REBORN!

Well, the first 20 episodes or so were a little slow, but they were great for character and Plot introductions.In this i will not be talking about the arc's but only explaining the 9 main characters i may do plots later when i have more time though. . .
First of all there is Reborn, He's a baby Mafia Hitman Home Tutor well thats a lot of things in one. . so I'll break it down a little. About the "baby" part, He's not really a baby but he's an arcobaleno, which pretty much means he's cursed to look like a baby and protect the Pacifier... I won't go into more detail with this since it's mostly covered in the Manga. Then "Mafia Hitman" is pretty much self explanatory, he is in the mafia, specifically the Vongola Famgila, and he's one of their best hitmen. Then "Home Tutor" He gets this because he trains various soon to be bosses. . . so far in the Anime and Manga they only talk about how he trained Dino and is training Tsunayoshi Sawada

Well that takes me to the next character, witch will be Dino... he's the Tenth generation boss of the Cavallone Famgila, Previously trained by Reborn because of his somewhat cowardly personality. when Dino finished his training with Reborn he became the Tenth generation boss and created one of the largest Famgila within "the alliance". But his downfall is whenever he isn't with one of his men he becaomes very clumsy and often breaks things or hits people with his whip. During the series he is shown mainly Helping Tsuna and his Tenth generation guardians.

Next is Tsunayoshi Sawada, He's often called dame-tsuna because of his cowardly personality, like Dino, he's supposed to be a Tenth generation boss. . but of course of a different famglia. Tsuna belongs to the Vongola Famglia. During the series we watch Tsuna go from being scared of a Chiwawa to Fighting to protect his friends. of course he has a downfall just like Dino does, whenever he isn't in battle he turns back into his cowardly old self... expect less annoying

Gokudera Hayato: Gokudera came from Italy to challenge the soon to be Vongola Tenth generation boss, He ends up being defeated and becomes Tsuna's "right hand man" but he always tries to compete with Takeshi Yamamoto for that position. at about 50 episodes in he is declared the Tenth generation Storm Guardian

Takeshi Yamamoto: One of the most popular guy at their school ... "Namamori Middle school" he's one of the "stupid jocks" he spends a lot of his time with sports, but spends the rest of his time with Tsuna and the rest of the Guardians. He becomes the Tenth generation Rain Guardian

Hibari Kyouya: Hibari is the head of the disciplinary committee, and has certain rules. .. they all have the same punishment though. .. he'll "bite you to death" it's pretty much his catchphrase. you do something or are doing something that he doesn't like and his response would be "do *insert thing you were doing here* again and I'll bite you to death". anyway he becomes the Tenth Generation Cloud Guardian. . yet he doesn't really want anything to do with any of the other guardians or with Tsuna for that matter.

Ryohei Sasagawa: He's a Boxing buff that pretty much only thinks about just that, or doing things "to the extreme" or "to the limit" which are pretty much the same things just said slightly differently. he proves to be a little smarter than he looks, or acts for that matter, but he helps the Famgila in anyway that he can and is devoted to his little sister. He becomes the Tenth Generation Sun Guardian

Lambo: He originally came to Japan in an attempt to kill reborn, but was then found out to be the only person that they could find to be the "Tenth Generation Lightning Guardian". but during the anime and manga he's pretty much just a cry baby and his only useful weapon would be his "ten year bazooka" which summons the user ten years later.

Mukuro Rokudo: He first comes in as an enemy but after being defeated by Tsuna he gets locked up in vendice and soon tries to escape but fails only able to get his two subordinates out. He then helps a girl named Chrome Dokuro recover from an accident they then create a bond where Mukuro can take over Chrome's body from his imprisonment in vendice and become Vongola's Tenth Generation Mist Guardian.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't completely in love with this series. I love the characters, the plot, everything. The animation can get a bit odd at times, but I think that is what makes it better.

It isn't your typical anime. At least, I don't think that it is. It is rather unique in my eyes.

I've been hooked for a while now and it might be my own biased opinion, but I think that this series is honestly a great one and that anyone who doesn't watch it is missing out.

REBORN! is an anime that progresses incredibly slow. With only 203 episodes to spare, the director managed to put it into 9 season. They're totally unbalanced. At the start, there were no differences in the colour of the flame, just Tsuna's Dying Will Flame caused by the special bullet shot at him called the Dying will Bullet by his Home tutor Reborn. There's also the Rebuke/Criticism bullet but its affect is for you to find out.
The Ultimate Enemy is Byakuran when Tsuna and his Friends/Guardians are sent to the future by Irie Shoichi.
There are the Daily life, Kokuyo, Varia, Future, Arcobaleno, Chioce, Inheritance Succession and Final future battle arc.
I think that this anime is so cool. Guess what, I actually download the whole 30.6 Gb of the anime

Reborn is an AMAZING anime, it has everything that I really like, drama, comedy, fantasy, adventure, and action. Now, I'll admit that I almost gave up on it in the beginning, (WHEW, glad to have THAT out in the open...) but that's because this anime has a bit of what I call a slow start. It's really amazing, but it takes a bit too long to get the characters introduced. All in all, the REAL action begins around episode 20, and if you can hold out that long, I can almost GUARANTEE that you won't be disappointed.

