Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora

-INTRODUCTION-

When I first came across Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora and looked at a couple of screenshots, I decided for myself that I would be staying away from this anime. However, my love for seiyuu as well as my curiousity got the better of me, and I watched it after all. It was not as bad as I expected, and in fact, it was quite good. Not my cup of tea in general, but it did have some great points.

-STORY- 7/10

At first, I was pretty excited about the story. As cliche as it sounds, fairytale-like plot just doesn't get old for some people. However, as ... time went by, it became more and more complex, and I wasn't sure whether it was changing for the better. The problem here is not with the story itself. It was a well thought out plot, with romance and family conflicts involved. But the elements used to display that plot were simply too much. Angels, mecha, cat girls, magic, science, all mixed into this seemingly simple story, did not improve it at all. Those elements looked more like fan service than anything else. Some stories are best if kept to the level of 'normal', and Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora is one of those stories. I liked the idea of absolute angels, but there was just no need to include every possible fan service element out there to display it.

Putting fan service aside and pretending that I didn't see little girls, giant mechas, and occasional unnecessary nudity all the time throughout Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, it was indeed a rather nice story. In fact, the two final episodes touched me so greatly that I almost wanted to disregard all the downfalls. But looking back at it, I can't grade an anime based only on the first episode and a beautiful ending.

-CHARACTERS- 10/10

This is the strongest point of this anime. It has a lot of characters, and most of them are very unique. The main female character did not seem so impressive at first glance, but she developed and matured throughout the anime and became much more admirable. The seemingly invincible "prince" Kyoshiro turned out to have quite a few weaknesses and complexes. By the end of the series, he left me with an impression that he is not the kind that saves the princess, but is instead the kind that needs to be saved. I liked that a lot because perfect heroes are just boring and I can't sympathize with them. Setsuna's eternal loyalty toward Kyoshiro also touched me a lot. She was in my opinion the strongest of the females; after all, not everyone can stay by the side of their beloved person and not give in to selfish desires.

Aside from the three leading ones, the background characters were also quite impressive. They had a purpose and their relationships with each other were well thought out and interesting to observe. I have to admit that to me the most memorable and brightest of them all turned out to be Kyoshiro's older brother, who was also the most shocking one and truly made the series more enjoyable.

-ART/ANIMATION- 8/10

The art is very pretty but nothing too outstanding. Character designs are very well done and interesting. The animation is also great. However, once again, it seemed overdone. Extremely bright colors and sparkling scenes. It is definitely a matter of opinion, but personally I found it too hard on the eyes and simply distracting, considering that the story is nowhere near a comedy. It would have gotten full marks if it was not so colorful.

-SOUND- 9/10

The opening and ending themes are simple, but nice and catchy. They fit perfectly well for this kind of anime. The background music during the battles and during Kuu's talks to her prince is very impressive and greatly increases the dramatic impact. Overall, the soundtrack could have been even better, but in this case it really doesn't need to be. The music choice in this anime is a perfect fit and doesn't need to stand out any more than it does.

The seiyuu work was, of course, outstanding, and I will spare you my unprofessional fangirl comments. I will mention, though, that Kazuya is probably the most impressive role that I heard from Narita Ken so far.

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It's the kind of anime that you can only truly appreciate if you look deeper, past all the fan service. Unless, of course, fan service is what you are looking for -- it has plenty ^_~

A truly gag-worthy anime.

I must admit the series looks adorable from a stand-offish point of view but the storyline left something to be desired. The narration of Shiratori Kuu is very reminiscent of an airhead teen, 'cause frankly... She is one.

But of COURSE she has to be something special. *rolls eyes*

Aside from my obvious disdain for the main character. There were a few decent characters within the series. Setsuna being my favorite, she had more depth to her. If you choose to watch this anime do it to see Setsuna at the very least. Everything else? Not worth your time.

