(L+CR) Fuuka

[Julio C]

This show had excellent music, character design, animation quality, and a strong introduction. The OP was the best I've seen this season. I really like the show up to the last 2-3 episodes where it got really screwed up. At least it wasn't as bad as True Tears where it really made me rage at the end. I do like Fuuka at the very least, I mean she is cute and attractive. It' just her personality that is not all that great compared to Koyuki. Overall I will give this show a B- after considering how awesome the beginning and middle of the show was. Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate the ending. At least MC chose Fuuka and didn't end up lonely or stayed friends with both girls. I'll still buy this show when it comes out on BD from Funi.

I do agree that Masamune did screw up a whole lot more, and I won't buy this on BD.

Now to watch Suzuka, lol.

[germanturkey]

scratch that. found the music. this show has the best rock music since angel beats. i'm impressed.

[nicky.]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

scratch that. found the music. this show has the best rock music since angel beats. i'm impressed.

Where did you find the list/album of all the songs?

[haseo0408]

I finally got around to watch the final episode and I must say this series was a huge let down for me:

Spoiler for Final Imprerssions:

It all started great, the development of the Yuu and Koyuki was excellent and all ended nicely in episode 8. From there I was expecting the mandatory struggle to earn a happy ending but instead we got this trainwreck where the writters push aside character development, the feelings of the characters and everything to gives us a stupid ending that made no sense at all in the story.

I really should have stopped watching at episode 08 and espare me the sutpidity

[MAX_COLA_POWER!]

Originally Posted by haseo0408

I finally got around to watch the final episode and I must say this series was a huge let down for me:

Spoiler for Final Imprerssions:

It all started great, the development of the Yuu and Koyuki was excellent and all ended nicely in episode 8. From there I was expecting the mandatory struggle to earn a happy ending but instead we got this trainwreck where the writters push aside character development, the feelings of the characters and everything to gives us a stupid ending that made no sense at all in the story.

I really should have stopped watching at episode 08 and espare me the sutpidity

I started and stopped at episode 5 just because of Sara. I wanted to hear how the VA would portray her scenes and she didn't disappoint.

[Julio C]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

scratch that. found the music. this show has the best rock music since angel beats. i'm impressed.

What about Charlotte? The Haro-Haro songs where amazing.

[Arya]

So, my choice to stop watching it at episode 4 or so was the right call after all! Not that I had many doubts, titular characters can't lose and Tama-chan was too good to see her lose.
Certainly I wouldn't have expected the show to fail so badly. There's nothing more annoying that a romance show with a forced romance ending opposed to what should be the natural path (it reminds me of Koichoco). At least Seiren was plain bad, but Fuuka had potential (apart the beach episode). Not the right way to honor Suzuka!

[nicky.]

Originally Posted by Arya

So, my choice to stop watching it at episode 4 or so was the right call after all! Not that I had many doubts, titular characters can't lose and Tama-chan was too good to see her lose.
Certainly I wouldn't have expected the show to fail so badly. There's nothing more annoying that a romance show with a forced romance ending opposed to what should be the natural path (it reminds me of Koichoco). At least Seiren was plain bad, but Fuuka had potential (apart the beach episode). Not the right way to honor Suzuka!

Funny you say that. I dropped Fuuka for two weeks after episode 5, but then came back because people were saying that it's fun lol. At least it had ok music and was tolerable until episode 11.

[Arya]

The problem in this cases, in my book at least, is when a show is good to a certain degree and then drops drastically in quality, or worst bends forcefully toward a direction that the narrative didn't support util then. As I said, at least Seiren was bad from the start, so the choice to watch it or not was easier to take.
Basically it's also a matter of expectations, not just quality.

[nicky.]

Originally Posted by Arya

The problem in this cases, in my book at least, is when a show is good to a certain degree and then drops drastically in quality, or worst bends forcefully toward a direction that the narrative didn't support util then. As I said, at least Seiren was bad from the start, so the choice to watch it or not was easier to take.
Basically it's also a matter of expectations, not just quality.

Understood. I didn't have any expectations of Fuuka going in because I'd never heard of it until the anime came out. The synopsis that I read just happened to only say that a guy meets someone named Fuuka. Lol
Did you read the Fuuka manga before the show released?
I kind of liked Seiren myself; at least for the first 3-4 episodes. It wasn't good, I definitely agree, but I liked Tsuneki a bit.

[Julio C]

Originally Posted by Arya

The problem in this cases, in my book at least, is when a show is good to a certain degree and then drops drastically in quality, or worst bends forcefully toward a direction that the narrative didn't support util then. As I said, at least Seiren was bad from the start, so the choice to watch it or not was easier to take.
Basically it's also a matter of expectations, not just quality.

