If you are a fan of April's new fan who knows more, I believe that after seeing this title, you have basically guessed its name. That's right, this anime is "The Love Comedy that Green Plum Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose".
In the love fan, no matter how gentle and cute the green plum bamboo horse is, in the end, most of them will not be able to escape the result of "not being able to withstand the heavenly descent system". However, this work is one of the few exceptions, "absolutely will not lose" has highlighted the status of the green plum bamboo horse, and the four words of "love comedy" further emphasize the style of the work.
In addition, the voice actor lineup is more luxurious, whether it is the partner of Matsuoka Akira and Mizuse, or the names that audiences are familiar with, such as Ayane Sakura and Saori Onishi. All this makes this animation attract a lot of people's attention before it starts.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > plot setting</h1>
"The Love Comedy that Aomei Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose" tells that the male protagonist has always had a crush on the beautiful girl in the same class - known as White Grass, but after learning that the other party has a boyfriend in an accident, he began to "revenge" under the advice of Aomei Takema Shida Kuroba.
In the process, the male protagonist also gradually became aware of his feelings for Shida. In this way, the complex and funny love story between several people began.
In addition to the plot, the most interesting thing about the work is the heroines. According to the setting of the original work, it can be seen that Baicao is a gifted novelist. In terms of personality, it can also be seen from her performance when she faces others to borrow notes, this is a person who looks cold on the outside, but actually does not know how to express inner feelings;
Shida Kuroba, on the other hand, is an active faction. Before this, he had confessed to the male protagonist once, and after getting the other party's refusal to answer, he used "this is a joke" as a reason to cover up the past. And her energetic appearance also adds a little cuteness to her.
Of course, through the PV and Staff list of this game, you can also know that there will be another character in the future- Momosaka Shinra ai. Compared with the first two, the role is positioned more like the ideal sister image.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > the first episode didn't do well</h1>
In fact, before the official launch of the new fan in April, the PV performance of "The Love Comedy that Qingmei Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose" was somewhat unsatisfactory, and among all the works, it was a relatively poor one. And this, until the beginning of the animation, still did not improve much. Specifically, it is mainly manifested in three aspects.
First, the performance is relatively blunt. The production company of this work, Animation Workshop, is undoubted in terms of production strength. Whether it is a cute dolphin fan or a love fan, it has a good performance. In particular, last year's "Yesterday's Song" was even more impressive in terms of performance.
It's just that such an advantage was not played out in "The Love Comedy That Qingmei Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose". For the performance of this item alone, the first sentence gives people a rather blunt feeling. Except for the cute performance made in some of the dialogues between Shida Kuroyu and the male protagonist, the rest of the places basically do not have many highlights.
The second is that the painting is rough. Compared with the performance of such a visible and untouchable thing, the quality of the painting, even the audience who does not know much about animation can intuitively perceive. From the actual look and feel, the painting of the first episode has actually collapsed slightly.
For example, in the scene where the male protagonist and his friend Tetsuhiko Kai appear in the same frame in the classroom, the proportion of the figure is obviously out of balance, especially under the background of the surrounding references, which is extremely unnatural;
Another example is the dialogue between the male protagonist and Shida Kuroba by the river, during which a few seconds of footage is given to The side of Shida's face. This scene can also clearly see that the details of the face have collapsed.
Third, the background music is slightly monotonous. In any type of animation, background music is a factor that greatly affects the viewing experience. Although the key scenes in this work also have background music, it actually sounds a bit monotonous.
Take the male protagonist's satdown, which is supposed to create a funny and somewhat hilarious atmosphere, but the background music in the animation lasts quite short, and the whole time is a key. Not only that, but it's also a little too small in volume.
Incidentally, with regard to the volume of the background music, this seems to be the case throughout the first episode. Speculation may be due to inattention during post-tuning and negligence in the animation check -- another new film of the season, "Polar Fu Dao", is just the opposite, and the background sound of the whole process is too large, resulting in overshadowing of the human voice).
Of course, the reason for the above problems is not that the production attitude of the animation workshop is perfunctory, or the funds are too small.
It's a lack of deadlines.
The game began to be animated in October 2020 and began airing in April 2021. There is only half a year of production in the middle. Such a short time, it is good to use it to make instant noodles, if it is an ordinary TV animation, it is really difficult for the production team.
This can also be clearly detected from the previously announced PV, and the scene of the PV is basically a patchwork of the first episode of the picture clip. Similar situations often occur in works that are in a hurry.
As for why I know this, I deliberately press the time so short, it is related to the type of this work. Harem love works such as "The Love Comedy that Qingmei Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose", whether it is a setting or a plot, are not novel, and in the ACGN market, they belong to typical "fast food consumption" works.
The so-called fast food type is that the audience's interest comes quickly and goes quickly at the same time. That being the case, taking advantage of the fact that the original work is still hot, it has become the most reasonable choice for investors to animate as soon as possible to pull the sales of the original work as much as possible.
It may sound too realistic, but it is indeed the status quo of The Day Manga. What we usually call those third-rate light reforms and templated works are all the cases without exception.
Putting aside this objective factor, as far as the animation itself is concerned, in the April new fan, the actual performance of "The Love Comedy that Qingmei Bamboo Horse Will Never Lose" can only be said to be decent. The factor of the theme determines that it will be loved by many audiences, but the production of the animation is disappointing.
If you are more interested in this work, I still recommend reading the original novel or manga. As for animation... Food is tasteless, and it is not necessarily a pity to abandon it