This still is. The main cast is very like-able with just a few running gags that you can call as soon as they start, the characters have great chemistry and you don't just see them fighting each other, or fawning over another, in fact, as far as I've seen there is no romance in the show, and having women in the show that is just so rare. I can't stress enough just how tired I am of seeing certain tropes and this show just doesn't give them a platform, BLESS. *ahem* I digress. The fight scenes are AMAZING with Mappa at the helm, who I believe is a sister company to Madhouse, they have done nothing but wow me with every show I've seen of there. There are moments where things are sketchy but it reminds me of yuri on ice where they try to show as much movement as they can, and these are moments. Most of the fight scenes are AMAZING and jaw dropping. Unique areas where there is so much detail and movement it's not a show you can have on and listen to, you need to watch it!
Some of the shonen moments are you know, talking during fights, internal monologues that don't need to be as long as they are, and over explaining abilities *however* there is a lot of set up and if feels like the next season they aren't going to be explaining as much.
They have the tried and true school competition that is required in most shonens. I will say, that though I'm not a huge fan of those, it really show cases a lot of the different characters abilities and back stories, pros and cons to this, I didn't need everyone's back stories from the get go, I think they could have held out on showing some of them, but it really feels like all of these stories tie together, there's running themes in the show and I like that everyone has something they can relate to, which I'm sure will play a huge part in the story later.
All in all, worth your time! Also the original intro outro SLAPS.
