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We Were There

Apr 5, 2019

This may be the worst anime I have ever bothered to finish. By the time I realized that it was never going to be more than it was, I had already invested too much time in it to back out. The basic problem, noted by basically all of the other reviewers, is that Bokura ga Ita is a passable 12 episode melodrama streched like taffy to an unrealistic 26 episodes. In the end, not enough happens to characters you don't care about enough to sustain interest for that long of a run time. The basics of the plots are good, if familiar, enough. Unlike romance between high schoolers is further complicated by a... See full review

6/10 story
3/10 animation
2/10 sound
2/10 characters
4/10 overall

We, Without Wings - Under the Innocent Sky

Jun 16, 2015

I won't romanticize it; I watched this for the ecchi goodness.  Burnt out after a stretch of serious/emotional anime, I needed something sugary for a change of pace.  You can't write much about this show without spoiling it, so I will just say that the ecchi kept me going for the first few episodes but I would have finished this anime without it.  An intruiging premise and a good story line are peppered with attractive, if two-dimensional, characters and tons of tongue in cheek humor.  So good, and all the more so because I wasn't expecting it.

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9/10 story
8/10 animation
7/10 sound
6/10 characters
8/10 overall

Watamote: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!

Jul 17, 2014

Anyone who has ever suffered from or known someone who has suffered from social anxiety disorder will struggle to watch this show.  So perfectly have they caputred the pathos that the presentation of the main characters struggles as comic have sparked controversy.  However you may feel about that, WataMote is both genuinely funny and deeply heartbreaking.  The kind of show everyone should watch, even if it isn't exactly appropriate to call it "enjoyable." Beyond the subject matter, the show is very well done.  The animation style, particularly when it lapses into Tomoko's... See full review

6/10 story
8/10 animation
8/10 sound
7/10 characters
7.5/10 overall