TL;DR Between characters getting angry about sexual advances one second and graciously accepting snacks the next, or Hotaru accusing her female friend of being overprotective AND unguarded in the exact same scene, there’s lots of sub-par speechcraft to take a red pen to. The show throws more curveballs into the desperate plans and escapes of Rachel and Zack than I thought they could fit into one building. Rowdy Rathore is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva.It is an official remake of the 2006 Telugu film Vikramarkudu.It is produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ronnie Screwvala, with story written by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad, and stars Akshay Kumar, in double role of a brave police officer and thief. But when Hotaru offers herself to Yuma as “practice”, both girls realize that they’re more interested in each other than they are in their own boyfriends. So the entire rest of the journey is the two of them travelling floor-by-floor through the asylum trying to reach the exit, where each floor has an equally edgy individual blocking their way via some deranged set of skills and desires. Yuma and Hotaru have been friends since childhood. They are both trapped in an underground basement and to escape they have to clear all the floors and take the elevator up to the next level. Characters: Just as poorly written as the show itself. Kidnap is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by Luis Prieto, written by Knate Lee and stars Halle Berry, Lew Temple, Sage Correa and Chris McGinn.The film follows Karla, a diner waitress, who relentlessly pursues a kidnapper after her 6-year-old son is abducted from a park. SYNOPSIS: Coel stars in this series, which explores the question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and … “For every Twitter, there is a Koo waiting in the wings. the animation is quite pretty except for at some points it can seem a little lack and in need of improvement. The Girl of Ink & Stars follows Isabelle Riosse – a cartographer's daughter – as she goes on a treacherous journey to rescue her best friend, Lupe. In fact, her meeting with the killer Zack is actually quite convenient because her only wish is to find a good way to die. They both have their own secrets and motivations. It covers both the bad & good things of that time period, that she herself lived in. Yuma is one problem. The keenest parts explore the push/pull of her Muslim upbringing. Story: There's barely any story here. Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell, an underestimated and overlooked dad and husband, taking life’s indignities on … Not sure who wrote the synopsis but it goes more like this.Girl 1 asks Girl 2 for double date, they go together, instead of being love-dovey with their boyfriends, G2 molests G1, they decide to go to the toilet together where it just gets more intense. For maintaining XBMC4Xbox over the years. She’s not entirely unsympathetic, but it’s sometimes difficult to know whether her ‘MC-denseness’ (to paraphrase the prevalent anime trope) is supposed to be read as psychological depth, or just shaky writing. The characters in this show are WAY more complex than that. . Like Scum’s Wish, it is easy to dislike the main characters for their actions, but difficult to write them off- they are bad people in a bad romance, if it can even be called romance. The only reason I could not give this 5 stars is because, in Roth's own acknowledgment page, her writing is better through Tris' voice. And this same scenario of sub-rape follows probably the whole season (dropped at ep1)First of all, I think I speak for most of us yuri lovers when I say that we like the innocence in the act. Netsuzou Trap isn’t as bad as some might say, but just because a sandwich doesn’t kill you doesn’t mean it’s prime cuisine. They got some really decent chops on their VAs, and it shows. Rachel Gardener and Zack who is a serial killer. However, that's not to say the two are perfect. The dialogue, which I’ve said little of yet, can be passable, but it can also be clunky. . The story revolves around two characters, Rachel Gardner and Zack, who traverse through one big escape the room game. The only reason I give this a higher score than the story category is that their visual designs are actually pretty good, and ultimately were the pull that made me want to watch in the first place. The pacing is further waylaid by a sense of déjà vu, as almost every scene in which the female characters are alone consists of touching, moans and bras, and while I’m not opposed to any of these things in theory, the fact remains that there’s a literary touch that is conspicuously absent, though I’ll admit that no-one was expecting Tolstoy going in. NEW DELHI: Reversing the two-month buying streak, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled out Rs 5,156 crore from Indian markets in the first week of March amid profit booking and rising bond yields in the US. the op for this anime is probably its biggest saving grace and the part that i like the most, again, its not a good anime but its more of a guilty pleasure animes, the ones that may not be morally correct yet still get you addicted. So I would say, if you want to feel like you've been punched in the gut all the way through, then you should definitely watch this show. She encounters the other main 'protagonist', and after mere moments of knowing him she tells him she just wants to die and asks him to kill her. Other than that, there are no redeeming qualities here. It is only natural that when Yuma is nervous about her new boyfriend, she asks Hotaru and her boyfriend along for a double date. It is not a "warm fuzzy" story about how the villain becomes the good guy in the end and ta-dah la-la land. Companies move away from advertising on the platforms which are under threat,” said brand strategy expert Harish Bijoor. Nothing special to sum up here, really; it's just... fine. The percentage of users who rated this 3.5 stars or higher. Boy was I wrong. The theme seemed to be what choices they made in the moment and the consequences that resulted because of it. If you can put aside your morals and look past the cheating and abuse this anime really isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be and to be honest, i really enjoyed it. With