it so really do recommend you enjoy it to the end), I was really…
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I think the anime was quite a little boring since they went fishing in like, every episode. The "side story's" about Hiyori's past were quite interesting and cute. I do feel sorry for Hiyori, which lost her father in a young age. I think tho, it would've been better knowing more about Koharu's past, which actually never got shown.
Rather than in other anime, they made the fishing, i think, very realistic and showed a lot of struggles, when doing it the first time. I actually learned very much about it when i watched it, and would like to try fishing too.
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I know nothing about fishing. In fact I find it one of the most boring things in the world, up there with golf. But I am FULLY invested in this anime. In a very similar vein to Yuru Camp, this is a chill, wholesome anime about two step-sister's fishing together. It's an anime you can show your parents with no worries.
Story & Characters: By far the show’s best aspects. You have the more experienced, reserved girl (Hiyori) who inadvertently encounters the energetic novice (Koharu) who eventually becomes enamored with fishing and decides to take up the sport herself (again very similar to Yuru Camp). And as the story progresses you meet other characters who share their interests (Koi, Futaba, Ichika). As someone who has never fished in their life, I can't speak about all the different fish…
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Slow Loop was exactly everything I expected it to be and a bit more, a moe SOL anime about some girls going fishing. I didn't exactly have high expectations for this anime, but it certainly surpassed them and earned its place in my eyes as a "solid" show. In many ways its very similar to Yuru Camp, as it follows a very similar formula except with fishing instead of camping. Mixed in between the girls doing cute, moe-anime things are neat fishing facts and delectable looking fish dishes. I think I personally enjoyed it more than Yuru Camp because while I am already decently familiar with the subject of Yuru Camp, camping, I know complete jack about fishing, so it had a bit of added novelty that kept me a bit more engaged than Yuru Camp did.
The characters of Slow Loop were pretty much exa…
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Cute girls doing cute things? Sure, on the surface. It's so sweet you might get cavities, but underneath, it's an enjoyable (and very accurate) introduction to fly fishing with some great tips (like practice casting indoors with a stick (or the first segment of your rod) and some wool yarn), how to tie on a fly and when and how to change the leader. And so many tips on how to cook delishious fish dishes.
The drama is written well, but what you're left with at the end of each episode is the joy of learning something new about fishing and cooking. I knew a little about fly fishing before, but learnt a bunch. And I might even try some of the dishes!
Pretty good show!
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This is a slow paced Slice of Life anime. You will experience how it feel to be a hardcore fishing fan. You will also know one or two info about fishing technique, fishing gear, and fishing place. They also explain what kind of fish they catch and how to cook it. However i do not reccomend following their recipe on how to cook this, because they are not very detail about it.
Story 10/10
Simple, but not so simple. At first we just have these girl talk about fishing. As the story progress, we know what kind of problem they have. But they didn't make the problem a main spotlight, they didn't make it a big drama. Instead, they make it like a side story. It still runs in background while the main theme about this anime is being performed in front stage. I like this because my main reason watch…
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First of all, when I read the description before it aired, it sounded really interesting about how two girls with opposite personalities become step sisters. But then everything just kinda when south in my opinion. I have seen one other fishing anime which is Dairy of Our Days at Breakwater. The differences that i can site are the characters in DODB have more depth and the there's a story that you can follow. In Slow Loop its basically cute little girls super interested in fly fishing and thats it. Every single episode the plot is recycled: New stuff->testing it out->cute moments->cooking the catch->the end. It came to a point that i just let the episode play and wouldnt even bother to look at the screen. Its just that bad.
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You can usually count on a Kirara show for a good time, and Slow Loop is no exception. After a drought of CGDCT shows for the past two seasons or so, it's so good to see something this soothing make a comeback, with more to come next season.
Slow Loop isn't anything special, its comedy is fine and its relaxation value is also just fine. Its focus on fly fishing makes it stand out a bit, but the occasional swerve into family drama with issues like familial deaths and all do take away some of the focus from it. To its credit it does go quite a bit into fishing as a hobby, though not as much as Houkago Teibou Nisshi did some two years ago.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, a SoL show lives and dies on its characters. For Slow Loop, it's Koharu who made the show for me. Her childis…
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Depending on what genres of anime you watch, Winter 2022 may or may not have been a good anime season for you. For me it wasn't, with 2 of the 3 seasonal animes I watched getting dropped. However, the last seasonal would prove to be a masterpiece in my opinion. That anime is Slow Loop, and in my opinion, is very underrated (even being overshadowed by Winter 2022's other CGDCT, Akebi).
