Class of '09: The Anime is GREAT BUT...(Class of '09: The Anime Review)

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  • Опубликовано: 28 янв 2025

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  • @ROUNDDAWAY
    @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +28

    Let me know your guy's thoughts on the anime down below and thanks for watching!

  • @fueki03
    @fueki03 Месяц назад +79

    Why does no one get why jecka did that. She’s been shown to have an eating disorder such as not finishing the burrito, having only Rits and nutella, fear of getting fat. When she’s in the store she says eater discrimination which shows she’s more upset over the food than she is for being told off. Which imo is the opposite of Nicole. She wouldn’t care less about the food she’d care about getting crossed and start thinking of ways to get back. It’s not that Nicole and jecka have swapped personalities it’s that they have different motives

    • @Kilo-Kilo-
      @Kilo-Kilo- Месяц назад +8

      This is very good analysis of their characters ❤

    • @bigclitenergy
      @bigclitenergy Месяц назад

      "one for now and one for when im depressed" real

    • @smokinggun8418
      @smokinggun8418 Месяц назад +15

      Eating disorder would explain not finishing the burrito, but still wouldn't explain the revenge. In games Jecka was pretty adequate. Never vengeful, not even very confrontational. Sure, she can be a fierce social warrior but not in this case: ban for eating or smoking near clothes that should be clean and smell good is just common sense.

  • @PinkGhosty3236
    @PinkGhosty3236 Месяц назад +382

    Honestly after The Flipside I consider this a saving grace for a Class of 09 fan

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +22

      most def

    • @CosmicVoid_119
      @CosmicVoid_119 Месяц назад +3

      The flip side was amazing and funny

    • @Ken22191
      @Ken22191 Месяц назад +48

      @@CosmicVoid_119only for a dan schinder follower

    • @WhyAreyouhere-o8p
      @WhyAreyouhere-o8p Месяц назад +3

      @@CosmicVoid_119 it was funny, but very dark

    • @JamesTiernan-fx3to
      @JamesTiernan-fx3to Месяц назад +6

      fr, I actually never even finished it. First time I bought a game over 10 dollars and couldn't finish it, that's how bad it was

  • @TaureanHeart
    @TaureanHeart Месяц назад +133

    The pilot is okay its just the pacing for me was bit too fast to catch the immersion

  • @Jimboh1637
    @Jimboh1637 Месяц назад +345

    I thought the pilot was okay. Got me to chuckle a bunch. I still prefer the art style of the "anime short" but the pilot's art style is fine. Half of the episode felt unfocused/like a family guy episode. It needed more of a hook/something more crazy like the anime short had. I guess if there are episodes in the future I would like you to review them.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +11

      @@Jimboh1637 word i agree heavy

    • @bananaoatmeal
      @bananaoatmeal Месяц назад +21

      SLAYYY; my thoughts exactly. The writing feels kinda off, and what you said. I personally like the art style, but it prob will change in the future episodes because it is only the pilot.

    • @CosmicVoid_119
      @CosmicVoid_119 Месяц назад +5

      Burrito wont drop it f hot topic

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад

      @@CosmicVoid_119 preach

    • @-originalLemon-
      @-originalLemon- Месяц назад

      I guess the show needs it's time to understand what it wants to do.

  • @efinate002
    @efinate002 Месяц назад +85

    Idk what people were expecting from a 12 min episode cause it was good amd funny. People be wanting world-class lvl storytelling amd shit in a 12 min episode. It's like everything what people think the game is about and its good amd funny.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +6

      @@efinate002 some people are way to harsh on this

  • @xaviersejour9183
    @xaviersejour9183 Месяц назад +39

    I think it’s weird that anti-visual novels exist because Visual novels is mainly primarily exclusive to Japanese. So in America the anti-visual novel is our example of a visual novel. If someone ask what is a visual novel we have to say Doki Doki literature club or class of 09 because there’s just nothing else to compare to.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +5

      @@xaviersejour9183 I guess the closest thing we have to our own visual novels in the west are like tell tale games or Detroit become human or sam and max or monkey island but those aren’t really novels i guess its because here we’d rather just read a physical novel or book and just play a regular game instead wich I get because I’m not really a reader myself I don’t really play VN’s unless they have game play elements like ace attorney and dangan or if they don’t they have more to them like CO9 and doki but i don’t think i would ever play just a standard visual novel

    • @dominikjalusic3619
      @dominikjalusic3619 Месяц назад +4

      there actually is a west made visual novel called lucid 9 that came out long ago and a continuation is being made rn...but yeah not that many vn from west outhere

    • @caliginousangel3794
      @caliginousangel3794 Месяц назад

      is this jeffery? :0

  • @Razorrrrrrrrrrrr
    @Razorrrrrrrrrrrr Месяц назад +83

    This anime saved the flop side for me, I needed it after that catastrophe, as flawed as it may be, it's not SDS season 3 😅

    • @wwall8159
      @wwall8159 Месяц назад +2

      Do you also main razor?

