Antique Bakery Review

Antique Bakery

Ahhh, this is one anime that leaves you confuse and unable to understand just how you feel about this anime.

Whilst this is not a great anime, it is never boring. Perhaps this can be seen as a peaceful anime (but not up to the level of Mushishi) with moments of comedy and some hints romance during the start of the anime inside.

There is only one main plot that runs throughout the whole series and that mainly revolves around the lead character Tachibana.
The buildup of the climax and plot from the beginning to until the end was steady and not too fast with each episode just letting you in on a little more information than the previous one.
However, the last episode fails to satisfy the viewer as the reaction that you would have expected to see since all the episodes before that seem to be a build up to suggest such a turnout was not what had happened. To put it simply, the ending while nice was also frustrating at the same time.

While i understand what the writers were trying to do with the last episode of the anime by making it the way it is.
I was very disappointed.
It is obvious that the writers were trying to create a sense of calmness and wanted nothing too dramatic to happen as that would be very unlike the previous episodes of this anime. But I personally feel that they were trying a bit too hard to push and create this illusion of peace.
Simply put, the last episode could have been much better if it were cut down to just being a 10 mins episode because the rest of the episode just felt that it was going around in circles, and the funny thing is that the character themselves seem to know that this whole series was just a huge circle whereby eventhough many things have happened, the ending scene’s situation was the same as when the anime first started off in its first episode.

So i am glad that this is a short series for if it were made into a 26 episode series, it may have just destroyed itself if the rest of the episodes were like the last one.

Overall, it is a good series (excluding the last ep) with a little bit of drama, comedy. romance, tension. suspense, mystery. But perhaps it is because it is so little of so many things, the whole series just seemed really average and would fail to make its viewers excited for the next episode. Sure you may feel the urge to watch the next episode and it may be a little hard to press the pause button to pick up a phone call during an episode, but it is not a good enough anime to make you want to lock yourself in your room and lock out all the connections to the outside world just so you can emerse yourself in the world of Antique Bakery.

So, while i do like this series, it is a nice anime to watch when I am bored but there are many other anime out there which would be able to satisfy me.

If you are looking for a BL anime then ‘Junjo Romantica’ may prove to be a better option.
Or if you are looking for one that is about baking, then perhaps ‘Yakitate Japan’ would be a better choice.
So unless you have nothing much better to watch, this anime may be your choice of entertainment.

Rating: 6.5/10
(Its good but thats all it is. Nothing that would make me too excited to want to protest for another season.)

Antique Bakery – 01

Antique Bakery on ANN

To satisfy our thirst for BoyLove and Yaoi goodness, this season presents us with a new BL series! After the first season of Junjo ended i was left with a void in my life (and yes, I am being melodramatic here). I am glad to say that Antique Bakery does a relatively good job of filling up that void.

Koisora (Sky of Love) J-Movie

I am not really one to review movies but I can’t keep what i feel about this movie in.

While it is not a horrible movie, it is neither great.

It is mediocre and unsettling to watch. Though this is based on a true story, the story itself if rather unbelievable.

Detective Conan – Clash of Red and Black Arc

After 11 years of Detective Conan I am pretty sure that many are tired of watching it or tired of waiting for some sort of progress in the plot of the show.

And finally a major move forward in the plot, the ‘Clash of Red and Black’ arc. This arc spans across 13 episodes (ep 491-504). Within the arc we are showed 2 murder cases with the constant presence of Hondou Eisuke and the participation of the FBI. Huge revelations, deaths, as well as more of the ‘organization’, it sure is a pretty exciting arc. Though as far as exciting action scenes goes, this was nothing big or great, but don’t forget that this is a kids show and it is not very ‘detective conan-like’ if it was filled with too much action scene.

Junjou Romantica – 12 (Finale)

After 12 weeks of looking forward to watching Junjou Romantica, the first season of this anime has finally come to an end. T_T