What Not to Watch This Spring
Okay I guess I have put this off for long enough. So I guess we should do the what not to watch anime review. Yeah I said that right.. I think.. well regardless of whether or not I say it right, time to move on. As always this is the list of anime that you should just sort of avoid and watch when you have the time long after the series has ended. Yes that kind of stuff which is that bad. You kind of need that kind of thing to say you are an ultimate fan that watched something despite it being awful and you know the reason why it is awful and you are better than the troll over there who doesn't know what he or she is talking about. Anyway lets move onto the first anime to not watch this season.
I am going to kick things off with Soul Eater Not. You know one of those series where you think, "Hey this could be fun to watch" then you watch it and realize you need to be shot for thinking such a thing. This is the kind of anime I really hate. I mean first off we have the heavy Dere molds to deal with. Which is just hard to deal with. I mean yeah I understand the mold and what the character is supposed to be like... but still this is obnoxious. They could reel things in just a little. Next you have them trying to force an action driven story into a K-On environment. What the hell is wrong with them? Go one way or the other don't try to do both. It is just... well hard to watch.
Speaking of hard to watch I am going to cross Hero Bank off the list as well. It is more that I hate the main character. Maybe I have not watched enough of it, but I am getting tired of this kid constantly winning. When is he going to be stomped into the ground? I mean really having him always do the hot-blooded clutch kind of thing is just getting boring. I want him to get stomped and actually be humble. I mean he is the worst kind of person too. I mean I get hot-blooded arrogant kid who can accomplish anything.. but geez he is going to turn fans into sociopaths. I mean geez, why does no one punish him for just taking what is not his?
Continuing with the school life nonsense we have Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara. This one barely makes it into the bad side of things. After watching the first set of episodes it feels like it has such wasted potential. I mean we have all the females running around him giggling and spooning with him. Then he is on some kind of mission to save the world or something? I mean what is going on here? I just do not get what is going on with all this stuff. I mean I just got to the part where things might actually get interesting and that took WAY too long. I mean this glimpse should have come after a couple of episodes, not saved till the last-minute. I mean at least hint at observation or something like that. Give me a reason to watch the series that will likely cram the entire plot into 4 or 5 episodes. It is just so very frustrating to watch this. We have obnoxious school life... boring.. nothing going on... and then right when I am about to drop it something holds my interest... that pisses me off. I cannot wait for the repetition to start.
Let's beat up on another slice of life anime shall we? Skip over Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou. This is as generic as you can get with an anime. You have the loser surrounded by a group of weirdos. You know that generic guy who cannot think for himself so he just gets involved in everyone's life... one of those. I mean it would not be so bad if you could tell he was going to completely lose to another guy. No we have the bookish girl who is just going to be around until she realizes she cannot do better and ends up with him. You know very standard slice of life. Then everyone else will be in the way teasing them the whole time. I mean geez, at least make her start dating some other guy... when will something like that happen?
Yeah that seems like a good number to stop at. I am pretty much neutral on a lot of these other anime. I mean as always nothing is spectacular and nothing is horrible. I guess it really comes down to personal taste... or being a obessed individual with nothing better to do.. or both... I am not sure most days. So yeah take the rest of the series with a grain of salt. I promise I am not making these short just because I am lazy.. not it is of course because I am also trying to let you make a choice of your own... hmmm.. wait a second... why would anyone do that on the internet... oh well.. I will ponder that for a bit.