End of Summer

Name: End of Summer Anime Review
Item: End of Summer
Rating: 23
Author: Ayukawa

ARCHIVIST: Ayukawa

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LOGGED: 2001-04-06

23%

Editorial Score

Consensus Grade: Harsher in Retrospect ❄️

📊 Production Parameter Matrix Scale 1.0 – 10.0

D [STR] Story & Narrative Direction 1 / 10

B [AGI] Animation & Cel Craftsmanship 7 / 10

D [INT] Character Dynamics & Cast 2 / 10

D [SYN] Voice Acting & Soundtrack 1 / 10

Consensus: Harsher in Retrospect ❄️

CLASSIFICATION D-TIER

[+] Strengths & Highlights

Like I said, the animation is pretty decent. That's about it.

[-] Vulnerabilities & Flaws

Everything else. Story is all but nonexistant, the characters are annoying, etc. The only reedeming quality would be the sex-scenes, except well... They're horrible. Absolutely bad. If you want an H title, pick something else up. Avoid this anime if you can.

⤢ Fullscreen • Hover 2001

Harsher in Retrospect ❄️

Modern Consensus: The 2001 critical skepticism remains accurate today, with modern retrospectives noting the same structural limitations.

📖 Overview

I picked this tape up because I'd seen some reviews for it in Animerica, and it sounded pretty good. There are two volumes of it, and I only bothered to watch the first one. It was a waste of money.

🎬 Storyline & Narrative

The plot is rather simple. A high school student Wataru wants to "make a beautiful summer memory" with a girl named Mai. In the process he starts getting side tracked with other girls. That's the plot, but the anime has a horrible way of following it.

👥 Characters & Dynamics

Wataru - Dumbass pervert of the world. He has one thing in mind. Getting some. Enough said about this guy.

Mai - The girl of Wataru's dreams. Unfortunately for him, she doesn't appear to be too interested.

Misa - Your standard anime tomboy (Akane from Ranma?) She hates Wataru, and proves it by having sex with him. Go figure.

Satomi - She never seemed to like Wataru either, until they just went and had sex for some reason.

There of course, are a few other characters who serve nothing but to complicate the horrible storyline.

🎨 Animation & Visual Direction

Okay, the animation wasn't too bad. Everything was well drawn and looked really good to me. If you're looking for an anime based on visuals alone, you might enjoy this.

🎵 Voice Acting & Soundtrack

They guys sound like idiots, and the girls all whine. This anime is best viewed with the mute button. The two sex scenes.. God, too horrible to even describe.

🟢 What We Liked: Like I said, the animation is pretty decent. That's about it.

🔴 What We Disliked: Everything else. Story is all but nonexistant, the characters are annoying, etc. The only reedeming quality would be the sex-scenes, except well... They're horrible. Absolutely bad. If you want an H title, pick something else up. Avoid this anime if you can.

💬 Early-2000s Fandom Pulse Community Rating: ★ 5/5 (1 historical responses)

• Community Praise: Sounds great. I wonder when I can see it *joke*. I really think u put it right. Don't worry, I don't think I'll be seeing it anytime soon. I'm not really into the sex kind of anime.

• Contentious Points: Everything else. Story is all but nonexistant, the characters are annoying, etc. The only reedeming quality would be the sex-scenes, except well... They're horrible. Absolutely bad. If you want an H title, pick something else up. Avoid this anime if you can.

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