Gamers & Anime August 2016 | Page 31

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 July 2016 31 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