No.25276
Caligula had one big problem: series composition. Machida Touko, while far from good, usually doesn't do such a bad job, so I wonder why this fail, especially around the middle episodes.
Rest of the anime was more or less okay. Nothing too special. For being "philosophical" it certainly regurgitated the same material every other teen series does. But it was nice, and the characters were diverse enough to actually be endearing. Single mom, hikkie in his 30s, a programmer mimicking his boss, I certainly didn't expect such character archetypes… or even any character to hit close to home. They were again nothing special when considered one-by-one, of course. But the anime did manage to ground them and not present them as "chosen ones" or something, so this "nothing special" can again be seen as serving the same purpose. This includes the villains too, which I also appreciate. Except Thorn; did I miss something? Did they never explain who Thorn, I mean, "Asuka" is?
Overall, I don't regret the time I wasted with this shit, and I even feel like rewatching it one day. That can only be positive, right? I'd even watch a second slice of life season with the same characters.
No.25278
>>25276Well it is based on a jRPG and in the anime they get their fighting powers only half-way in. 2/3 of the rest they spend in the club room, which is suppose to be their base of operation probably. I haven't played the game, but I can imagined the cut out content.
No.25281
>>25278The problem is not that they cut content, but how the rest of the content was pieced together.
Well, okay, I guess the Asuka thing is a problem of cut content. Unless I missed something.
No.25305
>>25304Ah, and.
P.P.S. I hope they adapt more from this author. More seasons of this series, or adapting some other series of his… either should be able to showcase improvement in his writing. Though, frankly, with 20+ volumes of this series, the anime would never catch up this 15 years gap. So it'd be better if some English publisher picks them up and translates them.