Slow paced. Thin characters. Dreary overall mood. Another show where you never get to know what's happening, but have to tolerate a dozen episodes just to get the gist of how this world works and why.
Feels more like an early 90's series than 2004. I expected much better for a post 2000 era anime.
*** UPDATE *** (some insights, but I don't think any are spoilers)
Okay, so I finished this. It's one of those series that for a brief moment at about half way, got interesting and then around the 20th and final episodes completely fizzled out. The 23rd episode was so pathetic and bad that you should just skip watching it altogether if you decide to watch the series.
The sloppy and deliberate overuse of sequences and the slow pace continued to the very end.
The ending was a confusing mishmash of pseudo-philosophical garbage that never made any sense. And the queer 'girl farm' with them being 'milked' left me believing that the producers had reached a point of exasperation themselves and were just throwing anything into the blender to see what might mix.
I actually downgraded this to a 3. You see 4 is considered "Descent," and in no way would I recommend someone waste their time on this because I suggested it was descent. So sadly it comes off as 3 "Poor." Sadly, that's my overall impression -- Poor.
The romance is bizarre too. It get's confusing just over who is in love with whom and why! But in a slight redeeming factor, boy does get girl ... though I'm really not sure if she was real at the end.
