I watched, and enjoyed the hell out of One Punch Man for one, singular reason.
That was THE ***One Punch Man***, aka Saitama.
Everything else; the monsters, the heroes, apprenticeship of Genos, all of it were tools which made Saitama shine, and I was OK with that, because it was spectacular and funny with a large wow-factor.
Many complain about the art and even give it a score of 1, it's undeserving. Certainly the art isn't that good, certainly the quality dropped and the style changed, but it is still above average. That shouldn't make or break the series, and I don't think it does. Disappointing, certainly, but
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Mar 10, 2019
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari
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(6/25 eps)
Try to walk and you may stumble.
Cringe - that's the first word that pops into my mind when thinking of Tate no Yuusha. It's poorly written, lazy, offers nothing unique or interesting, but at least they kicked the cheese into overdrive. It starts out as your generic isekai nonsense; some random, average dude gets summoned into wonderland. This is *not* necessarily bad, but it ain't gonna win points for creativity either. But the show immediately begins to crumble. Where other shows take the effort to provide a semblance of explanation as to why MC gets selected and transported, this one says 'no' and skips it ... all. Standard MC introduction in 5 minutes (or less) and BOOM we're in business. And once you start falling, it's difficult to regain your balance. Immediately afterwards we're getting a boatload of cringe. 4 random dudes summoned, of course our Hiro must stand out even then - where the rest of them listen and think, MC starts this "comedic freakout" act and does so with aLOT of enthusiasm. But the other "heroes" listening and "thinking" isn't an upside, it's no compliment. They calmly state they don't care at all if fairyland is destroyed, not their problem, they want to be sent home -which is cold, but reasonable isn't it? But then they change their minds within a minute when they hear the magic word; "reward", and proclaim they'll help *if* they get paid handsomely, with no subtle arrogance I might add. All 3, in unison. Such heroes. And if you think they'll have a hard time believing they've been just summoned into the world of Dungeons and Dragons, then you'd be *very* wrong because apparently, DnD is common knowledge where they come from, (disregard the fact it's still just fairy tales). In the meanwhile, the show throws quite a few arbitrary rules at us to make things more difficult and unfair for our protagonist first and foremost. At this point, all my expectations were officially subverted. Moving on; eventually the 4 heroes get companions because what are RPGs without sidekicks right? But if you think it's the heroes who pick companions, then -PLOT TWIST- no. The companions choose the heroes, not up to debate. Doesn't make sense? Who cares! It creates drama! Because -ANOTHER PLOT TWIST - MC is chosen by nobody so he throws another "comedic" tantrum. Who could've foreseen this... ...or the next 5 plot twists within 10 minutes. So, that must mean it's a comedy like Slime or KonoSuba, yes? Haha, no. It's not. It most definitely is not. And so you fall and break. While the premise lacks creativity on every level, and the actions and reactions of characters are just comically absurd, it doesn't render the show terrible by default. Take Spongebob for example, it is just stupid, but herein lies the difference; Spongebob is self-aware. It knows it's stupid and doesn't try to act like grown-ups do. But this show does, and does so eagerly, using every trick in the book. The misunderstood and mistreated MC is the epitome of goodness yet tries to act like the bad guy (teens, eh?), except when it comes to actually *doing* bad, he backpedals. Every. Single. Time. Because he's the good main character you're supposed to be rooting for and no, you don't get to decide that. They made that choice for you, and they'll be damned if they don't force it down your throat every chance they get. And you'll eat it with a spoon...or give the show a rating of 1 to 3 because the writing is just bloody atrocious. You see Fashion Emo-kun is suffering over-the-top injustice by pretty much every other character introduced, for no real reason whatsoever. Every single character believes everything other characters say, no matter how ridiculous or nonsensical it sound, they will not have a shed of doubt. But absolutely NOBODY believes the Creep Hero. Because reasons. He's looked down upon because of nonsensical prejudice, he's not heard out or believed in because common sense wouldn't generate nearly as much melodrama, he's betrayed off the bat (and who didn't see it coming... I mean, -PLOT TWIST-) to make him the saddest victim of the world, then he's tossed out to fend for himself with nothing to his name but scorn, and even his class, the "shield hero" is holding him back because apparently, in this game "shield slam" is not a skill and all he can do is...shield stuff. "So why not just grab a sword and stab things?" you ask? Because then he wouldn't be as miserable and that's bad, so -PLOT TWIST- he quite literally can't do that. Poor fella amirite? I said "no real reason", that's because there's an unreal one; you are supposed to feel sorry for him (I said BE SORRY DAMNIT!!4!44) and they made sure to remind you of that fact every other minute. Edgy, but least no more