One word I'd use to describe this anime is disappointing. There's just so much that they could've done better.

The first problem I have with In/Spectre is that the cast of characters, which is comprised of about 6 main characters, has 1 interesting character. Kotoko is the only interesting character, and the rest look like Kirito ripoffs. To add on to that Kotoko is the only character that does anything remotely productive. The only other somewhat productive character is Kurou, even then all he does throughout the entirety of the story is get beat up.

The second problem I have is that the pacing is all over the place. On one hand you have a pair of characters hooking up in like 5 minutes, and on the other hand the main character spends 3 episodes in a car making illogical arguments to try and persuade people to believe lies. Even then the car isn't even moving, there is practically nothing going on in the climax of the season. The story tried to make the climax more interesting by having there be a fight scene with Kurou fighting a spirit, but all Kurou did for the most part was get beat up which made for a pretty bland fight.

The third problem I have is that the intended personalities of the characters doesn't line up with the characters themselves. You mainly see this happen with Kotoko. She's supposed to be this incredibly intelligent character, but in the climax she keeps her head above water by creating fallacies and building off of fallacies. Fallacies and smart people don't often go together very well, and they definitely don't go together in this case.

The last problem I have is with the opening. It just feels sloppy. A lot of it seems like the flashing of a bunch of pointless colors, which do a bad job of trying to represent a dark show where most of the main events occur at night. Another thing that I didn't like about the op, is that at the end Kurou just kind of disappears. I assumed that it would have some kind of symbolism associated with it, but it wound up contributing nothing. I haven't read the manga and i don't plan on reading it either, but this seems like this would've been in a better place if it was put in during a later arc where Kurou is kidnapped etc.

It's not impossible to create a good mystery anime, but there have to be enough dimensions to the anime to be able to keep a watcher interested. In this show when a mystery is being solved, the people/creatures spend all of their time trying to figure out the mystery in one spot. Good mystery shows like BBC's Sherlock and Hyouka, take you from place to place which makes the show seem like more is happening. In In/Spectre the exact opposite was done, and it practically ruined the show.

5/10 - It's not really worth the watch.