Comments on: sola Review - 82,5/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: S.A.I. http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8503 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:38:33 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8503 Sola has been a surprise: a regular run of the mill anime, but done right. They've had a plot and a solid scenario to back it up, excellent (if midi) music - try and succed in all the suspense, drama and sincerity all those high-budgeted monster projects consistently fail at. Except for the ending: I really feel the ending was rather artificial, hypocritical and unpersuasive. Even though factually there could be a place for such events, all that was quite unmotivated (and extended fight extended too much for the show's own good bringing out misery of the state the budget was in rather than the misery of characters' complex feelings for each other...) Sola has been a surprise: a regular run of the mill anime, but done right. They’ve had a plot and a solid scenario to back it up, excellent (if midi) music - try and succed in all the suspense, drama and sincerity all those high-budgeted monster projects consistently fail at.

Except for the ending: I really feel the ending was rather artificial, hypocritical and unpersuasive. Even though factually there could be a place for such events, all that was quite unmotivated (and extended fight extended too much for the show’s own good bringing out misery of the state the budget was in rather than the misery of characters’ complex feelings for each other…)

]]> by: BlueYoshi http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8495 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:05:07 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8495 HA. You actually came back to finish this show. xD I have a guilty pleasure of liking this show actually. Before I watched Higurashi, got hooked to your blog and started enjoying obscure shows like Kaiba and Shion no Ou, Sola (for a very SHORT time) was my favorite anime. Maybe it was because of the unexpected twists that the story took after Ep 6, because I was bored at the start, and wanted to drop this. Maybe it was the relaxing soundtrack along with the great art that hooked me to the show's atmosphere. Who knows? I even started a SolaxHigurashi fanfic, to try and solve the plot holes that the story left. That is currently failing at the moment, like most fanfic in general. I'm a little surprised you came back to finish it, and even more surprised that you also turned out to like it. Now if you would only get back to Sketchbook~Full Color S~... HA. You actually came back to finish this show. xD

I have a guilty pleasure of liking this show actually. Before I watched Higurashi, got hooked to your blog and started enjoying obscure shows like Kaiba and Shion no Ou, Sola (for a very SHORT time) was my favorite anime.

Maybe it was because of the unexpected twists that the story took after Ep 6, because I was bored at the start, and wanted to drop this. Maybe it was the relaxing soundtrack along with the great art that hooked me to the show’s atmosphere. Who knows? I even started a SolaxHigurashi fanfic, to try and solve the plot holes that the story left. That is currently failing at the moment, like most fanfic in general.

I’m a little surprised you came back to finish it, and even more surprised that you also turned out to like it. Now if you would only get back to Sketchbook~Full Color S~…

]]> by: issa-sa http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8405 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:26:30 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8405 Yea, the humour sort of failed, but I didn't find the story coming together as nicely as you did in the end. Oddly enough, I think sola worked best when it wasn't trying to be anything 'original' at all, the 'duller' slice-of-life scenes which matched the mood of the story was what kept me. Found the supernatural elements rather tacky and played out for the sake of "Look! You thought this was moe/slice-of-life-ish, but you're WRONG" Yea, the humour sort of failed, but I didn’t find the story coming together as nicely as you did in the end. Oddly enough, I think sola worked best when it wasn’t trying to be anything ‘original’ at all, the ‘duller’ slice-of-life scenes which matched the mood of the story was what kept me. Found the supernatural elements rather tacky and played out for the sake of “Look! You thought this was moe/slice-of-life-ish, but you’re WRONG”

]]> by: sovayfox http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8401 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:34:57 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8401 I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU! WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG? Just reading the title of it makes me cry I can't not still cry thinking of this series. I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU! WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG? Just reading the title of it makes me cry I can’t not still cry thinking of this series.

]]> by: Shensu http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8396 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:54:47 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8396 Agree with Houlgrave except the last passage. Agree with Houlgrave except the last passage.

