Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
CataOrShane
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru (UraBoku from now on) is a great example of how visuals and sound aren't enough to make a series enjoyable to watch.
Visuals:
1) for a 2010 anime, the animation is very clean although inconsistent at times;
2) it took me a while to ignore how every character has a sharp chin, almost like they could stab someone with it
3) ugliest hands I've ever seen in any anime and I've been watching anime for over 16 years now!
4) unappealing color palette Sound:
1) soundtrack is okay
2) the seiyuus are IMO the biggest selling point this anime has to offer. UraBoku's entire cast is composed by legends of the voice acting industry. People that have hundreds of roles in their careers and that have voiced some of the most popular characters in anime history. Ev…
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This anime is disappointing on so many levels, especially because it has SO MUCH POTENTIAL. But it falls flat on almost all accounts.
STORY:
All. Over. The. Place.
Starting from the random names and powers that pop up without explanation and order. The story starts like ten sub-stories and finishes none of them. I understand that this is based on a manga that is supposedly a little better but in that case it would have been more favorable to go with just one story arc (that is Kanata vs. Yuki and co.) and finish it properly.
What we are left with is a confusing, boring and anti-climatic mishmash.
CHARACTERS:
The most bland and boring main pairing ever. Yuki does not do anything, ever, and neither does Luka. Their bond is only thinly held together by their past, they do not for one sec…
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裏切りは僕の名前を知っている - Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteriru is an enjoyable and atypical shoujo anime that not only features the expected larger cast of good-looking male characters, but is also very entertaining due to its action, magic and fantasy elements.
Story: Battle, reincarnation, soul-bonding, all a bit wrapped in black - clichéd but beautiful (7/10)
The story tells of the battle that has raged for more than a millennium between the demonic shadow creatures known as the Duras and humans with special abilities called the Zweilt Guardians. With the help of reincarnation, the battle has continued into the 21st century, and the battleground is now Japan's capital, Tokyo. Despite the first impression created by the larger male cast and the strong focus on feelings, emotions and sacrifice,…
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Betrayal Knows My Name focuses on a teenage orphan named Yuki who gets caught up in a conflict between the human Zweilt Guardians and the demonic beings known as Duras. The Duras seek to kill Yuki due to his powerful ability called God's Light being a potential threat to their efforts to take over humanity. Outside of the Zweilt Guardians, Yuki also has protection via Zess, a Duras who is a traitor of his kind due to his mysterious contract to protect Yuki from enemy threats.
Before I get into reviewing this series, I should address something that is fairly infamous with this anime and that comes in the form of the implication of it being a boys-love anime thanks to the close relationships that involve Yuki and Zess and a couple pairs of the Zweilt Guardians being young men. Having watche…
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this anime has gone down in history as my least favorite anime i've watched. i've complained about it to many people, and here are the reasons why.
(bear in mind its been quite a while since i've seen this so excuse any missed details)
so, my very biggest issue with this was the plot (specifically the ending). there were so many ways this show could turn out and so many hints at the character's pasts. the majority of the show is based off of the character's backstories and the time loop they seem to be stuck in, but it's never explained. i watched 24 episodes and they did not go into any depth about the backstories, or any past lives or adventures when they clearly are crucial to where the characters have gotten to. i was hoping for some sort of explanation at the end, but i was left with…
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There is so much I want to say about this, I can hardly figure out where to start from. I should perhaps start by noting that if you're in solely for the shounen-ai part, like I was, you might as well want to reconsider as there is literally nothing to satisfy your expectations...
Uragiri wa boku no namae wo shitteiru(Betrayal knows my name) - a flashy name and even flashier cover picture, with gorgeous young men, a real feast for the eyes, it makes you want to believe the contents will justify or perhaps correspond to the cover, alas it doesn't. Why is that?
If you ever thought you know the meaning of the word "cheesy", you're in for a surprise and you will most probably want to laugh, cry, howl and roar at the same time about every 5-10 mins from each episode.
PLOT - I believe if you…
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I started watching this because I am on a binge watching anime with Sakurai Takahiro in a leading role. I know the Odagiri Hotaru, mangaka (though have not read the manga on which this anime is based), so I was expecting bishounen central, and lots of bromance, and that's what I got. There's even a story, but alas, for 24 episodes, not enough of it, and especially not enough progress.
