Gods and ghosts only exist in fairy tales, right? That's the impression that high school girl Tamki Kasuga has before she goes to live with her grandmother in the remote village of Kifumura. After being attacked by strange creatures upon her arrival, she is soon informed that females in her family contain the blood of the Tamayori Princess, who has the responsibility and power of keeping gods and ghosts sealed away so that they can't harm the general public. At first Tamaki has trouble believing this, but having five beautiful young men following her everywhere she goes acting as her guardians goes a long way towards convincing her.
There's more to this job than Tamaki first realizes, however, and the path that lies ahead of her is fraught with peril and danger. Will she be able to successfully take on the heavy role that has been put on her shoulders?
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Shirasho
Utter waste of time. It’s like someone just wanted to make an anime without caring about plot, character development, or..well…anything. The ending is absolutely disappointing and reveals nothing. What little story there is builds up to what is expected to be a spectacular ending. They throw hints of mystery and character ties that never get answered. The main characters are constantly complaining about their lives. The heroine is annoying. The characters are forgettable. There isn’t a single redeeming factor about this anime. I give it a 4/10, and that is being extremely forgiving.
Stark700
Making an anime based off a visual novel is never easy especially one aimed at a specific target audience, or in this case, the female market. There could be mistakes through adaption, the delivering of the characters, or in other cases, not sticking with the story. There is much to be said regarding what can make an extravagent series out of a visual novel these days especially from a series a game that is not too well known compared to some of the more popular series like FSN, Higurashi, etc. Will Hiiro no Kakera carry out the task of getting through the right audience anddeliver a series worth to talk about?
Hiiro no Kakera (also known as Scarlet Fragment) details the story of a young girl named Tamaki who had a peaceful life till one day she learns about the true extents of her origin and family. Expect the unexpected, right? But more than that, there are five other gorgeous guys that accompanies her and protects Tamaki as she is the next Tamayorihime, or the princess after her grandmother. The story goes on from there where her original peaceful life gets thrown into turmoil when other malevolent forces are after her and the secrets that lies with her past.
- Story 5/10
I'll be honest here. This story has not impressed me as much as I originally hoped. At first glance, it seems to contain a lot of action packed fighting just based on the OP. However, the story flows a bit slow and replaced with rather heavy dialogue relating to protection, secrets, and artifacts. Speaking of artifacts, it is obvious that others would also want them. With one fragile girl and five handsome looking guys looking out for her, this story may seem compelling to fans who are into bachelors and that sort of genre. Unfortunately for me though, that's not my case. But of course, it's based off an otome game and it's aimed at the female market.
+ Art 8/10
If there is one thing out there about this anime that impressed me so far, it would be the artwork. When it comes to artwork for this series, it is done quite beautifully and probably one of the more stand out points. As much as I despise Studio Deen for some of their previous work, the art is beautiful and more realistic.
+ Sound 7/10
Surprisingly, the sound of this series is fluid and occasionally catchy. The OP song “Nee” performed by Fujita Maiko is relaxing and who doesn't want to listen to some relaxing music when waking up on Sundays?
+ Character 5/10
There seems to be something I'm missing here. The main girl gets off a bus and gets protected by a hot guy. But, what kind of connections do they have? Oh but not only that, there are four (well, one later in the story) guys that just pops out into the story with little background so far. As for our antagonists of the story, they are all represented by German numbers. Now, is that significant? The fact that they are after a certain object seems to put them on the bad side of the "good guys" so far. With little to no background of what the characters are like so far in the series, my point of characters stand out as a disappointment.
+ Enjoyment 6/10
Overall, this series is nothing special and not something that I consider the hit of this Spring Season. It might even be worth a drop or an on-hold as a matter of fact. The story is slow and dialogue heavy not helping by the fact of the almost obscure character backgrounds. However, if you're the target of the demographic that the series is being aimed at, then the bulls eye might be hit. The various endings of nearly episode (that I found somewhat disturbing after awhile) may be pleasing to the eyes of a female viewer. Additionally, the fact that the series is labeled with “romance” might bring out your “inner fangirl”. Unfortunately, it's not working for me. However, this could be a pleasing gift to give on Christmas or on Valentine to your girlfriend that are into the bachelor sort of background.
