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legnanellaf

  • Mississauga, Canada
  • Joined Feb 17, 2008
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La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia

Oct 4, 2012

Really in retrospect I should have watched just the first and last episode and I would have been much happier. It starts off really strong, lots of characters introduced, hints of some sort of battle and what appears that what is obviously the girl everyone is going to be into is actually independent for once. Then about 10 episodes of backstory, character development, and budding 'romance' before going back to this supposed battle that the first episode sets up. The concept of these powers based off of the Major Arcana tarot cards is interesting, although out of the 22 cards there are about 10 people in... See full review

2/10 story
6/10 animation
5/10 sound
4/10 characters
4/10 overall

Love, Election & Chocolate

Oct 1, 2012

Overall for a summer anime that starts out really fluffy, it does really well. It combines a lot of things that would attract viewers (yaoi jokes and obvious harem setup) without really looking overdone.  One of the best parts I found was that the protagonist was quite different from the usual male who gets a lot of women after him just because of his honesty. I do not know many anime's which feature a guy actually rejecting a girl outright at a point in time. Usually it is just ignoring it with the passive approach. The types of girls that are love interests are also a bit unusual, although the... See full review

8/10 story
7/10 animation
5/10 sound
7/10 characters
7/10 overall