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Rating: 7.5/10 & 6/10

Overall Series Rating: 6.5/10

Impressions:

Wow, that was the most WTF ending I have ever seen, and no not the Evangelion-type WTF ending (though I didn’t go WTF at Eva’s ending). Ok, enough WTFing for now. Yoakena’s ending is just horrible. After watching the 11th episode, I concluded the ending would actually be above average, as the quality was very high for Yoakena standards anyway. However, everything went wrong when suddenly Tatsuya’s dad comes in on a ship the size of the earth and beams some healing ray onto his son and REVIVES him from the dead. Good grief, I’m so glad I don’t have to watch any more of this crap now. Oh and to make things worse, Tatsuya and Feena get married in an arena full of ALIENS! Seriously, that is a big WTF. I’m not going to go into the details of what happened or any good points of this show, since it’s not like anyone cares or wants to know! Well at least I can add another series onto my completed list, which is by the way, the only reason I actually completed this series.

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Popularity: 12% [?]

Rating: 7/10

Impressions:

This post was meant to have been finished six hours ago, but I got severely distracted by the guys on AnimeBlogger’s IRC, so blame them! >_< Anyway, this episode is actually worth sitting through! It’s definitely interesting enough, and the quality is acceptable. I just wish Feena was more like her mother. Cephelia (or whatever her mother is called) has the natural feminine nature that totally pwns Feena’s shit personality. At least she doesn’t appear as much now, since she’s been detained. Oh and, I’m guessing the random guy who convinced the current king of the moon to make a move of Cephelia is actually Tatsuya’s dad, am I right? I guess it all ties together now. Still, Yoake is not an anime I’d recommend to people. The quality is just too low most of the time. I’m still surprised there are about 5 blogs doing this show still. This episode feels more like the second last ep, though there are still two more to go. I guess there’s still Feena’s fiancée to take care of, as well as Fiacca. Wreathlit is my favourite character so it’s a shame she doesn’t get involved more. Anyway though, this series should have engaged in the moon-earth affair sooner. Perhaps that would have made it more interesting to begin with. Actually no, even if it was interesting, the quality would still be an all-time low.

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Popularity: 8% [?]

Rating: 4/10 (if I was being fair, I would’ve scored this higher than last episode’s but I’m just really fed up with this series)

Impressions:

AWWW there’s STILL 3 whole episodes to go! Three more weeks or nothing but horror and devastation! Arrghh god I hate this show. Why? Because the animation stinks so much that Feena looks like a man at times. There is also not one properly drawn face, except maybe Wreathlit. I have to admit, this episode is actually the most interesting of the entire series, though I scrolled through everything apart from Karen’s meeting with the king and the encounter with Filanca. I actually think they did an above average job with Filanca, though that’s probably what the producers blew their budget on. But even if something like Kanon looked like Yoake, no one would watch it either. Well, I wouldn’t at least. Anyway, with another 3 episodes to go, as I have mentioned earlier, the confrontations with Wreathlit and Feena’s fiancée should be able to fill all the remaining time, with maybe some time at the end for more silliness including Tatsuya and Feena. I think this is the first anime that’s really killing me. But I can’t stop now…BTW the funniest part this episode is when Your-Mom mentions Bulbasaur during the leaf attack LMAO.

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Popularity: 8% [?]

Rating: 6.5/10

Impressions:

I don’t know why I still blog this show. And I also don’t know why there are so many other bloggers doing this show as well. I really feel have no interest in the show, and it is just barely good enough to make it not a chore to watch. This episode is better, but not by much, than most of the preceding ones. I don’t know about you guys but I hate it when a romantic interest becomes public and everyone starts supporting it. I also hate it when both sides admit their feelings so easily and confidently, especially to people other than each other. I really feel like indulging myself in a shoujo romance like Aishiteruze Baby or something (the manga of course) since Yoake is just too childish and silly for me. The sense of relief and happiness that emanates from this episode is quite refreshing, since everyone is in high spirits throughout the entire episode. I wish the series would just end on this episode, though there’s still some unfinished business to complete. Tatsuya’s and Feena’s relationship has by no means been resolved. They still have Feena’s fiancée and Wreathlit to overcome, though I somehow think they are related since they both have similar hair. I’m still wondering who the voice is that’s been communicating with Wreathlit and whether it’s a technological phenomenon or a fantastical one.

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Popularity: 11% [?]

