STORY
The synopsis was very intriguing for me and that is what led me to watch this show and I was expecting a serious anime with a dark and gritty atmosphere but it was a disappointment. There seems to be no seriousness of any sort and no dystopian feel of post-apocalyptic shows. D2s appear out of nowhere, the Conductors and musicarts eradicate them and it goes on a reiterate. Still are the D2s really a menace? People seem to be chilling out in the suburbs just fine. The pacing was abominable and the worldbuilding was awful. How did all the mysterious D2 birthing crystals magically disappeared? Also seems like D2 are still present but now with Sagan not calling them with that tuning fork so what was the point of it anyway? Even after the show, there were a lot of answered questions.
CHARACTERS
This anime is a conspicuous waifu-bait which is composed of uninteresting characters with easily predictable one-dimensional traits. First of all we have a cold protagonist who is just horny for music and doesn't seem to care about anything else. Then we have two waifus, first a sweet loving emotionless musicart who doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that doors and windows exist and second a fappable hottie who seems to take care of the other two.
The fact that both Anna and Takt got over Cosette's death so facilely alone just make them two apalling characters. Takt wasn't confused upon losing his arm, gaining the power of Conductor, his friend being turned into a fancy dressed musicart and acts as if he is thoroughly cognizant of what he is doing which is just underwhelming and illogical. The common people are either cretins or people who value music over their lives as upon hearing music panicking or taking shelter should have been the most logical option but that doesn't seem to happen here.
What was the point of a Conductor anyway, aside from acting as energy batteries? It's said that they control the Musikarts but in the final battle like many before, we can see that Destiny was able to defeat Hell/Heaven even without Takt waving his stick around. This brings to my next point, how in the fucking world was Destiny able to defeat Hell/Heaven? Destiny stood no chance against Hell or Heaven separately, defeating their combined form while herself being heavily injured signifies the massive Plot Armour in this anime. The character development was also trash with Takt being the only characters who developed while Lenny and Titan being well written. I would say Lenny's death was the peak of this show. Sagan was nonsensical character, his goal made no sense at all. It really felt like they made some bullshit up on the spot so we would have a big bad to defeat in the final episode.
SOUND
Music is a highly subjective opinion and personally for me, it wasn't that great. Music is what should have been the heart and soul of this anime but it doesn't feel like it has any relevance to the character motivations, fighting and overall atmosphere of the show. I usually Shazam a score that peaks my interest and nothing of that sort has been happened with this anime. The opening song was a banger and the ending song was average.
ART
The animation seems to carry the anime and it is probably the biggest pros as expected from a MAPPA×Madhouse collaboration. If you are someone probing for visually stunning art and doesn't really care about other aspects of the show then this is the exact eye candy you're looking for.
The action is visually gorgeous but repetitive and doesn't seem to crave for ingeniousness.
CONCLUSION
Takt op Destiny was not copacetic for me. Still the only way for you to enjoy it is if you turn off your brain and wholeheartedly accept whatever the shit is going to be shoved down your throat.
Thank you for reading :)
