I finished Amnesia!

Yay, I finished Amnesia! But wow, that was a great test of patience. It took me more than 3 months (including breaks and putting it off) to finish all 12 episodes. You are probably thinking "WTF?!" right now, am I correct? We're talking anime based off an otome game here, (a game intended for girls. The best analogy I can think of to describe it is a videogame equivalent of a shojo manga. Sorry, I can't think of anything better at the moment. Either way, mostly those focus on romance. Really, I never played one, and not planning to.) not a scary videogame! There's a reason why this is tagged "anime and manga," you know! Either way, shall I tell you about the plot of the series before I tell you why it took me so long to finish? Alright, let's see, a heroine whose name we never learn, (has to do with the fact that in the game, you were allowed to chose her name) wakes up, not remembering who she is. And that's when things start getting weird. If I recall correctly, she has to interact with people to get her memory back, otherwise, well... Throw in the heroine's deadly bad luck, (She nearly died several times) an unusual aquitance (Sorry for being vague. Let's just say he'll end up playing a rather big part later on,  so I'll try to keep spoilers to minimum!) and a bit of... What do you call a situation where a person may be liked by 4 people? (Haha, what'd you expect? What's an otome game without 4 or more likely love interests? And hey, it could've been worse! Starry Sky has 4 installments and 12 potential love interests in total! No joke, look it up on Wikipedia!) Well, I believe that about sums it up. And since they tried to adapt all 4 plots into 12 episodes, there will be a bit of an alternate universe conundrum in there as well!  Well, I believe that's it in a nutshell!

Right, now to tell you why I took my time watching this. The whole thing was just too boring for me! Sure, I guess the animators did a fairly amazing job, I really liked the art style and the music, but I came for an interesting plot too! And what I was treated to was 10 episodes of boredom and 2 episodes that were slightly more interesting. (I sincerely apologize to anyone who liked this. I'm trying to be honest for once, though.) So, what is my honest verdict? I do not recommend this. To be honest, I seen a better done otome game adaptations before. La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia was my favorite. I also saw Hiiro no Kakera and Uta no Prince-sama (ugh... An experience I don't ever want to repeat! But I won't lie, it was a little better than this. And that's saying something!) 

What, you didn't expect me to do a little sketch of the heroine? Well, I decided to! And wow, this was probably the hardest sketch I ever did! The character designers sure paid attention to the details! And even now, I still have a feeling I screwed up somewhere! I'm sorry if I did!

Wow, this sure was long! Either way, I really do not recommend Amnesia! Please trust me on this one!

Sketchie