Code:Breaker

Code Breaker was probably one of the animes i had more faith to be good when it came out. Well i can say it didnt fulfill my expectations.

Probably the worst aspect of the anime is the characters, specially the female protagonist. She is just annoying with a ridiculous sense of justice, and probably its one of the characters in any anime with more repetitive dialogue. I swear i have heard her yelling "oogami-kun!" (the male protagonist name) like 20 times in each episode followed by the sentence "dont kill him" or "dont do this" or similar stuff. Anyone that has watched the fighting scene between ... Ichigo and Grimmjow in Bleach will remember how annoying Orihime was by repeating non-stop "kurosaki-kun", well, the girl from code breaker is far worse and she does it in every chapter of the 13. The rest of the characters are kinda meh, nothing to say about them, they are not as annoying and the girl but they dont add much, even the male protagonist is a meh character, he's just a cool guy who kills bad people, he doesnt even talk too much.

The story is really non-sense. to be fair the premises arent bad, some people with incredible powers erradicating evil. its not great but its ok. But the thing that makes the story so bad is the plan of the villain and why he is trying to do such evil thing. i dont want to spoil anything to anybody, but i will just say it is retarded. he is trying to obtain something by doing actions that doesnt make any sense and even if he succeded in his plan i am not able to understand or grasp how it would benefit him in obtaining his goal. let me put an example to explain myself: imagine you want a new car, but you cant have it, instead of working, or stealing it from the shop or whatever it takes to get the car, you go killing owners of the car you originally wanted. remember your main objective, you wanted a new car, so why would you benefit by killing people?Exactly it doesnt make any sense, and Code Breaker Plot is something similar to this, im not kidding, its dumb.

To be fair the art is not that bad, though some guys looks seem to belong to a shoujo manga, but its okay i guess, and the animations during some battles are good though i should say the battles themselves are not very interesting or epic.

To conclude this, Code Breaker a very dissapointing anime, with the worst character i've seen in almost any anime and a plot that is absurd. I am really sad....

A painfully generic Anime with cliché bad guys, pointless and uninteresting twists, and character motivations and faults that were taken right out of a textbook on "Anime 101". The only slightly redeeming element to this cookie-cutter story is some interesting fight scenes.

Code Breaker is not about Java security breaches but rather about a Japanese version of X-Men, cast with bishounen guys and a female version of Touma from Toaru Majutsu no Index. Basically, there are a great deal of children with "special abilities", which the government takes care of. The most powerful of these ability users are turned into 007-type agents that do the bidding of the Prime Minister, unbeknownst to the greater Japanese population. Our protagonist, Sakura, one day discovers one of these "code breakers" in action as he kills some unimportant fodder characters. Will her investigations lead her down a path of disaster?

The idea ... of elemental super-humans is nothing new, explored in other shows like K and, more thoroughly, in the Toaru series. While the huge bishounen to female ratio is different, this only adds further questions to the show's purpose and target demographic. While the pretty-boy to girl ratio might seem to hint shoujo, don't expect any semblance of relationships here- it's all about calling out pointless catchphrases and battles. The plot is mildly entertaining but builds to a climax that just doesn't make sense. Not in the way of K's "there's some crazy s**t going on here" but in the illogical reasoning of the antagonist. Some may argue that this would have been better if it were longer but I'd say I'm pretty glad it's over. Unless you love action and are too young to use reason, please do yourself a favor and watch something else.

Animation:
In general. the animation is fairly good. There's good detail, shadowing, and color balance. Character designs are unique and emotions (or lack thereof) are conveyed appropriately. However, combined with the plot, certain elements don't seem to mesh. For instance, you'll see Sakura getting pummeled (kicked in the face & body repeatedly) yet two minutes later she's walking fine with no bruises. Not to mention the special abilities themselves, which makes Dragonball appear scientifically sound, relatively speaking. Think you know chemistry? Ice vs fire? Forget it as here willpower and shouting determines which "element" wins.

This is ultimately a shonen show with lots of fighting and no fan service (unless you count Sakura's weird mother who constantly cosplays as a schoolgirl). Expect a lot of fighting and a lot of special effects.