awkward humor, right? ...Right? Oh, look... They actually found a way to put some awkward between the edges... ...yay... And so the "epic" journey begins. MC's good and anyone who isn't with him (which is pretty much everyone else) hates his guts and tries to screw him over every chance they get, no matter how ridiculous it is, no matter the world's about to end, bullying him takes priority, his suffering is paramount! So "conveniently" all these cheesy villains took a number and lined up in an orderly fashion. Openly judging and berating someone based on hearsay? Pretence? Betrayal? Corruption? Blatant abuse of power? Hostages? Bottomless arrogance? Racism? Denial of reason for the sake of melodrama generation? Say no more, fam, it got you covered! It's black and white, characters are either angels or demons, and anyone opposing the Cringe Hero is most certainly twisted. This is what this show's really about. Nonsensical, soap opera level melodrama gift-wrapped in borrowed ideas, rated W for 'worthless', it's for everyone 12 and below. Puts Bollywood to shame. Bloody 8.4 rating, it's unbelievable.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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Angolmois: Genkou Kassenki
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(4/12 eps)
As if the story and characters were written by a bunch of kindergarten students before their afternoon nap, considering it's nothing but a mish-mash of a bunch of nonsensical but "cool" ideas.
Some island at the end of Japan is in the way of a Mongolian invasion, thus the Mongols want to take control of it; locals think otherwise. That is the gist of the story. Sounds good enough, right? So I expected a bit more serious war-story, with reason I'd like to think. You know, plans, tactics, mind-games, stealth, trickery, sabotage, top 10 anime betrayals, grim reality of war and death...serious things. Yeah, you get none of that, really. The ... conflict is between two teams of most unique characters, one on the side of the Mongs, one on the side of the Japs. I say "unique" but they're really the typical "special" kind of anime characters, sticking out like a sore thumb in every way possible. Wearing ridiculous outfits, being the only blonde/white haired character, being 120cm short anorexic midget or being 250 tall bull on a steady steroid diet, or being the beautiful, compassionate and determined flower of a princess whom everyone wants to shag at first glance...no, not even kidding, it's a thing here. If they stick out, they're important. Their abilities are similarly anime-esque. Night vision, inhuman swordsmanship, casually hopping a hundred meters, wearing plot armor and defying logic like some godline beings. Now, let me just quickly remind you all it's a ~~historical~~ show with no "magic" involved. They're perfectly average human beings who break world records with ease. FYI the record of distance jumping is just shy of 9 meters, so doing ~200m in armor is about 22 times that. If that's historical, then so is The Lord of The Rings. Anyway, they'll all massacre countless faceless, no-name troops who are really only there to be killed and let these Uniques stick out even more, and their actions will be justified. Speaking of actions, at some point I thought there will be a couple of characters, the "heroes" who'll play the role of the genius tactician and save the day in the face of overwhelming opposition, and well, I was kind of right. Just kind of, because the show does try to portray them genius even though their actions are anything but. In fact they are just as idiotic as the actions of their polar opposites, the first antagonists the "heroes" had to face: the arrogant, possibly retarded figureheads who think they know literally everything better because reasons, like being "royalty", or not being on death row. Except Patrick Star levels of retardedness. However, lucky for them all, no matter how stupid they might be or how much they screw it up, as long as they really believe in their actions, as long as it comes from their hearts, as long as they give it their best shot, their actions will be justified, forgiven, described as bravery, they will be hailed (or remembered) as heroes. Even if they kinda just pointlessly lose, say, half an army in like 10 minutes in an obviously suicidal and wholly unnecessary engagement. *HE BE A HERO WOHOOO* Visuals... Someone decided to try and make the visuals look more "authentic" by adding a crumpled, brown paper-like static overlay. Someone should be out of a job. It's a headache inducing eyesore, really, nothing else. Otherwise the animation's okay-ish, art style is just meh, but it shouldn't make-or-break the series. Sounds are OK-ish at best, too much shouting when not necessary in a fairly unbelievable tone but otherwise VAs did fine. Music was utterly forgettable. In the end, I feel like I've wasted my time spending 4 episodes on it when one would've been plenty enough. Unlike Sponge Bob which is obviously meant to be a stupid joke, this show tries to be serious, without giving up on the stupid nonsense, so it fails spectacularly. But make no mistake, I do not hate this show. That's not because I'm willing to forgive its atrocious stupidity, it's inconsistency, its generic nature, or any other of its many flaws. It's because it made no attempt to make me like, care, or be curious about any of the characters, or the story. At the end of the day, I walked away simply not caring about any of it. I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone over 13 or so.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jun 26, 2018 Mixed Feelings
