Audience reviews
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giraffenanime
A story of a country bumpkin with a dream of running, who ends up getting involved with some sort of idol group that she doesn't care about at all. But all you gotta know about this country bumpkin is that she puts her heart into everything she does, which eventually affects everyone around her... even grumpy idol members.
This series was extremely cozy, had a nostalgic "idol boy group" sound track that I didn't know I missed, and one factor I was expecting and happily didn't get... ROMANCE! This story was all about Idols understanding how to truly understand and give a real smile to their fans, while not giving up on what you believe. Young students working hard towards their dreams. Whether its all about running, writing songs or finding your truth path outside of yours families. So man…
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Now I am not usually a fan of idol anime but like Ya Boy Kongming this anime genuinely surprised me with how good it was! It followed our MC Hiyori who is the last person you would think would manage an idol group but girl got to eat and she gives it 110%! The dynamic between her and the two male idols is refreshing because there is no romance whatsoever. Just her desire to be the best manager she can be. In an anime like this you would expect the romance triangle but I am glad they didn't go that route and instead focused on the craft of being an idol and Hiyori's dreams of being a track star. If you are looking for something a bit more lighthearted with a good story and character development then I recommend you check out Heroines Run the Show!
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Heroine Tarumono! (Heroines Run the Show) Action Romance is an entertaining anime which first impressed me with its really appealing idea and its realisation, skillfully combining the dreams of sports with the glam of the idols’ world. The series focused on a somewhat short-haired, blunt ojou named Hiyori who, in her quest to be the best in athletics, accidentally becomes a manager of the super famous idol group LIP X LIP. She finds the role so dull that she has no intention of caring about idols; however, the economical factor makes her accept this position, thus creating the pretext for some touching, and sometimes, traumatic moments in the story.
Heroine Tarumono! Commencez à aspirer en tout cas From the first, boy! Taken in a little complex narrative very well. The most interesting as…
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the main strong points are the really great music by honeyworks, the story falls into some clichés sometimes but it's almost always the fact with this genre of anime, so i don't understand why the rating is only 7.5, really it's nonsense in my opinion. the plot is mixed with good humor, overall it's a light show to watch.
The MC is lovely, naive, and kind hearted, watching her is like drinking a sweet hot milk and looking through your window on a winter night, she warmed my heart more than you can imagine, the main caracter is really well written, so much that there are also some scenes that made me sob.
if you are hesitating just watch it, you will have a great time
Read at the sourceCherriBunni
Tldr; It was okay! Nothing spectacular but still enjoyable. There are other better idol, slice of life, romance shows out there. This one had a pretty steady pace until the end. But it was still enjoyable. A good mediocre/filler watch.
Now a breakdown:
Art- It was pleasant. The art was okay and they had some good animation. I wish for more detailed moments or fluidity to really help capture visuals but there was nothing bad nor stellar.
Music- I'm not really into idol music anime. But I actually liked the endings songs quite a lot. They were cute! There actually isn't a lot of singing in this despite them being idols.
Story line- The plot felt a little disconnected. There weren't clear enough goals and obstacles in the over arcbing narrative. Minor episodic ones but I thought the big Co…
Read at the sourceNineaxk
From mediocre to completely downfall after what happened in last 3 episodes. I expected some romances between FMC and the idols but nothing actually happened and that's fine. As the story goes on, you can feel the wholesomeness and warm feeling about both of them very hardworking wanting to pursue their own dreams. When the unnecessary dram unfold, the story becoms melodramatic and the way everything was handled is so painfully dumb and somehow most of the important details from before completely forgotten.Most of the characters don't have anything standout for and Hiyori " the main character" in this show is probably the highlights. In short, another ruined show due to its last episodes.
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I started watching this when it was airing, but didn’t get around to finishing it until it’s already an entirely new year. Where did 2022 go? I regret putting this off. I wasn’t immediately grabbed by the premise, or how the plot got set up in the first few episodes, but it got so much better and better as things progressed. I don’t want to spoil anything in terms of actual events that take place in the series, but I think it’s OK to say a few things that were NOT in this show.