sstarlee
My very first review so please :P Anyways honestly this entire anime/storyline/plot the whole thing about it, was everything i used to dream of as a child. Being told one day, you're some important princess that must "save" the world, but in this story she must protect an important seal or this monster will terrorize the world, which is practically the same thing! And it is a reverse harem, which is a bonus. But pretty much this is a really beautiful story, i'm going to be sure to check out the manga here right away. Beautiful opening theme song, it's just really beautiful the whole thing about it.^_^
Yemi_Hikari
I am reminded of the Anime called “Asura Cryin'”. The first season came out in April of 2009 and the second came out in October of 2009. The first season of the Anime actually shares a lot of the problems that “Hiiro No Kakera” happens to have. One of the problems happens to be the fact there were signs that the series had potential but the whole first season falls flat. However, the second season ended up giving those of us who gave it a chance a pleasant surprise. Similarly “Hiiro No Kakera” has the same potential to possibly wow people with the secondseason that is supposed to come in October. Of course, it also has the chance of falling flat. Even if the second season turns out to be a pleasant surprise the question of whether or not watching the first season just to watch the second is going to come up.
The unfortunate fact is, while “Hiirro No Kakera” shares a lot of the same problems, the problems are more evident then they were in “Asura Cryin”. First, “Hiirro No Kakera” has only two episodes (the first and the last) that draw the viewer in without the use of bishonen to drool over. The rest of the episodes fall flat in their story telling. There was a lot of material that could have easily been condensed and the story line would have still not had a rushed feeling to it.
Second, in the first episode you are introduced to a heroine who is mistaken for being clumsy but really isn't. She's weak, but that is because she's never had training for her abilities like the five males. One would think there would be great potential but what I was looking for didn't show up until the last episode. Instead, we were treated to episode after episode of her having angst fits about how she can't do anything.
Honestly, don't be surprised to see this heroine compared to Bella Swan even if the second season is well done. Some people may call her out for having a fake fatal flaw of clumsiness because she is called out for being clumsy in the first episode. This is despite the fact she really did simply misstep like many other people would have done. And lets not forget the constant angst we got from this character and the fact she's likely to be paired with the bad boy of the group. Yup... she may be called a Mary Sue even though she may not be one.
I'm honestly holding out until second season before I judge her on this regard... if there is a second season. I'm not saying I don't want a second season here, I don't like it when series are stopped in the middle and big plot holes are left. Thankfully too it seems they have the other episodes done already. However, I'm also not sure how well this Anime is going to go over. They can always change their mind if they don't make a profit off of the first seasons DVD sales to recoup the cost for creating the DVDs.
As for the sound, the music is beautiful. The voice acting... not so much. It also grated on my nerves at times. Even if these voice actors have good roles, this just isn't their best. Far from it. Hands down, for those who have NOT picked up the first season yet, I suggest waiting at least until the second season comes out and reading some of the reviews for that, that of course don't gush about the bishonen. Even then... you may want to consider using a wiki to get the information necessary from the first season to watch the second. This was rather painful to watch, and I say this having enjoyed the first and last episodes.
purechild
Ok, first ever review so sorry if it's a bit useless ¬_¬ Story: I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline. It may have been a little slow-paced but I enjoyed the slow development. There are a few twists and some mystery involved in the story line, although some of it can be pretty predictable. I found it very interesting the way things turned out and there are some exciting events, however the first half of the series can get a bit irratating at times but I thought it was definetly worth it. Art: I LOVE the way the characters and scenery is drawn! Everything looked beautiful but not over exaggerated. Iam especially fond of the way the characters are drawn. Emotions are conveyed efficiently through the art which creates a more emotive feeling. The only slight down side is the way the gods are drawn. In the first episode the gods are basically uncreative blobs but further into the series more interesting gods/demons are introduced.
Sound:
The music for the opening is stunning. I absolutely adore it! The sound used throughout the series consistently fitted with the scene and helped to create more vivid and emotive moments. Perfect.
Character:
There is a lot of development in many of the characters, particularly the guardians. They start off having very distinct characteristics which are individually likeable but also have some ideas and feelings that are quite negative. We see them all go from feeling one way to another, which sounds vague but I'm trying not to spoil it! I especially liked Mahiro-Senapi, he was funny throughout and is interaction with the others was always amusing. The guardians also have more serious sides and it's good to see well-rounded, realistic characters. Tamaki annoyed me a little because it took her a while to get into her role as the Tamayori princess but once she got her act together a bit more she was ok. I also really liked Mitsuru-chan, she was sweet and lovely and her character never failed to make me smile.