my last review wasn't so hot but im definatley gonna try harder. also i didnt write any spoilers so for those of you who may be afraid to read all this its fine, i just rant a lot. ;)
STORY: 9 the story started out really weird and a lot of people are really skeptical about it or just give up on it. there was only 12 episode and it wasnt horrible so i continued. i didnt know what was going on, but i learned and slowly after each episode began to love the anime more, i couldnt get enough of it! the ... whole anime seemed so magical! im glad i just stuck with it.
ART: 8 the art was good like most animes are. i remember that after watching it though that there were always tons of pictures form the episode i wanted to draw after watching it. so i guess you could say the art was inspiring.
SOUND: 8 it depends where you watch or who uploads it. the original quality is great though so there should be no problems.
CHARACTER: 8 each one has their own personality but i would rather have you find that out for your self. kyoshiro is mysterious and thats all ill say. as for if any annoyed me, not really it may be different for you though.(i hear the cat girl annoyed a few.)
ENJOYMENT: 10 i loved it. enough said
OVERALL: 9 it is soooooooo good. most likely one of those animes you like or just plain dont. its magical and enticing.( at least for me) if you've seen a lot of shoujo you may not like it as much, but i hope you do. if you didnt like it as much as i did then it would be sad cause it was such a wonderful expirience.for those of you who liked it great, you're not the only one. also i hope whether you like the anime or not you can write a review. i hate being the only one. well i hope this helped ;).

I will admit the first time I watched Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora I actually dropped it a while after the first episode. The story did not draw me in. It came across as a typical romance to me, the whole concept of 'Absolute angels' just looked an excuse to throw some mechs in there, and DEAR GOD did the character of Kuu piss me off in the first episode. I picked it up again sometime later to pass the time and I'm pretty glad I did. Despite the boring high school romance vibe the show gave me after the first episode, the show actually ... did go off in a different direction than I expected and better one at that. The show is not all that great though and has a good number of flaws.

STORY: 7
If you're familiar with Kaisaku works then I'm pretty sure you'd be able to figure out how the story goes. Of course Kyoshiro has it's own story but it has many of the same cliches. I became gradually more impressed with the story as the show when on. Although some of the main plot twists in the story were predictable I found myself surprisingly caught of guard by some. The concepts of absolute angels were fairly interesting and it gave an appealing backstory to them. The romance however was… well not that great. I didn’t feel anything from the main couple’s relationship. The relationship just felt kinda slapped on and forced. There’s just a series of confusing moments between them in the earlier episodes that made me question if they’d really even be that great of a couple. Plus we can’t for get the oh so exciting and original love triangle.

The story however was decent enough to keep me interested after a few episodes though and if a story can do at least that then thats all I need to finish it till the end.

ART/ANIMATION: 7
I’ve never really found TNK’s art that exceptional. Of the anime’s I’ve seen animated by them the best ones would probably be Highschool DxD and this show, Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora. I have to admit the animation has improved greatly from Kaishaku last animated work “Kannazuki no Miko” who’s animation was below par. I enjoyed the artstyle of this show. The bright colors gave it a nice mood and the character designs were nicely done.
The animation was… “meh” I think some of the fight scenes in earlier episodes were beautifully animated and something worth watching. Some of the animation in the less exciting scenes did not have as nice of quality. I noticed more and more of these lower quality scenes show up the closer I got to the end.

SOUND: 6
To be honest there was nothing noteworthy about the sound. The opening and ending theme weren’t that great of songs. They weren’t terrible of course but nothing worth remembering. There was only one OST that even stood out to me and I do like it but well… it’s only one. The Dub wasn’t bad at all. FUNimation does do a decent job of dubbing after all. I prefer sub personally because Kuu’s voice in the dub just bugs me. It wasn’t bad acting infact the voice actually fit the character as she was rather annoying but hey I’ll get to that in the next section.

CHARACTERS: 6
I’d have to say the characters had to be both the best and worst part of this show. I personally found Kuu the main girl very annoying and I know she isn’t very liked by other fans. She herself doesn’t even develop much. She does a little bit but not as much as she could have considering her character’s personality. What develops most is her and Kyoshiro’s relationship instead of the actual characters. Kyoshiro actually becomes a different person than he was the beginning but his character is kind of a dull one. He’s a typical pretty boy and shares quite a few traits with a certain character from Kannazuki no Miko. Setsuna was pretty much the only main character I liked and the show wasn’t very kind to her. She comes across as one of the doll like characters, doing whatever she’s told but she does indeed have feelings of her own that become revealed as the story progresses.
And then of course the only notable side characters are Kaon and Himiko as you all know as Chikane and Himeko. The only reason they are noteable is because they are probably the reason why 90% of this shows audience came from. Seeing them again was definitely a treat and their relationship was 10000x better than the main couples in my opinion.

ENJOYMENT: 8
Obviously this part is a bit bias. I did enjoy the show quite a bit after getting a few episodes into it and It kept me interested. I’m glad I watched it to the end even if the show does have it’s flaws.

