Jul 2, 2023
And now, finally, this train wreck is over.
I'll get to the point. I don't like it. The world building is bad. The plot is bad. The finale is even worse.
Now to expand on why: for me, good world building makes coherent sense. I can believe this would happen. At the same time established elements of this world should be reinforced to make it more believable. If you're going to open your series with "oh, homosexuality is actually common place" I at least expect a homosexual character aside from the two leads (No, there's no one besides those two that are homosexual.) While one may call
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this a nitpick, the anime does this all the time. The epilogue literally forgot it's an epilogue, with one of the major criminals going to trial 3 years later despite confessing to everything. Son of ceo or not, did they just decide to have him in custody for 3 years awaiting his trial? Other inconsistencies include: Ai existing but never used, lazers in duels being weak enough that armor can withstand it (due to their powers being regulated) but everyone still bothers to dodge them for some reason, manslaughter of an entire fleet in an army going unpunished despite the simple act of assault being a reportable offense.
And that manslaughter brings me to the plot. There's so many moments that don't make sense solely there to reach a certain endpoint. For example, Character A wants to meet her love interest and talk to her. Another character, Character B, doesn't want that and challenges her to a duel over it. And suddenly they reappear with fencing equipment. WHY? When has fencing in this story been established as a verified form of dueling? Why does the building they're in have fencing equipment? Why do either of these characters know how to fence? It's almost like this scene exists solely for Character B's emotional developement or whatever. Here's some more pointless plot points: Why was Suletta brainwashed by Prospera to be a puppet of some sort? Miorine was able to convince Prospera to leave Suletta alone (at great cost) but what would have happened without this intervention? what was Suletta's role in quiet zero that only she could do? Quiet zero was built in the end without the involvement of any of the characters and activated too.
Oh and the finale. Propsera, murderer of tens if not hundreds, never takes accountability for her actions. But Shaddiq does. Why? She's the mastermind behind a major conspiracy, instigated the riots on earth which led to the death of many more, has killed an entire fleet of an army, but she gets a pass? The anime seems to brush this off as "oh she just really wants her daughter to be happy". Because remember kids, tragic backstory should be used to excuse villainous acts, not explain them. How far would the plot have allowed for Prospera to go before it's time to put her in a cell? The rest of the finale is just resolved by Suletta going super s- I mean permet 8. It also speaks to the stakes of all this. We're told that Permet 5 is bad enough to cause Suletta massive amounts of pain, that permet bad, higher permet = even worse, and yet our hero just does it anyways with no cost that hasn't healed. I suppose a finale that got started by a Deus ex Machina should be ended with a Deus ex Machina. good job there writers.
There's still so many inconsistencies I can list, in plot and in worldbuilding, like why Elan never asks for a few henchmen to help him along with his attempts to kidnap Suletta or take her mech, how miorine's goal of going to earth would likely be a suicide mission given how bad it is over there, how Suletta's dream of teaching mercury kids was never realized, but I don't like going on for too long. A lot of these problems stem from the writers clearly having an ending in mind and didn't think through the process of obtaining that ending. So a word of advice for those who watch this: the anime can stll be enjoyable. just turn your brain off and don't think too hard.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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