Sound:
The show opens with a techno-heavy rock piece, but the dude almost makes it feel shoujo appropriate. The ED reminds me a bit of some of Naruto's EDs, standard rock fare. More unique is the BGM, which is almost always on during the show. I'd go as far to say that BGM is overused in this show, as if they're afraid you'd lose attention if they stopped.

VAs do a fair job but are limited by the script and, well, lack of unique characterization in general.

Story:
The show follows Sakura as she shadows the cool, calculating, and emotionless Rei Oogami- supposedly trying to stop him from killing other people. Despite her moral cries of "there must be a better way", nothing is ever proposed and she basically ends up as a spectator to the works of the Code Breakers. The central plot line is indeed contiguous, but it is also riddled with unanswered questions and fallacies that end up ruining the show for those of us who have a brain. All the seemingly isolated terrorist events and killings eventually get linked to a single individual, and then the show builds to a predictable climax encounter that is resolved in just about the worst possible way, that is other than the Mass Effect 3 ending.

You get the impression that Code Breaker was going for something deep (moral questions, government conspiracy, etc.) but it ends up all feeling shallow and not terribly thought out. For instance, there are only six Code Breakers at a time. Why only six when they show literally hundreds of special ability children? Also, the support organization for the Breakers, Eden, seems to employ just about every other person in Japan so it seems that the general "populace" isn't as ignorant as suggested. In the end, this show ends up somewhere between K and Zetman. Not as baffling as the former and not as outright disappointing as the latter. While Code Breaker has decent action, the reasons behind it is underwhelming.

Characters:
Sakura reminds me of other shoujo female leads (think Special A & Maid Sama). She's apparently every guy's crush at school and academically/physically gifted, though I find it odd that no one realizes that she's a child of basically a yakuza family. She's definitely labeled as "slow when it comes to love" as her actions make everyone else think she likes Oogami, when in fact she obviously has no interest in any guy. Both Sakura and Oogami have bewildering moral beliefs, Sakura will put herself at risk to help others while Oogami is on a crusade against "evil", whatever he thinks that is. So what character development can we expect here? Oogami goes from trying to kill Sakura repeatedly to being her bodyguard at the government's request. Yes, at the government's request. He himself shows little if any interest in Sakura's well-being.

Likewise, you'll find very cold relationships between practically everyone in this show. Confusingly, at times the code breakers act like a well-oiled team. Yet at other times they themselves claim that they almost always act solo. Ultimately, all the characters are given cookie-cutter personalities and are in general impossible to relate to.

Value:
The greatest value in this show is finding all the inconsistencies in the directing, presentation, and story. The story itself a mess that isn't worth telling and the characters might as well be amoeba. If you're not particularly desperate for a bit of action, steer clear.

My god, this was bad. Now, don’t get me wrong, the premise is interesting, and the first episode is a very good first episode. But the rest is completely trash. Oogami is a very good character, but becomes useless 4 episodes in when Sakura wouldn’t stop fucking budging in his business like she has any fucking right to do so.

Sorry but WTF is this shit, not only she keeps annoyingly following Oogami like an entitled bitch with her oh so right morality, (who the fuck has time in their busy days to bother anyone 24/7 anyways lol) but she keeps interfering Oogami killing obviously ... filthy and unredeemable characters, that many of whom are trying to kill her hahaha. How did Oogami didn't slap her baffles me, but man.... Like this one guy that killed and mutilated hundreds of children, and she tried to save him just as Oogami was about to kill him. Also, because the guy had a daughter, as if that redeemed all the shit lol. The fact that she HUGS criminals and terrorist and tries to appeal to their sense of humanity and….man, what kind of dog shit is this.

That’s where I drew the line. This series was utter bullshit and yes I know this is anime (and respectively the manga), but man there is so much you can make your brain degenerate to such low intelligence to enjoy. All of this could have been written so much much better to at least not outright show how incompetent this was. I wondered if the author knows anything about human psychology...

Like other reviews that explain well, if you’re new to anime, you might enjoy code breaker but seasoned ones will know this is complete utter rubbish.

Also, this anime suffers from the typical, clichéd and excessive use of contrived coincidence, (look it up, you might be surprised this thing had a name). One of such many examples in code breaker: what are the odds of Sakura being a rare breed and for her to get entangled in all this mess because she witnessed 3 seconds of Oogami burning people from 3 km from a bus, and then oh so happens Oogami is the new transfer student in her classroom lol, I suppose Tokyo doesn’t have enough schools for this to be an impossibility and also just so happens Oogami is the same age as Sakura leading to the same class year, and ohh wait, same classroom class lol.

