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the main characters i think started out a bit cliche-y and they still felt a bit cliche-y by the end. just their relationship had improved from arguing a lot to implied romantic interests. everyone else though…not so much. the characters are a bit boring and the ones that seem interesting don’t get as much development as i thought they would get. still better than nothing.

this series was interesting enough to make me keep questioning things but still able to predict how things would go.

overall, it is a bit predictable and trope-y and normally i would give this kind of average anime a 7 rating, ... but the animation was incredibly beautiful and constant. there was cgi use but it was only for the robot fights, which i think helps. and it’s only the robots so it’s not too jarring like say, berserk, which was all cgi.

so i would recommend this if you like 1) action animes with mechas, 2) have a netflix account and want to see non-cgi netflix original anime (looking at you aijin and sidonia), and 3) if you have time to kill. don’t watch it and expect a masterpiece or a complete ending, as it’s a cliffhanger. despite its average-ness, i’m still interested enough to ask when the next season comes out.

if you want a feel-good manga that is a slice of life but things/character development still happen, this is most likely for you. it’s adorable!

regarding romance, there is a bit of an age gap but it’s not as bad (or squicky) as say, bunny drop’s was. i think it was only like 5 years or something?

the art is beautiful and the lines are very clean. it's also pretty consistent if you care about that. however it does in some moments fall into that shoujo style stiffness or the hands/fingers look awkward. but it’s good enough that you can tell that akane and aoi are children ... and babies and old people are old people, unlike some other shoujo manga were everyone looks just young.

this is like the ultimate feel-good "everything’s sweet and nothing hurts" manga.

if you want a giant cliche storm of like…naruto, harry potter, and fairy tail read this. some things are like just copy n pasted. honestly, even the character designs remind me greatly of hinata and kageyama from haikyuu. heck, the main character asta is like basically white haired hinata with a giant sword. still, im a sucker for the kind of “never give up” - type character that naruto and hinata are so I’ll keep going.
if you want to read a pretty decent, fast-paced, and very fun cliche storm with beautiful line art to relax, turn your brain off for a while, and binge read ... with, this might be for you. if you’re sick and tired of tropes and stuff that has been done in almost every shounen ever, it’s best to look somewhere else.