The first episode was really good. I was crying, in tears. The first half, the first 12-13 episodes were the best parts. You got really good characters. Except they keep getting killed off. The character development was spot on. Everything feels dynamic and believable. It's like watching some Oscar-winning tale set in a medieval like setting. You'll be moved to tears at the heroism and bravery.
Then the second half all the potential was flushed down the drain. Here's what happens, the best characters got killed off so Fushi can assume their identities, rather their bodies when he transforms. What doesn't help is that Fushi alone isn't very interesting or dynamic as say Gugu. This is an anime where the side characters are more memorable and dynamic and even more developed than Fushi, who's just there. Fushi bounced back so well with Gugu in the first half but nope, Gugu's gone. What made the first half so memorable was yes characters died but their death had meaning.
The second half, I felt nothing. Too many deaths and more characters kept getting killed off. Heck, most of the cast from the first half is randomly killed off just to elicit shock value and tears. I felt betrayed and hallow and empty at the finale. What finale, the only character I got attached in the second half was only present fully in two full episodes but then they get killed off. Where's the pay off? What just so Fushi can assume more avatars? The way he's able to become his friend's bodies just seems like a video game at this rate.
Without your lovable characters, you realize there's no plot whatsoever. It's Fushi vs. these wooden plague caused by Nokkers. They are essentially these root like beings equivalent to a plague, The plot is threadbare. The "villian" are the Nokkers.
After the finale, I'm done. I can't handle character assassinations anymore. I'm not attached to Fushi and yet all the good characters around him get killed off, just to elicit cheap emotions out of the audience.
