MUV-LUV ALTERNATIVE

DESCRIPTION

CAST

ANIME ActionMuv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
MANGA ActionMuv-Luv Alternative
ANIME ActionSchwarzesmarken
MANGA ComedySutoFuro 4-koma
MUSIC PsychologicalRinne
ANIME ActionMuv-Luv Alternative 2nd Season
ANIME DramaKimi ga Nozomu Eien
NOVEL DramaKimi ga Nozomu Eien
NOVEL ComedyOwarinaki Natsu, Towa Naru Shirabe
MANGA ComedyMuv-Luv Official Comic Anthology
MANGA ComedyMuv-Luv Comic Anthology
MANGA ComedyMuv-Luv: Game Comic
MANGA ComedyMuv-Luv Anthology Comic
MANGA ComedyMuv-Luv Anthology Comics
MANGA ComedyMUV-LUV EXTRA: Meiya to! Chokotto After
NOVEL ComedyMuv-Luv

REVIEWS

• 

  SpiritChaser

  20/100
  This series did not do what I want and did not do what I need. A horrifying adaptation, but it gets better at the end.

  Among the dedicated Muv-Luv fans, I, as an anime only and first time viewer into this franchise, felt as if I was standing in the middle of a warzone with them. Week after week, they broke down with meltdowns over how horrifying this adaptation was. The Muv-Luv Alternative adaptation seemed to have nearly destroyed it's visual novel counterpart. I wasn't sure what I got myself into, but at least I wanted to try go along with this ride and check it out.

  Low effort 2D showed hilariously drawn faces, and animation that felt weak and hollow. People were disintegrating before the beams hit, and some soldier's eyes were drawn so bad it was just sad. Where was the quality check? Episode 1 prepared you for what's not going to happen in season 1 because the BETA weren't even the focus. It felt like bait but at least it had the BETA introduced. The pacing is so rushed, it felt as if the story was watered down and irreversibly neutered. As bad as this started, at least it got better and became decent towards the end.

  The music was memorable only for the wrong reason because all I remember is how badly it sounded in the first episode. It felt like a struggle to get through all the boring and overuse of exposition in the beginning. It was as if the staff crammed the visual novel's story so much they managed to pound it into a low quality jewel. Some weeks I just couldn't watch the new episodes. There is a huge cast of characters and a lack of development for most of them, thus it was a challenge to try and follow along without doing a re-watch. As I stated earlier, the really fast pacing and dialogue makes this even more difficult to follow along with. Don't make the mistake I made and read what was released before to understand the characters better.

  Fortunately, towards the end, despite there was still comedic 2D animation, the final arc began turning the quality around a bit. Most fall season protagonists are terrible, but Takeru's growth throughout really made me respect him more as the series went. The politics and dialogue was saved by Yuuhi with her passionate leadership. The CGI shown here was actually decent. The fights can be brutal and the deaths somewhat gory. It ended with a small decimal of dignity but at least they tried towards the end. Season 2 was announced as well, and I will be watching it regardless of how rough this season was.

  Maybe this series was trying to be friendly for the new fans to get them to read the visual novel, but it's opposite for me because I have a bit of interest to read it because of how bad the adaptation seemed and what could have been.

  Despite the stronger second half, Muv-Luv Alternative overall did not do what I want, and did not do what I need.

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• 

  olcaytru

  60/100
  how to transform a 10/10 story into a 6/10 one

  If you want to watch a standard 6/10 isekai with pretty good 3D animated mech fights and an unimaginably rushed plot then this is for you. If you want an epic masterpiece that evokes PTSD, deals with psychological/philosophical issues and creates thought-provoking characters that feel more real than your irl friends then you should read the visual novel trilogy instead. It's 100 hours total though.. hard to convince you to read it I know - but maybe I managed to convince you to at least not watch this disgrace of an adaptation.

  The anime casually skips the first ~50 hours of the story. What's the result you may ask? Well,

  • most characters feel incredibly flat, I can't even recognise some of them from the original story, they feel like different people at times
  • the plot is pretty unoriginal
  • the main character is boring and unrelatable
  • the plot is rushed and lacks good exposition
  • the twists just don't hit that hard because they happen way too fast
  • overall just some confusing elements while watching as a person new to the universe

  Look, I am not saying that the anime is trash overall it is just incredibly frustrating to see because of what could've been.. imagine eating the tastiest meal of your life and then you go to the same restaurant with your friends to show them but 9/10 ingredients on your plate are just missing.. I know that it is impossible to have a faithful adaptation without hundreds and hundreds of episodes. They should've just went with a spin-off series.

  Now I am just going to explain how to read the VNs in case you're interested:
  The story consists of three parts, Muv Luv Extra, Muv Luv Unlimited and Muv Luv Alternative.
  The first two parts are sold together as 'Muv Luv' and the last part seperately as 'Muv Luv Alternative' - both available on Steam.
  I'd recommend installing the 18+ patches if you want to see nudity, sex scenes and a little more gore.
  Only in Muv Luv Extra (1st part) I would actually recommend to read every heroines route before continuing with 'Unlimited'.
  The routes in Unlimited and Alternative don't deviate as much so you can just read as many of them as you want to.
  You could stick to a route guide but the best experience is probably to just go with your gut on every decision especially on your first read.
  The first 10-ish hours where pretty hard to get through for me personally because it felt very slow and I am not really a fan of the Slice of Life genre but once I was emotionally hooked on the characters I couldn't stop reading daily.

  If you actually manage to commit to this long journey:
  Read at your own pace, enjoy and take care of yourself, soldier.

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