Story- the story follows Takaru and the all the members of the newspaper club as they start to notice and investigate strange deaths that have occurred in the city recently. after connecting some dots they realize that the murders happening right now are similar to the ones that occurred 6 years ago in Chaos;head. the show then follows the group investigating the deaths and where the next possible murder will take place. the show reveals that there's more to the murders than a simple copycat as human experimentation and psychic powers are thrown into the mix, which is all well until you remember that this is chaos;child. the show reverts back to gilgomaniac and di-swords while also puling of plot twists after plot twist to keep the viewer entertained, but in the end feel ridiculous and contrived. a lot of the mystery of the show is ruined as many of the clues are just handed to them or solved in to most convenient way that it just feels impossible. also the antagonist just reveals who they are by the end of the show through exposition and info-dumping, and their motivation for all this being plain ridiculous. only for that to be topped of by the ending that is a bit sour&sweet but is mostly lacking and inconclusive.
3/10
Characters- what the show does better than it's predecessor is with its characters. Takaru is more of a proactive character as he wants to investigate these murders even if they might be dangerous. you get an idea for his motivation, but the failure in that is that it is revealed by another person. most of the cast like the previous show mostly consist of women. what sets them apart is that several do extend a bit beyond the usual arc-type that they are placed in, although this is for a few which leads to other characters having limited screen time and dialogue(if they had any at all) then what they needed in order to become proper characters. since most of the show is riddled with plot twist so are the characters in the show as several characters have personality switches in order to appease the plot, because it was a ruse all along. in the end most if not all the characters are 2-dimensional at best.
4/10
art/animation- the art and animation are better than it's predecessor. the background setting and the character designs look a bit more polished. the animation looks more fluid even if there's not much happening in the show in terms of actions. yet than again this is pretty standard for modern anime which I've said enough times that it's not even worth repeating for each modern anime now
7/10
Sound- not much worth mentioning. the soundtracks are mostly plain and forgettable. the voice acting is decent and better than the annoying voice acting from chaos;head.
6/10
enjoyment- the show was rather interesting at first, but as soon as it hit the halfway mark it was very unsatisfactory.
4/10
overall it's better than Chaos;Head, but being better still doesn't make this show any good
4/10
