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Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi (Sunday Without God)
If God suddenly decided to abandon the world,
what'd happen to its people? If no one else can be born however, no one else
can also die, what'd happen to Earth?
I'll try to keep the review as spoiler-free as
possible but if I do post one, it was an accident and I apologise in advance.
Story [8/10]
The plot is actually, in my point of view, really
complex. God abandoned earth, in this "new earth", people can no longer
be born however, people cannot die as well.
However, before giving in to the world, God left
behind "Gravekeepers", gravekeepers are the only ones capable of
actually killing, or to be more specific, "put ease to the souls" of
the dead by burying them.
The story begins with a girl named "Ai
Austin", she's 12 years old and she belongs to the last generation of
borning humans since god abandoned earth 12 years ago. Ai's a gravekeeper and
eventually embarks on a journey to search for herself and later, save the
world.
Art [9/10]
The art matches with the theme of the anime and
their quality is top notch. The characters are well drawn and I didn't feel any
kind of "lazy animation" throughout the whole series, all the colors
are adequate with the theme and style of the anime.
Sound [10/10]
I really really loved Kamisama no Inai
Nichiyoubi's OST, the OP and ED were both really addicting and equally good and
the OSTs blended really nicely with the scenes, it comes in the right moments
and really helps establishing and improving the emotion of the watcher because
let's be honest, mood-music is the best thing ever and adequate mood-music it's
even better.
Characters [7/10]
I will confess that I felt kind of annoyed by Ai
in the first couple episodes for a 12 episode anime her development was really
well done and by the end I had already fallen in love with her and all the
other characters that came across her way.
The development is really well done for a 12
episode anime and I was able to understand and feel emotionally connected to
all characters, share their suffering, pain and problems.
Overall [9/10]
Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi was a great anime and
probably one of the best this summer. The characters are unique and not really
cliche'd, are nicely developed, allowing you to feel connected to all
characters, the plot is entertaining and different and merging with different
themes that usually aren't a part of only one anime. The art is of good quality
and the soundtracks will give you plenty to look forward too even after you
finished the anime (I'm looking at you, ED song).
If you're looking for a good story, with
interesting characters a some plot twists, then Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi is
the anime for you, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I and others did.
Thanks for reading my review and have a great
time watching Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi.
"Birth" by Eri Kitamura
"Owaranai Melody wo Utaidashimashita. (終わらないメロディーを歌いだしました。)" by Mikako Komatsu
Log Horizon
I think it's fair to say, as soon as someone sees
the words; 'Stuck' and 'Online World' in the same sentence, they mainly think
of Sword Art Online. So it's pretty easy to see why a lot of people would think
this Anime would be a lot like Sword Art Online.
However with Log Horizon, that is not the case.
For one, the main character is a realistic gamer,
and not some incredibly photogenic Overpowered teenager, who just so happened
to practice martial arts when he was younger. Instead, the main character of
Log Horizon is an elite couch potato, with a mind made of pure strategy-sauce
and a rather lanky and skinny frame, which is great, because most 'elite'
gamers are a lot like this in real life.
The supporting characters are a great deal more
'down to earth' than Sword Art Online's cast as well, their purposes as
characters are a lot more obvious and the way the Lead's companion's mind's
work in tandom with his borders on the scary.
So for the Story I gave Log Horizon a 7:
The Story seems very unmotivated at times, as we
all know, in the online world there is always plenty to get on with, even if
you are the max level as soon as you begin (for some strange reason). However
in Log Horizon the Lead characters just seem to wander around aimlessly looking
for things to do and jump on an opportunity to travel halfway across the
continent. However there is a lot of hidden potential in the story and it seems
a bit too early to give a definitive view.
As for the Art, I gave it an 8:
The Art quality overall is very good, however not
eye-meltingly amazing. Although the realistic way everything was presented, did
reflect people's expectations of what life would be like inside an online game.
The sound gets an 8:
The theme as well as the OSTs are very nice and
give a very iconic gamer feel to the anime, somewhat attracting a gamer crowd
to the anime. The theme itself is called 'Database' and was selected for
obvious reasons as it works well with the overall story of Log Horizon.
Character design is a solid 9:
The character design is very unique and reflects
the kind of people I would expect to see getting trapped inside an online
world, doing what I would expect them to do, however no doubt they will add
some twist to the characters at a later date.
Enjoyment gets a 9:
I do enjoy this anime and that has nothing to do
with the fact I enjoyed Sword Art Online, its just a very well executed anime.
Overall I would give Log Horizon a 9:
Great for Gamers as well as people who don't play
games quite so much, however its a little to early to say how the story might
pan out. Guess the only thing we can do is wait and see!
