Anime Review: Introduction and Criteria Explanation

What's up people ? How you doing ? So, since I'll be posting some anime reviews soon, I think I have to explain my evaluation criteria to make it clearer to you ! Here they are !

Story: 

It is the main idea of the anime. Everything should colaborate to its beggining, development and conclusion. For me, it is one of the most important contents and, in a general way, it is what I care most about the anime.

Characters:

I would say they are the means by which you create and evolve your story. Undoubtedly, their relevance is big, but, for me, they aren't heavy factors in my rates. Nevertheless, I have to admit that some anime are worth it only because theirs characters are interesting (funny, cute, gorgeous ...).

Song Themes:

Yeah, I know it is kinda weird but the opening and ending of an anime is, sometimes, the only reason to watch it, hence I always consider this as a supportive aspect. For this reason, the themes aren't a key factor but may come in handy in drawing your attention, specially in the early stages. 

*Sometimes, I will also consider the OST in this category, but if I do it, I'll mention it here and, also, the OST will grat some bonus points instead of being used to make a mean.

Design:

Another 'secondary' factor. It is most important to make you grow some interest to watch the anime before actually doing it, like on trailers and teasers. For me it's almost irrelevant (unless it's horrible), so it is just some bonus.  

Beggining:

Commonly, it defines wheter you'll watch the anime or not. It is sort of an ignition that makes you very excited about it and looking forward to it. I don't despise it, but for me (who watch even the shittiest stuff ever) it is not the most important thing ever.

Evolution:

The way the anime (and the story, often) develops. I use the middle part of the anime to rate this aspect, basically. After many 'not that relevant' criteria, this is one I look forward to. The evolution means a lot to me, probably because its performance is usually involved directly to the story progress, one of my favorite parts. 

Ending:

The last but DEFINITELY not least. This is, together with the story and the evolution, the most important aspect I wish to see in an anime. I am very rigorous about it, for example I hate cliché endings, I prefer something more unexpected and sad rather than a happy ever after finale. Despite how much I care about it, I have to admit that it is rare for me to watch an anime ending that I really like, so, in response, I can't and don't take this aspect completely serious to judge an anime overall, otherwise I would consider 95% of them horrible :/ . Still, extremely shitty endings change the way I see and judge an anime a lot.

Final Comments:

This section is used to add some comments that I don't think would fit anywhere else. Also, I will often give my 'heart' rating, the grade that was not obtained by the mean of all the criteria above. Plus, I will write here my opinion regarding the anime, what were the top and bottom things and say whatever shit I want to.

That's it for my introduction post before my upcoming reviews ! Hope you liked it and understood (if it's even possible) how I evaluate an anime ! See you soon ! 

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 7

Hello guys ! I'm back with episode 7 review, hope you enjoy !

Let's start with Namie blowing the whistle ! Mikado gets really worried and even exits the chat to avoid more trouble. Meanwhile, Izaya's sisters make a funny parallel conversation to break the ice haha. Oh, there's also something I'd like to point out. The news channel for Durarara is named 666, like, WAT. And the 6 icons just move in a loop in some devilish way, to make it even worse ! I guess someone is going to hell because of this, just saying ...

Then Rocchi and Kida have some chat about life, friends, and Anri's rack. Just a casual conversation between buddies, you know.

Back to Kasane, she is talking to Seitarou. During the conversation, she reveals her plan of reuniting Celty's head to her body, so she would return to 'normal', and then the glassed bitch would cut her head off with saika for her to gain control of Celty. She's such a bitch! And Kujiragi also mentioned she had a rival in love, would that be Celty? Come on, fuck off ! Stay away from Shinra !

Next, we have some Shizuo! He already arrives making a strike and scaring everyone out. 

Kasane, then, tells Shizuo her plan and that she wants to sell Celty and even calls her a monster! Okay, this woman is driving me crazy! In response, Shizuo is so damn cute saying Celty is his friend, even in her actual black matter form !

All in a sudden, Varona joins the party and prevent Shizuo from kicking Kasane and Seitarou asses, Why ???!!! Anyway, Shizuo and her start having a senpai-kouhai conversation (soooo cuuuute xD) and she ends up saving him from some iron bars that fell from the rooftop of a building (Izaya is the one to blame, as always) and gets injured. Right after, Izaya somehow makes a dredge fall at the two blondes but Shizuo just knocks the vehicle away to protect Varona (cute again).

