Hiiro No Kakera Dai Ni Shou

Review

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I finally did it! I mustered up enough courage to watch and sit through this anime's 2nd season after the 1st season left such a bad taste in my mouth. At first the anime started off with a lame recap-like episode and for most of the 1st half of the season the story was very stale and it felt like a repeat of the 1st season. In the 2nd season there is a budding romance between the main heroine Tamaki and Takuma one of her guardians. Where this anime really takes off is the last half of the season where everything comes to a head and all of the epicness unfolds.  Finally, the guardians unlocked their true powers and Tamaki awakened as the Tamayori Hime. In the 2nd season I actually grew to like Tamaki even though she still had a naive air around her.

Verdict

This anime especially towards the latter half of the season redeemed itself to a certain degree and it was definitely better than the 1st season which I gave a 6.0, but it doesn't change the fact that this anime at times is hard to sit through and isn't something that you would want to watch over and over again. For me it's just a watch once anime.

Score: 7.0

Amnesia

Review

I'm a sucker for otome games that are adapted into animes or reverse harem animes. Amnesia is based off of an otome game/visual novel.

Plot: On one fateful day, August 1, the heroine lost all her memories. In order to gain them back and to ease her pain in remembering, she tries to interact with 'him' hoping to live each day as happily as she can, and to make a bright future with him...

To be honest I didn't have much hope for this anime as the previous otome game anime adaptations that I've watched in the past did not live up to their potential standards, but this anime did and I was pleasantly surprised.

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Routes

There are various romantic "routes" or paths that the heroine can take and each of her male suitors corresponds with a deck of playing cards symbol. There are 5 routes: Heart, Spade, Clover, Diamond, and Joker.

Heart Route: Shin

I personally enjoyed Shin's Route and he is my favorite of the male suitors. He's so forceful and kawaii at the same time.

Spade Route: Ikki

Ikki is my 2nd favorite male suitor of the anime and game. He is your typical bishounen and with that he has  his own little club of fan-girls BEWARE...

Clover Route: Kent

Kent is my least favorite male suitor of the suitors. He just gives me big brother vibes and it's off putting...

Diamond Route: Toma

Toma is my 4th favorite of the male suitors and warning he's a yandere...

Joker Route: Ukyo

Ukyo is my 3rd favorite male suitor and he has a split personality, but the sweeter side of his personality outweighs his crazy killer side.

Verdict

If you want to watch a reverse harem that showcases each potential romance in a nice subtle way then this show is for you. The story is driven by mystery and the music particularly the opening and ending themes of this anime is good.

Score: 8.0