He's so woefully uninteresting and unsympathetic, they force a relative death on him AND force him to ponder some meaningless shallow morality in the first three episodes just so that the audience doesn't tune out before they get to introducing all the other trite annoying quirky characters.Īnd yes, they are trite quirky and annoying. Instead of him having any likable traits at all, he starts as a blank piece of overpowered paper that is practically the definition of mary sue, with typical ignorance and stupidity to force a false sense of "endearing-ness" onto the character. Main character is your typical Shounen protagonist, except with all the humanity and relatability removed. "It isn't anything new, but at least it does things right, right?!" And judging by the reception this show's getting, it might be right. Yup, another show that thinks it's audience are a bunch of halfwits. The uninteresting and overdone sorcery powers aside, this show wastes no time delving into every trope imaginable, from seemingly machine-generated hype culture pandering in the handling of its battles to overpowered characters not giving a shit what they're doing, and even dipping a toe into the most tried and failed shounen cliche of all, killing main characters to create a false sense of urgency only to bring them back a minute later. But don't be fooled, immediately after the striking second episode the show sinks into a pit of shounen mediocrity unmatched by its competitors. They make the case that this will be a bit like Mob Psycho 100 but have an intriguing twist with its protagonist. The main thing you can't trust is the first two episodes. If you're looking for a show that breaks new ground or offers anything of substance, this isn't it. I cannot overstate how generic this anime is. This anime is essentially the lovechild of Bleach/Naruto and Fairy Tail if it was raised by Mob Psycho 100 had less interesting characters than all three. The latest turd to fall out of the ass of Shounen Jump Weekly has gotten an ill-advised Studio Mappa adaptation, and man does it suck seeing all that talent go into something so painfully undeserving. This scene appears again in a montage in later episodes.*disclaimer: the author of this review is a shounen fan.* Classic scene as they pull off and Marissa stands on the corner waiting to be taken to school.
Scene: Next morning Ryan is driven back to Chino. "Honey and The Moon" - Joseph Arthur listen/buy Ryan romantically carries her back to the pool house, beautifully haunting track this one, an alltime O.C. Scene: Classic scene, Ryan sees Marissa being driven home and dumped outside her house by drunken Summer and friend. All time classic quote from Luke: 'Welcome to the OC bitch, this is how it's done in Orange County!' Scene: Seth wanders down to the beach and gets jumped by the Jocks led by Luke. Scene: At the party Marissa moves in to chat to Ryan, Seth gets drunk and finds Summer chatting Ryan up.įirst ever 'ew!' from Summer. Classic Ryan Atwood quote: 'Welcome to the darkside' Scene: Ryan and Seth arrive at the party. Scene: Ryan and Seth head off in a jeep to Holly's party after the fashion show, Marissa heads off with Luke "Swing Swing" - The All-American Rejects listen/buy Scene: Dance track at the fashion show, Marissa and Summer take to the catwalk "All Around the World" - Cooler Kids listen/buy Scene: Ryan and Seth on the 'Summer Breeze' Seth's boat in which he plans to sail to Tahiti "Sweet Honey" - Slightly Stoopid listen/buy Scene: This song is playing in Luke's car when he comes to pick up Marissa. "Show me what you got" - Cham Pain listen/buy
Scene: Opening credits used in every episode thereafter "California" (opening titles) - Phantom Planet listen/buy
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