]]> by: Houlgrave http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8385 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:06:09 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8385 Gotta disagree with the review's overall evaluation. This wasn't a completely awful series by any means...but neither was it particularly good. The premise was boring, the humor (as mentioned) failed, and things seemed to happen for no reason or (in the case of several episodes in a row) nothing happened at all. And don't even get me started on how Yorito's character was handled *cringe*. As someone who has seen a fair bit of moe, I can attest to Sola's mediocrity. Air was sappy, Clannad and Kanon were passable, but trying to watch Sola and look past the glaring angst and pointlessness of it all was just plain painful TBH. Gotta disagree with the review’s overall evaluation. This wasn’t a completely awful series by any means…but neither was it particularly good. The premise was boring, the humor (as mentioned) failed, and things seemed to happen for no reason or (in the case of several episodes in a row) nothing happened at all. And don’t even get me started on how Yorito’s character was handled *cringe*.

As someone who has seen a fair bit of moe, I can attest to Sola’s mediocrity. Air was sappy, Clannad and Kanon were passable, but trying to watch Sola and look past the glaring angst and pointlessness of it all was just plain painful TBH.

]]> by: Solaris http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8382 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:45:51 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8382 Back then everybody was deceived by the slow pacing of this serie. It indeed happens quite nothing for 6 episodes, then something for 3 more, and it really exploded in the last 3! I was back one of the supporter of this serie, but nobody ever cared trunsting me a bit :( ...And it is called "SOLA", couldn't somebody named SOLA-ris not like it? :P Back then everybody was deceived by the slow pacing of this serie. It indeed happens quite nothing for 6 episodes, then something for 3 more, and it really exploded in the last 3!
I was back one of the supporter of this serie, but nobody ever cared trunsting me a bit :(

…And it is called “SOLA”, couldn’t somebody named SOLA-ris not like it? :P

]]> by: essesus http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8380 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:41:35 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8380 It doesn't. That's why I said "one of the dumbest" insted of "the dumbest". It doesn’t. That’s why I said “one of the dumbest” insted of “the dumbest”.

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8379 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:08:22 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8379 Bobo: hard to explain, but think of it as having overly cute girls. filtered.water: go ahead. I love to be proven wrong in my expectations. ;) essesus: so, what makes that reason different from the ones who didn't give series as Himitsu a chance, because the promo-art only featured a bunch of men? Bobo: hard to explain, but think of it as having overly cute girls.

filtered.water: go ahead. I love to be proven wrong in my expectations. ;)

essesus: so, what makes that reason different from the ones who didn’t give series as Himitsu a chance, because the promo-art only featured a bunch of men?

]]> by: lostty http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8378 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:50:55 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8378 This is actually one of my favourite series of all time, but I would have to agree on the fact that the jokes were never very funny. I wish I never watched the DVD specials because both weren't that interesting... This is actually one of my favourite series of all time, but I would have to agree on the fact that the jokes were never very funny. I wish I never watched the DVD specials because both weren’t that interesting…

]]> by: bobo http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8377 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:50:15 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8377 Right, so....what's moe? Right, so….what’s moe?

]]> by: filtered.water http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8375 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:36:41 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8375 if i am to say...you are missing out on alot of great anime because you are just too allergic to moe. One little moe, and the anime is horrible in your opinion. if you ever do decide to change your mind, just make a post and we can recommend some animes with alot of moe in the beginning to filter out people like you, then drop the moe and continue with the story. with it ending up to be a GREAT anime. if i am to say…you are missing out on alot of great anime because you are just too allergic to moe. One little moe, and the anime is horrible in your opinion. if you ever do decide to change your mind, just make a post and we can recommend some animes with alot of moe in the beginning to filter out people like you, then drop the moe and continue with the story. with it ending up to be a GREAT anime.

]]> by: essesus http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8374 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:28:35 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8374 "the characters look to moe"...that is one of the DUMBEST reasons I've ever heard “the characters look to moe”…that is one of the DUMBEST reasons I’ve ever heard

]]> by: Ivy http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8373 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:25:00 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/02/sola-review-85100/#comment-8373 Glad you enjoyed it, its a great show. Glad you enjoyed it, its a great show.

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