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Reviews 3r154o

Jul 4, 2024
I really want to like this anime. Like many others the premise seems really interesting to me. Unfortunately the show does not appear to truly know what said premise should look like, nor how to handle many other aspects of itself.

The pacing is frequently awkward and jumpy, with flashbacks coupled with tiny flash forwards coupled with tiny flash forwards that then get explained in a flashback. Made doubly strange because it doesn't really come off as egregiously bad. Its not overly abundant, nor truly detractive most of the time, I just don't understand what the point of these moments are. From what I've heard the manga has the same issue, so likely the adaptation team staying too "true" to the source material.

Where these strange pacing issues DO cause issues however is when they are coupled with strange/unexplained scenes. Characters will occasionally do a 180 on their opinion, pull some random plan out of no where with no explanation, or accomplish/fail to accomplish something in an incredible manner with no explanation. The show is partially a comedy, and has over the top jokes which can be waved off, but these instances are not part of said comedy. Instead they painfully tend to accompany the previously mentioned flashbacks/flashforwards, seemingly as an "explanation."

Despite all this, I still honestly think the show is good. My main gripe is that I think it could have been really good. If you squint your eyes and fill in the blanks for these inconsistencies you could EASILY have a really good show. Its clear the characters and story have depth to them, its just sometimes rather than elaborating/displaying that depth the show chooses to skip forward 10 seconds.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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