Audience reviews
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TrMin228
This is one of the highly rated series on MAL, so my expectations were quite high. And it delivered… but only in terms of visuals and sound. The show raises a big question: “Can an AI act out of love rather than just following commands?” It’s a very interesting theme, but the way the anime conveys it is truly questionable.
Vivy simply uses its visuals and music to mask its completely “empty” narrative. The series constantly tells us, “AI sings for humans, AI can have emotions,” yet it rarely lets the audience actually feel these things. The protagonist is built as an AI learning to love, but throughout almost the entire show, she is “emotionally paralyzed.” This is a basic flaw in “show, don’t tell”, the series keeps telling us things but shows very little.
The 100 years journey sounds g…
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Vivy - the worst anime I ever saw. Not because of the visuals, they were stunning. Not because of the music, it was ok. Not because of the plot .. well a bit maybe, it was fast and had enough twist to be interesting.
but
the
characters..
mainly, the main one - Vivy
just a shell of a being
no personality whatsoever
she wants to save - oh, pardon me "make everyone happy by singing them a song from her heart" ugh
just the definition of people pleasing. How is it with people pleasing? it is ok as long as you make sure you are one of those people. She is not. She lets Matsumoto tear away her arm when she is trying to save a girl. She has absolutely no other personality trait except for "make everyone happy by singing them a song from her heart" She is not even interested herself in singing,…
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Vivy is good, not great, but could have been great, given proper bake time in the oven. So often we see titles do this half-baked effort, and it's so unfortunate, because under this half-baked series, is a good premise. Idols aren't my thing, but I gave this a shot, and off the bat I was ready to binge the rest. I did so, and unfortunately, the world, and the story, are underdeveloped. Vivy doesn't get proper character growth, the story is everywhere almost episodic like Violet Evergarden, but not as removed as VE was from its main story. The series needed to be 26 episodes. It's a common problem that I wish studios would fix by reducing the number of titles they do per year, to allow these shows to flourish.
Animation 8/10
- The animation is stunning at times, but there are too few scene…
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The actual GOAT. I don't have the proper thoughts, feelings or headspace to truly write a review for this at the moment. So bare with me as you are forced to to hear emotional appeal for an online stranger.
I've had a lot of favorite shows over the years. Spice and Wolf, HxH, Houseki no Kuni and finally Madoka. Madoka sat at the pinnacle for years for me. Where the others I knew to be flawed shows, Madoka I believed might truly deserve a 10/10. I read fanfiction, shared it with countless people and rewatched it with them whenever I could. No where near enough of an obsession to buy merchandise, but thats just not how I experience enjoyment for a media.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is somehow much more than that. I don't know that I would give it a ten, not because its flawed, but because…
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Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song's premise is a combination of beloved stories and Hollywood films about sentient robots solving humanity's problems, whether intentionally or coincidentally—Ghost in the Shell, Terminator, Blade Runner, iRobot, and A.I. Artificial Intelligence, to name a few. Vivy may not rank among the classics, though it's impressive audiovisuals will inevitably land it a place on "Best Sci-fi Anime" lists. Written by Tappei Nagatsuki, of Re:Zero fame and produced by none other than WIT Studio, it was bound to create ripples throughout the anime community. Doubtlessly, the premiere episode caught fans' attention. It begins with a clichéd cold open. A city full of humanoid robots sing a horrible melody out of tune, plumes of smoke rise above the futuristic architecture, people ru…
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"Bad writing is masked by great production" is the definition for this show.
When I watched the first Vivy 2 episodes I feel it's great. The design of the sci-fi world that is rare in anime and the heroine's character design like Vivy is awesome, reminds me of Violet Evergarden. But after that, the story wasn't that good at all.
Vivy's writing is filled with plot holes and sick logic of the characters. There are various crazy concepts such as Humans marry AI?, AI kills themselves? AI takes over the world? Of course, if you don't think about it, it will be normal. But if you think about it, this idea is very retarded. Every time I see humans in this story, I tend to think that they have no brains and deserve to be destroyed by their own AI.
Good world design turned out to be a major weak…
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I rarely write reviews, but this show was such a waste of time and got so many 10/10s that I feel like I have to chime in, to save some other people from wasting theirs.
