Audience reviews
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StrikingCarpet7
I loved this anime. It's great and hilarious. I love when anime get self aware and are actually funny and creative with it. It may not be a masterpiece but I just can't deny how entertaining it is. I really hope there is a season 2 because it's much deserved. The characters have good chemistry but the comedy is a highlight. The story isn't the most unique and nothing new but the execution is what I loved. I think others will enjoy it. It's hilariously optimized. Characters were funny, reactions were goofy and well rounded and most of the stuff wasn't predictable
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If you’re looking for a typical, predictable show where most interactions and characters feel cliché, then this might be the one for you.
Of course, it’s not complete trash, it can be mildly entertaining at times, but that’s about the best that can be said for it.
As mentioned, the interactions between characters, especially between the main characters, follow the usual slow-burn romance formula that we’ve seen countless times before. Furthermore, despite the potential of its premise, the story ultimately falls short. Instead of exploring the aspects that could have been the most interesting (which I won’t mention to avoid spoilers), it barely develops them and ends up saying very little.
If that weren’t enough, the characters’ ambitions are as said, either extremely cliché or simply fla…
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Honestly, I enjoyed this show, but I wouldn’t call it a masterpiece. It’s more of a fun series to pass the time rather than a must watch. I’d still recommend it, though if you decide to skip it, you’re not really missing out on anything major.
The plot is solid, and the characters are well done. There’s a central “will they, won’t they” dynamic that kept things interesting, and the humor throughout the show made it consistently entertaining.
While it didn’t leave a huge impression on me, it was definitely enjoyable. I’m not ride-or-die for this series, but if it gets a second season, I think it would deserve one.
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In the anime/manga (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) the concept is simple.
Two middle schoolers are too proud to confess so each is trying to trip the other because the first to confess "losses".
So take that concept, make it a couple waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy to meta and aware of the rom-com troupes to where this is aimed at the viewer not the other character. Congrats, you have this show. The dollar store Kaguya-sama.
You know what the sad part it is? It had potential. Don't get me wrong the show is trash and the jokes don't land 90% of the time. But then you get flashes of what this could have been, it's that remaining 10%, and I wonder...
I hope the author finds their own voice some day, because this one just isn't it.
Read at the sourceBenx2019
Not by any means a masterpiece, but there are elements of it which I enjoyed. The actions scenes are surprisingly adequate, not great, but just kinda good. However, it stuggles to maintain any kind of detail or consistency in both drawing the characters or the backgrounds. The characters and story don't have an immense amount of depth, but enough to be enjoyable. Quite silly, and I personally quite enjoyed that. Pacing was decent, kept my attention, however the first "arc", if you can call it that, seemed a little rushed. The voice acting was fine. Not impressive, but not grating either. The soundtrack had a few good tracks that I enjoyed and the rest were kinda meh. The op and ed were good though. Overall, it's not a bad anime. However, it lacks in multiple areas such as the voice acting,…
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I swear, the first few episodes were like trying to get a cat to take a bath - it was a struggle, and I was this close to giving up. But, I'd heard great things about it, so I persisted. And boy, am I glad I did.
Around the midpoint, things started to pick up, and I mean, really pick up. The plot got twisty, the characters got more complex, and I found myself actually caring about what happened next. And then, the final fight scene happened... Akatsu and Zwei going head-to-head? Mind. Blown. I was screaming at my screen like a lunatic, and my roommate thought I'd lost it.
What really stood out to me, though, was the way the show balanced the darkness and the humor. I mean, some of the themes they tackled were heavy, but they managed to sneak in some genuinely funny moments that had me la…
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This show is bad.
It's a love story between an angel that is being persecuted by her family and a nosebleed harem protagonist demon (who literally gets collared and forced to obey the angel in starting from episode 1). However, putting aside how love correlates to stockholm syndrome, romance isn't really done well. It's 8 episodes of dumb posturing and one-upping each other at acting cool and cute, very, VERY stretched out shots of every scene, and occasional "e-eeeeEEeh?! I... I AM in love with a demooon?!??" and "G-gh! she's actually very kind for an angel!".