Also, what's up with the motherfucker having tea in a fucking table out of some royal ball in the middle of school corridor/roof/entrance and no one bats an eye??? (Is this normal in Japan?? LOL)

Let me tell you that I did try to read the manga after watching the anime to see if it was better, and let me tell you, that dude that reviewed the manga that suggested making a drinking game out of Sakura is a legend, kudos to whoever can get to the end without passing out lol!

After just finishing all the Code:Breaker episodes, I must say that I am extremely disappointed. As a lot of the reviews already mentioned other aspects of why the series didn't run well, I am here to discuss my overall disappoint in the character Sakura.
As she was one of the main leads, I had great expectations until the very last episode waiting for the final moment were she wasn't a useless, stereotypical whiny teenage girl.
As seen in the beginning, she has a brilliant talent in martial arts and is supposedly a very capable fighter, but in the entire series never really did anything with it which ... was a huge disappointment.
And when she was discovered as a 'rare breed' and had the power to nullify others powers, I kept thinking that we would see much more of her exploring it and other ways for her to be useful and possibly a powerful character, but to add to my digression, they did nothing with it.
Another thing, they did get into her past were she was dropped at her current adopted parents door step covered in blood, and another disappointing dead end led me to yet again believe that we might be able to explore her past and perhaps find a very interesting discovery about her powers.
The amount of expectations I had for this anime were fair, I thought they could do so much with it! In my head I making all these predictions, and I'm left with nothing. I have watched many bad anime's, but this one left me hanging in the wind. How could they leave so much? I almost feel betrayed.

Story:
Out of the gate, seems decent but ends with plot holes and cliff hangers.

Art:
average, I've seen worse, and better.

Sound:
average, Nothing particularly memorable except for who is singing the opening.

Characters:
Terrible. The main character Sakura is the strongest and smartest person in her school. Knows Aikido and can stop two of the code breakers mid-punch by grabbing their wrists. But when it's plot related She does stupid stuff, and has to be rescued. It gets so bad that she couldn't even get herself out of a choke, even though she would know exactly how with her training. Says "Don't Kill" like ... a broken record, but offers no alternatives, or guts to prevent it. Which make the male lead appear as the correct one. She is able, but the writing forces her to be unable. Pathetic male fantasy.

Code breakers 01 and 04 have their motivations for being a code breaker revealed, but everyone else is a mystery.

All the characters in Sakura's school and home are one note, and forgettable.

Enjoyment:
I finished pissed. Frustrated by Sakura's inability to do anything worth being in the show. All she did was show me that the manga writer can only belittle and weaken a strong female to make the men look good. Other anime have this problem too, but it as blatant in this series. I don't mean to sound feminist, but I'm just frustrated by how overpowered Sakura is, and yet she wasn't allowed to be capable. Which made her terribly annoying. Episodes 9-13 were the worst.

Overall:
Chauvinistic modern male fantasy. I recommend passing on this, the MC is handicapped by bad writing so much so that it'll make ya mad at her, and it's not even her fault character wise. She's a bait 'n' switch. First episode you learn she's smart, and strong, every episode after, she does only dumb things and needs rescue.

Overview:
Time and again, there comes an anime that I somehow force myself to watch to the end, and then deeply regret I did afterwards. "Code:Breaker" is, without a doubt, one of these. With an exceedingly tedious ideological clash that ultimately goes nowhere, the most incompetent female lead I've seen in any anime, and the type of facepalm-inducing melodrama that would make even the biggest "Final Fantasy" fan groan, this is a series that stands out in absolutely no way, shape or form and is definitely not one I will be re-watching anytime soon.