First of all, let me say that the art, the voice acting and the soundtrack is good (maybe even very good, depending on your personal preferences), but this does not save this show, except if you literally watch anime merely for visuals and audio. (Which is fine, mind you, but I think most people don't do that)
Now, what is my main issue with this? Story, and characters.
The story is so painfully badly written that by the end you will be asking yourself what story they were even trying to tell. The entire narrative feels incredibly disjointed. I could point out plotholes, but there are so many, that I'd still be typing i…
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hilarious how awful the script for this anime is. every episode got me chuckling during most of the exposition dialogues. anyhow, not gonna write long-format explanations to each of them, just gonna list some:
- not a single moment the AIs convinced me they are AIs. they all act like any badly-designed human character out there.
- the anime shows ZERO normal interactions between humans and AIs, just the ones that are going to have some impact on the narrative. and there is a terrorist group that wants to destroy all AIs because... humans and AIs can't coexist? and there is not a single moment where this is the case.
- we are supposed to believe an AI that can create thousands of different calculations and simulations came back to the past from decades ahead and it simply can't calculate t…
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Term " Wasted effort" is good fit for this show as despite having one of the best production I have seen in very long time, bland and uninteresting story bogs down the show to mediocrity.
Setting is nothing unusual A.I Robots going rouge with our heroine's duty to save the world. While this whole premise was interesting enough on its own , back then it was still new, I would expect show in 2021 not a copy of I,Robot 2004.
I expected this show to have more of self awareness and tell a story with understanding that the audience is already very familiar with its concept. Something similiar to how many newer and later wave Isekai's spend very little or no time at all explaining the mechanics of its world as they understand people watching the shows don't need to sit through another 5 minute e…
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Vivy is yet another one of those time reset anime where the point of the plot is to undo the plot. Something really bad happens in the future and a program is sent back in time in order to prevent it. Therefore it’s the done to death power fantasy offered by this concept: Are there negative consequences in your life? Keep going back in time until there are none. Despite the show trying to mitigate that by making it seem like the time travel part can only happen once, or that the characters are not allowed to fix every negative thing so the future won’t become too different, in the longrun it’s all bullshit because they clearly go back more than once and it doesn’t matter what changes they make to history, since the event they were trying to prevent wasn’t caused by the stuff they were prev…
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If you are annoyed by faulty logic or plot holes you are gonna be bothered by this anime a lot.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is a story about time traveling ai and an unfulfilled songstress ai going on a quest to save humanity by destroying ai's. While the concept sounds interesting it was also hard enough to implement that studio Wit had to bend logic and story in order to accomplish their idea.
Let's start with the obvious one... time travel doesn't make much sense, but it is to be expected in those kinds of stories, what is worth critiquing is the poor handling of how the characters interact with time travel. Matsumoto, the ai from the future, despite the knowledge of when he and our protagonist need to intervene to change the course of history he leaves resolving these problems at the l…
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After a quick glance through the reviews, I'm glad I'm not the only low scorer on this anime. I was beginning to think this was truly a first where my opinion was so different to others hugely by majority.
I didn't get it. My enjoyment of the entire series decreased as it went on. What initially started off as curiosity and interest gradually became dread and the only reason why I completed it was because I kinda (overstatement) wanted to see how it would end. Also because I was far enough in that dropping a 13 episode anime actually seemed stupid and lazy on my part, especially when my review of it won't take as much having only watched 3 episodes.
For one, I can appreciate the art and the sound. If those two lacked, this would probably be a 1 or 2. The character design is quite simpl…
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Vivy is a testament to how having excellent production values does not result in a good plot. Watching Vivy and expecting a meaningful plot on AI, sentience, and humanity is akin to expecting your calculator to answer "What does it mean to put your heart into something?". The way Vivy handles its themes is in the most shallow Hollywood way with no regards for subtlety or ingenuity. It is as derivative as it gets.
But it's still a fun ride. Don't get me wrong, the plot is still asinine and the characters never stop to think "Hey maybe we should do something about this giant evil tower BEFORE it becomes a giant evil tower", but the action setpieces, the gorgeous setting and visuals, and the MUSIC, oh goodness the MUSIC are all so excellent you do stop to care about the plot's misgivings and…
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"Vivy: fluorite eyes song" is a tragic irony. Its irony is so masterfully executed it's breathtaking. Not in a comedic sense but in a deeply thoughtful way that simply goes under your skin. Due to spoilers, I will not list the story's relevant contradictions. But they are easy to grasp as their use as stylistic devices is an important part of the narrative. So keep an eye out for them when you watch the show yourself.