Story - 5
Characters - 5 Audio - 9 Visuals - 9 Personal enjoyment - 10 Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a much praised series, and the praise is well-deserved. Having spent 110 episodes (excluding 50+ episodes worth of prequels + some movies) on introducing, establishing and developing its characters, its world, customs and politics, LotGH truly is outstanding. Enter 'Die Neue These'. Enjoyment? For me, a 10/10 easily. But this is not an alternative version, a prequel, a sequel or a summary. This is a stand-alone piece of literature, a retelling of the same story. The upsides? A nice way to refresh your memories of the OVA, topped with spectacular ... visuals. The downside? You pretty much have to have watched LotGH beforehand to be able to truly appreciate 'Die Neue These', because it takes no time to introduce characters, skip many of them in fact, as well as character development of the few it introduces, and it skips much of the politics and world building also. It's rushed into mediocrity, its only saving grace being that most of us have probably seen the OVA and so we can relatively easily fill in the gaps using memories of a show that did take its time to make us know and love it all, thus giving us the illusion of greatness. But judging this show as it is, as a stand-alone piece of literature, in and of itself? The story and the characters, the two factors that made LotGH so good, are average at the very best, which makes the show itself average. Art and sound be damned, they're a good bonus to have, but they do not substitute characters and story, not in literature. I'd suggest it to anyone who watched and liked the OVA, it's nice to have, but anyone who didn't (yet) see OVA should stay away from it and watch that first. Or better yet, start with the prequels and watch it in chronological order.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Apr 20, 2018 Not Recommended
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***SPOILERS*** that should not impact your viewing experience, or spoil you any secrets or plot points you'd only get to know by the end of it. Still, if you wish to avoid all spoilers, stop reading it now. Also, this review includes the 2nd season: ReLIFE: Kanketsu-hen ... - ReLIFE is a show I've been putting off since it was added to MAL with its synopsis, because I could imagine only two ways it could play out. One, it'll take a mature approach and tackle real, every-day problems, of both (high school) children and adults alike, through the eyes of the main character, which sounds very interesting to me. Or two, its premise is to be quickly forgotten for high school "drama" to appeal to the targeted audience: 13-16 years old kids, which I found to be more likely. The possibility of the second was so off-putting I couldn't muster up the willpower to start the show immediately, and as it turns out, I wasn't too far off the mark. ~STORY - 2/10 The story, as per the synopsis, is about a man who gets to experience high school life again thanks to a magic pill produced by "ReLIFE"...a company, I guess? But it's unimportant. He gets the chance to help the research in exchange for bettering his life. Should he succeed (how it works we'll never know), ReLIFE.co will hook him up with a decent job he needs so bad. The possibilities of this premise are nigh limitless, but for that, adding this convenient fiction is a must, to explain how it is possible in the first place, and although I found it to be disappointingly unimaginative, I was quick to accept it without further ado because of the previously mentioned reason. Still, I hoped that was all the fiction there is going to be... As we're explained, the subject of this experiment is to go back to high school for a year. Imagine the possibilities! Entering a school under a different name! Having to learn or make up a story about this fake identity! The problems of love between an adult and a teenager! The sadness, the depression! The fun? The difference between the mindset of an adult and children (well, teens), and all its pros and cons! Non-disclosure agreements! The threat being sentenced for breaking any (existing, real) law! Searching for a solution to the problem that result in a NEET! "Where did I go wrong?" "What should I do differently?" "Is it technically pedophilia if I was turned into a teen their age?" Yeah you get none of that. No real drama and no real problems an adult could face in the body of a teen back in school. Well, except for bad grades, I suppose. You get children's drama and children's problems that are solved by children's ways, or aren't solved at all. Moreover, the show quickly pulled a middle finger by adding a "twist" fairly early on to make things real simple for you. I said expected the pill to be the only fictional part, but I was gravely mistaken. There was something else I really wish the synopsis did mention: Memoryfuckery. When the experiment ends, all memories of all people who interacted with the test subject will be wiped, along with all proof of his existence too, as we are told later on. Every student, teacher, neighbour and stranger will forget about ever seeing the teenage version of the adult main character. No ifs, no buts. Now, the pill was necessary. It could've been more reasonable, it could've been explain better, it could've taken more time to take effect, but it didn't, that