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After every episode I questioned why I watched that episode, after every episode I questioned the plot holes, after every episode I questioned the plot itself, after every episode I questioned the plot that was never explained to the audience, after every episode I questioned why there was little to no character/story development, and after every episode I questioned why this show has such a high rating. I never found the answers.

I'm the type of person that tries his best to finish a series whether I enjoy it or not so unfortunately I watched the whole thing. This show is filled with plot holes, poorly ... written characters/story, and their way of making up for it is introducing psychopaths and fan service. In the end you never get the answers and even in the OVA after this you don't get the answers. It's more plot holes and fanservice. Stay away from this anime and if you just have to watch it for some reason watch a summary or a review of it. Don't waste your time.

If you're on the edge of watching this anime, if you're reading the reviews and being intimidated by the 5's, 4's, 3's etc, if you're wondering what's the point because of how bad some people are saying it is, I would recommend giving it a chance before moving on. Here's why.

A majority of the people on MAL that give anime extremely low ratings have extreme expectations because like myself they have watched hundreds if not thousands of hours of anime. After watching so much anime it gets to the point you can look at the cover art, title, anime description, and guess the entire plot ... and character actions for the anime. You can watch the first 2-5 minutes of the first episode and guess the rest of the show. You can pick out the characters that will be good, bad, betray their friends, live, and die. Of course viewers like this are going to be upset with this anime which strives to out due all the rest by converging all the worlds into one. I also see a lot of reviews based on emotion and opinion rather then intellectual thought. I do agree to a degree though.

STORY:
The story for the anime itself is somewhat basic. From the beginning you can tell what's going to happen and guess each characters back story but it's interesting nonetheless. I mean they manage to create the ultimate anime convergence and they did a decent job. Could it have been better? Absolutely. Did it feel like just another cash grab anime? Absolutely not.

There's arguably 22 important characters that each have their own background that shapes the story which if given the proper time they could've had amazing character backgrounds. Trying to cram that amount of material into a 22 episode series is impossible so instead of trying they just didn't do it except for the few main characters. Sure on the surface this is just another anime but,

MINOR SPOILERS:
The great part about this anime is the lessons and stories underneath the story that seems to have went right over peoples heads. The premise of the anime is the struggles of upcoming and pro writers and illustrators. The story of this anime is a paradox within itself. The main character struggles with showing other people his sketches in fear of negative reactions. Later in the show we meet characters that are writers and or artists for manga/anime. Each one has their own hardships. Deadlines to meet, hate they receive from fans because of story changes, pressure to create new better content, etc. They discuss the challenges of writing manga or anime IN the anime while the actual writers and artists of the anime are trying to overcome those very challenges in real life with the anime we're watching. At one point they discuss the difficulties of crossing worlds in anime but as they're discussing that the real writers and illustrators are making it happen.

The best part is that the people reviewing this anime with such negative attitudes are the very people that created the premise of the anime. Without realizing it they became the villain's within this story. This anime is more then just another cash grab. It's a deep story about the hardships and risks of writing/illustrating anime and manga in the perspective of writers and illustrators inside of an anime. A story within a story.

ART:
Nothing to crazy but the fight scenes are really cool.

SOUND:
Honestly the sound was pretty basic and I noticed the reuse of sounds for multiple effects.

CHARACTER:
Like I said with the amount of characters in this anime they reached for the impossible in terms of character background and development except for the few big characters.

In the end I enjoyed this anime to the point I watched all the episodes in one session and I think you should give it a chance.