Reviews

The main issue I see with this anime - one which could have easily been fixed - is the lack of a good protagonist. By the very nature of the premise, every protagonist is doomed to becoming unlikable and later an antagonist. As the anime goes on they become less and less sympathetic. No protagonist has a meaningful arc. Most side-characters were one-dimensional and boring. Some side-characters who were initially interesting were killed off or ruined by a newly introduced aspect of their personality. There were some genuinely likable side-characters, but they didn't get much screen time.

The message that this anime attempts to convey is muddled (I suspect it has something to do with having people who support you). However, due to the limited success of characters in the anime it's difficult to tell. It paints a grim picture in which most people are not only doomed to fail, but the vast majority of the time it's impossible to save them. The overall result is that the world was irreversibly and negatively affected, something which is not at all congruent with reality.

The various twists in the plot felt like they were there only for the sake of having twists ("subverting expectations"). None of them had much of a payoff; characters associated with those twists became less interesting as a result.

Lastly, there are many unresolved questions (mostly dealing with the magic system associated with this anime) after what feels like the final episode of the series. it is unknown why certain things happened besides "the plot needed them to happen." The ending felt unsatisfying due to what felt like a Deus ex Machina.

Watching this is an exercise in frustration. Regardless of how much you may like the premise, I'd wholeheartedly recommend skipping this one.