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MANGA ComedyYa Boy Kongming!
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  raswali

  95/100
  Paripi Koumei is a Wonderful Anime With Amazing Music Production

  Amazing

  Paripi Koumei

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  Paripi Koumei is the best silent hit of the season, the music production is absolutely wonderful that most anime can't match even anime in the musical genre! Paripi Koumei features a lot of interesting characters that are comedic and inspiring, with its brilliant animation it helps the show create a special feel to it, which makes this anime so wonderful to watch. The anime is very inspiring to achieve a dream, anyone can achieve what they want if they have the talent or work hard to master something with guidance

  Paripi Koumei follows the typical isekai but it feels real as it doesn't have the fantasy factor to it, it tickles real life problems like popularity and sometimes not having a fair chance to display your talent to the public this anime follows koumei a chinese strategist who got isekai'ed to the present world where he discoveres music amd finds a girl who wants to achieve her dream of becoming the best idol!

  One of the things i likes the most is the creativity of the anime it just feels wonderful with new songs every episode! Not to say its banger opening it feels wonderful to listen to, the songs in Paripi Koumei feel polishes and just feel like professional that is the greatest strength of the show, the feeling of having sich good music production in anime its just bonkers!

  The anime creates some-what of a reality where we can relate as the difficulties in showing your talent and getting a chance to shine like the star even the MC says its impossible for her to reach her dream as she's just a nobody and doesn't feel as she can achieve it, it feels real and relatable, not only that it also tackles bullying and social difficulties later on. zit just creates something we all can relate to in sense.

  Next comes the comedy, it has some good jokes here and there that gives some giggles! the trope of koumei dressing up like koumei as cosplay is just funny as he is the real deal, but the comedy doesnt feel forced and unnecessary

  The Anime has good character development with the main girl EIKO slowly gaining confidence amd improving her singing skills as the series goes on, its not really under a training arc it goes om with the series progressing which sort of creates an immersion to the story instead of a timeskip or an training arc popping out of nowhere

  for me Paripi Koumei is gonna be one of my fav music anime, K-On was some my fav before, you should try this wonderful anime out and support it out!

  Lastly Comes the good writing, the anime is written wonderfully which doesn't feel rushed or slow. it feels balanced and it shows that wonderfully! the 3 kingdom's trope is surely funny but its smart seeing how an war tactic can be used in music

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  Xcile

  75/100
  "No matter what may come, no matter how difficult the road. There always a person who will support you."

  Piripiri Koumei is the Hidden gem this season. Or it was.

  Despite the popularity of the Opening Theme. Ya boy Kongming! Just burst out of nowhere this Spring Season because of one thing and left people in shock of how catchy it is.

  Now that I'm done with that one thing of why this show is overrated. Let's move on with the real deal. Piripi Koumei started during the Great war in China around the year 200 AD. When the great tactician Zhung Liang a.k.a. Kongming fell ill during his service, he was hoping his next life doesn't revolve around war and wished to be reborn in a peaceful time.

  Fair Warning for Isekai lovers. Mr. Kongming did not travel into another world. But he was brought back to the same world in a different timeline. Sorry, Isekai-ers.

  Jumping into the modern time. Kongming woke up in the alley street of Shibuya and saw skulls walking around him and thinking he was sent into hell's paradise. While he was being punished (by drinking tequila), he was guided inside of a Domain..whoops wrong anime. I meant Club... oh silly me.
  When he was trapped inside, he expected to be punished more by the devil. But when the heroine came out singing, Kongming’s whole experience inside the hell has cleansed his thoughts, and began to theorize if he was actually in hell or not. As he started listening more and more, he came to realize that he is not in the devil's playground.

  Eiko, our songstress of the show. Was declined by many producers as she is not worthy enough to be part of a musician in her singing career. As she got declined many times, she started getting a small gig instead inside the bar, but not so many people cheered on her until Kongming gratified her performance.

  So when a failed singer teams up with a 200 IQ strategist, they can begin their story as a duo and build her recognition towards the people who like music. On and on, Kongming insisted that he will help Eiko reach the top to fulfill her dream. First, they must start small. Second, get sponsored. Lastly, perform in the busiest place in Japan. Eiko has reached the top performance of all in Tokyo, with the big help of her co-worker/tactician/manager/ and a friend.

