Hero Mask

Even though I'm still watching season 2, I had to write a review for season 1.

It is a good anime with a great plot and great potential, but is poorly handled by bad editing skills and almost no background music/sound.
I understand why this show scored so low.

For me, the main problem was background effects, music/sound and bad editing. Some of the scenes are dragged unnecessary long. And the lack of background effects makes it seems even longer.
The most sound u hear in the background are ventilation/air condition noises from an office building or the wind blowing.. sometimes it even feels like you are sitting ... in a plane and hear the "flight" noise that u experience while traveling.

Some of the scenes in season 1 are quite emotional.. its a crime investigation show, so there is a lot of death involved.. but all u get to see are the characters moving without any sad music in the background.. You miss the impact and emotions the scene is trying to create...

I enjoyed the story and I want to know what happens next, thats why I'm still watching season 2. But this could have been sooo much show if it was done in a better way.

Hero Mask had all the ingredients to be interesting.

The art style isn't going to please everyone, but it's worth a look.

So this is season 1.
It's... A mess. In the good and bad sense of the word. I know what they wanted to do, and I like... Certain things. But it's done in a rather confusing way. Luckily I like the genre, otherwise I would have given up, I think.

The plot is pleasant, even if complex and sometimes exhausting to follow. But the characters are the biggest weak point in my opinion. James Blood doesn't inspire me, he doesn't take me on a journey through his ... story.

That said, Hero Mask still respects its genre and it’s worth watching.

I don't really know what I watched here.
If you ask me "what happens in Hero Mask", I can't explain. I remember the beginning, the girl diying and the mask stuff, but that's all.

I can't see any progression here.
I can't understand any of the characters motivations.
I can't even recognize the caracters of it and what they are.

That happens mostly because nothing happens in the course of the series. Yea, there's some things I can remember in the middle of it and in the end, but the plot doesn't make any sense and the show doesn't even have a premise.

Yea, the mask from the title is ... there and we learn its properties in from the start of the series, but we are fooled by it because Hero Mask isn't about it and we even forgot about its existence sometimes.

The sound is dumb. The animation is Naruto-tier, with character designs that are beautifully generic.

It's a waste of time. 15 episodes of nothing happening and pure boredom.