wasn't the focus of the show, and I understand it. But why playing with memories? Is that the focal point of the show? Why not just a false identity with a fake story? Rhetorical question, OF COURSE it's all for the theatrical melodrama, and if that's not immediately obvious to you, then I'm really sorry for you. It's shitty, unreasonable and unnecessary drama. It's like bringing sand to a desert. There's absolutely no need for it because thanks to the premise, the potential for drama is off the bloody charts! It's literally everywhere, you just have to look around or just close your eyes and point in any direction and you'll find it, so why force this shit into it? It makes 0 sense, it's against human rights, and let's not even mention how it's impossible to mass-wipe the memories of everyone of a specific individual, how it's impossible to erase all trace of his existence (which isn't going to happen anyway) and most importantly, how living a fake life for a year BUT making real connections with real people only to suddenly sever them all could easily make things far, far worse than they were before. "Oh, you're suffering from crippling anxiety? Here's a feels-good therapy for you, followed by a push off a rooftop." So the core of the story is bullshit, but there's more. Much of the story revolves around everything *but* the main character. High school kids with high...no, with grade school problems. They're supposed to be 17-18 years old but feel like 12-13 at most. Lots of unnecessary melodrama taking up way too much screen time (like half the season), that do not add anything to the main plot, the story of the main character, but nor do they change characters. In the meanwhile, MC either takes the backseat or a mediator position, either way it will not develop his story, the story of an adult trying to find his way, in any way. It's what the show was supposed to be about, but isn't. And yet, even though it implemented memoryfuckery, the show really did not deal with any existential or moral questions that come with altering or removing memories, it was convenient for some melodrama then it was conveniently swept under the rug. ReLIFE, as in the...company or government project or whatever the hell, that came up with this "solution" to the NEET problem, well, we get to know nothing about it, and we'll only barely get to know two characters working for it. Not even scratching the surface. As for ReLIFE (the show), it's not a finished story, it's half that. It's not like Star Wars or Lord of The Rings where each episode has an ending. It's a story that literally cuts off at the halfway point abrupltly. Its 2nd season finishes what the 1st started, which is why I decided to judge both "halves" as one. Unfortunately, while the first season was 13 episodes long, the second season was only 4 episodes long. The ending is the most important part of the story, it leaves the the strongest impression, it's what people will remember the best, but to give people the closure they desire, you need a good ending, a satisfying epilogue. These 4 episodes were noticably rushed, and the ending, while more-or-less satisfying in conclusion, wasn't detailed, and the epilogue was short and unsatisfying, barely covering two characters and leaving a lot of questions unanswered. All in all, the story is just unreasonable to a ridiculous degree, but even if I could turn off the lights at will and forget how stupid it is, it'd still come across as weak and unimaginative. Nothing this show offers is new or exceptional. The writing is weak, magic is pulled out of nowhere for no reason while laws, rules and common sense is thrown out the window and forgotten when it's conventient. Whether the ending makes you feel good or not is another matter entirely. ~CHARACTERS - 5/10 Oh boy. The main character is flat. I expected a memorable, disturbed adult with real problems and flaws and maybe some merits, instead I got a blank cardboard cutout with no meaningful flaws but merits. He tries to act like a student to fit in, but at the same time he is pretty much like your average student character; blushing like mad because he touched a girl's hand by accident, butting in kids' love life just for fun, making innocent fun of other kids, and having bad grades because he can't be perfect. He is not flawless, but if you expected a serious flaw in his personality that result in his NEET status which he needs to correct to better his life, you're going to be disappointed. He's portrayed as an all around good, helpful and honest guy. It's not disturbing to watch him, but it's nothing exceptional either. Other characters inlcude his misterious handler and observer, whom we'll never know nearly as much about as we should, a stereotypical hard-working tsundere with stereotypical problems of whom we'll know waaay more about than we ever wanted, a homeroom teacher who shows up like twice only to let us know the school isn't run by kids and there are adults too, two naturally talented cardboard cutouts who are most of the time just there to make jokes or participate in the unneccessary melodrama, and a couple more characters whom I'll not specify for spoilerish reasons. One of them should've been explored more like the handler, while the other should've been included and focused on more. All except one of these characters (aside MC) contribute near nothing to the story to the point they could be removed or replaced without anyone noticing, and all of the characters (including MC) could've been