And it would be fine. It's a challenge to write a good story, and writing a good story about interpersonal relationships in a way that feels believable and relatable is even harder. Nevermind about translating such a story into a se…
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This anime was hysterically cringe-worthy.
On one hand, the animation and character designs were appealing (though definitely low-budget), the dialogue was cheesy and basic, but watching Lily and Akutsu desperately try to one up each other was very entertaining. The 'sweet' moments between the main couple were cute (though highly overdramatized).
On the other hand, the story was a complete disaster. Character motivations wavered constantly, the soundtrack and opening theme lacked originality, there wasn't a single likeable side character, and the Demon's underworld was explored more then 'Heaven' where the Angles resided (many unanswered questions in regard to the female leads circumstances and upbringing), but the overall world building was shallow and just made no sense. Most important…
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Sometimes, the score rated on MAL is right since it reflects the true content of the anime series can provide to audience, which I barely have anything to oppose. However, if you do it as something default to watch or skip by the point rated on MAL, you will miss the gold! Like this anime.
Honestly, I still don't get and understand how this anime gets 6.92 out of 10.
Summary real quick:
1. If you like 86 - Eighty six -> go watch this
2. If you think Horiyama story is well constructed -> Go watch this
3. if you like the animation figthting scence from unlimited budget from Fate -> Go watch this
4. if you like twisted, lovely romance like love is war -> Go watch this
5. Till the last point -> everything looks perfectly cooked well with animation.
I would say this anime won't be 9 out of…
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It's somewhat an oddball to a romcom, watching it felt like a Romeo and Juliet story, two sides fighting against each other creating a tention between their feelings, although the plot was interesting, I think they should have dropped the entire "war" element to it, the more they explained the conflict it just felt like tention was building up towards something bigger.
The characters on the other-hand was delightful, from Lily hiding her shame under domination to Yuuma being your average goofball protagonist with a slight teasing nature, i found the rest of the cast cute.... their charm is quickly hindered by their one dimensional characters, the comedy on the other side was.... in a bad way, quirky to say the least, every single moment that any love was building up between the 2 main cha…
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This supposed romantic comedy is all over the place, resulting in failure on every front.
The story attempts to focus, as is often the case in romcoms, on the slow emotional development of the protagonists. However any romantic tension that manages to build up, is soon undermined by misplaced and haphazard yet somehow bland comedy. Thus, the series fails as a romcom. There is an overarching story, but it lacks the development needed to engage the viewer, so the series also fails as a compelling narrative. The only source of tension relies on frequently misleading the viewer into believing something that turns out not to be true, which quickly becomes another source of annoyance.
These faults are complemented by rather generic, characterless, and cheap visuals. There are occasional dynami…
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I think the majority of users who’ve left a rating for this show didn’t make it past episode 3. I’ll be straight: the first two episodes are BAD, and the third is very mid. I nearly dropped the show myself, but I have a goal this year to finish even the trash shows I start in 2024.
I’m glad I didn’t drop it, because things get really good in episode 4. I’m not sure if the author needed time to get his comedy down, but every joke in the first three episodes landed completely flat for me. However, the first few minutes in episode 4 actually had me audibly laughing, much to my surprise, and the episode continued on this good trend of “wait, is this show ACTUALLY getting good??”
Then episode 5 comes and has one of the best and most well directed romance scenes I’ve seen in a long time. The…
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Entertainment: 7/10
Only the entertainment criteria is used for scoring since that's the most important aspect for me
Art style: Good design, fight scenes were better than expected for a comedy anime
Characters: mid since theres not a lot of screen time outside the 2 mc
Plot: very mid for a comedy anime, nothing out of the ordinary happens, quite a lot of cliche moments to fill screen time Sound: pretty catchy op and peaceful ed, everything else is ok
Entertainment: entertaining enough to keep me catch up every week, overall a good anime to turn off my brain and kill time with
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I don't want to leave a long review, TLDR: Absolutely unexpected banger. Great characters, great romance, nice fight scenes.