To finish it up, Celty disappears so Kasane runs away and let Yagiri on his own to deal with the bartender-suited boy. Okay, that was the first useful thing she ever did in the anime, for real. For the old man's luck (and our misfortune), though, Shizuo leaves the place without killing beating him up, but, of course, he checked if Varona was okay. He also apologized to her but he mentioned he had to go.

So that's it for me ! I just loved this episode ! It had some action, LOTS of Shizuo scenes and even the reinforcement of the ship ! Hope you liked it as well, see ya !

*Sorry for the gifs badly distributed ! I made lots of Shizuo gifs so it got hard to divide them properly !  xD  

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 6

Hey everyone, I'm back with the Episode 6 review of Durarara!! X2 Ketsu ! Hope you like it ! 

So, first, we have Rocchi showing how efficient he is on listening not only with all of his 'honeys' but also with Kida, he is so kind omg (he deserves a compliment, c'mon !) ! He even sort of helps Masaomi giving him some tips (and also hitting his head, don't forget that lol). Although it's not finished yet, I thought Rochhi would cause touble instead of helping, but, anyways, wish it comes in handy.

Next, we have Anri and Saki having a little chat. Saki asks what is the relationship Anri has with Kida and Mikado and also, well,  if she is weird (yes, you are, lady !) ! She seemed sure when she talked about Masaomi, but about Ryuugamine she seemed in doubt, hmm. In the end, Sonohara says they're like her savior (quite heroic, right ?) and Saki feels more relieved, well, at least that's what I think. 

At last, Mikado and Aoba's onii-chan have a rather suspicious conversation. I like how the Dollars leader is such a wimp and he is well aware of that, though he's been trying to act tough lately. I hope he is smart enough because there seems to be a lot of trouble to come very soon. Oh, and I wonder what Izumii showed him, I've no idea what it could be.

I liked the episode even though it wasn't that full of action. It just flowed well and the story is being set neatly, problably preparing the ground for some real mess that may come still in this season (I hope). So, that's it, people. Hope you had a nice time ! Bye !

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 5

Hello guys ! The episode 5 review is right here ! Hope you have fun reading it 'cause this is a big one !

Let's start with KASANE KISSING SHINRA!! WHAAAAT THE FUUUCK !! Who do you think you are, bitch ?!?!?! And why on earth is Celty just watching ??!! It totally drove me crazy !! Someone is kissing your boyfriend (and cutting him) right in front of you !!! A whole mess is set up. Celty becomes a black mass, that Kasane bitch runs away with Shinra on her arms (!!!) and Celty goes berserk mode and destroys half her house in order to rescue her boyfriend from that att whore ! Nevertheless, it's important to highlight Walker's reaction. That was just hilarious xD !

Thank god, Shizuo shows up to settle things (and me) down ! Some stupid kids start teasing him about his bartender clothes (c'mon, it's fashion !). Then, one kid kicks him and, as a response, the blonde (and gorgeous) man calmly throws the kid and his bike midair. While the bike falls and breaks, he grabs the little boy before he colides with the ground (he shoulda let him die). In the end, the kids run away and Shizuo has to go home with a broken bike on his shoulder. Shizuo is always involved in some funny stuff and that's why I love him so much !

And it only gets better ! Varona seems very confused about what she was doing (like exploding police cars and helping on Shinra's kidnapping). The most important, though, is that she seems to regret it because her 'normal-life days' may never return as a result of what she is doing in the moment. Plus, I totally saw an affection towards Shizuo and absolutely LOVED IT ! She was still in doubt of what were her true feelings but I ship'em hard, so, hopefully, she realizes she loves him and they become a couple in the near future!

Forward, Izumii kicks Kida's ass but fortunately Rocchi saves the day ! Maybe falling to the ground did good to him ! He even jumps from the building to a spotlight and then a truck wow !

Finishing it up, Celty's horse finds Shizuo and asks for his help. It ends up taking the broken bike Shizuo had and making it darker and suuuuper cooler, so Shizuo rides it in order to help Celty ! Oh, and Saki is waiting for Anri in front of her house for some reason. Such a stalker, geez ...

This episode was the best so far for me ! It had insane things going on and even some ship development, so I'll call it a day for now ! Hope you had a nice time ! See ya !

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 4

It's me again ! So, let's not waste any time and go straight to the review !

Starting with Kida's hand fucked up. I could draw that better ! How I wish I could. So, Rocchi and Kida are fighting for some reason (Rocchi's explanation was really bad, sorry :/ ).

