Before I delve more into why the plot is terrible, I do want to mention that Gankutsuou is the worst looking anime I’ve ever seen. This vector style texturing borderline hurt my eyes just looking at it. Absolutely disgusting.
Now to the plot, but don’t worry I won’t spoil anything, not that there’s anything to spoil anyways. I feel like Gankutsuou was going for Monster style vibes, shrouding itself in a lot of mystery and having the climaxes be these grandiose revelations. This would’ve been amazing if the writing was any good or if the plot made any sense. It feels like a 10 year old wrote this plot. The plot twists seem pretty cool as you’re watching, until you give them any kind of thought. Every plot point logistically dissolves in a very impressive manner if you even think about them. It’s really a shame because they were able to write some almost interesting characters, but they only appeared interesting on the surface and ended up being flat and baseless.
I don’t have much more to say other than that I’m sad I wasted the little bit of free time I have watching Gankutsuou.
