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I am writing this review as a big fan of the manga. Please do consider reading it, as it is MUCH BETTER than the anime. The anime does the series a LARGE disservice, pushing away potential readers. If it was mere promotional material for the manga then sure I guess it put it out there, but it's still one of the worst adaptations I've seen to date.

I wish I'd done this sooner so more people would've read the manga. Alas, we can't always have nice things.

Story - 6/10
I know the story from the manga, so I rated this higher. If I'd only watched the anime ... I'd probably give it a 4. Whoever the director was, I don't know what you eat for breakfast, but I don't think it's good given the quality you've given for this series. The studio could've made it better had this anime gotten a different staff, probably. The delivery in the anime was so...I don't even know where to start. So many nuances and neccessary build-ups lost. So much compressing plot points. If this were a 24-ish episode adaptation, I'm willing to bet it'd become a shounen powerhouse (not that it's labelled a shounen, but whatever, it's shounen enough). I will edit this review later to actually argue but right now I'm just so mad so I'm sorry.

Anyway, there are many alterations and cuts done from the original source material. Maybe so it'd all fit in the 13 episode cour. Nonetheless it was a futile attempt...again I will edit this when I've calmed down so this text is basically filler.

Art - 3/10

I'm sorry character designers but. BUT. I am not an artist, I respect your work. But to downgrade Tanaka STRIKE's art like this was not pleasant at all. I had to rewire everything and lower my standards to appreciate it. The manga's art was stellar, some of the best character designs in my opinion, for both males and females (though there are way more males here).

If I were to rate animation, it'd be 5. Such a waste on a studio with acclaimed titles, really. The fight scenes were ok. I just. I just WISH it had the fluidity of the manga.

Sound - 4/10

This rating will likely change. As a fan of the artists who sang the openings and endings, I think they were okay. But the soundtrack overall was lacking.

Character - 6

The characters from the manga were brilliantly written. Here, I don't know what happened to some of them but....ah. Whatever lol. Will edit this to explain more.

Enjoyment - 6

As a huge seiyuu fan, hearing these characters was literally the only thing keeping me from watching (they did a great job okay). And seeing them animated I guess.

Overall - 5

Just. READ THE MANGA PLEASE. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.