Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgment

Wow, what a movie that was.

First off, as a fan of Date a Live who only started the show in 2022, this movie was not what I expected. After catching up to season 4, this movie hits differently. I enjoyed how this movie was going for a story that reminisces what made the first season great. If your looking for more Date a Live after catching up with the anime, this movie is a must-watch.

Story
Solid, I enjoyed the date scenes as we get to see some funny moments in them. Also, I like how it built up to who Mayuri is. The more dates Shido ... went on, the questions arose who is this Mayuri girl? Then you get to Shido and Mayuri finally in a conversation, the final battle begins, and man that was epic. It's such a simple plot but it works well for such a short-length film. I wish Mayuri got more screen time but it makes sense why she doesn't. I hope Mayuri returns in Date a Live but that seems unlikely.

Animation
I love how they were going toward the season 1 animation to take viewers to the early days. It gave me nostalgia for when I started the show. Seeing this again was a breath of fresh air.

Flaws: I wished the movie went into more backstory on Mayuri and Shido spending more time with her. Because she has such a cool design and I feel like she could have so much potential. At least the viewer has to imagine the characters will remember Mayuri in their hearts. Solid movie for DAL fans.

This review contains very tiny spoilers.

I honestly was hyped. A movie? For my favourite harem series? Incredible. But after watching this movie, it seems so much smaller. Time for a review.

We'll start with the pros. The art(8), as usual, is good like the rest of the Date A Live anime series. The sound(7) was mediocre for the movie, it wasn't the specialty of the movie or bad; just normal. That's closest to any praise I can give.

Cons: The CHARACTERS(5). All the characters who weren't mains were normal. But, the character that the movie is literally named after(Mayuri) was barely featured until the end. All ... she did was look at Shido and his girlfriends walk around until the end, which was almost as bad. Which brings us to the story(6). It's basically the same thing; they go on dates. For about 3/4 of the entire movie. The story weird and confusing to understand when it reaches the end of the movie, but before the ending 1/4 part kicks in, you have no clue why the movie is named Mayuri Judgement. It tries explaining the huge chunk that viewers don't understand in about 20 minutes or more.

Enjoyment: 6 cause I didn't enjoy it as much as the first season. Or the second season. Or the third season. Or the specials.

Overall: 6. Cause reasons. Mostly 6s and the average rounded to nearest ones is 6.

You can choose whether to watch this movie or not, I wouldn't recommend doing so, but who knows? Maybe you might like movies that make you wonder what the hell is going on or rushed endings when you want to see a main character take part more in a movie.

The idea of date a live was not boring at the beginning. And it seemed you can shut off your head and watch it without thinking. But its really sad where it is going. Its already became an harem anime with a extremely attractive and dignified main character that not that fond of girls but somehow every girl around falls in love with him. And of course there is dumb incel male side character(kannazuki). And harem gonna get bigger thats for sure. Idk, its just average harem anime. And no even need to mention CGI, that was looking like a 2000s video game.