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70. Amigos X Siempre - Raka_Putra
https://youtu.be/ZvXLSQpQRyk

Unique: 5.5
Story: 5.25
Music: 2.75
Animation: N/A
Personal: 1.75
Average: 3.8125

Perhaps its due to cultural differences, but Im finding it difficult to understand whats going on in this intro or even what genre its intended to be. At times it looks like a Disney Channel show with kids singing, other times it looks like a serious drama, and other times maybe even something supernatural? Its all over the place, but that only wound up helping the Unique score.

Although the premise of the show is confusing to me, I do feel theres a definite story here. The opening sequence in particular is kind of heavy as a tearful child plays piano while some douchebag yells at her, and then the girl stands before someones grave (possibly her mother?). Then the tone changes dramatically by the arrival of a boy with a smiley face balloon, who apparently makes her happy enough that she symbolically (or perhaps literally) causes objects around her to fly around the room. Then just when its starting to seem like lighthearted comedy, some kid trips and in a moment I found genuinely surprising, this crazy guy is about to beat him. That is, until some random dude stares him down. And it just goes on like that, with the girl eventually flying through the air, and by the end, I cant put it all together. But yeah, theres a story here, Im sure of that.

One reason I didnt personally care for it, and I know its not the fairest reason, is the really subpar production values of the visual effects. That coupled with the kids rocking out on stage just made it hard for me to take it too seriously, despite the more interesting dramatic portions. Im also not fond of the repetitive theme song (which reminded me of Hansons MMMBob), although the music did effectively highlight the transition near the start of the intro from sad to cheerful.

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