Review of Ghost Stories

Much like Golden Boy, this is an anime that I won't grade on a normal scale. And that's because an honest rating of the original writer's intents would require me to criticize the show's artstyle and the panty shots of elementary school kids as well as the choice of the show's ending theme with "Sexy Sexy" being used in the chorus and somehow even worse than the borderline implied sexualization of children the cliches that the show follows with its narratives. But with all of that being said, the dub team for Ghost Stories did an incredible job scrapping what they knew to be abad job and making Ghost Stories into something worthy of being remembered. This is a show that makes fun of itself and never takes itself seriously because the dub team went off script and decided to make the story as funny as they possibly could. But they did it in a brilliant way by still having the majority of the dialogue resemble what the script wanted them to say so that the ad-libbed dialogue would match what is going on the screen and so that the viewers actually become invested in the story as well as the hilarious jokes. It helps me to see what the original script wanted the show to be, and to find charm in the original intent despite it being a failure. When I watched the first episode, I thought I was only going to watch the first few episodes and not care whether or not I'd finish it. But in actuality, the more episodes I watch, the more invested in the show I became and I got more and more excited to finish watching it. There are 20 episodes in this series and basically every single one of them had me in hysterics at a certain point.

Ghost Stories is a must-watch comedy with a story that actually has some charm once you see what they were going for. 9/10 will recommend to everyone. Honestly, one of the best comedies that I've ever watched and I will definitely be rewatching it in its entirety at least one more time as well as frequently revisiting YouTube clips.