Gonna put my personal opinions here from now on to make it eaiser to keep track of.
My personal opinion on Ichiban ushiro no dai maou
being based off a light novel, a harem anime yet only having 12 episodes is the saddest thing for this anime. The character interactions between them has been some of best that ive seen in a anime for a while. Especially between Akuto and korone(I think having a monotone character with a humor personality interact with humor yet not breaking the original setting is a hard thing to do. props Yuuki Aoi for the voice acting) and Shizuka Itou acting as etou really gave her a demeanor befitting of a follower character. I think it was just me but I swear they changed the animation style in the 2nd half(not in a bad way though). Speaking of the 2nd half I was actually a bit confused with the whole god and identity system thing and I would of liked if they explained a bit more about about the original law of Identity(for an original story it wasn't bad). Just a random note, in the ep where Akuto gets told by peterhausen that he has a bad name its because phonetically his name sounds similar to 最(utmost) 悪(bad, evil) 人(person) So basically his name could mean, the most evil person or the ultimate villain. Gonna read the light novels to see how they diverge from the anime.
My personal opinion on Amagami SS
Having played the game before I have to say having the heroine arcs split is a good concept but at the same time brings problems as well. My biggest problem with it is the fact that since each heroine gets their own arc the writers would have to find a way to extend parts of the story which causes problems with pacing. For people who havent played the game the flow for each character is about the same in the anime but in the game those scenes dont last long, so finding a way to extend those scenes is a problem. The other problem I found is how the relationships reset to zero, I praise the voice actors on getting the different emotions across but resetting the relationships like that made me feel like the other relationships were pointless. Character's opinion: Tachibana junichi with his heart broken past makes a good main character in the way that seeing him recover and move on with his life makes the viewer captivated at his progress. Morishima haruka: A very cheerful 3rd year high school student who is sometimes insensitive towards others because of her playful personality. Character route opinion: Being the school's idol figure means she has a lot of popularity so at the beginning it starts with junichi admiring her but later starts thinking he wants to be with her longer. I like the fact that although he gets rejected once he keeps trying which for some people its a hard thing to do. 8/10 Tanamachi Kaoru: She has been Junichi's friend since 3rd year of middle school. She works part-time in a family restaurant oto support herself and her mum who had a divorce. Character route opinion: In her route I liked the whole junichi supporting her while she was working, other than that theres not too much to say. 7/10 Nakata Sae A new 1st transfer student to junichi school. Who quickly becomes friends with tachibana miya(junichi's little sister) and nanasaki ai(one of the other heroines) also from a wealthy family. Character route opinion: In her route I absolutely hated the fact that they needed narration I understand that because they're shy theres not gonna be much dialogue between the two but having narration cut in-between kinda killed the atmosphere for me. I did like how junichi supports her in her goal to become less shy. 6/10 nanasaki ai: A first year student who is part of the school swimming club and gets along with the captain, tsukahara Hibiki(who is also Haruka's best friend). Character route opinion: ai enjoys swimming a lot so when she got told she couldn't participate in the swim meet and tried to drown herself I felt a bit disheartened at that scene. when she consults junichi on how to treat her younger brother I thought the role-playing scene was cool. 7.5/10 Ayatsuji Tsukasa: The hard working class rep who also nominates herself for the position of founders committee rep. She is very kind to others except her older sister. Character route opinion: Her route was the kinda "build a relationship because the other person knows your secret" I felt that this was done quite well having junichi being supportive of tsukasa even though her split personality is the complete opposite of her usual self. The scene where Tsukasa snapped sure taught those people around her whos boss. 8.5/10 Secondary characters: tachibana miya, the caring "nishishi" laughing little sister. tsukahara hibiki, WHY DID SHE NOT GET A ROUTE. umehara masayoshi, dont understand why he's not popular he is a good guy although the perverseness is probably the reason why he is still a nice guy. kamizaki risa, the reason why junichi's past love life screwed up. GO TO HELL.
being based off a light novel, a harem anime yet only having 12 episodes is the saddest thing for this anime. The character interactions between them has been some of best that ive seen in a anime for a while. Especially between Akuto and korone(I think having a monotone character with a humor personality interact with humor yet not breaking the original setting is a hard thing to do. props Yuuki Aoi for the voice acting) and Shizuka Itou acting as etou really gave her a demeanor befitting of a follower character. I think it was just me but I swear they changed the animation style in the 2nd half(not in a bad way though). Speaking of the 2nd half I was actually a bit confused with the whole god and identity system thing and I would of liked if they explained a bit more about about the original law of Identity(for an original story it wasn't bad). Just a random note, in the ep where Akuto gets told by peterhausen that he has a bad name its because phonetically his name sounds similar to 最(utmost) 悪(bad, evil) 人(person) So basically his name could mean, the most evil person or the ultimate villain. Gonna read the light novels to see how they diverge from the anime.
Having played the game before I have to say having the heroine arcs split is a good concept but at the same time brings problems as well. My biggest problem with it is the fact that since each heroine gets their own arc the writers would have to find a way to extend parts of the story which causes problems with pacing. For people who havent played the game the flow for each character is about the same in the anime but in the game those scenes dont last long, so finding a way to extend those scenes is a problem. The other problem I found is how the relationships reset to zero, I praise the voice actors on getting the different emotions across but resetting the relationships like that made me feel like the other relationships were pointless. Character's opinion: Tachibana junichi with his heart broken past makes a good main character in the way that seeing him recover and move on with his life makes the viewer captivated at his progress. Morishima haruka: A very cheerful 3rd year high school student who is sometimes insensitive towards others because of her playful personality. Character route opinion: Being the school's idol figure means she has a lot of popularity so at the beginning it starts with junichi admiring her but later starts thinking he wants to be with her longer. I like the fact that although he gets rejected once he keeps trying which for some people its a hard thing to do. 8/10 Tanamachi Kaoru: She has been Junichi's friend since 3rd year of middle school. She works part-time in a family restaurant oto support herself and her mum who had a divorce. Character route opinion: In her route I liked the whole junichi supporting her while she was working, other than that theres not too much to say. 7/10 Nakata Sae A new 1st transfer student to junichi school. Who quickly becomes friends with tachibana miya(junichi's little sister) and nanasaki ai(one of the other heroines) also from a wealthy family. Character route opinion: In her route I absolutely hated the fact that they needed narration I understand that because they're shy theres not gonna be much dialogue between the two but having narration cut in-between kinda killed the atmosphere for me. I did like how junichi supports her in her goal to become less shy. 6/10 nanasaki ai: A first year student who is part of the school swimming club and gets along with the captain, tsukahara Hibiki(who is also Haruka's best friend). Character route opinion: ai enjoys swimming a lot so when she got told she couldn't participate in the swim meet and tried to drown herself I felt a bit disheartened at that scene. when she consults junichi on how to treat her younger brother I thought the role-playing scene was cool. 7.5/10 Ayatsuji Tsukasa: The hard working class rep who also nominates herself for the position of founders committee rep. She is very kind to others except her older sister. Character route opinion: Her route was the kinda "build a relationship because the other person knows your secret" I felt that this was done quite well having junichi being supportive of tsukasa even though her split personality is the complete opposite of her usual self. The scene where Tsukasa snapped sure taught those people around her whos boss. 8.5/10 Secondary characters: tachibana miya, the caring "nishishi" laughing little sister. tsukahara hibiki, WHY DID SHE NOT GET A ROUTE. umehara masayoshi, dont understand why he's not popular he is a good guy although the perverseness is probably the reason why he is still a nice guy. kamizaki risa, the reason why junichi's past love life screwed up. GO TO HELL.