| Easily the most overhyped romance anime of recent times. Not to say that it's bad, but it does NOT live up to the insane hype. Easily the most generic and mediocre romance anime out there, maybe I'm being too harsh due to the hype this show had/has for apparently no reason. Somehow it's ranked #290 on mal which is insane to me, do people actually like this anime this much? I honestly don't see what it brings to the table other romance anime don't, it doesn't stand out in storytelling or characters either. It feels like people just jump on the hype train Again, not to say it's a bad watch, but compared to the hype... idk |
| I’m enjoying it. Took me a few episodes to actually get into it, but it feels like it started taking itself more seriously after it got into the story a bit more. It’s not groundbreaking but it’s just nice to watch. Overhyped? Maybe, but it depends who you ask! I think Frieren was overhyped, but that’s just my opinion. |
| Gachiakuta is the greatest manga of all time |
| It's incredibly bland, but I can't say it does anything wrong, either. I think it's popular because it looks very pretty, it's got sports in it, and the manga is on Shounen Jump. Also, this feels more positive and "pure-hearted" than the typical Shounen romance... Less horny, too. I may be wrong here, but if true, it could be a factor. I agree the bar does feel pretty low, though. |
yeahtoast21 said: Cloverworks made this anime stand out artistically at the very least This anime is credited to Telecom Animation Film, not CloverWorks. Unless they contributed as a collaborator or a support studio? |
| Before the show aired I was following the manga to an extent and to be honest it is definitely overhyped. I think the hype came from the sports side of the series because the romance doesn't exactly do anything we haven't seen in an average romcom |
| I think the descriptive of “A Romance with Sports”, was way off the mark. There is very little “romance”, and most interactions between the male and female characters is ok at best. Most the time, they are messing up opportunities to progress their relationships, or making unfounded assumptions causing to back off, and the lack of communication is frustrating. The only redeeming thing about this anime was the sports, but they tried to mess that up with the forced “drama”, yeah that really was not enjoyable. |
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.  |
MysticLyre said: If you don't like the show, it's likely nothing I say will change you mind about why other people like this so much. I'm not trying to change my perception of the anime, I don't even think it's bad, but I wanna know if people actually have something overwhelmingly positive or outstanding to say about the anime that goes beyond personal taste and feelings. When something is hyped as much as Blue Box and I don't feel the same way about it, I tend to question what's special about it. To me Blue Box is nothing special and the hype around it feels blown out of proportion, but I can accept that it's just me if I get replies like yours. Most of the time when I see this anime being called "peak" people can't express what's peak about it, they just say general stuff that merely comes down to personal, subjective enjoyment. It's like I enjoyed Condition Called Love a lot, but it doesn't make it a great anime, most people hated it. Ae4iousMC said: can y'all stop asking the same question about everything y'all don't really care about? oh no, people discussing if an anime lives up to the hype or not on an anime forum, the horror |
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griddyweeb said:
I'm not trying to change my perception of the anime, I don't even think it's bad, but I wanna know if people actually have something overwhelmingly positive or outstanding to say about the anime that goes beyond personal taste and feelings. When something is hyped as much as Blue Box and I don't feel the same way about it, I tend to question what's special about it. To me Blue Box is nothing special and the hype around it feels blown out of proportion, but I can accept that it's just me if I get replies like yours. Most of the time when I see this anime being called "peak" people can't express what's peak about it, they just say general stuff that merely comes down to personal, subjective enjoyment. It's like I enjoyed Condition Called Love a lot, but it doesn't make it a great anime, most people hated it.
oh no, people discussing if an anime lives up to the hype or not on an anime forum, the horror
MysticLyre said:
If you don't like the show, it's likely nothing I say will change you mind about why other people like this so much.
If you don't like the show, it's likely nothing I say will change you mind about why other people like this so much.
I'm not trying to change my perception of the anime, I don't even think it's bad, but I wanna know if people actually have something overwhelmingly positive or outstanding to say about the anime that goes beyond personal taste and feelings. When something is hyped as much as Blue Box and I don't feel the same way about it, I tend to question what's special about it. To me Blue Box is nothing special and the hype around it feels blown out of proportion, but I can accept that it's just me if I get replies like yours. Most of the time when I see this anime being called "peak" people can't express what's peak about it, they just say general stuff that merely comes down to personal, subjective enjoyment. It's like I enjoyed Condition Called Love a lot, but it doesn't make it a great anime, most people hated it.
