I had quite high expectations from this anime and those weren't met, unfortunately
Good points:
+ Atmospheric and dark. This was the main reason I wanted to watch this show, and it wasn't very disappointing.
+ Great soundtrack - music worked especially well towards creating dark atmophere
+ Has few interesting characters (imo: Pino, Iggy, Hoody and, somewhat, Raul Creed)
+ Some plot twists and episodes were really nice
+ Robots were a nice part of the setting
Bad points:
- Extremely vague and confusing at times (mostly in the second half of the series). "Confusing for the sake of being confusing", as said another reviewer, this is a perfect summary quote. I want to see those moments as philosophical and smart, but I really don't feel that way... Be this show more precise and more dynamic - it would have only won from it
- Very slow at certain points. Often for no real reason. Problem linked with previous one
- Weak plot. It started out nicely but quickly transformed into some sort of weird swamp. Till the end I hoped that ending would be good and will explain many things, but no. It still was confusing and, without spoilers, pretty unsatisfying. "Deus ex machina" it was called and most solutions near there reminded magic
- Weak main characters. I didn't really like neither Vincent neither Rei. I didn't really understand their motives and didn't like how those were turned into a plot. Travelling who knows how many miles hoping to recover memories and ending up with THAT...
- "God aspect". Proxies were kind of superhumans and ordinary humans felt like ants in comparison. Of course, exceprt for the main heroes. I dislike this disbalance of powers...
In general:
Great setting wasn't actually utilized at its full potential because of non-dynamic characters and slow plot. I will put it at 7 in honour of Pino, Iggy and few interesting ideas.