  • Story is good. It reaches the part where all characters are likable and had a good time to build up the characters.
  • Art is really nice. It captures the scenery of Tokyo and manages not to use CGI when it's crowded.
  • Sound captures most of its spotlight. It held many performances for just 12 episodes, yes, it was repetitive. I will assure you that there are seven original soundtracks excluding the Opening, Ending themes, and the rap songs.
  • Enjoyment is top-notch. I highly appreciate my time watching this show, and there were some small details that I love about it too.
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  ZNote

  90/100
  The comedic, infectious musical wackiness the show provides is pure fun.

  SPOILER-FREE!
  Imagine this for a minute – you burst into the boardroom at an American television studio and tell them you have this idea that you want to see worked on. The board members ask what the idea is. You then say in an excited, giddy tone that it’s about a bygone-aged Chinese military strategist who, in modern-day Japan, uses his perceptive insights to help a young starlet gain fame as a popular singer. I can only imagine the looks that you might be given by the board members; probably a mixture of bewilderment and someone frantically pressing the big red button to call for security to kick you out. The question they ask is clear, though – “How is a series like that supposed to work? Who would watch this?”

  Ya Boy Kongming! is a reminder that one of the beautiful things about anime and manga is that not only do properties dare to get those questions asked, but also that a Japanese studio would take the idea and run with it. When I was perusing the list of anime that were releasing in Spring 2022, this was among the ones that I added purely on a lark. The English-translated title got my attention, and reading the synopsis, I knew that this was something that I had to watch. There’s something to be said about insane ideas having a kind of crazed magnetism that makes you too curious to not see developed. At the very least, I hoped that some good songs would come out of it.

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  After dying and being reborn, Kongming finds himself wandering around what he thinks is Hell, but is actually the modern day (which, depending on who you ask, is not that far off) on Halloween. He finds his way into a club where he hears a young woman named Eiko singing to the crowd, and he’s captivated by her voice. After being brought back to her apartment and realizing he has the chance to live a peaceful life now away from warfare, Kongming takes it upon himself to become Eiko’s new manager and “tactician,” arranging for her to gain new superstardom, achieve her dreams, get more likes on social media, and make the world a better place.

  It goes without saying that this premise is silly, and indeed, comedy is interwoven into the fabric of the show’s narrative and plot. Though virtually every single character in the show is funny in some fashion, Kongming stands centerstage as the show’s comedic ringleader. The show brilliantly uses the transplanted-from-one-place-to-another device in two ways: firstly, antiquity is brought to us rather than the present brought to antiquity, so the modern world is a given rather than being the odd duck out. Even though this is not an inherently unique idea, it helps breathe a little life into the cliché itself. Secondly, it’s also used to suffuse humor into everything surrounding Kongming. Absurdities come one after another either along with him or in his wake, giving nearly all of his scenes an unpredictable quality both in terms of material and timing. One minute he’s heavily debating how to move forward with his plan, and then maybe ten seconds later he buys garish glasses.

  Kongming’s antics are thankfully not purely used for silly comedy, either. His natural capabilities as a tactician allow him to navigate his new geographical and temporal landscape, especially given that his lack of knowledge regarding the present would leave most in his situation at a complete loss. He demonstrates an adaptive, perceptive quality that not only ingratiates him to those he meets, but also in scouring for information and evaluating any given scenario. These often lend themselves to even more comedic moments where some seemingly-innocuous thing he does actually has a purpose, which humorously comes to fruition in the later minutes of episodes or entire arcs. The result is that Ya Boy Kongming’s comedy works in both planting brick jokes that pay their dividends, and in brief one-off gags.

  But even in the midst of its comedic goofiness and propensity for laughs, the series has an endearing heart at its center. None of Ya Boy Kongming!’s comedy reads as cold or mean-spirited since the crux of the series lies in the warmth of its characters and how they support one another. Kongming being transplanted into modern-day Tokyo is taken care of initially by Eiko, and through their interactions, he begins to take steps to make sure her natural talents bear fruit and blossom, nudging her in the right direction and fostering what is already there. <end of episode 1>

  And these moments are handled gracefully. Ya Boy Kongming! thankfully knows that within the midst of its oddball tone and setting, it needs to make the few times it pauses to catch its breath work effectively. The show demonstrates this quality not only in its earlier outings with Eiko soothing Kongming’s apprehensions, but also with the other characters as the ensemble size increases. While the actual relationships at times are more one-sided, with Eiko being the main beneficiary to Kongming’s guidance rather than the opposite, they believe in one another’s ability to help the other.

