Ya know, I REALLY WANTED to like this anime. But in the end It's IMPOSSIBLE for me to like due to so many mortal flaws .....except for ONE thing...the actual animation.
Simply put, this animation STRONGLY RESEMBLES GHIBLI STYLE. If your a fan of Ghibli animation you should feel the similarity almost immediately. The very idea of mixing technology blimplike flying machines etc but maintaining a small town classic style county architecture is also very Ghibli if you've watched any of his stuff.
Anyway, so bottom line, if you choose to watch this anime, you'll likely enjoy the animation cleanliness, flow, style etc, ....you won't enjoy much else as the conflicts in the story build rather quickly. The improper character development shows starkly and ohhhh the endless unanswered questions......
you will notice yourself feeling more and more questions than answers, lots more, none of which will be answered sufficiently or for that matter even hinted at answering....cuz there are no answers.
Some examples:
---its revealed in the first 10 minutes the FRACTALE system is a super AI made up of 22nd century technology of basically a gazillion processor thinking machine (which Clain refers to as "old antique tech" in an offhanded remark. This super AI is to provide everyone equal resources, opportunity, food and basically a war conflict free life full of enjoyment peace harmony et al.
So why in the same first 10 min do the COPS show up at a local swap meet. COPS in a PERFECT FUTURE SOCIETY?
---also what century is it actually, I never found mention of it although 22nd century is considered old by Clains measure. Maybe it 24th or so. Who knows.
---where do the cops take offenders, jail? Are there courts? Is there laws? If so what are they in this future perfect world.
---if a gazillion processors can create DOPPELS (another name for avatars) as holograms you interact with, why not just create ones that look like the people rather something COMPLETELY ridiculous like a water cooler bubble head "dad" and a pink lampshade with giant red LIPS no less as "mom" to CLAIN.
---you also find out that FREEDOM in the perfect society means abandoning your children and living anywhere you want as long as your pink lampshade avatar can speak to your child.
---why does the family unit have to be destroyed just because your every PHYSICAL need is met. Every EMOTIONAL one is not and can't be without family.
These are just a FEW questions from episode 1 that are never answered. If you watch this, you'll think of more, trust me.
Want more questions....HEREGOESNOTHIN....
---why was phryne so QUICK, like a couple hours time to strip full frontal to Clain and then conveniently fall asleep on him in like 5 seconds flat with no top on (bless producer for not showing nipple or I woulda thot this was toned down high school DxD). Just more fanservice to hook people that need that muck I guess in episode 1.
---why is the soon to be tsundere character phryne so quick to trust Clain with precious NESSA that she risked life an limb to smuggle from the temple. Only to hand her off to him an vanish to somewhere for no known reason.
---phryne suddenly becomes a MUCH more typical tsundere by declaring to Clain that NOONE can love her EVER as she tries to abandon him again later. She remains staunchly TSUNDERE to the VERY END before in final episode warms up.
A little late folks.
---why is Clain shocked to meet a REAL girl. Don't they have dating in perfectworld or REAL girls you date and marry and procreate.
---why are there outcast lost millennium societies in PERFECTWORLD or as we discover PERFECTGLOBE all planet.
---where are the cops which we NEVER see again.
---why in episode 1 was phryne being shot at by the lost millennium group who LATER say they must CAPTURE ALIVE the KEY (which phryne is the KEY) to overthrow FRACTAL.
Pure nonsense....no worse than nonsense.
Eventually....as you ask yourself endless questions you'll ask THESE TASTEFUL QUERIES
---why must GOD be 10 to be PURE and receive Gods soul.
---Why must God be 16 to be the KEY.
---why just Gods soul of age 10 must be unified with Gods body age 16 to be a proper created KEY.
---why GOD WHY!!!...must the 16 year old KEY body between ages of 10 and 16 be DEFILED SEXUALLY (as the anime calls it, not me) while in clinical stirrups by a perverted guy named Barrot who likes the way Phyrne smells. This is cringy.
---why is Barrot evil and where did he come from.
---why is he in charge of everything even the head priestess we find out. You will NEVER know. Just another token evil character with no purpose or origin or backstory.
---why does FRACTAL need a TEMPLE OF OVERLORDS to operate perfectglobe.
---why can't 22, 23, 24th whatever CENTURY it is tech update the logs of it's citizens without them praying in the direction of the temple (like a Muslim 5 times a day). Just plain weird that one. Why mimic Muslims. No clue. Like hey writer...does my cell phone pray in the direction of the tower 5 times daily to update. My God it 22nd or higher century tech - how STUPID can this plot get!!!
---why must perfectglobe be rebooted to save itself every 200 years even tho it's perfect.
---since FRACTAL runs The entire GLOBE we find out, what would a few billion people scrambling for resources look like once the system was collapsed by Lost Millenium....yeah the APOCQLYPSE is right.
This very obvious fact doesn't stop lost millennium rebel group tho who intends to Do just that chips fall where they may all so mankind can experience true FREEDOM or ......what we call TOTAL ANARCHY, AND TRIBAL WAR GLOBEWIDE. But nevermind that bit of logic or details.
---why is there a city megaplex called XANADU that resembles modern Tokyo on steroids for the aNEON factor that only the UBER RICH can live in. Awfully stratified populous for perfectglobe don't ya think.
---why doesn't NESSA who has the soul and clearly the POWER of God use that power to save Clain whose been shot ....she NUKES electronics for like maybe 10 square miles devastating Xanadu with her power....and all she did was THINK Clain was in danger. Yet ALLLLLLL other times he's in danger.....NADA, ZILCH, NOTHING...not even to the VERY END does she exercise this GODLIKE Nuclear Explosion power. Only once. Utter silliness. Absurdity. Toxic wasteland of dumb dumbness.
Enough WHYning about WHYS.
FINAL QUESTION
-WHY are you gonna watch this...DONT. I did so you don't have to.
Thanks formreading and I hope this helps you save some anime time in your future viewing. Cheers.
