Trinity Seven

Name: Trinity Seven
Genre: Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Romance
Released: 2014-10-08T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7.03

トリニティセブン

7.03(486,266)

Rank#4528

#228

TV12 ep.Finished Airing24 min per ep

One day, the bright red sun stopped shining, causing the "Breakdown Phenomenon"—the destruction of Arata Kasuga's town and the disappearance of the people inhabiting it. All, however, is not yet lost; by utilizing the magical grimoire given to him by his childhood friend and cousin Hijiri Kasuga, Arata's world gets artificially reconstructed. In order to investigate the phenomenon, Lilith Asami appears before Arata, whose artificial world suddenly disintegrates. He is given two choices: hand over the book, or die. However, Arata chooses the third option—enrolling in the top-secret magic school Royal Biblia Academy, where six other magical users await him. Together with Lilith, these six form the Trinity Seven, the elite of the school who each bolster their own power and skill. With the ambition to save Hijiri and the help of his newfound friends, Arata stops at nothing to prevent the destruction of his beloved hometown and to bring his best friend back. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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BanjoTheBear

December 25, 2014

Not Recommended

(This has been adapted from my reddit thread) Where most people worry about what to get their family members for the holidays, others are more concerned about the actual state of the world. Global warming, earthquakes, and solar flares are all major issues that scientists and those worried about the Earth's future are thinking about daily. They wonder if these types of disasters can be avoided, to prevent the destruction of the place we call home. Whether or not anything is ultimately preventable is certainly a courageous endeavor, often needing help from the many and not the few. This sets the stage for Trinity Seven, a stagefilled with breasts, harems, and not much more. STORY Trinity Seven begins with Arata, a young man who loses his cousin Hijiri to a "collapse phenomenon," prompting him to leave with Lilith to a magical high school where he discovers he is the next "demon lord candidate." Trinity Seven is classified as a harem, and it puts a lot of stock into this portion of the show, focusing on the girls' varying personalities, antics, and general adoration of Arata. The anime attempts to switch up the pairings where it can, giving the show comedy and the like to leverage. Overall, this gives the series a competent amount of shenanigans to follow. It all goes downhill when it is not focusing on this side, however. One of Trinity Seven's largest issues comes from the cast itself. The anime is constantly throwing out new characters from start to finish. This is not an exaggeration; literally until the final episode, new characters are being shown. Being an entirely character driven show, one would think that such an endeavor would be acceptable. But it doesn't work. As more and more characters are brought in, two more problems arise. The older characters are not given enough screen-time, causing them all to lack development and caring towards them needed by the audience. At the same time, the newer characters, given their later and later introductions, suffer the same fate. No character is given enough time to be properly explored, making the cast become props to ogle at rather than well-defined people. It's a vicious cycle that persists throughout the entire season, bringing about an unsavory amount of chaos. The biggest flaw comes from the plot itself. Much of what occurs is completely nonsensical in nature due to the exorbitant amount of terminology the anime throws at the audience. "Archives," "Themas," and other foreign words are tossed around as if the audience is supposed to simply understand why they are being used or where they originate. The anime never delves into any sort of world-building, merely saying phrases in passing or nonchalantly talking about how certain aspects of their magic work. There is no pretext, context, or subtext for anything that goes on. Both the overall arc and sub-plots contain this problem, throwing the entire experience into disarray. ANIMATION Generally less than stellar, Trinity Seven adopts rather awkward techniques for both its art and animation. Beginning with the art style, the characters are typically set to CGI backgrounds. This allows them to stand out more noticeably when compared to other anime, mainly because of the jarring juxtaposition of 3D and 2D elements. The anime looks better when it is not using such a trick, but even then, the unvarying amount of locations that are visited provides little in the way of intrigue. However, another part fares better, arguably being the best part of the show: the girls and their character designs. Ranging from elegant to slutty, bodacious to simple, they all maintain the same style but differ when it comes to overall looks, faces, hair, outfits, etc. They're varied enough and interesting enough within the anime to be a positive force. The actual animation, though, is sorely a negative. Character movements are often kept to a minimum and many shots consist of only one character at a time. The most notable drop in animation comes from the "fight" scenes. They are meant to be small duels or skirmishes, but they are never really depicted as such. Quick cuts, simple attacks, and more often than not refusing to show the action itself demonstrates just how little animation there really is. CHARACTERS Being a harem, Trinity Seven contains a large main cast. More specifically, and perhaps obviously, there are seven young women who take the spotlight. I'll stick to talking about Arata and my favorite four. As a main character, Arata is actually not immensely dense. Perverse and funny, he allows the Trinity Seven themselves to shine as much as possible. Determined to see his cousin once more, he goes to great