Sayonara, Kuro-hime (Don't Worry, It's Not Forever.)

Unfortunately, Kuro-hime will be leaving us, Megane Reviews for a while.

Well, It's not that she'll be leaving forever or anything but she'll be going to college next week. And she'll no longer be able to post as often as she did.

Kuro-hime says :

"I had fun posting reviews for Megane~! But I won't be gone too long, I hope. But I do promise that if I'm free, I'll post one or two reviews for Megane. And I'll make sure that everyone still gets the seasonal anime lists~!! So anyway, I'll be off to college, wish me all the best~!"

So we here at Megane Reviews wishes Kuro-hime the best and hopes she returns as soon as possible.

PS : Thanks for sticking with us & Sorry for not posting a review last week.

Ways to Live Forever.

by kuro-hime



SUMMARY :

Sam Oliver McQueen is an eleven-year-old child, terminally ill with leukemia, who, during one of his special education sessions decides to write a book about his life. In that book, he will include stories, amusing facts, lists, and his own diary. One of the lists is entitled "Things I Want to Do". With the help of his best friend Felix Stranger, an ill 13-year-old child, he will make all his wishes come true.

Sam makes numerous lists of questions. With the help of his teacher, they conduct various experiments, Sam and Felix break world records (including the world's smallest night club). However things take a turn for the worst and Felix dies in hospital. This leaves Sam devastated. Eventually, the doctors realize the medication isn't working as well and Sam makes the decision to stop all medication.

Sam dies in his sleep about a month later; he has given his parents a form to fill in about his death so he could finish his book. The last comment is made by his mother, who says, "Sam died quietly in his sleep. He was in no pain."

(~adapted from wikipedia~)


REVIEW :

This is a beautiful story. Eventhough the premise of the story is a little sad but at the same time, it's also hopeful.

I like how the author wrote this in a very brutal honest point of view.

The author did a wonderful job in expressing how the main character felt and how he responded with everything that was happening.

The character development here is brilliant. Each character here is very well written. Through the main characters eyes, you can see the other characters behavior and thoughts.

This story made me think a lot. Mainly, I thought a lot of life and death.

And as you reach the end of the book, the author describes things really well and you can roughly guess that the main characters' life is going to end.

I felt that the ending is bittersweet.

For me, I love the idea of this story, the honesty here and the writing style.

If you love the slice of life genre, you would enjoy this a lot.

I rate this 8 out of 10.

Level E

by kuro-hime



SUMMARY :

Earth has been populated by thousands of aliens from all over the galaxy. While all the other aliens are aware of their presence, it is a secret only from the Earthlings. Baka, the prince of the planet Dogra, crash lands on Earth and loses his memory. He forcibly moves in with Tsutsui Yukitata, a first year high school student who had just moved out on his own. The normal life he once knew is quickly pulled away as he becomes the target of the prince's torment.

(~adapted from wikipedia~)

REVIEW :

This is one of the most hilarious, absurd & random anime I have ever watched.

Why do I say that?

Well, this anime is funny and it can't be taken to seriously sometimes. It's also very RANDOM because you don't really know what will happen next episode.

This anime is very episodic which means, each episode has it's own story in it.
The main plot though is about Aliens on Earth or just Aliens in general. But sometimes, it could be just Prince Baka tricking people or aliens.

To be honest, I didn't think I would enjoy this anime. I only watched it because it seemed to be popular or rather it had a good impressions.

But bit by bit, I began to love this series!! This series is just so fun to watch~!!

Anyhow, the art of this series is quite well done. It has that realistic quality to it. The art style is a little bit like Death Note. It's realistic & nice.

I never really noticed the background music so I can't tell if it's good or bad. But I do love the OP and ED songs. They are pretty catchy and nice to listen.

And plot? Like I said, it's episodic. There is and yet, there isn't a plot. Great thing is, it's freaking random!! That means, you really have no idea what will happen next. I have never been so entertained by a random show before.
Good thing is, the surprises are really surprising.

The humor here is pretty good. IT's been a while since I actually LAUGH OUT LOUD while watching anime & this anime did exactly that.

And the characters here are pretty well done. There's some character development despite this being only a 13 episode anime series. You actually enjoy seeing the characters on screen. Some of them may have less screen time, but you love them anyways.

The characters have their own charm. This anime series is pretty awesome because of the characters.

And oh my god, did I say I love the voice actors doing this series? For me, the voice actors voiced the characters with almost 100% accuracy. It's like, the voice actors were born to voice these characters.

With the voice actors voice fitting the characters, this made me love this series even more!

Only thing I didn't like is that certain episodes were really stupid but other than that, it's pretty good.

I rate this anime a 9 out of 10. Yea, that's pretty high but I can't help it because this series is so damn funny!

Only thing is, I'm sad that the series is over. Wish there was a season 2 or OVA or something.

You can expect a fun ride & some laughs out of this anime. It's just a nice watch.

Kore wa Zombie desu ka

by kuro-hime



SUMMARY :

Ayumu Aikawa is a zombie resurrected by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe after being killed by a serial killer. As he tries to make the best of his undead life, he encounters a masō-shōjo named Haruna and inadvertently takes her magic powers, being forced to become a masō-shōjo in the process. With Eucliwood, Haruna, and a vampire ninja named Seraphim living with him, Ayumu helps battle demons known as Megalos while trying to figure out the mystery behind his own death!

(adapted from wikipedia)



REVIEW :

This anime is a surprise to me. I expected this anime to be very shallow, stupid and just something you watch to kick boredom away.

BUT I was sorta wrong.

In the beginning of the series, this anime "looked" very stupid. I mean, cute girls and hot girls everywhere. I thought it would be a show of just pure fanservice.
Well, this series HAS ALOT of fanservice, but it makes the fanservice quite funny at times so I don't really mind.

I also kinda like how Ayumu gets kicked around by 3 girls (necromancer, masou shoujo & vampire ninja)

All in all, this is an anime with fanservice, action & lots of humor.

Honestly, I was shocked that I liked this series....but it's hard to hate this series. I mean, the writers didn't take this series too seriously so it's just so light, random at times and funny.

And surprisingly, this series has a PLOT too. In around episode 3 or 4 or 5, you see that Ayumu wants to find the person who murdered him. So in a way, it's also a mystery.
Things got even more sticky & deeper as the episodes continue.

Then, at the end of the show, I really like how it ended. There's only 12 episodes so this series is short & sweet. (However, this series actually ended at episode 11. Episode 12 is just funny filler)

The music was alright in this series, nothing special. (but I really hate the ED though)

As for the art, surprisingly, it's good art from Studio Deen. Normally, I know that Studio Deen's art isn't the best but for this series, they did alright.

It's a great short series and I'm glad that it only has 12 episodes because if it had more, I don't think it'll be as good.

I rate this anime a 6 out of 10. It's enjoyable & fun~!!