Sounan Desu ka? takes the very unoriginal general concept of what if you got stranded on a deserted island? and applies it to the anime industry where its actually something somewhat original if theres more survival anime that came out before this let me know and Ill eat my hat. However as original of a concept as it may be it still falls short as an anime series. The story is the only decent category followed by the music. Its not something every anime does and I have to give it some credit for that. Its a concept thats been done worse by others but its also been done far far better. Adding school girls to the mix will only get you so far. The art is lackluster and even bad at some points. Maybe Ive been spoiled by KyoAni and other bigbudget studios but a lot of animation feels lifeless robotic and choppy. Character designs are about as bland as unflavored gelatin and the background scenery isnt anything to write home about. As I said previously the music is alright. Its more memorable than most anime but not anything Id go out of my way to listen to outside the anime. The characters are stupid and fall victim to almost every stereotype in anime. There was a moment about six episodes in where it felt like one character was about to have some character development and then there was nothing to follow through afterwards. Theres really not much to see here besides girls are the cutest when theyre almost retarded. Overall Sounan Desu ka? was just barely on the border between being bad enough to drop and decent enough to keep watching. The first couple of episodes really made me want to drop it but I decided to keep watching and was not really rewarded for my time. The first one or two episodes are a very good indicator as to if youll like the rest of this. MINOR SPOILERS THE STORY IS NONEXISTENT ANYWAYS I DONT KNOW WHY YOUD REALLY CARE ABOUT SPOILERS There really is no ending. Two girls spit bird poop water into each others asses and then theres a ten second very ambiguous clip that solves nothing and gives no solid ending. You are not missing anything by dropping this show if you do not enjoy it at any point.
40 /100
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