I've got another 6 episodes to go, and I won't store this review until I am done, but at the moment I am just SO FED UP with the central character Yuki, who is the ultimate Mary Sue because everybody just loooooves him, even people who start out disliking him. He has this tragic back story, which unfortunately he doesn't remember a bit of, he's part of a star-crossed pair of lovers (he was female in his past…
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This is probably one of the few anime that I have rewatched a third time. Yeah, that is how much I enjoyed this.
It had great character developement and funny moments to cover the serious ones. It had a great protecting-relationships between partners that worked together.
The drawing was also great and action scenes were drawn beautifully.
SO if you are wondering if this anime is for you, check the below list that includes what I think of this anime:
1. Action
2. Great Drawing
3. Male Main Character 4. Mostly Male Cast
5. Female are not squeaky or weak/pathetic
6. Great twists
7. No Harem/Ecchi/Reverse Harem/ etc
Give it a try then. It is really enjoyable and entertaining. I mean, it has beautifully drawn bishounens ! Grins
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Story: 10
I mostly admire that the characters are easy to relate to. And I know it's basically just a romance in the middle of a large battle. But the story does have a lot of potential, so I hope that they make a second season to tie everything together. It's also interesting that the beginning was sort of like Twitches. Yuki is finding out about his powers while secretly being watched, not knowing that someone else (Kanata, my spelling could be wrong) is doing the same thing.
Art: 10
The art is the best that I've ever seen done, besides Rokka no Yuusha. The graphics are realistic, except for the wind blowing their hair around. I've never seen hair in the wind swaying in a perfect line.
The sound is good too, I can't really go into detail about it though.
Character: 10
All of the c…
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Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru, aka "Uraboku" is an anime of demons and super power.
At first sight, you think it's about good vs evil. However, it's not.
I'll start with good points.
The first episode is pretty promising. It makes you wonder about the story behind the characters and how the events will turn out.
The characters are drawn beautifully. The animation and the effects that appear when characters cast spells or use super powers are good as well.
But other than those, this anime has nothing to show.
So here are the bad points:
However good the first episode seems, the rest is actually boring. Nothing changes or develops. If you just wanna know how it ends, you can just watch first and last two episodes.
You don't really understand anything. No answers are given to the "W…
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'Betrayal Knows My Name' seemed like a promising anime with my interest lying in the central plot (or what I originally thought was the central plot prior to completing the anime) of Yuki and Luka. In Yuki's past life he and Luka fell deeply, and madly, in love. Luka finds Yuki again in his next life (reincarnated as a male) and stays by his side for the entire 24 episode run.
Up front that seems like a promising romance story. You have Luka who is madly in love with Yuki and will protect him as well as do anything for him. But then you have Yuki, the main character, who has no memories of his previous life with Luka or the love that they shared. Through more than obvious hints and comments from the side characters of the story, Yuki does in fact have a good idea that he and Luka were pas…
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To be honest, the only thing good or at least satisfying about this anime are the hot guys. Oh, and the graphics, the characters look really really good, with lots of details and nevertheless, the outside sceneries look truly fantastic.
Story: The story is completely boooring. It's true, in the beginning you are somehow captivated but after a few episodes it gets very uninteresting. This whole anime is about Yuki, the most ANNOYING chacarcter. Why? Well, I really hate it when the main hero always needs to be babysitted by the other characters. In every single episode you will hear at least 4 times someone asking Yuki if he is alright and if we put together this scenes we could make 5 episodes of other characters worrying about Yuki. Another fact is that this anime should have had maximum…
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Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteriu (what a mouthful ^_^) translating to Betrayal Knows My Name is one of those hit or miss anime. Some people absolutely love it while others could seriously care less. To be honest, I lean more to the latter group but there were still a few good points about the series that are still worth the mention.
Now for a spoiler free review
Plot(7/10)- The plot is one of those honorable mentions. It follows the story of Sakurai Yuki who grew up in an orphanage with no memory of his past. While that part is a bit clichéd, we soon learn that Yuki posses the power to feel others emotions and meets others who posses unique abilities. Yuki is thrown into a supernatural world where he fights to protect those he cares for while also discovering the secrets of his pas…
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I have not read the manga and this review is based only on the anime....