Enjoyment:
I loved this anime! I watched the first episode but I must admit I wasn't immediately hooked, I waited a whole week before deciding to try another episode and I'm glad I did. The first episode is pretty average but I promise the rest of the series was much more enjoyable! It was nice to see them all forming friendships and the romance between a certain two characters was highly engaging.. I would reccomend you watch this anime NOW! :)
mijjang
First review... Story: Great storyline, poor execution; it would've had more potential if the writers focused on like actual soul searching/demon hunting rather than trying to pair the main girl up with every guy there. Art: For an anime made in 2012, it looked early 2000s. I get that they were trying to follow the game style but visually, it didn't stand out much. Sound: Appropriate OST and sound FX, but not worth looking up any particular song. Characters: teenaged girl visits/moves in with her Grandmother only to find out that she's a princess with hidden magical powers and has hot bodyguards but in typical anime fashion, she'skind of clueless and gullible but nonetheless we're supposed to believe that she can save the world or something. The villains don't really have a purpose other than to annoy the mains, I didn't care much for them. Grandma gets 0 points, she wasn't useless to the story but she wasn't exactly helpful either.
Enjoyment:
Found myself wanting to skip episodes but somehow managed to get through it because, well, i was more than halfway done and had all of the episodes downloaded already.
Overall:
I'd recommend this to the younger generation, like 10-14 yr olds to be quite honest. I had never heard of it before but I was really into reverse harem and this was at the top of everyone's list and I'm not sure why. It's a bit predictable/cliché and after about 8 episodes I found myself skimming the episodes instead of watching them all the way through just to finish it and by the end of it, I didn't even want to start season 2.
Would I watch it again? No.
BTDarklings
1/10 I can honestly say this is without a doubt the most boring anime I've ever had the pleasure to experience. The characters are bland, boring, and quite frankly, pathetic. None of them gave anything of value to the story. Their abilities and powers were worthless and with the skills they have in this show I'm surprised they even managed to help at all. The plot was barely existent. I feel like you could watch the first and last episode and still have a fairly decent idea of what was going on. I don't even understand how the writers managed to create a plot like this. Getting through thisanime was an absolute chore, and I nearly fell asleep so many times while watching. I would not recommend this to anyone I know.
BigOnAnime
Everyone knows of at least one anime that had the potential to be great, but instead it became a pile of crap, wasting all or most of the potential it had. Well Hiiro no Kakera is yet another title you can add to the list of shows that had potential, but wasted it. Hiiro no Kakera is an adaption of a bunch of popular otome games that currently remain only in Japan. Adapted by Studio DEEN, who can do plenty wrong, you can guess it's them adapting the games improperly that led to this. The show starts out with a girl named Tamaki finding out she isto become the Tamayori Princess that takes place after an encounter with a weird creature she can see. However the thing is, the show doesn't bother explaining much about what the Tamayori Princess is, or anything else after this happens, which is where the cracks start to show. Events just happen thanks to this, and seem like complete nonsense.
The show later soon throws in the guardians into the playing field, and they don't bother developing them much either. By episode 2, the entire cast is together (A bunch of guys that remind you of the vampires that were around Yuki from Vampire Knight-also by DEEN), and they make it seem like all the characters have known each other for a very long time, and have been fighting battles to protect the artifacts (Another thing they don't bother explaining) from the Logos for just as long which shows even more cracks. They don't bother explaining what their goal is, or why all this is happening which makes getting engaged in the story to be quite tough.
The character development is quite erratic. Early on in the show, they just throw the characters in, but later on in the show they attempt to develop a few characters (Especially Takuma in the final few episodes) a bit instead of just making them poof out of nowhere. This helps improve things, but the cracks are already so deep, it's completely impossible to fix them.
Another example of erratic character development is one moment in the show Tamaki suggests the characters talk to each and get to know each other to help in their battle with the Logos, but this doesn't come to pass as they skip this much needed development completely, which completely dashes your hopes about this show. It just shows Studio DEEN is relying on soley the pretty guys and artwork to make this a hit with fujoshi (It should be noted, the show has already bombed in Japan). This is already evident when every episode ends with those brief scenes trying to show off the guys of the show after the credits are done.
The artwork and animation are the show's strongest suit, and everything looks beautiful, especially during the battles with Logos where DEEN steps their game up, but the unfortunate thing is they put in more work into the art and animation (Especially on the male characters-again fujoshi-bait) than everything else which spells nothing but trouble. The artwork in the end becomes pretty much one of the only reasons to keep watching.
Accompanied by the art and animation is of course the soundtrack, and it just works. Nothing too special, but it fits the mood, especially the music during the battles. It helps make a show that is already tough to enjoy due to it's many flaws in storytelling and character development enjoyable at times.