After averaging all the scores, I give Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora a 6.8/10 (rounded up to a 7) The least I can do is recommend you try the show if you’re into the Mecha, Fantasy and Romance genre’s (Especially if you enjoyed Kaisaku past works) but be well aware of it’s flaws. If the romance and stuff doesn’t sound like something that will interest you’re probably wouldn't like it.

"Even though i am boring empty and useless you still wanted to be with me"
---Kuu

No not really and yes it sucks to be you
---Kawaii123456

Man this was a steaming pile of garbage. I'm an old guy and in no way the target market for this but I think anyone will recognize it for the crap it is is. I'd have to go so far as to say it should probably be restricted from it's target audience. There's a lot of ideas that young girls could do without picking up.

Characters are the first place anime fail. If you like the characters, hate the characters or ... at the very least relate to their situation, even the worst of anime can be enjoyable. If they fail though the anime fails and shattered angel's doesn't have a single solid main character. They have not a single believable motivation amongst them.

The story is every bit as dreadful as the characters. Nothing makes the slightest bit of sense. Characters come out of nowhere, the entirety of the world is laughable.I just couldn't muster the suspension of disbelief to go along with it.

The presentation isn't as bad as the rest but it's still marginal. The art is rather generic the backgrounds are poor. Where it does work ia in the use of music to set the scenes. My sympathies to the musicians

I was drawn to this anime because of Kannazuki, to be completely honest. It concluded very well, but I wanted to see more. I guess I got it, because Kaon (Chikane) is as awesome as ever, if not better. Other than that, it was kind of hard to sit through until the very end.

Kyoshiro is basically a blend of all of Kaishaku’s previous works. It doesn’t work to its full potential unless you’re familiar enough with all of them to appreciate the references, since it doesn’t have much plot of its own. Well, it does, and it does make coherent sense, but it’s nothing special. ... It starts out really confusing, but should be acknowledged for at least answering all the questions and making sense in the end. Very interesting twists midway too. :) Ending was great, and though predictable, it was still sad. Unfortunately, it was all horribly clichéd, and a complete mess. Whether that’s overlookable or not depends on the individual.

The characters all play on different fetishes, and the excessive fanservice was beyond an acceptable level of annoying, in my opinion. The main character seems to not have any idea what’s going on and speaks to a prince in her head the whole time. I have mixed feelings for Kyoshiro himself. Whenever he does something cool, he just has to go and ruin it by being a complete jerk. Setsuna has to be the character I could most sympathize with. I didn’t like her at first, but she grows on you. A lot of them do. And some of them just don’t, like Tarlotte.

The mecha fights didn’t really grab my attention, but they weren’t bad either. Just... average, like the rest of it. Mecha themselves look pretty good, and I do think how the Absolute Angels all tie together is quite interesting.

Animation is something I can give major points for. The art is really pretty. I’m into bright colours, although Kazuya’s hair is ridiculous (side note: it reminds me of Shana, and it looked awesome on her, but here it’s just way too bright). Music is average, but it fits, so it’s alright.

Overall, I’d recommend it for anyone who’s into any of Kaishaku’s stuff (I’ve noticed through Kannazuki that they tend to be messy plots, but there’s still something charming about them that can’t be explained with technicalities… I guess it really is a matter of taste). Otherwise, it’s fine and can still be worth your time, but you can do better.

"Let's go, Together" is the most repeated line here other than "Ayanokoji-san"
I watch this for romance so yes, this anime does satisfy me. I do not recommend watching this if you really hate yuri/shoujo-ai since there are some scenes with it.

Story - Some parts are expected and some are not so you may be bored watching in some parts but glued to the screen in others. For me, i don't mind if it's cliched as long as it's entertaining so i'll give the story line an 8 at most.

Characters - I guess all the characters are likable although kind of annoying (some of them). The ... relationship progress is quite good. There are many characters and i kind of have a bad memory so i'll sometimes forget who is who and have to refer to the character list in myanimelist -which is troublesome- but that would not be a problem if you're not as forgetful as me ^^ I'll give the characters a.. maybe 7.

Sound - This is the factor i had problem with. In the action scenes, the sound effects would be quite loud if you watched the anime in medium volume during their conversations. The characters also tend to scream so, again, it would be loud. If you're wearing headphones, careful not to blast if you cannot hear them speaking in case the volume suddenly increase. Also, i'm not that fond of their voices so I'll give the sound a 5!