Story (3.5/10):
The story follows Sakura Sakurakouji (yeah, that incompetent female lead is also ... the main character) who while on the bus home, sees a blue fire suddenly light, and at the centre of it is a boy her age, who comes to her school the next day as a transfer student. He is Rei Ogami, an assassin with a strange power known as a 'Code;Breaker'. Convinced that killing is never justified, Sakura decides to stop Ogami before he kills again, while Ogami, at the same time, takes an interest in Sakura because of her status as a 'Rare Breed'. While this does seem like an interesting set-up, trust me when I say that any illusion of that shatters by the end of the first episode when Sakura scolds Ogami for euthanizing a DOG! Yeah, so the dog was on the brink of death, there was no way to save it, Ogami did the kindest thing he could have done and she screams 'How could you?!'. In hindsight, that was the first hint to walk away as things only get worse in the next two episodes (the third being the worst of the worst) and then slightly better after that.

The pacing is simply atrocious. For a while, the series just doesn't know what direction it wants to go in. The third episode is practically filler as it adds absolutely nothing to the rest of the plot, being little more than annoying melodrama. The series is only 13 episodes long, so to have filler is a serious problem and makes everything else come off as rushed. Furthermore, all the arguing between Ogami and Sakura about killing is completely pointless because it never creates any good development in either of them. Sakura never learns that killing is necessary sometimes, and her words never get through to Ogami.

Art & Animation (6/10):
On the surface, "Code:Breaker" actually looks pretty good. The environments and power effects are believable and the humans are overall well-drawn. However, then you see the animals and they look TERRIBLE! I can swear whoever wrote the series has never even SEEN a dog or cat before. There is practically no detail in them, making them little more than blobs with features, and they don't fit at all with the rest of the animation.

Sound and Dialogue (5/10):
Nothing about the soundtrack stood out for me, and the opening and ending themes are instantly forgettable. Voice acting is good, for the most part, but I've certainly heard better. Dialogue varies from decent to horrendous.

Characters (5.5/10):
As I mentioned twice before, Sakura is highly incompetent, to the point that it's hard to believe she's the main protagonist. Worse yet is that she's depicted as a nice person but instead comes off as self-righteous to the point of hypocrisy. You see, with her martial arts and 'Rare Breed' abilities, she can easily stop Ogami from killing, as opposed to begging him not to which she knows falls upon deaf ears. She does sometimes, admittedly, but more often than not she just stands there seemingly helpless as he kills, almost as though a part of her knows it's them or the criminals but she refuses to admit it. This, combined with her claim that her childish beliefs are a fact of the matter, which she's trying to force on this guy she barely knows, makes her come off as an arrogant, stubborn and highly judgemental individual, certainly not the kind, caring girl she's supposed to be. All in all, she is a character that I grew to loathe and, while she does get a little better towards the end, she ultimately came off as weak, underdeveloped and just tried very hard to be a character she really wasn't.

The supporting cast is no better. There's Yuki and Toki, two of the other Code:Breakers who serve as the comic relief. However, two guys who turn into a cat and child when they use their powers too much just doesn't fit with the dark tone the show attempts to go for. And, more importantly, it isn't funny. There's also Rui, the only female Code:Breaker who is as bland as Sakura is incompetent and Miyuki, a normal woman who works with the Code:Breakers and calls Ogami her master for reasons that are never explained. The villain's goal and motivations are so poorly written and explained that I just didn't know whether I was meant to hate him or sympathise with him.

Thankfully, there is one good character, and that is Ogami. Despite claiming that criminals are dogs that need to be put down, Ogami, much like Lelouch vi Britannia and Kiritsugu Emiya, is fully aware that his actions are wrong and that he isn't a good person. He flat out admits this, which makes for some of the better dialogue in the series.

Ogami: We all have a job to do. You said yourself taking out the trash is a noble profession, right?
Sakura: Yeah, so?
Ogami: Well, that's exactly what those gang members were.
Sakura: And it's your job to remove them.
Ogami: Every single one of them was a cold-blooded killer.
Sakura: Oh, I see. Fighting fire with fire, of course. What gives you the right to judge?
Ogami: I told you, I'm a bad man. I recognize my own.

From this exchange, you can immediately see the gap in quality between Ogami's dialogue and Sakura's. Unfortunately, Ogami isn't exactly a saving grace, as even he has a point where he becomes annoying. Furthermore, his aforementioned similarities to Lelouch from "Code Geass" and Kiritsugu from "Fate/Zero" are unfortunate yet inescapable reminders that you should be watching those shows instead.

