My Review of "Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette"!

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“People can change.”Story This anime follows the story of two characters: Cosette and Jean Valjean. Despite not initially meeting from the start, societal struggles and personal issues lead them to meet up. Now, they have to face plenty of problems together and sometimes even meet faces from the past that could ruin their current lives.Characters Cosette is a kind and merciful girl. Despite being mistreated, she still maintains her composure and tries her hardest not to lash out in anger. Jean Valjean, like Cosette, is a kind-hearted man. He’s a mayor that wants to help the poor as much as he can before he passes away. However, he is pinned as a criminal by police detective Javert. He’s emotionless, cold, and enforces the strict law of justice everywhere he goes. Eventually, a dedicated guy by the name of Marius shows up in the anime who supports a revolution that plays a major role through the story.The Good The first 12 episodes are so good at bringing out that sense of anger and frustration. All the pain and sorrow packed into that first section made the aftermath way more relieving and impactful than if they were to just shorten it. On the bright side, I also got to learn about historical France. I learned enough that I kinda grew a hatred towards historical France. The storytelling was done pretty well. They were able to cram so many storylines into this anime and it didn’t feel like a mess at all. One storyline that eventually grew on me was the storyline on Javert. His contributions to the main plot while also having his own story was told so well that it turned him from a hated to appreciated character for me.The Bad To be honest, I felt that this anime was either too much or too slow for my liking. I’m still not sure which is the one. I feel like the pacing wasn’t bad, but the content was also necessary to have that impact in later episodes. For some reason, these 52 episodes felt way longer than 52 episodes, and that’s more than likely because of how much story and content is crammed into them.The Downright Ugly Apart from the anger I had initially gained from this anime, there’s nothing downright ugly in this anime.Is It Worth The Watch? If you’re willing to go through 52 episodes mostly filled with misery, this is definitely worth the watch. Otherwise, good luck not getting upset by the story. This anime is good at presenting societal issues, and I wished justice would’ve come sooner. I personally enjoyed it despite those first 12 episodes of anguish mainly because the ending was worth the suffering. Alright. I’m gonna go punch a wall now :)

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