Ae4iousMC said:
can y'all stop asking the same question about everything y'all don't really care about?
can y'all stop asking the same question about everything y'all don't really care about?
oh no, people discussing if an anime lives up to the hype or not on an anime forum, the horror
First, I apologize for responding harshly. This question has been asked about pretty much every popular anime/manga/character in anime history, and the answer is always the same: you just don't like it as much as everyone else. You've already stated that every answer you get regarding the reception is answered by the subjective tastes of the audience. You already understand this concept based on your "A Condition Called Love" example. People like different things. People like the art, the vibe, and the characters/their interactions. Some people just like cozy, simple romcom dramas with a pretty art style and good animation. If they like it enough, it gets a higher rating. If that's not enough for you, that doesn't make it overhyped.
| @Ae4iousMC but there's more to it than just popularity. Things can be extremely popular and still suck ass. That's what I'm looking for, if there's actual quality here that I fail to appreciate or it's just people mindlessly bandwagoning whatever is popular. For example Naruto or One Piece, 2 extremely popular anime that many would call peak, but cmon now, let's be serious... "Peak" is not a popularity contest. If there's no distinction to make between Blue Box and <insert generic good romance here> apart from generic "I love the characters"/"I love the animation"/"I love the storytelling" comments then it's dumb to call it peak. These things can be said about any anime, if more people say that about one anime than the other then it's just popularity and not quality, which again just comes down to marketing and hype most of the time. There's a huge difference if something is called peak due to popularity or due to quality, somtimes it's both. While I'm trying to explore which one it is I thought it's worth a try to make a post asking the question since there's no post discussing the anime as a whole |
griddyweeb said: Easily the most overhyped romance anime of recent times. Not to say that it's bad, but it does NOT live up to the insane hype. Easily the most generic and mediocre romance anime out there, maybe I'm being too harsh due to the hype this show had/has for apparently no reason. Somehow it's ranked #290 on mal which is insane to me, do people actually like this anime this much? I honestly don't see what it brings to the table other romance anime don't, it doesn't stand out in storytelling or characters either. It feels like people just jump on the hype train Again, not to say it's a bad watch, but compared to the hype... idk Wow, another 'I don't get why people are having fun!'   |
SgtBateManJan 15, 8:09 PM
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| I'm might be a little partial because I've read the manga, but this is one of my favorite romance animes that I have seen in a while. It might just be because neither the boy or the girl is too overly excessive with the other, and they both want each other to succeed in their own dreams and not necessarily want to get in the way of that. One of the things that I do really love about this anime is just how wholesome is it. not only wholesome but also very comical and heartfelt at the same time. you feel for the characters whenever they do get upset and you're rooting for them not only in their romantic battles but also their daily life struggles with sports and other things. My opinion, this is just a very good well-rounded anime that's not too in your face. Some people really do like the in your face romance animes. I don't mind them myself, I've watched plenty. but there is just something different about blue box that I've liked since day one. Again, I might just be a little partial to it given I started reading the manga back at chapter 15. but that's just my personal opinion on it.  |
| Where is that hype? Nobody was talking about the manga and people only talked about the show because of the OP. If anything it's extremely underhyped compared to all the other Shounen Jump series. |
| big fan of the manga and anime. upon my first re-read, i would've totally agreed with you. it abuses romance tropes and cliches quite a bit; the dialogue gets quite wonky at times--it's probably my biggest problem with the show. (bizarrely affectionate in a very impersonal way; maybe i'm weird but it doesn't achieve verisimilitude in rapport with my personal lived experience). still, despite being annoyed, i still loved the comic for some reason. i re-read it again, focusing on the good this time, and i noticed the following: yes, dialogue is wonky and the plot is filled with narrative tropes. however, the dialogue never stops the characters from communicating the important ideas of their character arcs. this is thanks to the wonderfully expressive art and the cast actually being written very tightly. even if they say something really cheesy, you get what it actually means for them and their development. as for the tropes--the series has a bad habit of initiating conflict via them, but they're never used to untangle plot lines. the manga always claws its way out of played out cliches in unique or at least soulful ways. the sports sub-plot does a great job of keeping the narrative moving when the romance is at a standstill. all that, on top of the cute art & well-executed romance / sports split, makes it one of my favorite manga. the anime manages a successful adaptation, but i believe it's a step below the comic books. the bursts of sakuga are beautiful; the art is pretty and makes good use of light; the voice actors pull off great performances. sadly, telecom's production tears at times: the cgi athletes and occasionally very obvious rotoscoping can be immersion breaking and take away slightly from the warm vibe of the source material. (nothing wrong with rotoscoping, i just feel like it doesn't work in the artistic context of the show. maybe a directorial misstep? it's better than stiff action cuts, but not my favorite. would be funny if i was wrong and no scenes were rotoscoped, but i am pretty confident.) i'd suggest doing what i did on my 2nd re-read: forget the hype, try and find the good things to enjoy in the show. i think you'll come to like it. it's the rare shonen with shoujo delicacy in love matters. + cool badminton action cuts! |
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“Oh i’m so different i’m hating on a great show.”