lengths to accomplish the goals he sets for himself. As a new demon lord candidate, he is able to control magic as he wills. It's this and his all-around likability that causes the girls to flock to him, despite his affinity for all things debauched. Acting as the head of the defense department, Mira is a shorter woman who does not tolerate any form of impure thoughts or actions. Extremely shy yet demanding, she usually butts heads with Arata due to their opposite, base ideals. Her strong suit is being capable of reflecting or disabling any form of magic. Her highly defensive combat abilities also manifest in her personality, making her difficult to approach let alone talk to. However, the more time she spends with Arata, the further her shell cracks, revealing a more comfortable and caring friend. Liese is a succubus first and magic-user second. Relying almost entirely on her well-endowed assets, she utilizes her sex appeal to its fullest potential. Her playful nature causes her to invade people's privacy regularly. She has no qualms making others feel uncomfortable, since she is so content with her own body and her sexuality. To aid her in this process, she is able to bend time to her will. Liese starts off as a tough antagonist, aiming to become the next "demon lord" before Arata. But due to his affable personality, she transitions from difficult foe to treasured companion, presenting an argument to the saying, "time heals all wounds." Yui is a strange girl, to say the least. She exists within two separate dimensions at the same time: one in the real world and another in a dream-like state. The former is incredibly happy, carefree, and quick to call Arata "Onii-san" whenever she is given the chance. Her dream-self is quiet and calm, producing an aura of elegance that the rest of the girls do not own. Her magic takes on a supportive role, boosting the power of those around her. Being the first of the Trinity Seven that brings Arata hardship to "capture," when she is ultimately saved, her supportive attitude shines through, making her an extremely wonderful addition to the cast. Technically the poster-girl for the show, Lilith is Arata's mentor and first of the girls to give her trust. Easily embarrassed, sincere, and willing to guide people down the right path, she is most often found looking after Arata. Her beauty is unrivaled, and so are her skills as a professor. She is at maximum cuteness when she is blushing after being teased or hearing/seeing Arata say/do something slightly perverted. Her abilities take the form of handheld weapons -- guns -- that shoot out magic with high speed and intensity. While she incessantly yells at Arata for his continuous behavior, deep down, like the guns she wields, her emotions and feelings for him are incredibly strong and unyielding. Along with the other three (Levi, Arin, and Akio), and a few of the other side cast, each of them have their own descriptions and a connection between their personality and the skills they have. While the entire cast is neither fleshed out nor too memorable, there is bound to be someone here for everyone to enjoy. SOUND The OP for the anime is actually quite good. The beginning part with the hard guitar and choir-like singing starts the piece off strong. The middle section follows suit, with guitar, drums, and vocals working well in unison. The halfway point, with the "falling" effects in the singing and drums causes one to bob their head to the beat. Just the nice amount of variety from the piece makes it stand out from the pact. You may be able to choose the destination, but you shouldn't choose the first ED. It's a mess of singing and instruments that is not pleasant to listen to. The second ED takes a slightly slower approach that works miles better than the first. Its float-y feel and "shavadava," alongside the more onomatopoeia vocals, make it a fun song to hear, coinciding with the stronger parts of the anime. It is Arguably the best of the EDs. ED number three goes back to being quick, and subsequently back to being bad. It's a rather strange song, containing a piano melody and both fast and higher singing that don't work well together. The final ED is the worst of the bunch. Nothing attributed to the song seems to flow, creating an even worse amalgamation than what the first ending piece offered. The techno background beat and mid-range vocals create an awkward arrangement that doesn't fit well with the anime, as well as making it rather forgettable. The soundtrack mostly consists of ambient pieces filled with violins and darker tones that fit the more "evil" vibe the show contains during the more serious portions. However, none of the tracks are noteworthy. The voice-acting within the anime is average, with no notable performances to be had. ENJOYMENT When it comes to an anime like this, it prioritizes the harem and the comedy first with story and characters coming in at a distant second. In that regard, the show does well, making me chuckle with its various scenes and silly moments. When the anime tried to make the action and plot its focus, I really just wanted them to go back to the comedy and the harem elements that it was doing so well at. And as the series progressed, it started fixating its eyes on its weakest parts more and more, making the experience less fun the further along it went. For what it's worth, Trinity Seven tried to be more than just a run-of-the-mill harem. But its inability to balance the characters, its rather awful narrative (even among the genre), and strange decisions in regards to animation and music make the entire package less than average. SUMMARY Story: Bad, harem shenanigans, too many characters, terrible world-building Animation: Bad, jarring 2D/3D mix, nice character designs, little animation Characters: Fine, Arata, Mira, Liese, Yui, and Lilith are okay, with someone for everyone Sound: Bad, good OP, bad EDs, okay soundtrack, average VA work Enjoyment: Fine, fun to watch only when the harem and the comedy are the focus Final Score: 3/10