Now I haven't played the games, so I can't confirm how good or badly DEEN adapted them, but as I've heard from those that played the games, they got nearly everything wrong, which doesn't surprise me as I've heard DEEN has done a ton of other things wrong, and I've seen many of these things for myself. Going by the poor and erratic storytelling and character development, them adapting the games wrong is probably true. I just can't imagine the original source material having all these facepalming flaws.
All in all, Hiiro no Kakera can be an enjoyable show if you don't take it too seriously, you just want to stare at beautiful art, and you're not expecting something like Vampire Knight. It was a show that had the potential to be great, but it was wasted due Studio DEEN messing up yet again and putting too much work into the character designs, the art, and the animation than the more important stuff such as the character development and story. I can only wonder how bad the second half of the show is going to turn out when it premiers this Fall.
ethoscraig
Oh my god. This anime is terrible. The story is so drawn out, and its just awful full stop. The character development is bad. If you think they are going to develop into some tough characters they are not. They just get beaten. The ending is also extraordinarily bad. I can't believe I put myself through this thinking it was going to get better in the end because it didn't If you are thinking of watching this. Don't. It is really really bad. Possibly one of the worst shows I have watched. The only positive thing I could say about this is the art work which isaverage. Everything else is extremely poor.
OwlCrackers
I'm going to keep this review short, since the others are a bit longer. I'll just say that the story does take a while to develop, but after about 6 or so episodes, the show really grew on me. After watching the second season as well, I can definitely include this in my favorites because of the fast paced turn it takes as well as the drama that occurs later on. If you plan on watching this one, make sure you watch it all the way through. The best parts are in the second season.
tsunaomi
The whole series was such a waste of time. I have NEVER been so STRESSED and so FRUSTRATED and so ANNOYED over a female protagonist before. I feel like stabbing myself wasting me time watching this ugh... But, I quite like the guys of the show (especially Mahiro because he reminds me so much of Chuuya from BSD). I know this was an anime adaptation of the visual novel, and a lot of visual novel adaptations are quite... bad. This one wasn't TOO bad, it was okay. Would I recommend it? Yeah if you like hot anime boys and wasting your time.
VegetaOver9000
Hiiro no Kakera (Seasons 1 & 2) in a word: Forgettable I can't even tell you the characters names. I knew there was the one chick and a couple guys who had different color hair, and that's basically the gist of this anime. Also I guess they has powers or something to fight fairytale/not fairytale creature things that make the woods 2spooky4them. No romance, no excitement. I kept hoping for a reverse harem battle for love to happen between the guys. Never happened. When I was watching this, my mind would wander. I would start thinking about tater tots or JFK (who done it)or how to solve world hunger and then I would remember "Oh snap, I forgot I waz watching somethin'." And then I would try to force my attention back onto it. I guess it didn't work since I barely remember anything about it. So basically, even when I tried to watch it, my brain decided that it had better things to do than watch it. And That would be my advice to you. Go watch something worth watching...not dis.
CaandyMonstah
ok idk bout those who dislike this show because u saw it comming, its familiar or w.e...but this show is absolutely fantastic. everything about it was and i want there to be more considering how mad i was when it ended. I'll admit the beginning was a bit sloppy but thru out the end it caught my attention and i was literally drawn into the show.
Haruhi1452
I loved Hiiro no Kakera! It was amazing. I was a little uncertain at first but after the first few episodes it really got good. I'm supposed to tell you why I liked it so I'll do my best. I really like reverse harems. I said that on my profile, so this is about as reverse harem you can get. The main character is really great. Her personality is real and a lot like me. I would do mostly what she did. (I really hate animes that I want to punch the main character in the face for being stupid.) Theromance in this anime is wonderful. I really mean it, although most of it is in the second season, it is still developing from the beginning. And I gave it a nine in enjoyment only because I selfishly wanted there to be just a little more romance in the first season, because I love it so much, and I thought it was just a tiny bit slow to start. (But I completely understand why they did it.)
The story is very well developed and I loved the twists and turns it takes.
The art was pretty good, some of it you could tell was computer generated, but it couldn't get too much better.
The characters were fun, frustrating, and pretty real. (Which to me is good.)
I hope this review was useful. I tried my best, and if you like reverse harems, romance, (good looking guys), super-natural powers, or all of the above you should definitely watch it. I loved it and I hope you do too.