  • @amisterblah
    @amisterblah Месяц назад +38

    Wasn't a fan before and saw the pilot first. I thought it was funny and it peaked my interest enough to binge playthroughs of the game franchise

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +6

      👍 nice

    • @julucesarah3746
      @julucesarah3746 Месяц назад

      Avoid flip side i am begging

    • @amisterblah
      @amisterblah Месяц назад

      @@julucesarah3746 Already saw a playthrough. Interesting choice to conjoin the "dating the teacher🤢" timeline with the "hostage friendship" timeline from the original game

  • @kyperactive
    @kyperactive Месяц назад +26

    Me personally, it was aight.
    Paced like a barely coherent sentence, but still hits the same notes the OG games did.
    Yeah, the animation is a little... shaky, but the thing with pilots is mostly that its selling the premise, not necesaarily the animation, although that varies dependent on who they're attempting to appeal to. So in a sense, it being the way it is, was to be expected.
    I feel this is something that could flourish with studio funding, if it gets it that is, as there are some glimmers here and there, held back by a lack of budget.
    We will see though.

  • @slaughterurhouse
    @slaughterurhouse Месяц назад +42

    The jokes are fine to me, but the anime is very sometime-y with being fluid or choppy

  • @SeñorNova
    @SeñorNova Месяц назад +109

    Holy shit. Listening to you talk is like the male equivalent of Jecka.

    • @bringme2life.07
      @bringme2life.07 Месяц назад +14

      omg i cant unhear it😭

    • @sinavalon1321
      @sinavalon1321 Месяц назад +17

      Take a shot every time he says "like"

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +35

      @@sinavalon1321 I like have no idea like what your talking about lol sorry

    • @confu5ed_
      @confu5ed_ Месяц назад +3

      wait you're right 😭

    • @Axel.Astarz09
      @Axel.Astarz09 Месяц назад +4

      @@ROUNDDAWAYalready getting tipsy my man

  • @ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196
    @ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196 Месяц назад +56

    The voices are carrying this series so hard.

  • @fhs792
    @fhs792 Месяц назад +7

    11:44, i know what you mean. i remember ari snapping back at Kelly for talking shit but i remember when Nicole and Emily were in the bathroom and Emily and ari exchange words and ari left,that's when Emily said "i knew she was a push over" and when kyler said something to her she didn't say anything so it's like 50/50

  • @designerxgamer
    @designerxgamer Месяц назад +9

    A theory is that Class of 09 for each episodes, they all have events of plot A, B and C etc combine together as each episode, like any kind of events combined together to form an episode, hence pacing can be random and not consistent.

  • @TheUnknownEdits1.0
    @TheUnknownEdits1.0 Месяц назад +17

    I think it was good. It definitely has its flaws but still good in my opinion, i still think that old art style they used for that short anime video was better. New art style is good but i prefer the old one more.

  • @RaiiXii
    @RaiiXii Месяц назад +16

    idk i think the only thing i slightly dislike is their outfits especially emily’s

  • @xaviersejour9183
    @xaviersejour9183 Месяц назад +15

    I think the quality of the animation is all over the place like how do you make banging against the vending machine look so good but you can’t animate a walk cycle properly ?
    Or maybe the best animations are at the first half and then at the middle the quality dropped

  • @notsostealthmission5184
    @notsostealthmission5184 Месяц назад +13

    Am I the only one who genuinely didn’t like it at all? They tried cramming way too much stuff from the game in there, and it felt more like a montage with no plot. Also I hated the soundtrack.
    Maybe I’m being too much of a hater. I’m glad a lot of people like it and hopefully they are able to get more funding to make more so it can become a decent series with an actual plot.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +7

      no i agree with you on what you dislike i forgot to mention the soundtrack was weird to modern sounding

