Current Impression (Note:might contain spoilers)

Written by lovemesomeanime on May 24, 2014 at 6:44 AM

Note: This is not a review, more of a "current impression" based on the first 4 episodes.

A "survival" concept in an anime is a very generic concept nowadays. The show has many parallels to SnK - Gastrea is a parasitic virus because of which human species is being faced with a threat of extinction, and the only hope for survival are the 'cursed children' which are the spawns of people infected with the virus. Attractive right?

Anyway, the show starts off very nicely (Kudos to the excellent animation!). The main character Rentaro is surprisingly not as annoying as I thought he would be. The other prominent characters are interesting as well. But here's what disappointing - the pacing is just bad. First episode - rushed, second episode - not as rushed but still the pacing is off, third episode - pacing is off again, fourth episode - extremely rushed. Yeah, the pacing is just too damn much to take in. The fourth episode was a horrible episode, everything happened too fast, a total mess - I dropped it. I'm thinking of picking it up again, but I don't know, I might not.

If you wanna watch this, then I do recommend it if you do not care about flaws. But this anime is not for people who are fussy over pacing.