Yeah, no, I've dropped this. This is the first anime I've dropped in a very long time. And that is saying a LOT since I rarely ever drop animes. It went from a decent(really fun, even) anime to a dull, boring, tedious, and crappy experience pretty quickly somewhere around the second half and, just like the main character, __I felt like I was wasting my time watching this.
~!!~ Apologies for any grammatical or spelling errors, english is not my first language, and this might be my first ever negative review. I don't really like reviewing stuff I dislike, even but this is a rare special case.
I understand Sato being miserable is being done on purpose but at one point the show does it so much to the point where the sudden apparition of a cringe-worthy, pathetic, annoying character assassination of Sato in THAT island episode is absolutely mind-boggling. What could've been the best episode in the show is absolutely ruined by the joke of a character that Sato turns into when the episode is close to the end. _It reminded me of my hatred for how Evangelion's Shinji is written as a way to lie to the audience about how the Main Character's struggles are "so realistic", and strips away all the qualities, and at points even forgets a very important point about the character(his crush on Misaki) just because "THAT'S THE POINT BRO!" when it's far from that._
I seriously laughed outloud because I thought it was supposed to be comedic. In a way it was? It's confusing because this same exact scene (which is the last scene of the episode) ends with a very traumatized scream.
And the next episode, this mf threatens to ASSAULT the girl that's supposed to be his crush? (mind you, this guy is supposed to be one of the most socially awkward, anxious character ever written, he's not just depressed). At one point he does it AGAIN? He even notices how much she's feared by that, and Sato, while noticing it, also just ignores it? Sato from the first half of the show would throw up in embarassment if he saw this. I seriously doubt that he will feel remorse for the way he treats her after episode 18(which is where I dropped, because I can't be arsed to continue any further after this new character "Megumi" gets introduced in the dumbest, most inconvenient way possible). This went too unnoticed.
An utter mess. After that not only do I feel absolutely nothing from the show, but it continues to only get worse with Sato's MMORPG bullcrap.
The dialogue is mediocre at best, the decent pacing falls apart in the second half, the characters start to become uninteresting. Pieces of art that tackle the subjects of mental health in very inconvenient, and flawed ways really piss me off. The soundtrack and atmosphere were really good, and there were a lot of obvious sparks of something that was building up to be pretty damn good which continuously kept me coming back for more episodes, what a shame.
There are better animes that tackle the same mental ilnesses in this in much better ways. I also forgot to talk about the comedy which a few times really got me giggling but most of the other times... ugh.
I'm tired.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3.5/10
I'm very happy that there are people who enjoy it though. If you like it, I'm happy for you, I wish I could've shared the same sentiment.
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