If you look at the genre tags and find “romance” missing, don’t worry, you’ve not made a mistake. When I saw this pop up in my feed initially I thought for sure it was going to turn into some weird romantic love triangle thing between the country girl and the two male idols, but I was very, very wrong.
Hopefully t…
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You will probably like this show if:
- even the trashiest of shoujo and BL* will briefly fill the void in your soul
- you love idols, both as a trope and as a fan
- you love a best girl with big eyebrows and endless optimism
- you're so enchanted by Uchiyama Kouki's voice that you will brave anything to hear him
But you should skip it if:
- you're looking for an actual shoujo (notice that MAL tags this only as "Idol" and "School")
- you're bothered by overly optimistic main characters
- you're looking for a show that is unique, inspiring, or complex in any way at all Heroine Tarumono! has no nuance to speak of and it is meant to be that way. The animation is not the best and the music is subpar, but the VAs are wonderful. This is a fast-food kind of show, a guilty pleasure that briefly…
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Heroines Run the Show is an interesting look at idol culture through the lens of the companies responsible for it. Throughout the series, we get to see how the management team handles LIPxLIP while trying to bridge the gap between the boys and their high school peers. The relationship that develops between Hiyori and her charges is mostly wholesome, even going so far as to subvert expectations a few times, particularly regarding Hiyori's more "tomboy" appearance. Aizo and Yujiro start out antagonistic toward her and each other, but even they can't remain immune to the power of the enthusiastic protagonist forever. Their dynamic is fun to watch, but unfortunately Hiyori's background is the only one that feels most fleshed out. Every other character that gets introduced in the show has their…
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Honestly, there was nothing majorly wrong with this - it was just fairly mediocre and honestly wasn't really my vibes. I don't really care for fiction surrounding idols as they all tend to follow the same story beats, and it wasn't that different here - we had some obsessive fans causing trouble with rumours about dating, and the girl caught in the middle (this time their secret manager in training) gets abused because of it. Having long sequences of singing within anime also just isn't really for me - fair enough it makes sense given the context, but I wasn't a huge fan of the music and the whole fan culture with the Julietta's was more cringy than anything else for me.
Read at the sourceInorichi
Genuinely underrated.
Fluid, 2D, dance/idol scenes, TWO D . 5 ending songs, FIVE. An interesting cast and universe, that doesn't rely on ridiculous quirks or tropes.
Overall: 8/10
Heroine Tarumono is a fun SOL anime with some drama sprinkled in between. There isn't an extremely serious story. The drama isn't deep, in fact it's fairly cheap.
What works are the characters and the universe. All the chars feel genuine and have great chemistry! And most have their own story and lore as they've acted as main chars of their own anime or honeyworks MV's. It's almost like a giant collab work or a bunch of cameo's, which is what makes this anime as enjoyable as it is!
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Art/Animation: 6-8/10
The quality has it's ups and downs and there are scenes that are noticeable worse than others. The…
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Honestly I am shocked how much a series with a fun character dynamic can take such a quick nose dive in quality.
Spoilers but the last handful of episodes basically introduces a stalker problem that gets resolved in a terrible way. Theres a big message of being able to appreciate your fans because they have your best interest at heart but that doesn't really work when that appreciation ends up malicious. The whole situation does get resolved but not without any damage... that gets heavily sweeped under the rug. The main character who was the most heavily affected by the situation's outcome seemingly doesn't feel very bitter at all towards what happened and the stalker themselves never say they feel bad for the MC but instead for hurting the idol group. The MC also gets physically hurt by…
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After writing itself into a thematic briar patch, Heroines Run the Show makes a dash towards a happy conclusion, but it can't help stumbling over the nettles. On the surface, this is a pleasant ending that wraps up a confrontational final arc on a high note that leaves everyone in a better place than where they started. Good, right? And it does kinda work as a way of tying a bow on what has been, for the most part, a breezy series about a pair of dysfunctional idols and the friends they made along the way. However, the complications, caveats, and consternation brought on by Chizuru's role in the scandal don't lend themselves to such a tidy resolution.
