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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- first 2/3 of anime = 8/10 last 1/3 = 6/10 I'd say 7/10 sounds about right.. |
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| Even though I'm not really into the whole magical girl thing, this was a lot better than I thought it would be. 7/10 Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Yep, 7/10 is good for this one. And I also think the first part was better than latter. Like Sasame suddenly recalling in the middle in the series that he actually loved Takako and the whole melodrama with calling someone's name every third minute. Other than that - it was good. I even liked Mayune's antics, call my sense of humour weird if you like ;) |
| Pretear was damn good. I thought that the plot was good but ultimately the characters and how they all interacted with each other was king. I just really liked how funny they could be and I was never bored of them. For some reason, I STILL DON'T BUY THAT SESAME REALLY LOVED TAKAKO....AT ALL. The type of person he is makes me think he only would put himself in the position to like her because she was absolutely bonkers when it came to rejection. But oh well. But I also really liked how every time Himeno would let one of the guys enter her, she'd get a new outfit. It's a gold digger's dream come true! I give it an 8. Sadly, I don't think that has enough to win over the hearts of people like Sailor Moon, but it was definitely a notable and enjoyable title in the Magical Girl genre. I just wish there was more! LONG LIVE MR. TANAKA. |
| Very emotional ending, liked it a lot. |
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| Finally finished yesterday. I liked the first half a lot better than the second half because lol, I still don't believe Sasame loves Takako. I don't know, something about it puts me off. I liked the romance between Hayate and Himeno, but eh I wished it was developed more. Overall it's a 6 for me. It's an okay show and I enjoyed for what it is despite the annoying bits of comedy. |
| Sasame was the only one I liked, overall the anime was kind of dumb specially when it came to her family. |
「夢だから、目が覚めたら忘れてますよ」 「じゃ目を覚ましたくない」 |
| I actually kinda loved the ending..? This was enjoyable overall . And I’m happy it had a happy ending 8/10 I |
| Meh. Whiny main character and bad comedy really brought this down for me. Given how this show went I don't even mind the asspulls of Himeno transforming into the Ultimate White Pretear alone, her reviving Sasame or being revived through the power of love. Plus I'm not sure what they would be fighting anyway before the previous pretear turned into the princess of disaster. Do those monster things appear on their own and she just got the ability to control them? Not sure. Meh. 6/10 for me. |
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| Okay. I had put off this anime for years. Maybe even a decade... maybe even a little more than a decade. I'm not really sure where I got the first DVD, but I somehow had it at least in my early high school days. So... early 2000's. I'll just go ahead and say at least 2008. I remember back then that I kinda sorta didn't like this anime. I... kinda thought it was trash... or at least trashy. "This is just an excuse to have some girl surrounded by hot men while giving them some kinda questionable intimate connection". I felt super uncomfortable when they did the whole stare before preting(sp?) thing. I thought it was friggen weird because like yo she's 16-- and even with Japan legal age yadda yadda it seemed odd and the dudes were drawn a lot more mature so I wasn't sure what the age difference was (they're all 16 apparently except for the kids). So that was me as an actual kid watching. Nowadays, I've been around the block and seen much worse anime. One thing I didn't appreciate as a kid was that Himeno is actually kinda a little gremlin at first. I think I interpreted it as the creators trying to make her more of a cool girl when I was a kid, but actually as I watch again, she's not too bad. She's a 16 year old. I don't think I was even 16 when I first started this, so I couldn't quite relate or get it. Now that I've pretty much been there, done that, I think I can appreciate Himeno a little more. A LITTLE more. She's still not great, but I do appreciate that she didn't just roll into things right away. Actually, one of my favorite parts was when Hayate came in to check on her and she said no in a kinda vulnerable way... but then gremlin screeched no again and punched him away. Like thank you for at least not being a melting heroine 24/7 and honestly that scene did actually make me laugh. Her interactions with her dad were silly sometimes too. It wasn't explored too much, but there's this kinda idea of Himeno staying as she is despite coming into money, and it kinda helped paint her as kinda tomboyish and down to earth-- which her outfits kinda helped drive home. One could argue that her most notable Pretear outfit is the one that she dons when linked to Hayate. Sure, it's easy to just shrug it off as "elements, duh", but we're talkin' magical girls; most (not all-- Sailor Moon for example) choose pink as a main color scheme. While I think they didn't want to gamble too much and made her hair pink-ish at least (it can be pink or orange I guess), they gave her both "girly" and "boyish" designs when preting. I think this helped give her this air of someone who's able to get rough but also has a maiden's heart in the end. Things I really didn't care about as a kid unless it was spelled out for me, to be honest. Despite being okay with Himeno at first, I knew she would eventually deteriorate into the usual. And she pretty much did... but at least it happened later than I expected. Despite my appreciation for Himeno to a point, I rose a brow at the whole Sasame turn. And then things just became messy. And honestly... I feel like we didn't learn a lot about these characters. Man, we have seven dudes and they're all pretty bland. We really don't get much-- and then there's Yayoi who just... honestly didn't play much of a role in anything, so it was kinda useless to have her around. I mean Mayune didn't do much for the story either, but it's whatever. I think I also wasn't sure what to think about the whiplash of the comedic elements to the... whatever was happening with the dangers of yadda yadda demon larvae yadda yadda princess of disaster. I think the balance was fine at first, but when you try to pull of an ending like this after the giant mayo bottle, the balding servant, and so on, seeing the kiss and revival brings out more of a chortle than anything. And I think Sasame's whole thing brought about that turning point in a weird way. I mean, I don't want to say it was completely out of nowhere, but the transition could have been better... Anyway... eh. Not absolutely terrible, but definitely not a fan. |
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