Aug 3, 2012
When you first start to watch this anime it really is all you expected it to be: unique animation, unusual art style, interesting characters and a plot-line that promises some level of enjoyment. Unfortunately, it all goes down hill when you reach about half the show. It pains me to say it was a disappointment. Lots of loose ends, they didn't bother to explain details that were crucial to the development of the characters initially and because of all the sudden twists nothing seemed credible about their choices. If there was a plot hole it would be filled with some unknown bit of the character's
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past and they would roll with it. Surely it's nothing we've never seen before, but it was terribly done and still they left me with questions. Now to break it down:
STORY: Overall poor. It had great potential but it just collapsed on itself because of the romance. It is based mostly on sex and the dangers a "monster" partner might bring (wow where have we seen this one before?). Also, the sex as plot tool is not exclusive to the main couple. All the relationships in the show grow up from that and never manage to be truly convincing. I don't know if I should even refer to the storyline of the monsters and the Kifuuken because it barely survived the awful development of the main characters. Good conquers evil in the end but we don't exactly know why and to be honest, by the end we don't even care. The animation masks well the adult themes but they are not successfully addressed.
ART: Enjoyable and a great breath of fresh air from the moe stuff that has been breeding all over the charts for the past few years. It was the reason that made me watch this anime and for that I don't regret it. Madhouse can be proud of this one (though not so much story-wise). It you liked Tatami Galaxy I recommend you take a peek at this. It also reminds me of some of the shorts from the Gurren Lagann Parallel Works anthology.
SOUND: Nothing extraordinary. Jazzy. Abides by the show.
CHARACTER: The protagonist who should have the most development never sees it, his initial problems are never tackled and simply add on once he meets the girl flesh eater. She is mildly interesting and stumbles upon some of the show's most endearing moments. Were not for the excessive nudity and sudden changes of heart she might have been a good character. Kazuma, the protagonist's brother, was probably the most verisimilar character but he had to be ruined for the show to work in accordance with its mediocrity. Rie was a feminist pebble sunken in a well. After serving her purpose as fanservice material, she discovered she had ambitions and tried to do something about it, not to mention save the Kifuuken. Needless to say what happened to her. The evil guy was pretty entertaining by the end. He was crazy enough to let his weak motives go by unnoticed.
ENJOYMENT: I'd say the enjoyment with which you began is not the same you'll have by the end. If you start to watch this anime with the intention to take it seriously and with hopes of seeing the plot flourish and be resolved than you're going to be sourly let down as I was. It's better to take it lightly and enjoy the bizarre turn of events.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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