Reviews

I wanted to like this show. Really, I did. It has many elements that I like -- an exploration of the occult, cute girls, a little mystery... But really, this entire series was a slow-motion train-wreck. If I had been in my right mind, I would have given up on it by episode 6, but something compelled me to watch it through to the end. So what went wrong? Firstly, the plot was more tortured than the characters in the story. It was truly impossible to figure out what the deeper story was about. The surface story was about the main female character Fear, breaking free of her curse and learning to become a human, not a (cube shaped) tool of the dark forces of the occult. But trying to figure out the rest of the plot was beyond frustrating. At first I thought it was going to be about a mysterious father-figure of Fear, but that wasn't it. How was the school superintendent involved? What was the whole Sovereignty arc even about? What was The Waas Family supposed to be all about? How about the Laboratory Group? Honestly, I don't even care at this point. It was a horrendous collage of almost-good plot ideas that went terribly, terribly wrong. And our male main character, Haruaki, was the typical 1-dimensional harem guy basically along for the ride and did nothing for anyone other than give encouraging words. The last complaint I have is that there was a lot of sadistic violence in the dialog. I object to that, it is unnecessary and it is a cheap way to gain audience sympathy -- but leaves the viewer somewhat traumatized for having had to watch it. If this show had been someone's first introduction into Anime, I would feel sorry that they got such a poor impression of the genre. If you like the occult genre, there are many other mystery horror shows that are far better. Bakemonogatari or Moon-Phase spring to mind. My recommendation for C3? Skip it without regrets. As far as the OVA for the series goes, it was lighthearted and a nice respite from the dreadful main series.