In short: a mediocre adaptation, getting worse toward the end. Premise was interesting, but the pacing was one of the worst i've seen. BTW I've kept up to date on the english translations, and rather enjoy the manga, which is the only reason I watched all 13 episodes.
Sound and art: nothing really stood out, I enjoyed the first OP, second one was...strange. And not necessary. Art wasn't bad.
Story and characters: Characters were varied yet cliche, but overall I actually thought they were ok. The thing that bugged me the most is the story, especially the horrendous pacing. It started off good, and kept close to the manga, but i noticed early that there was no way that, at the rate it was going, it couldn't get very far into the manga. I wondered how this was going the be dealt with; I was very disappointed-they cut out numerous important scenes, including a whole manga arc. Unlike Elfen Lied (same author), they didn't really change the storyline. The few modifications were bad in my opinion and almost killed the emotional impact.The ending was when any idea of pacing was thrown out of the window. They crammed like 30 chapters into 2 episodes. If i didn't read the manga I would be utterly clueless by the end of the anime. Plus the final fight(anime) scene was almost entirely cut, abd together with the confusion the ending was anticlimatic. I would rather have the storyline changed to fit rather than compressing it until it is an incoherent mess that makes little sense. And the 5 min beach "episode" wtf they should have cut the whole thing. It lost its much of its humour compressed and wasted valuable time.
I still found it enjoyable for the most part. Sorta. I'm rather easy to please so
6/10 from me is kinda bad.
