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The story is KIND OF divided into 3 main arcs. In terms of story and plot, this show was excellent. The animation was good, had nice coloring, effects, fight scenes. They did an especially good job with the driving scenes; there were a few fights that seemed uninteresting and slow, and there was one episode where the CG looked sooooo real, that it was difficult to think it was an anime for the first minute or so....that may not have been a bad thing, but somehow the contrast threw me off. The background music, and the OP and ED were both great....EXCEPT FOR THE LAST ARC...the OP sound was nice and so was the ED but the vidoes for it were horrible, and there were a few NEW background music they got that just spoiled the scene....like for example there was one that had a little music and ended with a woman moaning in an orgasm. The characters were all interesting and innovative, they each had a personality that was entertaining to see unfold; and the show showed the darkness in the characters. I mean, this is one series where the main character can be as bad as you can get for an "anti-hero" if you could even call him that. The main character was the MOST BADASS DUDE YOU WOULD EVER GET. I MEAN DAMN, throughout the entire series I KEPT LOVING THIS GUY....even his days of hesitation was extremely short to notice the amount of BADNESS he put in the show. He wasnt a hero, the guy was selfish, and manipulative....i.e. he was the worst kind of bastard you could get YET he knew his wrong and even depressed about it at times. There were also quite a few people he TRUELY cared for.....only to get bitten by those same people anyhow. All the other characters...there were phases where you liked them...then hated them....then liked them...or something so; that like-hate-like would relate to EIN, but were somewhat similar for the others too.
So far I have shown that the show should get close to a 10 and not a 7 as I have actually rated it. THE reason the show got a 7 was......3 ARC!!! That arc was horrible....first of, they took the MOST LOVABLE CHARACTER EVER and made them crazy enough to hate...second, HIGH SCHOOL AND ROMANCE???????!....I get the characters were high school age....and hey, I love high school animes....BUT ONLY IF THE HIGH SCHOOL SETTING FIT! Clearly it didn't here....and the burst of romance in it and attempt at comedy was ANNOYING. I have to say though, the very last minute of the series was COMPLETELY EPIC IN MY OPINION....but to many others it would be HORRIBLE....in fact for me the show got a 7 when it COULD have gotten a 6 DUE TO THE 3rd ARC JUST BECAUSE I PERSONALLY LIKED THE ENDING...it felt like the right way to end it.
I will say, Phantom is a good show, much better than the original OVAs, it was entertaining, and if not for the 3rd arc would have been a DEFINITE COLLECTION MATERIAL, but due to the 3rd arc it was a good show that should be watched.
