Separated in the chaos when their city was bombed, students Shuji and Chise's lives are shattered despite the actions of a mysterious defender. After reuniting with Chise in the ruins, Shuji is horrified to discover that she is no longer the girl he knew. Twisted and reshaped by nightmarish science, her body has been transformed into something that isn't completely human: a living weapon! And even worse, the remaining facets of the person she once was seem to be fading away. Can Shuji continue to feel love for the shell of the person Chise once was? And how long can Chise's soul endure inside a device whose only purpose is to kill? As the fires of war burn, a young woman teeters on the brink of becoming the engine of the final apocalypse in SHE, THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!
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Can say really is a touchy anime. Really heard of others reviews saying it's depressing but it can really contrast not all anime are equal and Sentai Filmworks really is a brand that can go for this type of quality picks are really into it.
I have only watched a few episodes. I realize this series was released almost 20 years ago. There are some aspects which are dated such as pagers. That's fine. Perhaps there was a different way of writing stories for shows such as this almost two decades ago. But I have to say this is one of the most disappointing shows I've watched in a long time.
The animation is ok for what it is. Though it does feel like the quality was cut in certain areas. Many scenes have no detail or movement. Everything seems plain or rushed.
I can't say the characters really draw you in. Shuuji constantly belittles Chise. He comes off as quite a callous jerk for someone who is supposedly in a relationship with her. And the writing really lays on the "you're nothing but a weak stupid girl" mentality. Perhaps the writers do try to explain that neither character has much experience in relationships. And they are just high schoolers. But even so, I just feel like the dialog and actions they take don't make a whole lot of sense and many things are forced. So far, there's no reason as to why Chise is so timid. Their families and family life is glossed over. Their friends only seem to be there to provide an attempt at comedy to lighten up the rest of the show. There just isn't a whole lot of development.
And there in't much of a plot either. As other reviews have pointed out, there's no rhyme or reason as to why Chise was chosen instead of some trained military member. It wasn't even some freak accident like some other series use. The military just stalked, abducted, and abused her in secret. Her family isn't notified by the military, and don't even notice her clothes are constantly being torn up or that she's constantly covered in bandages. Oh, but she does have a curfew! And why doesn't the military take better care of their "Ultimate Weapon"? Why don't the citizens notice what's going on when the military randomly shows up in Chise's neighborhood telling her to scramble? Who are they even fighting?
I'm going to finish this series, but I don't have high hopes from what I've witnessed thus far. So many holes, and very little substance...
I had to watch this, give it time enough to be overwritten by other shows, then watched it again, took time off, and after the third time around here is my conclusion--
Brilliantly written on the level of actions, reactions, and the hell of war, it lacks seriously in making sense as to why the whole world is at war against the whole world, not to conquer but to simply destroy it. There have been times in human history when that is almost the case, but here it gets backed up by ecological issues, then hammered in with geologic issues, and then, as if that was not enough, a layer or mystical happening is applied on top of that, that it is just the "end of time."
It carries through the horror of war, the pain, and how it seems to be a point of no return.
Then it plays with love, emotions, and no way for anyone in the world to survive this because the planet will just shake them to death, too. This means it is incredibly brilliant on the level of the hell of war, growing up in that hell, and how human love can manage to force its way past that barrier.
The nonsense of the whole world just trying to kill each other goes way, way, way beyond anything we have ever done, and then a form of ecological collapse (shown by both plants dying and the fish being fished out) comes in to put an end to things, but that isn't enough, the earth just has to shake everything on it to death.
Enough of it is brilliantly handled well enough to get it a nine out of ten, but if there had been any common sense in the creation of a super human/machine warrior it would have helped, and that it just kept piling on the bricks was too mucch to make it a ten out of ten.
This is NOT for the emotionally immature, which might really disqualify it for many legally adult aged viewers in addition to the kids.
Like I said, five out of five because it is too good to be a four, but a nine out of ten for going overboard in the heavy hand of fate side.
This is one of the most depressing shows I have attempted to watch. There is no rhyme or reason to what happens. You have a girl that wants to be a normal high school girl, have a boy friend etc. What you see right away if a bunch of government individuals that stalks her, and like a bunch of rapist seize her, abuse her (carve her up for weapons parts, and remove her heart). Now comes perhaps the most despicable excuse for a boyfriend. This clown abuses her verbally, treats her like crap, when he can't take it he runs to another girl and just generally acts like a complete jerk. I took offense with this character within the first several minutes and he didn't disappoint. If you want a show that will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth and feeling like going around asking what the hell was that all about, see this horrid anime. It went into the trash.
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