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  • Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Tanjou: Debut

Jun 9, 2011

Debut is in the unfortunate position of being genuinely bad, yet not terrible enough to have an ounce of camp value. Which is to say that the two 30-minute-ish episodes which compose the OVA set aren't the sort of thing you can at least find joy in by getting drunk and making fun of them with your friends. Instead they're slow-paced romance/comedy with simplistic, overly-sentimental messages about accepting heartbreak, looking toward the future, and remembering lost friends. Each stand-alone episode finds the four main characters with dramatically different dynamics to their friendship. In the first... See full review

2/10 story
3/10 animation
3/10 sound
1/10 characters
2/10 overall