more fleshed out and more relevant to the central plot, to the point each character feels like a wasted opportunity. So long story short, nothing about the characters is exceptional or unique. There's potential for greatness here (thanks to the premise) but it's botched by lacking writing skills, pacing and proper focus on what's really relevant. There's one thing though I find strange: I despise melodrama, and it makes me despise characters, which in turn make me despise shows. However, for some reason I can't wrap my head around, it didn't really happened here. While personally I didn't find any characters particularly memorable of likable, they didn't annoy the will to live out of me. So despite their mediocrity and the melodrama, they were kinda...likable, I guess? ~VISUAL/AUDIO - between 5-7/10 or so. I usually don't care about it, and it's pretty much the case with this one also. It wasn't particularly good or bad. I watch shows for the story and characters with the added bonus of occupying two of my senses, so unless it's outstanding or outrageous, I do not care much about it. There are two exceptions though. First, there was one fairly memorable piece of music in the show used mostly during the dramatic events that managed to add to the experience and generate some tension, and second, the 2nd season's visuals weren't near as good, i.e. unimportant characters were replaced by hollow blue/pink translucent figures, it was noticably less detailed. ~ENJOYMENT Now this is really subjective. While you can try your best to judge characters or the story objectively, you can't really do that with enjoyment. To me, this story was subpar. Bad, even. Each episode was a reminder of missed opportunities, and by the end, they really piled up. The comedy was fine, not exactly what I'd expected, but it made me blow air through my nose slightly stronger than usual. The melodrama was less fine. Even though I said it didn't make me despise characters like it usually does, it was still a chore to sit through it, and as I said, it covered a significant portion of the show. But now that I've sorted my thoughts, I realize I enjoyed it waaay more than I should've based on what I've written. Personally I'd give it a 4, maybe a 5 even, but again it's irrelevant as it's entirely subjective. OVERALL - Judging it only by characters and story, it's about 3.5/10. With V/A included, it hovers around 4-5/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jul 6, 2016
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri
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This review contains minor spoilers **************************************************** But before that, let us take a moment to learn about human psychology; imagine you're a regular citizen (as most of you probably are), in restaurant for example, when suddenly a well-known, insane terrorist runs in, with an Avtomat Kalashnikova rifle, a handful of grenades and a machete, all scary and stuff. The question is; what do you do? A) You hide somewhere, frightened? B) You faint? ... C) Maybe you cry and beg for your life? Well, according to this anime, your choices are; A) throw an empty coke can at said insane terrorist, B) you charge in, shouting really loud, with a butterknife in hand, C) you start insulting said insane terrorist. Sanity is a stranger to this show. In the world of Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, where super-zombies known as Kabane forced humans to withdraw behind walls, we follow MC-kun, Jesus reborn, doing whatever he damn pleases, along with the most gullible 12 years old kiddie who happens to be an exterminator on steroids, the kind-hearted princess, the loyal (ignorant and idiotic) bodyguard of said princess, and a bunch of forgettable characters. In this show, being a forgettable character is most definitely a plus. "Kabane" is what the zombies of the show are called, while the "Kabaneri" are "half-turned zombies" who retrained their personalities, their humanity, while gaining immunity to zombie bites, super strength, speed and durability, high pain threshold and the ability to sense zombies. They are basically the perfect soldiers. Here comes the human psychology of the show; Very "normal", very squishy humans upon realizing that "some aren't exactly human", but super-strong Kabaneri, they begin to hate, cuss, threaten, agitate and generally do everything you, with common sense, would think they should not do. Fearing the unknown is definitely not bad. Keeping a distance from possibly dangerous elements, or thinking about detaining them is not bad. Hating them is not necessarily bad either, for a time. Still, they would stand as good a chance as you, charging the previously mentioned insane terrorist with a butterknife, naked and shouting. That is, absolutely no chance whatsoever. But make no mistake, agitating and taunting a terrorist isn't a good idea either, something characters of the show couldn't comprehend even if you were to shove it down their throats. Now it would have been a horrid experience watching it, even if these "demihumans" were actually the bad guys, however, they were NOT the bad guys. In fact they saved the worthless lives of these mindless imbeciles, not once, killing dozens if not hundreds of the (clearly evil) zombies in the meanwhile, proving their affinity to mankind and their superior physique, all good reasons NOT to screw with them. Yet for a good while, those ingrates did continue to taunt them, cuss at them, threaten them, and