Story: 9
The story of Occultic;Nine is simply beautiful. I am not a genius and I am not into physics, but the fact that I have at some point heard of these theories and predictions made the show's idea easy to digest and more enjoyable. The show creators tried to be creative with their direction with the unpredictable camera angels and positions, lighting, and the art style in general. Yet what it lacked the most was a decent pacing that gave everything time to settle and be understood.
Since the first episode, the viewer is forced to interact and introduced to so much information and characters that it feels like we are in a race or something. Even the character's dialogue goes insanely fast that I had to stop multiple times in order to read and understand what's going on.
Then the series takes things slowly for about 2 episodes then it turns insane again. It's a pattern that keeps repeating itself over and over again. I was able to accept it and get over it, but it's understandable that many can't and find it annoying and hard to follow.
Personally, what I loved the most was that it was a mix of mystery, sci-fi, and paranormal activities that ended up (mostly) making sense and that it was still grounded into reality. However, we didn't get all the answers to all the mysteries and questions raised and it's a shame in my opinion given how little a 12 episodes was for such a LN that has a lot to explore with many characters as well. Yet the story is interesting enough to hold one's attention and forces you to use your mind and think other than waiting to be told the answers for free. It was basically like a puzzle mixed with a prediction game which was fun yet sadly rushed.
Characters: 7
The characters I must say that they were really essential to the plot and with time we get to understand were the show's name is driven from. Even though, they were not that special. The story behind most of the characters is decent and so are their actions, but they are not that unique nor were they explored further in order to reach their full potential. As well for us to feel connected to them to care about them. I think the characters were mostly stereotypical one's, yet they were able to fit the plot perfectly.
The series contains a lot of characters, which was tiring at first getting introduced to most of them at the same time (again rushed). Not all the characters had real understandable motives to commit what they had done whether they were good or bad. So we don't end up with much character development in my opinion.
Art: 9
The art was the most impressive thing about this show. I mean it was what hooked me to continue giving it a try because of how beautiful it was. It was very creative, detailed, with great color pallets and character designs that fit the characters perfectly well.
I wish we had more animes that take this art approach as it's so wonderful.
VA / Music: 7
The ED song was what made me watch it tbh. I freaking love it as well as the OP. However, there were no other memorable ost or soundtracks that I took notice of.
The VA for Gamon was the best out of them all in my opinion. Yet all the other main characters did a good job as well, so not much to be said about it.
Enjoyment: 8
I enjoyed this series, even though it took me a whole week to finish it lol. Honesty, it's not the type of series that will be enjoyed if you force and binge watch it. So take your time to digest it to the fullest.
