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It's amazing how much they could fit into the first two episodes. The initial god impression lasts for quite a while as the show takes a metaphysical turn and the action starts to develop. We can even excuse the highly unusual number of coincidences, or how a Japanese man manages to just blend in, in Germany.

Unfortunately, about half way through the story it starts to look like the writer had no idea how to progress the action or reach a resolution and so, started to introduce a high number of subplots and characters in order to fill in air time and create the illusion ... of complexity. Not surprisingly, this leads to a disappointing anticlimactic ending with a cop out in the form of an empty bed, seemingly thrown in at the last second to leave an impression of an afterthought, a cheap cliche.

A lot of the characters introduced in the second half lack depth and a lot of the subplots feel unnecessary. How many times does one need to see a miraculous escape, a mexican standoff, or yet another super-villain behind it all.

It would be better if the show was at least 1/3 shorter and the creators found a much more satisfying way or resolving the plots that were already there by the end of episode 33 (the book is introduced).

The animation is decent but not impressive in the least. It is also quite bizarre that the two characters drawn with somewhat east Asian features are Eva and Lunge, but that's Japanese animation for you.