Nothing..... just nothing happens in the anime. From the first episode to the last nothing happens...the story moves at a snails pace.....it bored me to hell.....I hate the character Yuki....
anime has a bunch of beautiful people who all obsess over Yuki, who has done nothing, will do nothing and can do nothing....I dont know why they all obsess over him..in every damn episode all the characters just sit together and obsess about Yuki...and Luka just chants the word Yuki and nothing else........in all of 24 episodes I have seen Yuki do nothing except be a wimp...
GOD its just a waste of time....
Read at the sourceLaciie
This anime is bishounen central. That may have been (part) of the reason I became motivated to watch it, because I stopped watching after the first four episodes, took a long break, then started again a day or two ago. I thought it would be really good, as I have a couple of friends who are a fan of it.
Well. I guess I got a kick out of watching this.
Story: 6
It's not the story itself that's bad. The premise is good, maybe a bit average; MC with special abilities he has no clue about. He suddenly gets involved in this mess with creatures called Duras, whereupon he meets a man named Luka who swears to protect him. The main character, Yuki, has actually been reborn several times (and this is no spoiler; they give it away within the first four episodes), with other members of his family h…
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The next time an Anime character says: 'I...I...I..' I'm gonna punch someone, I swear to God. Damn even if I wanted to I wouldn't be able to count the times a person says that and doesn't finish their sentence. But alright, the review.
Story:
The story isn't actually bad. The story has quite some depth, including the background stories of the characters (in fact this is probably the most important thing in the story). Especially because it features shounen ai, it is a more unique story than a standard romance story. Because let's face it; this is a romance anime. Sure there is some fighting, but not very much. The few (compared to other anime with similar stories) fighting scenes are also generally short.
The problem with the story however, are the characters. Most are cool and good, ex…
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Ok, I just finished watching this anime, first let me go over what I liked about it.
The guys are all hot! Oh yeah, if you want some great eye candy then this one is a good one to try. Its also a Shounen-ai which makes it even better and an action one at that. So if you love bishie boy action type of animes then it is worth checking out.
However, although an anime has these elements does not mean I can give it a high score. Heck I have watched plenty of bishie type animes that I couldn't get past the fifth episode of and had no choice but to drop *looking at you Mien Liebe* so I have no other choice but to go over everything that ticked me off about this anime.
The story is about a boy named Yuki who was reincarnated from a woman, he gets saved by a man named Zess from a Duras (evil cr…
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I actually enjoyed this anime. Besides the uber gorgeous boys, the story hinted on a lot of different subjects. Honestly, if you're one of those hard core boy loving girls/guys, this is the anime for you. The art is very well done, and you won't be disappointed!
A downpoint of the anime is that not every one looks into the deeper meanings of the story line. I guess it's hard to see that if you're blinded by the art and overall characterization of the characters. Unless you take a close looks at the subjects being touched, it's hard to like this anime without thinking it's just another normal 'good looking guys' blah blah blah.
A few key things that this story touches on: racism, unconditional love, tradition, etc
I'm not going to explain when and where, because I'll be spoiling it for y…
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This is a bishounen anime. It's a showcase of gorgeous guys. It has very pretty animation--lots of the outdoor scenes have a rich, glowing atmosphere, characters live in ornamented rooms, and everyone has detailed hair and eyes that glow like gems. But the eye-candy factor is really the only positive thing about this anime. It's the only reason I didn't give it a lower rating, which it honestly deserves.
I don't mean to offend, but probably the only viewers that would actually enjoy this show are angsty teen girls who need some affirmation. Because the side characters spend most of their time worrying about, discussing, or affirming our main character (who comes across as a sensitive weakling who doesn't actually do anything).
I gave this series a low rating because there is practically…
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The Zweilt Guardians are a bunch of hot males, plus one female, who have supernatural powers. Their purpose is to defeat these powerful, sexy demons called Duras who wish to destroy mankind. The innocent and oblivious main protagonist, Yuki, is approached by the Zweilts because he is their light and hope in this never-ending battle. Granted, this is just your basic good vs. evil story with pretty boys on the screen, but this by all means ISN'T a bad anime.
STORY & CHARACTERS
Uraboku gets off to a serious start, delving into heavy subject matter such as: orphans, troubled pasts, parental abuse, death threats, and world destruction. What an impressive way to begin things. It makes you wonder why everything is so dark and sinister around the most innocent person in the world, Yuki.
Yuki is…
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