This series takes in a world based on mayan culture. you get mayan piramids, rectangular ornaments, and those funny swords made of wood and flint stones embedded as a blade.
And it wasn't used at all. Sure, there was civilization inspired with mayan empire, but it was as important to the story as some sophisticated sliding doors in sci-fi porn flick.
What's worse is that's the case with most things. MC is a goddamn ninja (yes, mayan ninja. don't think too hard, it fits well with the story.), there are girls with magical powers, there are demons, prophecies, a decently constructed world overall, and it's all shoved aside for the sake of 8 or so episodes long closed room mystery. With magic.
And i'm saying 8 or so instead of 12 because first few episodes only introduce the audience into the world.
The art, sound, and characters were all good, although for the sake of "deepening" the mystery, characters made a splendid show of pretending to be retarded.
The series would be worth the time if there were more episodes, preferably not concentrated on "Detective Conan in a world with magic that's never explained. have fun, mystery fans", but on simple journey or relationships building between characters. As it is now, it's good only for showing how to waste a potential you might've grasped when building the world.
I know I should be ending now, but I just can't live it down, cause seriously, SERIOUSLY, why the fuck would you make a closed room mystery IN A WORLD WITH MAGIC. Majority of supernatural isn't even explained. This series could've been great, but it's bullshit with plot like this. It'd be better if it was a fucking sports anime in mayan empire, team playing head-of-our-foe-ball instead of FUCKING GODDAMN MYSTERY. WHY MYSTERY?!? WHY? WHY? WHYYY?
It's good enough to watch it once, if you don't mind a massive disappointment at the cliffhanger ending with scant hope of another season, and story being adapted from a LN, which will be translated oficially in 2017, and that's the first volume. Or save yourself some gray cells and watch detective conan, since cases there are faster, and some degree of logic can be found there.
*keeps screaming "WASTED POTENTIAL" to this day*