The story revolves mainly around one goal. Save humanity from extinction. Which is not a particularly one-of-a-kind scenario. To save humanity from deadly rampaging AI's? A bit more specific but we've also seen that. But I swear you haven't seen it in a way Vivy is about to show you.
Diva or Vivy, as she is called by one of her first fans, is the first-ever fully autonomo…
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What does it mean to sing with your heart?
Time and again, this question echoes throughout VIVY: Fluorite Eye’s Song’s 13-episode runtime. Neither the story nor the setting are particularly unique: whether through movies or retro anime series, we’ve all been familiarized with futuristic settings, the concept of A.I. and the imminent human-A.I. conflict plotline. Yet, I will make the case that what this particular series accomplishes with this toolbox is something of note.
I confess that I came into this show with high expectations. Before I became engrossed in the fantasy genre, sci-fi used to be the type of fiction I was most invested in — whether it was dozens of Star Wars Expanded Universe material, Doctor Who series, Asimov short stories… There’s no wonder something that focuses on A…
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Anime originals are always an interesting adventure every season. Will it be really good or will it be pretty bad? Considering recent ventures such as Wonder Egg Priority and Jouran, as well as the historical performance of these anime originals, one would be stupid to not enter a series like Vivy with some level of skepticism. To be honest, I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to watch this series after reading the description, everything seemed so cliche and cringe to me.
But here I am, writing a review for what I consider one of the top 3 anime this season and one of the best, single-cour length anime (which actually concludes its plot) I’ve watched to date.
Does Vivy have its cliches? Yes, since that's practically any anime you’ll find out there these days. But it’s how those cliches are…
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The art of the anime original has somewhat died out in recent years with studios instead opting to make a quick buck with popular manga and LN adapdations. These are usually more profitable and less risky since they have an established fanbase. Solid anime originals have become far and few between. Luckily, WIT have delivered one of the best I’ve ever seen with Vivy.
When Vivy was announced, I was cautiously optimistic due to Tappei sensei’s last work, Sigururi. Whilst I personally enjoyed Sigururi, it definitely didn’t live up to the expectations of many considering the staff involved in that project. Vivy on the other hand. completely surpassed any expectations I had. From the very first episode we’re thrown into the chaos of a world being engulfed in an AI uprising. People being shot,…
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Welcome back to Terminator. In this year’s rendition, we have a blue-haired cyborg idol and a Minecraft cube that travel back in time 100 years to stop an impending A.I. apocalypse. Fasten your seat belts, as we explore why this anime is one of the best original series that has been released in the past decade.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is an anime-original series created by Wit Studios, the same studio that has done the likes of Attack on Titan, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and Great Pretender. Vivy, the first ever autonomous AI, is sent back 100 years into the past to try and prevent certain events from occurring in order to prevent the calamity that takes place in the future. Think of the world lines in Steins;Gate and Vivy being similar to Okabe, minus the kookiness and the depression. T…
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I feel weird walking away from this show with such a positive opinion of it, because if it wasn’t so unbelievably gorgeous, I honestly think I would’ve dropped it very early on.
Maybe this is just me, but even at its most competent and interesting points, I don’t think I ever really bought in to the premise of Vivy at all. Vivy is a show about our cute, autistic, android waifu who goes back in time to stop her fellow androids from genociding the human race, which she can do because she’s Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator and has a talking teddy bear robot sidekick who knows literally everything and can accomplish literally anything as long as he can plug himself into it. And while I promise you I want to sit here talking about time travel even less than you want to read about it, let me…
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"My mission is to make everyone happy by singing"--Vivy
"My mission is to make everyone content by reviewing"--Pipe
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song, Vivy for short, is a spectacular series. It combines action, smooth animation sequencing, solid character development, a fantastic soundtrack, and a story that could have more holes than Gruyère cheese, but who cares. I don't mind if it's rife with time travel misconceptions and clichés; it is still delightful and quite surprising. I love this series. However, if we overthink the plot, we will lose all the enjoyment of this series, the beauty behind the story, and all the mysteries surrounding Vivy. For example, few spectators might find it ridiculous for an AI to take responsibility for saving the world from nowhere or the thought of time travel i…
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