Apr 13, 2024
Pluto may easily be the most overrated series here. Let me explain why I think so.
The animation and music are not horrible. The characters are often well-developed and some of them genuinely memorable. The storytelling is quite good and very professional. The anime is heavily emotional and it promises to tackle some deep topical problems. That does not sound too bad, does it? So where does it fail?
First of all, the lore is horrible. Unlike in Casshern Sins, to give an example of a somewhat similar series, the world described to us is flat, boring and unimaginative. A future where there are robots and humans
...
living together: that’s it.
Second, the robots seem to have nothing in common with the real-life technological advances. None of the questions connected to them remotely resemble real-life issues connected to technology. Basically, they are humans who can fly and transform their hands into guns. Consequently, all the so called philosophy in the series is just pretentious nonsense.
Third, the fights are just really bad.
Most importantly though, the story is full of holes. Nothing seems to make any sense if you think about it for a second. Instead of any inner logic we are offered quite a few of emotional scenes. Some of them are rather good. No amount of good storytelling can mask that the story being told is, well, maybe the weakest I have ever had the bad luck to chance upon in my life.
If you are looking for something to watch, look somewhere else. Despite its many irrefutable strengths, the anime falls flat and leaves you disappointed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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