This fan fiction is a set after the happenings of the animation ‘Summer Wars’. The character Kazuma finds a rabbit that later turns into her world famous ‘Oz’ online avatar, ‘King Kazuma’.
The thing that I find most enjoyable about this piece is how well the writer catches the atmosphere and style of the film despite it being an independent piece of work. Much like the atmosphere and style, the writer portrays the character of Kazuma along with his online Avatar ‘King Kazuma’ very accurately. The writer shows a clear understanding of the film and the character, which helps it flow on nicely from the original film.
The piece is overall entertaining and exciting. The only critique I would have to offer would be that in my opinion the writer is too quick to initiate the fight and provides very little lead up information; I feel that it might have benefited from greater development instead of jumping straight into a fight between Kazuma and King Kazuma.
The piece is overall entertaining and exciting. The only critique I would have to offer would be that in my opinion the writer is too quick to initiate the fight and provides very little lead up information; I feel that it might have benefited from greater development instead of jumping straight into a fight between Kazuma and King Kazuma.
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This fan fiction appears to be set somewhere near the beginning of the anime/manga series ‘Naruto Shipuudden’. Naruto has returned from his 3 years of training and talks with various characters from the Konoha village.
I like how the writer includes snippets of humour and mockery to this fan fiction, it gives the situations described less of a serious atmosphere and edges them towards that of humour. I also like how the writer has been able to include many of the popular characters from the series without dragging out the storyline; this I feel makes the story entertaining for the fans of different characters within the story and helps portray the image of the lively Konoha village well.
My main Critique for this piece would be that although I would not call it not dull it lacks the excitement that the animation series relies so heavily on, after all it is a show about Japanese ninja and war. The writer still manages to hold my attention well but I reached the end expecting a certain something more, something which was not delivered.
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This is a poem written in a similar writing style to that of the animation 5 Centimetres Per Second’s director Makoto Shinkai. It describes the feelings of the character Takaki Touno as he searches in life for his childhood lover Akari Shinohara.
I very much like the writing style of this poem, it holds true to the style of Makoto Shinkai’s work which I am very fond of. The short, sharp, descriptive verses help display the restless emotion of the character and his urge to find the one who always seems so out of reach.
The one critique I would give for this poem is that I feel it would defiantly benefit from being more relevant to the story it is based on, the writer often mentions that the two are separated by time, which is not so much the case in the film. I feel it would be viewed more as a fan fiction this way instead of simply being seen as a piece of work inspired by the film 5 Centimetres Per Second.
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This is a fictional piece from the cartoon ‘Family Guy’ about the two characters Stewie and Brian who go on somewhat of an adventure through the world of computer gaming. With the help of a modified N-Gage device the characters are able to enter any game of their choice and play as characters in-game.
This is written well enough to hold my attention and presents an entertaining situation to throw the Family Guy characters into, one that would not likely be seen in the program itself. The original idea and style of dialogue is similar to that of ‘Family Guy’ making it easy and believable to read.
Unfortunately I find this piece lacks the crude humour so often found in the Family Guy series, it is obvious that the writer has at times tried to achieve this, but I do not feel that they have managed to match the standard presented so casually by the TV show.
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This scenario involves two characters from the anime/manga series ‘Gintama’. Ginatama is asked to come and fetch Otae from work after she gets carried away drinking with a customer and is too drunk to make her own way home.
This story has its entertaining moments, which are made more entertaining and believable by the fact that the writer clearly knows the series well, so is able to include details that hold the story true to the anime. In this light a person familiar with the series would likely appreciate this story.
I find the random inserts of Japanese dialogue to be the most noticeable problem with this fan fiction, although it is of course based on a Japanese TV show I feel that they are unnecessary. To avoid confusion it seems the obvious choice to write the entire piece in one language. It is also rather long winded, my attention was barely held to the end as it lacks the same attention grabbing action and humour that the TV series displays so much of.
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