DJNOSTYLE

February 26, 2015

Recommended

A "Harem" is a magical word used to describe every straight male's ideal reality in which every single girl he comes in counter with wants to hop on his yaoi stick. The harem is typically courted by a dense male lead and at least five girls -- each with a different hair color than the others. This male lead will then become involved in at least three scenarios (Per episode) in which he accidentally touches one of these girls in one of their private areas and thus receives a slap in the face, followed by blushing and an occasional punch that defies the laws ofphysics and sends him skyrocketing across the galaxy. Trinity Seven is an atypical representation concerning this definition of "Harem". Kasuga Arata (Only dude pictured above) isn't your typical dense "Omg I have no idea you want to bang me" protagonist. This is where a lot of the charm Trinity Seven has to offer comes into play. We meet him as the world he resides in is being torn to shreds, ultimately ending humanity. In his final moments, his cousin hands him a necklace/grimoire-thingy (Before falling into a crevice opening up in the world) which contains a magical entity that will allow him to essentially re-shape the world on a journey to find that cousin. However, in order to do that, he must become acquainted with the "Trinity Seven" which is the name given to the seven magus females that all want to swallow his mana. But the cool thing about Trinity Seven is that it never really feels dull. It's predictable in a good way, which sounds weird at first -- but makes sense in context. You won't grow to hate the main character, which is a common flaw that harems typically encounter as they progress. This all culminates in one of the most surprisingly entertaining shows to come out of Fall 2014. In order to better illustrate this, let me break it up into a few key components. Music: 8/10 Trinity Seven sports a soundtrack that is infused with hard-rock, techno, funk, and some sweet-ass bass lines. It's actually quite good when listening to it even out of context. The music never seems like it's "Just there". It serves as a good sidekick during fight scenes and allows the audience to keep their eyes fixed to the screen without feeling distracted or irritated by overly-obnoxious music typically prevalent in action-sequences. On top of this, the opening song is pretty damn catchy and becomes an essential part of every episode that almost anyone would look forward to. Characters: 8/10 The best part of this show really lies within the characters. Each one carries their own distinct personality and complements the protagonist almost perfectly. In harems, another common problem is how viewers will basically choose one girl that they want the protagonist to end up with. This results in hate bubbling up for the other girls and eventually ends up on some message-board like /a/ where everyone argues about who is "Best girl". In Trinity Seven, it's actually pretty hard to decide who you want to "Win". To be perfectly honest, I still don't know which girl would make the best pairing with Arata. Maybe Mira. Or Lilith. I don't know, just let me keep Levi to myself. Anyway, it's this aspect that makes the characters enjoyable all-around. One thing I would have liked to see though, would be character development for anyone outside of Arata. Everyone seems kind of snug within their own niche, not ever changing from who they already are. Art: 8/10 At first, I didn't know how I felt about the visuals that were put in front of me in Trinity Seven. Three episodes later, I adored it. There was just that period of "Mehhhh" time it took for me to feel it out. I felt the same way about Madoka Magica when I watched that, and now I think it's one of the most beautiful shows I've ever seen. Trinity Seven shouldn't really be compared to Madoka outside of the "Girls with magical powers" thing, but you probably understand what I mean when I say you might not like it at first. Just give it some time. I promise. In addition to the general artwork, character designs were unique and impressive. It appeared as if the artists actually put love and care into each one, treating them more as actual characters than curious teenage girls waiting to be taken advantage of after meeting a boy for the first time. Each one was extremely different from the others (Apart from Lieselotte and Selina, but you know...twins) and I never got tired of seeing them. Story: 8/10 Trinity Seven has a solid story. Is it great? No, not by any means. But it's more than you'll normally find in this genre. The protagonist actually has a goal that he is constantly moving toward. The side-characters try their best to aid him in this endeavor. It just works out. There are periods where things seem bleak, but those periods are then counteracted by others that seem hopeful. Each episode actually goes somewhere, which is a feat that so many shows struggle with nowadays. The series even ends on a note that will allow for another season or two if season one sells well enough. Hell, I might even pick up manga one day if I get bored enough. Once again, solid storytelling by writer, Kenji Saitou, and director, Hiroshi Nishikiori. All in all, Trinity Seven is a very well-rounded harem/comedy with a few fight scenes thrown in for action and a story that actually goes somewhere. If you are a fan of fan-service, character design, or laughing, I would give it a try. It definitely surprised me and became an easy favorite for the year of 2014.

