Story = poo emoji (5)
Normally when i watch a series that's trash I almost never take it serious. Basically like J.C. Staff(studio behind this series) who never took this series seriously from the very beginning. It becomes evident when the direction of the series' story sorta fell apart with the introduction of the princess and her lackeys.
Art ...How? (4)
...How? how do you go from one of the most visually appealing series of the season to the worst? I understand having budgeting issues and a quality drop. That normally happens but this was just awful. When you get slashed in the face and permanently lose your eye sight, I want to see gashes on where your eyes used to be. I don't want to see this fucker with his eyes closed as if he gotten something in them -_-
*sigh* Blood stains...So i'm thinking these guys are magical when I don't see blood on their clothes after they heal...I mean it's the simple little things dude...J.C. really went lazy with this simple shit...
Sound(7)
In the midst of mediocrity, there is a glimpse of decency within the music. Other than sound effects taking a break every so often...The music was well used and OP and ED songs were pleasant to here...I feel so bad for May'n's song "Belief" being used for such a train wreck series...this OP was amazing and I loved it. The OST served its purpose for the specific points and "key moments" for the series
Character just...no (2)
Seigi's character just screams plot convenience...
Seigi who "conveniently" knows martial arts "conveniently" saves a man who gives him a power known as a tattoo which inevitably throws him into this entire situation...
Everyone else however falls into the category of incomplete for me. Little to no character depth just about all of them. Just a bunch of cardboard cutouts, this even applies to Touko (Seigi's childhood friend) who's only known for her feelings toward Seigi. But of course they also needed to drag her into all of this:
Reader: Why?
Me: Idk ask the mangaka >_>
Mangaka: *shrugs*
Me: ...gtfo -_-
Anyway, You'll see how everything goes for her if you decide to watch this.
Enjoyment(5)
If anything i found subtle enjoyment from the stupidity of the ending episodes...If shounen has their share of powerup bullshit, so does seinen and yes this is listed as a seinen well at least the manga is -_-.
Overall(5)
Really I anticipated this series, and it had tons of potential but just decided it wanted to be trash, nothing we can do really. But hey if you're still inclined to check it out, by all means knock yourself out
