The story starts off somewhat interesting. We find ourselves in a modern Japan inhabited by fantasy like creatures called phantoms. A virus escaped a research facility and caused a shift in human brain function which allowed everyone to be aware of these phantoms. Some of these people develop special abilities and some of those people use their abilities to fight the bad phantoms. This show follows a group of high schoolers in a club designed around fighting phantoms.
The first episode is a great hook into the show. They showcase a few special abilities, some fun and interesting characters and even some comedy and fan service. However the following episodes are lackluster and downright boring. It was almost a chore getting through the majority of the episodes. It wasn't until the last three episodes that anything actually interesting happens. The last three episodes were refreshing, however it wasn't enough to wash away the rest of the show's poor taste. Even with their increased performance, the last three episodes had many parts that should have been explained, and without explanation just cause frustration.
The art was very pretty and the animation nicely done. The music and voice acting both very nice as well.
The characters were somewhat typical. Our male mc Ichijou, Haruhiko is relatively lame power wise. He has seemingly strong powers but they seem to fail in someway's until the end. He is of course at the center of a crowd of cute girls, and isn't unlikable as he plays the punching bag straight man. Then we have Kawakami, Mai who is the brawling tsundere-ish character. She has a really good moment later in the show and really made me like her a lot more than the other characters. She is the center of most of the fan service, as her powers to control elements require her to touch her body and cause her boobs to jiggle around. Then we have Izumi, Reina who is our sheltered rich girl character who has some family issues. Her power is to eat phantoms. She seems to get shelved after her little character arc and doesn't stick out much.
Then we have our few more prominent side characters. Minase, Koito who is anti social, and is frustrating to deal with until her arc is finished. She has the power to tune her voice and bind phantoms and burn them. Then Kumamakura, Kurumi who is an elementary school girl who joins the team after she helps them on one of their jobs. She has the power to use her teddy bear and send it out to fight enemies. Finally we have Ruru, who plays the silly over the top stupid character. She is a phantom that follows around Ichijou.
Overall I didn't enjoy this anime. I was bored for several hours at a time watching this. I waited for it to get better or to at least try to hook me in again with something like the first episode but it never happened. When it finally did happen it felt rushed, and left us with some really prominent questions. The characters even though detailed and all with their own backstory felt lame. Ichijou and Mai being the two most fleshed out and interesting IMO. The show felt like is lacked imagination. This is really weird to me because the concept, although maybe not unique is very interesting and not seen often. It feels like the writers of the first episode got sick and only got better towards the end of the show.
TLDR: Don't be fooled by the first episode. Boring and shallow for most of the show. ending was interesting but felt rushed. Art was great but that's about all that's praiseworthy. I wouldn't waste my time, unless you have nothing else to watch.
