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Damn this shit sucks!

As a humble Im@s fan who's been carefully eating all the junks they produce for years, That's the first thing i felt when I started this show and yet despite all that I put up with it just so I could see my favorite girls in motion. (And ended up getting no more than a few frames, yes frames and not even seconds, worth of screen time especially For Kanade chan. Jesus...)

You probably have read the summaries already(No MAL'a ofc), I believe The Project Krone had enough potential as a bait to push the story and the characters forward but the ... end result was...boring, plain and simple. You can already predict the flow of story to the last bit of details. That's not the only part the writers did wrong unfortunately, This show suffers from bland characterization, weak punchlines and anything along that line.

Considering the studio behind CinGirls, which is A1, and their attitude toward similar shows, I didn't expect to be impressed in regard to motion, art style and overall cinematography, and I wasn't. Well it ain't no big budget Anime ,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶u̶r̶e̶ ̶F̶a̶n̶ ̶S̶e̶r̶v̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶k̶ ̶l̶o̶w̶k̶e̶y̶ ̶c̶a̶s̶h̶.
Though it's not all bad quality wise, i actually liked the few seconds of Nebula Sky playing in the background and glimpses of Anastasia solo staging through the song. But I wish there were more.

Still there's one big thing that this show did very wrong and that is Art, it ranges from uncanny to downright wrong in some places. I remember that one scene where Anya's eyes were hilariously drawn ill sorted. But we should give credits where it's due, the coloring scheme they used is pretty ok.

I'm not gonna delve deep into Voice Acting and Sound direction which is made well. At the very least You can feel the impact of the stages and its Idol standing at the center of it + fans cheering give a nice vibe to it, alas that's bare minimum, I know.

All in All, This Show is no Love Live, if you're not into the franchise it's not a good place to kickoff(putting both seasons together in this review). Just Like most other adaptations you better off playing the games first because it can never ever replace them.
And to those of you familiar with the series, search the Characters' list and if you didn't find your favorite Idols among the MCs, don't bother; Otherwise I believe there's some joy to be had. (Then Again you better invest in Gekijou series if you already haven't, It's a lot better in drawing out the characters, doesn't take itself too serious and it's actually fun!)

P.S: I Wanted to give a 4 but I'm gonna add another point because Anya was cute.

I'm not sure why i decided to write this review, been years since I finished reading Loewe Monogatari, but perhaps looking at the portrait of a sad Loewe resting inside the favorites section of my MAL, especially after a long period of absence from this ev̶e̶r̶ ̶m̶a̶l̶f̶u̶n̶c̶t̶i̶o̶n̶i̶n̶g̶ website , and the waves of Nostalgia following it did have a role.

This Tale belongs to a period that things actually did have consequences. No, here you will not see the dead rising miraculously from their silent chamber. No, you will not see the rules and laws of Zemuria conveniently bending to the wills of its makers. No, ... in this tale you only find characters, Villains and Heroes alike, with deep and understandable motives keeping you closely connected, making you constantly relate to them.

The Tale of Loewe is the epitome of an imperfect masterpiece, it charms you in a way that forever leaves a satisfying taste.

The Art here is by no means great, it is full of wrongs and errors, from the bland designs to sometimes incorrect perspectives.
The story is incomprehensible for those who did not carefully follow it's trails in the main trilogy, after all it's supposed to be the greatest form of a fan service that any spin off hopes to be.
But you know what makes it great? The perfect blend of a good writing and expressions! I have not seen any other manga after Jun's Pandora Hearts doing the formula this neatly. Words fail to describe all the heavy emotions hitting me as i was looking at Loewe with his heart full of wounds and sorrow, silently staring at the innocent children from afar, playing together in the park reminding him of himself and his own heartbroken little brother, Joshua. or Weissman's wicked smile alerting you, the reader of this Tale, of his sinister intentions. Yes, the atmosphere is what shines the brightest here.

Now if you allow me i'm gonna wrap this up with a little bit of an angry rant.

Ironic isn't it? That the People in Falcom became a victim to the Very self deception that Loewe spent his life to fight against. I still remember of the good ol' times when Falcom actually cared about their own offspring instead of being a hack that rashly copy/pastes the cringiest tropes from whatever show that was popular at the moment.
I am very sad to see the continuation of such a great Tale becoming an slave to the corporate greed of its masters but nonetheless, It's a manga i will always be proud of spending months translating it, as the first and perhaps the last title i will ever go so far for.

And in the end, just like the wise guy before me, i cannot stress enough how good this manga is. If you are a Kiseki fan, don't miss it!