I haven't even finished the last two episodes of Seiren, and I will eventually. That just comes to show you that Seiren was a really bad show for me. For Fuuka, I watch every episode at least twice except for the finale, big difference there. I had zero expectations for Fuuka because I didn't know anything about it until it came out, and it turn out good. As for Seiren, I had very high expectations and not only did the show not meet my expectations, but it was a bad show in general.

[nicky.]

Originally Posted by Julio C

I haven't even finished the last two episodes of Seiren, and I will eventually. That just comes to show you that Seiren was a really bad show for me. For Fuuka, I watch every episode at least twice except for the finale, big difference there. I had zero expectations for Fuuka because I didn't know anything about it until it came out, and it turn out good. As for Seiren, I had very high expectations and not only did the show not meet my expectations, but it was a bad show in general.

Why exactly were your expectations for Seiren so high? I believe it's an anime-original work, so I'm curious. Might you be familiar with the author/studio?

[Julio C]

Originally Posted by nicky.

Why exactly were your expectations for Seiren so high? I believe it's an anime-original work, so I'm curious. Might you be familiar with the author/studio?

I was expecting it to be the next Amagami SS, which is in my top 25 favorite animes of all time. I watch Amagami SS every Christmas since it came out, that's how much I enjoyed it. I was expecting Seiren to be almost as good as that, but not as good or better. With that said, the bar was set pretty high for my expectations. The show just turned out to be mediocre to bad.

[Arya]

Originally Posted by nicky.

Understood. I didn't have any expectations of Fuuka going in because I'd never heard of it until the anime came out. The synopsis that I read just happened to only say that a guy meets someone named Fuuka. Lol
Did you read the Fuuka manga before the show released?
I kind of liked Seiren myself; at least for the first 3-4 episodes. It wasn't good, I definitely agree, but I liked Tsuneki a bit.

I'm an anime only viewer so I also usually come into a show without any prior knowledge but the synopsis. I build my expectations episode by episode, I kinda follow the three episode rule to make an opinion. For Fuuka I didn't factor it being Suzuka's sequel for some reason, but in any case I'm more relying on the comments here than my personal one, I stopped watching after the beach episode due to multiple reasons. Mainly since I liked a lot Tama-chan. Reading that the show did a good job in building up her path basically confirmed my fears, even if I expected the story would have kept her at arm length, so to speak, in favour of Fuuka. As basically what they did in Masamune no revenge, where the narrative was solid in keeping the other girl as a no entry route.
About Seiren I didn't apply Amagami standard, well I better say I couldn't, mostly because I didn't like the MC from the get go

[nicky.]

Originally Posted by Julio C

I was expecting it to be the next Amagami SS, which is in my top 25 favorite animes of all time. I watch Amagami SS every Christmas since it came out, that's how much I enjoyed it. I was expecting Seiren to be almost as good as that, but not as good or better. With that said, the bar was set pretty high for my expectations. The show just turned out to be mediocre to bad.

That's cool; I have heard that Amagami is good, but never seen it yet.

Originally Posted by Arya

I'm an anime only viewer so I also usually come into a show without any prior knowledge but the synopsis. I build my expectations episode by episode, I kinda follow the three episode rule to make an opinion. For Fuuka I didn't factor it being Suzuka's sequel for some reason, but in any case I'm more relying on the comments here than my personal one, I stopped watching after the beach episode due to multiple reasons. Mainly since I liked a lot Tama-chan. Reading that the show did a good job in building up her path basically confirmed my fears, even if I expected the story would have kept her at arm length, so to speak, in favour of Fuuka. As basically what they did in Masamune no revenge, where the narrative was solid in keeping the other girl as a no entry route.
About Seiren I didn't apply Amagami standard, well I better say I couldn't, mostly because I didn't like the MC from the get go

You could basically call me an anime-only viewer as well, since I have not experienced much in the ways of the written mediums. I'm trying to change that though.

Ah, yes, the beach Fuuka episode. I believe that was ep.5, the same ep. I happened to also "take a break" at. It appears that one is universally disliked. Lol! I think that episode was when the characters started to become more annoying; must've pissed off a lot of people.

[Benigmatica]

Episode 12:
Well, all I could say that it was a happy ending for Fuuka Akitsuki and Yuu Haruna. The Fallen Moon has returned and it seems that the two of them are starting their relationship.

In any case, I guess this ending won't have another season now that Diomedia changed it!

[nicky.]

Absolutely, Ben. Fuuka was a failed experiment. lol