despite seeing their far superior speed, strength and durability, they even attacked them, even though they should've known the simply can not make it happen. It's as if they were doing their very best to get themselves killed. Indeed, part of the weak and forced melodrama is about the people who just can't, for the love of god, make the difference between a decaying, goaning, bloodthirsty zombie with the intelligence that of a mentally challenged snail, and a talking, (demi)human being capable of empathy and reasoning, who, again, saved them multiple times. Oh yes, sanity is a stranger to this show, and this is just one recurring example out of too many. Aside from the obviously unreal human behaviour which demolished all my hopes for the show in the matter of (~20) minutes, the show didn't really excel at anything else either. Zombies have their hearts enclosed in some hard material, to kill them, you have to pierce it with brute force! Luckily, we have exterminator girl and Jesus reborn to do the thing! ...Or any other regular citizen could just destroy/chop off the zombies' squishy heads, which seemingly has the very same effect. However, this topic is avoided like pest. The design of the threat is mediocre at best. The "virus" that turns humans into zombies in minutes (except when it takes days because you know, "plot") we know nothing about, except that if you strangle yourself real hard, you avoid the virus spreading to the brain, and so you retrain your humanity. That it wouldn't work in reality is one thing, how you don't have to strangle yourself continually, but only for a few seconds until the virus just "gives up" on infecting your brain, that's a bit more pressing issue. It's nonsensical no matter how you approach it. Regardless, it could've saved the lives of a great number of people, and more, it could've offered superior soldiers to humanity, and yet again, this miraculous(ly idiotic) solution is *never* discussed again. Ever. Indeed, it's not "chance" or "fate" that turns people, "chosen ones" into super-humans, nothing that cliché. Instead it is plain idiocy. As for characters... Characters were cliché with the depth of a teaspoon; MC-kun with his obligatory sad backstory, wanting peace, equality, to save and protect everyone, Miss Exterminator, extremely gullible and stubborn to no end, Mr. knight-on-a-white-horse with his outstanding arrogance and ignorance, wanting to protect the princess first and foremost, who (the princess) is a weak willed but kind and (supposedly) beautiful young girl and nothing more, and who contributes basically nothing to the story aside from her alleged beauty. Cliché asF if you ask me, which is NOT necessarily bad, but nothing new, and certainly nothing praiseworthy either. Still, combining these already dull and overused characteristics with unquantifiable amounts of idiocy makes them rather unbearable. During the 2nd half of the show, we are introduced to another gang and "the bad guy" too, a clinically insane psychopath with god complex, with a large number of similarly brain-dead followers, at which point the anime introduces a crappy revenge story to the already painful survival story, making it worse than it was, which I thought was impossible...but I was so very wrong. Dialogues were cringy. Pseudo-intellectual monologues and unneeded philosophising about facts interrupted by generic soul searching, primitive conflict breeding and out-of-place comedy. It's nothing new, and nothing good. There are two upsides I can name, none of which I care much about, so take it with a grain of salt: As for Audio, character voices I found average for the most part. Some befitting their characters, others not so much, some rather monotone, while others had a decent amount of variety. Other sounds (aside from music) such as the goan of zombies, I found to be good. Music that I managed to perceive between two mental breakdowns were fitting for the most part, only occasionally I found them to be out of place. As for visuals, I liked the Steampunk setting, it was interesting, disliked the traditional Edo period Japanese touch to it as it was out-of-place. Still, it was detailed and nice, the animations were more often drawn by hand and were well choreographed and fluid. CG was used for the trains and the spoilers I'll not share, but was done better than average, better than expected, I found it to be acceptable/good. OP/ED; skipped them as always. Couldn't care less. Story additions; nothing. A story doesn't need a thorough explanation, a prologue nor an epilogue, yet having some information on the hows and whys is never a bad thing, while sometimes having no information whatsoever is. Here we know next to nothing about the background of their world. When and how the zombies came to be, when, how and who built the railroads, trains and walled cities, nothing. Not even characters speculating. Laziness or lack of imagination, I don't know, I don't care, it's shite. Enjoyment; I don't care about visuals or audio. No matter how horrible, or horribly good it is, it most likely won't change the way I experience the show. Simply because what I care about is a good story, reasonable characters with reasonable motives and goals, with realistic interactions, a logical plot/events etcetera, etcetera. For me, there was no enjoyment, only curiosity kept me going, and the ability to skip scenes I couldn't bear watching.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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