
a review by Yuukimeister

a review by Yuukimeister

I loved how hilarious the anime was in oppose to the initial premise because I really rarely see a funny show that talks about sensitive topics like the terrorism and it was beautiful to see how well mixed they were, not too much or not too little. In fact it's unique the mix of the moe and the drama in it.
Something else that must be talked about is the great Takina development because she truly went from being absolutely cold and stubborn to becoming one of the most lovable characters I've seen in a long time.
The storytelling was really fluent and easy to take in this span and we even saw the great execution of the plot twists until this point.
The only drawbacks of this anime were some really stupid takes and, ironically, Chisato herself.
Honestly the concept of "if you kill that bad guy you will become like him!" or "if I kill I will become a monster" is really old and surpassed. Chisato impressed me at the beginning for her ideal of not killing anyone because she was gifted life, and this even led to some great action scenes, but however it is not acceptable to have and see this mentality in a situation where your life and the lives of the ones you love are at risk. It is not acceptable to see such a funny and great character holding herself back for this stupid idea that, factually, almost led to the death of some other characters on the screen but she eventually led to the death of many many other innocents; simply because she let Majima and the other bad guys alive.
I find ironic how in a place where everyone was worshipping Chisato I saw Takina having the better character development and even putting her life on the risk to save someone who doesn't have the balls to do so, simply because of an ideal.
Also I have to shoot an arrow to the director because using the excuse of "it was a prank bro!" doesn't work where people shoot themselves, and after a cycle of repetitions the cliffhanger were absolutely predictable honestly and even boring.

But for sure Lycoris was immense for what it matters about technical performances because the arts, music and even the voice acting was absolutely top of the notch.
The animations were something fantastic to watch with some of the most fluid animations I've seen, the music was always pinnacle of what I could wish for and oh my god honestly the VAs gave their best in many many occasions; as well many expressions of the faces of the characters were quite amazing.
Lyco was really fun and despite all the things that I didn't like I somehow managed to enjoy it; I'm still quite mad for the turnaround of Chisato who started as my girl of the season to falling down as a disliked one, but it's not a massive reason to downvote this anime because a single character doesn't make the anime.
Personal scores :
Story : 7.8/10
Characters : 7.5/10
Arts : 9/10
Music : 8/10
Personal Enjoyment : 6.8/10
Final : 7.5/10
Wish the final episodes were better managed
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