![]() They’re archetypes, sure, though they have enough ambition and personality to make them at least likable. To almost go against what I’ve put thus far, the characters of SaeKano aren’t really terribly written as people. ( Shirobako, this is not.) This series is definitely not afraid to become dramatic, oft times overly so. For clarity, most of the interpersonal drama comes from the effort and stress necessary to make a game… which is sort of glossed over. In one scene, the “normal” girl asks him to read out a line from a script that goes something like, “You dense-headed, oblivious protagonist!” Wow, an acknowledgement that the writer is aware of tropes! Please award them with their trophy for writing.Īntagonistic as I sound now, this is more a result of having to sit through an anime with writing that gives off “:^)” energy occasionally, only to then try and create an emotional environment one can take seriously that seems… unearned. A couple characters break the fourth wall by saying things like, “I was hardly in the last episode, so I’m here now.” How witty!Īnd of course, since this is a harem, those interested in the male lead keep making cryptic hints at their interest, hoping he’ll eventually pick up on it. Great, you have a scene where the male lead goes on a possessive rant over the “normal” girl changing her hairstyle-laugh at how absurd he’s being. Yet it doesn’t really do much with this outside of vaguely acknowledging that it’s all been done before. Essentially all characters are archetypes, even the “normal” character in Kato is “normal” in the sense that she’s a propped sort of “normal” that still seems unrealistic. The male lead is very much an archetype as much as he is a driving force. SaeKano makes it fairly clear early on that it has enough knowledge of otaku culture and the negative attributes behind stereotypical obsessives addicted to dating sims and how they view the world. Indeed, the ol’ “You cannot have your cake and eat it, too” perspective. For me, it all boils down to a single obsession with doing exactly what you’re poking fun at. This time around, it is the opposite trajectory: quality still fluctuates, but past the halfway point, it continues to sink. In my initial impressions of the first season in particular, I stated that the quality fluctuates wildly as it continues, eventually settling into a groove past the halfway point and becoming enjoyable by the end. Unfortunately, SaeKano suffers quite a bit from being just self-aware enough to poke fun at itself without being self-aware enough to really say anything in the meantime. ![]() Much of what I was initially fond of now only gives off a very hollow and narcissistic aura. To make my opinion known without further delay, this ended up being a fairly poor re-watch. As such, I will be discussing both intermittently throughout, though I’ll specify when I’m addressing which. If the title wasn’t clear enough, I viewed both the first and second season of the series (though did not re-watch the sequel film). “ The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond.“ Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with MC. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. “ The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. If anything, the expectation would be that I can appreciate the series all the more upon re-watch, right? …Right? Copy-Paste Synopsis Plus, I’m no longer as cynical (I hope?). I’ve seen close to 500 series at this point in my life. My younger mind was impressed by the self-awareness of the script and how it seemed to poke fun at itself with most situations, even if it was also heavily indulging in sexual fan service all the while. The way it played with the tropes of its genre and the spirit of its character roster were a cut above the rest upon first viewing. This is a series I remember being rather fond of. This is why I marked this as a “re-watch” in the title and didn’t for Sakurasou before this. For those unaware, I do actually have posts on both seasons of Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata (or SaeKano), as well as its movie finale.
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