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The story of two brainwashed assassins, Ein and Zwei, who struggle to regain their memories as they work for the Inferno crime syndicate.The story of two brainwashed assassins, Ein and Zwei, who struggle to regain their memories as they work for the Inferno crime syndicate.The story of two brainwashed assassins, Ein and Zwei, who struggle to regain their memories as they work for the Inferno crime syndicate.
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- TriviaThe themes bear strong resemblances to Noir (2001), Madlax (2004) and El Cazador de la Bruja (2007) all directed by Kôichi Mashimo.
- ConnectionsRemake of Phantom: The Animation (2004)
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Promising setup, but story falls to shambles
I started watching this for three reasons: 1) it's in a genre I usually enjoy, 2) it is highly rated, 3) it seemed to be more adult-oriented than most anime, leading to expectations of more mature and complex themes and somewhat realistic writing.
This is the first series I've so far watched where I disagree with the high rating and can't really understand it. This series did not meet my expectations at all, although it is not completely without merits. Animation is better than average and visually there are nice artistic choices from the director throughout. Music is mostly solid and often atypical in a good way. The setup is also very interesting and the story could go in multiple exciting directions.
Unfortunately the writing is all over the place, it never reaches the heights the setup would allow and steadily degrades throughout the series. The first arc of 10 episodes is OK-ish and manages to keep things mostly interesting, but it's a bit uneven and ultimately unrewarding (6/10). The second arc of 9 episodes is much less interesting, it's convoluted and detached, and starts to rely on miraculous events and characters acting in non-characteristic and illogical manner (4/10). And in the third arc every last ounce of logic is thrown out the window and the whole thing implodes into an utterly non-sensical puerile mess (2/10). Just like a good ending can uplift a story, the last arc is so bad it soils the whole series, making the total experience even worse than the sum of its parts.
I learned afterwards that this has originally been a visual novel with multiple routes and endings. This somewhat explains the many tonal and logical oddities of the plot and character continuity, but is no excuse for them; many good examples of similar adaptations exist. I wish I had stopped watching this after the first arc, the rest of the series was a complete waste of time.
This is the first series I've so far watched where I disagree with the high rating and can't really understand it. This series did not meet my expectations at all, although it is not completely without merits. Animation is better than average and visually there are nice artistic choices from the director throughout. Music is mostly solid and often atypical in a good way. The setup is also very interesting and the story could go in multiple exciting directions.
Unfortunately the writing is all over the place, it never reaches the heights the setup would allow and steadily degrades throughout the series. The first arc of 10 episodes is OK-ish and manages to keep things mostly interesting, but it's a bit uneven and ultimately unrewarding (6/10). The second arc of 9 episodes is much less interesting, it's convoluted and detached, and starts to rely on miraculous events and characters acting in non-characteristic and illogical manner (4/10). And in the third arc every last ounce of logic is thrown out the window and the whole thing implodes into an utterly non-sensical puerile mess (2/10). Just like a good ending can uplift a story, the last arc is so bad it soils the whole series, making the total experience even worse than the sum of its parts.
I learned afterwards that this has originally been a visual novel with multiple routes and endings. This somewhat explains the many tonal and logical oddities of the plot and character continuity, but is no excuse for them; many good examples of similar adaptations exist. I wish I had stopped watching this after the first arc, the rest of the series was a complete waste of time.
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- wastecancan
- Oct 14, 2023
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