Apr 3, 2018
First of all, I'm going to start this review by giving a bonus point to this anime for the opening, which is clearly my favorite of the season (although it would have been nice if they changed it a little after episode 3)
Story : 8. I must say, the story had potential. Even though the world was interesting, it is clearly undevelopped but that can be excused by the fact that it only has 12 episode to develop it and that the show seems to be focused on characters and emotions before world-building - but I'll come back on that part in the character section.
Art
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: 6. Unlike most people here, I really didn't find the art to be that amazing. Sure, it had some great character designs, great color palette and designs too, but that's about it. The art is good for something like an illustration, but in an anime, it's the animation that's more important, and that's what they're missing. Most of it was pretty stiff, and even on parts were it was supposed to be the climax, I feel like they just didn't put enough effort and, as people call it, enough sakuga.
Sound : 8. Honestly I'd be lying if I said that I paid big attention to the music in this anime apart from the opening. But I'd say that it's a good point since it didn't disturb me from the actual show.
Character : 3. Oh boy, the characters... Where do I start. Well, let's begin with the main character. To me he was one of the only good characters, along with Ouni and, to some extent, Lykos. But still, he was kinda...bland. Now, for other characters of the Mud Whale, while some had great potential (shoutout to best girl Ginshu and best girl #2 Taisha) they get forgotten pretty easily because of the lack of appearance (and yes I had to go back check their name since I forgot them because of how few these two appear in the show). Ouni and Nibi relationship was great, but it was only clearly revealed late in the show so it kinda ruined the climax of their relationship.
About the characters from the other islands, I don't even want to talk about them because either 1) they have little to no screentime and 2) those we are able to see are simply incoherent. I mean, yeah, let's make an entire country full of """emotionless""" people and yet they will still have the exact same reaction as the inhabitants of the Mud Whale, pretty logical huh. Although I'll make an exception for Liontari since he is one of the few character of this anime who actually got character development.
Enjoyment : 3. Boy was I bored when I watched this show. To be honest I only finished watching it to see where it was going in the end, but I was rather disappointed with an ending leading to a most-likely second season. Well, at least I know that if that second season does actually come out, I probably won't watch it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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