Alternative Title: THE MOST CONCLUSIVE END TO A SERIES THAT GETS SINGLECARRIED BY THEIR BEST WAIFU BEST HEROINE SPIRIT EVER. https://www..com/watch?v=146v6ZGHOaM Paradox Miyu Tomita DAL V OP DISCLAIMER: REVIEW ALWAYS CONTAINS SPOILERS Date A Live or much more known as DAL is a series that always forever brings us to a certain specific question: Is harem genre really meritorious enough to watch? Such a question always drowns the audience into the pitfall and this has been what makes Date A Live is a heartwarming series: The unique storytelling combined with the entertainment aspect for the plot that unexpectedly has quite some of wellwritten scenes worldbuilding and characters. And the idea of which show that is being applied happens to be the prototype for all other harem series who strive to reach its success. Nevertheless it also has its flaws overall meaning that there needs to be a lot of things to address for this much beloved show that has captivated its audience with a lot of options to choose not just characterswise but also genres to pick. Therefore without any further ado lets begin with unveiling the conclusive end to this series Date A Live V. https://i.yt.com/vi/146v6ZGHOaM/hq720.jpg?sqp=oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJDrs=AOn4CLBNFCgWuy3m4S1XuEKVDWpjFonROw EVEN IF EVERYONE REJECTS YOU IT DOESNT CHANGE THE FACT THAT I ACCEPT YOU AND I DONT WANT YOU TO LEAVE First of all lets begin with the characters first despite Im not even sure where to begin with this if I were to be honest. In spite of that we shall talk about our best waifu Shiori harem protagonist Shidou Itsuka or much known as Shinji Takamiya according to his past. I honestly was rather fond of his previous character growth and development but this time its a little too serious for him. However its okay. Regardless what path he took to change himself he remains to be the most tedious memorable protagonist you would ever see that despite having the characteristic of a shounen protagonist he also has a playful side that may make everyone blushes including Kurumi without any exception. His cheerful playful an empathetic side is what grows out of the blue more than any others as despite often falling into the hollow of sadness he was able to sustain the feelings of blue thus later overcome such obstacles all by himself. Yes all by himself despite he was mostly helped by arguably the singlecarry waifu best heroine spirit Kurumi Tokisaki. Now lets talk about the relation between both its evident that they need each other especially as it was explained during the previous seasons. Kurumi needs his power to change the world and kill the Spirit of Origin while he needs her power to objectively save every single of his beloved harem regardless what it takes. In other words both are selfish on their own. This means these characters have great arcs development on their own whereas they will do anything to reach the objectives they made. Such a relationship is what makes it conclusive as they finally encountered the Spirit of Origin they would realize how powerless they would have been against her Mio Takamiya: https://i.ur.com/JE8fLLG.jpeg Date A Live V summarized To be fair other than him and Kurumi Reine and Mio definitely have stolen the spotlight by becoming the MILFs we always root for new heroines that livened up the show as soon as they appeared with Touka still brings a crucial development along with Mana and Kotori whereas these other characters end up being endless banters Origami Nia Mukuru and Miku with the rest of them becoming those walking NPCs the rest of them except a few. Or else they will get a little portion of development but that alone is not enough to cover their NPCness against the others Yuzuru Kaguya and Natsumi which cannot cover the entirety of LN but we arent going to talk about that original material. Another thing to talk about the overall plot and scenes: At best its mid or average. At worst it has some unnecessary scenes apart from the great fans service given. And yes I enjoyed every bit of those. Meanwhile the villains suck. Isaac Westcotts motivation of being villain for the sake of villain is the most scumworthy development background I have ever seen including the I just enjoyed to make them cry sadistic character was enough to wish him getting rotten into hell for many times. While Nibelcole despite doing its job as a materializedpaper spirit and the most legal waifu ever that is handmade they still fall into the trope of being a goofy villain its exactly like seeing Meowth trying to sound villainous while end up being goofy because his master cant even do shit. However apart from those Artemisia Ashcroft actually has something to explore along with Ellen whose relationship with Woodman and Karen as the wizards were revealed to have an indepth background unlike Isaaco Raye Peyramu Wescotto considering their dreadened past as wizards. However what turns out to be a shamble is that there were no definite explanations regarding the ranking system for wizards I believe this was explained in the LN so you might as well read it. Enough with the entire shithouse that is called as characters lets do the other aspects next which are audio and visual. Speaking of the audio it genuinely has its potentials if only they never decided to muffle those on the background with unfruitful dialogues among these characters... but well whatifs are useless. The fact is that the audio/sound aspect is quite mid apart from Kurumi theme which seems to be wellfitting for her or else the part where Mio and Reine appear also has a glance of spectacle to it. Meanwhile for the OP its possibly the best you could get out of this so well done for Miyu Tomita to actually pull yet another banger after Date A Live IV with yet another captivating and emotional Opening with a lot of undecipherable meanings when you only listen to it once. However as for visual it was ugh Im not sure how to tell this but I have been never quite fond of Geek Toys studio including their drastic approach to get rid of any LN artstyle for the sake of making their own not to mention that this vivid approach of coloring doesnt really get me are we watching a shoujo romance anime or what? It looks like Houseki No Kuni being adapted to a show. Otherwise it never makes any sense to me IMS always holds dearly along with S2 animation while JC being mid as always and thus AIS hardly delivers that much but GeekToys... its just awful at best not to mention the CG... you can tell it is one by just looking at the design it honestly feels like watching Saint Seiya The Movie that relies on 3D and again this makes the battle looks horrid which is a downgrade compared to its predecessors to say the least. But still thanks to the voice actors/actresses this show survives to be at least not the worst ever. Kurumi has the greatest dub as always along with Shidou Mio and Reine etc. which objectively bring out the amusement when it comes to the sound aspect once more. Alright thats all. Now lets go back to the question: Is harem genre really meritorious to watch? The answer is yes if you want to fulfill your entire dream by selfinserting yourself to a character that probably has never existed or it does but its rare along with notable fans service of harem that are ready to submit with the protagonists desire no matter how carnal. Or no if you dont prefer any of these but a much more serious despite trashy and halfbaked isekai that doesnt even belong to the list of greats due to its perplexed direction and butchered character. Or else you may prefer the balance of both so might as well watch isekai harem if thats the case. Well no matter your choice in the end its up to you to decide all yours thats it.