Art 9/10
This anime no longer adapts the bright and energetic colors from the past entries. They decided to go really dark with this anime, even the blood is red now. I have to say that is a very daring decision to tamper with an art style that was iconic for danganronpa but honestly...I LOVED THIS CHANGE. It really works, you see mirai hen is supposed to be a concluding anime and it must have a really strong vibe in it that makes feel as if this anime is the beginning of the end, and thats how the new art style helped in this anime. The gory looked really disturbing and I loved that. It gives a more eerie vibe to the situation. Ofcourse the anime has the same issue as despair hen where i feel the character design lack details in some scenes,however in this anime it's very small. I wont say the art here is perfect but it definitely was amazing, really great great decision to go more darker
Sound 10/10
As I mentioned before in the despair arc review, both animes of Danganronpa 3 recycle some old tracks with some new additions. While Despair arc felt lazy in its approach, future arc really did it right. There is simply not a single soundtrack in this anime that didn't make me feel uneasy. It's perfect, and the new additions in future arc were really great. I enjoyed both the recycled tracks and the new ones, not to mention both the op and the ed were MAGNIFICENT!!! Great job on the soundtrack, really eerie, mysterious, and really has the finale vibe in it
Story 7/10
OK the story was good, but not a danganronpa level good. I felt like they have held back a little bit in this anime in terms of twist just to focus more on the theme of hope. the story is reeeeeeeaaallly slow paced here, but they use the same danganronpa formula here in which they give a slow story while throwing some cliffhangers and interesting plot points here and there to keep you moving until the end. I was kind of disappointed to see how certain twists in the story were not that shocking in this anime. I felt like this moments could've worked better if it was a video game, because the execution of these twist felt very how do you say relaxed rather than tense. I think that it is kind of hard for them to pull of a strong twist in anime because it's not the same as doing it in a video game. It was a shame also that story had to rely on despair arc to reveal some of the new character's past. Well the idea itself is not bad actually. The problem is this idea made despair so broken and incoherent because they had to fit a lot of stuff there that damaged the quality of despair arc. There is also a certain death scene in the anime that I was confused how it really lacked some impact on it, again you can tell that they struggled here in showing strong plot points here because of the restrictions of making a 12 episode anime. I did feel sad for that death but the execution of that death scene itself felt very relaxed and not dramatic enough. There is also an episode that pissed me the hell of in this anime where they dedicated an entire episode to showing the aftermath of ultra despair girls. Now I didn't play that game but ive seen walkthroughs and I know the story and honestly I did not like it. The episode was veery boring and did not add ANYTHING interesting to the story except for a bummer and a potential spoiler, hell I dont even expect those who liked ultra despair girls to appreciate that episode. It killed the pace. Now The best thing about the story of mirai hen is how they tackled the the themes of hope. Honestly, it was perfectly executed. I won't talk in details here to avoid spoilers, but the way tackled hope in this anime was more mature and much better than the past entries. Also, every moment with new characters especially munakata was really great, except for juzo. Overall the story is good with really strong approach to its themes but lacking a little bit in twists.
Character 8/10
Mirai hen did FANTASTIC job with developing it's characters especially the new ones. Well don't expect much of development from the original cast but I gotta tell you: you will LOVE the new characters. Munakata, Chisa, Sakakura, Tengan, Mitarai, and Kizakura were definitely Great!!! Munakata was my favorite. His Ideals, his idea of hope, his determination, his past and how it changed all together made Munakata a really enthralling character. Not to mention the relationship between the trio Munakata, Sakakura, and Chisa was very deep and well constructed. Ofcourse most of this development was aided by the despair arc which is really good except that as i mentioned before it puts a lot of burden on despair arc. I think to conclude my thoughts about Tengan and Ryota, I have to watch Hope arc first and thats why i am not gonna talk about them here. Overall, the anime did great in its delivery on presenting its character except for the main danganronpa which was a bummer but understandable.
Enjoyment 7/10
From the first episode of this anime, The tension and expectations never dries away. The plot for me was disappointing at times and then at other times it just captures me again. two things kind of killed my enjoyment here. First of all, the excess of action scenes here. It was okay at the beginning, it makes you feel the tension but later on...I think the anime changed to BlazBlue. The action scenes were really bothersome to watch, yeah the animation was descent but this is not danganronpa anymore. you see these action scenes start to kill all the mysterious vibes and thrills of the anime, it feels really childish, they should have focused more on making a good mystery adventure rather than stupid and annoying action scenes. the other thing that annoyed is that ultra despair girls episode.....YES ITS THAT ANNOYING. Around the end of the anime, everything becomes just right, just the way you wanted it to be and the way it should have been from the beginning, continuous mystery solving and character tension without overuse of actions is what this anime should have done. As a whole, the anime is really entertaining and keeps you guessing while annoying you with stupid action scenes here and there
Overall 8/10
Yes Mirai hen wasn't disappointing at all.It is a really good anime, but you can see that spike chunsoft didn't do their best here, I think they should,ve just focused on making a game even if they don't want the same killing game to be repeated a third time. Im just guessing they didn't know how to do it with a game and so they decided to make an anime. The final piece remaining is the hope arc which will determine for sure whether this anime is a masterpiece or a failed conclusion. I put my trust in spike chunsoft
