Scar Talks: Anime Edition

Barakamon

Title: Barakamon

Rating: 9/10

Description: Seishu Handa is a professional calligrapher, despite his young age. After an elderly curator of an exhibition criticizes Seishuu's calligraphy, he punches the old man and as punishment from his father, he is exiled to a Gotou Island, a small island near Kyushu. As someone who has never been out of the city of Tokyo, he has to adapt to his new, wacky neighbors, such as people driving on tractors, unwanted visitor who never use the front door, annoying kids using his house as a playground, ect. For living there for many months, he finds who he is and his own calligraphy art style and learns how to over come his obstacles to become a new man.

Personal Review: I honestly found this anime really, really amusing. At first, I wasn't so sure, since it was just a random anime that I unintentionally found on youtube, but eventually as the story progressed, I became attached to the characters. The character development was really well done. Seishu's actions are completely different from what you'd think a young adult male would do and along with the other characters, it creates a story full of comedy and innocence. I really did enjoy this anime though.

Art Style Rating: 10/10

Art Style Review: The art style in this anime really fit my standards. The childish characters had a childish appearance and the older ones looked older as well, while Seishu had a young, yet mature appearance. The comedic moments had a cute, yet funny look to them and the inspirational moments had a very serious look to the anime. The art style was really well done. Seriously.

Story Plot Rating: 8/10

Story Plot Review: I would give this anime a higher rating but I'd give it an 8/10 because this anime had a somewhat confusing start. At least that's how it was for me. The story progressed nicely and the small events in the story helped summed up the story. It didn't feel rushed or slow and there was a nice amount of comedy, and inspirational moments in this anime. I found the ending really nice, too, since it had a "happily ever after" feel to it. The plot development was really well done, along with a lot of other aspects in this anime.