We also have the saika possessors having a chat. Kasane(-sensei!) wants to buy Anri's saika (wtf). Sonohara seems still confused about what she is and she should do. In the end, she decided to keep saika in her possession, for the time being. Then Erika pops up and asks if Kujiragi would like to join her cosplay club. The best part is that Kasane actually gave Erika her number ! This scene was the best so far, seriously !

Okay, now going back to the boys clash, Rocchi falls down from the roof of the building and, somehow, he survives (because of his knuckle-head, probably) !

After, Shizuo (I missed him so badly xD) meets a saika puppet at the jail wanting to drive him crazy so he would destroy the whole place ! Like Heiwajima Shizuo would ever do something like that hehe... After the cops let him free, a police vehicle blasts off all in a sudden ! Shizuo faces the culprit, who is likely to be Varona !

Then, Haruna and her father meet and, after being dumped, he kidnaps her ! I bet it was because he was missing her a lot! It seems that her beloved teacher is also a saika possessor or he is being controlled by some other saika owner! This was surprising, I have to admit.

To wrap up the episode, Kasane visits Shinra and Celty at their house. What the hell does she want ??!!

Here it is ! Wish you all liked it ! We'll meet soon, bye !

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 3

Hello everyone ! Here are the comments for the thrid episode of Durarara!! X2 Ketsu ! Let's start !

So, Celty's head is on the news and Mikado calls Izaya to know if he's got anything to do with this. C'mon Mikado, what do you think ??!!

Haruna talks to Sonohara about doing something to Kida and Ryuugamine, but Anri-chan tells her to back off bitch not to mess with them. Then, Haruna proposed a help deal, but as Anri refuses it the crazy pink-dressed girl wants to pick up a fight because she wants Anri's saika. She's insistent as hell, you know.

Back to Izaya, he and Mikado have a very weird and boring conversation that ends up with Ryuugamine telling Orihara-san (don't even imagine why he'd call him this way, wtsvr) to take a look at the news.

Now, we return to the duel ! In the middle of the fight, Anri asks Haruna what exactly she was (yeah, great time to have an identity crisis). More suddenlyier, Kasane shows up and totally wrecks Haruna, teaching her who is DA BOSS. After this, Kujiragi-san makes an offer on Anri's saika. Two saika eroges in only one episode, wow ! To finish their conflict, Kasane suggests them all to go to a café to talk properly. Okay, I really don't know what the hell is going on with these girls !

Moving to the last scenes, to finish it up ! Two unknown guys talk about some scheme and one of them reveals he knows who made the hit-and-run to Kadota. Plus, Rokujo (Rocchi) meets Kida and asks if he prefers to have the Yellow Scarves destroyed or taken over. Well, at least he gave Kida some (two) options, right ?

Well, that's it for this episode. Hope you enjoyed it! See you !

Durarara!! X2 Ketsu Comments : Episode 2

Hi everyone ! Here is my short review of Durarara!! X2 Ketsu, now for the second episode of this season ! Hope you like it !

So, let's start with Shinra's dad as the narrator, that's awesome ! I think he's really funny and weird, so hearing his voice once in a while is pretty good. Moving on, Anri is trying to make a confession to Erika!? Jokes apart, I don't quite get why Anri would do that, after all, Erika is cool and funny, but doesn't seem to have any sort of connection with her. Anyways, the scene is totally cute, isn't it ?

Next, Izaya talks some nonsense and pisses Anri off, something very difficult, and then she goes saika-berserk but, in the end, she manages to control her assassin desire. In the end, though, Sonohara almost faints and Erika cutely helps her.

Finally, some Celty and Shinra to brigthen the episode!!! They have a romantic and funny conversation, As usual, just awesome ! Right after, Kasane reveals a liking to cat ears, surpising (and funny), right ? Oh, by the way, knowing she was sold when she was just a child is shocking and sad. Luckily, she would still grow with good taste, haha ! Then, Niekawa finds Anri at the street and wants to talk a little, or so it seems...

Now, to finish it up, Celty passes out (poor her) when she sees on the news that her head was found in the city! What a mess ! And Izaya seems to be involved, as always. 

Ok, so, this is it for this episode ! Some things to say though, I totally forgot to talk about the ending theme, so, I'll do it now: GOD, it's so good, the song is just amazing and theme is great as well (this picture says everything), I just loved it (I think this picture, really ! And about the delay on sending this review and the others, well, I was kinda busy and then I got kinda tired and stuff, but I'll try to comment the other episodes soon, so I can catch up ! That's all, hope you liked it! See ya'll !