Hyouka: Suprisingly Very Mature And Deep

So my next review is Hyouka.

Summary:
At the request of his older sister, student Hōtarō Oreki joins Kamiyama High School's Classic Literature Club to stop it from being abolished, joined by fellow members Eru Chitanda, Satoshi Fukube and Mayaka Ibara. The story is set in Kamiyama City, a fictional city in Gifu Prefecture that the author based on his real hometown of Takayama, also in Gifu. The fictional Kamiyama High School is based upon the real life Hida High School.

First thought:
Okay, this series okay... oh oh OH SHIT THIS IS AWESOME!! It's start of slow, real slow. But it's really good, all good. Especially the characters and their interaction. And AND even this series is like you know K-On or any Kyoto Animation series, it's suprisingly really mature and deep. It's a series about youth, about growing up. Very realistic. I like it a lot.

So here's my assessment:

Story 8/10
The story well... It's slice of life anyway, so the story is... You know, normal stuff. School, classic club, yada yada yada. Homever this series is actually in mystery genre, well that suprising... Yeah, there's some mystery solving, but the mystery isn't really a mystery. Solving why your teacher love airplane, or is one of the character really do see ghost, or searching an ending for unfinished movie, you know silly stuff like that. But I like that. I actually like that Hyouka is a mystery, without a any murders. Mystery series like Detective Conan is fun and all but it's unrealistic (seriously how many people died? Is that even possible). Hyouka is more realistic mystery series. With a realistic detective, who is smart but not that genius. He's just a normal guy.

Characters 10/10
Perfect 10 for the characters! It really is perfect! The characters is realistic, unique, and fun! An the interaction between them is superb. Okay first of, I can't really chose who is the best characters. But the way one of the character, Satoshi Fukube developing is priceless. It's really memorable and heartbreaking? I mean man! The one who smile and seem joyful all the time do really have deep and complex problem! Therefore maybe he is my favorite. MAYBE. But in Hyouka, all of the characters are awesome. Houtaro Oreki the main protagonist and his conserving enegy life, Chitanda Eru the girl I thought will be annoying turn out to be really loveable and well developed too, and Mayaka Ibara also the girl I thought to be annoying but turn out really complex and compelling. So yeah, Hyouka characters is the best part of it. Go watch it now! Oh and the romance between Mayaka and Satoshi, and Oreki and Chitanda is really good!! Sucker for more romance!

Animation 9/10
Beautifull, well it's Kyoto Animation anyway.

Sound 8/10
Nothing too special, but it's good.

Overall Hyouka is a nearly perfect anime series, with deep, complex, and loveable characters, nice story, and really beautiful animation. It's really close to perfection.

Best Episode: Episode 21, The Homemade Chocolate Case
Favorite Characters: Can't decide it!! Love them all!
Special Award: Kyoto Animation Best Anime Series

from yours only,
Adre

Yu Yu Hakusho: Such A Badass Anime!

For those who didn't know... Yu Yu Hakusho is made by the same (amazing genius mindfuck) mangaka who made Hunter X Hunter (my favorite!), Yoshihiro Togashi.

So is YYH any good? Isn't jut another generic battle shonen? The answer is no, with capslock. NO. YYH is generic yes, but it's suprisingly good. I think because even if YYH has the same formula as any other generic battle shonen (Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, DBZ), YYH executed it weirdly good. It has many tournament, but the feel in it is different. Plus there's a grim and dangerous feel in it. I like it. A lot.

First of the summary:
One day, 14-year-old Yusuke Urameshi suddenly finds himself dead, having died pushing a child out of the way of oncoming traffic. Since he has such a bad personality, even the Spirit World was caught by surprise that he would sacrifice himself. Yusuke soon finds out he wasn't supposed to die and has a chance for resurrection and bringing his body back to life. After being resurrected, Yusuke becomes a Spirit Detective, along with his comrades, and one adventure after another happens, whether it be an investigation or a fighting tournament. 

So here's my assessment:
Story 6/10
Why? The plot is nothing special. Really. Just bunch of fight and tournament. No real plot twist. The story is really simple and straight forward. Even though, the plot in Chapter Black is quite good. Let just say that Chapter Black is the sample of Hunter X Hunter awesome story, but it's just sample, it isn't as good as Hunter x Hunter. So the conclusion, if you watch YYH because you expect I don't know awesome mindfuck story, then you'll be dissapointed.

Characters 9.5/10
Everything wrong with this series is payed by amazing cast. Really AMAZING CHARACTERS. I think Togashi-sensei is really good with this aspect. He's genius.There's zero annoying characters! Well, sometimes there is, but just a little bit annoying. That's why I rated it 9.5 hahah. But anyway, the characters is badass awesome nothing like one dimenssional. Everything about YYH characters is fuckin awesome. Especially Urameshi Yusuke. He can beat the crap out of you if you dissagree with this.

Animation 7/10
Well it's made in 1992, I even haven't born yet. So the animation is well bad, but at that time I think it's pretty good. The animation is fluid and all. Sometimes there's reuse animation and that's a bit annoying, but I can tolerate that with awesomely character YYH has.

Sound 8/10
Pretty good sound though. many of them really memorable and pretty emotional. Yes very emotional I must say. Fuah... *wipe tears*

Emotional Aspect 10/10
This is the first anime that makes me really really emotional. Like really.... I cried, laughed, and I do really care about the characters. My favorite part is the climax of Dark Tournament, when Yusuke and Toguro fight, the fight is weirdly emotional. It's not just action, there's more in it. Hell, it's more like a drama than a fight. WHICH I LOVE!! I hate unreasonable fight and deus ex machina, yeah it's cool and whatever. But it's just cool not great and awesome like YYH. Oh by the way, I think this is the part where YYH exceed HxH. The story in HxH is better, but the emotional part is better in YYH. Well, nothing is perfect anyway...

Overal Yu Yu Hakusho is a great anime, whoever loves shonen, battle shonen, or as simple as series with good and well developed characters then you'll enjoy this! (Especially you who loves Hunter X Hunter)

Favorite Arc: Dark Tournament
Favorite Character: Urameshi Yusuke
Special Award: Best Dubbed Anime

from yours only,
Adre