Story - 10/10
Slow Loop's summary gives you the idea that it's a fishing anime, and that is true to an extent. However, family plays a key role in the story itself. Throughout the anime, we see the characters dealing issues regarding their family, be it Hiyori and Koharu, Koi and her parents, or Ichika and Futaba. The drama moments, blended in with the comedic moments found in a lot of CGDCT, makes for an a…
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I like slice of shows. It's what I watch quite often. But this is the first one that I've watched where I was really bored. The show repeats the same formula for every episode. They go fishing, there's some tidbits about fishing technique and equipment. I have no problems with that. Problem is that the characters seem to not vary their reactions much than just be the token bubbly/reserved/sarcastic characters that I've seen quite often. And everyone else outside of Koharu, Hiyori, and Koi are just one-dimensional. I was hoping the show would add something more on top of Hiyori's loss to add more depth...
But it doesn't.
It had some good touching moments here and there.
But not enough to break the monotony that made the show drag on and made me wish it would be over already...
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I like this more grounded slice of life CGDCT compared to the usual yuri-bait CGDCT animes.
There's this satisfaction when the girls are actually talking with their parents and getting permission for everything they wanna do. It just feels so realistic and there's this feeling of growth from the characters that we see from the perspective of the parents (like how they see their children going to their own adventure, that kind of feeling).
The story is as expected from a CGDCT anime. Average. The only plot thread that was fairly important is the MC's father. Other than that, there's no stand out in the plot.
The characters are all good. They don't excel in any areas nor lacked anything. I quite like how each characters grow in each scenes, which shows progression to the series and develo…
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Slow Loop on the surface looks like a pretty simple cute girls do fishing anime, and while it does that, it also covers a topic near and dear to my heart and that is the loss of family member and finding happiness in the activates you spent together.
Spoilers ahead
Story:
I felt the story did a great job and bringing in the emotional moments of losing a family member and mixing the fun of fishing/camping/cooking. I know a lot of people turn to SoL for good vibes aspect of this genre, the mix of the serious and fun felt right to me. The cooking aspects of the show were a lot of fun as well. Simple recipes for preparing fish and side dishes were a great touch to a show like this.
Characters:
The main character Hiyori loses her father and her mother remarries and low an behold, she gains a…
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Slow Loop at the surface looks like a typical moe SoL anime where the only selling point is the character is cute. A carbon-copy moe SoL anime where the only difference is the character design and the activity they focus on.
However, I was proven otherwise after the first few episodes. Slow Loop did not attempt to copy from moe anime but instead created its own identity.
If I want to summarize the whole anime, I will say that it takes the good part of Laid-Back Camp (Yuru Camp) and Dairy of Our Days at the Breakwater (Houkago Teibou Nisshi) and combine it into this masterpiece.
======SPOILER AHEAD======
The anime starts when Hiyori and Koharu become a step-sister after their parents re-married. The sister learned that they have a common hobby in fishing. After every episode, you can…
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Slow Loop or Family Loop?
Is fishing a good activity to do together?
One of the CGDCT genres that stand out in the story of cute characters. The designs and lines from the manga are good. When it was converted into an anime more cuter From director Noriaki Akitaya, who previously directed Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood. (2018) and ORESUKI Are you the only one who loves me? (2019), during this time he mainly focuses on the life style. daily And it counts on Slow Loop as well.
The story tells about Hiyori's passion for fishing. Until one day her father passed away. and the mother has decided to live with the new father As a result, she has come to live with a similar-age girl named Koharu. She has no knowledge of fishing at all. But when she saw hiyori's fun, she wanted to be go…
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Conceptually, Slow Loop is about using a cherished pastime to overcome grief and build close friendships. You may not know a single thing about fly fishing going in (I sure did not), but we can all understand the desire to partake in a fun hobby and seek the company of others who are mutually passionate. There are approximately five million SOL anime that execute this very same concept, but this one is at least slightly better than average in that it is legitimately educational about its subject matter and creates likable characters with relatable conflicts. It also fails in some key ways that keep it from being a “great” SOL, primarily the uninspiring artwork in a setting that is more often than not outdoors, but you kind of have to take what you can get in the most regurgitated genre in…
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As a fisher who still occasionally fishes and given that some of my fondest memories growing up were fishing trips with my family and friends, I had surprisingly high expectations for what initially appeared as a generic CGDCT and SOL anime. Slow Loop managed to not only match my expectations but genuinely surpass them in terms of how well researched the series is and how effectively they covered the hobby. This review will provide a quick summary on why I enjoyed Slow Loop and what aspects were covered well.
In terms of story, Slow Loop is fairly basic, similar to most CGDCT anime, 2 girls, had single parents that got remarried together, which turned them into sisters. It turns out one of the girls enjoys fishing and the other girl gets into it through her. Functionally this is the story…
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