| @NoUsername09 if that's how you interpret what I said you're just proving my point |
shash_sama18 said: when animes like Roshidere also came out in the same year. true, completely forgot about that. But I'd say Blue Box had a bit more hype (but it's also much better than Roshidere) shash_sama18 said: To understand why you didn't find it unique or special I will have to understand your romance anime taste first. I saw "Hananoi-Kun" in your favorites, if we consider that as a sample case then the male lead of Blue Box i.e. Inomata is a better written character than him with a great goal/purpose in his life. He acts like a normal teen and other characters around him are also quiet mature and their interactions are flawless a majority of time. I wouldn't base my ideal for romance on Condition Called Love at all, I have it in my favorites as an underrated pick, it's not that great by any means and it's not a fair comparison for something as highly regarded as Blue Box. I also have Golden Time and YLIA as favorites, it's not like I'm not into drama heavy romance, I actually prefer that. |
| Yest it's just average or maybe slightly above average. It falls under all same cliched and kept dragging things out. It has a good start then. Completely sacrificed the main duo to promote waifu bait and a bad love triangle. And the distasteful garabge of timing Chinatsu failure with Hina's gimmick. Horrible writing. There are atleast 4-5 better romance aired last year. |
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@Ae4iousMC but there's more to it than just popularity. Things can be extremely popular and still suck ass. That's what I'm looking for, if there's actual quality here that I fail to appreciate or it's just people mindlessly bandwagoning whatever is popular. For example Naruto or One Piece, 2 extremely popular anime that many would call peak, but cmon now, let's be serious... "Peak" is not a popularity contest. If there's no distinction to make between Blue Box and <insert generic good romance here> apart from generic "I love the characters"/"I love the animation"/"I love the storytelling" comments then it's dumb to call it peak. These things can be said about any anime, if more people say that about one anime than the other then it's just popularity and not quality, which again just comes down to marketing and hype most of the time.
There's a huge difference if something is called peak due to popularity or due to quality, somtimes it's both. While I'm trying to explore which one it is I thought it's worth a try to make a post asking the question since there's no post discussing the anime as a whole
There's a huge difference if something is called peak due to popularity or due to quality, somtimes it's both. While I'm trying to explore which one it is I thought it's worth a try to make a post asking the question since there's no post discussing the anime as a whole
| @griddyweeb You seemed leak one of your real motives publish this post which is overused & misused of "peak" word. I get why you irritated about people who use it, but please don't let them bother you too much (people nowadays even don't understand peak meaning) so that make you post this overuse "overhype" title forum. So, that's why user above you complaint about it cause mostly people who post this type of forum just seeking attention, they don't really need proper discussion. At least, if you need healthy responses, be more creative and rephrase your title & description better, it's just my suggestion. Answering your wondering about hype or why it's popular. First, the most simple answer cause manga serialized in Shounen Jump (same with Naruto, One Piece, etc) and this is better real romance than many junk shounen with romance serialized in SJ. Second, what's wrong if people like characters/storytelling (back to point about don't let "peak" bother you), i mean it's one of points that makes anime is good, consciously or not people must've judged anime based on that alone whatever their reason. Third, most overhyped recent anime is exaggeration cause even you forgot Roshidere, so yeah maybe latest hype made you too harsh dissing this anime, i just can suggest maybe you should refrain create opinion while you are irritated for something like "peak" cause it makes your opinion seems biased and invalid. |
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