I'm hoping whatever I type here will help people who are in the middle of deciding if this anime is worth it or not. I could just put in "just watch it" and that's it, but I'd rather not. I don't know if this has a manga (it should) and if it does, I haven't read it.... so this is based on the anime only.
I'm leaving out character and enjoyment as both, to me, refer to character development of the whole anime and enjoyment refers to how I enjoyed the anime, both which I won't do as it's just the first episode so there are still characters who haven't been introduced and more episodes have a high chance of changing the level of enjoyment.
Story: -
I'm not going to give this any rating as its only the first episode, but just gonna rant on a bit on what I've witnessed.
There's nothing that I haven't seen before. Guy gets power, monster attacks, guy fights monster and defeats it. Though generic, it was pretty cool. It's not as if the action was hesitated for later episodes or anything.
It was pretty much this.... but covered in terminology specific to the anime. But basically.. that's what happened. I do think they may have put a bit too much terminology in for the first episode, and I found it a bit hard to follow. But that could just be me being slow.
When Alma (main protagonist) first showed his powers, I was excited for some story where he has to deal with this insanity or something along those lines... but then it was killed quickly as that power was erased and replaced with something of a digimon/megaman ripoff.
Art: 5
What disappointed me was the art in this anime. I don't know if it was just the style or whatever, but to me it looked like something out of a 2006 anime. Which isn't too bad... but if you compare it to the other eye-candy anime that came out this year... this one is definitely at the bottom. That being said, I still put up with it.
-Edit, this might have just been the quality I watched in, checked up on a better quality one, it does look pretty good, but I've still seen better. Think I'll give it a 6.
Sound: 5
The fact that I didn't notice anything spectacular while watching says something. But it IS just the first episode. So maybe something might catch my attention later. So I'm giving it a 5 as a "default" thing for now.
Overall: 6
The first episode is alright. If you are looking for something promising with a serious and meaningful story, go somewhere else. I watched it out of curiousity and got let down, if you're really itching for a school/action anime, this is perfect.
