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3 Episodes seen.
1st episode was disappointing because of censorship (nudity and lewd scenes were understandably removed but removing gore was not understandable) and skipping story elements (non-manga readers wll have no idea what's going on), but having read the manga, I know this show has huge potential.
2nd episode was well-animated and the voice acting was excellent, giving back hope that this anime will do its manga justice.
3rd episode was weird and the quality dropped a lot but censorship was removed for 1 second there was some gore/dismemberment
scene which shows that maybe the studio listened to its fans and gore will be implemented and ... not censored in later episodes.
Edit 01/02: Ep. 4 came out and as I wrote above they did uncensor the gore. Decapitations, dismemberment, etc. is back so no more complaints about gore censorship. Animations were well-made and combat scenes were good, no more slideshow. Only censorship now is the deleted H scenes and nudity which are irrelevant to the story.
Basically, this show has huge potential, but it seems to suffer from a lack of direction. But I'm confident they will solve these problems and the quality will increase, as episode 2 has showed they can do a good job when they want to.
The story is still basically in its prologue phase, later on there will be more epic battles to come, so it's possible they are saving their budget for later parts of the story which will be action-packed.
I give it 9/10, having read the manga, it has massive potential and time will tell if the studio animate it properly.
The music is excellent witcher 3 vibes, and the voice acting is excellent for the main character Ascheritt. Animations are sometimes brilliant sometimes sloppy, showing that the studio chose to save its budget, if I'm correct, for later scenes which will be much more important and action-packed.
But it has potential to be 10/10, as more episodes release we will know if my theory is correct and they were just saving budget for the massive action-packed battles that are about to come.

This series is a masterpece by Chinese standards and proof China is catching up in the anime-industry.
It being a low-budget anime, it should be judged accordingly as it would be unfair to pit it up against high-budget anime to make a comparison.
Which lead me to give it a score of 10, as judging fairly, they have done an excellent job with the ressources they had.

Story - 10
To understand this anime, and appreciate it, you have to understand that it is based on real events that happent in China. Where facilities were opened to rehabilitate internet-addicted students, that led in some cases to abuse and suicide, ... creating a scandal and leading to the shut down of this rehabilitation system.
This anime illustrates these events throughout a fictional story, with a dose of reality that apparently the majority of community couldn't learn to accept.
The story tackles with many real-life issues that only a mature mind will come to understand, such as domestic abuse, the paradox of a hard-working man who does not have time for family, the fragile relationship between parents and children in the modern world, human thirst for power, and so forth. To be able to tackle with so many subjects under 12 episodes is truly astounishing, it shows that this anime exists not for entertainment purposes, but for educational and reflectional purposes, which is why I give it a 10. It is truly a hidden gem among the generic animes that pop up nowadays that have no message behind them.

Art - 10
This is Chinese anime, and the art is very good. They managed to mix the eye-candy of the Japanese anime industry with the realistic anatomy of the Chinese anime industry. Which is a good step for the Chinese animation to follow.

Sound - 10
The OST is perfect and adds to the atmosphere. The Japanese character voice acting is very well done, even minor characters are properly voiced; and as for main characters, you can tell their feelings whenever they speak.

Character - 10
The characters follow their script, there are no inconsistencies. The main character develops realistically, he gets his act together only to lose it in the next. He makes mistakes and rectifies them, then makes other mistakes and rectifies them. It shows he is human. You can feel for him and sympathize with him but also hate him or love him. You can be in awe of him or pity him. Which is what a good character should do.

Enjoyment - 10
The plot is executed well enough to offer confusion but also peek your interest, you might wonder where is this going but there are hints for you to follow that make you interesting in finding out more. The story is not disclosed, but the events are well-executed. There is no linear plot, anything can happen, which makes you interested in finding out more. And everything makes sense in the end.

Overall - 10

Very good anime, by Chinese standarts. The animation is sloppy due to low-budget, but you can't blame them as they have done the best they could do.
This studio deserves praise, they created a hidden gem with low budget.