Dear oh dear , where do I start , I just finished the final ep of s1 and I m feeling already hungry for more . I am an old manga reader from over 4 years ago , with this being in my top 3 mangas of all time , so did this adaptation give the story justice .
Short answer , kind of , let's start with the bad , the animation was very stiff and average and it really showed in action scenes , thankfully it's not an action based show , it would ve been catastrophic . The art direction they used was baffling to me , it was bright and too colorful in contrast to the grim dark manga's style that I adore , they didn't nail the majority of the manga faces but the ones that they did good were beyond excellent . The director did this adaptation wonders tbh , they added a lot of metaphoric scenes that elevated the experience for me , also another thing to note that the pacing was a bit fast skipping a lot of minor scenes , I have no idea why they didn't just made it 13 eps .
Op and ending were great especially the ending song , the soundtracks were pretty good especially the main one , it elevates the hype scenes to the next level , there were other soundtracks that were imo underused .
To conclude , I wont be addressing the characters nor the story ,I will take my time talking about them in the manga final review . All in all , this adaptation could ve been definetly way better but i m still satisfied with it overall 9/10