Audience reviews
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CautiousShadow
White Album has a total of 2 seasons and should not be confused with White Album 2.
There are some really good characters in this anime, but there are also too many characters. The anime goes slowly, but also at a break neck speed at the same time. You get introduced to a lot of people and it's hard to keep track of everything going on. The 2 main idols are the best part of the series for sure. Everything past that is annoying filler. You will feel lost watching this anime.
The first season is really hard to get through. Boring. Slow pace. But at the same time, hardly explaining anything.
The second season does pick up the pace and it really feels exciting. There's a huge build. And the concert scene at the end is glorious. But the ending of the show is stupid. Really. Just don't bother…
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“White Album” is what happens when You write a romance with most of the characters feeling sorry for themselves and meddle in other people's affairs. Yes I know, I know… it’s an anime and a drama so I shouldn't expect characters acting like functioning adults. My mistake.
It’s a romance, harem story about a guy having problems adapting to the reality that his girlfriend is an idol and everything that implies. Yeah… let’s be honest, he’s a fool (not an idiot, it looks like he’s aware of his harem) most of the time but an opportunistic idiot so I have to respect that. There are moments when he feels bad about what he’s doing but it doesn’t last long. For a reason I just cannot fathom every girl he calls a “Goddess of the day” falls for him.
Our main hero is Touya Fujii - a student in his…
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Halfway through this series (i.e at the end of this first season), I'm at least invested enough to finish it. My current opinion is that this is a pretty good show, with a lot of sympathetic, interesting characters, but which is let down somewhat by the fact that it's protagonist very much isn't one of them. Frustrating decisions all around for Touya, a protagonist who is only capable of making stupid decisions. The show is a visual novel adaptation, and it feels like we're watching someone playing it making all of the worst choices.
But, despite that, and despite the animation that looks like it was made at least five years before it was, I'm invested enough to carry on, and I'm looking forward to seeing what it's all coming together into.
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I am far too lazy to write a proper review, so I will do it in bullet points about whats caught my attention.
Setting:
- The series is set in 1986. The sole purpose for this is because characters have busy schedules, and without cellphones, they keep missing eachother everytime they call and leave voice messages instead.
I cannot stress how this is a central point in the show. It feels very frustrating (in a good way), and makes me appreciate the fact we have smartphones today. A lot of the drama and heartbreak could be avoided by talking to your loved one at the right time. They cant do this here because there is simple no such technology there yet.
So characters finding themselves unable to speak with their loved ones at the right time create a lot of drama, misunderstantings etc.…
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Well watched this because i was bored but this is so hard to watch this is the same as School Days to compare it to something (maybe school days was based on this game) i watched all episodes and wondered when the guy was gonna be punched by the the dad,the friend or someone else yet 13 episodes and nothng no repercusion of his actions.
Well seeing as this started as eroge in 1998 using the same seiyuus (reason of why is fake and unreal) there isn't enjoyment and is just depressing.
The description is really wrong and poorly made since there is no love,Yuki does love Fujii Touya but he doesn't love anyone he is the same as Makoto Itou from school days ,he just pretend to be the victim and expect the viewer to feel sorry for him because his mother died and he has problems with his father so…
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(Thoughts) White album despite it's plot is definitely one of the best romance stories. I feel I could watch it again and again and never realize it's full potential. This is the perfect portrayal of unfaithfulness despite trust, and selfishness despite guilt. Totally a sad anime for sure, but I think it was worth my time and philosophy; It touched on every point a romance needs, it kept me intrigued and thinking, and never let me be happy. This is why it's a perfect portrayal of relationships in real life, the struggles that come between them, and human desires that exceed the realm of possibility.
(Concerns) I suspected that White Album 2 would be a continuation of this but it is not which saddens me quite a bit... Disregarding the incomplete story many say that WA2 is a masterpiece whe…
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The first series for "White Album" is not only the progenitor to many other harem/cheating sub-genre series, like the infamous "School Days," but it also is a cornerstone in effective, anime drama! It takes a realistic approach to infidelity, the pressure of musical stardom, rivalry in love, prioritizing relationships over work, and grieving over a deceased parent—"White Album" takes a mature approach to ALL of these issues, even though it flounders a bit towards the end!
