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    Almael
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    Suteki na Sen TAXI

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    Type: drama

    Genre: human, slice of life (sci)fiction

    Year: 2014-Oct-14 to 2014-Dec-16

    Summary:

    Edawakare (Takenouchi Yutaka) is the driver of a Sentaxi model 6 which can take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”.

    Critique:

    STARTo

    The show is a bit weird. Each episode shows a common life story situation that somehow goes wrong or ends up undesired.

    RETRY, CHOICE – B

    [The show is good!] Each episode shows various outcomes based on how a person changes their choices each time.

    RETRY, CHOICE – B – B

    Sometimes, the person gets defeated by their own choice, though.

    RETRY, CHOICE – B – B – B

    Sometimes, the person is too adamant which turns negative.

    RETRY, CHOICE – C

    [The show is great!] Despite the predictable choices a person makes in trying to fix his or her situation there are unexpected turns and twists.

    RETRY, CHOICE – C – B

    Sometimes, an equally important outside problem appears, though.

    RETRY, CHOICE – D

    [The show is superb!] Some of the turns and twists are even GAME OVERs!

    Sometimes, an antagonist is revealed to be a super antagonist, too, connecting stories and time lines.

    CHOICE – ALPHA

    [The show is fantastic!] Sometimes, it’s not up to the protagonist’s choices at all!

    CHOICE – A

    Sometimes, the end is a slightly different beginning. Sometimes, the end is a dead end.

    CHOICE – E

    Sometimes, the least desirable choice is the right one.

    CHOICE – Z

    Sometimes, it’s a ghost!

    The best stories usually feature the best actors, too, which makes them quite enjoyable. Not all stories reach the same level of goodness, though, beware of your own high expectations.

    The not so good stories are not bad per se. They all take up half the episode’s time to introduce, hence, their actual play time is less than the better episodes. Therefore, their lesser number of choices, turns and twists is perceived as not so good as they finish in a simpler & faster manner.

    Aside from the main story of each episode, there are little connecting side stories involving Edawakare. They are short but very amusing at times. And sometimes the main story’s final ending gets revealed together with life’s wisdom.

    Verdict: 8.7

    Cast 8

    Cast performance 8

    Script/Directing: 10