Enjoyment (4.5/10):
"Code:Breaker" is not without its enjoyable moments, but a good few of the episodes were just a pain to sit through. And yet here I am today, wondering why the hell I watched the whole thing from start to finish. Was I curious about how bad it would get? Was I under the vain hope it would get better? Or am I simply a masochist? I don't even know. But what I do know is, in spite of everything, I can't even say I'm disappointed, as by the end all I was left with was the realisation of how little potential it had to begin with.

Overall:
I'm pretty sure I've highlighted what I think of "Code:Breaker", but just in case, let's recap. It's tedious, it's inconsistent, it's incredibly melodramatic, it's almost completely devoid of interesting characters and, ultimately, it all just feels as though it's been done before- and better. It's not the worst anime I've seen, but it has all the problems of an average series and too few redeeming qualities to make it worth recommending.

Score:
3.5+6+5+5.5+4.5=24.5/50=4.9/10

I stumbled across this anime quite by accident and the first episode- intrigued me. It was gripping and attention grabbing however the series for me soon became a chore rather than something to enjoy.
I think the overall story is very good with some moments that did affect me emotionally however I have not read the manga and still feel like this story wasn't presented in the best way.
The female protagonist seems like she has some interesting back story that is hinted at but never properly explored and she can fight but never seems to put this to use. It seems to me they added ... the fact she can fight to make her seem like a strong female.
The antagonist’s motivation is still not legitimate enough for me, it seems fake and shoe horned in just so it seems more tragic he's evil.
The sound was good with alright voice acting from some and not so alright voice acting from others. The art was decent I suppose but I have seen better. (The ‘magic’ was quite pretty and dynamic)
I think the thing for me was the characters, they seemed flat, token or just not nice which made the series a bit of a damp squib.

I think this anime perhaps is suitable for those who recently starting to get into the anime world. But for those who already masters the world of anime, this is, as harsh as it might sound, rubbish.

Plot: 4

So the plot at first is interesting though lacks of originality but as the story progresses, it becomes downright cliche to the point that I cringe. I'm not even joking. It's so, so, predictable. The boring villains? You have it in this anime. The cold and cool protagonist? All's here for you. All the anime cliches' it's all here, no doubt.

Characterization: 1

Where do I even begin? ... Oh lord. Again, so cliche and annoying.

Sakurakouji Sakura, I despise her character. I know that despise is a strong word to use but it matches how I honestly feel about her character. She's like your typical anime/fanfic girl that's overly famous despite her average look, good in sports and studies and have tones of fans at school. She's annoying, pathetic, weak; all the negative adjective goes to her. She refuse to see people got hurt and die but all she does is beg for it to stop instead of using her special pyhsical abilities. As smart as she is claimed to be, she is clueless in love, which again, so, so, cliche. You'll understand why I hate her so much after watching this anime.

Ogami: Three words; Cliche, pathetic and weak. His character doesn't develop well.

Hitomi: Your typical villain.

There's more characters and all of them are weak, I dare say. If I must choose a favourite character in here, I'll choose Yuuki, the supporting role in this anime. He's not original too, true but at least it's fun watching his scenes.

Like I said again, this might be enjoyable for anime newbies, but for me, a person who has lived and breathed anime 24/7, this is crap.

I haven't read the manga but I heard it's way better than the adaptation. I will proceed with the manga instead of continuing with the anime adaptation.

Final score: 3/10 (just because I do enjoy the bishonen characters and Yuuki's funny parts, that's all)

" A Code Breaker OR One who does not Exist..." Well said because this show should not exist. This show is hot garbage! I don't even know where to start. The characters were flat, the dialogue was boring and don't even get me started on the animation. Reading the plot synopsis makes it sound intresting enough for you to check the show out, but the execution of it is all over the place. The main characters Oogami Rei and Sakurakouji Sakura were literally made for each other yet had absolutely no chemistry between the two. You could tell that you were just watching drawings interact ... with each other. You'd be hard pressed to find something good about this show. You have the supporting cast of Tenpouin Yuuki, Fujiwara Toki, Heike Masaomi and Hachiouji Rui who are also dry pieces of toast who don't bring any other form of enjoyment to the show. Code breaker is so poorly executed that by the last fight you don't care about the outcome, you just want it to be over. Overall I give Code: Breaker a 2/10. Don't waste your time. If you really want to know what happens in the story I recommend reading the Manga, I've heard rave reviews about it.

