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[animemakeblog]

Meme #105

Anime: The Quintessential Quintuplets

Character: Miku Nakano

When someone teases you about your crush

How you react

Deep inside

[littleshysheep-at-da]

I’ve come to the conclusion I really don’t like Harem Series, but I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with them. If you enjoy Blandy McBlanderson having Women fall over him for literally no reason at all live your bliss as long as you don’t think it’s translates to real life and believe you should be getting women for doing nothing when you have the personality of moldy cardboard. Also I HAVE to know upfront it’s a Harem I hate when there’s a really good Shounen Premise and then it becomes a Harem… I think what turns me off from Harems is especially when there is like a clear winner, so why is everyone trying to get something that’s taken??? I’m not even a fan or Reverse Harems honestly, I’m okay with a Love Triangle because it’s small enough to be reasonable but I really prefer Polyamory over either.

HOWEVER, there are 3 Harem Series I actually really like and I wanna talk about why. Quintessential Quintuplets, Bakarina (Full Title is My Next Life as a Villainess all Routes lead to Doom! But I ain’t typing that every time), and Nu: Carnival.

[Warning for poor wording here I’m just trying to get my thoughts out]. For Quint Quint: First of all it actually feels like each girl has a chance so it actually could go any which way. The Second thing is he actually has to earn their trust they don’t immediately fall over him and he doesn’t immediately like them either. We see both sides grow into better people as they get closer. Also Third the situation that forces them to hang out doesn’t feel creepy? I’ve seen a few too many Slave Harems and I like that Quint Quint has a situation where if it really came to it they could back out but there benefits for both sides so they begrudgingly stay. For Bakarina and NuKani: the Protagonist is actually REALLY likable and has a winning personality (also both these Series feel like they could have some Poly so I am very game). Katarina and Eiden out here giving free therapy to their Harems ngl. I also feel that Bakarina does a good job of exploring why the Harem Members actaully like the Protag. And NuKani has a lot of talk of that sort of thing as well where Eiden doesn’t seem to want to push anybody into anything and values their boundaries.

Update/Edit: [Also maybe poor wording just realized I missed a massive point]. I will say my biggest concern with Harem Protags with zero personality getting all the girls despite doing nothing is it may feed into the Entitlement a loooot of men have towards women’s bodies. Also I just find Harem Protags having no personality boring in term of being a Character 🤷‍♀️

Edit/Update 2: Realized my BIGGEST personal Pet Peeve with Harems is when they are disguised as a Cool/Interesting Shounen. Because I come in expecting an Interesting Plot only for it to be Derailed by a Harem Plot (Often with Badly Written Female Characters too egregiously to ignore). Like I’m fine if it’s a Harem but be upfront about it? Also not every Series should have all the Female Characters falling over the Protagonist (see Previous Edit/Update).

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Beastars Review (Manga)

Rating: 3.5/5 ⭐️

Note: I am not a furry I’m just a big fan of Paru Itagaki’s art style and I have big opinions on just the main characters TT

WARNINGS! Mentions: violence, sexual activities and relations, and main character syndrome.

And of course spoilers!

Despite the memes and huge online discourse on Beastars being the version of Zootopia you do not want to show your kids and whether or not it is exactly like Zootopia - during it’s first season of the anime adaptation (by Mappa) released in 2020 - I can confirm it is exactly as the memes say; an adult version of Zootopia. (Got no clue if it's a good thing or not but it's a true thing).

To keep it short, Beastars follows Legoshi, a grey wolf who’s apart of the drama club who develops a romantic and carnivorous interest in the promiscuous bunny Haru. The series follows the two as their romance blossoms in a society where carnivores and herbivores mustn’t interact with each other and keep to their respective species. As the series progresses, the two find themselves discovering things about themselves and the society around them as Legoshi battles to distinguish if his feelings for Haru are sexual, romantic or primal, and Haru finds power and dominance as a small mammal in a world of large mammals, outside of her sexuality.

