Shuffle - Complete Box Set S.A.V.E.

A seen in the other review, this is structurally like many Harem-type shows. One guy; several girls all trying to edge each other out in their quest to be the person said guy chooses.The main cast is your standard run, a pair of princesses form different worlds who are rivals for the mans hearts, but are friendly with each other otherwise, The girl to small to be counted as a legitimate love interest (but is portrayed with a serious character, rather then the normal, hyperactive, irritating standard), The pretty, almost inhumanly sweetness and light roommate whom the man takes for granted, yet also ends up possibly the scariest of them all, and the good friend who does not realize she has feelings for the guy, but nevertheless enjoys teasing himThe supporting cast also is very well done, with the girl who has no interest in the protagonist, outside an occasion barb about how she wouldn't mind entering the running, just to needle one of the others, and just generally gets off on the romantic tangle that surrounds her friends, to the seemingly necessary one with a flat chest who is insecure about it around such buxom company, and compensates by being aggressive, to the perverted male friend who takes pleasure in announcing his kinks and needling the protagonist about his luck in being the focal point for the lovelies, and even the mostly comic relief provided by the King of Gods with his larger then life persona, and King of Demons, who is slightly more calm, but just as arrogant.Even the Protagonist is not to bad. He is aware of the girls, knows they are pretty, is NOT bumbling, and does not consider himself deserving of the attention for the most part. He even is considerate of the girls feelings a bit here and there, though near the end, kind of gets tunnel vision and cant see any signs until they smack him in the face, and even then pretty much ignores most of them, but contextually, it is almost forgivable.While the character structure does not vary from SOP, each of the characters is interesting, has their own justifiable motivations, and gives a firm, believable reason for consideration. While there is, of course, a focus on boobage, it is not too overblown, and the same trope is hardly ever used more then once, (EX: he only accidently walks in on a girl in the bathroom once in the run, rather then once per episode) giving a nice variety, and resisting the formulaic feel of some others (EX: Love Hina).Story wise, I found this unexpectedly enjoyable. While there were minor elements of examining cultural differences from the Princesses of Gods and Demons, it was very minor. Structure wise, it was not the expected 24 episodes of guy getting hounded by pretty girls in various combinations (again a la Love Hina), but more akin to what I have seen in Sword Art Online, with one main start plot, and an ending broken into arcs radically different from the start.The first roughly half of the series is a string of unconnected snippets of the high school life of all the characters, and is simple a light hearted soft romance with all the players being introduced, and their surface motivations an personality revealed. The second act delves more into the inter darkness in each of the girls, with the overall feel of the show going from comedic and smile inducing Harem, to a much darker, inner demons type thing, that can bring tears almost as frequently as the first half could bring a chuckle. All of this, I felt, was focused down and presented in such a smooth curve, that you almost don't notice the winnowing until you are 3-4 episodes into the semifinal arc, and you realize that you haven't seen more then a cameo from half the characters in a while. While one of the final plot devices is pretty much a standard cliché at this point, I feel it was handled with a fair amount of subtlety, and was used to good effect. The biggest thing I enjoyed about the plot, was the fact that unlike so very many others, the ending is not left open, the protagonist has made a clear choice, and is not left dangling.Overall, I strongly recommend this if you like romantic type Anime, that can get heavy, but still end it on a high note. If you are just looking for a bubbly little love story, this is not that. If you want one that can make you laugh, cry, and smile, with good characterization, and no really irritating characters, this is a fair choice.

First of all I have watched both the "Shuffle!" anime and played through most of the "Shuffle!" visual novel available from MangaGamer. Needless to say that while both the anime and the game tend to be somewhat bipolar in regards to being romantic comedies and dramatic comedies it is my opinion that the visual novel is more enjoyable, if only a little bit more enjoyable.I disliked how the Japanese voices in the subtitled version felt emotionless compared to the English voices, and in my opinion Funimation does a terrible job at creating subtitles. Furthermore I disliked how the "Shuffle!" anime was often times more bipolar in it's waffling between romantic comedy and romantic drama and even went as far as to invent events that are not canon to the storyline in the "Shuffle!" universe. I won't spoil anything but in hindsight I would have been happier not watching a few of the episodes.However, I enjoyed the English voices in the dubbed version, and I liked how some of the scenes made me feel sad or happy for the characters involved. I like an anime that makes me cry when I feel these beautiful emotions. I also enjoyed the opening theme song and listen to it regularly on my MP3 player and on my computer via Winamp.I would recommend that if you do want to watch this anime and not enjoy the visual novel franchise that spawned this anime that you be someone that has enjoyed anime that were similarly bipolar in their decision to waffle between being a romantic comedy and a romantic drama. You might also like "Shuffle!" in regards to both the anime and the visual novel if you are a fan of harem anime or fantasy anime that take place in modern settings.Overall a four-star anime, but I still recommend that if you want the whole story that you play the visual novels from MangaGamer that spawned this anime - "Shuffle!" , "Shuffle! Tick! Tack!" and "Shuffle! Really? Really!" - and furthermore hope that they translate the rest of the franchise as well.