MENTALITY
Code: Breaker is a standard superpower shounen and one should get into it without having many expectations. Proof of which is the very opening song. It’s a nice dynamic piece, but it shows nothing besides the main characters doing a demonstration of their superpowers. No context besides that; it’s just what it seems. There is enough bravado and flashiness to keep the average viewer somewhat interested to see what will happen but in the long run it is nothing memorable or special.

CAST
You get Sakura, a high school girl in the role of Ms Pacifism. She is presented as a Mary Sue, perfect in anything, grades, ... sports, martial arts, and with a perfect morality that makes even boy scouts to feel ashamed. Everybody loves her, everybody wants to be like her, her life is perfect. Until a transfer student named Rei enters her life.

Rei is in the role of the Bad Boy, and has the bad habit of killing people by incinerating them with magic blue flames. Meaning, he is a vigilante who fights fire with fire, an identity hidden by everybody besides Sakura. Who, of course, will do her best to bring him back to the light side. Although the people he kills are unredeemable scumbags, Sakura is still against killing and tries with all her might to stop fights, and make sworn enemies to be friends, and is full of friendship speeches, and I WANT TO STRANGLE HER!

She is so bloody annoying and nags like an old maid all the time. You almost think she is in desperate need of a good c*** to calm the f*** down and leave people alone; jeez! And sadly the show doesn’t kill her right away because she is plot-armored with a magic barrier that makes her immune to death and a secured way to stay alive forever and piss us off for infinity. The saddest part is that the show is not about her realizing that the world is not a perfect place that can turn into a fairyland because she nags a lot. She never develops and instead tries to turn the others into irritating bitches like herself.

Rei seems cool for a protagonist at first, for being amoral and willing to kill his enemies instead of letting them go or trying to befriend them. He is also willing to kill innocent witnesses just for the sake of not letting others know what he does. Not that this is taken as far as it sounds sadly, as he gets pretty mellow after a few monologues by Ms Pacifism and turns fast into a mediocre shonen lead who just wants to protect his friends. Also, despite his awesome power at first, as soon as others like him appear, he is in constant need of getting stronger with new power-ups. Meaning, all the development you get from this guy is turning from powerful amoral youth to sappy shonen who wastes his time in getting stronger. LAME!

As for the rest of the important characters, we get half a dozen more psychotic dudes with superpowers, who have a similar demeanor with Rei, and are also fond of Ms Pacifism. And that is all you get from them; shallow ambiguous morality, big explosions, excuses for fighting each other… and the Beautiful People’s Club. Seriously, there isn’t a single ugly important character in this whole show.

PRODUCTION VALUES
Made by Kinema Citrus, a minor studio with good budgets that has created the esteemed Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and flashy brain dead fun titles, such as .hack//QUANTUM. Nothing particular great in their roster but at least they try a bit to make their works to look interesting. There is nothing bad in the show; it has fairly clean outlines and nice coloring but also nothing particular great to stand out from the lot. It’s just that most are dressed as typical high school kids, with the bishies being trendy just to stand out. There are also lots of scenes where the characters look too cartoony, crudely drawn and with stiff motions, as if the animators didn’t bother much with them.

This anime really blurs the boundaries of shonen and shojo, since the protagonist is not Rei but Sakura. The whole plot unfolds through her eyes… and damn does she have big shojo eyes. The other dudes have narrow and sinister ones, which makes a very big contrast that feels almost comical. And since they are all pretty-looking bad boys in love with her, the whole thing could easily be seen as a date sim for girls. Which is lame since it’s nothing much in terms of both the demographics it aims for.

SCRIPT
The story is based on the manga by Kamijou Akimine, who made the very good Samurai Deeper Kyo (manga, not anime). He is good when it comes to action but in terms of storytelling he tends to kick around a lot just for the sake of staling progress. Also, despite the big build-up that escalates for several episodes/volumes, the resolution is a typical brainless superpower showdown, which is what you could get right away and it wouldn’t make any difference despite the attempts at fleshing out. Also, Code Breaker is far more basic and commonplace than Samurai Deeper Kyo, having a very typical setting and a mostly generic cast of commoners; thus far more boring despite being made after it. I mean, for how long can they stretch the “Oh she likes him” misunderstanding gimmick? Sorry Akimine, you won’t be remembered if you keep acting like that.

