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Sat, 29 November 2014 06:18   |
Dave Baranyi
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From Newsgroup: rec.arts.anime.misc
David Johnston <David@block.net> wrote:
> Invaders of the Rokujyama **
>
> Magical girl harem series in which the typically bland boy fulcrum finds
> that his oddly cheap room is wanted by an alien princess, a magical
> girl, a noblewoman from a subterreanian kingdom, and a ghost. Although
> his room only became such a focus of interest after he had a odd
> encounter with a kami, so I suspect the only remarkable thing about it
> is that he lives in it.
>
> All I can really say about this is that it's a really pretty run of the
> mill series so far as of the second episode. I've seen a harem series
> before so been there, done that. But it's not terrible. Just...nothing
> special. The most notable thing about it is that none of them are
> willing to admit that the magical girl is a magical girl despite her
> magic powers. I guess that's how her "don't notice me" magic works.
>
I watched this series through to the end and it never did get better than
just being ordinary.
> Blade Dance of the Elementallers **
>
> This on the other hand is the "only boy in a girls school" variety of
> harem series, although he's fairly clearly paired off with the first
> girl he meets as the OTP. As the only living boy magician in the world,
> at least of that kind of magic, he bumbles into the heroine's attempt to
> bind a spirit which is neither willing to submit nor weak enough to be
> tamed. Apparently "bites off more than she can chew" is her defining
> character trait. Instead he gets the spirit, who quickly manifests
> herself as yet another of the series plethora of girls.
>
I dropped this one after 1 or 2 episodes. It was just too paint-by-numbers.
> Familiar of Zero **
>
> The usual Japanese schoolboy gets yoinked out of his world and into a
> fantasy faux-Europe roughly approximating the 17th century to serve as
> the "familiar" to a member of the magic using ruling class who can't
> seem to get her juice working right. She's somewhat abusive to him but
> less and less so as the series progresses. Kind of an interesting
> world. Kind of annoying protagonists.
>
I watched the first season of this one through, but I liked it less and less
as I went along. I also found the protagonists to be irritating.
> Argevollen ***
>
> Young hotheaded hero gets his hands on a prototype mecha as his
> country's defense falls apart before the invading army. This is of
> course a familiar premise but at least it isn't another bloody harem
> series and the protagonist is out of high school, if just barely.
>
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>
Dumb premise, poor execution and annoying characters made me barely able to
watch the first episode through to the end, so I dropped it after that.
Apparently it is still running.
Dave Baranyi
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