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Misaki Chronicles: Complete Collection

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I first got exposed to Divergence Eve/Misaki Chronicles through a friend who recommended it. After doing some research, it looked like nothing more than an anime that was full with well-endowed women. I bit the bullet and purchased both the first and second seasons, and I must say it's a fantastic show.

Divergence Eve is a great kickoff point to the series, although the first few episodes are a little heavy on the fanservice(boobs). Give it a bit though, and this season really turns around and by the end it leads perfectly into the sequel, Misaki Chronicles.

The sequel is fairly confusing at first, but if you enjoy the theory of time travel and parallel universes than you will love this. If not, you should still be able to follow what's going on, they explain it pretty clearly in my opinion.
Misaki Chronicles starts off very differently then DE, instead of the fanservice it gets right to the meat of the story and wastes no time. The plot is what really surprised me about this anime, and what compelled me to write a review about it. The character development is very well done, especially in the latter half of the 2nd season. In all I'd summarize this show as being a very heartwarming one, the conclusion of the story is very nicely done and ties up all the loose ends.

If you can look past the large breasted women, you're in for a wild ride. This is a very solid anime and one that I recommend to anyone who doesn't mind seeing a heartwarming story.

I'm sorry for rating this so low, but I'm writing the review to throw caution to the anime fan that has never seen this series. I have to mention that I love all kinds of animes and in my opinion I wouldn't recommend any anime that you couldn't watch for a second time, or even again and again. I do understand that people like this series, which are the fans who rated this so highly, and I respect that (which is good for them, and money well spent for them)... but unfortunately, I bought this before even watching one or more episodes. I bought both seasons, and feel duped. I thought it would have more of a storyline, more of all that creativity of which anime is. Not a bad anime, but not great neither (IMO). AND in my opinion they could have made two movies instead of two seasons.

BTW,

Season 1 "Divergence Eve: Complete Collection"
Season 2 "Misaki Chronicles: Complete Collection"

(If they were actual seasons IDK and really IDC).

This is a sequel to Divergence Eve (also a recommened anime)If you watch the ending of Divergence Eve, It shows Misaki and Kiri entering the Allied Base Camp. The sequel starts there and continues.
Sum of the Story
Knowing what happen at watcher's nest, Misaki wants to change the future so everyone can survive. She wants to be happy again, no more tears ever again. But the thing is... It's from the past. The story takes you when Misaki enters the Allied Base Camp and continues her way to Watcher's Nest. The sequel will fill in the gaps that were left in Divergence Eve. It's up to Lyar Von Ertiana and Kiri Marialate to go and figure out why watcher's nest hasn't been destroyed and also find Misaki.

I don't want to ruin the whole story. But you will see alot of events that happen in the past, so pay close attention to the story. The story will take place from the past and present. Also listen what the characters have to say. Sometimes they will give hints and a better understanding to the story. If you don't get what they are saying, enable the subtitles. Sometimes the subtitles will help you out and you will understand what they are saying. The graphics are much better and the acting is better. So they did alot of work in misaki chronicles. The sound of the wind is amazing! The effects are much better! As a little bonus, Misaki Father (Juzo) has a little role in the story and he will also have a big part of the whole story

The case comes in three cases. Disc One has ADV previews, Dvd credits and lanuage settings. Disc two and three have lanuage settings. It has 13 episodes. The Dvd is thin, so putting the case into a small place is no problem.

Reccommend: Of course!

Age: 16+

The ending is amazing! I'm not going to give it away, but it will make you think! I'm still trying to think of a logical explantion for the ending...(Updated) (I finally know what the ending means, it took me 4 weeks just to get it) Misaki Chronicles is very heartwarming! Buy the anime and enjoy Misaki Chronicles! You will know why i gave it 5 stars!

Well, I should have known from the cover but the price was soooo good...

The bouncy breasts are so frequent and out of proportion it is just stupid...
The story was not as meaningful as the atmosphere wanted you to believe...

This is one of the few titles in my collection I am sad to have made the purchase on.

I LOVE time travel stories, I always catch time travel movies and books. This one was not a highlight in my time traveling experiences.