  The show’s use of diegetic music greatly supports this notion. Since performance is intimately woven both into Eiko’s character and the overall universe of the story, both the performances in front of crowds and the more-private listenings carry dramatic significance. Eiko’s singing voice actress, 96Neko, especially captures both sensitivity and bravura as the occasion calls for it. <performance in episode 1 in apartment> To contrast with that, Chiba Shouya as Kabetaijin walks the fine line between crisp pronunciation and smooth delivery. Nearly all the performances thus have a zest and charge which is always supported by the narrative, including comedically when it fits. <Eiko screaming into the mic in episode 4> And I’d be remiss if I did not mention Zoltán Tarcsi for composing an immanently-memorable OP cover track, which forced itself into my brain with its Eurobeat techno goodness and still hasn’t let go (click here for the original).

  And visually, the series works surprisingly-well. The Tokyo landscape affords numerous bright, neon-esque colors both in and outside the various clubs, and Eguchi Asumi’s first foray into color design makes a solid impression with its nighttime and sunset sceneries. The character designs are also a nice breath of fresh air – since we’re not dealing with high school aged characters, there is more liberty at work in what the characters wear. Converse-style shoes and a wide assortment of street clothes give freshness and personality to the people involved.

  If there is one particular aspect of the aesthetics that could be picked apart, it’s that there is a slight overreliance on one particular song. On some level, it makes sense for the show to do this – the song in question, “I’m Still Alive Today,” serves as one of the show’s thematic devices to help track Eiko’s growth. That said, there are a couple of times where it leans too heavily on it, regardless of its particular personal significance to her. Therefore, the song, while in and of itself not a poor composition, is still a slight annoyance. One of the episodes actually uses the song three separate times, which is rather much. This gets somewhat helped by the fact that its plot-relevant uses have some variety and utility in how the song is used, which makes this less of an issue overall.

  I mentioned the song’s use of tracking Eiko’s growth, and growth is, in many ways, the underlying theme of the entire series. The little bits of information about Eiko’s life that we are privy to learning about indicate a young woman whose passion has been stepped on more times than she can remember. Though success for Eiko translates to performing at music festivals and letting her own singing be heard by more people beyond the scant followers she has, it also relates to her own downtrodden, reluctant outlook. It’s not enough to just be good at what you do – it’s acknowledging seizing the moments presented to you and making them your own, with a little help along the way if needed…which may or may not include repurposing military strategy and destroying your opponents. The Eiko that develops over the course of the series is not the same young woman we first meet, and as she begins to taste success, she also tastes an aspect of her own abilities and self that she never would have found otherwise.

  Whether success relates to finding your own sense of self-signification, or in finding a reason why you love doing what you do, Ya Boy Kongming! tackles growth on numerous fronts. The show’s main characters both old and new all are embarking on that journey to some extent, tailor-made to the circumstances that got them where they were in the first place. It may take attention away from Eiko and Kongming at times, yet the refocused attention creates a fuller tapestry about growth that’s bigger than just those two characters. That doesn’t mean success comes easy, but it makes it at least a little closer and less of a farfetched aspiration. The show’s ability to cap off this feeling, all while sometimes having a cheap gag on standby, can make what follows hilariously unpredictable. The story will likely end exactly how you think it will, but the routes to get there are full of topsy-turvy craziness.

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  Ya Boy Kongming! understands that a crazy premise can only become a success if everything involved fires on all cylinders, and in this case, it does. With a colorful aesthetic, a strong sense of comedic timing and jokes, solid music, and characters that could be at times incredibly off-the-wall or endearing, it was the show that became my most-eager viewing during Spring 2022. There’s just a few too many times where it relies heavily on one of its signature songs to get a point across, and some of the dramatic beats and pacing work more seamlessly in some instances than others, but the infectious, musical wackiness the show provides is pure fun and never boring. So, I say this – turn up the music, turn on the neon lights, blow out the circuitry, and have a blast!
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