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Story 6

I found the story to be above average but nothing good. The story felt like it didn't have a direction and was all over the place, there was no apparent meaning to the story that most stories have and IMO needs to have in order to be memorable. At times the story had that feeling of cliché which most shows do but it was more apparent here than others and since the story was not over a high 7, it impacts my score more than usual. The same can be said with the few PIS moments. Another thing I had a problem ... with was that the grand reveal moments had no build up or no apparent build-up, what I mean by that is that normally when something grand is about to be revealed, there is music to hype you up alongside it being hinted at or suggested previously, even without that last part the build-up on the moment is what is important as it hypes you up and makes everything more mind-blowing; if I could think of a good example it would really express what I mean. The gran reveals moments in this show (The Moon and Kanto) were hardly built up in any way and could've been easily built up in a more explosive manner if they had just explored what exactly the war was through the series rather than it just having happened in the past that separated the two countries, from what it seems the entire world was destroyed but this is never explored nor hinted at so the reveal is lackluster which is a shame since it had so much potential to be something far greater. The initial part of the stories which follows the Swindler (I Forgot her name), is honestly not that fun to watch, it feels like a minor arc in a longer anime similar to how the Burn the Witch adaptation feels like you were dropped into episode 6 of an ongoing anime. What I liked about this anime is that it was extremely bold with not only its violence, but it's overall theme, the futuristic cyberpunk esthetic was something I liked, but then it comes back down to the plot and how it could've been better.

Art 8

There isn't much I can say about the art other than it is very good. The expressions of the characters come off as more realistic than ordinary anime while beautifully animating the violence (Pause). The scenes that are meant to be creepy come off as such and they hit all of the tones they aim for so props to the studio. Apparently, they are the ones who animated the entirety of Naruto and Bleach and the other studio has some ties with Danganropa or sum, I've never played the games but I heard their good.

Sound 8

Same thing with the art; there is no need for expansion except that the OP is fire.

Characters 3

I'd love to go on a massive rant but I kinda did that with the story and since I wanna do something else other than writing a massive review, I'll try to keep it as brief as I can while going over everything I want. So cutting to the chase, the characters are terrible, each and every one of them. They have little personality and I was not invested in them what so ever, whenever any one of them died it came across as just there since they were never invested with each other so there wasn't much of anything. The only two characters that were really close to each other was the Brawler and the one with yellow hair so when the Brawler died, the one with the yellow hair was sad but since I never cared for any one of them it just comes across as forced; the same can be said for the Executioner side where that one girl when all Sasuke in like a single episode. You can argue this character dynamic was meant to show how meaningless your life is as a criminal and how fast it can end as shown with the Coreour who said he'd give his life if it meant completing a job since that is what an Akudama is. But it doesn't feel like that since for that to have to mean the characters would have to be interesting and I'd have to be invested in them for that interpretation of the narrative to have significance.

Enjoyment 7

Despite what I said, I found it to be enjoyable, especially with the comedy and certain interactions with the characters/moments were nothing to complain about. This show is something you can sit back and enjoy without it being extremes, what I mean by that is that you won't hate it, but you also wouldn't watch it again or remember it, it is one of those shows you can watch and say "This was good" and move on with your life, I'd recommend it if your just looking to spend some time watching anime but if you're looking for something to be invested in and love then this isn't it.

Overall 6

This show should've been far longer (like 25 Episodes) which would've given it more time to fully unload the entire story to it's fullest potential while having 3+ arcs, this would've definitely made it a high 8 to low 9 for me while most people would've given it a high 9 to 10. But as it stands it is a mid 6 as the characters are not interesting while the story and world-building are rushed through. If this were a shonen anime that had 2-3 seasons and the world was similar to MHA where rather than following Deku as a hero, you follow Swindler becoming an Akudama while keeping the same tone as the show currently has, this would've been amazing given the room it has for development is larger than Rimuru's Imaginary Room.

Mega spoilers

Story - 6

This is like the To Aru series, a good concept but terrible execution. The story follows Nana who is talentless in a world where they are a bunch of talented people who are regarded as the enemy of humanity or sum. They were all sent to an island to "train" their abilities but in reality, they were being separated from the world because they are dangerous IIRC; as an "ordinary" human, Nana's mission is to kill all the talented on the island.

As I said in the beginning, the concept of this series is something that would rival the concept of Death Note, ... but the execution is terrible; this is Death Note but if L, Near, and Mello were portrayed to be intelligent but lacked common sense. The main problem with this series is the contrast to what, IMO, made Death Note so good, the lies Light was capable of making up alongside his brilliant acting made it extremely hard for L to say he was 100% Kira, in this series Nana is similar to Light in terms of acting but when comparing their deception, she is sub-par and her arguments as to why she can't be the killer are portrayed to be far more solid than they actually are.

I'll give the story a score of 6 due to being above average with a good concept but the characters are what really sells it short, what makes it worse is that I recently came around to watching Death Note and I can't help but compare them, but even without doing so if you are someone of average problem-solving skills you will likely find yourself pausing the anime and thinking about what just happened and asking yourself "Huh? Why aren't they asking x?"

Art - 6

The art isn't anything special but it is pretty appealing when compared to the average anime, it is something that doesn't really stand out but you can look at it and go "This is nice." Besides that, there isn't really anything else I really wanna say about it.

Sound - 4

Similarly to the art, there isn't really anything I can say about the sound other than it is ok, nothing revolutionary that hypes you up, but also not bad that it makes you focus on it. I can't really remember anything about the sound which is both good and bad since it implies it isn't memorable in being bad or annoying nor is it memorable for being good. The reason I am giving it a 4 instead of a 6 is that I like the opening and the ending, it is not something I would normally consider part of the "sound" but eh.

