The animation is fine, the score appropriate, the character designs perfectly relatable & easy on the eyes, and the concept seems like a winner, even when some supernatural powers get thrown into the mix: so the guy gets weaponized cameras - so he literally *shoots* people? Well, OK, I guess I wasn't expecting a gritty film noir and a hilariously bad pun like that is fine with me, but surely the end product will be good since the first few episodes are quite intriguing. One is naturally inclined to watch SG further and enjoy the payoffs.
Nope. The first hint that things are going wrong in SG is how the fights take on a suspiciously monster-of-the-week format where the photographer shoots a plutocrat or their agents to death, inside a boring 'flee with the girl from baddies'. This too-long plot finally breaks down into an even more bizarre plot involving the big bad, which I give props for at least not being nearly as boring and predictable as the chase arc (even if I kept wondering, "wouldn't this all work much better if toned down, rewritten by someone reasonably intelligent, and set in the _GitS: Stand Alone Complex_ universe?").
All in all, unsatisfactory. One of those incomplete series like _Chaos;head_, where you can see some quality ingredients and what the intended end-product might've been like and why some people thoroughly enjoy it, but where it ultimately falls apart.
