![]() ![]() The other characters are all instantly forgettable. He is the one good point of this series and reason why it gets two stars. We learn very little else about him and never see any of his less desirable traits. It is just unfortunate that all he has is a cool personality. Yuuji Kazami is stoic, very knowledgeable and athletic. By that I mean the five girls courting the protagonist Yuuji Kazami. The exclusive focus seems to be on the interpersonal relations of the six main characters. This far into the series next to nothing has happened. If there is a main plot device then I can say that it has not been revealed by episode five. Why the school and students are special is not explained. The plot revolves about a bunch of special teenagers at a special school with no parents in sight. This series ticks most of the generic anime tropes. Clannad however had characters that elicit emotion from the viewer. The Clannad series while very good was also let down by this. It all just seems to idle along pointlessly. ![]() Story routes are covered that add nothing to the main narrative and can even lead the viewer to assuming that there is no main plot. The stories flow is at best uneven and at worst fragmented and choppy. No matter how well done, the result is always unsatisfactory. ![]() The series creators thus must select one ending of visual novel and then lobotomize the other story routes to fit into the middle like unnecessary filler. Anime like most artistic fiction is a linear story. Visual novels are mostly non-linear, their narrative follows a branching progression to create multiple possible outcomes in accordance with player's choices in the world. The Fruit of Grisaia's biggest problem is the same one that plagues most visual novel adaptations. ![]() Music, opening and closing tracks are unexceptional. The animation is the standard fare these days. Unless I find myself with a remarkable presence of free time in the future I will not be returning to The Fruit of Grisaia. This review is written after having watched the first five episodes. Having not played the visual novel it is based upon. I came to The Fruit of Grisaia with no prior knowledge of it. You can at least skip eps 11 and 12, you're not missing anything at all there. I'd say to skip this one, but you need SOME setup for S2. Thankfully season 2 seems to be turning out alright but basically this one is a wash. All in all the production team really dropped the ball on this one. It also was the slowest and action lacking arc of the season and is the only damn arc that should've been cut down to two episodes. The pacing issues continued through the end of the series with an unprecedented and unnecessary 4 part finale for girl E which is almost more than girls A B C and D got combined. I'm highly disappointed, and if episode 8 does nothing to curb these trends, I will be dropping this.It started off so well too.UPDATED:Finished this season and started on S2This season is more and more obviously becoming a throw away prequel in my eyes. Episode 7 was slightly better but both of these single episodes should easily have been a story arc at least 2 or 3 episodes in themselves. There was no build-up or well thought out resolutions. The animation quality was still good, but suddenly the story was rushed and heaped with mountains of exposition. The animation was above average, and the story seemed to be well paced.Then episode 6 came along.You can immediately tell when the producers just stopped caring. This anime started off very promising - Characters had their own twists without being too hackneyed. This is a review based on 7 of ? episodes. ![]()
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