Play2X

January 2, 2015

Not Recommended

With the end of the year 2014 its finally time to also close one of the darkest chapters of my entire life. A chapter which is known as Trinity Seven. Really. I don't even know why I went all the way watching it to the end. Still, its an interesting experience. Even though its just something along the lines of 'Whew, now I really can point my finger on an anime that is actually... bad.' Back to serious mode. Obviously I'm still going to be fair with this anime. First of all, storywise. What does this anime have in store for us? The mainstory is reasonable simple and catchy.Our MC Arata looses his cousin Hijiri to a magical phenomenom. So far so well. Thats nothing too bad, it explains what we should have to expect for the next episodes. But why do I dislike the story so much then? Simple. That phenomenom is called 'Breakdown Phenomenom' and is just the first of billions of mechanics which is fired in your face with the speed of a minigun and the power of a railgun. Followed up by Themas and some latin words, sudden english imputs like Limit Breaks, irish legends (Brioriac and Fragrach), etc. The setting of this anime just sucks so hard. Nothing really gets explained in a roundabout way, and even after 12 episodes the only thing I got is that the thema is supposedly the exact opposite to your character. But its not like this is all which sucks storywise. The story is mainly a gauntlet of boobsfondling scenes, slice of life, and obvious plottwists. Just awfully done. So overall, I rated the story 3/10. Next are the artworks. The character designs aren't too bad, even though their colors are a bit pale. Also, I always got annoyed with their faces. They look mostly emotionless, and if you leave away the hairstyles, identical. The backgrounds are no awardwinners either. They are good enough to stand their ground. They aren't too sharp, but are rather colorful. A strange contrast to the grayish-pale characters. Lastly the battlescenes. Swordattacks are the usual black-screen/cut style ones. Uhh... really good, I guess? Nope. The magic isn't that much better, mostly laserbeams and glowing stuff and such. Which brings me to 5/10 for the Artworks. The sound is the best part of Trinity Seven. By far. Lets start with the voice actors. Matsuoka Yoshitsugu aka. Kirito returns. Matsuoka-san isn't new to ecchi by any means, as he also voiced the MC of Mangaka-san to Assist-san to. His performance is as good as ever. The rest of the cast isn't really memorable, but they depicted their characters good enough. The OSTs of Trinity Seven on the other hand were mediocre. As for battle soundtracks we have some mechanical/techno/futuristic kind of music, which reminds me of a worse version of Xenoblade's Mechanical rhythm. The rest of the time the BGM fits the situation without being memorable. Finally the OP/ED. Seven Doors by ZAQ is a fairly good song, which made it into my 2014 favorites. It got me hyped up for the following 20 minutes and is one of the sole reasons I continued to watch. 7/10 for sounds. Finally we arrived at Trinity Sevens' achilles heel. The characters. If you wonder what exactly is bad about them? Probably everything. The Initial character designs are rather flat. None of the characters feel fresh or new. I've seen not completely dense MCs before, and the rest of the Trinity Seven reeks of stereotypes. I don't even remember whether the girls have backgroundstories or not. As for the interactions between the characters, those aren't any better. Most of the slice of life parts circle around groping boobs, or how lewd Arata is. Whew. Amazing... Finally, the character development. Basically the females all fell for Arata. Thats all the development I got. Thats rather disappointing. For the last of the obejective categories I go with 4/10. And now the last one. The enjoyment. Well, you can see on my profile how I rate enjoyment. So lets just say 3/10. Overall 4/10. A just below average harem anime with more potential than turnout. The production values are rather high, but the execution of the plot, the setting, as well the characters are rather bad. Feedback is appreciated, as usual.

