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Vejhed

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This Boy Suffers from Crystallization

Aug 29, 2015

The story is simple - a high school student falls in love with his male teacher.  The interesting part, and the part I appreciate the most here, is that the teacher actually does try to refuse the student's feelings, and when he finds that it's just not working, he lays down the ground rule that they can't have a relationship until after the student is graduated from high school.  The character of the student is what really makes this story for me.  I very much appreciate Chrystalization Syndrome he has as a clever metaphor for social anxiety.  Any time he's faced with a social... See full review

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

Antique Bakery

May 29, 2011

Story: 8.5/10
What's great about Antique Bakery is that while it's not completely episodic, each episode seems to have its own side-story within the big picture. The anime mainly focuses on Tachibana and his new cake shop, Antique, but as every other good anime, the other characters have good stories as well and sometimes the sub-plots even focus on seemingly random extraneous characters which makes for an interesting and enjoyable atmosphere. Animation: 9/10 Antique Bakery has some very nice animation. I loved the scenes where characters are kneading bread, folding dough, or stirring... See full review

8.5/10 story
9/10 animation
8/10 sound
9/10 characters
9/10 overall

Junjou Romantica

Mar 8, 2010

Junjou Romantica... Ah, how can one describe a peice of work that is so perfectly horrid, yet disgustingly satisfying? Well, let me put it this way; the whole thing is utterly ridiculous. At every turn there's an 18-year-old boy crying, an intense deep-voiced man pinning some helpless college student to the wall or ground, an obnoxious shout of 'baka' followed immediately by the slamming of a door, student/teacher crushes, awkward silences, boy's love novelists, stoic smokers and coffee drinkers who happen to like giant teddy bears, and more! Better yet, it seems that every single male character is gay and... See full review

6/10 story
8/10 animation
?/10 sound
6/10 characters
8/10 overall

Serial Experiments Lain

Oct 23, 2009

At first glance many people may not want to watch Lain because it's so slow-paced and confusing, but actually this is most of what makes the series good. SEL is an eerily quiet, slow-moving, psychological and hard to follow cyber-punk that will have you glued to the screen for its entire 13-episode duration. The concept is great and the music is awesome, if you like techy-stuff (I own the soundtrack and listen to it regularly). The only factors I find lacking are the animation and the characters. I like all the artwork and character designs, but the actual animation itself seems unnatural. Character... See full review

9/10 story
8/10 animation
9/10 sound
7/10 characters
9.5/10 overall