It seemed interesting, that’s the attitude I had towards Platinum End when I decided to watch this show. Now that’s it’s done, I’m probably better off to be honest. This had some promise early on, but quickly that sentiment left. Despite having a comparatively stronger second half, the ending does not make it worth it. Unfortunately, there isn’t much good to say about this show, so we’ll briefly go over it.

By the way, were you expecting something as good as Death Note? Ha ha.

My grading criteria: Story: /25 Art: /10 Music: /10 Characters: /20 Enjoyment /15 Thematic Execution /20

STORY: 2.5/25

The narrative started out pretty interestingly, but it quickly became very dry after that. If we’re talking about plot points, everyone probably expected most things to happen, and were correct. The things we didn’t expect to happen are plot points that just don’t make much sense. The entire God Selection process was not explained very well, as it seemed like they made a lot of things up on the spot for plot conveniences, and that does not sit well with any watcher.

The pacing… let’s talk about that dumpster fire. In my opinion, this show could have been over and done with much quicker. Some episodes and fights last WAY TOO LONG, especially the one of Metropoliman near the end of the first half. We’d have entire episodes of fighting, then just get left at yet another cliffhanger. The numerous episodes of build up usually amount to not a whole lot, and that’s just tough to see.

ART: 3.5/10

Some parts look good, but most look very below-average to me, the art style just isn’t very well done in general.

MUSIC: 8.8/10

Practically the only thing I enjoyed was the music, especially the opening and the two endings, as those were nice high quality tracks. Yuu Miyashita’s ending was amazing and if you haven’t listened to it, go give it a listen.

CHARACTERS: 2.6/20

I know everyone hates our main character Mirai, but he’s not even my least favourite character. I suppose I will talk about him first. Yes, he’s indecisive, has weird morals, talks and thinks for too long, but he doesn’t do anything inherently bad. It’s the inability of writing interesting characters in general that brings this show down. The female characters were especially poorly written, especially Saki and Yuri. I have no idea what Saki even did in the story except give doubt to Mirai’s every move, and exist as a cheerleader. The romance between Mirai and Saki felt so forced as well, as I couldn’t really pinpoint any reason behind it. Yuri was so annoying to watch, but relatable in the sense of some people, but the things she says… so tough to listen to.

It’s not all bad though. The characters that were at least interesting to watch would be Mukaido and Yoneda. They have good ambitions and interesting dialogue, and kept my attention to the show at least a little bit. Their morals and goals at least kept this show watchable.

The angels were fun to watch, but they didn’t have much of any solid dialogue to keep things interesting.

ENJOYMENT: 2.5/15

Little ups, huge downs. At least the second half improved a bit.

THEMATIC EXECUTION: 2/20

They called this a drama, psychological show? This show does those themes no justice, and I checked out very quickly because of that.

OVERALL: 21.9/100

Probably one of the worst shows I’ve watched in 2021 and 2022, or potentially ever, as it’s a poor showing of what a psychological anime (a genre which I usually enjoy a lot) should be like. Tough to recommend this one to people, I wouldn’t even say it’s so bad that it’s good. It’s just plain and simply not enjoyable.