emberreviews

December 23, 2014

Not Recommended

In my short time of reviewing anime, I've covered quite a few different types of harems. I've done dramatic harems, reverse harems, and even harems that didn't start out as harems. However, I realized recently that I've never done a review for just a regular old comedic harem, so I decided to pick one up for this season. Upon finishing the series, I realized that everything I want to say about it could pretty much apply to every other comedic harem I've seen. So, aside from the specific anime I'm covering today, consider this asan appropriate substitute review for any other generic comedic harem you can think of (Rosario + Vampire, Highschool DxD, Infinite Stratos, Maken-ki!, etc.), as I rattle off the list of traits that this genre keeps using over and over and over again to make itself as bland and marketable as possible. 1. Fantasy setting or heavy fantasy elements, usually involving magic While more traditional and realistic settings may have worked back in the heyday of harems like Love Hina, the incorporation of fantasy elements serves as a replacement for actually making the viewer believe that this type of romantic setup could occur in the first place. Additionally, the use of magic creates a plethora of possibilities for getting the female characters into situations of a lewd and nearly-naked nature, with very minimal effort on the part of the writer. For Trinity Seven, we end up with one of Arata's main powers being the ability to make people's clothes disappear, providing plenty of fan service fun. 2. Story still manages to take place in a high school of some kind I'm not sure what the exact percentage is of anime that take place in high school, but I'm going to assume it's a relatively high number, and within the harem genre the reason for that is very simple: it attracts viewers who are currently in high school. Additionally, with Trinity Seven, we get bonus points added for the high school being an all-girls school (while it's never explicitly stated that this is the case, no other male students seem to appear in this school). This further allows for Arata to be given free reign over whatever love interest the series decides to throw in for our enjoyment. 3. Actual story and magic lore is incredibly convoluted and pointless For obvious reasons, writers can't just get away with writing absolutely nothing but fan service moments, so of course there has to be some kind of story. However, writing an actual story would make it too difficult for the viewers to focus on those wonderfully-animated breasts you just shoved into frame [heavy-handed sarcasm], so the plot needs to be flimsy, shallow, and easily tradable with any other generic plot. Every magic term in Trinity Seven is practically thrown in your face one after another with little more than a one-sentence description of what it actually does. That didn't really matter though, because I couldn't even count the times where I just flat-out looked away from the screen for a minute or so and then turned back to realize that absolutely nothing has happened other than some more flashy magic terminology and a panty shot. 4. Random climactic battle at the end of the series ...yeah that's just kind of a thing I guess. I suppose they have to at least pretend that they're putting some kind of effort into their writing at the end of the series. 5. Always, ALWAYS leave room for a second season The harem genre is surprisingly easy to market and sell to viewers, so it's important to keep the money train going until no one shows any interest in your specific series anymore. 