In a world where Gods and Demons live, but its not like what you would expect at all! please enjoy the review!Plot and Characters: (minor spoilers only) In this world, we call it earth. Gods and Demons from both Heaven and Hell have come to Earth. But it is not like how we see them normally, Gods and Demons are nice people! and some have come looking...for love <3 . Rin Tsuchimi a human is enjoying his life, living with his live in girl (not dateing) friend Kaede Fuyou. One day in school there is a 2 transfer students one from the world of the Gods and one from the world of Demons. Lisianthus aka Sia a God, and Nerine a Demon, they are brought into the class room by their fathers who are the king of gods and king of the demons. When both girls see Rin they go up to him and are like "thats the one!" then the fathers proclaim to Rin that both daughters love him so he must choose a wife! and in so comes the adventures of Rin and him trying to find true love!Pros: Best of all this is the UNCUT and UNCENSORED version, so you get to see some boobs and butt uncensored.Pros 2: the story is well written out. There are some perverted jokes at time but nothing too over the top. All the characters are well deveolped so you feel connected to them.Cons: honestly without spoiling it, the ending is NOT what i expected, there is an ending but its nothing you would expect.Overall: I love this series! it is a great romance series!! any two lovers can enjoy it! BUY THIS SERIES!!!!!!

I have been very impressed with a number of anime series I have seen lately (Kanon, Love Hina, Chobits, K-On!, Strike Witches, Angel Beats, Clannad and especially Ah! My Goddess!), but Shuffle! rates up there with the best of them! It is lovable, heart-warming, cute, sad at times, funny (with mostly embarrassing humour involving underwear!) and just leaves you wanting more. It has some fanservice (panty shots etc.,) but not too much.The story follows 17 year old student Rin Tsuchimi, who lives with friend Kaede Fuyou and her father (who is almost always away on business) since the death 8 years earlier of both his parents and her mother in the same car crash. They are like brother and sister, and Kaede loves looking after Rin, whom she secretly is in love with. They are both in the same class at high school, along with friends Lisianthus, aka Sia, Nerine (also known as Rina), Asa Shigure (who is known by her tendency to slap Rin hard on the back in greeting, much to his chagrin), Mayumi Thyme, (who is noted for her flat chest, although she is very pretty); she is very self-conscious about it, and not unknown for beating to a pulp any male who comments on the fact! Also part of the story are pretty youngster Primula (known as Rimu, or Rimu-chan), who turns up looking for her 'big sis' Nerine, and Eustoma and Forbesii, the fathers of Sia and Nerine, who both regularly embarrass the daylights out of their respective daughters, Sia particularly tending to get violent and hit her dad over the head with a chair when that happens! Last of the girls is Kareha, who has a tendency to sigh and go gooey-eyed whenever she sees anything she thinks is 'cute'! The only other male character in the proceedings is Rin's friend Itsuki Midoriba, who is an idiot, and tries to get the girls to go out with him using the most preposterous methods, which always fail. Only once in the entire series does he have anything wise or worthwhile to say. Last of all is their home-room teacher Nadeshiko Benibara, who is single, very attractive, and totally fed up with most men's attempts to pick her up (in one episode she confides in one of the girls, telling her 'Where are all the good guys? They are mostly already taken, and I get left with all the idiots!).The actual storyline comes down to the fact that most of the girls (who are all gorgeous, and mostly kind and intelligent) are in love with Rin, who is a kind, caring guy, and known for going out of his way to help anyone, often to his own hurt. Each of them wants to 'land' him, and he dates each of them over time. The backgrounds (some of which are extremely sad and heartbreaking) of each are covered in flashback, and the resulting events vary from cute, funny and awkward to very painful. I won't say any more in case I spoil things, but suffice it to say I was totally riveted from beginning to end; I'm just sorry it finished! You totally get to feel like you know and love these guys; I felt a real wrench when it was over, but it is a lovely story, and the feelings it stirred in me stayed with me for ages. You must see this!

This was alternatively great and terrible. No spoilers but the story starts off simply enough and gets quite intense towards the middle and end. There is the common harem theme (how are these boys so dense!). I'd mark it down a little ONLY because it is NTSC format (so I had to rip it, still have it though so go'way mr copyright man). Some people can't do that and they are missing out. Clannad is not a bad comparison, but not quite as 'real' due to the gods and demons aspect, but you get past that really quickly.

I have been very impressed with a number of anime series I have seen lately (Kanon, Love Hina, Chobits, K-On!, Strike Witches, Angel Beats, Clannad and especially Ah! My Goddess!), but Shuffle! rates up there with the best of them! It is lovable, heart-warming, cute, sad at times, funny (with mostly embarrassing humour involving underwear!) and just leaves you wanting more. It has some fanservice (panty shots etc.,) but not too much

It a mighmte you will ether enjoy it or hate it I didn't like it much storyline was OK but the lead role I just thought was so whining and I was was so bored

Based on the Hentai Eroge of the same name, this somehow manages to keep all the personalities and storylines but remove the hentai, cant stress this strongly enough. There is no nudity in this, the hentai element has been completely removed.This is a generally light-hearted harem anime about five girls attempting to win the heart of one boy.It does have some dark twists in places and at times is seriously clichéd but generally not too. Nerine really shouldn't sing though, especially in english.