    • @yapbender82
      @yapbender82 Месяц назад +1

      I agree. It feels too different from the actual game

    • @TheAdaoo7
      @TheAdaoo7 22 дня назад +1

      @@ROUNDDAWAY completely disagree on that tbh. I think the original song they had made for it was very late 00s/early 10s. It sounds like it could've came out 2013 at the latest. Definitely sounds like an internet famous pop song from the scene era

  • @TheAdaoo7
    @TheAdaoo7 22 дня назад +1

    "far more tame than the video game"
    >Actively shows Ari violently cutting her leg in the first episode

  • @OwlHootHoot
    @OwlHootHoot Месяц назад +4

    I never noticed the blood until you pointed it out

  • @maddiemcnugget1076
    @maddiemcnugget1076 Месяц назад +7

    I like the art style of the anime! and of course the voice acting is peak. The animation was not bad as well, much better than the short. I love how Jeffrey is animated haha. You can tell where they had shortcuts, but they're not as noticeable as the short.
    I agree with the point where it isn't a good pilot. Like Jecka was acting differently than she usually does in the games. I think a good pilot would've been Nicole trying to mess with someone like Jeffrey or Crispin for mildly annoying her meanwhile Jecka can still boycott Hot Topic, but probably in a more "Jecka" way like talking trash about it but not doing anything about it. I can see her doing the Jeffrey thing though, but the balloon thing was way too cartoony and more effort than Jecka would do. But yeah Nicole should've been the active hater and Jecka is the one that tries to make Nicole do the right thing.
    I also didn't like how they don't change outfits. I mean, fair, especially with keeping them in plainer clothes than 2000s graphic tees, but you really notice it. Especially with Ari wearing jean shorts to bed.

  • @theguyishere249
    @theguyishere249 Месяц назад +6

    It is the pilot, so I’d be lenient.

  • @addie_washere
    @addie_washere Месяц назад +6

    I wish Emily’s hair was scene again!

    • @addie_washere
      @addie_washere 27 дней назад +1

      @ yeah, I still prefer her old hair tho. I just said it was ‘scene hair’ because that’s kind of what it looks like 🤷‍♂️

  • @deecollinssuperitandficays863
    @deecollinssuperitandficays863 Месяц назад +3

    You know, Class of 09 feels like one of those things out there that would actually be perfect for an anime series if done right

  • @strayorion2031
    @strayorion2031 Месяц назад +2

    Honestly I can't trust the creator to not do another tantrum like the flipside when the fandom does something he doesn't like

    • @luc11_
      @luc11_ Месяц назад +1

      at least you can’t get worse then the footside

  • @leshler4275
    @leshler4275 23 дня назад +2

    You have like, the EXACT same voice as Hunter.

  • @JUNOKZ
    @JUNOKZ Месяц назад +2

    Hunter hit rockbottom after the trilogy
    (Jk)

  • @Maso_Prince
    @Maso_Prince Месяц назад +1

    I liked the pilot, i think it was milder than i expected but i think as the pilot and kickstarter, they're trying to show its potential mostly and where it could go with the proper budget. I hope that if they really take off, episodes can be longer and with more depth since the Jecka chipotle thing was a funny and entertaining plot point. The sub plots could use work so more people can be included, like i felt Kelly, Emily, and Nicole could have had more a role but maybe they focused on Jecka since Flipside the last title also focused on her.
    Overall it was nice and i loved the pacing, and how it can easily go into an actual season based anime with a plot and multiple seasons. Really want to see Crispin and Kylar too xD

  • @papastalin531
    @papastalin531 Месяц назад +1

    4:00 I personally don't have this problem with the games but I see a lot of people express a similar sentiment that it just looks weird or uncanny. I think it's mainly due to the anime cartoonish style sprites of the characters while the backgrounds are pretty clearly real photos just blurred to fit in as a background; and that obviously doesn't really contrast well with the characters over the top anime/cartoon style, that and also the weird blend with late 2000's aesthetic.

  • @miencantachicas
    @miencantachicas Месяц назад +12

    you sound like a class of 09 character

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +4

      Thank you for the insightful comment I've never ever ever heard that one before lol...

    • @luc11_
      @luc11_ Месяц назад +1

      why does he kinda sound like crispin’s distant cousin to me (not in a rude way whatsoever maybe my brain is broken idk)

  • @jesterjaded73
    @jesterjaded73 Месяц назад +1

    The joke with Ari represents how the capitalist grind grinds your soul away. So Ari being sad and biting back less is actually peak cinema fr fr.