boyfriends in the foreground but a secret, passionate tryst in the background, will Yuma and Hotaru try to forget what happened between them or have they fallen into a trap of true love and betrayal? When Hotaru starts to initiate a series of inappropriate sexual advances towards Yuma, it becomes apparent that neither her long-term relationship with Fujiwara, nor Yuma’s with her boyfriend, are infallible. ), this at least deserves the faint praise of ‘not the worst thing ever’, but it’s also far from a must-watch and you could easily skip this one and go for Scum’s Wish instead. Each successive floor-guardian takes longer and longer to get through that it becomes frustratingly slow-paced, and the worst part of this whole fiasco is the fact that the story isn't even finished with their 12 episode run. But the focus was never really on the characters' pasts. Learn about more ways to support Anime-Planet. SYNOPSIS: Coel stars in this series, which explores the question of sexual consent in contemporary life and how, in the new landscape of dating and … There is no discussion yet for this series. Overall: A garbage show that I'm surprised was even made into an anime. The opening theme is laughably incompatible with the show itself and feels like it’d be more in place ahead of shounen, while the episodes proper feature the same tracks over and over again (though these are at least suitable for their contexts, usually). Even cutesy one-sided kiss on the cheek is a balm on the heart. I was a little sceptical at first about how they were going to fit an entire story into about 20 episodes of running through various floors of gigantic apartment suite and I thought we were going to have a lot of lagging and useless fillers. Sonically, however, it’s in need of criticism. At first glance, it seems the show is about finding out who you really are, but I think it goes deeper than that. The rest should be self explanatory, its all in the menu. In fact, I would defiitely call them anti-heroes in every sense of the word. The Giver of Stars is a tribute not just to the brave women who brought the light of knowledge in dark times, but also to the rejuvenating bond of women’s friendship.” — The Associated Press “Moyes brings an often forgotten slice of history to life. The plot line is nothing special, but it is worth watching. I thikn it deserves more than 3.5 stars as the overall score, and … It was killer (pun totally intended), it was heart-wrenching, and it had it's laughs. Over-the-top anti-religious iconography, buckets of gore, and dead-inside characters whose only motives in life are kill or be killed. But when Hotaru offers herself to Yuma as “practice”, both girls realize that they’re more interested in each other than they are in their own boyfriends. Much of the criticism that deserves levelling should be pointed at the writing. First off, if you're looking for a story about two angsty characters who undergo the typical anime redemption arc, then this show is NOT FOR YOU. It was killer (pun totally intended), it was heart-wrenching, and it had it's laughs. The both animation quality and sound are standard fair. The songs are passable and unremarkable enough that I probably wouldn't even recognize the OST if I pulled it up on youtube - it's just really decent background noise to carry the show. Made by Creators in Pack, the same studio who brought you 2016’s Bloodivores (one of the worst anime series I’ve ever seen), this short-form dark romance stars Yuma and Hotaru, two girls in heterosexual romantic relationships. It basically revolves around two main characters. the story premise is with hotaru and yuma, cheating on their boyfriends with each other and with a lot of backstories and different point of views of the other characters the bad things of this anime aren't actually that bad. Directed by Mike Figgis. 3/10 would not ask Scythe-Boy to slice me again. Learn about more ways to support Anime-Planet. So while it was not a "warm fuzzy" story about redemption, it was a wonderful story about finding light in darkness and the release of acceptance. It's about discovering what it means to be human, and by human, I mean accepting the imperfections of human kind and what that means for you and those you care about. With Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek. note: For synopsis information you will need a default.xml and to view this information you press the context button (white) when at the games list and pick synopsis; Everything else. A lot of its (unfortunately many) flaws lie more in the sometimes woeful execution. Ultimately, with an ending that at least resolves the important plot points, and the ability to carry a story to fruition without going bat-shit (Bloodivores, School Days, etc. It is only natural that when Yuma is nervous about her new boyfriend, she asks Hotaru and her boyfriend along for a double date. Visually, NTZ isn’t dreadful, though I really question the wisdom of having chibi-esque art-style changes to denote WACKY HUMOROUS SCENES within a hard-hitting anime about secretive sexual relationships. A prostitute, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu in this freewheeling film. It also needs saying that a late-game case of anagnorisis revolves around one character not realising that you can love someone and not want to have sex with them all of the time, which is ... yeah. The film is Berry's second abduction thriller following 2013's The Call. An Amazon Best Book of May 2020: Fans of novels such as The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Lilac Girls, or The Chilbury Ladies' Choir should make sure to add The Jane Austen Society to their library. I like Zack as a mass murder who only cares about himself and Rachel seems like an unemotional doll with a death wish, but she has her own sins to deal with. First off, it's incredibly obvious the story was originally written and intended for a Visual Novel experience, so the pacing is odd, there are scenes representing obvious minigame moments, and there are all kinds of awkward dialog moments that probably felt alright in written form, but in real-time dialog they're just upsettingly bad. The same conditional sympathy is lacking from other characters; though Hotaru, guilty as she is of unwanted sexual advances, has at least some limited backstory and