Art - Beautiful! I love it! Sometimes their body is not proportionate though.. Not much to comment about this so 8!

Enjoyment - I gave it a 9 because at some point i lost my attention and have to repeat the scene (maybe it's because i watched everything in one day). I found some scenes funny and it DEFINITELY made me cry. You can accuse me of being an emotional person, i don't mind, but i'm NOT the only one who cried XD

Overall - I'm not going by average because the enjoyment covered up all the other flaws. 9 for me! I DON'T discourage you from watching this because I definitely did not regret watching this anime.

Dear prince I hope this finds you well. Man that's annoying. What? O yeah, the review.

Story- 4
I found the story to be pretty bland and unexciting. The main character keeps writing to some prince guy while people fight with mecha robots.

Art- 7
This was about only the good part about this series. Except the opening had a few too many bright colors and I felt I was...lets not go there.

Sound- 5
This did not really stand out to me. The opening was kind of nice, but the rest I pretty much ignored.
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Character- 6
The characters is where I am split on this series. The main guy and girl (especially the girl) I found to be uninteresting.

Enjoyment- 4
The main place this series lost points was here. I found myself having to struggle to watch the next episode, and at one time I had it on hold for a few months. When I was watching an episode I found myself just staring at the screen and letting the series roll by.

Overall- 5
Overall with this series I would say: "eh it's okay". There were a few good moments with a lot of mecha fights and a lot of some girl writing to some guy.
If you are in to mecha, romance, and a little yuri on the side you might like this series.

Overall it was a pretty good anime, I thought the character designs were absolutely beautiful. It was a bit too fairy tale like for my tastes and I thought Kuu constantly writing to her prince for narration was pretty annoying at times. It would've been better at the beginning of each episode only as a review instead of constantly throughout. There was also a bit too much fan service from my point of view, but then most anime has far too much fan service. Overall I liked the characters but I thought Kuu was just really stereotypical and too child like for her age. ... I also thought in the end Setsuna got the short end of the stick and I felt really bad for her. I really liked the art and thought all of the characters were beautiful. I would recommend this anime to maybe a little bit of the younger crowd like 12ish or for people who like a good love story and a fairy tale.

Shattered Angels is, for some reason, an attempt from the makers of Shrine Maiden's Destiny to appeal to the audience who still wanted straight couples in the spotlight (as oppose to gay couples). Herein this anime; the lesbianism isn't so blatant and harsh that the men get stepped on for pure lulz.

However, it DOES get heavy-handed on the romance angle. And even though it's got 4 or 5 women battling it out using robots they pulled out of their unmentionables, you'll start losing your teeth from the over-dramatics and lovey-dovey-ness.

Well atleast the guys didn't go "Oh I'm Gay Now" in the end.

Kyoshiro was surprisingly good if you are judging based just on the first episode. Yes, it is a mash-up of almost every genre known to man, as well as being a gigantic crossover with all of Kaishaku's other works, yet it's somehow very watchable. Honestly, I only came to this anime because of Kannazuki no Miko, but I discovered at the end that it was something I really liked. I would even go as far as to call myself a fan (not fangirl, just fan).
Story: 6
Like Kannazuki, Kyoshiro was a somewhat messy plot. It followed much of the same pattern as KnM too. A totally ... discombobulated first episode, a midseries twist, and a heartbreaking, touching ending. Plot is not this anime's strong point, but it didn't fail completely only because of the ending which totally suckered me.
Art: 8
I am one of the few who actually likes bright and colorful art. I'm not sure why, but it just seemed to really go well with the series. Maybe because it's a fluffy/guilty pleasure anime but it worked for me. (All except for the fact that a certain evil somebody's powers are tinted rainbow).
Sound: 7
The sound was good enough. The soundtrack fit well, I listen to a few of the songs, like the song that plays while Kuu writes to her prince as the episode opener. Most of the music is just music that fits to the anime and isn't really enjoyable to hear otherwise. I watched the dubbed version by Funimation, and frankly I didn't mind the actors. I thought Kuu's voice actress played the "angsty teenager" role very well and I really liked Setsuna's voice. I just wish they could have gotten Michelle Ruff for Kaon after her fantastic portrayal of Chikane in KnM.
Character: 10
I think this is what made the anime compelling at all. Without it's interesting, deep and lovable characters, it would have had nothing. Kuu is not my favorite but she's bearable. At the end she really gets a lot of character and her final performance just broke my heart. Setsuna was lovely too, with interesting motivations and a strong will. Kyoshiro was a hero who wasn't perfect which is extremely refreshing (especially when compared with Souma Oogami). This anime also had a really strong cast of supporting roles, like my favorites, Kaon and Himiko, Soujirou and Tarlotte and the strangely moving Mika. I was definitely impressed with this set of characters.
Enjoyment:10
Yes, I really did enjoy this anime this much. For me, enjoyment of romance animes depends on how much I cry because of it. With Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, I cried for nearly an hour, indicating that I really enjoyed it. It will never take the place of KnM for me but it definitely makes it to my top three.
Objectively, this is a relatively sloppy anime with potentially annoying characters, no overlying theme, tons of clichés and outrageous amounts of fanservice. But from a sad sap's point of view, it's a terrifically romantic show that has mechs, magic and angels mixed in for a little spice.

