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Sousou No Frieren… an anime with interesting premise and great aspirations. This show was certainly nice and pleasurable to watch. I understand why the anime is beloved and well received, but the praises seems “weak” in counterposition of the reasons and feelings that makes me to question several points of the argument. I will like to explain these points in this review.

Story (5/10): The story walks together with the premise. It’s focused around Frieren, the new characters and the memories about her old group. Frieren’s group are in a journey searching rare magics without any other specific goal, just the “skies”. This isn't exciting or ... atractive to watch for 28 episodes and the story doesn’t go deeper, making the show looks “average” in escency… but the story isn’t bad at all. It has some scenes and thoughtful moments that are remarkable.

Characters (5/10): They are simple in escency too and don’t have a correct development. The characters in substance are poor. It’s hard to connect with them and the emotional reasons are difficult to perceive. Some of the dialogues are also contradictory. A show that should have a strong “endearing” purpose on their characters feels “weak” most of the time.

Art (9/10): The strongest point of Frieren. It’s really pleasurable to see the beautiful scenes and well-animated cinematic battles with correct pace. It’s hard to find a bad frame. The art and animation is consistent and fluid. The vivid “cakes” colors fits well with the tone of the show. Also, the neutral “priming effects” on the visual effects, makes the show more enjoyable, doing the characters lovely meanwhile making a closer approach to the viewer.

Plot (4/10): The weakest point of Frieren. The stronger part of every show should be the plot. For SNF, this is a problem. First, the narrative is lazy on showing simplified points of the characters and the world with a lack of worldbuilding.
There are moments when the characters can go deeper but they don’t. Himmel for example: He is well known for being the person that defeated the generic Demon King with Frieren… and he is the hero, nothing more. The evident silly jokes in first half of the anime aren’t really funny, they are mainly cliché or stupid. The relationship Frieren has with Himmel is flat or are moments that could have with any other archetypical random guy… and Frieren is a middle-boring character to follow on half of the anime. She also manifest archetypical behaviours and one silly joke for “ITS Factor” (Induced To Stupidity) with humorous purposes… (i meaning to that silly joke related on searching rare spells, but she looks like a stupid girl when she does that makes me feel cringe mostly).

Frieren is an elf that has lived a long life but we can’t see much about that life of her, just memories or flashbacks with the group of heroes, or when she decided to implement something that i will call “The Sousou Plan”, related to her master... and where is her family, the elves or other interactions in her life? Why she is only focused in Himmel? It's just because this guy was nice to her? This anime only tries to focus on “the small moments” ignoring all the relevant ones.

The elves… It’s just another nonsense that is never explained. They exist just to exist. They should be the strongest species in the world with their high longevity and potential power… and they seems don’t care about nothing. The execution of “The Sousou Plan” of Frieren was nice to watch… and yet, it has plot holes and the use of “imagination” or flashbacks to cover those points can’t justify it.
The second half of the anime feels like an average shonen and it has more inconveniences with another particular character there that makes me to question the flimsy morality and the sensation of danger of this show.

Summary: In general, Sousou No Frieren has evident inconsistencies. The anime doesn’t do much to explain the relevant things, resulting in making me to REMEMBER that this anime is an Average Medieval Fantasy with few emotional (and contradictory) moments, lack of worldbuilding and ambiguous goal.

The argument tries to dilute the lazy narrative and deficient plot, under a bland made background and poor substance with a lack of ambition, spirituality and philosophical value… although, sometimes is entertaining and can be certainly pleasurable. The visuals are stunning and the music is good.

Date a Live… is just a generic trashy auto-insertion cliché show, with the most boring protagonist that even Kirito feels a true character in comparison. Everything is related around this bland protagonist and his harem of generic waifus. The plot is just the girls falling in love with him in the flattest and cliché form meanwhile they have dull melodramatic and fanservice scenes. The conflict or seriousness of this series is completely stupid and meaningless. The protagonist ignores all of the consequences of everything that happens because: “muh, nobody will hurt my waifus. I must protect all of them”.

The unique good thing of this show ... is Kurumi Tokisaki… but why? Because she is the only one that tries to move forward “something” of this shitty plot (even if it’s with nonsense idiot boberies but at least entertaining idiot boberies, the writing is a crap but what are we gonna do…?). Still, this girl is mainly supported by her desing more than her characterization. Kurumi looks unique in appearance, but she is like a typical yandere girl that is interested in the flat protagonist. The rest of the girls are worst and don’t have a true reason of being in love with him.

What more can i say of this show? There is nothing more relevant to say, seriously. Dont’ watch it if you don’t want to lost your time. There are a large amount of anime shows and vastly interesting than this garbage.

Mujin Wakusei Survive, Uninhabited Planet or Planet Survival... It was certainly a nice show to watch, even as an adult. I watched this show when i was a kid, but now i can fully understand why i liked it.

The main idea is gripping, being lost in one planet with strangers, while you're trying to survive with them. The bond of relationships is the best of this anime. The cast of characters is rich and varied, each one fulfilling a necessary function for the plot. There is not useless characters. It has realistic and hopefully messages, without falling into idealism or incongruities. Good comedy and jokes, ... in correct moments and situations. The several plot twist and cliffhangers are intriguing.

In addition, the plot and development is carried in a pleasant, entertaining and great way. The growth of each character, with their interactions and the bond of relationships with others is organic. Everything in this anime is really good. Music is also fantastic.

It has only some inconveniences: The problem with the monsters and some things in final chapters. There are moments when the characters have conveniences when confronting them or fleeing from them. The comedy, randomness or plot ability can't justify at all this matter... Also of some convenient or rushed things in final chapters. Regardless of that, it ends quite well, even with a philosophical message of the human being... and the conclusion is satisfactory and heartwarming.