Talk:Chaos;Head (TV series)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: PresN (talk · contribs) 01:39, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Will review in the next couple of days. --PresN 01:39, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Review:

• "It is set in Shibuya, Tokyo, and follows Takumi Nishijou, a high school student who suffers from paranoia and delusions after having witnessed one of a series of murders and meeting several girls who have an interest in him, and who he suspects might have a connection to the murders" - this sentence is a mouthfull. I'd break it after "murders"; also, currently it reads that he "suffers from paranoia and delusions after [...] meeting several girls who have an interest in him" which sounds odd.

•  Done

• "Reviewers have been mostly critical of the story, with a common criticism being that it is too confusing, while some have still found it engaging." - "being" is a weak verb that you should generally avoid; try "Reviewers have been mostly critical of the story; while some still found it engaging, it was generally considered confusing."

•  Done

• "One day, he is sent pictures over the internet, depicting a murder in an alley; he later witnesses the same murder as the one in the pictures, and believes it to be the work of a pink-haired girl he sees at the crime scene." - would read better as "...he later witnesses a murder that resembles the one in the pictures, and believes the killer to be a pink-haired girl he sees at the crime scene."

•  Done

• "More murders – referred to as the New Generation serial murders – occur, while Takumi meets a number of girls who have an interest in him, but who he suspects of being linked to the murders; one of them is the pink-haired girl, named Rimi, who he meets at his school, and who claims to be friends with him despite him not having any previous memory of her." - chop this sentence up.

•  Done

• Umm, I know that this anime follows the plot of the game, but you still need to cover the whole plot; a short paragraph covering the first few episodes as a teaser isn't enough.

• I see what you mean - is it fine if I do a more heavily summarizing plot summary (still covering the main plot points) than the one in the game article, though? The reason I wrote it like this is that I wanted to avoid presenting the exact same information in the anime and game articles, especially considering we also have an episode list detailing the plot of each individual episode.

• Yes, I think it's fine to leave a larger summary at the game and a shorter one here, as long as you cover the whole plot of the anime.

• All right, cool. I'll be back later tonight or tomorrow with an expanded plot summary.

• Tying into that, when the plot is expanded the lead needs a bit more plot added as well.

• Will do.

• "saying that it despite being "tongue-in-cheek" felt too overt" -> "saying that despite being "tongue-in-cheek" it felt too overt"

•  Done

• "ranging from "brilliant jaw-droppers" to feeling unfinished" - the two halves have to be similar nouns; so "ranging from being "brilliant jaw-droppers" to feeling unfinished" or "ranging from "brilliant jaw-droppers" to unfinished sketches"

•  Done Thanks, I didn't realize it worked like this. Wikipedia is great for improving my English.

• Same here- I've learned a lot from reviews like this!

• "what is and isn't real are interesting" - tense shift: "was interesting"

•  Done

• "the story felt rushed through" -> "the story felt rushed"

•  Done

• "into too few episodes;[5][23] Rose additionally" - sentence already has a bunch of clauses; just make it a period and start a new one

•  Done Thanks, this is a bad habit of mine.

• "A common criticism was how the story feels confusing" -> "The story was criticized by several reviewers as feeling confusing"

•  Done

• "due to how little it makes sense" -> "due to how little it made sense to them"

•  Done

• "Chris Homer and Chris Beverdige, both at The Fandom Post, still found the story engaging" - since you haven't mentioned their opinions on the confusion, it needs to either be just "found the story engaging", or "still found the story engaging despite some confusion"

•  Done

• "meanwhile, Beveridge liked them" - meanwhile implies a temporal relationship that does not exist; just say "Beveridge, however, liked them"

•  Done Didn't think of it like this, but you're right. Thank you.

• "Meanwhile, Rose found" - same; "Rose, on the other hand, found" or "Rose, however, found". Though, "found" is awkward as well; maybe just "Rose, however, felt that the animation was "fairly strong"."

•  Done

• "Santos particularly noted the dissonance and silence used to portray the unrest and turmoil inside Takumi's mind, and the contrasting piano melodies used when Takumi forms emotional connections to others, as positives" - no commas, as they're not full clauses but just noun phrases

•  Done

• I don't know anything about anime sourcing; I know ANN is fine, but can you point to anything that says that The Fandom Post and T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews are RSs? (Is there a WP:ANIME/RS?)

• I don't usually edit anime articles, so I just went to WP:A&M/RS. From what I understand, the Fandom Post staff have experience with writing for other RSs as well, and THEM has been cited by academic writers. I don't really go to these sites myself outside of when looking for sources for WP, so I don't have extensive knowledge of them or anything.

That's it! As an aside, all of your concerns at Commander Keen (2001 video game) have been addressed. --PresN 20:14, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

@PresN: Thanks for the review. I have fixed everything except the plot summary - I left a question for you under its bullet point above.--IDV^talk 20:55, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Responded; looks like that (and the lead tie-in) are the only bits left. --PresN 21:07, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

@PresN: I expanded the plot summary and lead - is this fine, or do you have any further suggestions?--IDV^talk 19:30, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

Looks good, pass. --PresN 20:55, 22 September 2016 (UTC)