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Jan 1, 2016
Preliminary (6/13 eps)
Before watching Concrete Revolutio, there's much to like and catch your eye. Bones is always an interesting studio, the artstyle pops, and it's about superhumans. But the real problem is what comes after.

Concrete Revolutio follows an organization that seeks out superhumans and protects them in order to maintain public order. This show's plot isn't necessarily beat up some guy abusing his power and terrorizing the city which is a good thing. But it starts to fall wayward soon after its start.

The big issue I have with the show is that nothing is properly connected. This is not because of the occasional transitions between the current timeline, which shows the MC after having left the Superhuman Bureau, and the past timeline in which he's still a member. In fact the most interesting part of the show is finding out how the story got to where it was. The problem is that plot points are all so dull. The cases that the Superhuman Bureau works don't catch the interest of viewers and the big failing is the it doesn't emphasize the main characters enough. As an episodic style anime, Concrete Revolutio fails to strike a balance between the plot, the main characters, and the small cast that gets their one episode slot.

What happens here is that the extras get too much time and the main plot is nowhere near emphasized enough in the story. Each episode features a side plot that isn't linked in a way that draws more interest into the main plot. In the end this makes it feel like filler, a wasted 20 minutes of time that could've detailed something else. A few of the episodes just felt like "another day at the office". This could be okay if the main cast had more time in the story and we got to learn more about them, but this isn't the case.

The best part of this anime was definitely the art. The few fights looked nice and as stated before everything pops and is vibrant. The backgrounds are fantastic and I definitely plan to save a few of them.

Overall, Concrete Revolutio isn't particularly worth watching this season. The show seemed pretty unique, which is something I'm all for, but it was executed poorly. I may finish it if I first finish up some other things.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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