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| The soul switching part was good, the second part about desire unleashed was so so and the fighting amongst them was not interesting and last part about time regress was below stupid. The romance was not there for me because friendship was in the way for me, the word love was thrown around in a pointless way and overused stupidly.The rivalry between Inaba and Iori was below cold and boring. 4/10 no episode 14 i dont trust it. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| 9/10. I really liked the whole concept. Probably the first anime where 'gamemaster' idea was really interesting, not forced and not EMOed. In the other hand that ending bugs me a lot. She don't know if she loves him? Like WTF. Iori is my favorite character, but again, wtf. |
| nice episode what's it supposed to mean at the last when iori said "do i really love taichi". even though i'm inaba X taichi shipper and felt happy, i didn't like it that they put it this way, are they telling that everything iori felt for taichi is nothing but false,o c'mon liked the children arc but i expected more from it well anyway i'm going to watch the specials 8/10 |
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| This was probably the worst part of the show for me, you build up this massive drama, one that has some genuine relatable trauma that makes up the entirety of irori's character, then you resolve it in such a abrupt and dumb way of just making her talk to her mom for like a whopping 1 minute to find out its all the result of some misunderstanding? Like no this trivialises her entire character and a good portion of the show, a part of the show I was honestly pretty invested in. Like did they have to make it so damned laid back and cheery, this show has dealt with freaking sexual assault trauma yet it decides to just cop out when it comes to emotional isolation and domestic abuse? like why. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Prim3 said: Sugram22 said: it has 4 ova's that finish the story, they run out of time & had to release unfinished anime so they did 4EP latter watch the hole thing before saying things like that Those 4 ovas were the the epitome of cancer. Every single one of my mentioned questions remained unanswered. Thanks for reminding me of this horrible series smh. its not cancer cause it would have been same way even if they would have finished sooner & released complete story cause u didn't like the pairing doesn't make it a cancer 4 OVA'S were made later cause time was up & they had to release incomplete story, 13EP & OVA'S are EP 14, 15, 16 & 17 & they finish the story, so this are not OVA'S this are continent what was left out due before due time & were released later as OVA'S EliseZoghbi34 said: I hate this episode glade that the TV series is over now Power of friendship just hits again This anime is trash 3/10 watch the 4ovas to then it gets better JizzyHitler said: This was probably the worst part of the show for me, you build up this massive drama, one that has some genuine relatable trauma that makes up the entirety of irori's character, then you resolve it in such a abrupt and dumb way of just making her talk to her mom for like a whopping 1 minute to find out its all the result of some misunderstanding? Like no this trivialises her entire character and a good portion of the show, a part of the show I was honestly pretty invested in. Like did they have to make it so damned laid back and cheery, this show has dealt with freaking sexual assault trauma yet it decides to just cop out when it comes to emotional isolation and domestic abuse? like why. u2, watch the ova's Iori's issue isn't resolved at all Xander_Cage said: nice episode what's it supposed to mean at the last when iori said "do i really love taichi". even though i'm inaba X taichi shipper and felt happy, i didn't like it that they put it this way, are they telling that everything iori felt for taichi is nothing but false,o c'mon liked the children arc but i expected more from it well anyway i'm going to watch the specials 8/10 well her final words do hint that she mistook admiration for love (& new she started to realize it, but she is still not sure) it happens sometimes & considering what mess she is with her identity crisis its even less surprise |
Sugram22Jan 23, 2018 12:28 PM
| Well, I just hope I gert to get answers in the OVAs about what is happening... that Ballon Vine and etc |
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| Decent ending but we need what's Baloon Vine. 7/10 |
| Ending was quite cute. I enjoyed seeing the humanization of the Heartseeds. The first Heartseed, while creepy as hell, is quite benevolent. I was annoyed to get no resolution to the love tringle, but a cliffhanger ending is better than no ending, since the OVAs exist. Overall I very much enjoyed this show. I loved seeing how good friends the main characters are and how much effort they put into treating each other well and projecting each other. It makes for a very warm story. I give the series 8/10. I intend to procure the OVA and check out the light novels. :) |
| Hm, not the best episode (didn't like this arc much I guess) but the ending cliffhanger was just a bomb - after what they had together in the first arc, something like this is very painful. I know Taichi isn't the best character but I simply can't see him with Inaba - they have no chemistry together - and I really hope this isn't sign of thing to come (sadly, knowing the anime, probably is). Why the best girl have to alway lose? Anyway, resolution of Iori's story with her mother turned out nothing special and exceptionally weak (the way her mother threw out her ex was nice gesture but one that would create even more problems and potential violent stalker in the future), even Fusen Kazura the Second wasn't explained well and the appearance of the original one just felt like deus ex machina. I'm not saying there weren't good parts in this arc but overall it felt a lot forced and full of writing shortcuts. Just my 2 cents. I loved two previous arcs though, and I like the characters. Hoping for Michi Random to be awesome again. 7/10 So far, lower score because of this arc. |
| Nice cliffhanger. So far I would give this show a 7/10. I had a lot of fun with this and so was the cast. All arcs had an interesting concept and were more or less executed pretty well, it's just missing a bit in order to become great for me. Hope the last 4 episodes can give me that. |