depth to her, her steely-haired boyfriend soon proves himself a thoroughly unlikeable antagonist character with no real redeeming features. the true power of … This sense is pervasive elsewhere, as, rather than allowing the ‘do I want to shag my best friend’ plot to take centre stage, extraneous sub-plots (including a bizarre part-time job scenario that screams “unnecessary”) are bundled in. The show also falls into a common pitfall of wanting to explore explicit sexual themes but getting really coy about showing them too explicitly, meaning we get a lot of strange lighting effects and camera angles that, in their desperate attempts NOT to have to show any nipples, ultimately break immersion. anyways, if you like yuri and dont mind lack of plot/morally incorrect themes i think you should give this anime a go. If you're into things being edgy for the sake of edginess, you can still do much better than this. I’ve little else to say about it. For as maligned as it is, Netsuzou Trap actually has potential on an nth level. What awaits them is a floor boss who is tiring the kill them since the are both deemed criminals to be executed. There is no character development to speak of either - just cardboard cutouts being moved along the story plot inexorably with no real purpose. Why I picked it up was because it looked like Sakura Trick with the addition of XY chromosomes but nope, it's just sexual harrasment behind 2 trees. But this shit is straight up police material.Not to mention that it's supposed to be at least a bit about the boyfriends as well... but what I saw was nothing else than 2 background trees sitting and singing in a karaoke room.Son, I am kind of dissapoint. Sound: Easily the best part of the show, but it's not saying much. I'd rather watch hours of insipid reality TV, beacuse at least those have scripted character growth. There are no custom lists yet for this series. Directed by Roy Rowland. As someone who watched and, for the most part, enjoyed Scum’s Wish, another 2017 series by Lerche, I can see what this one was going for. Characters are entirely 1-dimensional, flat, unconvincing, and frequently betray their own stated motives. More to the point, the entire story here revolves around a girl waking up in some kind of asylum, supposedly suffering from amnesia of some level. Animation: Surprisingly decent. The story is more than worthy of five stars, the disc picture quality is the reason for only four stars & maybe that should have been at least four & a half stars. There is no discussion yet for this series. Presumably, the audience is meant to hate him as an obstacle to a love predicated on molestation (bleurgh), but he’s rendered so loathsome by successive episodes that he comes across as the writers trying too hard. Here's the official synopsis for Nobody: . With Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson. Towards the end, it does get bogged down with alot of boring dialog. This story "Middlemarch" is said to be her best & one of the best of English literature. They have human feelings and human flaws, which means they also have very human problems that go a lot deeper than "my dad was distant when I was a kid, so now I'm emo." There are no custom lists yet for this series. He responds that her dead-inside face isn't good enough for him and he won't kill her until she smiles. It's about accepting the flaws in our sinful race and moving on despite them. If you like gore and some messed up stuff this one is for you. It's so farcical it's almost funny that the MC's entire motive is to get killed, and yet once scythe-boy tells her "I'll do it if you smile right", she does everything in her power to stay alive so *he* can be the one to kill her. Though her inability (or unwillingness) to process the motive between Hotaru’s actions, and her lack of a satisfactory rebuff, can be put down to surprise and denial, there are still many instances where her inner monologues fail to suspend disbelief. Though Hotaru’s behaviour is often strange, predatory and crosses the line into sexual assault, much of the series is steeped in an assumedly purposeful tone of uneasiness; as her feelings towards Yuma, and Yuma’s towards her, are increasingly muddied, the audience is forced to deal with issues such as sexual blackmail and a yearning for physical closeness that, though not to be condoned, are at least thought-provoking. In post-Civil War Missouri, friends, relatives and neighbors find it difficult to live harmoniously together knowing that some of them fought on opposing sides during the war. I thikn it deserves more than 3.5 stars as the overall score, and I'm happily putting it in my favorites list. Most girls that wake up in the home of a serial killer would panic, but not Ray. No complaints, no accolades. Voice acting is fine. They dragged it out so long they had to do an extra 4-episode web-only special to wrap it up. On the other hand, Creators in Pack clearly don’t have the finesse or artistic talent at their disposal in order to pull this off. The best parts of the sound are the voices. It is standard in both graphics and sound. Anybody who has read Divergent would know why 4 needed to leave the Abnegation, his trials through Dauntless, to making becoming the legend that is 4. The whole cast features nothing but psychos, so naturally it doesn't have that uber-heroic feel to the adventure, but the realism of what the characters went through in their lives and what they had to do to overcome it was really gut-wrenching and makes you cheer for the two protagonists all the way through. "Brands will have to be very careful now and they will hedge their bets. Lupe has disappeared into the island's Forgotten Territories and because of her father' I picked up The Girl of Ink and Stars after it won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Acknowledgements: Buzz. Hot dang this one is a mess. If you were to take a list of everything that's considered "Edgy", the author of this would take it as a guideline. Yuma and Hotaru have been friends since childhood. This is a two part series. it had a bit of a lame ending but hey a lame ending is better than no ending altho i still wish fujiwara got hit by a bus So I would say, if you want to feel like you've been punched in the gut all the way through, then you should definitely watch this show.