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I don't really write reviews, but I couldn't stop thinking about how disappointed I was. I will not write any spoilers even though I think that it would be useful to defend my point.

Story- 2
The story had a nice introduction for what is essentially a 90 min movie. It sets up a world full of potential and gets the introduction across without too many questions and fairly quickly. Unfortunately, that's all I have good to say about the story as it goes downhill from there. From what I have read before, people usually lump this in with character (and I'll do ... that too), but the interactions between characters was detrimental to the plot. There is no real meaning behind the words they speak because of poor development and therefore a lack of motivation/ reason for their actions. Another thing wrong were flashbacks that added nothing to the story because they could have been done at the time of the event. It seemed like a way to shave that extra minute off. The only reason this got a 2 was because of the potential this story had.

Art- 9
Actually the only thing I really enjoyed. Animation was smooth and really captured the scenes well. To be honest, I couldn't really find anything I didn't like so I had to give it a 9.

Sound- 8
I'm not a sound guru and as long as it goes with what is happening I'm happy. Nothing spectacular here but a solid performance nonetheless.

Character- 5
This was hard to judge because of the limited time, but it had to be mediocre. As I said before, there was little to no development of the characters. I finished watching without really caring what happened either way. Might I have push for the "good guy" to win? yeah, but I didn't necessarily want the main characters to win. With that said, there is a spark of personality in them that comes out every once in a while to showcase that this had potential, but that's really all it was. Also the romance part was just ridiculous and either more depth or needed to be taken completely out. I vote for the removal because I think it would make a better story, but that's beside the point.

Enjoyment- 5
It was fairly enjoyable up until the end for me. I am biased on the fact that I hold the story (and above all the end) to be the make or break of a show. I was willing to block out all of the shortcomings, but the ending amplified the weaknesses of this anime and let a lot of the enjoyment that had built up to be squandered. I still give it a 5 because for 60/90 minutes I enjoyed it.

Overall- 3
This is actually the first time giving a 3 and I was quite surprised. For me, Art and sound don't play much into the overall score, so based on story, characters, and enjoyment were the real deciding factors. The story, even with it's potential, just did not make this anime any good. It leaves a sour taste in the mouth and brings everything else around it down. If they come out with a tv series, I will definitely give that a try and update my review for that as it could learn from the mistakes of this and draw out it's potential.