Audience reviews
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fh1478
Maybe I Can Eat My Roommate Alien
NieA under 7 is a show about economic troubles, hunger, and the eternal want to destroy your roommate, but maybe there's still a bright side.
The vibe is very much of the 90s aftermath of the bubble economy, where everybody was have to tighten there belts, and the main girl is certainly feeling it, especially with no father in her life. and show it very much slice of life, with a little alien twist on top.
The main girl is endearing, her constant struggle with money and trying to get to a good university , and the alien is a constant foil to her, she feels like a stray cat, that won't leave her life.
Tone of the show is not sad, but it is downbeat, It's like the weird has become normal, and now it just the struggle of the daily life.
Time keep changi…
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It's impossible to find animes that can portrays the cruelty of post-fordist world.
I can't imagine who those people felt about the new millennium fall over his shoulders, having lived those massacres and social progressive, what crazy things will arrives the new world... definitely won't be flying cars, but the depression of a world even more accelerated.
Fukuyama says there's no more history, partly he's right, I'm not fully sure about his politc and economic reasoning but yeah, every hope will just become old memories and nostalgia, like the sentiment this anime produced.
good soundtrack btw, even now I think about the post-apocaliptic melodies of a distortion guitar crying of junk and vanishing hopes.
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"Poverty makes people mean."
NieA Under 7 currently has a MAL score of...under 7, and I find that unfair.
On one hand, I sort of understand it. NieA Under 7 is a very unassuming series, and at first glance, it looks like any old slice of life anime from the early 2000s. On top of that, our titular character can be really grating at times, and with other characters like the...walking Indian stereotype? (wow, that...has to be racist, right?) It makes sense why so many people would be quick to write this one off.
But, with only thirteen episodes, I highly recommend you hang on.
NieA Under 7 is the type of SOL show that digs deep into the aspects of every day life, and contemplates the characters' feelings and circumstances. It paints the picture of a marginalized immigrant living with a p…
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NieA_7 is, surprisingly, a mixed bag. It isn't mediocre the whole way through, far from it, but instead it has stellar highs and irritating lows. To summarise: I found the human side of the story (ie Mayuko's) extremely compelling - if the entire show were simply devoted to that, I would be willing to recommend it much more readily. The alien side (Niea's), however, I have little praise for.
Mayuko is a deeply relatable character and navigates the common stressors of life with a certain elegance. I felt her story delivered lacklustre answers to her questions at times, such as what she wants to do with her life, or how to deal with student-derived poverty, which I actually consider a strength. These problems are commonly discussed because they have no definitive answer. Maybe you're approa…
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This show is a mess, chaotic and multi-directional, but with hidden purpose that waits a little to reveal itself. Niea Under Seven has an extremely untypical format that may not be for everyone, so beware before entering!
When the series starts off, it establishes itself in ways that are deceiving, which is why probably many who would have liked it ended up dropping it too early to find out what they were missing, or people that wanted what it promoted itself as were disappointed by the end. You may think you’re in for a generic slice of life comedy, but don’t get it wrong- it slowly culminates into an almost-existential-like-drama before taking a hard left down sentimentality-to-the-maximum lane. The pacing changes at the drop of a hat in the most jarring and weirdest ways possible, it ha…
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NieA_7 is hidden gem. Too bad most people watch it solely for the comedy parts and get disappointed.
It's a slice of life/comedy/drama anime. Please note the drama part, even I was able to feel their despair at some scenes. I wouldn't recommend it to people who just wants to laugh.
-Story 8/10
The only flaw of the show. It introduces too many elements and abandons some without explaining much. This can be justified since it's only 13 episodes long. It starts as comedy and slowly builds up a serious existentalist tone, which was a suprise for me.
-Art 9/10
I took lots of screenshots. Think it as a happier Lain. Much more aesthetically pleasing compared to current anime generation.
-Sound 10/10
NieA_7 has the best voice acting I've heard. Everyone's voice fits their character perfectly.…
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NieA Under 7 tells the ebbs and flows of early adulthood in a loosely constructed slice of life comedy. Thematically down-to-earth and occasionally depressing, NieA_7 inspires young adults to be hopeful no matter their personal situation. Reputed as ‘the forgettable Yoshitoshi Abe anime’, its lukewarm critical response severely undermines how relatable, sympathetic, and empowering this series can feel.
