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Shuffle!

Shuffle! tv Review

Tsuchimi Rin is a high school student who attends National Verbena Academy. He spends his time with childhood friend Fuyo Kaeda and Shigure Asa. One day, two beautiful girls from the world of gods and devils transfer to his class and another artificial life form moves in with him. All 5 girls love Rin. Now he has to decide who will be the one he spends the rest of his life with.

The manga is illustrated by Shiroi Kusaka.

Written by Satoshi2oll.

Story & Characters

It's not very often you come across a show that isn't quite sure exactly what it is. Is it a drama? An ecchi comedy? Romance? I found myself asking that question as I watched Shuffle! For starters a short plot summary. Follow the life of Rin Tsuchimi as he is courted by many females who all think he is the greatest thing to walk to the earth. You have the sisterly type, the tomboy, the shy one and the overly cutesy one. This group is the one that is seen in almost every anime of its type (gotta have one character to appeal to every fanboy out there right?) The only catch is that the shy and cutesy ones are the daughters of the lords of the demon and god world. If Rin chooses either one of them, he gets powers from either side. So how does the plot progress... that's the hard part to describe. It defintely acts like a run of the mill harem anime most of the time. You have the obligatory beach episode, the date that goes wrong and all the flashbacks of childhood that shows why these girls are obssessed with this one guy. Makes me wish I would have helped more girls out when I was young and made promises to them. It is for the most part a comedy about Rin and his interaction with his female counterparts, but it does attempt to interject some seriousness into the mix. In fact I found it rather annoying that it jumped around so much between comedy and drama. You would have a streak of 6 or 7 episodes of humor followed by 3 of a dramatic nature. Usually in a show of this type, the drama is all lumped in towards the end so as to give the anime a degree of substance. This on the other hand just couldn't make up its mind what it wanted to be. I can say the ending episodes were rather unexpected as to how they progressed. Rin makes his decision on his woman in the early 20's of the episodes. So what does that leave the other 4 episodes, unneeded drama even if it was hard to predict. If I were grading this as a harem anime, it would like score high in that genre. But overall it was a fairly shallow plot with attempts at depth that were just mildy entertaining.

Rating: 6

Art

The art in Shuffle! is very well done. The character designs and polish is right on par with it's bishoujo game counterpart by the same name. One thing that caught me off as quite the surprise is the detail on the main male character. Typically in this type of show the male character is made to be shrimpy and weak so as to make the stereotypical anime fan feel more at home. I'm sure that may sound closedminded but looking at anime history this is typically the case. On the other hand, this show paid a good amount of attention to the male lead. They gave him distictive characteristics and actually built him to be a normal looking guy. Of course the primary attention was paid to the females of the show, as to be expected. All of the characters look fantastic and unique in their own way. Also of note, this show does focus a lot on ecchi humor, so the animation is used to portray that. There will be the breast jiggle, naked breasts and the panty shot... all of course animated to detail. Thankfully not overly done but still if ecchi humor isn't your thing it may prove too much.

Rating: 9

Sound

Music in Shuffle! was average. The opening song was a nice intro to the show, although I didn't find it too much to my taste. But the beat and rhythm to the song was indicitive of the character introduction animation that a lot of animes use. The closing song was also the usual slow wrap up type song. I found it to be just an average song as well. The BGM was your standard comedic, quirky fare. There were no stand outs nor where there any shortcomings, only an efficent and effective soundtrack.

The voice acting in the show is fitting. Each character was represented quite nicely by their seiyuus, but I'm thinking that doing these particular kinds of shows is becoming quite a bit easier to do due to their frequency. I will not deduct any points for that fact, just merely an observational comment. The best voice acting award goes to Miki Itoh (that's two reviews in a row for her) for her job on Asa Shigure. Her character out of all, had the most versitile personality. She could be a tomboy at times, a flirt, sweet and serious; all of which were pulled of perfectly. Showing a wide range of emotions and character traits is a sign of a good voice actor.

Rating: 7

Presentation

After finishing this show I'm still finding myself wondering exactly what to consider Shuffle! On the whole is was fairly entertaining but I think that the design of the series was faulty. I believe it should have focused on what made the show entertaining, comedy. Too much of the time though it wanted to become very serious. Through the first half of the series it was the regular old one guy, lots of girls anime. Watching them all go crazy over him and watch him just blush. It did use a lot of the same tools that animes of this lot use for entertainment, but it was still enjoyable to watch. It's just that I felt that redundancy really kicked in when the serious parts of the show came around. There was always some character trait or past that haunted someone and you get to follow Rin as he tries to remedy the situation. The majority of the time was just seeing him battle with his own inner demons and make a decision as to how he wanted to fix it.

