(IMP stands for “In My Prospective”, meaning if someone attempts to correct the way I see the show I have no intention of reading any “corrections”)
I have to admit this story is quite an interesting experience, i don't see often in anime and the fact it's based off a game help revive my opinion of anime to game adaptations (i'm looking at you Danganronpa...) But without further adieu let's head to the story floor (you'll get it if you watch the show).
Story: We start of with young Rachel Gardner who wakes up in a room with no memories of her recent events believing she is in the hospital after a gruesome accident involving her parents. When she finds out she's not in a hospital she gets on the elevator which takes her one floor up where she runs into a scythe wielding maniac who's determined to kill her. She manages to avoid capture and reach floor 3 where she meets a familiar face, Doctor Nutjob (not really his name), or Eddie who seems to have a huge fascination with blue eyes and wants to extract Rachels, but Scythey McSythey wants to contiue the chase and heads to floor 3, after spoiler type things happen Rachel finally remembers that tragic memory about her parents and asks Scythey Mcscythe to kill her, he loses interest and offers to do the deed if she helps him get out of the crazy floor maze because he's dumb as a brick and she wholeheartedly agrees and while they ascend they learn more about each other, for better or for worse. To mean thats a solid 9/10 story.
Characters: Let's start with Rachel Gardner (sense you'll hear this name CONSTANTLY throughout the show), She's not your typical little girl, after she remembers somethings important, her eyes are cold and lifeless and she becomes the extremely dependent on Zach and his Scythe attack (brain and braun type thing) and has a strange fascination with god. Throughout the show you'll she her making decisions that ultimately are to her own personal benefit and that will be confronted later on.
Now let's move on to Zach attack who absolutely hates Rachel's new face and wants her to smile throughout the show so he head actually get up the nerve to kill her when hes finally out. Zach is abrasive, loud and can't read (which is somewhat important), he's always covered in bandages and is practically invincible when hit with normal attacks. He becomes less chaotic as they continue but still is a murderer at heart.
As for the other characters i don't want to spoil everything about them so lets just give them nicknames, First Doctor Eyelove, Second Happy Happy Grave Boy, Third Ms. Drunk on Punishment, and Forth Mr. Narcissist (who overall had the most corny-stupid and best lines of all the side characters IMO).
With our interdasting cast of freaky friends i'd give them a all a 8/10.
Art: The art style wasn't bad but wasn't like timeless either, I really enjoyed the faces in this show and the grim atmospheric colors but besides that it was standard so 7/10.
Sound: Most of the time i rate this based off the opening or songs in the show, but the background music helped set the tone of the show so i can't complain about that, 8/10.
Enjoyment: I waited to binge watch out to episode 10 or 9 and it really got me in the psychological mode, i'd say its weakest point was i believe episode 11 but overall i can overlook it and with its (to be continued) message at the end perhaps they got approval for a sequel, of which if its true i would enjoy to see how things go in the next season so i'd say it was a solid 8/10 in terms of my enjoyment factor.
Overall: i give this show the overall rating of 8/10, it would have been 9/10 if not for the 11th episode, a cop out situation (i won't say for spoilers), and the to extreme attitude adjustment of Zach. (which is also why it's not a 10/10) I recommend that people go watch this cause its worth your time if you like Psychological type stuff.
Let me tell others 2 things, 1: I will not tell you or encourage you to give the same rating, this is just my personal opinion on this show and 2: honestly I’m doing this review and other reviews as a hobby and for my own “anime records” so to speak, so if you see this and don’t like it just ignore it honestly because its more for my record than anything in the long run.
