Dec 31, 2014
Small spoiler! This anime is definitely....different. That's really the best way to describe it. I really wanted to write a review for this one even though I don't do it often because I just wanted to elaborate on all the what dafuqery that is going on.
Story 5/10
First of all the story is pretty simple and easy to follow until it decides to take a left turn out of no where every 2 episode. Once you think you know whats happening it completely changes directions on you with hardly any explanation at all. Though I have to admit that while in the
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beginning I strongly felt like dropping the anime about half way through I felt myself being pulled along constantly wanting to know what was going to happen next but I think that was only because my brain was so lost that I wanted to constantly have my questions answered even though they weren't and though it's very cynical all the craziness made for a good laugh. The pacing feels a little off it was like it had its best 2 episodes and then immediately its worst. The final two to three episode feel very slow and drawn out and extremely repetitive.
Characters 3/10
The relationships and character development are not particularly all that great in fact I found at one point that the characters actually began to fall off a little bit. Not fully coming to expectations. Also the relationships feel extremely forced. While I am a huge fan of the shounen-ai genre in general I felt through out much of this anime that the idea of it was being shoved down my throat without very much see. What I mean is that the anime would make a point to express that the characters were intimate without giving us anything to show for it. And not just the main characters either, the supporting characters where like that as well. Also pretty much everyone in the anime ended up being gay and if you weren't gay before you certainly were as soon as you took drugs. I mean seriously there is a point in this anime where the characters decide oh I'm crazy on drugs so now all of a sudden I'm going to become a gay pervert who is going to molest the main character......WHAT?!?! Not even joking.
Art 6/10
The art in this anime certainly throws you through a loop sometime it can be absolutely stunning and others its simply mediocre at best, particularly between transitions or fast paced scenes, it just never feels very fluent. Also the censoring is very whacky sometimes it feels like they forgot they were supposed to be doing it and was just like oh crap lets throw some in here to make up for it.
Music 7/10
The music is okay nothing very exciting although I do like it when the executioners would come on scene. The ending song is constantly changing which is different and fun but overall most of the songs were not anything too spectacular. It does however always seem to follow the ambiance of the show so that's a plus.
Enjoyment 7/10
I do have to say that I surprisingly had fun watching this anime constantly trying to keep up with all the twists and turns. How ever I am not sure I would recommend it especially not to anyone looking within the shounen-ai genre because it truly is a poor representation of how fantastic it can be. A lot of animes in this genre for what ever reason like to make it seem like all gay people are complete cray-cray perverts and this anime is no exception in fact I would say it almost takes it to a whole new level.
Overall 5/10
I also feel like it did not live up to the expectations brought forth via the game though that is not hard to believe since that is a continuous problem with projects like these. If you have a few hours to waste and you want something strange to watch with not very high expectations go for it, if you're cynical like me you might even get a good laugh from it, otherwise I would suggest something else. However if you do watch do everyone the favor and don't take it seriously AT ALL. :)
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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