STORY (4): From the first episode, Spiritpact holds a little measure of promise with it. It gives you a character who's entire life has been filled with hardships and struggles. A total underdog. Usually those are the types of characters that I love, the type I want to cheer on for. However quickly such a plot line for Spiritpact proves to be boring and reusable, viewers get met with the same basic tropes that a lot of anime seem to keep recycling: the good looking guy, a prestigious household, a fiancee with multiple aspects of her personality that change with the drop of a pin. A couple episodes in and that's all that Spiritpact seems to prove itself to be. There's nothing in it, that makes it standout or distinguishable from any other anime that is has the same troupes as it and quite honestly in my opinion, it's what makes this anime so forgettable.
ART (6): I will admit that the animation for this anime is quite good, I have yet to see any major flaws in it. Each episode keeps a consistent style of animation. The art isn't really all that special in terms of other works that Half H.P Studio has produced, but it's bearable and if you're looking for an anime that doesn't have terrible or low quality art then Spiritpact has it.
SOUND (5): The music and scores used throughout the anime aren't really standalone. I wouldn't find myself singing the opening or ending out at a night of karaoke or randomly when I feel in the mood to sing something. The sound doesn't have anything that really pulls at the viewers feelings or hypes them up for certain scenes. It just...exists. I will also admit that having a Chinese song for the opening was quite jarring as this is a Japanese anime and the subtitles lyrics are in Japanese. It was a little weird for me to hear the Chinese pronunciation of the lyrics as I was reading them in Japanese.
CHARACTER (1): Where do I even begin? The characters of Spiritpact are a bunch of the most easily forgettable characters I have ever encountered. The main characters don't have anything redeemable about them, they're trapped in the tropes they are given and don't seem to make any attempts to break out of them.
Keika You is characterized as this sort of underdog that we all want to cheer on...but...after a few episodes I came to be really annoyed by his character. He was too pitiful, there were more times than I can count in the anime that he spent lamenting about his situation and waiting for someone else to save him than him taking actions into his own hands. He's also given the same old boring troupe of never being in a relationship, but yet hounding after women to the point that it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and becomes annoying.
Ki Tonmoku is the stereotypical "hot bishounen character with a tragic backstory that we have to wait until close to the ending of the series to unlock." Throughout the few episodes I've seen, he repeatedly comes across as cold, and nonchalant towards the people that are involved with his life, yet is hailed as a powerful character with thousands of people around him attracted to him in some capacity that leaves you wondering: "why?" at several points. He feels like a rehash of so many of the same type of characters that you just shrug your shoulders and accept begrudgingly that he's on your screen.
The rest of the characters are quiet forgettable, to the point that even after 10 minutes of watching all available episodes I could barely correctly name any other characters besides the main two...barely.
ENJOYMENT (2): Honestly, I've encountered series that were better than this and had the same sort of genres. I've considered and am still considering dropping this series as I haven't enjoyed a single episode that has come out so far. It feels like watching one episode only to move on to the next whilst having a faint idea of what you watched in the previous episode.
OVERALL (2): There are far better anime out there that beat Spiritpact by a punch, especially if you're looking for a shounen ai and supernatural anime. Spiritpact doesn't have anything that sets it apart or makes it stand alone compared to the magnitude of other supernatural/shounen ai anime that exist. The story is decent, the art is ok, the characters are bland. Honestly you can save yourself a couple hours of your time by watching anything else, any other anime other than Spiritpact.
