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It's good. No, wait, before you kill me hear me out!
(WARNING: Huge Rant! Also possibly clashing opinions)
(Also, there are some spoilers, but they're rather vague so it shouldn't matter)


The reason it's good is because it's what i'd call a Junk Food Anime. It's good because it's bad. For example, HoTD was so bad (imo) that I loved it. Same thing for badly made movies. They have a certain charm to it. Now that i've explained that, let's try to actually make this a review.


The main character, Genericface McEdgelord(Legitimately can't remember his name, because he was just that generic), has a power, same as everyone else, ... right? NOPE, he has a special power, along with a... dark past? No no no no NO.


I'm gonna stop you right there, Absolutely Terrible. Making the main character have an edgy past works, but only if you actually go into details and explain it.


Nisekoi (Unrelated to the Action Genre, but feel free to watch it, it's decent) had a MC with a edgy backstory, but they did it well because they actually explained it within a small amount of episodes.


(Small Spoiler, vague as all heck though so it should be fine. Skip this text block if you don't want any spoilers!)
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I'm 10 episodes in to this and i'm still not even sure if that chick was his sister, lover, girlfriend, mother, or whatever. Not only that, but in the small amounts of his past i've seen, they don't even really show the murderer's face enough for you to comprehend it. I understand there's supposed to be a certain level of mystery, but that's just stupid. If it's his memory, he'd remember that face clearly.


Now then, let's talk about the female MC...
Uh, let's see, where is she...
Hmm....
Oh, whoops, my bad. I mistook her for a piece of cardboard because her voice actor has one tone throughout the entire anime. The voice acting is decent, but I mean, come on.


Sometimes characters with only one or two tones work well (EX: Shiro from No Game No Life, or in the one tone case, Rei from Evangelion) because their character actually acts like that. Julie has a bunch of facial expressions, but only one actual tone and it throws off all the scenes she's in (which is a decent amount, by the way)


Really, there isn't much to say about the actual story. Genericface McEdgeLord is on a mission to... protect those he loves? I'm honestly pretty unclear on the story.


Romance? I have no clue what you're talking about, all I see is fanservice while the MC is conveniently nearby. The "Romance" Between Edgelord and Julie the Cardboard Robot is basically non-existent. Don't get me wrong, I WANT to believe there's romance, but it's just not happening.

The real question is, did I enjoy it?
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Well, yes actually. It was bad, but also good. I feel like if they had made the characters less generic and the plot a bit thicker, this could've been a really good anime, up there with (IMO again, keep in mind that I don't watch too much anime, so this is just my opinion) Kill La Kill, and Toradora!(For the Romance parts, anyways...)



Story: 3 (Poor) Not much to say here, it was pretty bad. (Keep in mind I only got 10 episodes in, never finished it)


Sound: 8 (Very good.) The voice actors were actually pretty decent(Subbed, at least), and the sounds they used were high quality, so they got away with an 8.


Character: 4 (Mediocre) They definitely could've been better, as they were extremely generic. Although, they didn't add a mega-tsundere from what I can remember, so at least they didn't go that far into GenericLand.


Enjoyment: 9 (Great) While yes, it was extremely bad, that added to the charm of it all. Would I recommend it for serious anime fans? No, of course not. Would I recommend it for people who enjoy Junk Food Animes? Absolutely!


OVERALL!: 6! (Fair) But wait, I hear you saying, your tears of anger dripping on to your favorite Manga. But it was so bad, how could you give it a six! Well, my Anime Loving comrade, like I said, it was so bad that it was good. That's the same reason I gave HoTD a decently high rating.



Would I recommend this? Short answer, no. If you're serious enough about animes to read reviews before watching it, chances are you want to watch a GOOD anime. So, instead i'm going to recommend you this!



(Honestly not sure if recommending things is allowed in reviews, so if it isn't i'll take this down per request by a mod, administrator, or otherwise)




You came here for action? Try Black Lagoon. The story is a bit ehhh but the action is amazing.

You came here for comedy? Well, I actually don't HAVE a recommendation for this, since all anime comedy is basically the same... (in my opinion! Please don't pelt me with hatemail!)

You came here for romance? Well, if you're into huge cliche'd romance, try Nisekoi. If you dislike Cliche's, then try Toradora! It still has cliche's, but it's a lot less.

You came here to write a review saying this anime is bad? Welcome to the club, please join the line behind the other 5000 people, including me, doing so.