The directing is done by Irie Yasuhiro, who is somewhat famous for his work on FMA Brotherhood. His roster is otherwise pretty short and full of forgettable titles; the current one being not something different. Sorry mate, you can’t make a good omelet with rotten eggs.

As far as hooks go, the series is supposed to attract you with ambiguous morality, flashy action, and steamy romance. And guess what, it offers very little since there is close to no actual or meaningful development.
- The moral dilemma is completely shallow and never goes beyond “might is right”. Sakura will start by bitching about something a criminal does is bad. Then the villains will start laughing and attack. Then Rei will pop in and trash them all. BIG DEAL!
- The action scenes are very simple and short. To the most part the fighters stand still and just throw energy beams at each other, with no choreography or tactics.
- And the romance part is to the most part just fascination and big misunderstandings. Sakura stalks Rei for making sure she won’t kill again and everybody immediately assumes she is madly in love with him. This becomes a running joke that gets old pretty fast.

Even if you try to see this as a basic story, there are lots of derp moments which easily reveal poor writing and directing. The hero will constantly be killing and destroying yet nobody around him will be giving a damn. He incinerates a whole gang of thugs, and you see nobody even noticing they existed in the first place. He trashes walls and windows, and nobody cares to even ask what happened. Why is he even doing all that if nobody cares? The only one who notices all those obvious events is Sakura, and she doesn’t even have heightened senses to excuse all that. She will also be the only one who constantly yells like an old maid and trying to prevent things far above her capabilities, with her shallow morality just making you to bitch slap her. Shut up and go back to the kitchen!

The ending is complete BS. Some super villain is about to blow up Japan, Sakura nags, Rei will get a convenient power up to beat him, the villain dies with everybody forgiving him for having killed thousands… and then nothing. We are back to square one like absolutely nothing changed after such a world shaking event. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF ALL THAT?

LEGACY
I also am not fond of the directing, or the storyboard. Most of what happens is presented in a very crude way, too slow or unexciting. So many people die, so many places get trashed, everybody acts like a retard, and nobody seems to care. Not even the protagonists. By extension, not even the viewer. Nothing much to see here; a watch once and forget show. I suggest you watch the much similar Full Metal Panic instead of this trash.

And now for some excused scorings.
ART SECTION: 5/10
General Artwork 1/2 (generic)
Character Figures 1/2 (generic)
Backgrounds 1/2 (basic)
Animation 1/2 (basic)
Visual Effects 1/2 (basic)

SOUND SECTION: 6/10
Voice Acting 1/3 (retarded talking)
Music Themes 3/4 (not great but dynamic nonetheless)
Sound Effects 2/3 (ok I guess)

STORY SECTION: 2/10
Premise 1/2 (typical)
Pacing 1/2 (erratic)
Complexity 0/2 (none)
Plausibility 0/2 (none)
Conclusion 0/2 (completely pointless)

CHARACTER SECTION: 3/10
Presence 1/2 (generic)
Personality 1/2 (cheesy)
Backdrop 1/2 (generic and simplistic but it’s there)
Development 0/2 (none)
Catharsis 0/2 (none)

VALUE SECTION: 1/10
Historical Value 0/3 (none)
Rewatchability 0/3 (no reason to rewatch)
Memorability 1/4 (generic and forgettable)

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 1/10
Art 0/1 (looks typical)
Sound 1/2 (nice songs)
Story 0/3 (horse shit)
Characters 0/4 (irritating cardboards)

VERDICT: 3/10

Although the shows initial premise its intriguing: a force of good trying to influence a force of evil, and discuss the morality in different forms of justice, it quickly proves to be be poor in substance.

Code:Breaker offers an incoherent plot, two-dimensional characters, and oh so painful dialogue. Not only does the show often fail to answer the questions it poses, but it actively presents something idiotic whenever it does offer something to think about.

The action scenes are fun to watch. The art style and animation are good, and the different powers that characters have make for entertaining fights. If flashiness alone isn't enough to ... justify watching something for you, then there is no good reason to watch Code:Breaker.