FMmatronDec 3, 2018 3:53 PM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This show took a nosedive after the end of the body transfer arc and it never recovered. Iori remains the best until the very end, but I agree with JazzyHitler's aforementioned criticism about how tactless her primary source of trauma was resolved. This was looking like a solid 7 or even 7.5 after the end of the first arc, but it ends something more like a 6. oh well, hopefully the OVA-sequel is better. |
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| Well, that sucked. Easily the dumbest episode of the series. Seriously, wtf was that? 4 episodes left, and I'm not super excited about it. Overall, while it was certainly watchable and the characters were interesting enough, the writing is so piss poor (pacing? there is none) that it's hard to care about anything that happens in a way that is not superficial. I don't mind contrived bullshit as a starting off point in a story like this, (I sort of liked it when Heartseed told them not to worry about the mechanics of the phenomenon) but almost every word spoken, interaction and scene is contrived bullshit. |
| The show had potential, but failed to do anything meaningful with it. I liked the OPs though, I'll give it that. |
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| I honestly don't know where to start with this series, but overall for me it felt like a big disappointment. Not sure if it's my fault for coming onto it with such high expectations, or if it was just meant to be the way it was. When I started watching this show I expected EVERYTHING but this. I don't understand why this show has such a high score considering how silly, and unintentionally hilarious it was. Every single episode was excessively angst-filled and some of them even came to be plain dumb. Only in anime the lives of a bunch of kids could develop into such melodrama. The supernatural aspect of it was alright, but I would have liked to know more about Fuzen Kazura. The fact that all we knew about it was that they could posses the teacher's body was a bit unsettling. Truth to be told I thought all them kids were annoying. Iori kind of reedemed herself in the end when she had that conversation with Inaba. She spoke some sense into her friend and she did it the right way. Also Yui overcame her fears so that's development there. Nonetheless, Inaba was the only character I came to truly like. Aoki was alright but he was dumb and boring, just like Taichi. You know what would be great? This show with more mature, down-to-earth characters. A Taichi that isn't trying to be everyone's hero and that it's capable of speaking out and making decisions. Anyways. Dumb show. It had nice potential but didn't make good use of it. Inaba and Taichi deserved more than what it was given to them as characters. Doesn't deserve the score it has. It might be good when you have run out of anime to watch. Nice opening and ending songs though. |
| It was great anime, wanted to give it 10, but it was not perfect for me. Some small things like not knowing what is hearthseed, most of op/ed songs wasn't something that I will remember and want to listen for longer and so on, but the story, characters and things this anime has shown to me/made me realize was really nice. The best and epic moment was in episode with Iori in hospital ;) and wow I just noticed that this anime is old from 2012 the art style is great and must have been best in that year :O |
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| thoughts on main anime( first 13 episodes) wall of text ahead |
Code0018Jul 12, 2020 11:52 AM
| Yeah it was 'aight, it was 'aight. Definitely thought the body-swapping arc was the peak of this series, found the other arcs to just kind of be mediocre. This last one was kind of boring if you ask me, and the desires one kind of felt vague, all it was was them acting up a little more than they would have. Even though the characters might not be all that special, it's their interactions, their CONNECTions that make this show slightly above mediocre level. And yeah I put inaba in my favorites just for basically having the voice of a grown woman. Can't really criticize this show on any negatives, anything bad I have to say are just personal pet peeves, like it getting kind of boring towards the end. Still quite solid, I'm hoping to enjoy this next arc. 6/10 |
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| This episode was just a giant clusterfuck to resolve Iori's arc like that in such an abrupt manner. Well, perfectly represents the quality of the writing in the show, especially after the first arc with the soul switching. I like Inaba and Miyuki Sawashiro's voice acting for her was so great. Sadly the show itself had some really phony teen angst drama the entire time without much being resolved properly or written naturally without forced elements featured out of nowhere just because. I don't even like the concept of Heartseed existing here, again, just because plot conveniences and twists being convenient ftw. 3/10 overall. Inaba deserved a better series. Still got the OVAs left to go. |
| That anime was mediocre. I read the description "emotional scars" and i got excited. And all the secrets and things were not looked into that much. They should have added more depth and made them more depressing and darker. Like yui got raped and and Iori got molested by the father etc. These were extremely underwhelming. I think this could have been perfect if they changed a few things. the drama was great. I thought we were gonna get a part where they switch bodies and the fucking parent was in the middle or about to beat them. the entire show was honestly. 7 is generous from me. |
Kayle_x_MorganaMar 12, 2021 6:04 PM