AppleDangani
Hiiro no Kakera Season 1 Review -5/10 I love Reverse Harem. I really do. That's why I've tried watching it. Romance, Reverse Harem and Historical. A perfect combination for me. So here, this is my review for this Anime. Plot: 6/10 The concept is okay, I guess. It is quite predictable and there's nothing much to be excited about, honestly. Well yeah, there are some questions in mind that will make you think to watch the next season. But it's 50 50 for me. Though I don't skip what anime I've already started so I will watch it some other time. T is quite difficult to give a reviewwithout spoiling anyone so I'll warn you. While this anime focuses on protecting something precious, they keep on losing and ranting on their situation, again and again. It makes me want to forward it to the next scene to the next episode and the like. Instead of dping things which can actually keep them from going forward, I don't think they've made an effort at all.
As I've said, the concept or the plot was good enough, the point is the character didn't keep up on this or haven't made they role successfully.
CHARACTER: 4/10
Character Or Character Development is one of the thing I want to see when watching an anime. So basically, this anime fails to show me that. I love this genre, yeah. But what I want the most when I watch this kind of anime is for the girl or what we say protagonist to be brave, independent. Though it is a fact that a girl is much weaker. We can also show our strong side, our brave side. I don't see any changes at all and it seems that the slight changes on the final episodes is forceful. The romance in it is also forceful. I don't know how to say it but the relationship, the friendship and the like is quite forceful to me. It consists of 12 episodes but I don't think the anime successfully show the significance of each and every character in their own unique and awesome way.
SOUND: 9/10
I love the songs on this anime. I don't understand it but I feel the emotions on it. It made me save it on my music list, honestly. The voice of the character for me is fine. I don't really know how to rate it in sounds but really, the opening song of this anime is great.
ENJOYMENT: 4/10
Sorry but this anime is really boring for me. It really makes me want to fast forward it. But hey! I've successfully finish the season 1 without fastforwarding and skipping it. LOL. We have different types of anime so if you want an anime with hot guys protecting a weak girl, maybe this suits your taste. But sorry, I won't go on and say it's good so you need to watch it. Watch at your own risk.
So yeah. That is my review for this anime. I don't remember what other categpries are there fpr reviewing an anime so I hope this helps! Thanks :)
care2much2
This is my first review ok. Anyways, overall this anime was very good. It's definitely worth a watch. The art, sounds, and characters were outstanding. The only thing that ruined it is that there was no romance..... That's the ONLY thing I didn't like, but I know Takuma had a thing for Tamaki and she likes him. I think they'll be together soon. They had chances to kiss at least you know and I know the story would have to be altered if that happened, but the story would be a lot more enjoyable. ( I'm big on reverse harem with romance lol )
MidoriIce
I love reverse harem anime so this was most defiantly on my watch list, a lot of the time I can be disappointed with reverse harem story lines or I don't get everything I want it to be, but this please me giving me nearly everything I expected of it although the story line is very slow and infuriating it is TOTALLY worth it in the end you HAVE to stick through it, it has everything decent plot, romance, nicely animated and pretty plus action, I would defiantly say this is one of the best anime's I've seen in a while.
Mache9
To this very day, I still don't know what possessed me to start and (tragically) finish this thing. It's awful. The characters, animation, the plot, everything is so bad, it can't be salvaged. My sister (who didn't watch it) told me "Hey, you should watch it. I found it because I listened to the OP and ED and I liked it" and my stupid 16yo me who just watched anime for the sport of it was like "alright, I'll give it a try" and so I wasted hours of my youth. I'm grateful that it's been so long since I watched it so I can't remembermost of the details, my old brain has done a great work supressing the traumatic memories of this event. That said, the feeling of disgust and rage-filled disappointment are still vivid until this day. No one should sit through this damned thing.
Yeah, this review is spoiler free, but I'm afraid that the vague memories I still have of the plot will haunt me until the end of my life. Simply put, the plot doesn't go anywhere, trust me, I watched season 2 too >:(
If you happened to find this review, do yourself a favor: avoid this. This is some nuclear-waste level of garbage.
motionlesshaze
Story:5/10 The story is a typical reverse harem, where 5 boys are the guardians of the lead heroin Tamaki. The story starts pretty slowly and often repeats itself for the first few episodes, but by the end, it was somewhat captivating. Art: 5/10 For a anime that was made in 2012, it's art style was old and didn't really stand out, nothing special. That being said, it didn't bother me or take away from the story. Characters: 6/10 They are kinda cliche characters, but do have some unique elements. There's nothing that really stood out to me. Enjoyment/overall: 6/10 Although at times, I didn't think the story wasgoing to go anywhere, by the last episode I did want to see what would happen next. I enjoyed that by the end at least some of the characters were explained and built more depth then they previously had in the beginning. There is a second season, so maybe giving it a chance will show a more interesting story...
