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This manga is a joke , a black joke . You see what i did there ?
Nothing really makes that much sense in this manga about mafia and organizations but the art style is gruesome and stylish and the characters are funny and they can pretty much be summarized in one word , like Kodama for example the perfect word for him is stupid . If you are looking for something stupid and funny to read this is a good choice .

First of all i would like to start this review with the fact that THIS IS NOT AN "Genres: Action, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Shounen" but it's a "Harem, Romance , Mecha with a spoon of Action and a pinch of Shounen" , i dont even feel the need to add a Sci-fi genre considering this is a mecha anime .
And second is that this show has nothing original in it , the Mecha looks like Strike Witches with some add on , the characters are like any harem characters , the story ( still undeveloped ) gives you nothing ... to even consider a storyline or just leaves you with some questions , the sound is okey , nothing new , nothing original .

Chapter 1 : "The story"
I would say , what story , the only things given are the fact that only females wear the mecha suits and for some reason the male character ( THE MALE since i have seen no other males so far ) can also use them and a fight at the very beginning with an unknown "enemy" .
And that is it , ohh i forgot , the scientist who created these mechas is missing? if i recall it and there are only a "few" mechas ( a couple hundred for the entire world ) .

Chapter 2 : "The art"
I would say it's very ordinary , nothing really stands out as good . The movements seem fluid but like i said , just ordinary .

Chapter 3 : "The sound"
Again , nothing special , the OP seems okeyish but it's like i seen something the same more than once and it doesn't really make it more interesting at all .
The ED is far worst than the OP imo , something used like a thousand times . The only sound that is okey and blends well is probably the "during the view" sounds you encounter , they fit good enough with the scenes played .

Chapter 4 : "The character"
This is the worst part of this show imho .
You have the thick like a brick male lead with a "wanabe"cool attitude surrounded by girls ;
The blonde with blue eyes "foreign high-class" stereotype with a superiority complex that breaks? down immediately after facing off the main male character and falls in love with him , going from hate to love in like "snap" ;
The "childhood friend" who's an usual tsundere ( like many other ) who is also a kendo master? and has a promise ( of love probably ) with the main character that he forgot , before she had to leave ( like many other ) ;
And in episode 3 we're introduced to another?! childhood friend , who is also chasing after the male character with a promise of "being together forever" that the male character conveniently misunderstood being the brick , oups i mean thick as he is ;
And the cherry on top for all of them is the fact that there are a lot of misunderstandings between them or subtext or one sided emotions that create a lot of awkward scenes that usually end up with the male character getting wacked or something like that .

Chapter 5 : "The enjoyment"
I would like to say that i started off kind of enjoying the show , with good expectations of shounen mecha action ( mostly because of the first minute of the show and the setting used for the show , an academy for training to fight? ) but by episode 3 kind of all of it was shattered with the 15 times use of the word "childhood friend" to "clear" misunderstandings , and totally setting the show on a harem / romance path .

OVERALL i would say this show is like a combination of Strike Witches + Chrome Shelled Regios + "insert random genre/show stereotype" x 'n' . The probably only "original" ( as in "i have not seen that many" ) is the having of two "childhood friends" introduced as such , and they clearly try to sell out this in episode three one way to many times .
For mecha / harem / romance fans this will be a show they probably will like , but for people who expected to see mecha / action this will be an annoying show .

My first review so ... here it goes :

Story

The story of Ga-Rei -Zero- is focused around Tsuchimiya Kagura , Isayama Yomi and a little on the Supernatural Disaster Prevention Office where they work as exorcists who " exterminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world " . You get to see during this anime some interesting and good fights, a slice of Kagura and Yomi’s sisters-like life their having with a little touch of shoujo-ai here and there and the conflicts that lead to how the manga’s story started ( from what I heard since I have yet to read Ga-Rei ... ) .

Animation

The animation is good in my opinion and it’s pleasant to watch. The fights are good and very interestingly animated with weapons you don’t usually get to see, but here are used as exorcist weapons. Everything looks well in place (even if sometimes the quality is not top notch) fit together to make a good show: characters, creatures, background … everything.

Sound

The sound … to be honest I can’t really talk a lot here besides the OP that is totally awesome and the ED is good also, and besides this the sound is well fit together with the scenes so I don’t recall anything sounding annoying. So I’ll just leave the sound to a good after this being said.

Characters

This is a good part of Ga-Rei –Zero- . There are a lot of interesting supporting characters that fill your episodes with joy and excitement (especially in the Supernatural Disaster Prevention Office where most of them are from). The main characters are also interesting and develop well during this anime, you learn a lot about their past and you see them grow emotionally and in terms of fighting power also.

Enjoyment

In terms of enjoyment I can say that I really liked this anime … interesting fights, weapons, creatures, characters and a catchy opening. Didn’t get bored during this anime at all and that’s good.

Overall this is a good anime that packs some good action, enjoyable slice of life with a little touch of shoujo-ai and comedy … and its good for a large variety of viewers and does not disappoint the audience after they finished it.