In some places the story was so shallow... I felt like I was in a kiddy pool. Not impressive... and the 3D looks VERY much removed from the art.

Truly hard to watch. Completely a fan service anime... and little more IMHO.

I understand that there are people who like this show and that's great but in my opinion this show was horrible. If you have never seen it before DO NOT BUY THIS. Find a way to watch a couple of episodes first. I will honestly say that I am really not so sure if I liked the story from Divergence Eve or not. I was too horrified by the terrible animation to really get the gist of the plot, but I do remember enough to know that I didn't care for the story line Misaki Chronicles at all. But to be blunt about the whole thing the CG animations portions seemed like they were a last minute decision to tack on. And the characters were horrible, the only character that didn't have gigantic, out of proportion, pointy, bouncy(and I mean they go crazy...like flying all over for the whole show) breasts and was female was the like 12 year old android. So if you care about things like the animation, and how well drawn it was. You might want to think twice, but like I said that is my opinion...rent it and see if you can make it through 3 episodes without wanting to use the discs as weapons against its creators then make your decision.

First I need to tell you this is not a stand alone series. You need to watch Divergence Eve Divergence Eve: Complete Collection first or the Misaki Chronicles will make absolutely no sense.

Even taken in context, it is hard to believe a series can be this disjointed, incomprehensible, full of plot holes and thematically self-contradictory at the same time. Any individual episode can be fun in and of itself, but trying to make sense of the over-arching plot is enough to give you a headache. The final nail in the coffin is: The closest thing this series has to a comprehensive plot is Lyar's frequent oaths that she won't die before her omiai (a Japanese arranged wedding). But at the end of the series, the writers somehow forget about this pledge.

There are only two reasons to watch this series: computer graphics and giant breasts. The computer graphics are no longer cutting edge and the football sized (and shaped) breasts adorning the women are more comical than sexy.

Why still give it three stars if I don't have anything good to say about it? Because there is anime much worse than this out there.

Like I've said for the first season, a great idea went wrong, wasted beyond repair.

Animation still looks good, if you can get passed the unnecessarily huge boobs. It's really distracting and disturbing at the same time. I mean, here we have a very serious story with very confusing time travel themes and then you have unnaturally big, unreasonably jiggly boobs shoved in your face. This is not fan service, it's plain annoying. For true use of fan service see Agent Aika.

CGI is horrible, there is no improvement at all. Ghoul creatures look scary yet can't even take a step forward, how stupid is that. Mecha looks like trash cans scattered around, so funny.

I had to push myself to the limit to finish the series. The episodes are boring to the death because the action is so very stale and dull. Addition to this I can't remember a single funny moment, not one joke.

I can't really recommend this work because as you can see, it's not my cup of tea. I really can't understand how anyone could rate this anime 5 stars. Haven't they watched Cowboy Beebop, Trigun, Elfen Lied, Full Metal Alchemist, Rouroni Kenshin. If you like the series I mentioned just now, believe me, you're not missing a thing, just pass.

As for the story it was great,good enough for me to follow the story too the next series. Watch out though if you don't like big busty women then you will hate this serier all together. Check it out you like it.

this anime is very good but be warned first off you have to watch the first season, secondly its a very confusing anime make sure you pay attention its a it dosn't have that much action its all about the story and what the characters are going through. so if you just want an anime that keeps you entertained whithout thinking to much this is not for you but if you can appreciate depth than i recommend this

See my review of Divergence Eve for the technical "quirks" of this series. Most still stand in this "sequel". I've seen it said this series can stand alone without seeing Divergence Eve first, and I find that unlikely. Although it is a story in itself, much of the background from the first series is needed to really understand who the characters are and how they got where they are, and got the way that they are. Like the first, if you like series that you have to piece together in your head, or watch over again, it's a pretty good and thought provoking idea. This second series also focuses more on the character's motivations and feelings than the first. Still, neither does a great job of character development. It is good sci-fi, but could have been great sci-fi. Still I'll recommend it if you are into the space sci-fi genre, just be prepared to pay attention and fill in the blanks as the series progresses.