⚠️ This review will have spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
First of all, this series has nothing to do with The Beatles' "White Album" —you can click out of this review if you've lost interest. The anime "White Album" is an interesting character study into a protagonist (Tōya Fuji) that has dependency issues because of the…
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So an anime with 6.58 score, there is no reason for me to write a review, it's like writing review for "Tokyo Ghoul Re Season 2", everyone knows it's garbage and writing a new bad review makes absolutely no f*cking sense so i'm gonna move on...wait let's check out other reviews let's see if there is an angry dude who roasted the shit out of this one.
and that was where the problem starts, there is no bad review! every single person talks about how underrated this "Masterpiece" is.
Before i roast this Brown Album, let me say this, i'm not the hugest fan of romance genre but there are romance anime where i did actually enjoy so it's not like i hate this one because it's not some action or psychological show, and i absolutely hate cheating stories if it ends with forgiveness and crap, and th…
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Oh yes..Now this is what you call "Sea Of Salt And Toxic".
I know I used this in my Tokyo Magnitude but this show is so drama-tic. Lol.
White Album is an anime that overuses drama. So much that its probably the main reason why this show's rating is so low. However, I don't really mind drama and sometimes I do enjoy a sea of toxic substances. Thus I gave this show a 9.
I could say that this is the worsened version of White Album 2 ( not talking about the second season. ) or perhaps White Album 2 but with more waifus and more drama. And that's about it.
I don't really know what to write on this review. I just want to write this review because this anime is so flooded with drama. That is all.
I recommend this to everyone who likes extreme drama. That is all. End of review.
Read at the sourceMoonpieMary
Season 1 review.
Story 7:
It's starts off with Fuji Touya and Yuki Morikawa. A young adult couple that have known each other since high school. Yuki got a shot at being idol. However as time passed it was getting more difficult for Touya to get in touch with Yuki due to her busy schedule. As time passed Touya got wrapped up in helping others and ignoring or forgetting about Yuki even though he worked close to her in the agency she sings at.
This is what the story is about. You see a man and a woman growing apart. One trying to keep in touch despite her busy schedule while the other is to wrapped up in helping others that he ends up going down the wrong path and neglecting his girl friend. As the story goes on you meet more characters who are mainly good on the surface. But with hidden mo…
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This is one of the most overrated anime I've ever seen. I picked it up because I'd heard good things about it. Like most anime, I tried to go in completely blind, so as to avoid any spoilers and get the full "First Timer" experience. I had no idea that this was a show based off of a dating sim, or I probably would have picked up on that it was going to be utterly horrible from the beginning.
But I didn't, and by the time I realized what kind of story this was going to be, I was a good seven episodes in. So I figured, may as well finish the story, right? That was such a torturous idea. Twenty-six episodes of horrible characters with no redeemable qualities, all constantly falling over one another to get banged by Sir-Cheats-a-Lot. By the end of the show I was genuinely impressed that he ha…
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A 2018 review of White Album, a Romantic Drama Harem show, it also involves idol and psychological themes.
The story follows a 20 year old named Touya Fuji, and his relationship with his high-school sweetheart, Yuki Morikawa.
Touya is a hardworking university student that has a strained relationship with his father, while Yuki worked hard to become an idol after high school.
Very little is shown of their relationship and past, but one thing is clear they are deeply in love.
However when Touya's financial and school situation along with Yuki's increasingly busier idol career start getting in the way how will they handle the strain on their relationship?
Why you SHOULD watch it:
If you like drama, and watching people be people. Good and bad behaviours are on display here.
The animation. I…
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This is not your typical harem. There is no kawaii girls, ecchi moments, none. There is, however, a ton of drama that will either make you want to cry or punch the MC in the gut really, really hard.
In the center of it all we have Touya, a college student juggling work and relationships. He has been dating this girl named Yuki, who by the way is the best girlfriend you could possibly ask for. Then, Yuki becomes an idol and gets famous, and it all goes downhill from there.
I hate Touya so much. He's weak, cowardly, unloyal, and makes some terrible decisions that will leave you screaming "baka!" However, this is where I think White Album excels at: showing how people are flawed. You may look fine from the outside, but inside you're just a messed up clusterfuck, and I think this was clear…
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To be honest, the anime was quite painful to watch at first. Disregarding reviews and forums I've read about the anime (before having watched it myself), I found the beginning parts to be a convoluted mess of stories. I felt as if I was being thrown into the middle of what was going on, without any proper contextualization or grounding in order to keep me up to speed. Nevertheless, there were several things that kept me watching (although it took weeks before I watched episode 2, after having watched ep 1) despite all these things.