Today’s young adults are stereotyped as socially awkward, riddled with financial problems and unsure about the future. Mayuko Chigasaki is the poster girl for these characteristics, presented as a hardworking student who is busy making ends meet by working several jobs. She lives with NieA, a rude, hyperactive alien who sells junk and builds faulty UFOs, much to Mayuko’s annoyance. Set in…
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It's...a big mess.
This show has so many fluctuating episodes with different atmospheres, it's as if they're not part of the same story. You first think you're watching a light-hearted comedy, then a seinen, sometimes sci-fi, but wait a second, it's a comedy again. It's like this show doesn't have an identity, and it suffers tremendously.
You'd think that since one of the main characters is a discriminated, "unique" sort of alien, the plot would involve something about that identity. In the earlier episodes, Niea is clearly discriminated against, and I would suppose that her being an "under seven" would have some sort of meaning. Well, you're absolutely wrong.
Instead, the first 7 episodes or so is just comedy, not so good, not so bad, whatever. Then, the last 6 episodes is where it takes…
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NieA Under 7 is Yoshitoshi Abe's (other) slice of life series which I felt pretty lukewarm about and didn't fully appreciate when I first watched it.
After revisiting it however, my view of it has changed dramatically.
Not only do I think it's a great slice of life series that slowly makes you feel absorbed in its world, but I also think it's a great character study that thoroughly explores its main character's fear of growing up, social anxiety, lack of an objective in life and her daily struggles as a cram student who barely scrapes by financially.
So the series is set in a contemporary Japan where aliens landed with a huge mother-ship and its inhabitants started spreading across the country. But instead of being a hostile invasion they just end up integrating in to society and livi…
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Obviously I watched this because of the fact that I had just watched Serial Experiments Lain and was made so emotionally vulnerable by it that I just had to go and consume every other related show that exists, and one of the few I haven't already watched was this one. I didn't even remember it existed, but I'm glad I found it. I was pretty surprised to find that it had a rating of “under 7” (on MAL, I guess that means a show is pretty much terrible, given the tendency towards rating inflation of MAL users), but of course I was going to watch it anyway. I thought it would be interesting how a team that had just gotten out of the creative world of SEL would ease themselves into a lighter show. Of ABe's four late-90s/early 00s anime (SEL, this, Haibane, and Texhnolyze), this is certainly the…
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NieA_7 (NieA under Seven) is a 13 episode comedy/slice of life TV anime produced by studio Triangle Staff. The main director for the series was Tomokazu Tokoro (Haibane Renmei), and it aired from Apr 26 2000 to Jul 19 2000. NieA is an adaptation of a doujin manga with the same name, created by Yoshitoshi ABe. The manga would later go on to be published by Kadokawa Shoten on their monthly Shounen magazine Monthly Ace Next.
The story goes something like this. Aliens have come and invaded the earth. But rather than taking over, they have decided to live among the humans, as their mother ship has broken down and they can not leave the planet. We follow the dirt-poor student Chigasaki Mayuko who finds herself living with one of these aliens named NieA. NieA is what is called an Under Seven ali…
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Crazy to me that this show is rated under a 7 with 6000 views. This is a simple show with simple humor, art, and characters. It's like eating tasty food with a goofy old friend from grade school. Every episode leaves you feeling relaxed and happy to carry on your own normal life.
Watched this because I loved Serial Experiments Lain, and while in some ways this show is the absolute opposite, both shows aesthetically deliver in their own way through relate-able looks and feels. Recommended for adults who like slice of life plots displayed through subtle and relaxed art styles.
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NieA is a slice-of-life anime the follows a young girl named Mayuko as she tries to juggle her jobs and her studies in order to get into college. Not only that, but she also has to put up with her roommate .NieA. that sleeps in her closet and is also an alien, yes an alien. The world of NieA takes place when in the distant yet not so far past Aliens have arrived on earth and are now living among humans. Yet despite such a thing occurring, not much happens or changes other than their being people who look a bit like humans with the added features of long ears and antennas. There are some themes and undertones about racism and class in the show such as the class system within the alien culture, the aliens trying to improve their reputation and social status among the human,the aliens still m…
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Man, this show is an odd one. How do I even begin to classify it? Is it a Sci-Fi? Drama? Slice of Life? Comedy? I don’t really know, and to be honest, I don’t think the show does either.
Niea_7 is an anime based on the doujinshi, and with character designs by, Yoshitoshi ABe. You might know him from his involvement in Serial Experiments Lain, Texchnolyze, and Haibane Renmei. It’s thought the people who made Lain made this show to cool down after it, as it has a fair amount of similar people who worked on both.
