nobahn's Anime

• depicts strong women characters.
• OST is quite enjoyable!
• The dub is hit-and-miss.

I find myself objecting a bit to the following from Carl Kimlinger:

One glimpse of its unsparing, compassionate treatment of Rin's highly unpleasant mother is all you need to tell you that this is too complex a series to dabble in Hallmark uplift.

• Opening Song
• Ending Song
• "Ivy Bridge" AMV edited by Shin (Music: "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas) - Bestamvsofalltime Anime MV ♫
• Review by Tristan "Arkada" Gallant
• Sweetness & Lightning has similar themes.....

Early on it was demonstrating the standard tropes:
1. Women dressed sexily; (Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed them all! :p)
   
2. "scientist/researcher" wearing a lab coat when not necessary; (To ID what he is, of course!)

• The action sequences were all quite good ─ as were the graphics.
• I certainly didn't see the twist coming that involved those siblings! (And that "lipstick"..... Wow.)
• So a college student walking down a hall while talking on a phone doesn't notice a seriously injured fellow student? Gimme a a friggin' break.....
• A "shaking camera" to signify a heavy impact? Aw, c'mon.....
• 4 incidents of Hollywood physics! Oh, puhleeze.....
• There was no segue from the church scene to the gymnasium.
• Watch through to the end of the credits. (Whatinhell is that scene supposed to be about?)

At first, I was disappointed with the plot; but then it continuously improved throughout the rest of the movie. Barring a rewatch (which might happen ─ it's only 80 minutes long, after all) I'm rating it at 9/11. After the 1st 20 minutes, I knew that I was never going to rate it at 11/11 and there were too many negatives in it for me to rate it at 10/11. Still, there's no denying its rewatchability.....

EDITS:
1. (10/17/2018) How was it that that removing the "life stone" woke up the zombies? Definitely doesn't make sense to me.....
2. (10/19/2018) Lowering my ranking by one notch to 8/11 from 9/11 because of #1 (above) and also because no explanation is provided as to how the zombies were put to sleep in the first place.

Both the OP and ED are terrific!
There is no dub.
3. ep.#3| 10/11
4. ep.#4| Words matter. 10/11
5. An old middle-school senpai is dishonored by issues that would undo anyone. 11/11
6. We learn just a little bit about Richard's past. Is Saul the associate that Richard was referring to earlier? And in case this isn't obvious, this series is Yaoi, baby! 11/11
7. Our protagonist is told the backstory by "Richard". 11/11
8. Without any warning, Richard pulls up stakes and leaves the country -- presumably for old merry England. 11/11
9. Seigi continues to look for Richard. Saul Ranashinha Ali is quite the character!
10. Read the review. Rebecca Silverman is quite correct; the post-ED scene should have been at the end of the series.
11. People make up with each other -- and then Seigi's father shows up in a far-fetched scene.
12. Seigi's father is certainly a man that you love to hate. But how does that asshole find out all of Seigi's contact information?! 9/11

• Watch Whisper of the Heart first.
• Very Family Friendly -- child-oriented, but not a turn-off for adults!
• The OST just kinda grew on me.....
• The dub had this one strange line regarding a lacrosse stick.