The story itself, is pretty basic shonen stuff, but despite having no clear end goal it did manage to throw in twists along the way that kept me interested. Meaning, the introduction episodes come back to haunt us later in the series. Granted there weren't that many fillers, but some weren't even action oriented and actually contained more episodic comedy.
KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN 2016 SERIES
The pacing in this series becomes especially slow in the third arc that's actually a saga which ended up taking most of the duration of the show and contained fillers within that saga. The second arc was a battle against another branch within the same family, which was a decent arc, but it lasted longer than it needed to. The first arc was a pretty small scale battle against some street gang and it didn't last very long, but it did manage to spark my interest in what's to come. Even though, I'd personally prefer action, honestly.Īfter its introduction episodes, Reborn goes on a route that's within the boundaries of the shonen tradition and starts its actual story through various arcs. So I guess I should applaud Reborn for being different and taking certain risks. Bleach (a series I'm not too fond of) also used its first 20 or so episodes for a similar goal, but did it through monster of the week with plenty of action. In this sense, it's different from the usual battle shonen and it might turn some people off immediately. In the first 20 episodes the story sets out to introduce the characters through episodic comedy with little to no action in them. I don't think the author thought this idea entirely through. So from the get go, this makes the story feel almost aimless, besides Tsuna becoming a 'Boss' of a Maifa with no clear purpose, aside from fighting other Mafias. It seems to me, this term is used mainly to sound exotic for a Japanese audience. They're just presented as organizations with strong people in them that fight other such groups. Are they involved in pedaling drugs? Prostitution? Wait, do they even break the law? For what purpose do they organize exactly? The answer to the last question is not very satisfying, as you can imagine.
The story centers around Sawada Tsunayoshi, an unpopular Japanese junior high-schooler who's one day forced by an Italian baby and his shape shifting pet chameleon (I don't know, just roll with it), to train and become the next head of a certain Mafia called the 'Vongola family'.įirst off, you wouldn't expect a shonen anime (which is mainly aimed at kids) to contain a subject matter suchĪs Mafias, would you? And that's why the term 'Mafia' in this series is very loosely connected to the real world definition of it. Today we will be taking a look at Hitman Reborn, which was not quite as popular as some other shounen jump titles and it was sort of forgotten a while after it ended. I'd recommend this anime to everyone who likes shounen with a lot of comedy and an unique background story. If you should ever start watching this anime, don't let yourself be fooled! The first twenty episodes may look ridiculous but since it's only twenty, it's not the end of the world. I was sad when it ended because I got really addicted to this anime and I hadn't anything to watch anymore since then. I think he's the character who matures the most out of this anime. But still, he has real friends who accept him just the way he is. He's just hopeless, so he really stands out of all shounen-heroes I know since now. But the character I admire the most has to be Tsuna. You won't find many different, outstanding and unique personalities like in Katekyo Hitman Reborn. The OSTs & sound-effects fit every situation and the seiyuus did a very good job. Some of them stuck in my brain for about two weeks and won't vanish. I really think the openings and endings are well done.
Sometimes, I really think the characters look f*cking (Pardon my French) badass and accordingly they really look like Bishounen. The animations are smooth & conclusive, the fighting scenes as well and the characters are well done, too. You won't find another storyline like this outside. But if you keep up and watch the episodes, you may think this is the best plot ever. "real" mafia (don't get it wrong, the episodes are funny, though). The first 20 episodes don't have anything to do with the rest of the story, it may get boring at first and you don't want to watch it because it's just farcical since it doesn't have anything to do with the At first glance, the plot may sound ridiculous. If you've watched the first episode of Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, you're certainly thinking "What the hell." Well, you're not alone. My English is bad as hell, don't mind it. I never thought about reviewing or something but I'm reading so many prejudices about this really great anime lately, so I really have to review it.