Reviews for Shuffle! (6.49)
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Hirayama Hidetsugu
Hosoda Naoto
Taking to note this is a harem/romance comedy anime and it IS based on a eroge visual novel, Shuffle! actually exemplifies itself among others of this genre so far in this day. Usually as yo...
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Taking to note this is a harem/romance comedy anime and it IS based on a eroge visual novel, Shuffle! actually exemplifies itself among others of this genre so far in this day. Usually as you know, harems are "filler-fests" with one main character followed by a bunch of girls who want him. Shuffle! utilizes this and manages to improve this factor later on but a little too late in my opinion and you will see why.
Animation[/u]: RATING: 7[/u] Typical 21st century animation. It's pretty top notch, just how I would ask it to be. The girls all have different colored hair as to distinguish their personalities and of course so you can tell them apart easily. I liked the ears in this anime that also stuck out for me since it's out of the ordinary. Occasionally, the ecchi would get on my nerves especially since this allows some nudity but theres really nothing wrong with that, just I think its one of those animes that overuses the usual panty and bra shots. The colors were very vibrant in this anime and therefore I felt it deserved a 7.
Sound[/u]: RATING: 8[/u] This in my opinion, was the high point of the anime. Not so much the normal sound effects, although that one cheerful tone is still playing in my head after being looped so many times, but the OP theme song. Yuria isn't too bad of a singer and the OP: YOU followed by the collage that is the intro played nicely together. I would actually rate it among the better intros, but not the best of course. The ED was meh. I usually skipped it. There was nothing of interest in it except some chibi versions of the girls. Sound gets an 8 after the intro catches my eye.
Story[/u]: RATING: 6[/u] The story of Shuffle! follows the usual harem storyline with the main guy just going out on a date with each of the girls to get to know them...and that's exactly what Rin does. Around the first seven episodes Rin would meet with each of the girls and I would dread the next episode and even skimmed through most of one just to save myself from the horror that is filler. Yes, Shuffle! like any other harem has its share of filler. Don't believe me? One of the episodes is called Panty Date. Anyways, I liked the God/Devil arc and I thought it added interest if not any. The thing that makes Shuffle! stand out though among harems is Rin actually chooses a girl. I will not say who it is but I don't like her. Let's just say that he could of chosen anyone but her and I would have been satisfied with the ending and probably boosted the story point two fold. The ending episodes of the anime is where it shines. The sudden dark turn made me ACTUALLY wanna see the next episode, but this suddenly took a nose dive after that issue got resolved quickly and onto another trivial topic. By the time Shuffle! got to the dark end of the series, I really thought it was too late and barely cared. Overall the ending wasn't bad, but in my opinion could of been made better on who he chose although Shuffle! fans will debate with me day and night on she was the best choice.
Character[/u]: RATING: 3[/u] The characters were unique to say the least. One of was quiet another was strong-willed and outgoing and even had a dark-side to her. Every character was different and they all had the same feelings for Rin. Rin was the only bad character in the series besides Asa. Rin makes stupid decisions based on what he's feeling at the moment and doesn't even notice he has a girl right in front of him who cooks and cleans every day and doesn't even thank her let alone notice her feelings. Talk about pent up stress later on. Asa was a bad character in my opinion, she was static throughout the whole anime and I think she barely changed. The only thing that really changed were her feelings for Rin started to develop more in tune.
Value[/u]: RATING: 2[/u] In the future, I can never see myself rewatching this series. Like I said the dark side of the series brought value, but it was too late to save my interest.
Enjoyment[/u]: RATING: 3[/u] To be honest, I dropped the series for a while then came back to it. Harems don't realy do it for me but this one was better than your average if that tells you anything at all. At least he chooses someone; not one of those crappy lets all be friends endings. But I couldn't wait to get this series off my computer to clear up room. It was dreadingly painful to watch and I felt I was wasting my time. Shuffle! isn't bad...it's just not the best.
Animation[/u]: RATING: 7[/u] Typical 21st century animation. It's pretty top notch, just how I would ask it to be. The girls all have different colored hair as to distinguish their personalities and of course so you can tell them apart easily. I liked the ears in this anime that also stuck out for me since it's out of the ordinary. Occasionally, the ecchi would get on my nerves especially since this allows some nudity but theres really nothing wrong with that, just I think its one of those animes that overuses the usual panty and bra shots. The colors were very vibrant in this anime and therefore I felt it deserved a 7.
Sound[/u]: RATING: 8[/u] This in my opinion, was the high point of the anime. Not so much the normal sound effects, although that one cheerful tone is still playing in my head after being looped so many times, but the OP theme song. Yuria isn't too bad of a singer and the OP: YOU followed by the collage that is the intro played nicely together. I would actually rate it among the better intros, but not the best of course. The ED was meh. I usually skipped it. There was nothing of interest in it except some chibi versions of the girls. Sound gets an 8 after the intro catches my eye.
Story[/u]: RATING: 6[/u] The story of Shuffle! follows the usual harem storyline with the main guy just going out on a date with each of the girls to get to know them...and that's exactly what Rin does. Around the first seven episodes Rin would meet with each of the girls and I would dread the next episode and even skimmed through most of one just to save myself from the horror that is filler. Yes, Shuffle! like any other harem has its share of filler. Don't believe me? One of the episodes is called Panty Date. Anyways, I liked the God/Devil arc and I thought it added interest if not any. The thing that makes Shuffle! stand out though among harems is Rin actually chooses a girl. I will not say who it is but I don't like her. Let's just say that he could of chosen anyone but her and I would have been satisfied with the ending and probably boosted the story point two fold. The ending episodes of the anime is where it shines. The sudden dark turn made me ACTUALLY wanna see the next episode, but this suddenly took a nose dive after that issue got resolved quickly and onto another trivial topic. By the time Shuffle! got to the dark end of the series, I really thought it was too late and barely cared. Overall the ending wasn't bad, but in my opinion could of been made better on who he chose although Shuffle! fans will debate with me day and night on she was the best choice.
Character[/u]: RATING: 3[/u] The characters were unique to say the least. One of was quiet another was strong-willed and outgoing and even had a dark-side to her. Every character was different and they all had the same feelings for Rin. Rin was the only bad character in the series besides Asa. Rin makes stupid decisions based on what he's feeling at the moment and doesn't even notice he has a girl right in front of him who cooks and cleans every day and doesn't even thank her let alone notice her feelings. Talk about pent up stress later on. Asa was a bad character in my opinion, she was static throughout the whole anime and I think she barely changed. The only thing that really changed were her feelings for Rin started to develop more in tune.
Value[/u]: RATING: 2[/u] In the future, I can never see myself rewatching this series. Like I said the dark side of the series brought value, but it was too late to save my interest.
Enjoyment[/u]: RATING: 3[/u] To be honest, I dropped the series for a while then came back to it. Harems don't realy do it for me but this one was better than your average if that tells you anything at all. At least he chooses someone; not one of those crappy lets all be friends endings. But I couldn't wait to get this series off my computer to clear up room. It was dreadingly painful to watch and I felt I was wasting my time. Shuffle! isn't bad...it's just not the best.
