Not_MdS Reviews

Steins;Gate 0 (2018)

Very disappointing

[6/10 · 9 June 2020]

I started watching this show with very much hype, anticipation and excitement. After a long time of waiting, I finally had a legal option to watch this anime on a video on demand platform available in my country. In a nutshell, I had very high expectations on this series and how you might have seen on the headline, I got highly disappointed. I'm so frustrated that I felt very generous to give this a 6/10 for a good character design. But let me explain: The series started very well with a drama styled storyline focus on the depression of the protagonist and how his life changed since he gave up to reach his goal of saving everyone. But also here, in the good part of the series are some side stories which feel a little unnecessarily, as if they were only intended to fill time, but honestly, it's easy to overlook. My main problem are the action parts of the series, where it finally turned into a "turn off your brain" anime. This phenomenon has reached its peak in episode 17-18 and it is so bad I can't describe it, so I will name some examples:

• In these two episodes, three characters are shot in the face by trained soldiers from low range and all of them were only grazing shots.
• By the way: these trained soldiers are trained so well that they can teleport on the roof of a building within a second.
• Also the main characters teleporting.
• Characters behave much stupider than usual because ... plot?
• The Japanese government seems to haven't a problem with combat helicopters flying in a multimillion inhabitants city unless they fire a missile into a building.
• It might be cool letting a helicopter come from under the roof but it's (in this case) also illogical
• Girl decapitated soldiers with hand edge. It's possible because... she is super badass?
• It has nothing to do with action now, but was anyone surprised that the bad male American, is the only stereotypical American in the series?

These are just things from 2 episodes and also just the ones I can summarize quickly. The illogicality was the reason which finally destroys the series for me.

Is this a Zombie? (2011–2012)

Finally

[6/10 · 20 May 2020]

Hell yeah!! I finally saw a male panty shoot in a normal anime. One thing less I have to do before I die.

Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions (2012–2014)

Cute little series

[7/10 · 27 April 2020]

This is clearly one of the most non-offensive series I ever watched. I can't say many bad, but also not many good things about it. A thing you can criticize is, that a lot of the humor in this series is based on cringe or embarrassing situations, but I think this is a matter of taste. The rest of the series can be summarized with "cute little girls doing cute things", what is definitely too sweet and gives me diabetes.