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So I finished Akame ga Kill and it has been enjoyable, but it's far from perfect. So I am going to go with my standard pros and cons of the show.

Pros.
1. It looks amazing, the art in it is very well done. From the fight scenes to chase scenes to anything really it all flows really well and just looks great.
2. They have some pretty interesting characters who have some good back stories that should be delved into more. Even the villains are given good back stories and made it pretty interesting.
3. It's fun. It's an anime you can just sit ... back and binge watch and just enjoy the action in, and because of the art it just makes it a fun anime to relax to.

Spoilers ahead.

Cons.
1. Whilst the show started out very strong it went downhill very quickly. The interesting backstories all the characters have and all the stuff that made them interesting, becomes pointless once you realize that most if not all of them are going to die. Any connection you have with the characters on either side is lost because before to long they are dead. It was ok when it happened the first couple times in the anime, but before long it became something done for shock value and had no real impact anymore.
2. The hero of the story is cliche and boring. Tatsumi started off interesting enough and had potential, but he has since become the standard boring hero that all the girls in the show fall in love with. He hasn't had any interesting fights and out of all the characters (good guys and bad) is the weakest in both power and interest.
3. The show has become super rushed now. From what has been said the show has deviated from the manga now since episode 19 and is doing its own thing, because of this it has become super rushed. Also they have skipped large parts of the manga which has also added to the rushed feeling of it all. This is making it very predictable and has really lessened the quality of the show.
4. A not very original ending that was really quite boring and really showed the rushed nature of the show.

In the end my final thoughts are this show had a lot of potential. The characters were very interesting and it started off pretty deep with lots of layers to it. It's now become quite generic and well boring. Still worth watching but mostly for some cool action moments and the few really good early episodes.

I really enjoyed the first I guess season of Darker than black. It was entertaining, had a good story and enjoyable characters.

Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini is enjoyable as well, but not as enjoyable as the first season. It feels like a completely different series. Like someone has taken the characters from Darker than Black and put them into a different Tv show. So I will list some pros and cons of this series.

Pros

1. The action is good and Hei still kicks ass.

2. The story is good and quite interesting. Quite different from Darker than Black but still enjoyable.

3. ... The characters are quite well done, the new ones and old ones.

4. I really liked the intro and outro music, this is just personal taste here but it is really good and fits nicely with this series.

Cons

1. There isn't that much action, and what little action there is, is over quite quickly. Now I'm not saying there should be non stop action, but the fight scenes they did have could have easily been dragged out a bit to make them more exciting.

2. The story was confusing as hell for me. Now this comes down to a fault of my own, I didn't watch the OVAs that connect Darker than Black with this series. So because of that I was very confused in a lot of parts and couldn't quite figure out what was going on. So anyone reading this, watch the OVAs otherwise you won;t have a clue what is really happening.

3. It was really nothing like the first Darker than Black, which I mentioned above. So anyone who is a real diehard fan of the first season might not like this one as much, though casual watches will enjoy it. I'm not saying fans of the show will hate it, but don't go into it expecting it to be the same as Darker than Black.

4. Since I didn't watch the OVAs this series felt a bit to short for me and could maybe have been a couple episodes longer. Because of the shortness of it, you don't really care as much for the side characters in it.

In conclusion, this was still an enjoyable anime. It had some really great moments in it and is a good anime to watch when you have a day off and just want to chill out. Even if you forget to watch the OVAs like me it's still pretty good, just a lot more confusing.

I watched this anime after seeing a couple scenes in a youtube clip. It looked interesting so I watched it. Here are some of the pros of the show

1. It had some interesting characters.

2. The magic in it is cool and there were so pretty decent fight scenes.

3. Near the end of the show the story got pretty interesting.

Now here are the cons.

1. The interesting characters aren't the main characters. The side characters in this show are more interesting and awesome than the main characters. The main characters are pretty dull and boring, and only one of them becomes semi interesting near ... the end of the show.

2. I feel they cut a lot and I mean a lot out when adapting this from it's light novel counterpart. One episode we see them unable to do a certain sort of magic and then the next they have suddenly mastered it, not because they are awesome like that but because months have actually passed between the 2 episodes.

3. They bring in new magic that the charactrs can suddenly use, yet the audience never gets told what this magic actually is or does. We can semi guess what it is but overall 9 times out of 10 we are left in the dark.

4. The story gets interesting near the end. I put this in the pro part as well because it was an interesting story point. It's also in the con part because well nothing in the show ever really leads into this story. It's all just suddenly dropped on us in the last couple episodes.

So in conclusion, I would love to read the light novels this show is based on since it did perk my interest and I know they would go into more depth. As a tv show though, it is a complete mess and not worth watching. There is no real story, the characters we are suppose to connect with we don't and most the time the relationship between characters seems strained at best if not just plain unbelievable. This is because the show skips over so much character development. To sum it up simply, imagine all 7 Harry Potter books jammed into one 2 hour movie and that's pretty much what Magical Warfare is.

I was surprised when I watched this anime. It actually had some very good moments in it.

Unfortunately those moments were few and far between.

Overall though this isn't the worst anime I have seen and I did enjoy it. It's a good anime if you just feel like binge watching an anime, but only have one day to do it.

Also this is a good anime if you want to see boobs, lots of boobs. Also if you aren't into anime like that then this is not the anime for you.

I only have a couple things to say about Psycho-Pass. It is an anime which leaves you wanting more, begging for more. I say that as a good thing. Normal Tv shows can learn a few things from Psycho-Pass. To put it simply I really want another season of Psycho-Pass, but if they don't make another season I'm ok with that, the last episode still gives me enough closure so I don't go crazy wanting to know what happens next.

The second thing I have to say is, watch this anime. If you like a great story, with some of the best characters I've seen ... in any movie or Tv show (anime or otherwise), that is visually very amazing, that has some really awesome action moments, then watch this anime.