Plot: I honestly believe that the only flaw in the plotlines are the fillers and the first twenty episodes, which can be hard to get through. But I understand that they were important for the initial character introduction and plot start.
Unlike others, I enjoyed the longness of the series, in fact, I don't really appreciate short animes as much as ones with 100+ episodes. The plot, I believe, was well drawn out, and things were well thought through. Though sometimes a fight would be just a bit too long, or too short. But after a while, I believe that animators got it down PERFECTLY. The fight scenes were very well done especially, I think. I give the plot 9.5/10

Characters: The characters were AMAZING, I couldn't get enough of most of them. Here's an overall summary of the character, including the Varia and a FEW minors.

Tsunayoshi Sawada (Tsuna)- At first sight, an underwhelming, weak, totally atypical hero type. Though you instantly see that he has a good heart and CLEARLY isn't meant to be a Mafioso, much less a Mafia boss. As the show progresses, Tsuna develops amazingly, while he never accepts the fact that he's a tenth generation boss, he begins to love his family that surrounds him and would do anything to keep that happy family together. He becomes very powerful, earning all of the things necessary to become a boss for reasons other than WANTING to be the boss, because somehow Reborn always found a way to incorporate his love for his friends and what he wants Tsuna to do. I give him a 9.5/10 mostly for his very kind heart and the ability to protect what he loves, which you don't see often in Shonen.

Reborn (Arcobaleno)- A smooth, troublemaking baby who is always manipulating Tsuna and others around him with ease, he very rarely gets serious in the anime, and never showing any obvious signs of weakness. Overall, I give him an 8/10

Hayato Gokudera- In a word, LOYAL. He's like Tsuna's servant, though he calls himself the right-hand man. He would do ANYTHING to keep Tsuna out of harm's way, even risking his own life, and he does, many times. While his personality around Tsuna is absolutely delightful, in real life, he is a delinquent, and does not get along very well with others. Despite this, I think he is a lovable character and give him 10/10 for PURE AWESOMENESS.

Takeshi Yamamoto- He's very naive. While being the funnyman of the group, his comedy derives mostly from the fact that more than halfway through the series, he still seems to think that the whole Mafia thing is a game, despite the battles that everyone has been in. I think though, deep down, Yamamoto knew from the start that the Mafia was serious, because he tries very hard and is worried about everyone when someone is hurt. I think he just didn't want to admit it to himself. While baseball is his favorite activity, he LOVES it, and it earned him the nickname Baseball Brain from fellow Vongola Guardian, Gokudera; he gives it up so he can focus all of his attention on the sword, or Judo, which is his style of fighting. I give him 8/10.

Ryohei Sasagawa- A huge musclehead, but an endearing one. He doesn't believe in giving anything less than 210%, his well used quote being, Kokyuugen! or, TO THE EXTREME! He'll often say extremely, or to the extreme at the end of sentences just to make his point more clear. I give him 7.5/10, because he got annoying sometimes.

Kyoya Hibari- I love him. I just DO. He's the bad boy, cool guy, aloof type who doesn't really seem to care about anything except WINNING. While he DOES hold the entire Vongola family in contempt, he doesn't exactly think of them as enemies, often coming to things he knows are important and saving everyone's lives. He is the strongest Vongola Guardian and is very rarely beaten. His saying is, I'll bite you to death, or Kamikorosu. 10/10.

Chrome (Kuromu) Dokuro/ Mukuro Rokudo- After Mukuro was locked up in the Vindice Penitentiary, he saved Chrome's (or Nagi's) life and she became his servant, though he treats her well. Chrome is very annoying to me. I personally hate her and think she is a crybaby. Though Mukuro I believe is amazing. I think that their abilities are amazing, regardless of their personalities. Chrome, 6/10. Mukuro, 9/10.

Lambo- I only have respect for this character because he is played by Junko Takeuchi, the same voice actor as Uzumaki Naruto. He is always annoying me, and I feel that he should grow up, (which he does, and WHEN he does, he's AWESOME) and start to comprehend the fact that he needs to be a man, or... cow, and fight for the Vongola. But I understand that he's five, and some allowance must be made, so.... 7/10.

I-Pin- A minor character, not really very extraordinary, though amusing I think. 7/10.

Kyoko Sasagawa- Tsuna's romantic interest, and Ryohei's younger sister. She tags along with Haru for the entire series, sort of just being there. She's pretty useless, your stereotypical chick, I hold Chrome in higher esteem than her, but she can be useful. 6/10.

Miura Haru- ANNOYING. I do NOT like her at ALL, she annoys me throughout the entire series and I personally believe that she was Akira Amano's biggest mistakes. Don't get me wrong with all these low points for the girls in this series, I LOVE i good female lead, but I just think the girls are very 1-D, and that they are only there to give Tsuna a motivator to protect something. 3/10.

Xanxus- A really angry, mad person who hates Tsuna because his father was the Ninth boss and technically he was supposed to be Boss, but he got skipped and Tsuna, against Tsuna's will, of course, was nominated instead. He pretty much an okay character, though I would like it if Tsuna and him got together a bit better. 7.5/10.

