- Extremely overdramatic
- Mary Sue (almighty) main hero with plot armor
- Weak logic supports plot (many things happen precisely because plot and drama needs them, without logical cohesion)
- Predictable
- Quite slow and boring
- Main story wasn't long and wasn't developed enough
(this show mostly deals with "sidequests" - 1-episode stories and characters. As a result only main hero develops and many other characters quickly become forgotten)
Pluses
+ some dramas felt nice
+ great art
+ good music (though I hated ending)
_This show felt to me like stereotipical girlish drama - with perfect girl as main character, a lot of linearly nice-yet-boring characters and many inconsistant, cheap dramas. Not all of them were bad, though. But, in general...
It felt like every moment was planned to squeeze the most amount of drama as possible. Most of dialogue were unnecessary theatrical - slow, teary, putting a lot of value into every, even useless, word. Jokes felt forced. If something actually doesn't look very dramatic then it WILL lead to something that is 200% dramatic.
Show feels boring and fake as a result: characters look like bad actors, who simulate their actions. They doesn't feel truly alive.
_Violet is the main hero of the show and she deserves special overview.
The more show went on - the more powerful she felt.
1) Violet is strong, fast and can easily kill enemy squads in melee range. At first this power is somewhat understandable - she is "an emotionless weapon", grown at war. But later in a show she still has this power, even despite all her changes and the fact that she NEVER trained (on-screen), never did any physical exercise and looks like a fragile girl...
2) Violet is inconsistent in her emotions: her typical state is emotionless, where her face doesn't show any emotions at all. She always expects orders. However, this traits of hers change drastically through the show. She quickly became good writer, and then THE BEST writer in the show. And not just an ordinary one - she writes emotional letters! The girl, who used to be illiterate for long time, then only wrote reports and also killed people without second thought.
Violet combines traits of unemotional (aka war machine) and very emotional (aka crybaby) person. While she develops from first to second through the show - the transition isn't smooth or logical and feels pretty damn fast (while the show is slow, yeah)
3) Violet handles almost everything alone: dynamic, dangerous, emotional situations... everything. She puts most other characters aside, drawing all attention to herself... not cool
4) In some later situations, she is saved literally by huge plot armor
_I couldn't digest all that drama and pathos - this was one of the rare shows that i didn't want to continue watching. All those small stories that didn't feel realistic or matter much - invested in the main boringness.
Empty drama example, one of the later situations (SPOILER):
Major calls Violet a stupid weapon, who only needs orders and kills everyone (he is soldier commander, btw, does he want her to disobey orders?). Violet says she changed, she is not a weapon and don't wont to kill. Than she risks her life fighting a bunch of enemies, trying her best to save every one of them alive. She almost dies (in reality she actually would die in this situation 100%). Then, same major says in same manner: "you can't even kill to save yourself, you are idiot". I don't understant what he actually wants from her... But he generated dramatic moments twice, so it's good right?
All in all, this is a chill dramatic show that can affect some people (cough, #50 on rankings, cough, it definitely affects).
But if you like unpredictable plot twists, at least some smart action, deep, diverse and ALIVE characters or maybe humor and fun - i hadn't found anything out of those in this anime.
As for dramas - some felt nice, but there were so many actually redundant...