    • @BL8DM8N
      @BL8DM8N 12 дней назад

      Ari communist arc when

  • @stanqueenb9550
    @stanqueenb9550 Месяц назад +4

    its a pilot, and i really liked it!

  • @ponikoTV
    @ponikoTV Месяц назад +6

    I mean in my defends it's a pilot, so the next episodes are gonna be better next time

  • @AHrererom
    @AHrererom Месяц назад +41

    Idc abt the flaws, it’s not that deep 😭😭

    • @POOKESEE
      @POOKESEE Месяц назад +14

      Bro then don’t watch this video

    • @AHrererom
      @AHrererom Месяц назад +2

      @ it’s a review of the pilot, it’s fine to say my opinion here, I’m seeing a lot of vids like these saying it’s bad, but NO agees with them, ofc it has a few Glas, for a free vid on yet it’s good, no one had THAT high expectations for this. I’m js saying personally I think yall are pointing too many things out and making it a bigger deal then it is

    • @POOKESEE
      @POOKESEE Месяц назад +14

      @@AHrererom no it’s kind of redundant to watch an entire video and go “idc it’s not that deep”

    • @AHrererom
      @AHrererom Месяц назад

      @@POOKESEE idc abt the flaws, I’m saying it’s not that deep about the flaws, that’s what the vid is mainly talking abt, and I’m saying it should be taken more lightly

  • @CosmicVoid_119
    @CosmicVoid_119 Месяц назад +10

    You sound like nicole’s brother😂

  • @persondahydrationman
    @persondahydrationman Месяц назад

    I had never heard of this but then I watched this episode and have gone into a rabbit hole and I have concluded Nicole is literally me

  • @polterrrrrrrrr
    @polterrrrrrrrr Месяц назад +2

    No bc I was thinking the same thing That What Jecka was doing was more Nicole type thing And vice versesa😭

  • @racheldrawz
    @racheldrawz Месяц назад +2

    did they cut down on the budget for the animation bc I noticed the quality of it is different

  • @Ventiwings
    @Ventiwings Месяц назад

    It's not like fans of the series went in expecting a polished and cohesive piece of media - especially after the fiasco of flipside - but i can see why it has mixed reviews. This felt more like a compilation of events rather than having a coherent plot that'd introduce the world and cast of 09 that pilots tend to do. But i think whoever wrote this went in assuming people have seen the games and threw slice of life segments tame enough to garner attention. It helps that the og voice cast were still kept bc, honestly, the main thing carrying the series IS the voice work. Shock value aside, this reminded me of episodic shows that follow a lucky star sort of formula but none of the punchlines land.
    Best of luck to the studio working on this, though, they're gonna have a rough time adapting anything from this series without digging their heels into its controversial topics

  • @fedtherizzler
    @fedtherizzler Месяц назад +1

    12:01 death

  • @Chopscrewyyy
    @Chopscrewyyy Месяц назад +1

    I feel like the pilot was way too fast and disconnected. The pacing feels off

  • @Pryzim_
    @Pryzim_ Месяц назад +1

    The humor for this series just fell off so fast for me. It’s funny at first for the shock factor but then it just becomes “oh brother”

  • @bananaoatmeal
    @bananaoatmeal Месяц назад +3

    It’s just the pilot, so it may change in the actual anime

    • @ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196
      @ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196 Месяц назад +1

      Again, what actual anime,this Is it, there Is no more.

    • @RaiiXii
      @RaiiXii Месяц назад +2

      @@ferminangelcarhuajulcaguil1196it wouldn’t be called a pilot then ? i think

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +3

      @@RaiiXii a pilot is not really a first episode although most of the time it is its more of a test episode to see if enough people like it or if any investors will pick it up first example sponge-bob’s first episode was a pilot if it wasn’t popular we wouldn’t have gotten more episodes so basically if this pilot doesn’t do well or not picked up by a streaming platform there’s no guarantee for new episodes hope this helps 👍

    • @doorstopperizsilly
      @doorstopperizsilly Месяц назад

      ITFT POLKA DOT PFP OMGG

    • @bananaoatmeal
      @bananaoatmeal Месяц назад +1

      @@doorstopperizsilly NO WAY :0

  • @user-wi9se5ll3j
    @user-wi9se5ll3j Месяц назад +2

    How do you destroy something that doesn’t exist

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +2

      @@user-wi9se5ll3j ?

