The first thing you'll notice is the beautiful musical score and sweeping visuals. The opening song is beautiful with Inori singing, My Dearest and the closing song is cute. I watched this show on DVD and I gave the Art a Great score I can just imagine it on Blu-ray. The fight scenes are beautiful and well executed. The colors and backgrounds are well placed and compliment this rather dark fantasy.
I will adorn this guilty crown, the right to use my friends as weapons. This reminds me of war itself as world leaders use militaries as pawns, but often have admiration for their weapons or soldiers. I actually like Gai Tsutsugami more than Shuu Ouma, he's more interesting and inspiring than Shuu, in my opinion. The story and characters are very good. The story has several interwoven arcs which keeps you guessing. The characters are interesting as weapons are made and broke (hey that's a friend). This brings us to the major flaw or flaws of the series, the ending. The ending is abrupt and only partially ties up loose ends. Also, watch this show on Blu-ray if you can, because the ending on DVD is distorted and you miss about a minute of it. The ending is only about half an episode. Luckily, I had a combo pack and switched over to Blu-ray. It's beautiful so definitely watch it on Blu-ray.
The enjoyment is high, it's not that long of a series, and it's well worth your time. It could of been a classic or masterpiece with a better ending, so some people give it a bum rap. Just have fun with it, that's why most people watch anime anyways.