The show did have many redeming qualities. Fantastic animation, worthwhile voice acting and some very comedic moments. It's just a lot of things went wrong for this show that keeps it from attaining that 'great' quality. Mildly entertaining and recommended to those who are big fans of cute girls, ecchi comedy and love triangles.

Rating: 6

Final Verdict

6.6667 (above average)

Reviewed by shoujoboy, Feb 16, 2006

Comments

  1. sammy5961 Feb 16, 2006

    well i since this anime is based of the original H game of the same name it is going to change pace quickly based on the decitions (if i spellt that right) the rin makes. the art of cource stay very very close to the game and with your comment on how rin looks more manly than shimpy he's drawn the same way as he is in the game. i think that the appeal of the show is that it jumps around and that it isn't your typical anime.

    merged: 02-16-2006 ~ 03:19pm
    i would give it personally a 8.75

  2. elvisha Feb 16, 2006

    i enjoyed a fair few eps at the start.. but then it suddenly lost its juice.. i have the whole series but i cant b bothered finishing it

  3. Lodigo Feb 16, 2006

    I watched Shuffle! as well, but i think that it deserves more then a 6.67.
    i like the fact that theres comedy and drama mixed in one.Why 1 genre all the time?
    Something different once in a while is nice too dont you think? :P
    and + the last 4 eps were good, because Asa was sick because of the magic...very dramatical and stuff, and i liked that part too
    so, i would give it a 7.5 ^^.

    give Grenadier a 6.67 instead of Shuffle! :P
    she is freakin 16 years old and with such boobs...thats a bit too much dont you think? lol

    Ohh and i recommend you to watch Shingetsutan Tsukihime, a very good anime ;)

    Well...
    See you later, Ciao
    ..::Juan::..

  4. Northy Feb 16, 2006

    Jeebus..... Shuffle! You're right in that the male lead isn't your typical wiener, but almost the entire cast -- especially the main lead's suitors -- are a bunch of sqealing doormats, and I wanted all their heads mounted on pikes as I was watching it. It deserves some kudos for occationally going into story arches that had nothing to do with the dating aspect, and actually having the guts to go completely insane near the end, but about 60-70% of the show is pure, undistilled harem drivel. I'd rate it around 4 only if I was feeling generous.

    But then, I pretty much loathe harem/dating game anime. At least most of the time.

  5. shoujoboy Feb 16, 2006

    I must say this, I've seen a lot of comments that say what they would have given it as a score. My review did end up with a 6.67, which is actually quite fitting within the confines of the review system that I abide by. If you take the time to look at what I thought of the acutal tangibles like plot and presentation, I scored them as average, which is how I view the show.

  6. Ky Feb 16, 2006

    Shuffle was a horrible anime. One where they completely dropped the ball towards the end

  7. Northy Feb 16, 2006

    I don't see anything particularly wrong with people adding their own two cents about any reviewed anime, along with ratings if they feel like that. Any review should be open for discussion or alternate opinions as long as no personal attacks are made.

  8. angelicdemonIII Feb 17, 2006

    well i must say that I really liked Shuffle! sure yeah it did make me mad that they didn't stick with the storylne but Shuffle! has a pretty good ending and I love a the drama parts like when Kaeda went nuts that was cool

  9. Vitorrio Feb 20, 2006

    Well, I'de say that you reviewed this anime so low, because it's just not your type of anime. So, anyone arguing with you, needs to take in mind that people who review things, either review them because they liked them, or reviewed them because they didn't like them. A review is always, 100% biased. Because a review is specifically, what you thought of the anime. There's no point in arguing with a review.

  10. Warpten29 Mar 06, 2011

    So basically according to your review you are saying that the anime is more focused on love,drama and comedy. Judging by your review it feels as if you didn't feel the gener fantasy and slice of life. o well i still haven't watch it yet but thanks of your opinion.

  11. agasca311 Nov 08, 2012

    If you like this series you can buy it at a cheap price in www.arturoga.gps5.com/shop.php

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