GRISAIA NO RAKUEN

DESCRIPTION

CAST

SPECIAL DramaGrisaia no Meikyuu
SPECIAL ComedyGrisaia no Rakuen: Grisaia no Tokuten
MOVIE ActionGrisaia: Phantom Trigger THE ANIMATION
MANGA DramaGrisaia no Rakuen: Sanctuary Fellows

REVIEWS

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  SCHISHNE

  96/100
  An anime series i will never forget

  This, series is like Akame ga Kill where you will think about it even after its finished for at least a couple of days. For me, i bet ill think about it even after months or years because i can definetly see a little bit of real life inspiration here and there, story wise. Either that or the author was exceptionaly good at understanding the lives a lot of people live. Personalitys are all unique and not just the typical anime character types although they seem to be on the outside, although the main character is quite the edgelord and harem magnet on the outside, it does not hurt at all from my point of view for what he has been through, the looks and the experience (and humor). Im glad this anime or rather concept/story got so far as having multiple movies and seasons but im suprised that this anime, like for example Zankyo no Terror, Jormungand or a couple of other series is not really popular or heard of and easily forgotten in todays typical anime. This anime earned a that high score because of what i felt, the way it catched me and my friends while watching it, the humor and funny moments that anime had, the decently fleshed out characters, the crazy (and a bit shenanigan) but impressive story and story telling and how it threw in the gunplay, even if its nothing like Jormungand or Upotte. The things that have been bothering me however is that its pretty much almost the best possible ending you could ask for which kind of made it more or less predictable how the anime would turn out (like a certain series called SAO where you dont have to worry about the main character dying because of overpowering him). The first and noww this season had a lot to teach aswell and a couple of smal life lessons which this time, arent even cringe. My final thoughts on this are: This anime is one of my favorites so far and i bet something like that wont appear for a very long time because of how the world currently handles anime and adaptations etc. But Wonder Egg Priority and Vivy seem to prove otherwise, luckly for now...this is probably one of the few or even the only review ill ever write on here...well this anime is extremyl inspiring for what im planning to do and a decent reference for future...lets say creations. And if you have read this far ...im kinda interessted in what the hell we would talk about in a smal talk or discord call to be fairly honest because its definetly narrowing the people down that dont care reading things like this. So if you definetly did, youre just pog and i hope ill maybe get to talk to you somewhere.

  If you just want to know how good this anime is:

  IT MADE ME WRITE OVER 2.2k WORDS JUST TO MAKE THIS TEXT AN REVIEW SO WATCH IT BECAUSE YOURE NOT GOING TO COME ACROSS SOMETHING OF THIS CALIBER FOR A LONG TIME.

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  KarmaNotFound

  75/100
  A harem that doesn't exactly follow the formula of a harem

  The Grisaia series, consisting of two anime series and a movie in between, is somewhat different when it comes to harem romance anime. While most harem series tend to follow a rather comedic path, Grisaia approached it in another way and kinda broke that rom-com trend. Now I’m not saying this in a negative sense or something like that. If anything, this fact made this anime worth watching. After watching those stereotypical animes where the girl blushes while fantasizing about in how many ways she can hold her crush’s hand or the tsundere girl just keeps being … well tsundere, it was a nice change of pace to watch yet another harem anime like Grisaia. Now, I’m not saying that Grisaia doesn’t have shy or tsundere girls. It’s a harem anime, so of course, it does. But I’ll get to that later.

  STORY: 8.5/10
  The story is about a boy Yuuji Kazami who just transferred into a new, big school and gets surrounded by a bunch of all categories of girls. Sounds cliche? It does. But what changes that cliche here is that those girls and Yuuji himself are the only students there in that school. For various reasons, that school can be attended by only students who have some ….. issues. Those issues of the girls are what drive that first season forward. To me, the first season is still cliche. It’s just a generous young man helping out his fellow classmates by doing some rather dangerous and unexpected things. Those rather unexpected materials are what sets this series apart from the rest of its genre. The first season is mostly designed like a visual novel, you know like those arcs we see. In Grisaia each arc features one of the heroines of the plot. Well, Grisaia is based on a popular visual novel of the same name, so the arc concept is not surprising. It’s just the transition here is clearer than the rest.
  Things get unique starting from the movie. This is where it breaks its tradition. The movie and the first 4 episodes of the 2nd season deal with the backstory, a tragic and brutal one at that, of Yuuji. Honestly, I feel like the backstory or backstories are the most interesting feature of the plot. The rest of the season returns to the current timeline again and this time it presents us with some nice actions. Actions aren’t something one would normally expect in an anime tagged as harem romance. So it came quite as a surprise to me too. And the actions weren’t bad at all.
  Although it is supposed to be a harem romance anime, to me one thing it clearly lacked was the romance itself. Yuuji looks like the kind of guy whose heart is made of stone, which makes perfect sense given his cruel upbringing. Romance isn’t something I would expect from a character like him. So yeah, there weren’t many romance materials in the equation, much less harem elements. Now, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any at all. There are a few later in the second season.

  ART: 8.5/10
  The art of this anime was okay considering the plot. Nothing too flashy like NiseKoi. It was all right for my taste.

  MUSIC: 8/10
  The music was decent as well. Some of the emotional ones were the best. As I would expect from Aketagawa Jin. The way they were positioned and timed was perfect and seemed to hit right where it should.

  CHARACTERS: 6/10
  Characters. Characters in this series are what I have the most complains about. Aside from Yuuji, all the characters are more or less bland, which was very disappointing. Male lead as the most famous character isn’t something I’m used to watching. And the girls. Females are what makes a harem anime interesting. A heated waifu war is what I would expect. Nothing of that sort was present. But, but ... since this is not a formulaic harem, I would overlook that . Still they are bland. There are tsunderes, shy girls, and whatever other types you call it here but none of them had features that stand out. So yeah, the character department failed, some points are deducted and it is yet another reason this anime doesn’t feel like a harem anime.

  ENJOYMENT: 8/10
  About enjoyment, it certainly wasn’t a masterpiece level work and has its fair share of shortcomings but it was worth watching. The backstories of the main characters are interesting and the delivery of some sensitive subjects via those main characters is commendable as well. And there's action too.
  So if you are looking for a break from all those cute, captivating, female eyes and still wishing to watch something ‘not shounen’ with a good plot and a few fights, why not give Grisaia a try? It may not be all that bad for all you know.

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