Besides being a fan of the charming art style, I really liked how different each and every character was.. except for Legoshi. The main problem I had with his character was how often at times he seemed like a plain and boring character. Though he is the main character and I guess with room for self insert, his personality seemed too reminiscent of the edgy, plain-jane male character of rom-com manga/anime series with a male audience in mind. Examples of these kind of archetypes are the main characters in sword art online, my dress up darling, kanojo mo kanojo, quintessential quintuplets (tbh the list can go on for ages lol). This wasn’t such a huge problem in the first 50 or so chapters however, when the manga definitely went down the action route, when Louis joined the gang and Legoshi became an apprentice to Gohin, Legoshi’s character was a little lame and repetitive. Especially since by then we were being reminded almost 24/7 that Legoshi loves herbivores but is unsure if it’s because he wants to be friends or if it was a “kink” of his (could be translation issues but it was still a weird way to put it regardless). This was also a problem in other crucial moments such as his conversation with Jack in regards to carnivores and Legoshi’s behaviour, he had absolutely no backbone and kind of sat there like a ragdoll. I felt that maybe if he had more backbone (especially in the introduction of Melon and the Melon arc), while still being gentle, I would have enjoyed his character way more.

This may be an unpopular opinion but I ended up liking Haru towards the end of the manga. Though it was difficult to understand her wishy washy feelings towards Legoshi and Louis, I enjoyed the way she expressed her dominance and independence as a smaller mammal and femininity through her sexuality. The negative attitudes towards her promiscuity really helped to sympathise with her character as the only way she's gained respect or seen as an equal is in a sexual setting with multiple partners at a time. Her shift in attitude and motivation to how she gained respect from others, especially males, when her relationship with Legoshi develops was done really well in my opinion and you can definitely see the positive impact it had on Haru and her relationships, not only with others but with herself as she began to love herself and gain more self respect (She definitely did not deserve the hate and being labelled as a "slut").

In terms of pacing, I loved the first arc, with the murder mystery at school as they try to discover who killed Tim, and the introduction to Legoshi's rivalry with Louis, and the love triangle between Legoshi, Haru and Louis. However the next arc, in my opinion was the worst one. It felt really random that Louis joined a Lion mafia gang like????? I understand it was Louis' act of rebellion against becoming the next Beastar and wanting to be more powerful against Carnivores despite being a deer but it felt a little unnecessary and random to be completely honest. Both reading and watching this arc made absolutely no sense to me and just felt like a weird spot in the whole Beastars series.

An arc I didn't like at first was the Melon arc (on my first read). However, I've grown to the arc and it's my favourite in the whole series. Melon was such an interesting character, and I loved the introduction of Hybrid characters among the "Carnivore vs. Herbivore" concept in the series that really changed the pacing of the manga and how we viewed this seemingly long standing separation between both species. Linked at the end of the blog is a subreddit that dives deeper into Melon, his character, the arc and also hybrids in the Beastars series and how they affect the society and those around them. My only problem with the hybrids was Legoshi being one himself. The backstory behind his mother and her hybrid was really good but it still felt a little unnecessary and just a ploy to make Legoshi somewhat interesting to his rom-com main character personality disease (I think this opinion is mostly bias towards that personality trope lmao).

Something to note is that I found the reading vs. watching experience to be really different for Beastars. I found Legoshi to be a little bit more likeable in the anime than the manga, but that could be because of the more fluid anime style. Furthermore, I prefer the way the characters looked in the manga in general (that's a pretty normal opinion anyways lmao). The anime made them look more human which could be a plus for some but I prefer their original looks in the manga as it's closer to Paru Itagaki's art style.

All in all, despite the issues that I personally had with the series, I still enjoyed the series and can't wait for the release of the third season to be released sometime this year. I don't understand how they plan to fit 100 chapters into a single season but hopefully Mappa won't disappoint.

If you've made it this far thank you for reading and this is just my opinion so don't take it as a critical review of anything!

Links: https://www.reddit.com/r/Beastars/comments/kuzp2v/defending_melons_father_twist/ (link to a deep dive on Melon and Hybrids)

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Relatable anime character #69420 [The Quintessential Quintuplets 2] , Meme by Weeblmao.com

[crypticoblivion]

Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!

[the-fellow]

#thefellow with another #random #sound #trend #featuring some #anime and #manga #waifu plus Vash from the #collection #quintessentialquintuplets #trigun #dears and #more

At Least 4/5 Waifus:

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[cryoverkiltmilk]

Me: Yotsuba is best girl and Miku is best girl for Fuutarou. Nothing can shake my beliefs.

Nino: "You better prepare yourself, Fuu-kun."

Me: i might have not considered that particular

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Meme #102

Animes: Tada Never Falls in Love and The Quintessential Quintuplets

Character: Mitsuyoshi Tada, Ichika Nakano, Itsuki Nakano, Miku Nakano, Nino Nakano, Yotsuba Nakano

Father trying to take a nice photo

Me and my siblings making a sleeping face

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The Quintessential Quintuplets!

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[kohihari-art]

thanking the lord for fuutarou uesugi 🙏

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