6. Main character has some kind of power that no one else has To be fair, this is a trait that's common even outside the harem genre, but within harems it adds something entirely different. With an action series, being the only one with a certain power or ability makes you humanity's last hope for survival. In a harem, it makes you an object of desire. Of course all the ladies want to jump your bones; you're the only person here who has this super awesome power. In the case of Trinity Seven, Arata is the "Demon Lord Candidate" who has the potential to turn into the Demon Lord, one of the most powerful beings in the world. Another important note is that the power in question is incredibly generic and normally just equates to "I'm stronger than everyone else because reasons." 7. Main character is either overtly perverted or a shy nice guy (who's still incredibly perverted on the inside), but is also incredibly noble Again, to be fair to Trinity Seven, Arata certainly falls into the former category, and he becomes so blatant with his perversity that it's almost hard to not like him for it (almost being the important word there). As for the nobility aspects, it plays into why the girls fall for him in the first place. I mean sure he's super perverted but he's just this super nice guy that I can rely on underneath all of that [more heavy-handed sarcasm]. Everything about a harem is designed to make the main male character look awesome, and Trinity Seven certainly doesn't miss its mark. 8. Female characters have no depth other than their assigned archetypes When you have this many female love interests on your cast, it's nearly impossible to give them enough characterization to make them feel fleshed-out while still finding time for fan service moments, so the best course of action is to flood your series with as many archetypes as you can: the childhood friend (Hijiri), the plain Jane (Lilith), the loli (Grimoire), the tsundere (Mira), the kooky one (Levi), the childish one (Yui), the tomboy (Akio), ad nauseam. 9. Primary love interest is as bland as a piece of notebook paper If the love interest that the main character is eventually going to end up with actually has a personality, the writers run the risk of the viewers not enjoying that specific archetype, so it's always best to choose the one with the least amount of personality possible (and also the biggest cup size). Of course, the two characters in question will never actually reach the point where they could be considered to be in a relationship. I mean lord forbid that you actually do something romantically interesting with your characters. 10. All animation budget goes towards character designs and boob physics The fan service is the main selling point of a harem, so it's absolutely vital that this is achieved, often at the cost of the rest of the animation looking terrible. Studio Seven Arcs knows this very well and gave us exactly that. While the action in Trinity Seven wasn't completely awful, the particle and light effects certainly weren't anything worthy of praise, and backgrounds and moving objects were often rendered in the most eye-jarring 3D I've seen in a long time. 11. Fan service out the wazoo This one doesn't really need much explanation. You're certainly not watching this because the romance is so unbelievably captivating. 12. Soundtrack occupies the background for the majority of the anime's run time I honestly can't even think of a single note from this soundtrack off the top of my head right now, and I just finished the last episode about an hour ago. In this case, the soundtrack was composed by Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund (Witch Craft Works), and I wouldn't necessarily blame them for the blandness of the soundtrack because this is a harem after all, and there isn't exactly a long list of standout harem soundtracks. Overall, I do think that anime viewers should experience a simple comedic harem at least once, but Trinity Seven certainly isn't the one I would recommend as an introduction to the genre.

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