Fairy Gone

"Once upon a time, fairies were tools of war."

The story takes place in a world where fairies possess and dwell in animals, giving them mysterious abilities. By removing the organs of a possessed animal and transplanting them into humans, fairies can be summoned as an alter ego and be used as a weapon. Such individuals who used fairies as war tools were called "Fairy Soldiers." Once the war was over and they completed their roles, the soldiers lost their purpose. Some began working for the government, some joined the mafia, and some even became terrorists, as each chose their own way to live.

Nine years have passed since the war. The protagonist Mariya is a new recruit of "Dorothea," an organization which investigates and suppresses fairy-related crimes. Amidst the unstable political situation, criminals with lingering wounds from the war and past conflicts emerge and engage in terrorism as an act of revenge. This is the story of Fairy Soldiers, fighting for their own justice in a chaotic postwar world.

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Jun 23, 2019

Stark700

Not Recommended

I want to say congratulations to P.A. Works. Congratulations on making an original anime that I found almost as lifeless as Glasslip. Mind you, that’s an impressive feat. I’m a big fan of P.A. Works when it comes to their work so saying this wasn’t easy. But man, Fairy Gone is a show that I wish I watched on an airplane so I can forget about it after I land.

P.A. Works seems to have two modes for their projects: it’s either really creative that makes a supreme impression or something that looked like it could’ve be written by a college dropout. As a fan of ... P.A. Works, I’ve seen anime that were great, average, and terrible. Fairy Gone gets the honor of being uncharismatic trash. Because to be honest, even when there are garbage like Glasslip out there, that show managed to deliver some unintentional humor. Fairy Gone’s humor is just…gone

At first glance, I may sound a bit outspoken about this original show. Fairy Gone’s premise and story concepts sounds interesting on paper. I mean, just read that thing on the MAL page. “Once upon a time, fairies were tools of war”. When you get an impactful statement like that to start off a synopsis, it sounds like a deafening roar for potential. Even the setting sounded creative enough for world building. My initial vision for the show is a tragic, memorable fantasy war story with meaningful characters and breathtaking plot. After watching the first few episodes, a voice told me I was dead wrong for it managed to drop the ball week after week and after week. To get a general idea, we meet the main female protagonist Marlya Noel, a girl who survived and lives in the aftermath of the War of Unification. With an ability to see fairy primordials, she has one goal in her mind and that’s to find her childhood friend, Veronica. It doesn’t take long for the audience to meet Veronica as she debuts in the very first episode. Her true goals are a mystery but involves collecting pages of a mysterious artifact known as the Black Fairy Tome. It doesn’t help that the show throws info dump about the war at you with a lot questions that needs answers.

But backtracking a bit, Fairy Gone isn’t that confusing as a show together. I mean, we have anime about supernatural organizations with main characters dealing with tragic pasts in recent years. Bungou Stray Dogs, Kekkai Sensen, P.A. Work’s own Sirius are just a few to name. What makes Fairy Gone troubling is its oversaturated character cast with a weak set of main stars. I’m not going to lie, Marlya doesn’t give me the impression of a special snowflake despite her unique gift. There are scenes in the first few episodes that makes her feel helpless compared to some of her comrades. On the other hand, there’s Veronica who will no doubt make us wonder why she exists. Unfortunately, I don’t really get Veronica as a character. On the surface, there’s the childhood relationship between her and Marlya. As explored through some flashbacks, it’s told through with words and scenes to make them look like close friends. But do we care? I’ll be honest because I don’t. It feels way too scripted that follows some sensational dialogues and face expressions. Somehow, the show seeks to make a memorable impression of this character relationship. When in reality, it missed the mark by a long shot.

In the present, we also meet characters like Free Underbar who partners with Marlya during their missions. Joining them in the Dorothea branch also includes Klara, Serge, Lily, Robert, Oz, Nein, Chima, and some doctor’s name I can’t remember. Oh right, Eleanor Need. Mind you, this is just one branch consisting of characters with given names. With such an oversaturated cast, most of them are left in the dust with little screen time compared to the main stars. It’s a shame because our main characters can’t carry the show at all with their uninspiring personalities. You can bet that none of the others can either.