The story, put in the most basic terms possible, is that in a world where aliens have arrived and become commonplace and nobody really seems to care, Mayuko, a poor student living in a bathhouse is living with a freeloading under alien known as Niea. This base actually provides a v…
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Hello again guys for another review. The first thing that is unique about this, and why many will probably pick up this otherwise generic looking slice-of-life is that it's from the person that bought us Serial Experiments Lain. Yeah, this is NOTHING LIKE Serial Experiment at all. But it has a very unique charm, enough to give it an 8. And with the scoring out in the open for people just scanning to see, let's get to the meet of the review.
OK, I'm not great with names, so I'm just gonna be describing characters - set in a rural town in present time (though the rural setting certainly gives it a 60s/70s/80s syle), the main female is a poor cram student who earns just enough by working for the local bathhouse (where she also resides) to put a roof over her head and travel to Tokyo to study…
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Ahhhh NieA_7. If you've never heard of this anime I wouldn't blame you. As it is not one of Yoshitoshi ABe's most famous since he is one of the masterminds behind the ever talked about mindf**k that is Serial Experiments Lain. If I had to compare NieA_7 to anything that ABe has done it would be more appropriate to compare it to that of Haibane Renmei as it's not all dark and philosophical, but rather, very calming and easy to take in. This show would best be described as the crew who worked on Lain taking a little break. This show is a very light-hearted comedy that is honestly a joy to watch. I would say I watched it at the perfect time as I got exactly what I wanted out of it since I had watched a lot of anime recently that consist of heavy drama and very compelling storylines. (It was F…
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A title born from the people responsible for the creation of Serial Experiments Lain. NieA_7 was based of a doujinshi of the same name by the esteemed Yoshitoshi ABe. Apparently, the staff of Lain wanted to create a very light-hearted title to follow up the sever tone found in Lain. In short: this doesn’t really work out in the show’s favor. Why? I’m getting there.The story revolves around a hard-working high-schooler Mayuko (Mayu), who lives on her own and struggles to make ends meet between her three low-wage jobs. Mayu is a shy, introverted, and to make life worse, has an obnoxious, food-swiping, UFO obsessed alien named Niea for a room-mate (ranked as an “under 7 alien as per her alien class system for some reason). Did I forget to mention? Aliens have colonized on Earth years prior an…
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Representing about a 60:40 ratio of contemplative slice-of-life to lighthearted comedy, all blended and dropped into a slightly sci-fi setting, my first thought about NieA Under 7 was this: It is one tough show to classify.
It's evident that, from an artistic standpoint, this is a pretty bare-bones production. Expect relatively flat backgrounds, lacking any real depth or detail. Movement is regularly stiff and unnatural looking. The character designs bear the obvious stamp of the esteemed Yoshitoshi ABe, and they're just as distinctive as anything else that he's made, but their quality fluctuates, sometimes becoming more blocky and rough-looking on a scene-to-scene basis. The closest, most direct comparison I can make is to Haibane Renmei; if you've seen that, expect a similar or slightl…
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Back when I first watched "NieA Under 7" quite a few years ago, I thought it was a rather odd show that contained some comedy but not much else. Thinking back on it, I now realise that this show is probably better described as a slice of life. And by that I mean it's a REAL slice of life, not one of those fake ones like "Clannad" that people slap the genre label onto just because it doesn't contain mecha and it's set in a school.
"NieA Under 7" contains all the telling signs of a slice of life - even though it's undoubtedly a comedy, it's not constantly cracking jokes like in "Galaxy Angel", and when they're not doing comedy, they're doing... well, nothing really. You could call it drama, but it's not very dramatic. The storyline meanders around and doesn't really get anywhere, so yeah,…
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NieA 7 - 7.5/10
A diamond in the rough. For a series with such a lowly average on MAL, it's surprisingly good. It's reminiscent of Haibane Renmei because of its slow, dialogue heavy and relaxing style.
After watching the first volume, I wasn't too taken with it. It started off reasonably well, showing the struggles of a very believable young woman, Mayuko, as she tries to survive with little money and, at the same time, studies to get into college. But my interest levels dropped as soon as it was revealed that an alien, NieA, lived in Mayuko's closet, eating some of her food and causing her trouble. My interest continued to decrease as more cartoony aliens got involved and the usual anime silliness ensued.
Why did this bother me, you ask? Because NieA 7 didn't need an alien living in a…
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