Charlotte is one of the first animes I remember hating from basically the first moment. It usually takes an anime a whole season of buildup to a bad ending for me to feel as much disappointment I felt after the first episode of Charlotte. The writing stinks and visuals are legitimately a 3 even for the time. The killer of this show isn't that dangerous combination, its that it is so uninteresting in its premise and characters there's no reason to ever experience the emptiness of Charlotte.
An "original" work this popular and by a studio this renowned, and it has no sequel? That is proof
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Feb 7, 2022
Elfen Lied
(Anime)
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tl'dr not for everyone
[HOW COULD YOU GIVE IT A?] Elfen Lied was a 9 for the first four years I starting watching anime, then became a 5 after rewatching it recently. Back then this felt like an outlier in terms of overall "enjoyment" & "quality". [REMIND YOU OF?] This show and a similar garbage anime, Charlotte, have the problem of never coming up with interesting ideas despite the premise or ""setting"" being so interesting. [SPECIFICALLY] It tries to handle really spicy themes and does so with grace about as often as it offends. ... |