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| I've been meaning to give this series a shot for a while and now that I have, I'm more than satisfied. Expected a better job at the Romance department quite admittedly but the Drama and Psychology aspect was handled pretty well and so this gets a solid 8/10 from me. Execution-wise hence good but leaves a little more to be desired as well. Inaban was obviously the best character by far but the dynamic between the five as a whole was very endearing and I'd great fun! Aoki takes second spot for me, loved his antics and his serious moments. Kind of got lowkey vibes from the Kyoukai no Kanata circle. Speaking of Kyoukai no Kanata, I was a little taken aback by the KyoAni-esque I felt from the series at the start, especially in the ED themes (particularly ED 1) there. Not trying to take anything away from Silver Link as they're a fantastic studio themselves though and I'm glad with what they offered through this show in the Animation and Sound Departments. Appreciated all the themes that the series tried to cover and I'm looking forward to the conclusion next! Here's to hoping we get answers on Heartseed in particular as well. |
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| This was such an undertaking, the series definitely hit a high early on but it went downhill ever since. |
| I originally rated this a 9/10, as an arguable 10/10 for how enjoyable it was in its epic plots, but after rewatching it today, throughout the first half it felt like a 8/10, but I then lowered it to a 7/10 from realizing how the Alien's influence in choosing who's issues are partially to be solved next is somewhat too awkward, while the romance is almost dumb for how covenient it is from how basic these characters are. |
| OOOOOOHOOH. that was quite the ending. loved the holding hands scene, that was un the op right? kinda disappointed we didnt get much from taichi. i mean we got to see him in action a lot and how he is how he thinks how he develops but we didn't really see what issues He had to get over with.. unlike the others. yui with her fear over men and herself after that, aoki with his slight confusion of feelings, inaba with her emotions and iori with her identity. taichi..? all we know is that he probably has a siscon lol i alsl feel like they resolved this a bit too quickly. maybe one more episode could've helped? or something else idk i feel like they really could've done something better than this. like how iori's mom, a victim of domestic abuse was able to tell off the abuser that well ? ??? and the friend's just laughing it off HELLO ๐ญ๐ญ but they wanted to resolve that fast so comedy was the way to go ig .. that ending thooo DAMN. why'd they leave us with the "do i really love taichi?" shit |
| For these 13 episodes (without watching the concluding 4 episodes) Positives: -Captivating story. -You like all 5 main characters. You feel for them. -The background music is very captivating. -One of the few animes that can include comedy along with its drama and not feel stupid. -Even if some moment felt melodramatic, it was still well played. Negative: -I really felt that the romance should have been stronger in this anime just as the dilemmas with Heartseed. Seriously, this anime had a lot of potential to be a great romance, since you really like and feel for all 5 characters. BUT its a shame that just when you thought the romance was gonna pick up after giving us hints and scenes, the romance would disappear for many episodes, or, when the romance showed up again, the romance would just be there for comedic forgettable stuff. For each arc: -The first arc was awesome. -The second arc was good but it overstayed its welcome, but I did not like how they made Inaba be in love with Taichi; to be honest, Inaba's crush for Taichi came out of nowhere for me. -The third final arc was mostly good, and I liked that it was only 3 episodes long. Although I was barfing at how everyone was salivating over Taichi in the final arc. But I did like how in the final arc how everyone's memory after they got reset back to their normal age from a young age, those past memories were still fresh in their mind in their current age, as if it had just happened and not a distant memory; that was very interesting. Off to the 4 Special Episodes |
oooo3333Mar 1, 2023 12:46 AM
| "Oh, I actually let him in coz i felt you wanted to do things differently with that toxic influence." What a shitty adult. Also couldn't hold a conversation to her daughter about whether the parent was good for her or not. Plot resolution is crapshit as always. When issues are resolved, everything will be resolved hell yeah? :disgust: and balloon bitch didnt even observe them till now smh. worst series. |
 Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
animejas said: agreed. The plot resolution was cheap af.This episode was just a giant clusterfuck to resolve Iori's arc like that in such an abrupt manner. Well, perfectly represents the quality of the writing in the show, especially after the first arc with the soul switching. I like Inaba and Miyuki Sawashiro's voice acting for her was so great. Sadly the show itself had some really phony teen angst drama the entire time without much being resolved properly or written naturally without forced elements featured out of nowhere just because. I don't even like the concept of Heartseed existing here, again, just because plot conveniences and twists being convenient ftw. 3/10 overall. Inaba deserved a better series. Still got the OVAs left to go. |
Without change,we end up becoming the very person we hate. I was dead until the moment I met you. I was a powerless corpse pretending to be alive. Living without power, without the ability to change my course, was bound to lead me to a slow death. |
| Good final episode |
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| poor Iori, she and her mom have been through a lot of trouble, even if it was satisfying how it was eventually ended. not sure if i will look up immediately for the end of the story, but all in all it was decently handled until now. At the beginning i thought the body switching part would have been the entire plot, without the two following arcs, but i'm glad this wasn't the case. i'm aware that this is a very unpopular opinion but Inaba has pretty much always been my least favorite member of the main cast (for general coldness and sort of rude attitude) and Yui the favorite, with some relief when in the second half of the episode the latter gained some screentime back. 7/10 |
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| great ending... bit late to the show but hopefully they make more |
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| reactors are sleeping on it, 2bad no1 hasn't made reaction video to this |
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