Audience reviews
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chirale
Uta∽Kata isn’t for everyone.
Fans of both slice-of-life and introspective themes will find something rare here. But those expecting a flashy, neatly wrapped, bombastic narrative with no ambiguity and zero fanservice might want to look elsewhere.
The backgrounds are richly detailed, long shots are used purposefully, and many visual elements reward rewatching.
savage genius' opening and ending themes are well-matched to the tone and may inspire listeners to explore the duo’s entire discography.
The plot is sketched, held together by subtle threads. It’s not a Swiss clock of twists and structure, but more like a quiet collection of poems about adolescence and human flaws.
The anime isn’t widely known, and its official website was shut down in 2023 — yet it came years before more famous ti…
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Came here to watch one of the "very dark takes on the Mahou Shoujo genre"? In for a psychological drama? Spare yourself the trouble, ignore recommendations, I can't think of one reason why this would be worth your time. This is an unexciting slice-of-life series that has a mystery lurking in the background - we're talking maybe 10% of each episode's duration - and plenty of uncomfortable, pedo-fanservicy shots at the body parts/underwear of underaged female characters - just so you could, on top of being bored and unamused, also feel utterly disgusted.
Uta-Kata, as we may expect from its premise, is mostly episodic in nature. It's always a different story that has our main character use the power of Djinn to resolve a certain arising trouble. The problem is that the Djinn Trials in questi…
Read at the sourceVanillashaketime
This show truly brought me to tears and comforted me. It starts off slow and boring, but as time goes by it shows more emotions and ties the beautiful picture together.
I recommend this anime 100%. This is different than normal horror magical girl anime, but it's the same in a way.
This anime is something I would watch over and over again.
Heads up, there are some solid plot twists. And EVERYTHING shown is tied with each other.
In this anime every little information shows up again in one way or another. I've found myself re-watching the first couple episodes to see the things I may have missed, not knowing what the future would hold for this show.
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Story: 3/10
I am a sucker for "dark" Mahou Shojo shows and while the story had potential it felt severely lacking. The pacing was alright (it is a slow burner but the reason is understandable), the way the story is told is alright but some things felt forced and while the mystery was keeping me from dropping the series, the reveal was disappointing. I think there is not enough information presented to give certain things substance and value; I felt as if they happened for the sake of happening.
Minor side note: there were a bunch of really uncalled-for panty shots and I wouldn't mind if the context was that of an ecchi, but ... like ... they are just 14-year-olds running, why feel the need to use that angle?
Art: 5/10
It served its purpose, but that's about it, there were very few sc…
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I am not usually one to write reviews for things, but based on the other reviews for this show, I feel like I NEED to right this review. If you don't want to read the full review, the thing to take away is that if you are looking for a Dark Mahou Shoujo show similar to Madoka Magica, Magical Girl Site, Magical Girl Raising Project, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Day Break Illusion, and anime like that, THIS IS NOT THE ANIME FOR YOU!
I'd previously watched those anime, and based on the reviews, I thought that was what I was getting into, but this show is like those shows, in the same that an apple and an organ are both fruits. Does this show have magical girls? Sort of. Does it have a dark twist? I guess. Does it deal with dark and mature themes? a bit. But that's just kind of it, besides that this…
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HIGHLY RECOMENDED IF YOU LIKED MADOKA MAGICA
Hai, domo, senpai. I’m new here. Please don’t be too hard. Let’s see, one tail, two tail..six tail Uta Kata. His special ninjutsu is water release: bubbles. Did I provide enough intel on this jinchuriki, can I join in as a new member? ha ha
Okay. Let’s start on my very first review, Uta Kata, fragments of poem. The Anime isn’t flawless it has its shortcomings as do everyone. Uta Kata can be seen as the older sibling of the infamous Madoka Magica, many similarities including coinciding incident of some characters with its successor, colorful art and beautiful costumes to hide the show’s true color. The story starts off innocent and cheerful with our main heroine and her friends but slowly they get corrupted by the selfish nature of human heart,…
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Like Puella Magi Madoka Magica, first appearances can be deceiving when you watch Uta Kata. What starts off as a slice-of-life/ mahou shoujo title with hints of dark elements to come becomes increasingly dark and serious as it dabbles into coming-of-age and life-threatening dilemmas that our female lead Ichika comes to face and some focus on touchy issues like eating disorders and child abuse. The series takes its time with building up its plot dropping hints that those close to Ichika have some form of connection to the trials she is facing, some of whom aren't as they would seem on the surface, and more details on those trials eventually come to light as the series progresses. Being a coming-of-age title, Ichika's abilities to call upon the power of the djinn expose her to the joys and p…
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I didn't really expect much from this anime originally. But after finding out that this anime was more than what it seemed, I decided to at least give it a try.
The anime started out a little light-hearted and mysterious. A little too childish for my taste, actually. But yet there was something that kept me going. The awesome music, and the conflict that each of the character had, no matter how normal they seemed, were probably the factors that led me to think that this anime actually had some potential.
But the problem was that the anime left some questions unanswered, and some stories of the side characters uncompleted. Though I was hoping that somewhere at the end this would be solved, it only gave us a little peek at their life after we have gone through their story, which is general…
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This review comes from a guy who really hasn't watched any Mahou Shoujo anime other than Puni Puni Poemi, which by most would be placed in "Comedy/Parody" anyway. So you could say I have no idea what makes a Mahou Shoujo anime good.
At least I didn't find anything that I really liked with Uta Kata.
Story - The story is neither bad nor good. It's merely a tale of summer break miracles , friendship and love (enjoyment is sold separately). While it's not the worst crap someone has ever produced, it mainly feels like a smoothed-out, over-produced generic mass of magic teenage despair. Just reading the synopsis made me feel a bit uncomfortable with it.
The main's, Ichika's, issues with love and friendship feel exaggeratedly serious and makes it all seem like the world is nearing its end, but s…
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I'm not really a fan of the Mahou Shoujo genre of anime (and I've watched enough of the type to know this), however I will freely admit that there are some hidden gems in in a genre that is mainly aimed at teenage girls.
Generally the mahou shoujo genre has severe failings in terms of story and character development that more mature anime fans find unappealing. I blame Sailor Moon for this as, even though it enjoyed huge success, it could be thought of as being too successful in that many of the mahou shoujo type shows that followed took their lead from it. This meant shortcomings in character development, story, etc (Tokyo Mew Mew springs to mind as a prime example - it's almost a carbon copy of Sailor Moon).
Thankfully, that trend is gradually changing, as more modern anime of this ty…
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