***Warning, the following may contain
spoilers for Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai. Reader discretion is advised.***
Series Synopsis
Love is a
funny thing. You can spend your whole life looking for that special someone. To only then have that person appear when you least expect it.
Romantic as
that may be, it’s but another day in the city of Yanagihara. Here we meet three
people different in every way. Except they have more in common than you can
imagine.
The first
person is Takashi Haneda (voiced by Hiro Shimono). He's calm, shy, and doesn’t
like being the center of attention. His kindness has grabbed the admiration of
his classmate, Asuka Watari (voiced by Mayumi Yoshida). The two first paired up
out of a mutual benefit. Yet over the years, their relationship has only grown.
The second
person is Shusuke Chitose (voiced by Hiroaki Miura). Loud and outgoing, is a freelance writer. His latest assignment is reviewing the newest
book from Hiyoko Tamaizumi (voiced by Ryoko Ono).
The third
person is Hayato Narita (voiced by Junichi Suwabe). A night owl, he spends most
of his time fulfilling odd jobs around the city. His latest gig comes from Naru
Ohtori (voiced by Yuko Goto) who is looking for her lost bicycle. Naru isn't
intimidated by Hayato’s rough demeanor and enjoys spending time with him.
Three separate
people. Three separate lives. Three separate attractions.
One giant
mess.
Series Positives
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| Takashi |
Challenge
me. Fight me. To my dying breath, I will always say every story, no matter how
awful, has something good about it. Then when a show like this comes along, it
tests my faith.
Visually Appealing
Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai's artwork
reminds me of Clannad. To compare
this garbage to Clannad makes me die
a little inside. Moving on.
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| Shusuke |
This series
was pleasant to look at. The character models were fantastic actually. I have
nothing bad to say about how everyone looked.
This show
was an ecchi. A strong one at that. Boarding on straight up hentai in a few
scenes. To Oretachi’s credit, the
nudity was more of a bonus than a necessity.
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| Hayato |
Still, there
are shows that have more than just breasts. They have things like an engaging plot
and interesting characters. Watch those ones because Oretachi has none of that.
Series Negatives
I can knock
out a twelve-episode anime in a single sitting and enjoy doing so. If by some reason
it takes me three days to finish a show of that length, it must have been a
busy three days. When it came to Oretachi,
it took me a good week to finish.
Not because
I was busy. I kept finding excuses to not continue watching starting from two
episodes.
Unremarkable Characters
Let me
compare this heap of trash to another great show, Durarara.
Like Durarara, Oretachi had a large cast of characters. Within the first half of
the first episode, we meet an endless stream of people. The difference, Durarara has several interesting and
memorable characters. Oretachi had
none.
This was the
most boring collection of people I've come across in an anime. I'm incapable of
telling you a single person’s name. Don’t let the Series Synopsis fool you, I
had my notes always within reach.
True, everyone looked good. But everyone looked the same. Characters blended together. It
was hard to keep track of it all. Luckily, you’re not going to care long enough for
this to become an issue.
Multiple Personalities
Oretachi had a character with multiple
personalities. An interesting device. Or at least it would be if
done right. Which it wasn’t here.
Someone with
several personalities is a fun idea to play with. It allows a story to have an
all in one character. One of the best to do this is Mahoraba. If you haven’t seen that one, don’t waste your time with Oretachi.
What Mahoraba got right was limiting the
interactions with each personality. They were confined to a specific location
and felt part of the group. What Oretachi
did instead was give each personality lives of their own life.
This could
work. But Oretachi’s execution was
absurd. Some of the personalities could come and go as they pleased. They had
full awareness of what they were. Except they looked like different characters.
When someone from one personality’s life ran into them while they were someone
else, said someone didn’t recognize them.
Was that
confusing to read? Well, it was as confusing to watch.
The Story
The story
was a joke and not in a funny way. It was bad,
confusing, complex, messy, random, and most of all, boring. Watching
anime shouldn't be a chore, but it took every bit of will power for me to play
the next episode. In fact, I had to re-watch one or two because they put me to
sleep.
After the
boring bits came scenes that made no sense. Things appeared on screen,
characters showed up, people talked. Nothing happened, though. There was no
progression, only bull.
The high
point of this show, the very pinnacle of this “story”, came in the first five
minutes. Of the first episode. I wish I was joking.
Final Thoughts
Is this a
comedy? No. Is this a harem? No. Is this any good? Not in the slightest.
If this
review is the only exposure you have of this series, I'm sorry for doing that
to you.
This review is short. That's because this was that bad. Don’t watch this show. Oretachi ni
Tsubasa wa Nai is a complete disappointment and a waste of time.
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