Dec 26, 2020
Note: This is my first review and I ramble a lot. I wasn't planning on ever reviewing but I felt like I had to.
What I recommend: Read the negative reviews, not just the positive ones. And, don't ignore them, like I did. If you are suffering from a mental illness (especially a mood/anxiety disorder) do not watch this, if you struggle with suicidal thoughts and self-harm don't watch them and seek help. If you've struggled in the past with suicidal thoughts, I don't recommend watching this.
My thought was, it can't be that bad. I was wrong.
If this was a three episode anime,
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then I'd be fine. My rating would have been 7 or 10. But, after that after episode 7 it goes completely downhill. Episode 4 till 7 is what got me to hate this anime, though.
Story : 2
It was intense and nightmarish at times. Which is why it has two and not a one. Besides that, it was complete waste of my time.
Art : 6
I actually watched this for the art. Not the greatest but heck it. There were times I felt they could have done so much better, overall there was nothing amazing about it.
Sound : 7
I disliked the opening it was just mundane in my eyes (or ears). But, other than that the sound quality was good. In my opinion, that was the best component of the the show.
Character: 6
The characters were interesting, at least some of them were. I dislike the fact that the characters representing good were morally gray. Yet, here we have a pure evil villain. Does that make sense? The characters don't blend with the story at times. Near the ending it seemed like the story was good vs evil. But, wasn't this supposed to be morally-gray world? The characters at times seemed unjustifiable. There should've been more character development for at least Zen's buddies, but there wasn't. After a while, the amount of deaths just seemed like for the sake of increasing the kill count.
Overall : 4.4
I don't recommend watching it at all.
*SPOILER AHEAD*
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Sacrifice and Suicide are not the same. What Itsuki wanted to do was sacrifice himself in order to save his son...unless, he was just using his son's heart as an EXCUSE to end his life. Then it was suicide.
The intention is what makes the difference. One is for the greater good, the other is your own evaluation of whether you believe your life is worth living.
Never is suicide morally acceptable. Unless, you are nearing your death bed. Then, that's when the euthanasia debate comes forth. Sacrifice is debatable. Suicide isn't in the most general circumstance.
Babylon does not get the message across to everyone. Hell, what was the message? At times, it seems like it's glorifying suicide. Sure, it wasn't intentional but hell some viewers came to the conclusion that the suicide law is a good thing. Ai Magase is complete evil. So what is this good vs evil? What happened to the whole morally gray component of this anime? And, what is morally gray when nobody even understands the meaning of suicide.
I'm highly disappointed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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