The main character, Akko, went from adorable genki little girl with big dreams to just plain selfish, disregarding almost every one else and then get mad at them for not wanting in on your shitty little plan. Her friends get more development, which is fine, but the three other addition to the cast has almost nothing going on for them, and never developed, at all, period. They served as nothing more other than plot device to help her build her parade, and never seem to disagreed with anything she said.
The show itself is very, very quiet for some reason. Like, there's still the voice acting going on, but music seems to be missing from very key moments, which is wierd since the original LWA has a fantastic soundtrack, and even if they ran out of budget to write new music, they could've probably reused a lot of that. But, instead, we get generic orchestral music sparsely playing in the background.
The animation is still there, with the iconic Trigger style of animation with exagerrated expressions and cartoon-like feel. This is where the show excels at the most. Although it still feel like some corners has been cut, especially with the crouds.
Overall, even though I really wanted to like this show, considering the original LWA was probably my all time favorite, it fails me. I didn't really enjoy my time with it. Even at the climax, I was still put off by a lot off things. I just hope they can do better with the upcoming TV anime.
