I will try spoiling as little as I can the storyline and contents of the episodes.
Since the synopsis is on this site, I won't resume it another time. The series progresses really quickly, from [u]episode to episode[/u] because of time lapse, except for one, which most people hate (I think 3 or 4, which looks like a sex scene between siblings [it's not]). It was the only really useless episode, considering I saw it in the censored version, so all you could [b]see[/b] were the noises... Yeah, I did that on purpose. Anyways, the story hooked me up still, so I plan on completing it, although most people are deceived by it. 7/10
The characters are not really attachable, It's not that type of emotional story. The story follows the progression of, let's call them, Big brother and Small sister, who both have the Pupa virus and lived a tough childhood. You understand that they only have each other. Aside from them, the other characters don't really look that interesting at all; the rest is all about people that want to harm or dissect them, like if they were a new species (which they have become). 3/10
As for the art, it's not all that bad. It's not the same type of art you'd experience in modern anime, but it's not something unbearable, or something that deserves to be treated as such. There really is only one problem (which is relatively big) : censorship. Why is it present? I've got no idea. It's very inconsistent and inappropriate most of the time and it breaks most ties you could develop with the series. What I mean by all that is that they might censor "A" at some point and a few seconds later they will show us "A". It was a shoe. That is how I felt about this censoring... (It's obviously an example.) 5/10
The sound is pretty mediocre, I feel as if the effects were done poorly; outside noises or sfx weren't realistic, I guess they were low on budget? It still manages, but yeah... As for the music, it's okay. The opening and ending are somewhat catchy, and it's interesting that they're also short. I think these two sort of save the other type of sounds in the series before being completely horrible in sounds overall. 4/10
If I were to rate my enjoyment, which is most important for me when judging series, I'd go with a 6 out of 10. Not much explanation to do here, it's very personal. I would have really loved it is they dropped the censoring though.
With all that said, on an unbiased (no hating for what people, including me, were expecting out of it before it even came out) scale from one to ten, I think it deserves a 5.5 at least. I think people should judge it for what it is, not for what they wanted it to be. It's a short 4 minutes per episode series, so it should be treated as one. I don't think they're doing such a bad job on it either. Had it not been about the censoring and that one episode, I think its score would average 7 (or something like 6.6) on MAL.
I will end up deliberating with a generous 6 (because I can't rate 5.5, but I still tend towards a 6 more than a 5). I would not recommend this series to anyone unless they are specifically looking for a short series both in terms of episodes and episode length. You could be against my score, but that is very low on my list. I was very surprised of the score here on MAL, since people hyped it up before it came out (which is the reason I gave it a try), but I believe it is also the reason for its abnormally low score.
Remember, it's only your own faults for trying to turn it into what it's never been.
