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You know, I feel like the word underrated is overused. The term gets slugged around too much and has lost its meaning in the process. Scissor Seven, however, is not just underrated, it's a hidden gem.

It's the biggest strength by far is its creativity. It goes for everything. Ranging from the vast array of characters, and the absurd story, the unique animation, abrasive dialogue, or the beautiful action sequences. I promise you this is not a gimmick to garner views solely off of shock value, or this "random = funny" approach. It's as if the creative minds behind this received these blank cells, canvases, and ... scripts unaccompanied by restrictions and censorship. The show felt and looked like a passion project that was done by professionals.

The story, more specifically, the story progression, is phenomenal. It's not hard to figure out the key twists, and it's not because of bad storytelling. It seems like the producers wanted us to at least get a lead on our main character, leaving us to wait for Seven to catch up with the audience, waiting for that climactic "aha" moment. The show does an excellent job of throwing bones and keeping you entertained in between.

If you didn't find a particular technicality superb, the show still managed to do a decent job. What do I mean, you ask?

The character development is a bit lackluster, specifically for the side characters. However, I do appreciate the callbacks, and every character has at least has a decent, entertaining backstory. To the defense of the show, you can only do so much with the limitation Scissor Seven has, being this quasi-episodic show.

The voice acting is a maze, for me at least. The show was dubbed initially in Mandarin, and I'm used to watching in Japanese (which there is a dub for), but the English dub kind of lands the slapstick comedy the best. Albeit quite arduous and time-consuming, I often switched from English to Japanese, especially during the sakuga fight fests.

We need more shows like this. Call me childish, but it's pretty refreshing to hear the word "fuck" used so nonchalantly.

All of the suspiciously convenient plot devices and countless Ex Machina's really rustled my jimmies. I mean I don't come in to any anime expecting to be an accurate representation of life, but this one went a bit overboard. I believe this anime is best enjoyed if you just don't put too much thought in to it. You won't realize the absurdity of it and just enjoy the mediocre ride.

You accidentally fell in the beach? Better go to the hospital.

You ran around in the rain for like 4 minutes? Better go to the damn hospital.

Oh thank you 16 year old classmate with an IQ ... of 260 accurately explaining all of my situation with quantum physics and other stuff that normal 16 year olds know.

I don't know whether to commend the storyline or not. On one hand, it's borderline plagiarism to the Monogatari series with not as much breasts. On the other hand, it still was enjoyable. The character arcs throughout the story were really well executed, Kaede's arc even left me a bit misty eyed.

The character's were a bit lack luster in this show Kaede being an exception . If you weren't a Dues Ex Machina, like the literal guardian angel in the anime, or a convenient plot device like the literal kid genius who rivals Albert Einstein you were just there to accommodate the pretty lame MC.

It was a pretty cheeky anime and had its cheeky, heart warming moments. You really shouldn't think about too hard. I suggest watching the first 3 episodes and the last 2 episodes with more intent than the other ones. You could really watch the rest on auto pilot, dub perhaps while your about to fall asleep.

Came for the Bunny Girl, stayed for the Panda Girl.