Ratings:
Story - 7
Art - 7
Sound - 9
Character - 7
Enjoyment - 8
Overall - 7
(I know that the overall isn't mathematically plausible given the rest of the ratings, but then I can't give the first season an 8 since the second season was much better)
Story: Whi…
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Warning this review may contain spoilers.
First impressions, way back before I never started reviewing I was chatting to a friend of mine who did a visual novel walkthough that this anime is based on and recommended me to watch the show.
Going into it I didn't have that high hopes or expections,
Because I had herd very mixed opinions about the show from some quick research I did.
I was kind of thinking at the back of mind ok I watching a show about an idol relationship with this one dude and there is a harem involved so how.
The bar was kind of lowed.
Quick side note,
I will cover both seasons of this anime,
Because for some reason they decided to spit the story into two seasons,
So to save me time and you time I am just going to do cover both seasons at once.
Story,6/10
The plot of…
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About this series (first and second season) - White Album is a creation of an experiment. White Album is an experiment of two strings; a red string and another thin but ductile red string. These two strings had always been together until one of the strings got mixed up with other strings. The remaining red string was left in the dark; awaiting for its lost partner. Distant relationships aren’t always satisfactory, since they create tensions between both sides. Affection and devotion isn’t as turns out to be; for it only stays rigid after witnessing mutual beliefs and characteristics. However, this isn’t seemingly true. Throughout the anime, we learn that one can keep their ideology of devotion whilst their partner might rebel against this axiom. Even if a person knows that the actions of t…
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I went into this show knowing how White Album 2 turned out, the anime I hate the most. So, I was expecting a morally degenerate MC and a bunch of confused girls because of some made up circumstances. But I was completely wrong.
White Album is much much more realistic. The scenarios that play out are, while not relatable, unless you have any experience of being in the idol industry or something similar, can be empathized with to an extent and understood. And the main character is also definitely not the shameless wimp that White Album 2's MC is.
And the women in this show, have problems. But they are not made up or trivial or over-dramatized. They all make sense. They were all forcefully tied into the MC, but still that's the way you make an anime - put someone at the center.
I'm sure t…
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Imagine being so close to someone you could feel the heat of their breath yet, at the same so distant. Relationships have a way deteriorating like a rose over time. The beginning is sweet and fragrant, yet the decay is gradual as the petals fall one by one. Now the rose is limped over; the aroma is gone, and there is only death where life used to take root. This is the essence of the white album.
White album is an anime adaptation of a visual novel released in the late 90s. It was relatively unknown then, and its anime adaptation a decade later still didn’t manage to shine the light of popularity on the shadow of its obscurity. Its premise is an interesting one; a college student named Touya Fuji is in a relationship with an aspiring idol, Yuki Morikawa. Yuki’s dedication to her career ha…
Read at the sourceSeppiroth32
WHITE ALBUM (2009) SEASON 1 REVIEW :
Direction : The directing is great, the people knew exactly when to blend boredom with music and drama, the love drama is nicely done the characters know how to properly hold a conversation between each other and provide maximum boredom for you plebs who don't get the visual aesthetic over dialogue.
Presentation & Storytelling : Life has never been portrayed as dry as this. When you start to watch a show, you want to escape reality, not be thrown back in it damn it!
Why are the better shows so boring?
Because they are a representative of human consciousness, something this show presents very well. The watercolor blend between actual animation to change the sense of feeling and atmosphere before/mid episode or the actual characters feeling like ACTUAL…
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Before you go on to read this review, make not that I have not watched the 2nd season and these were my initial impressions. I gave this anime a shot since all of the reviews rated it fairly well. I heard it'd be a harem anime with realistic events and drama, but truly, I wasn't prepared for what I actually experienced.
Let me be frank, I like harem anime: reverse or not, they're all fairly fun and I understand the flaws in harem anime. While this does not have the ridiculous situations of your usual harem anime, I don't exactly agree that all of these events and relationships are possible. There are a lot of girls with no real reason as to why they like the main character aside from his own relationship with Yuki. How often does that happen? I get forbidden fruit is full of temptation, bu…
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