"I was hoping for a sad ending, but a happy ending could be a good one." · Waifora

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Name: "I was hoping for a sad ending, but a happy ending could be a good one."
Item: 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Rating: 81
Author: Zeichen

So, this is the first time I actually reviewed the latest completed anime show and if you think it's not that good, then I'd like to apologize, because I simply based on anime works rather than the raw sources for reviewing a show, this one is a good example.

I wonder why, but this is so interesting, I haven't ~~and probably never~~ watched Haikyuu before so I would say that I can't get subjected by a view of a volleyball anime as a stereotypical sport genre, although, I have watched a sort of anime which is correlated with sports as well, something that I could actually use for the premise of my review here. Before we started, first of all, don't get projected by another sport anime for the sake of comparison as well, ~~even when I actually did it~~ because the subjectivity is killing, after all. I really could see the way how people perceive this show as tropes but well, I don't think so. Unlike another genre, the first important thing that I usually looked upon the sport genre is the natural intensity, simply, I despised those who made the exaggeration level of drama while putting aside the real meaning of life by putting the pro and contra side here and there for the sake of entertainment. And at last, before the review, I owe you an apologize because I think 2.43 is pretty good in my view, so, here it is, it might just be an unconscious bias but who knows, and this review sounds boring for some, who don't want to waste time by reading this. So, if you read this, you may want to skip on this one as well.

2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu, I can't memorize this title so well, really, I just called it 2.43, just to make it easy, since the title isn't that memorable as well. People wouldn't look into this one, because they though, "Ah, it might just be the same as or even worse than ..." is pretty much a justified view of being tangled by singular perspective as well. But, really, this show gives me a faith about sports genre in general, as it has a deep value of life, it's not hyped, not underrated either, simply between both. As I like slice of life in general, this show is really giving away the passion that I've been waiting for this one. Apart from its dullness, I simply enjoyed it as well. The plot isn't that good but slowly but sure developed,

Spoiler, click to view

starts from the Kimichika and Yuni, who separated for 10 or more years after the childhood, and wanted to play volleyball simply because they liked it. And when it actually revealed that Kimichika went from Tokyo due to his attitude, the drama started, and so on,

and I felt it's not that good either, I was hoping for the slice of life material here as well, but when the drama seems to be forced, no one would like to watch it, well, not for me, as I'm committed about finishing any anime show no matter how bad or bland it is as well. The comedy isn't fully fleshed, but at least, it's there, the main focus is the slice of life, after all. If I'd like to conclude, this show has a premise of 60% slice of life, 35% sport, and 5% comedy, and sport here works as the background rather than the main genre as well. Too many skipped scenes that might not be pleasant for some, hence it actually covers the plot hole for a bit, but can't get into the depth of it. I somewhat liked the art style, pretty much, not good nor that bad, although, for the animation, it's somewhat irritating to notice the robotic move around the players as well. The character developments don't seem to be good, very focused on only two main characters, while the others left abandoned albeit with a little development over the background. However, Subaru Mimura looks like getting recognized pretty much here, as he is one of side characters that actually has given a major development over the plot as well. The voice actors, they aren't memorable enough to tell but simply good, except that Kimichika's voice isn't that unique as well, but Subaru's voices, once again, gave away the good talent here. Also, the thing that soothes me would be the Opening theme, it's simply pretty good for a show like this, while the Ending theme isn't that memorable as well. And then, apart from the major flaws which I have pointed out, it really has the essence of life and somewhat a feel of psychology as an athlete in general, which I actually felt it before. Although, I was hoping for a sad ending, but a happy ending could be a good one. There is an usual "keep dreaming" sentence in every scene, as they played as a team which only consisted 8 members and simply played it, just that. At last, I simply enjoyed this show as a slice of life enjoyer, but for people who watched this because "It's a sport", then it wouldn't be as good as my experience. As I think this is a good one, so I would give a good rating for this one. Okay, I think that's all and thank you for reading this bland review, without any visual graphics to support the review.