I Watched X just because it’s from clamp and since I´d enjoy Card Captor Sakura and also Magic knight Rayearth then give it a try… I have mixed emotions with this one, half of the series feel the hype the rest was so boring that only complete it because invest so much time on it to drop it and also because I was curious about the Big finale.
Story ( 5/10) : Plot is not bad, in fact is simply yet appealing, we have the good guys, the bad guys, the “destiny” , the vision and the magic, but then we have the “big finale” which was a mess. Don’t know exactly when the series get monotonous and all was about repeating the same thing all over again (yeah we got it the first 20 times) and abuse of Flashbacks, no please!! Without the flashback we can reduce the series at least 5 episodes . Pacing was too slow sometimes, some other too fast, in resume was a mess.
Art (10/10): its CLAMP , so please be amused by bishoujo and bishonen characters, cute backgrounds, cute feathers everywhere, some sakura petals in other, the Tokyo tower and all kind of cute sceneries.
Sound (8/10) music was not bad neither good, just okey, voice actors was okey as well, maybe get a bit annoy by hinoto hime voice, but the rest was simple nice, they match the characters looks.
Characters (8/10) some were really interesting, the rest was the typical predictable type of characters, like having a list “do we have the super shy and cute girl? no we don’t… please add it” , do we have an overdramatic lady ? uhmm yes we do… so cliché. Also there is a problem with the main characters actions/emotions but I don’t want to spoil anything… some emotions seems rush but I guess it’s more like a plot issue.
Enjoyment (5/10) like I said, the series have everything to be great but it did not, finale was a complete mess that lead you with more questions than answers, really want to drop the anime several times, but once again spend so much time to do that. Sometimes I feel that the Destiny part was more like a lazy writing problem than anything else, for example some actions made by the lead was so unjustified but won’t give spoilers, just to bring more over the top drama that was not necessary at all.
Overall = 6 since finale was so wtf that I won’t forget this anime in a long time but for the wrong reasons, maybe is because I was expecting so much more and that’s why I get disappointed and frustrated.
