Hi everyone, source reader here! I can kind of provide a bit of perspective on what the show's done so far with the knowledge of what comes next, and...
Unfortunately, the adaptation is still pretty damn mediocre.
Story: 6/10 and I'm being generous on this one because I did quite enjoy the light novels. So far the development has at least stuck with the light novels but for the love of all that is holy ENGI has managed to suck all the soul out of it.
Art: 4/10, there's one really well animated scene in episode 1 and the most I can say for the rest is that
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Jul 16, 2021
Don't have much to say. The anime got me hooked when it only had up to episode 3, and I ended up reading the entire source material before episode 4. Absolutely amazing adaptation, the OST direction is some of the best I've ever witnessed.
There are a lot of anime original scenes in 86, since the first cour only adapted Volume 1 of the light novels, and they are so tonally on point that you'd be forgiven for thinking they were 1:1 adapting from the source material, with the exception of the (unfortunately necessary) classroom exposition themes. The story isn't primarily about the racism of the ... |
