KANNAZUKI NO MIKO

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MANGA DramaKannazuki no Miko

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  RedGyarados

  55/100
  A fun yet disappointing anime

  I initially didn't like Kannazuki no Miko when I started watching it. The characters annoyed me and the plot seemed almost nonsensical. But by the time I got to around episode 3, I started enjoying it. I realized that Kannazuki no Miko isn't about the action or plot itself. Rather, those things are meant to be parallels regarding the relationship between the three main characters.

  Kannazuki no Miko is a love triangle and I usually hate love triangles. Love triangles are usually extremely predictable and they lead to a plot that goes nowhere. However, the love triangle in Kannazuki no Miko is actually interesting and it's difficult to tell who will end up with who. I initially disliked the main characters, but they endeared themselves to me as the show went on. I became invested in the love triangle and I didn't want either of the characters vying for Himeko's heart to end up alone. They were both genuinely likable characters who were selfless, only focusing on what Himeko wanted, rather than what they desired.

  ...Or so I thought. Kannazuki no Miko jumps the shark during its last quarter. A certain character completely abandons their moral principles (that were shown to be rock solid during the show, by the way) and does things that make you dislike them. Which is a shame because the show spent all this time building this character up, getting you to sympathize with them, only to throw all that development in your face. It's jarring and frankly, quite sad. I was eating this show up before this rapid change, greatly invested in the love triangle and the (somewhat nonsensical) plot. Sure, one could've seen this coming. The show was kind of giving you signs that a certain character or character(s) had to become a villain, but it could've been handled much better. Kannazuki no Miko could've villianized this character without throwing the sympathy the viewer has for them in the trash.

  Now, onto some other critiques I guess. The music is pretty good. The OP and ED are some of Kotoko's best and I loved how the beginning of the ED would play before the credits rolled. It really fit here and made the epic endings of certain episodes much better. The OST is generally piano tracks, which fits since Chikane does play piano, and they complement the scenes they're used in perfectly.

  The show has aged amazingly well in terms of presentation. There are some beautiful scenes, due to lighting effects and other uses of color. The character designs are also amazing. The designs for the main trio and the villains are super memorable and embody what I love most about character designs from the 2000s.

  As for the animation in terms of fluidity... it's not the best. Nothing too rigid and very little uses of what I like to call "slideshow" scenes (basically where they just show pictures instead of animating things), but there's nothing that really stands out. It's telling that there's only one scene from this show on sakugabooru.

  And given that this is a show that uses mecha... yeah. The mechs are moreso used for metaphors than anything else, so don't expect any awesome mech battles.

  This show is also terribly 2000s in terms of how it treats lesbian relationships. If you want good yuri with mecha, this isn't the one to watch. Because both the yuri and mecha aspects are not the greatest.

  All in all, this is a show that was pretty entertaining junk food that ends up being quite disappointing. I feel like Kannazuki no Miko could've definitely benefited from being slightly longer, but then the show would run the risk of dragging on to long. Evidently, my biggest gripe with the show is the shitty character change. If it was handled better, I wouldn't have minded, but it was handled lazily and in ways that contradicted that character's moral philosophy.

  So, after all that rambling, do I recommend Kannazuki no Miko? I guess I'd say yes. It's pretty fun for the majority of its runtime. Just be prepared to get mad at this show after it spent episodes endearing its characters to you.

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  RemedyKreutzer

  60/100
  You know the "horny psycho obsessive possessive lesbian" trope? No? Well this is your chance to get introduced to it

  (beware of some spoilers below)

  I've never seen an anime that would be such a trashy, so poorly written, so cliche, and-from perspective of 2020-so poorly animated yet at the same time so utterly enjoyable, transgressive, bold and memorable piece of fiction.

  Don't think about mecha fights, and don't go into this anime if you like mecha, the super robots are just metaphors for characters feelings. The fights literally make no sense and their only purpose is to push forward "romance" between the main characters or provide a convenient excuse for someone to be absent or someone to be present in a right place and a right time when the plot requires it.

  The main focus of this anime is love triangle....WRONG! The main focus of this anime is a single person named Himemiya Chikane. Only she seems like an actual character and actively pushes the story forward. Everyone else, including her main love interest Himeko and rival Souma, is a two dimensional paper cut meant to passively and predictably react to anything Chikane is doing.

  Just like she did to Himeko, Chikane makes and breaks this anime. It's really hard for me to say what she does without spoiling the best parts, but I promise you that if you like y words-yuri and yandere-you will enjoy her shenanigans. Yandere more than yuri tbh, cause if you are looking for some sweet girl x girl romance, you ain't getting it here, friend. And by this I mean you will get that, but it won't be sweet, nor believable, nor particularly humours-unless you like black comedy that is. No matter how much abuse C-kane throws at her sweetheart, she will be forgiven and looked up to by girl too pure and too honest to be alive.

  You like when your love triangles are fairly well balanced and it's a mystery until the very end who will win. I get it. I like it too. But here, it's obvious that the guy doesn't stand a chance. I almost feel sorry for him, but then I remind myself he's just a papercut nobody whose entire personality consists of shouting his desire to protect Himeko. Just in the first episode you have said white kinght scream and get hurt fighting to defend his childhood sweetheart against ancient evil....as Chikane takes advantage of her unconscious body behind his back. AND IT GETS EVEN BETTER IN LATER EPISODES~

  Fanservice? Ecchi? These tags don't represent the nature of Kannazuki no miko accurately. For you see, I'm 99% convinced that kannazuki no miko was originally supposed to be hentai, it's just that maybe at last possible moment the studio decided to shorten(but not remove) some of the more risque sex and rape scenes and call it a day.

  Art and animation didn't age well. Unlike ost and songs by Kotoko-sama which are just glorious. The voice acting and all seemed fine too tho it kinda suffers from syndrome of fairly young men having voices of old hobos.

  Most importantly Chikane's "ahahahaha" psychotic laugh was as graceful as ahahaha laugh should be so I won't complain~

  Overall, this isn't just a trainwreck. This is a glorious trainwreck of epic proportions. it's objectively bad but subjectively precious anime that I can wholeheartedly recommend to every fan of y word~

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