Infinite Stratos - Pretty much a harem show.  For the first half, it's actually pretty decent and I considered it among the better of the harem shows I've seen.... then shit went bad in the second half.  And in the end you get a 1/2 assed partial ending that still leaves everything hanging.  7/10 - 1 (2nd half) - 1 (ending) = 5/10.  6/10 maybe if there's a 2nd season.

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica - 8.5/10.

Quote:I would probably say it's around 8.5 for me.  Though I was retarded, and watched episode 11 and 12 before 10 because I miss clicked, and didn't notice until after the end.  That could have possibly impacted on my enjoyment of the ending.  The normal episodes are consistently good pretty much the whole way, and the ending is decent.

Imo this actually > Saya, the normal stuff were superior to Saya, and the ending was of a similar level.  Well, I have Saya on 8 currently.

And there's some small stuff which sort of annoy me, but whatever.

Note: 8.5 is a pretty high rating from me, highest rating I've ever given a show is 9.5. 10 is perfection and I've never seen a show that I would consider to be perfect.

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Highschool of the Dead + OVA - Pretty much 65% beating up mindless zombies + 35% fanservice.  OVA is like 80% fanservice.  Nothing special, however, pretty average.  Ending was just retarded, and just ends out of nowhere.  Ok, even though 12K's ending was also incomplete as a whole, it was at least complete for the arc.  This ending is just bad, and one of the most unsatisfying endings I've seen in a long time.  Damn, what's with all the endings of the stuff I've been watching lately... 6.5/10, -1.5 for extremely disappointing ending (if there's no second season) = 5/10.

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The Twelve Kingdoms - /start pretending to be a proper reviewer.  A gripping tale of courage and determination set in a mystical world of beauty.  This show showcases the ugliness of human nature, jealousy, arrogance, spite, greed, and how surrounded by all that, a few individuals with pure and benevolent hearts fights through the deceit and corruption to shines through brilliantly like a beam of light.  /end pretending to be a proper reviewer.  tl;dr - people fuck shit up around the place.

While being good in almost every aspect, the area this show stands out most is it's superior character development that cannot be touched by anything else I've seen.  And it also has that pull to get you to keep watching through the night until you finish the arc you're on.

The main problem and disappointment is that it's unfinished.  There are a total of 7 novels, and only 4 of them have been adapted, so while it does end the current arc off nicely, the overall story isn't really concluded.  But hey, at least the ending is nowhere near as bad as IS and HotD.  8.5/10, -0.5 penalty for being incomplete = 8/10.

No, it isn't a shoujo show (if you somehow got that impression by comparing the cover against stuff like Fushigi Yuugi and Saiunkoku Monogatari), not at all, it's not even a love story at that.

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Toaru Majutsu no Index II - Pretty much Index 1 (with all it's herps and inconsistencies and plot flaws and whatever), except the story is somewhat better.  More like Railgun tier plot than Index 1 tier plotnon-plot.  Also, Touma is slightly less annoying, and Accelerator steals some of his time, so that's a good thing too.  But there's too much church stuff in this one.  7/10.

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(22/04/2011 06:21 AM)Assassinator Wrote:  Tears to Tiara - 8/10 probably (probably overrated, may get revised down later).

Well, that didn't take long... 7.5/10.

(This post was last modified: 28/07/2011 06:13 AM by Assassinator.)