I ended up picking up Shattered Angels because it had some minor connections to Destiny of the Shrine Maiden, which I felt I liked more than most. However, Shattered Angels has some serious story-telling issues that I really couldn't overlook, despite a decent conclusion.

Story & Characters: We start out Shattered Angels with Kuu Shiratori, who is a pretty normal high school student in the city known as Academia. She frequently has dreams about someone she deems to be her prince, and Kuu feels that its fate that she fall in love with him. One day, when a new student is added to ... her class, she immediately recognizes him as the prince in her dreams. During her time in school, the school is attacked by Tarlotte, a girl who seems to have the ability to summon the powers of a mech unit. The new student, Kyoushirou Ayanokouji, rescues her with the help Setsuna, yet another girl who can wield the power of a mysterious mech. Kyoushirou tells Kuu that she can stay with him and that he'll protect her for as long as she needs. However, beneath this strange love tale, are much deeper stories that the series seems to hold back from its audience for entirely too long.

The story structure is really questionable to me here. We learn that a select few girls can wield powers that are similar to that of mechs pretty early, and those girls are known as Absolute Angels. They use mana, essentially magical powers, whenever they fight and are required to kiss their master on the lips to recharge. They can even summon just a limb, which allows them to fight in tight quarters without expanding their body to enormous sizes. I like the concept in theory. However, the series leaves every other interesting piece of story until the final few episodes. And I mean everything. The first half of the series focuses around, what the audience would deem to be, senseless fighting. We just have very little clue as to why there's so much conflict. I don't hate leaving details until the end, but you need to know why you're going on a certain pathway.

Kuu's rather ordinary and does nothing for most of the series than gush a prince that she saw in her dreams. When Kyoushirou rescues her, it's the only thing on her mind for pretty much half of the series. She doesn't really do anything remarkable until the end, but even then, her development is minimal at best. Kyoushirou grades out a little better, but is still pretty unremarkable. His backstory is actually pretty interesting, but they really don't utilize this as well as I would have liked. Setsuna might be my favorite in a series. She's obviously in love with Kyoushirou, but I really enjoyed her outward attitude towards Kuu. Their interactions were really strong and made the middle of the series a little more bearable. You can clearly tell that Setsuna is comfortable around Kuu and she doesn't seem to ever hold it against her.

One reason I was looking forward to the series was because of the presence of Chikane and Himeko's reincarnations, known as Kaon and Himiko in this series, both of which were initially seen in Destiny of the Shrine Maiden. The thing here is that there is very little connecting them to their previous selves. This isn't necessarily a problem on its own, but to barely even have similar personalities bummed me out a little bit. Kaon ends up not acting much on her own because of the circumstances she was in. She gets tortured multiple times, and she simply endures it. You really do feel bad for Himiko for the same reason though - the hand that she was dealt early on wasn't a pretty one. However, I really like where they took her character after the hardships she and Kaon go through. Mika is introduced as one of the villains not long into the series and I actually didn't mind some of the writing surrounding her. She feels that she owns one of the shattered angels and literally doesn't let up on that ideal. She comes off as very menacing, but her objectives are about as clear as dirt - I really didn't like that portion. Tartlotte just comes off as annoying and we really didn't get to see what she was thinking in any instance, which bugged me.

