Jan 2, 2016
******************Spoilers(kinda, not really)***********************
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Now that you have been properly warned, we can continue. Ill start off by saying that I don't usually write reviews for anime, or really any other type of media that I find enjoyment in unless I really have something to say about it. Well, this is one of those anime that I want to say something about. Now, what I want to say is not necessarily bad, I enjoyed watching this, and I would recommend it to any one who wants something quick to watch in the dry seasons.
***************************ART(8)********************************
The art was pretty good, I liked it a lot,
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it wasn't fresh and new like a big budget triple A anime, it was gritty, and it really fit the idea of the story well. The characters looked good, and the fighting and the weapons were pretty cool as well.
**************************SOUND(7+)***************************
To be completely honest I didn't pay much attention to the music like I usually do, but when I did sit back to listen to the intros, or the music in the Anime I enjoyed it. The sound design on the other hand I did pay some attention to and I liked it, I liked how you could here the trailing and echoing of the characters voices in a room, and the monsters sounded pretty cool too. The character voice acting (SUBBED) was pretty good as well.
*************************CHARACTERS(6+)**********************
The characters were fine, they served their purposes well, and for the most part I enjoyed them. Yu's character development from the first season was a difficult slope, that at time, he would revert back to his more immature state with a lot of (family this, and family that, and "he stabbed me but ill be fine cuz family") but for the most part he did mature throughout the anime. Yu was really the only character with major development, most of the other characters stayed relatively static. The reason I don't rate them higher, or go to far in depth with them is because of my next reason.
*****************************STORY(IDK)***********************
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. I don't know how I feel about this story. Do you want to know why I don't know? BECAUSE WHERE THE FUCKS THE REST OF IT? THATS WHY. There was just so much unanswered, there was so much started and never finished, they were still introducing characters towards the end of the second season, like the Guren look alike, and the entire Hiragi family outside of Shinoa, ok that one was closer to the beginning of the second season, but the ratio of story/plot/idea to episode made the second season (feel) incredibly short. The producers of this anime could have milked this idea for days, they could have easily made a 3rd even a 4th season with what they were given, but no, it was rushed towards the end leaving a lot unexplained. Like what happened between the romance of Shinoa and Yu? What happened to Yu trying to change Mika back to a human, what Happened to Kimizuki's sister and how did she become the (SPOILERS) angle. Now before anyone corrects me, I know there's a manga and I bet reading it would answer 91% of my questions but Im not talking about the manga. Another thing that bothered me about this story was the producers use of our old friend "Deus ex machina". An example would be(spoilers) in the later part of season two, Mika, after getting fucked up by the Demon army, saves Yu, and runs away from the fight, and even further away from the final plot location. And in a tense situation at said final plot area, look who shows up, arriving on the 9:30 Deus EXpress? Mika, Yu, and Guren, who previously was captured and injured. Another example would be Yu's several attempts at suicide, and every single time he was rushed to Saint Jude's ex machina children's hospital and saved for the next episode.
************************ENJOYMENT(8)**************************
Aside from all this nit-pickey shit, I enjoyed this anime, it was something I looked forward to see on the weekend, and I plan to watch the OVA when it comes out. And if your reading this review I highly recommend watching it, its something fine to add to you collection of finished episodes, and it can be used to fill up any dry season... I even have a few desktop backgrounds ^.^
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Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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