What they did good:
1. Striking artwork. Beautiful shots & cinematography. Incredible colors. Unique animation.
2. Music is all catchy and unique. OP, ED, BGM, they’re all thematic and very original.
3. Again about sound, this time about the voice acting. The kids sound like they’re kids, unlike most animes who either shared the same seiyuu for the child & adult version or have a different adult seiyuu voiced the child version of the character.
4. Overall, plot is good. Great twist.
5. Great pacing. Great cliff-hangers. Doesn’t drag the story and didn’t bore me at all.
6. Great character designs, especially the protagonists and devils. The way they behave is very realistic (well except for Ryo).
7. The twist about the track and field’s coach.
What they did bad:
1. Drew some scenes too dark. Can’t see what’s happening at all.
2. In some scenes, it’s as if the animators are just too lazy to draw coz the artwork looked amateurish.
3. Nonsensical character drive and some illogical scenes/situations (the whole Akira’s parents ordeal, how the whole Japan just eat up Ryo’s every word, how people just ended up hugging each other after Akira protected some of the humans (the change was too dramatic and it was so sudden?), how did Miki’s cat???, etc).
I judged a show based on how fun, interesting, and engaging they are to me. When this was over, the only thing I felt was ‘wow. cool’ and not much negative, hence the 8.