Character - 2

These characters are abysmal which for some reason that word sounds like a good thing. The characters are the main problem with this show, they are extremely dumb, and even when they catch Nana red-handed with their ability, she escapes by killing them since the character's character/personality allows her to find a way to exploit it and kill them without anyone finding out, I am posting this as of episode 6 and I can guarantee she is going to strangle that yellow hair girl that is a necromancer, how do I know that? Well, it is implied with the emphasis on an iron chain under her bed and we are 6 episodes in unless there is some kind of war where the talented rebel against the one holding them on that island with Nana leading the charge and somehow redeems herself to the point everyone accepts her, it is unlikely that girl is going to survive. While that explanation of how she kills sounds good on paper, it is awful in practice as she has always somehow lied her way out of the situation while logic dictates otherwise.

let me show you an example as to why these characters don't have common sense. In episode one, Nana kills one of the characters, it is later deduced by the antagonist (If you consider Nana the protagonist) and the time traveler that Nana was the last one with the dude that was killed in the location he was killed around the same time yet she is still alive, according to Occam's razor, if there are two explanations to an assertion, the one that makes more sense and has the least amount of assumptions is more likely to be correct, therefore should be considered correct until there is something proving otherwise. The assertion/question is who killed the dude/how did he die, was he killed by Nana, or was he killed by an enemy of humanity and Nana somehow survived, logic would dictate that it is more likely that Nana is the killer rather than the former, but let's move on.

As a side note, the antagonist may not have known if not just the time traveler but I don't remember what happened exactly and I am not about to rewatch and find out.

The second instance of someone dying was the time traveler, the time traveler was mostly with Nana in attempts to find out who killed/what happened to the other dude. The time traveler later dies, it is quite suspicious that the two people who were with Nana the most were killed, but let's continue. The third instance of someone almost dying was the antagonist or the yellow hair girl, I don't remember which came first but I think it was the antagonist so imma go with him. After becoming friends with Nana, an entire shed exploded and she was the first one to appear on the scene at a moments notice which would imply she was extremely close to the explosion while also holding the cat which was supposed to be in the shed where the antagonist was inside when it exploded and the only reason he was in there was because of the cat. The antagonist survived because he is immortal seemingly having some kind of regeneration. This would make anyone believe Nana was trying to kill you, seeing as she was the last person who was around you and the only person who could've known that you have no sense of smell, this is even more evident with all the previous suspicion.

I was going to continue over every instance but this review is too long so I'll just attack the recent killing. After the dude who can take photographs of the future died, they held a funeral where the antagonist was going to do an autopsy but was stopped by the Necromancer who said they can find out how the dude died and who killed him. After hearing this, Nana was gung ho on not doing it because they should let him rest in peace and later putting on an extremely weak act in an attempt to argue that this dude's soul was in pain and only stated this after finding out the necromancer doesn't know anything about his soul. She could've made a variety of arguments as to why not to do the autopsy such as it being morally wrong and he isn't a doctor or something of that nature in attempts to discredit his verdict or discourage anyone from agreeing to go through with the autopsy.

The antagonist could have easily exposed her as to why she is so against it and refuted each of her arguments while his verdict would've been supported by the necromancer, but he doesn't even challenge her arguments and just lets it slide and there wasn't even a reason for them not to do the autopsy, the weak argument given as to why they should not use necromancy is because the dude's soul was hurting. All the antagonist had to ask is "What is more important? Finding out how the enemies of humanity are killing our friends which would, in turn, save our lives at the cost of a dead person's soul hurting or leaving it be without any knowledge on how our friend died which leaves all of us at risk of dying since we have no way on countering it."

I would like to continue explaining other things like how her ability is easily refutable by asking bizarre questions or just asking "What am I thinking" then thinking about something that no one could guess unless they had the ability to read minds, such as "The souls of water is black" that makes no sense but if you could read minds you would be capable of guessing it. But I digress.

Enjoyment - 4

I am tempted to drop this anime because it annoys me at times and the characters make no sense, I believe in those paragraphs I made it very apparent why I dislike the series.

Overall - 5

Because 6+6+4+4+4 = 24/5 = 4.8
This series can be summarized as Death Note but the Death Note is replaced by abilities, L lacks common sense, and Light is terrible at lying while everyone else is mentally challenged and also slightly f'ed up or just lack skepticism.

Read If you horny but don't wanna beat off but also want to train yourself to resist the horny or If you just wanna read funny ecchi with an interesting plot.

Story 6 Fair

It isn't anything outstanding, but as an ecchi, it's far better than the majority since everything isn't ooo look lewd situation go haha where the girl always slaps the dude and he says "such misfortune" and then defeats Accelerator because he can null powers yet Accelerators could just blow him away since vectors themselves aren't... Definitely recommend if you like that guilty pleasure or want to watch a decent ecchi, but as a ... manga, it isn't that good

Art 9 Great

I probably downloaded every chapter cover and the characters look good, I mean just look at this https://zjcdn.mangafox.me/store/manga/27944/027.0/compressed/k001.jpg?token=10c6ef854d426cec97eb8f0440ab0573539ef094&ttl=1595865600

Characters 4 Decent

As an ecchi, you can expect much but they aren't on Maki from Fire Force levels of corny

Enjoyment 10 Outstanding

I quite enjoyed reading it for reasons that shouldn't be disclosed to the public but revolves around the art and the way they are drawn makes my bottom half feel different

Overall 7.25 Good

6 + 9 + 4 + 10 is 29 and the average is 7.25 go figure