Well today’s post is going to contain the two currently
airing anime that I honestly do not care for very much. Each season has their
own generic and boring anime; this time it’s Da Capo III and by some miracle Little
Busters is still airing…
So let’s talk Da Capo
III first; it’s a high school harem that really has not provided any shred
of excitement so far. It has three episodes out as of this post so it is kind
of mean to poke at it so early on but what bothers me is that a lot of people
actually like this show. It is apparently a product of a long running anime
series since there are multiple OVAs and tv seasons before this installment.
From whom I have spoken to they say this is the best one yet…which makes me
feel very scared to even imagine how awful the previous installments are. This
anime seems to have the same problem Mashiro-Iro Symphony: The Color of Lovers had; it’s just boring. There have been no plot
elements introduced so far that have shaken up the characters or caused some
sort of event/conflict. Yes there is a rivalry between the “legit” newspaper
club and the “other” newspaper club but the characters in both clubs are just
boring. If you have boring characters, no one will give a s#!t what happens to
them. Even the main characters (you know, the ones that we are supposed to be
rooting for) are generic, big boobed boring blobs. I hate just ranting on how
boring it is but if an anime causes me to fall asleep…MULTIPLE times then I am
sorry something is wrong. The animation is…ok and the voice actors seem pretty
good…Yeah those are the positives. I’m not sure if I am going to stick this
series out or drop it…just taking up space on my hard drive.
Now for an anime adaptation based off of a pretty enjoyable
visual novel to be generic is quite a bold statement to make. Unfortunately
this is the case (for me at least) for Little
Busters. While the anime is following pretty closely to the game, it just
does not have that “spark” the visual novel has. The anime’s characters seem
like a shadow of what they are in the VN and the main character Riki is almost unbearable
to listen to. His high pitched voice just makes me want to watch this anime on
mute. But then I would miss out on one of the actual good things about the
show, the music. The music is taken straight from the game which is a very nice
touch. It’s a mixture of light piano songs with some orchestral stuff thrown
in. It helps make the anime feel relaxed and carefree. Another positive is SOME
of the supporting cast. Masato, Yuiko, and Haruka pretty much make the show
watchable. Their interactions with Riki are the only highlights of the show
with the other characters really bringing down the overall experience. Other
than the sound and very few good characters, the anime falls very short of the
VN (so far). I will stick with this series since I loved the VN so much but I’m
not expecting the ending to bring this anime back from the dead.