    • @user-wi9se5ll3j
      @user-wi9se5ll3j Месяц назад +1

      @ you know what I mean

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +4

      @@user-wi9se5ll3j I really don't I'm sorry

  • @bratanpaul9058
    @bratanpaul9058 Месяц назад

    It felt like I was watching it at 1.25 times speed, it needed to slow down a bit. And the syrup thing was kinda... weird. Still good tho

  • @Mohammed1000real
    @Mohammed1000real 12 часов назад

    It's described as perfectly flawed, and way better than School Days because SD is literally nothing compared to Class of 09.

  • @ana-ue8sk
    @ana-ue8sk Месяц назад +2

    you talk like crispin

    • @luc11_
      @luc11_ Месяц назад

      thank god it’s not just me, i was like “hol up”

  • @juanbogard4022
    @juanbogard4022 Месяц назад +2

    I mean it was okay pilot some jokes save the pilot

  • @Muichirosbiggestfan-g5p
    @Muichirosbiggestfan-g5p Месяц назад

    Its like comparing bllk s1 art style to bllk s2 art style

  • @A4TuRbO13
    @A4TuRbO13 Месяц назад

    It was okay, had some funny parts but also some shit that could have just been left out. Keeping the self harm parts out would have kept it from getting demonitized and age restricted. Compared to footside it was an improvement but ithat is a low ass bar.

  • @smokinggun8418
    @smokinggun8418 Месяц назад +4

    i've watched this from start to finish just trying to figure out why you are making videos. You just said what you liked and what didn't but couldn't explain why. Who is this even for? People who already watched Pilot wouldn't find any useful info or interesting point of view. Ones who didn't watch Pilot will get spoiled plot and since the review is longer and less funny, it's better to just watch the Pilot. You didn't even edit it properly. It's a clickbait for just a few hundreds views.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +8

      Sorry thanks for watching anyway all the way through even if you did not like it though. Also I'm pretty sure I did explain what I like and why I did not like some things about it and I said the review wasn't gonna be in depth I did feel the need to really describe the plot because there's nothing to really explain its not a deep story or anything👍

    • @curlydolltv
      @curlydolltv Месяц назад +1

      @@ROUNDDAWAYdon’t apologize😂 if this not his type of content he can go watch somebody else not everybody wants to do a big in depth review

    • @smokinggun8418
      @smokinggun8418 Месяц назад

      @@ROUNDDAWAY well, at least you are fair. So here few respect points to you not as a content creator but as a person.
      In this day and age so many reviewers go deep into thoughts and editing. And even they don't become big.
      You sound like having fun. Few kids liked it. Others will run away.

    • @unownnn
      @unownnn Месяц назад

      stop pattern playing detractor

    • @smokinggun8418
      @smokinggun8418 Месяц назад

      @@unownnn english is my second. Are you saying that i'm wrong and should stop repeating myself?

  • @EldritchSama
    @EldritchSama Месяц назад +1

    I as someone who personally hates the series and doesn't find it enjoyable or funny, hope the best for it in all honesty.

  • @johnathonyoung4799
    @johnathonyoung4799 Месяц назад

    I think the music quos were way too loud

  • @nakunigame3330
    @nakunigame3330 Месяц назад

    The music good and the blood is alot that all i can say about this

  • @firts9600
    @firts9600 Месяц назад

    10:10 it is like a flip

  • @OO7International
    @OO7International Месяц назад +1

    L take. keep up tbh I thought the pacing was great and a nice break from regular pacing of shows (I'm not an anime fan too I just rly love how accurate the dialogue is to real life).

  • @Jost-sj2fu
    @Jost-sj2fu Месяц назад +3

    This is so peak.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +2

      your so peak.

    • @Jost-sj2fu
      @Jost-sj2fu Месяц назад +1

      @@ROUNDDAWAY Nah man, your peak.

  • @Starving_Fami
    @Starving_Fami Месяц назад

    this was a saving grace after the hot mess flipside was

  • @juancarlogomez1624
    @juancarlogomez1624 Месяц назад

    how are we reviewing one episode

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +2

      so we should review things without the first episode?

  • @unownnn
    @unownnn Месяц назад +1

    btw round spent his mortgage money on WWE Champions. Do not listen to this man.

    • @ROUNDDAWAY
      @ROUNDDAWAY  Месяц назад +1

      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY SECRETS OUT!

  • @starryskies113
    @starryskies113 Месяц назад

    😮