Fairy gone more or less follows a war story with its themes. Director Kenichi Suzuki previously worked on titles such as Drifters. However, it’s definitely not charismatic as that show. To be fair, Fairy Gone losses its energy almost whenever a character opens their mouth. The dialogues sounds so scripted that I can’t imagine how much I can endure after every week. As time went on, even some of the fights begins to look scripted although it does manage to bounce back occasionally with its cinematic performances. At the very least, P.A. Works seems to have a tolerable budget to work with this anime given the overall animation quality. On the other hand, I do wish they stop overusing similar music every episode during the big fights. It makes it look more like an AMV than a fight at all.

This is a disaster. It’s a disappointing disaster considering what potential it had. When Fairy Gone was first advertised with its trailers, narratives, and key visuals, I was hoping to see another worthy show to join P.A. Works’ original lineup. Instead, forget about all that because this is one of those anime that failed with what potential it had. There, I just saved you many boobless hours.

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Jun 23, 2019

ZB_Blades

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Every so often there comes a show that flys under the radar for one reason or another. Usually it’s about a niche thing that a select handful can truly appreciate. Sometimes it has a slow start and then evolves into something fascinating. Whatever the case, every season there is unfortunately a show that fits those monikers. This seasons victim is Fairy Gone.

Early on Fairy Gone definitely had some potential. The story being set up seemed to be one of revolution with loyalty and relationships being tested with a hint of vengeance. Throw in some supernatural elements and Fairy Gone had the makings of a ... Fairly Good story (pun somewhat intended). Over the twelve episode first cour run however, Fairy Gone was a letdown. The story that it had set up for itself was seeming abandoned. Episodes would start off making reference to something that you received no background on. They would skip around tackling different subjects in their world with no explanation as to why they are important. In order for people to get invested in a story you must first flesh it out, something the writers of the show must know little about. Even with a weak story, shows can be saved by having interesting characters.

Unfortunately for Fairy Gone they take their same approach to fleshing out a story to flesh out their characters. In the beginning episodes we are introduced to our main cast. We get to see their goals, aspirations, and grudges. The potential is there for some character interactions and development. Twelve episodes in and there is little to no development to speak of. Heck even some of the characters that we saw within the first couple episodes are never seen or heard from again. Instead we get random filler characters that are thrown at us and all of a sudden we are supposed to care about them. Spoiler alert, nobody cares about them. One, they have no development. Two, they have no story. And three, they are robbing the screen time away from far more interesting characters. This is not how you write in characters.

For now I am done ranting and would like to move on to the good things about Fairy Gone. Above I said that Fairy Gone is an overlooked show that doesn’t get the appreciation that it deserves even from someone like me that just spent two paragraphs berating its story and characters. Despite all this Fairy Gone does do some things right, even exceptionally well. One of those things is the art and animation. The art has a darker more serious tone that is grounded in its world. It doesn’t feel out of place for what it is trying to represent. As for the animation I feel it deserves some high praise. Each episode features fluid animation especially during fight scenes. CGI is used but it’s mostly only used for the fairy’s which honestly don’t look great but also don’t feel terrible either. They are just kind of meh I guess.

Going back to the nicely animated fight scenes, I must mention something that made me impressed. Whenever there is a fight scene, which happens at least once per episode, there is an insert song that plays over it. Anime have done this in the past but usually it’s the OP or ED and they only do it one time over the course of the series. This isn’t the case with Fairy Gone. Each fight is given its own original fight song which when combined with the amazingly fluid animation instantly makes watching the episode and the series for that matter feel worth it. The opening song and ending song are equally as good with the OP getting me hyped for the episode while the ED just puts me in a good mood even if I know the story is going nowhere.

Overall, Fairy Gone will probably be panned by the anime community as a boring, lackluster show making my review seem like a needle in a haystack. I do hope they fix the issues in the next cour so that it can have some relevance in the community or risk being gone from memory. (Pun intended)

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Jun 23, 2019

slavemaster_1991

Not Recommended

OK, so the first part is over. While 24 episode anime could get better by doing something with the plot, those 12 episodes that we have on hand are just bad.
First problem: The plot. While it started like your typical adventure with goals for MC to achieve, it ended more like some "slice of life cop story" - simply put, nothing contributes to the main plot and nothing moves it. MC did not even get a bit closer to her goal, most of the cast simply does not have a goal to begin with. Yes, authors try to convince us there is some scheming and ...

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