The first impression I got was tht this was going to be another one of those shitty, episodic, painful to watch so called 'romcoms' where characters factory reset every few eps without any development, where they repeat the same gags over and over for 12 eps. Ngl, the first few eps are garbage. It just felt like a shitty Love is War ripoff, with RandomXD Please Laugh humor. I wasn't really surprised, I had 0 expectations on this one, I'd never even heard of it.
NOPE. Shit pops off after ep 5, doesn't fuck up after that. Its a very nice, heartfelt, enemies to lovers romance anime. The male lead isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but is likable, straightforward, an…
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While this anime doesn't attempt to tell the love story of the century or break ground on any new concepts, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil has more personality and more character development than most romantic comedies I've watched. I'm absolutely not the first person to say this, but the first episode shows to some *ahem* questionable scenes to say the least. This is absolutely something you must get past, but I promise this show is well worth the watch!
This show doesn't introduce any new concepts in the world of romantic-comedy anime. This is generally seen as a bad thing since it means watching another meh anime about tired tropes and you can practically predict the ending from the first five minutes. This anime, however, does the tried-and-true trope of forbidden love in a w…
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I really thought that this is gonna be a normal Romance, Shoujo anime genre but it is not like I've never thought that the title itself really means a relationship between a real Angel and a Demon. This is the downside if you never interested in manga/novel and started off to watch the anime. The first episode on how they meet really not that interesting for me but the story really build-up to be a really great Romance, Shoujo and Comedic anime and I really enjoyed it so much. Their interactions really cute and lovely, at least for me. The animator needs to improve on the fighting side of the story. I mean like, they're lack or real sound effects and the movement quite 'slow' and awkward, I would say so. But overall, what a great anime. Don't expect it to be really good but if you actually…
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Sometimes you need a change of scenery. After years of exclusively working on hentai titles, Sawayoshi Azuma presents his first "regular" story here - and one has to say: the "career change" was worth it.
The story revolves around the young demon Masatora Akutsu, who is sent from hell to earth to find a new leader (a so-called "idol") who will motivate the demons to confront the angels from heaven, because although while the angels seem to be exorcising demon creatures every day, no one there really seems to be getting their asses up.
He disguises himself as a typical high school student and meets the young Lily Amane on the same day. With her cute and charming nature, her classmate seems to be exactly the right person for Akutsu's job. When he reveals his plan to her, she unexpectedly…
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Kanaten on the surface seems like it might be just another generic romcom. After all, it is obviously based on the centuries old template of Romeo and Juliet, with the forbidden love of enemies, an Angel and Demon, falling for one another, and with the initial reaction to this anime I was concerned the adaptation had been massively screwed up. Having been following the manga this is based on for nearly five years, I can safely say that isn't the case. This adaptation kicks ass and greatly exceeds my expectations.
The most simple description of Kanaten would be a romantic comedy with action elements. The romance aspect is great; Akutsu and Lily have fantastic on screen chemistry that grows very naturally feeling. No step of their relationship feels forced. The comedy is top notch, think Cr…
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The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil - It's "Kaguya-sama: Love is War", if you found it on Wish.com (or just about any cheap knock-off site) and purchased it for a bargain discount.
The battle of good and evil transcends time as early as angels and demons can be, and this is no exception used as the basis of so many works in AniManga. It's also the bane and boon if the romance aspect is wedged in, but used so prevalently that it makes you wonder if the union of good and evil can result in a consensus and creation of a new being. That is where I'll introduce you into this show: mangaka Sawayoshi Azuma's Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru a.k.a The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil, a cheap knock-off of the sum of a few shows: the romance aspect of Kaguya-sama and the vibes of the likes…
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The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil is when you make an intriguing start, but then take things up a notch with an empty romcom.
Children's Playground Entertainment is a relatively young studio, founded in 2010, but it's had a hand in all manner of terrible content, whether it's producing the first season of The Fruit of Evolution, whose quality and content I'll probably keep quiet about, or more recently creating an adaptation of Saihate no Paladin, which was another bad isekai. And now, CPE has decided to redeem itself to the audience by releasing a manga adaptation called The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil by Sawayoshi Azuma. Surprisingly involved in this whole mess were director Itsurou Kawasaki, one of his past works being the hilarious The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting, and…
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