Hundred is literally copy & pasted,
meaning if you have watched at
least 2 or three titles similar to this
then you can already predict the
upcoming events and the
relationships between characters.
In addition to that, predictions of
the plot along with the events that
are going to take place for certain
episodes is sort of like a walk in the
park. Now I’m not really trying to
criticize Jun Misaki because other
authors obviously have this idea
too. They want to use the
re-occurring themes found in other
authors work and make their own
unique novel based upon those
themes. That’s perfectly fine
however it hurts both the story and
the plot in many ways because it is
all too common. This is exactly why
I brought up the ‘bad cycle’ theory.
If I didn’t watch shows like these
when they aired for a while and just
got into hundred then perhaps I
could’ve felt that the story was
refreshing however, this simply was
not the case. There were no exciting
story developments and plot
development felt weak. Most
importantly though it was pretty
hard for me to get excited and
engaged with such meritocracy.
Overall I just was not impressed
with the stories presentation or plot
because it’s been done too many
times to the point where I really
wanted to drop it.
The art & animation is actually
really great. The flow of the
fighting and action scenes were
amazing to me. Although I
could’ve done without the talking
through most of the battles, I
was, for the most part
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impressed seeing the duels
between characters like Claire,
Hayato, Emile etc. The character
designs were pretty good however
I still prefer the illustrations done in
the light novel by Nekosuke kuma
over designs made by the
producers at Production IMS.
Characters are so forgettable that
I’ll probably never even remember
them. Hayato Kisaragi is literally
copy and pasted from every other
show liked this; the childhood friend
romance is overplayed. My
impressions of the characters
overall is that they simply needed
more work to d