This show really threw me for a loop the first time I watched it. I mean the whole plot had twist upon twist that you could honestly see coming for the most part, but still stuck because they were so well done. Overall it gave me a "government bad" feel which I always seem to find in a lot of anime along with "japan is fucked up because of foreign influence" but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The characters in this show went through a lot of development despite there being some hiccups due to unforeseen influences. Let me just say this... just about no character in this show has plot armor so try not to get too attached. I recently watched Akudama Drive so if you are looking for something that is similar to this show just in a futuristic dystopian society and not a fantasy/steampunk one then I would check that out. My main reason for only giving this show a 7.5 is basically because the waifu choices were pretty dogshit. I mean there were a decent amount to pick from, but there's really only one practical correct choice. I aint even have to say it I mean damn you gotta have some wack taste to not know. But yeah anyways solid show (honestly my favorite kind of show) it just did not deliver on some of the things that I often enjoy more in anime. When it came to the music and the fights I was satisfied more than I normally am with these shows that are not necessarily in a genre but a sub genre so you don't always know what you'll get, but they absolutely killed it with the atmosphere. When I had watched this I think I was 14 so a lot of the more heartfelt scenes got to me a little more than they would now... I mean have you seen Violet Evergarden that shit sad as hell but I know for a fact the ending to this show had me crying because they try to make you attached to the characters. It's a classic underdog type of story like I sort of mentioned before with the government bad thing. With both sides as well it's really not just about the good guys vs the bad guys with this anime. A lot more of it is about characters doing what they think they need to do because they just had different experiences or were told that the other side were the evil ones. I liked that a lot because that just speaks to how people are inherently, we don't often ponder why doing the right thing is the right thing and this show makes you question that. That's sort of the bread and butter of the show and I think that just about anyone can enjoy it unless you don't like to see some pretty terrible things happen to objectively good people. In conclusion I think that this anime is good for people that have seen no anime whatsoever because it's a good example on how anime as an art form can screw with your thoughts on reality and morality in your every day life.