Darling in the Franxx has finally seen its days. The anime is now on par with most average anime since the release of episode 19, 20, and 21. Let's be honest, this anime has fallen apart a little. The latest episode, 22, was just a filling episode. All of the information in episode 22 could have been explained in 5-7 minutes.
*Story - 7
Uhhh... I don't know where to start since my last update on episode 18 (because MyAnimeList was down). It has intrigued me that this anime has made so many last minute calls to turn into sharp steep corners since then. It went from (pardon that I'm going back from the start and the latest) *wanting to be stronger *to find true love *to question the world *to win the invaders. What's next, "how to drift in a Franxx?" I like the story, but it has been turning corner left and right in the recent episodes.
*Art - 7
The art... uhhhh... if I had to honestly say, has been slowly falling apart lately. Episode 21 was the one that got hit the hardest with the animation being much... how would you say it... RUSHED! Seriously the animation seemed to be on a tight budget. This reminds me of Ousama Game: The Animation exactly, but the difference in Ousama and Darling is that Ousama went from "ok" to "horrible," while Darling went from "great" to "ok." I'm okay with this anime skipping a week or two to just put their animation on par again, and I HATE the community how they pressure every anime producers of their anime artwork and the release of anime every week. I understand that we as the viewer want a consistent anime, but sometimes you just got to understand that the other end is going to have to sacrifice something.
*Sound - 7
No comment
*Character - 7
The character development is like riding a rollercoaster. It hits its peak and then dies down for the action. I really do like the romance, especially the doctor because it showed that the doctor is still a kind human (kind of), but only wish to succeed in his goal and thus KARMA. The rest of the characters as well are also on a rollercoaster. I'm not emotionally attached to anyone, as a matter of fact, I think everyone is very bland now. Everyone seems... well... "dead". Ever since I saw the doctor romance, I thought to myself from the other romances in the anime, "The author has the full potential to create an absolute fantastic romantic like this, but yet the other romantic in this anime seems somewhat lacking except this one that only last less than an episode." BRING MY "TSUKI GA KIREI" VIBE BACK!!!
*Enjoyment - 7
I'm not, but at the same time, am, enjoying this anime. It's a rollercoaster like I said. I think there is far more improvement that could have been done but isn't used.
*Overall - 7
This anime could take a week or two off and rest their head because rushing ain't going to get them anywhere. I remember the time when airing anime could take a week off and polish their anime for the viewers (and this anime did actually, but only for one episode), but it seems that now anime is rather a "money time bomb" and for many needs to mass produce them. A couple season back was what I would call "The Walking Dead" season because almost every anime was terrible, but everyone needed to watch to keep anime going.
An Honest Review (AHR) by craPy_creATIon
