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This was a complete mess.

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STORY: 1
ART: 6
SOUND: 5
CHARACTER: 5
ENJOYMENT 2 (9; read below)
OVERALL: 5
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Lack of a good plot, no motives for character development, and hell, I'd even say they're trying to extract every single thing they can from a overused and dried up lake. But if you're watching this at 2 in the morning, expect laughs, because the only thing you'll understand is how deliciously stupid this anime is. But I digress, let me explain.

I usually don't hate on the ecchi anime, because they usually serve their purpose, but when they go ahead as to destroy the little plot they can serve, it becomes bad. Really bad.

STORY 1/10
Coming from the light novel, this arc should have brought resolution to the story. Instead, what the anime does is leave it half done, in such a way that they're hinting at a S3 that will never happen. The execution was so bad, it seemed like it was pushed off to the side, and they instead focused on ecchi and the repetitiveness of the competitiveness of the harem. This action, comedy, mecha, sci-fi anime turned into a slice of life sci-fi with a bit of mecha in it. I've never seen such a thing happen. Disgusting. This is honestly a new low; the execution/plot ratio is so low, it's lower than Guilty Crown.

CG: Good. Not the best; not the worst. Pretty cool mecha designs; action scenes not bad. That's about it. 3/5

Sound: Nothing too special. Only noticeable was the redone main theme from S1. 1/2

Character: No Development; new characters only brought plot, so they could have something to work with. As a plot device, not bad. 1/2

Enjoyment: I watched this at midnight till 2 ish. I found this hilarious, just because of how stupid some scenes were. If I were you, watch this when you're tired. You'll get 10 times the enjoyment you usually would. 9/10 for me, realistically, I have no idea why I watched this, so 1/5.

Overall: Please focus on the plot instead of Plot. Using Plot as a plot device does not work. 5/10.

Before I start, I will say that most reviews can and are slightly to extremely biased, mine included. Everyone has a different opinion, and I believe mine is the one that isn't very popular, as to most. I also refuse to write a section about enjoyment, since it's based on opinion.

TL;DR: Story has great setting and plot, but the gigantic plot holes reduce the ratings by a lot. And I mean A LOT. What can I say about art and sound? How could they not be excellent? Both are produced by great artists. As for character: we all know that Shu is hated. By a ... lot of people. But the main point is that he's progressed from a wuss to a berserk king to a having a "Guilty Crown". Inori... well, she didn't really change at all, since she was only hiding emotions, and as for Gui, he's always a boss. No exceptions. Enjoyment was high, mainly because they've turned mecha and infection to a new twist, and cliffhangers wanted me to keep on going, also the berserk episodes really gave off bad vibes. Overall, it's great.

Story: Mecha and infection. Things you've heard before, but never combined. Sure, a lot of animes use Mecha to represent super soldiers, but when an infection comes to ANY thing that it wants, Mechas are demoted to regular soldiers, and soldiers are reduced to cannon folders. This new variant really peaked an interest to me, as you would assume mechanical things are not affected by biological things, but Guilty Crown just slaps you in the face and says otherwise. Putting the time in the future allows the makers to have creative freedom and makes the whole thing seem more epic.

However, it's also one of the most flawed thing in the anime as well. Why did the infection come to Earth? Why are the voids so deus ex? Why did the last episode give so many loose ends, instead of tying them up? Why didn't Shu die? So many plot holes, to a point where people question if the producers are actually caring about this. This is one of the main reasons why the story is such a low score.

6/10

Art: Beautiful shading. Outstanding details. Surreal skies. What's not to love about it?

10/10

Sound: One of the best OST I've ever heard. They create music from the most unexpected things, and the main track is in German, and has beautiful lyrics. I am not exaggerating when I say that this is excellent.

10/10

Character: There's so much character development over these episodes, especially out of Shu. He first acts like a wimp, which is understandable, since he's been having a normal, non-violent life. He doesn't want to die, and so he tries to run away. However, he finally mans up and becomes a great leader, until one of his close ones die. Then he goes berserk and turns the school body into a dystopian dictatorship, and then realizes what he's done after have a Coup d'état, and tries to save everything.

8/10

Enjoyment: 8/10. I refuse to write a review for this because it is completely based on opinion and will be biased.

Overall: 8.6, which rounds to 9.