Some quick first impressions: Mnemosyne – Musume-tachi, Mai Otome S.ifr and Bus Gamer

Mnemosyne Musume-Tachi

Mnemosyne’s strategy is basically to attempt to capture its audience with lots of gore and nudity. Like I said before, I haven’t bought the formula yet. The characters do have potential, but it seems to me that they’re trying a bit too hard to be sympathetic, so early on. Especially the case for the first episode was a bit too extreme, and to me it seemed that it was more keen on to shock its viewer than to come up with a cohesive story. Who knows, this is one series that can go both ways: it can get lost in its endless fanservice, or it can turn out to be quite an interesting character-study. One thing that I do want to say is that the OP is pretty amazing. Especially the track that the creators found for it.

Mai Otome S.ifr.

Well, at least this one looks to actually contribute to the Mai Otome-universe, rather than the abomination of Mai Otome Zwei. Still, the new characters are just as annoying as all the other series. Thankfully, the main character is less annoying than Arika was, but that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t get on my nerves every time she appears. Overall, I doubt that something good can come out of this OVA, but at least it seems to be trying. It’s going to have to try really hard to fit in all the development for the huge load of new characters, though. Hardly anything was explained in this episode (heck, we still don’t know why Sifr was kidnapped in the first place), and it’s going to take a lot of time for just three episodes to explain everything.

Bus Gamer

Well, this didn’t turn out as interesting as I hoped. Bus (as in BUSiness, not an actual bus) Gamer obviously didn’t receive that big of a budget to work with. The crows that appear once in a while look really bad, and one particular character has his hair conveniently over his eyes so that the animators wouldn’t have to draw them. The OP sung by a boy band and the bishounen character-designs quickly show that this is a series, aimed to cater the fangirls. The bad guys don’t help much either, because they’re just a bunch of paper bags that need to be defeated by the good guys. But that’s where the three-episode format for this series comes into play. This isn’t your top-quality series, but the episode was fun to watch. The creators managed to keep this episode interesting, despite the faulty ingredients. The music is also very decent, and as it look like, this series won’t have any time to get boring. This really is one of these series that’s for those rainy days when you’re bored and need half an hour to burn.

6 thoughts on “Some quick first impressions: Mnemosyne – Musume-tachi, Mai Otome S.ifr and Bus Gamer

  1. From the beginning, I knew that Mnemosyne was just some great stuff to watch on “off”, without lots of substance and with lots and LOTS of gore and lesbians.

    Well, I thought there wasn’t enough lesbianship and gore. And there’s not enough action. There only stupid babble about anecdotic cases who don’t develop the story whatsoever…

    I think what the creators used to grasp the audience was the mood. The 90’s-ish mood with 90’s music and 90’s underground story.

  2. When I watched Sifr, something just didn’t feel right. Turns out Yuki Kajiura doesn’t do the soundtrack for this one, making it feel very… empty for me, somehow. Mai HiME had an awesome soundtrack, and the only reason Otome was any good was for Yuki’s sweet melodies.

    Ah well 🙁

  3. I’m still undecided with Mnenosyne. It does have potential, with it’s entertaining action scenes and interesting characters, but I’m hoping the cohesive story doesn’t confuse me. I also wonder if some of the more “adult” scenes seem forced or not.

    I can’t wait to start Bus Gamer. Animation won’t be a problem. As long as its fun to watch, like you mentioned.

  4. I watched mnemosyne and i didn’t like at all. Plus i’m really not into hard boiled stuff like that…

    free fanservice and gore with a hyperduper unoriginal setup. Well thanks but no

  5. The first episode of Mnenosyne was pretty cool. I really liked how hat was set in motion. The second episode took a turn and I’m not sure if it’s for the worst.

    Really had no direction and the lesbianism seems it’s something thrown in there. I want to see more bad ass fighting and the gore involved with that. Torture scenes are ok every now and then but that seems to be the focus. I will watch this series to see where it goes.

    If it continues like episode 2 then it will quickly fall apart.

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