Shattered Angels eventually flushes out a bunch of details late in the series, but I feel it was delivered way too late. There were some solid plot points mixed in there, and I actually enjoyed the conclusion a fair bit. But by the time you get to that point, you almost feel like much of the content that came before it was mostly for nothing. The fact that we had two pretty bland main characters really didn't help the situation. (Story: 5/10, Characters: 5/10)

Art: This series looked okay for the most part. I didn't have much of a love for the mech designs here. The fights were equally okay, mostly because there wasn't much in the way of sustained usage of the Absolute Angels' powers. Sure, it's an old series, but I'm not entirely sure you can say the quality holds up to today very well. (6/10)

Sound: The sound itself isn't anything special either, with some OST tracks that didn't feel like they fit, and an OP and ED which were unremarkable. I think this might be one of Josh Grelle's (Kyoushirou) bests work that I've heard. They're in a lot of Harem roles and I really don't think it's a great fit. Brittney Karbowski (Kuu) and Maggie Flecknoe (Setsuna) are solid castings for the roles they had. The somewhat curious decision is to replace Michelle Ruff and Stephanie Sheh with Monica Rial (Kaon) and Luci Christian (Himiko) for the Destiny of the Shrine Maiden couple. My theory for this decision is that Funimation generally likes using their same people for their licensed series. Keep in mind that Shattered Angels was licensed by them, where as Destiny of the Shrine Maiden was not. The reason I believe this, is because the Japanese VAs remained the same for both series. Rial and Christian are obviously huge names so I'm not too upset by the recast, but I would have loved for Ruff and Sheh to return here. Much of the rest of the cast were solid in their roles. (7/10)

Overall Enjoyment: Shattered Angels ultimately was let down by both it's slow and questionable story, outside of the ending few episodes, and main two characters that I felt didn't bring enough to the table. If Destiny of the Shrine Maiden led you here, I can't say I necessarily recommend this show to that same audience. There are clear similarities, but the relationships here are not nearly as well written. (5/10)

Been a while since I've come across a mediocre anime. Not really much to say in long paragraphs this time around, so I will just condense my thoughts into rating segments.

Story: 4/10

Everything just felt really generic. If there is one thing I can say about this anime, it's that it never really falls into any form of comedy once. Sure, you have Kuu's enthusiastic friend Kozue, but after Kuu is thrown into the life of Kyoushiro, she turns into a minor character immediately. So the story is mainly just serious half-assed action fights with light drama among it all. The very serious moments did not ... really deliver enough passion to feel that way and I'm confident it would be the same experience in either language. I have seen lots of anime, but never one where I was dowsing off well watching. Maybe it is just not meant for me.

Art: 6/10

The style is colorful and fun, so I can't really give it too much criticism. I like the hair color choice of the protagonist, as I do not often see peach used as a hair color in anime, much less for the main character. She stood out in that regard because of it and it was always pleasant to look at Kuu.

Sound: 6/10

I liked this one song that played in the early episodes that sounded a bit like a folk song, but I can't seem to remember when it played. Aside from that, most of the songs were pretty forgettable. Some of the piano material sounded nice, though.

Character: 5/10

Can't say much here that I haven't already said about the story. Kuu, well looking quite nice, is a very generic protagonist and I was not convinced to pay attention to her throughout the entire anime. Kozue, her friend, breathed some life into it, but was immediately thrown out the window after Kuu began seeing Kyoushiro more. I want to say Setsuna breaths the most life out of the main cast you see the most in regards to actual drama since you really feel her pain as she watches Kyoushiro treat Kuu in a way that she always wanted to be treated. It's very sad to watch. Aside from Setsuna, I suppose I enjoyed Tarlotte as well because her voice actor was very fitting of the role and breathed so much life into her character. She was always pleasant to see onscreen, aside from that awkward fish scene.

Enjoyment: 6/10

I mean, yeah, I said I found it dull earlier. I only rate it above average because I guess the story was consistent enough for me to not hate it. To put it more simply, I would compare it to Bubsy in that you know it's mediocre and respect it for that. And not so much to Sonic Forces where you expected more and were disappointed. Because this anime delivered what it wanted to deliver well enough.

Overall: 5/10

So, based on my own tastes, I would not recommend Shattered Angels. I just watched it myself because I wanted to try to jump into other genres more than what I usually watch, but this one was just not the one that I should have started that with. It felt mediocre, boring and the story was adequate at most. The action scenes, well, there just aren't enough that feel worthy of this anime being in the Shounen genre. And the story actually felt like it jumped around at times more than it needed to. Maybe the actual source material does it better, but if so, then the anime definitely rushed a lot of things.