TLDR The animation is almost nonexistent half the time its just still images and the faces of most of the characters are hard to look at. Most of the characters are either boring or creepy and despite episodes being 2 and a half minutes after the OP they feel like they drag on forever. 1.8/10 // 18/100
Spoilers below I guess? Dont watch this show its not even worth a watch because its bad watch.
The visuals of Pillow Boys is... it looks bad. Like I cant put it any other way. I already dont like the art style and the show is also barely animated. Its almost like reading a visual novel. Actually thats kind of an insult because even some visual novels have better animated cutscenes than this show.
Now to get into the meat of this review the characters. Theres two that arent either creepy or boring Yuuichirou Food Stall and Yuu Delusions of Grandeur which is ironic because Yuuichirou calls himself a creep. I think that Yuu and Yuuichirou are both cool as fuck and probably the only characters I would willingly talk to. Mayyybe Merry or Eiji Dialect
The worst offender is by far Kanade Music as he manages to be boring and creepy at the same time? Get you a man who can do both. Plus hes also the ugliest guy in the cast I dont know if I think that because of bias or because Im right but I cant stand looking at him.
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Another creepy one is Yayoi and Yonaga Twins like just look at this image:
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THAT LOOKS STRAIGHT OUT OF A HORROR SHOW IM TELLING YOU. Whole episode triggers my flight or fight response.
Also the librarian dude who Im not even gonna bother checking the name of holy shit is that guy BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING. Thats the only episode that actually made me sleepy because it was hard to focus on him. He was just SO bland.
And Ive been putting it off but I think I have to talk about this
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Hope this isnt a hot take but maybe we shouldnt be referring to a fiveyearold as hot. Im hoping this is a translation error but Ive been having my doubts since in the first episode it shows Merry very clearly being romantic with you and the last episode shows him significantly aged down and acting in a similar fashion which is weird
Conclusion its so bad but still not the bottom of the barrel 1.8/10 // 18/100
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