Apr 2, 2012
Updated for completing the series. I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible
Story 3/10- While all the characters from the OVA are present here, the story itself is nearly completely different. While I won't spoil anything, I will say that right off the bat BRS and her alternate world is explained within this first episode. One of the main faults of the OVA was that nothing was really explained at all, so the fact that the audience learns what the hell is going on is an improvement. However, explaining it all within one episode, in a few lines? Then,
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as more and more characters are brought into the story, the 'plot twists' and developments start to feel more and more like silly ass-pulls that come completely out of nowhere. Backstories, especially, seem just like convenient but stupid tie ins. None of it is convincing at all. I will say that the main concept of the main story isn't that bad, but the way it's told and executed is hilariously bad. The end is also fucking dumb. With the way it ends, you begin to wonder why they even made the show at all.
Art 2/10 - I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about the way the characters are drawn just feels wrong. Compared to the OVA, everything seemed to be lacking finesse and polish. The characters feel sloppily drawn, and the animation is plain cheap. When combined with the sketch-ish art style , everything looks much worse. Some of the character shots are literally laughable (Yomi's face when Kagari told her to let her go left me in stitches). Early on I thought the 3D segments were interesting, but as the episodes went on it quickly became dull and just as mediocre as the drawn art. Even the supposedly high action fight scenes felt half-assed after the first couple episodes.
Sound 5/10 - Not much to say here, other than it was ok. Voice acting was fine, the effects were ok, and the BGM was ok. supercell's "Black Rock Shooter" as the OP, however, felt so damn out of place. Now, I may be a bit biased, considering this is one of the few supercell songs that bother me (Miku actually sounds awkward here), but it just kind of came out of no where. Does not fit the mood of the rest at all. I really like the ED song as a standalone song, but as the ED to this show, again, it just feels out of place. It's definitely more fitting than BRS as the OP, but still, something is off.
Character 1/10 - Oh boy. Where do I begin? The way the characters react to everything that happens is completely unnatural. None of it feels right. From Mato completely overreacting to something, to Yomi being such a cliched loner it hurts, to the two's interactions being hilariously close to being yuri, I began to find it hard to take any of it seriously. The over the top, cheesey dialogue doesn't help, either. More new characters are introduced, and while they make things more interesting for a good 2 minutes, they quickly become as over dramatic and incoherent as Mato and Yomi. Hell, they're probably even worse than those two. Also, as new characters are introduced old ones are completely ignored. Yomi and Kagari are completely forgotten about for a good 3 or 4 episodes, then suddenly come back for the last episode. It's just a mess.
Enjoyment 3/10 -The only reason I finished this show was so I could make fun of it with my friends every week. It was better to treat this show as some kind of reverse comedy, which I did, rather than a Madoka-style 'little girls breaking down and going crazy.' If you go in taking it completely seriously, you won't finish the show.
Overall 2/10 - The OVA, despite all its flaws, set a pretty good stage for this. The series kind of looks at stage, says 'I can improve this!', tries to expand on the already set world, but completely fucks everything up and ends up just stumbling around. There's no way in hell I can honestly recommend this show to anyone.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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