I think the most egregious mistake of this last arc isn't a matter of how it talks about fandom; it's that it focuses on fandom in the firs…
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I have watched many MV's that HoneyWorks made (even other youtube channels that uses their characters), read some of the manga /and light novel, played their mobile game, and I would say, I am a fan of their work. I also have bought several merch they sold. I am saying this so you know what I'm about to say are pretty biased.
While the story is pretty cliched, but what I like about it is the character has a lot of nuance to them. they have their own story in the MVs and in this anime they show only a glimpse of other characters story. This characters have their own stories create a larger world they live-in seems more alive. I don't know how other people see the stories but I like they way they focused their story on Hiyori, Aizo and Yuujiro, and give fanservices with other character.
Th…
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This final impression will spoilers. I'm hiding the name of someone on purpose.
The last 3 episodes of “Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task” completely ruined the show for me. I used to have the show at a 7/10, I enjoyed it for the most part. I loved seeing Hiyori slowly develop with Aizo and Someya.
However, in the last 3 episodes, they introduced the whole stalker arc which isn’t bad on its own, but the way it’s handled is absolutely abysmal. Essentially they victim-blame Hiyori for getting stalked, having her privacy invaded and reward the stalker. The stalker has shown no sympathy towards Hiyori, even when they seemingly felt bad, they felt bad for harming their precious idol group, not their friend. The whole speech about trusting your fans and not finding…
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Wow. Two anime based off of music videos this season. Both of terrible quality. Plus, both adaptations are from creators that create Vocaloid songs. Which is also the only reason I watched them both. Honeyworks is pretty good at creating songs, but that doesn't really translate into making good anime.
Everything is half baked in this show. Think to yourself for a moment here: what exactly was the focus here? Characters? Barely enough. Maybe a deep social commentary on stalkers? Not really, more like a passing theme and shallow plot point entice the viewers. Maybe the struggles of the idols? Yeah...not really that too.
This show does exactly what I hate about showbiz shows. First of all, despite being still emerging in the scene, there's basically no focus at all on the two idols roadbloc…
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While a 9 might be a little high I chose to score it as such because I was genuinely surprised by my own enjoyment of it. I am so used to trashy romances where some protagonist has a harem of horned-up women so this was a severe change of pace for me and I enjoyed it very much. The protagonist is bubbly and very likable and the two male leads are also likable characters in their own ways. What really sold me was the way the two male leads actually come together and a realistic fashion, it's not your usual anime with a lazy "and they lived happily ever after" ending but instead these two characters both grow to become better people in a realistic way. People have mentioned that this show should have mentioned how obsessed people really are with idols but I do think that it was addressed in…
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Ah… it happened again. Yet another good anime ruined by its last episodes. What can I even say? It is a shame indeed.
Heroine Tarumono! is about a boyish, straightforward girl that goes to the city to pursue her dream, track and field. It just so happens that two of her classmates are actually a very popular idol group, LIPXLIP. She doesn't even know them, as she isn't interested in idols; but she needs money, so when she sees some agency's hiring announcement, she immediately applies for the post. Turns out, it was a recruitment for the manager-in-training for LIPXLIP! And, surprisingly, she was hired, due to her ability to supervise them as their classmate. That marks the beginning of a tiresome, frustrating, but fun journey, during which new friendships blossom and new experiences are…
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In the AniManga scene, there have been many musical labels and groups that have built their reputation on the musical repertoires which hardcore fans in Japan have crazed for them: popular franchises like Love Live!, BanG Dream! and the like. But if there's one group that stands out for the endless features that they can expand to that makes their repertoire so versatile, it's the Vocaloid music group HoneyWorks that has their famed song project that puts them on the worldwide map: the Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai: Ren'ai a.k.a Confession Executive Committee: Love Series that spans films, songs and now anime adaptations like this show.
So first, to give you an idea of how this show came about: this is based off of the song of the same name (Heroine Tarumono! / 1% no Koibito) that was released o…
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