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I read 6 chapters and I couldn't continue any further. It's not the setting, nor is it the over-saturated isekai cliche tropes that did it for me, but the fact that the pacing is just horrible. I feel like i'm reading ADHD in manga form.

The story just jumps between random expositions and really makes you feel annoyed at how they're just shoving all this information in so unnaturally. The way time progresses too is just horrible, you think something is about to happen, nah, a few days jump cut please, oh they've been invited to stay the night at the princess' estate, nah don't ... need to see any of that, lets just be gone out of the town already. It just feels weird and wrong in terms of story flow.

You know, there might be a gem in the rough here, but I just can't stand it from a literary point of view, not worth your time if you actually want to enjoy what your reading.

As romances go, I love this anime so incredibly dearly. Though the ending was definitely bitter sweet, it is an enjoyable sweetness. Hiro and Zero Two have both incredible character developments with one of the most lovely and touching relationships I've witnessed in an anime in a long while.

The story revolving around the idea of two entities being incomplete without another is truly a heart warming concept, and when it was done with the metaphor of the one winged bird, needing a partner to fly, to survive, to reach their full potential.

A world where humanity has lost what it means to be human. The ... children who put their lives on the line for an omnipotent figure who uses them as disposable pawns. The irony of their own creations becoming more human than the origin. A boy who turns into a monster, and a monster who turns into a girl, their transformations bringing each other closer and closer, until all that is left are their souls, bound forever as a joint entity, whole and complete.

To keep it short.

Too much rape. Pretty grim stuff, a couple of people are raped and Cheetah gets aggressively molested. Main male protagonist is pretty much background noise in a cafe, not important one bit. Hitomi is rather sexy with a severe dad complex. Usagi Chan was a cutey, would protect. That ending was, well... bad.
A bizarre animal-human hybrid dystopia? alrighty then.

It's not a nice world this takes place in. It is a very sad place. Everyone has an ulterior motive, people get killed for no real purpose, the people who should die, don't, rape is common sight. This does not make me happy.

My perspective is one that is most moved and motivated on the romantic genre of anime, I'm a sap for a good relationship story. If you don't care about romance, my opinions won't matter to you.

Tokyo Ravens, is not that. It starts of with a bit of netorare (Which I despise) when the love interest is forced to see a stolen first kiss.

The main male protagonist, Harutora, is your generic love-blind simple minded fool, who couldn't read the atmosphere even if a hose was attached to the exhaust of a car they're sitting blissfully and ignorantly inside.

Natsume was a sweet love interest, who I genuinely ... rooted for, but the fact that her feelings weren't truly reciprocated until the most pathetic excuse for a climactic scene nearing the end of the anime, wore my patience greatly.

The anime leaves you feeling empty and bitter at the end, a vague belief that everything turned out alright, but not really, not really one bit, especially since there is no sequel, besides reading into the light novel.

P.S. The adorable fox familiar Kon was truly a saving grace, she was a loyal companion that was an actually useful plot device for the main character, if not for her, I'd probably have given this a lower score.

Kabaneri started off amazingly strong, with a steady pace of story and action. Set in a steampunk Japan with zombies and an initially badass duo of protagonists. Suddenly this progressive story and endearing character development is dropped on its head. As soon as the Shogun's Son appears, everything is down hill from there. A tedious tug of war of masquerading lies and weak personalities. With normal humans constantly getting the advantage over Ikoma, it gets tiring fast.

I give this Anime a heart wretched 5: It had gorgeous animation, stunning character design, an interesting universe that could have taken it in so many directions, but ... in the end it feels like they just butchered what could have been a classic for years to come.