Art: 10
Sound: 10
Character: 8
Enjoyment: 10
Overall: 10
Just yesterday I ended watching this series.
To be frank, before ep 1, I wouldn't give any credit to it at all, I just expected it to be another Black Bullet (I enjoyed BB by the way, but didn't like the mindset about MC), but I had to change my mind soon.
I didn't watch this series all at once, thus I got satisfied first by the first 3 episodes, but I also got tricked by them, thinking the show was a certain type of story: good, but nothing out of the ordinary.
I was wrong. Oh hell yeah I was wrong. I got really surprised by the story evolving, transforming, and ending in that way. I cried a bit, too. I'm weak to emotional stories.
Yeah, this anime is a tragedy. Prepare to cry. Try not to. Cry a lot. Keep tissues close.
This anime is seriously the revelation of this Spring 2017 season without any doubt. I can't say I'm not happy to get surprised like this. This anime was in my "maybe" list and revealed itself one of my new favourites. I hope now the animes I think I'll like won't let me down.
And now, to the "detailed" review. It may contain slight spoilers, but I'll avoid spoiling too much. Readers are advised.
Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, and so it is this anime.
But what it made this anime outstandingly good is not because "I know this will have a bad end or a good end with an huge deus ex machina" but because the way characters behaved during the story.
It's all about the journey, not the destination.
I've seen more pure characters and feelings in these 12 episodes than in all the series I watched in the last year so far. Not even a single bit of ecchiness/dumbness in the scenes, and all the relationships between characters were genuine and sweet. It was relaxing, yet, thanks to the soundtracks, even with very few fighting scenes, you could feel all the tragic and emotional moments perfectly.
That's what made a difference, in my opinion, between this anime, and a lot of other similar-setted LN adaptations.
I didn't miss the lack of action at all.
What made this anime was the beautiful art, the soundtracks and the feelings of the characters.
It's not all about fights. Even though they decide everything in the end.
And that's what the plot is about.
Going on fighting will destroy you.
So...will you?
