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Ajin Ep 1 : FIRST IMPRESSION

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Alright. A brief summary. The word 'Ajin' literally translates to 'half-human' , which is what this anime is about; immortal creatures with supernatural abilities. I first learnt about Ajin from a Youtube video promoting new upcoming animes, wherein Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ( ERASED ) was also in it. These two animes caught my attention, and them being seinen earned them extra points. The first thing I noticed (also the first thing that you would notice if you do end up watching this anime) was how......... odd the animation for the characters looked. They seemed as if they were stuck somewhere between two-dimensional and three-dimensional . I generally do not enjoy animes with an animation style I do not agree with, which is a really shallow quality to base an anime on. Do not do it my way, buddy. The characters looked like the simulation in Japanese dance battle games. Like the projection of Hatsune Miku during her live stages. Only Hatsune Miku looks m

Sakura Trick Ep 1: FIRST IMPRESSION

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Here's how it started. I liked Yaoi, so I thought I might enjoy Yuri too. And since this is one of the most famous ones around, I thought why not give it a try? I did.  Didn't really like it. To start off, the two main characters, Haruka and Yuu, are way too underdeveloped for my taste. Considering how terrifyingly new I am to this genre,  I'm in no position to speak. However, as a girl who has liked other girls, this was definitely not how girl love looked nor felt like to me. The two mains did not seem to share romantic feelings for each other, but rather an extremely strong friendship accompanied by a lot of skinship. Homosexuality is a tricky theme to deal with and I want it to be portrayed in the right light, not as a form of fanservice. The amount of fanservice in just the first episode itself can be a turn-off for some people.  There were several close-ups on Haruka's D-cup boobs, which I have no problems with because boobs are great, but they were duri