I'll start off with the points that this anime executed the best. The art for this anime is definitely top class and the best, and the animation for the fight scenes are all hyped up with all the bright "crystally" colors, and fitting music. The OSTs that are chosen for each scene are perfect, and they do the job of drawing watchers into the screen ( I swear, the reason why i cried in a few scenes was all because of the music in the background).
The main character Shu, isn't our typical anime protagonist. I'd say that Shu is more similar to those background characters that get caught up in some kind of accident in those action anime's. However, that doesn't mean he's flat out boring. I found him to be quite irritating in a couple of scenes, because I prefer stronger characters, but I found Shu's character development over the course of the anime pull me in. The other characters had their own role in Shu's development. Some of them had very frightening effects on Shu, and some of them were really frusterating to swallow down.
I really liked Inori for her emotionless attitude towards pretty much everything, and her voice in her signature song Euterpe, was pretty much the reason why I continued watching.
The first few episodes were really dull and unoriginal so I sometimes found myself falling asleep in front of the screen. DON'T let the boring beginning phase you. If you gave up on watching Guilty Crown, start where you left off and watch it till the end. Episode 8-22 have all of the interesting parts
