Low-mid 7/10
Knights of Sidonia progresses nicely early on, but eventually becomes riddled with deus ex machina.
At the start, Knights of Sidonia stays refreshing by having this back-and-forth of humanity creating a new weapon and figuring out how to use it; and the gauna developing a new ability or form, and the humans having do figure out how to deal with it. Once the Gardes are fully tricked-out, though, it degenerates into "this mech is cooler and better" and "this monster is bigger and tougher." The series finds its footing again when it takes that formula to a ship vs ship scope, but these additions
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Sep 11, 2022
Boku dake ga Inai Machi
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Note off the top: the title's literal translation is "The Town Where Only I am Missing," which is important to keep in mind.
Erased's ending is famously bad, but going into this, I thought that applied only to the anime. While I was wrong, it's not as bad as people say; when your series goes from an easy 10 to a 6, it feels worse than it is. Erased is absolutely still worth the read. The strength of Erased's early volumes lies with the contrast between the wholesome making friends at school aspect and the intense "let's stop a serial child murderer" aspect, and that the fact ... |