Rating: 6/10

Impressions:

Game CG is good. Unfortunately some anime adaptations aren’t. The quality remained quite high for this particular show, until approximately the 11th minute mark, when it suddenly plummeted, resulting in several disgusting scenes such as the one I mentioned just before. Actually no, all the scenes after that are horrible. I have no idea what happened. I really want to study the process of Japanese animation, since I still don’t see how a low budget has to mean shit drawings. I mean, if I tried to draw Yoake on my first try, it WILL be better than some of the scenes this episode. So unless all the guys on the animation team are really shit drawers, then it shouldn’t take that much more money to draw relatively well. Oh well, what can you do? Man I am so drained today. The heatwave doesn’t look like it’ll be passing any time soon, and the humidity is just unbearable…Anyway, aside from the animation quality, the plot movement is much better this episode. Things become a lot more serious, especially with Tatsuya’s confession at the end. However, the bad animation made the serious final section of the episode a complete joke (ok, I’m being a bit harsh, but it did ruin the gravity of the situation somewhat).

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Popularity: 10% [?]

Rating: 7/10

Impressions:

This episode was much better. There was nothing stupid, so that gives it a few extra points. But those points are immediately deducted by the extremely overused ‘guy meets girl’ scenarios. Feena’s and Tatsuya’s hands touching when reaching for the rubber was probably the worst. The test was ok, but I still don’t like the simplicity of these things. I think I might calm myself down and read a proper shoujo romance manga or something. Overall though, the mood of the show was a bit gloomier, since it seems like Feena isn’t allowed to let anything happen between her and Tatsuya. The pace seems to be a bit too fast, since there is little to no plot, which makes it feel like it’s near the end already. I have to endure this for another how many episodes? At least, since this episode was better, I can hope for some improvement later on. I also think that so little effort is put into the chibi scenes that it’s really ruining the show. The exact same frames were used as the first episode even. I guess the producers are trying to save money wherever they can. That also pissed me off since because of that, there was once again nobody on the streets outside when Tatsuya and Feena were out. Not even some stills, or some merged as part of the background. But the good thing is, Wreathlit got a big portion of airtime this episode! And we finally get to find out what she’s doing here on earth. To prevent the destruction of the moon and the earth that will be caused by Feena’s and Tatsuya’s ever-advancing relationship. Ah well…one paragraph only, and I think it’ll stay that way until the show is almost over.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Impressions:

Yoake fails! I’m still not absolutely sure why, so it’d be great if something who thinks the same as me to just lay down everything that’s wrong with it. Well, here’s my analysis of why it’s living up to my expectations. Firstly, I don’t like any of the characters as much as I should, and that includes Feena. I was completely devastated when I heard her voice for the first time: it was too low. Yeah, I know that reason’s a bit petty, but there’s more. Her personality I don’t like either. This is one of the things I’m having trouble deciphering, as the best I can come up with is she is too royalty-like. Apart from her, Tatsuya is pretty annoying too. He is far too ‘good’. I’d much rather watch a typical loser of a main character than Tatsuya. He speaks everything as if he were a prophet. As for the other characters, they’re all fine but they don’t get nearly enough character development or screen time. Everything right now is interaction between Feena and Tatsuya, and that’s making me sick. I want to see some other characters in action other than to just provide the occasionally joke. At least that blonde girl made another appearance, and she remains a mystery. I want to see more of her as I am fed up with the current cast as it is.

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Popularity: 8% [?]

Impressions:

This anime is now the most idiotic piece of crap I’ve ever seen past episode two. The ONLY reason why I am still watching it is because apparently most of this episode was a filler, so the main storyline should be 100 times better, no? Seriously, I don’t watch Naruto but I am sure a lot of people would say that this filler is worse than the Naruto fillers. There’s ‘funny’, then there’s just plain ’stupid’. If you’re making a filler, at least make it in accordance with the rest of the anime and don’t just throw in completely random events in a random order with random overused chibi scenes and random everything else. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that random, but thinking of it as so eases the fault off the writers who came up with this crap. And I can’t believe the quality actually jumped to higher than episode 2. Why the hell would anyone choose to make a filler look better than a real episode, one that actually matters and has some importance to the storyline?! (Btw, I’m not really pissed right now as it might sound, I’m just trying to get the point across that this show now really, REALLY sucks!!!)

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Popularity: 12% [?]