Mar 21, 2015
(Sorry if this is kind of a lame review)
This anime caught my eye for two reasons: watching the first episode was visually pleasing and one of my favorite voice actors was one of the main characters. I guess that was part of the reason I tried super hard to like this one (and believe me, I REALLY wanted to like this anime). Honestly I wish I could explain what this anime was about but after a while, I really didn't know.
Story:
The story, as stated before, was personally very hard to grasp. I understood that it was (or at least it seemed) set in the future
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and technology was extremely advanced and there was this "magic" that they used (nothing like the magic in Harry Potter). In the school that the protagonist attends, it's all about magic and you're either really good at it and be enrolled as a Bloom, or you're not so good and end up being enrolled as a Weed (and those who were Weeds were frowned upon and sometimes bullied by the Blooms). It's basically a day in a life anime where you see the main character, Tatsuya and his little sister Miyuki enroll in this school which is the main setting. Also Miyuki has romantic feelings for her brother which I found pretty weird because she makes it kind of obvious but it's kind of unclear whether or not Tatsuya knows and goes along with it or really is oblivious about his sisters feelings. The entire story (whatever it was supposed to be) just really didn't stick with me which is why I ultimately ended up dropping it after the 20th episode. Anyways the entire story I gave a 4/10
Art
I thought the art was VERY VERY VERYYY good, especially when they were performing magic. I always got excited when they would start using it, even if it was for a class, because everything was just fantastic! There really were no flaws about this, so I gave it a 10/10.
Sound:
The soundtrack was pretty good, and got very intense around the times Tatsuya was performing his magic against someone else (so fighting, dont know why I just didnt say that before). I gave it a 7/10.
Character:
The character development............ sucked. In fact, there really was none, it was that poorly done. I know I've only watched 20 episodes a while ago but the one thing that stuck with me was that there was no development. Plus I really don't know why Tatsuya was placed as a Weed when he was EXTREMELY good at magic. I honestly have no clue if they ended up getting to that or if I missed something in the episodes that I've watched but that part really got me thinking if A: he was being modest or B: that school had super high standards but even if that was the case, he was better than a lot of the other students. Plus he kicked major ass while fighting. From the episodes I've watched, the younger sister Miyuki really didn't do any magic but when she did, I'll admit, it was pretty damn cool. She was practically a futuristic Elsa and in fact, her magic kind of got out of control when in an emotional state, like Elsa. She's pretty, kind although a bit odd in having romantic feelings for her brother. The supporting characters were nice people and all and filled the comedy relief factor but other than that, there really was no development for them at all. I gave this a 3/10.
Enjoyment:
As I said before, after a while the show kinda just got... lame. Boring even. The beginning was pretty interesting and it did get me hooked for as long as it did but after about the 12th or 13th episode, I was always questioning whether or not I should give this anime the benefit of doubt and hope it would get better or if I should just drop it. Obviously I ended up dropping it after a while. What I really enjoyed about this anime was the magic and I enjoyed watching Tatsuya fight a bunch of jerks that thought they were "the shit" when they looked weak and pathetic fighting against Tatsuya. I gave this a 5/10.
Overall:
Overall I gave it a 4/10, and I truly wish I could give it a higher score but I just didn't like it. It had so much potential, especially given the amount of episodes it has out but in the end I was very disappointed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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