May 6, 2024
A masterpiece, if:
- This is your first time seeing media of any kind
- You fell on your head as a baby
- Your brain is completely turned off, i.e. heavily intoxicated
I've watched both seasons. This anime is absolutely overrated and it's filled with overused tropes.
First, the world doesn't make any sense whatsoever. We are introduced to a supposed "war" between mecha-robots and mecha-pilots. The pilots are sent to battle to defend the homeland of the "superior" race. This is literally their only line of defense against the scary robits. So you'd think that the pilots would have at least some quality equipment or weapons of
...
some kind, right?
Nope. They use mechas that are rusting, falling apart, and poorly built and equipped. Every supposed battle incurs numerous causalities. Yes, they are cannon fodder, but the army of the robots essentially respawn infinitely. Based on this, the pilots would have been decimated within a few battles. There's simply not enough of them and unlike the robots, it takes time to produce a human, educate it, and finally train it to become a pilot.
Despite this gaping plot hole, we are supposed to believe that the city of the "superior" race has been able to withstand wave after wave of attacks.
Moreover, the main character of the show is supposed to be the lead pilot, the equivalent of an "insane" gamer in terms of skill. We are shown he can maneuver and attack like no one else. This would be fine, except the mecha he pilots literally cannot withstand his rapid moves. And we are even told this in one of the episodes where a mechanic scolds him for always being rough with his mecha and that it cannot handle it.
This is a major plot hole. No amount of skill can override mechanical wear and tear, especially not on mechas that are literally poorly built and fragile. The battlefield is unforgiving and ANY mistake, issue, problem, etc can result in death. For instance, if his mecha where to stop because a part came loose or something, he should be dead within seconds. And yet this somehow has never happened to this particular pilot, because he's "skilled".
What's more is there was a scene where he landed on top of a robot mecha and blew it up pointblank without his fragile mecha taking any damage, lol, lmao even.
Second, the characters have no unique qualities to them, not to mention there's essentially no character development. Also, the main character is the typical trope of being emotionless, cool-headed, and calm. He's just not interesting in any way.
There's really not much to say about the characters other than they are generic, predictable, and stale. They are abused and enslaved by the "superior" race and have ample opportunity to revolt and yet they choose not to. Why? Because something something honor. All the pilots seem to have the same core and moral values.
Honestly, this is the most overrated anime/show I have seen. It's extremely cringe that people call it a "masterpiece". I reckon it's due to the shallow parallels between this and WW2, with the "superior" race being the Aryans, and those pilots being the imprisoned people in the camps, who are akin to the soviets. Except it's completely different in every regard and can't be compared at all. So I have no idea what any of these "people" praising this unfounded trope are talking about, they're forcing a connection that does not exist.
It's likely this anime has been brigaded and positively review bombed. Literally nothing about this anime is any way even remotely close to being a "masterpiece".
Lastly, the:
- Music is awful
- Animation can be good at times but is otherwise average and even terrible sometimes
- Story is essentially non-existent
- World building is terrible
- Dialogue is mostly generic, not interesting, and adds almost nothing to the story
Overall a 4/10 and that's being generous.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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