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Muv-Luv Alternative

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QUICK FACTS

episodes

studio

Graphinica

year

2021

PREMISE

Yet again, regular high schooler Takeru Shirogane wakes up as a mech pilot military cadet in a parallel world where humanity will lose its 30-year fight against an alien invasion. Stuck in a time loop, Takeru must use his knowledge of future events to try changing the outcome of the war and save his classmates.

LIKED!

good action scenes

DISLIKED...

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character animation/shading looks like it’s from the late-2000s

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animation quality dips severely around episode 17, though it recovers by 20

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dating sim origins are obvious—the entire military base seems is full of women fawning over Takeru, and perhaps 6 men total

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show spends too much on military school and relationship melodrama, wasting the potential of the time travel and alien invasion elements

OTHER THOUGHTS

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OPs: action montages set to upbeat rock music. EDs: more static, nothing special

CLOSING REMARKS

The melodramatic dialogue and plot, underdeveloped harem relationship dynamics, underwhelming fanservice, and a neglected alien-invasion make Muv-Luv Alternative a poor anime adaptation of a visual novel. It just feels too video-game-y. If a 2021 recreation of 2000s schlock is what you seek, look no further.

Muv-Luv Alternative – 1/10

reviewed 2023-03-24 by Alan

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