Squalo- A shouting, but awesome dude who always screams, VOOOIII, when he's pumped. He is a top notch swordsman and is the Varia's second in command. He tutors Yamamoto later on. 8/10.

Leviathan- I personally do not like him, because he attacks poor Lambo while he's in a coma, and you just SHOULDN'T DO some things, powerful, but a boring and somewhat annoying character. 4/10.

Mammon- One of the Arcobaleno, though I do like his successor a LOT more than Mammon himself. His powers are considerable though, and he can be amusing. 6.5/10.

Belphegor- I think he's awesome, often referred to as the Bloody Prince, and he always laughs, saying Ushishishishishishi, and it's freakin' AWESOME, since Shi, means Death in Japanese, or four, but I doubt that's what they were going for... amazing character, interesting, funny, and ADORABLE. 9/10.

Flan-...Let me get this straight. Flan is the BEST character in ANY anime EVER. That is how amazing he is. He is hilarious, adorable, an amazing, and interesting character. He's Mammon's replacement, and he's Bel's rival. He is one of the top three illusionists in the world. The only thing I hate is that he only gets a LITTLE screen time, and that's depressing for me. His voice actor is Kokoryu Sachi, and he has the most hilarious voice. I give him 10/10, though I would give him more if possible.

Lussuria- I'm almost 100% sure that Lus is gay. No offense to gay people, I have no problem with them, but Lussuria creeps me out. I mean, he's a funny and powerful character, but he gives me the heebie jeebies. 7/10.

Dino- The boss of another Mafia group, he's an okay character, not a bad guy, just sort of a cliche in my book. He's the type who can't do anything cool unless his men are around for him to protect. 8/10.

Shoichi Irie- A funny character, but I'm not giving out any spoilers on him, though there are many. He has stomach issues caused by his anxiety, and he tends to fall asleep at random times... 9/10, I like him.

Spanner- A genius who I truly believe is amazing. I wish he were real, because then the world would be better. The constant lack of emotion on his face makes him similar to Flan, and that may be why I like him. He is the genius behind the Gola Moskas, and is Millefiore's best inventor. 9.5/10.

Byakuran- the main antagonist, and he's pretty creepy, too. He's always eating marshmallows, O.o, don't ask me why, I guess he likes food that matches his hair color. But he's insanely powerful and has earned my respect as a villain. 8/10.

That's pretty much it, and I'm sorry it was so long, I just HONESTLY believe that Reborn is and AMAZING anime and that EVERYONE should watch it. It deserves to be the number one popular anime. Please watch/read it! You won't be sorry. ~VongolaNinja14

Don't be fooled by that description, because it's not as simple as that (Well, simple by anime standards). In fact, the plot is almost a complete lie. Sure there are "mafia" families but... well... let's just say this is more of a fairy tale than an organized crime series. Anyone who is going to dedicate themselves to this, get ready for a roller coaster of a show.

The introduction to Reborn is relatively cut and dry, introducing viewers to the type of ridiculousness that will be involved on a regular basis. More than half of the first season is nothing but filler used to introduce the completely lovable characters whom you will never grow tired of (Well... I'll get to that later). Afterwards you get the first major plot arc... followed by even more filler. However, there will be nothing after the second filler arc to get in the way of that sweet plot goodness.

Unfortunately the show isn't as perfect as I make it sound. There will be a tiny few characters who will drive you absolutely insane (I'm looking at you Lambo), and it does get a little ridiculous with "last minute drama." When characters undergo development, it mainly serves to make them stronger in a fight rather than in personality or growth (You can give it points for consistency, I guess). Also, the way the writer handles the villains can get pretty annoying and even more so if you go further by reading the manga.

The upsides can more than make up for this though. Voice acting is phenomenal and everyone sounds how you would imagine them. The fight scenes are beautifully animated and not once will there ever be a point when you feel as though a fight is taking too long or you ask yourself "What the heck is going on here?" The plot also moves at a nice pace, not dragging out too much or rushing so fast that you'll miss it.

Overall, I enjoyed the entire series... save for the filler arcs and one certain character. Even all the flaws I mentioned are forgivable when you view the entire series. It's certainly not as deep or complex as most anime try to be, but it also isn't too simplistic to be just a kids' show.

Final verdict: a great and enjoyable experience for all ages, despite some painful flaws.

P.S. If you finish and wish to continue the story, switching to the manga where you left off doesn't leave you completely disjointed. Save for a few very minor details, you won't miss much.

This anime series was one of the best. The only thing I hated about it were the bloody recaps at the beggining of some of the later episodes. But those have nothing to do with the actual storyline, so they are not relevant at all to the quality of the series. Personally, I beleive it is one of the best shounen animes I have seen. It's the only shounen with more than 100 episodes that I didn't get bored of and just stop watching because it was dragging it's ass along too badly. I FELL IN LOVE IT, SO I HIGHLY RECCOMEND WATCHING IT. Plus, most of the charicters are REALLY cute guys...mmm...Hayato-kun, my only love... ~^w^~