Nov 26, 2017
If I had stopped at episode 6, I would have given this anime a 9 or 10. It has such an alluring premise, the art is pretty spectacular, and it has some insanely smart and psychological concepts going on, despite feeling a bit forced at times. Though I didn't like the strange choice to add a harem feel with awkward fanservice to a story that could have stood well enough on its own, I still liked it.
Then I hit episode 7, and it just bombed from there. I mean, 7 is basically a horrific waste of space where the fanservice pumps up for no reason
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(I don't dislike fanservice, but it felt so contrived and stupid here, where they were taking it so seriously) and the comedy is like cardboard. Seriously, I didn't even break a smile. It was so dumb and overdone.
I thought it would go back to good from there, but the following episodes (though laden with cool concepts) went further into weird fanservice zones and gender roles/cliches that made me grind my teeth. It stopped being psychologically sound and started to just poke at social issues without giving a true perspective or realistic account of them. It was just a vehicle to show how "smart" the main character is and how he can manipulate everyone, without actually giving him or anyone else a true personality. ALSO, twice in this anime they mentioned grabbing fingerprints off of clothing items. That's SO hard to do, especially in a HIGH SCHOOL (however ritzy and weird). It made the scenes feel ridiculous. Also, it was pretty easy to guess how things were going in the second half, and tidbits you couldn't guess still didn't feel all that surprising or intriguing, just a repeat of the first half of the season in a different situation. There was absolutely no character growth, and barely any character reveal.
I only finished the last two episodes because I wanted to see if anything changed. They only got a tiny bit better, but the "big reveal" actually made me more upset than anything else. By the end, the intelligence of the main character just felt forced and disingenuous. I gave it a 7 because I enjoyed the first bit so much, and I know a lot of my anger comes from the ruined potential that it had.
Edit: I'm changing the score to a 5, because after all this time it just got worse and worse in my head. lol Distance doesn't always make the heart grow fonder.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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